Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piemont, in the Year MDCCCXXIII.: And Researches Among the Vaudois, Or WaldensesC. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 287 pages |
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... whole collection , and these are merely inserted to give an idea of the construc- tion of the Vaudois churches . In this dilemma , Mrs. Fortescue most kindly made me an offer of a selection from her valuable portfeuille , and expressed ...
... whole collection , and these are merely inserted to give an idea of the construc- tion of the Vaudois churches . In this dilemma , Mrs. Fortescue most kindly made me an offer of a selection from her valuable portfeuille , and expressed ...
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... whole Protestant population - Thousands peb rish in the jails - Flight of the Vaudois to Switzerland Restored to their country - Reconciled to their sovereign £ • 27 CONTENTS . -Victor Amadeus and the Duke of Marlborough -
... whole Protestant population - Thousands peb rish in the jails - Flight of the Vaudois to Switzerland Restored to their country - Reconciled to their sovereign £ • 27 CONTENTS . -Victor Amadeus and the Duke of Marlborough -
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... whole year before us , we improvidently made our arrangements so as to begin where , with better judgment , we should have ended ; but there are so many things which occur to control the move- ments of the traveller , that it is in vain ...
... whole year before us , we improvidently made our arrangements so as to begin where , with better judgment , we should have ended ; but there are so many things which occur to control the move- ments of the traveller , that it is in vain ...
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... - fully distorted , surrounded with all the implements that are supposed to have been used at the crucifixion , and the whole carved in petty detail , and presenting a combination A SUNDAY IN PARIS . of objects which is any.
... - fully distorted , surrounded with all the implements that are supposed to have been used at the crucifixion , and the whole carved in petty detail , and presenting a combination A SUNDAY IN PARIS . of objects which is any.
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... whole city of idolaters , and restored its inhabitants , who had been changed into stone , to their human form . The transformation of hearts of stone to hearts of flesh , may not be far distant even in France . It was delightful to ...
... whole city of idolaters , and restored its inhabitants , who had been changed into stone , to their human form . The transformation of hearts of stone to hearts of flesh , may not be far distant even in France . It was delightful to ...
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Alps ancient Angrogna Answ APPENDIX army Arnaud atque beauty Bert Bishop Bobbio Christian Clusone commanded Cottian Alps Count Wratislaw Cromwell defile doctrine Duke of Savoy edict effect enemy England faith favour flock force French Graian Alps hamlet hath Henri Arnaud holy honour hundred inhabitants Jesus Christ King of France letters Lord Lyons majesty ministers Mount mountains Muston never Note to Second obliged parish passage passed pastor peasant Pelice pension Perosa persecution persons Peter Waldo Peyrani Pianezza Piemont Piemontese Pinerolo Pomaretto poor Popish Prali prayer present prince Protestant received religion remonstrance retreat river rock Roman Catholic Rora San Giovanni San Martino scenery Second Edition seen shew snow spot subjects suffered thing three valleys tion took Torre torrent troops Turin vale valley of Luzerna valley of San valleys of Piemont Vaudois Vertu vestra Victor Amadeus village Villaro Waldenses Waldensian church
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Page l - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Page 212 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 212 - Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piemontese that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 193 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page xlvi - Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Page 122 - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Page 122 - And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud ; and their enemies beheld them.
Page xlix - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Page 122 - And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Page xli - That God saves from that corruption and condemnation, those whom he has chosen from the foundation of the world, not for any disposition, faith, or holiness, that he foresaw in them, but of his mere mercy in Jesus Christ his Son, passing by all the rest according to the irreprehensible reason of his free will and justice.