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... observe , that though the general character of the Wal- denses has been the same from a very early period , the details of their circumstances have varied . They did not always sit in peace under their own vines and fig - trees ; and ...
... observe , that though the general character of the Wal- denses has been the same from a very early period , the details of their circumstances have varied . They did not always sit in peace under their own vines and fig - trees ; and ...
Page 38
... observe the slighting manner in which these believers are alluded to , even by Bernard and other writers of that age who possessed some true piety , though tinc- tured with much superstition . They speak of them as heretics , and ...
... observe the slighting manner in which these believers are alluded to , even by Bernard and other writers of that age who possessed some true piety , though tinc- tured with much superstition . They speak of them as heretics , and ...
Page 55
... observed . That during examinations , the Inquisitor should always have a book open before him , appearing to have therein regis- tered the whole life of the heretic . Inevitable death must be placed before his eyes , if he THE ...
... observed . That during examinations , the Inquisitor should always have a book open before him , appearing to have therein regis- tered the whole life of the heretic . Inevitable death must be placed before his eyes , if he THE ...
Page 64
... observed , that the valleys of Pied- mont became subject to the duke of Savoy , in consequence of some victories in the crusade of the thirteenth century . And to the princes of that state they have ever been loyal and obedi- ent.
... observed , that the valleys of Pied- mont became subject to the duke of Savoy , in consequence of some victories in the crusade of the thirteenth century . And to the princes of that state they have ever been loyal and obedi- ent.
Page 90
... observed , " Sir , if your religion is the best , you will return victorious ; but if those whom you attack are the servants of God , they will prevail . " The latter was the case . The former system of hurling stones and missiles from ...
... observed , " Sir , if your religion is the best , you will return victorious ; but if those whom you attack are the servants of God , they will prevail . " The latter was the case . The former system of hurling stones and missiles from ...
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Page 31 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Page 190 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 135 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in 'order the things that are t wanting, and 'ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Page 147 - 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 146 - 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...
Page 28 - We've no abiding city here ; Then let us live as pilgrims do : Let not the world our rest appear, But let us haste from all below. 4 We've no abiding city here...
Page 146 - 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 Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 173 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 192 - God ! The banner of the chieftain, Far, far below us waves ; The war-horse of the spearman Cannot reach our lofty caves : Thy dark clouds wrap the threshold Of freedom's last abode ; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers...
Page 152 - The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.