Memoirs of the persecutions of Protestants in France; before and under the revocation of the Edict of Nantes: to which is added, An essay on providence, by L. de Marolles, tr. by J. MartinBarfield, Wardour Street, printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1803 - 203 pages |
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Page xxi
When I am sitting in a cheerful room , by a comfortable fire side , with my family
about me , attending , without restraint , to any pursuit of philosophy , theology , or
general literature , for which I have an inclination , visited by my friends , and ...
When I am sitting in a cheerful room , by a comfortable fire side , with my family
about me , attending , without restraint , to any pursuit of philosophy , theology , or
general literature , for which I have an inclination , visited by my friends , and ...
Page 78
In this situation , Mr . Marolles wrote the following note to a friend . ... and was
loaded with chains , having some spare moments to write to his family and
friends , he employed those moments to their comfort , by giving them an account.
In this situation , Mr . Marolles wrote the following note to a friend . ... and was
loaded with chains , having some spare moments to write to his family and
friends , he employed those moments to their comfort , by giving them an account.
Page 118
It is an answer to another confessor , who had written to him ; in this note , he
says , " I know not how to express to you , my most hom . nored and dear friend ,
how agreeable were the things which you have communicated , and which you
still ...
It is an answer to another confessor , who had written to him ; in this note , he
says , " I know not how to express to you , my most hom . nored and dear friend ,
how agreeable were the things which you have communicated , and which you
still ...
Page 165
CAUTIONS ; IN REFERENCETORICHES , HEALTH , FRIENDSHIP , AND TO
OUR GENERAL DESIRES AND FEARS , The preceding truths are contrary to the
natural taste of mankind , to which , indeed , they give very little attention , and ...
CAUTIONS ; IN REFERENCETORICHES , HEALTH , FRIENDSHIP , AND TO
OUR GENERAL DESIRES AND FEARS , The preceding truths are contrary to the
natural taste of mankind , to which , indeed , they give very little attention , and ...
Page 168
... he will no longer regard death with fear and trembling ; on the contrary , the
thoughts of it becomes pleasant , because he now pants for promised glory , and
has a firm hope of obtaining future felicity . FRIENDSHIP . I may say the same
thing ...
... he will no longer regard death with fear and trembling ; on the contrary , the
thoughts of it becomes pleasant , because he now pants for promised glory , and
has a firm hope of obtaining future felicity . FRIENDSHIP . I may say the same
thing ...
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Page 187 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 202 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 190 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Page x - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Page xxiii - And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 200 - But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me ; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Page 144 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon al the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Page xv - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 138 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace ; and labour, working with our own hands : being reviled, we bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it : being defamed, we intreat : we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Page 184 - Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground. A fruitful land into barrenness ; for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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| Title | Memoirs of the persecutions of Protestants in France; before and under the revocation of the Edict of Nantes: to which is added, An essay on providence, by L. de Marolles, tr. by J. Martin |
| Authors | John Martin, Lewis De Marolles |
| Publisher | Barfield, Wardour Street, printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1803 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 203 pages |
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