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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His minority gave ample opportunities for his cunning and ambitious mother , to
indulge her predominant passion for dominion ; and by so doing , her hypocrisy ,
cruelty , and other subordinate passions , were often unavoidably exposed .
His minority gave ample opportunities for his cunning and ambitious mother , to
indulge her predominant passion for dominion ; and by so doing , her hypocrisy ,
cruelty , and other subordinate passions , were often unavoidably exposed .
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... all this gave him a fund of peace and tranquillity ; so that he was rarely
disturbed , or seen to be in the least passion . He knew how to be seasonably
serious , and cheerful , . in conversation , and made himself so pleasant and
agreeable in ...
... all this gave him a fund of peace and tranquillity ; so that he was rarely
disturbed , or seen to be in the least passion . He knew how to be seasonably
serious , and cheerful , . in conversation , and made himself so pleasant and
agreeable in ...
Page 73
... with the major , and aid major , Bourbon , came to interrogate and examine me
. I told them the naked truth of things , without disguise , or dissimulation ; after
which they departed . The next morning , madam , the governess , gave herself
the ...
... with the major , and aid major , Bourbon , came to interrogate and examine me
. I told them the naked truth of things , without disguise , or dissimulation ; after
which they departed . The next morning , madam , the governess , gave herself
the ...
Page 132
Thosc who had the management of him , were insensible to all his pains ;
excepting that for these six weeks past , they gave him a little better , and a little
greater quantity of food . But his body was so weakened , and his nature was
brought so ...
Thosc who had the management of him , were insensible to all his pains ;
excepting that for these six weeks past , they gave him a little better , and a little
greater quantity of food . But his body was so weakened , and his nature was
brought so ...
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By these trials , he makes them examples of patience in the church , and to
contribute much to its edification , and thereby conforms them , in some degree ,
to Jesus Christ , who loved the church , and gave himself for it . By these trials ,
he ...
By these trials , he makes them examples of patience in the church , and to
contribute much to its edification , and thereby conforms them , in some degree ,
to Jesus Christ , who loved the church , and gave himself for it . By these trials ,
he ...
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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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