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... England , he collected , when on his marches and countermarches through the country , materials for his admirable works . He was born in 1608 , and died in 1661 , so that much of his fifty - four years of life was spent among no very ...
... England , he collected , when on his marches and countermarches through the country , materials for his admirable works . He was born in 1608 , and died in 1661 , so that much of his fifty - four years of life was spent among no very ...
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... England , " and " Good Thoughts in Bad Times . " His religion was of a practical kind , and his per- sonal piety ever commended itself as springing from a clean heart . Though a warm advocate of the monarchical form of government , he ...
... England , " and " Good Thoughts in Bad Times . " His religion was of a practical kind , and his per- sonal piety ever commended itself as springing from a clean heart . Though a warm advocate of the monarchical form of government , he ...
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... England by this woful war ? And , which is more ( and more to be lamented ) , how many living tem- ples of the Holy Ghost , Christian people , have therein been causelessly and cruelly destroyed ? How shall our nation be ever able to ...
... England by this woful war ? And , which is more ( and more to be lamented ) , how many living tem- ples of the Holy Ghost , Christian people , have therein been causelessly and cruelly destroyed ? How shall our nation be ever able to ...
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... England ) , he had no leisure to eat , for notch- ing up the men he met . At Exeter the difficul- ty of his task was increased ; coming at last to London ( that forest of people ) he broke his cane in pieces , perceiving the ...
... England ) , he had no leisure to eat , for notch- ing up the men he met . At Exeter the difficul- ty of his task was increased ; coming at last to London ( that forest of people ) he broke his cane in pieces , perceiving the ...
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... England hath been tossed with a hurricane of a civil war . Some men are said to have gotten great wealth thereby . But it is an ill leap when men grow rich per saltum , taking their rise from the miseries of a land , to which their own ...
... England hath been tossed with a hurricane of a civil war . Some men are said to have gotten great wealth thereby . But it is an ill leap when men grow rich per saltum , taking their rise from the miseries of a land , to which their own ...
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Page 31 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Page 35 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 389 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 335 - And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Page 234 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Page 186 - And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
Page 333 - I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Page 107 - And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
Page 186 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Page 92 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.