A Hind Let Loose: Or, An Historical Representation of the Testi Monies of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ, Vvith the True State Thereof in All Its Periods. Together with a Vindication of the Present Testimonie, Against Popish, Prelatical & Malignant Enemies of that Church. Wherein Several Controversies of Greatest Consequence are Enquired Into, Concerning Hearing of the Curats, Owning of the Present Tyrannie, Taking of Ensnaring Oaths & Bonds, Frequenting of Field Meetings [and] Defensive Resistence of Tyrannical ViolenceThis keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info@umich.edu for further information or permissions. |
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Page 489 - Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
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Page 312 - God ; and shall procure, to the uttermost of their power, to the kirk of God, and whole Christian people, true and perfect peace in all time coming ; and that they shall be careful to root out of their empire all heretics and enemies to the true worship of God, who shall be convicted by the true kirk of God of the foresaid crimes.
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| Title | A Hind Let Loose: Or, An Historical Representation of the Testi Monies of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ, Vvith the True State Thereof in All Its Periods. Together with a Vindication of the Present Testimonie, Against Popish, Prelatical & Malignant Enemies of that Church ... Early English Books Online / EEBO |
| Author | Alexander Shields |
| Publisher | Edinburgh, 1687 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 742 pages |
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