Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George BryssonW. Blackwood, 1825 - 540 pages |
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... burgh , and indicted on the charges contained in the Porteous rolls . Mr. James Veitch and other four have their diet continued . On December 19 , he and Mr. John Campbell were remitted to the council , and found caution for their ...
... burgh , and indicted on the charges contained in the Porteous rolls . Mr. James Veitch and other four have their diet continued . On December 19 , he and Mr. John Campbell were remitted to the council , and found caution for their ...
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... burgh to represent their grievances ; but were broken at Pentland Hills , near the city , by the prelatical forces , headed by the Duke of Hamil- ton , General Dalziel , and Major - General Drum- mond . And as several that were taken ...
... burgh to represent their grievances ; but were broken at Pentland Hills , near the city , by the prelatical forces , headed by the Duke of Hamil- ton , General Dalziel , and Major - General Drum- mond . And as several that were taken ...
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... burgh . And going out by Libberton Kirk , to- wards the House of the Muir , he was like to be difficulted with some persons that were riding to the enemy at Pentland town ; but advising them to go in and search for arms , he standing ...
... burgh . And going out by Libberton Kirk , to- wards the House of the Muir , he was like to be difficulted with some persons that were riding to the enemy at Pentland town ; but advising them to go in and search for arms , he standing ...
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... burgh , and hanged to - morrow , according to his demerits ; and how could such a rebel as he , who did so and so , expect to escape the just judgment of God ? But though the good man was silent , and gave him no answer , yet he met ...
... burgh , and hanged to - morrow , according to his demerits ; and how could such a rebel as he , who did so and so , expect to escape the just judgment of God ? But though the good man was silent , and gave him no answer , yet he met ...
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... burgh . Many other questions they posed him with ; and Hugh Stevenson , the under clerk , wrote all . Being put out a considerable time , he was called in , and the bishop said , " Hear your confession read . " brought before the Privy ...
... burgh . Many other questions they posed him with ; and Hugh Stevenson , the under clerk , wrote all . Being put out a considerable time , he was called in , and the bishop said , " Hear your confession read . " brought before the Privy ...
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Page 425 - And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Page 2 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 186 - Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live : and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Page 2 - BE MERCIFUL unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Page 2 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 177 - ... that conscience ought not to be constrained, nor people forced in matters of mere religion. It has ever been directly contrary to our inclination, as we think it is to the interest of government, which it destroys by spoiling trade, depopulating countries and discouraging strangers; and finally, that it never obtained the end for which it was employed.
Page 349 - ... eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 349 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make dark ness light before them, and crooked things straight.
Page 2 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Her '-monltes, from the hill Mi'-zar.
Page 78 - vexing thoughts," is, I think, very expressive. It has been familiar to me from my childhood ; for it is to be found in the " Psalms in Metre," used in the churches (I believe I should say kirks) of Scotland, Psal.