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... taken care to preserve the record of their exist- ence . Scarcely a spot can be traced among these mountains , but it has been the scene of some atrocity ; and fancy still seems to hear the sighs and groans of the martyrs , in the sound ...
... taken care to preserve the record of their exist- ence . Scarcely a spot can be traced among these mountains , but it has been the scene of some atrocity ; and fancy still seems to hear the sighs and groans of the martyrs , in the sound ...
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... taken : - " Some of my countrymen have judged a little too harshly of the pastor of Bobi , and others of his sacred profession , who seem to take pleasure in contemplating the warlike character of the Vaudois of former times , and in ...
... taken : - " Some of my countrymen have judged a little too harshly of the pastor of Bobi , and others of his sacred profession , who seem to take pleasure in contemplating the warlike character of the Vaudois of former times , and in ...
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... taken the name of Sylvanus , was stoned to death ; but Simeon , a furious persecutor , soon became a convert , and was himself the second leader of the little church . After suffering continual opposition from the Greek emperors , they ...
... taken the name of Sylvanus , was stoned to death ; but Simeon , a furious persecutor , soon became a convert , and was himself the second leader of the little church . After suffering continual opposition from the Greek emperors , they ...
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... taken , and the inhabitants put to death , without distinction of age or sex . Even Roman Catholics were massacred if they lived in the same towns , although this excited much opposition . At length , by the inquisition , and similar ...
... taken , and the inhabitants put to death , without distinction of age or sex . Even Roman Catholics were massacred if they lived in the same towns , although this excited much opposition . At length , by the inquisition , and similar ...
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... taken from the me- morials preserved by George Morel , who lived about the time of the German reformation in 1530. The same truths have been held by the Vaudois in all ages , though not always with the same fervour of spirit , and they ...
... taken from the me- morials preserved by George Morel , who lived about the time of the German reformation in 1530. The same truths have been held by the Vaudois in all ages , though not always with the same fervour of spirit , and they ...
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accused afterwards ages Albigenses Alps ancient Angrogna Antichrist apostles appear Arnaud attack Bobi body brethren called century Christ Christians church of Rome Cluson Dauphiny death died district duke of Savoy enemies England Epistle Europe faith father favour flock French George Morel Gilles gospel hath heretics historian honour inhabitants inquisition inquisitors Jean Jesus king of France labours land Leger lives Lord Maneille Martin minister monks Mont Viso Morland moun mountains Muston neighbouring Papists pastors Paulicians Perouse persecution Peter Waldo Piedmont Pignerol poor Popery Popish Pragela Prali Pramol prayer preaching preserved priests prisoner promised Protestant racter reformed religion remarkable retired rocks Rodoret Roman Catholic Romanists Romish Rora says Scripture sent soldiers spirit spot suffered tains testant tion took Tour travellers Treatise truth Turin unto vale valley of Lucerne Vaudois Vignaux villages vineyards visited Waldenses Waldensian words writer
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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 186 - 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 144 - 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 144 - 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. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.
Page 187 - FOR the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! Thou hast made thy children mighty, By the touch of the mountain sod.
Page 150 - 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.
Page 169 - 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 187 - The royal eagle darteth On his quarry from the heights, And the stag that knows no master Seeks there his wild delights; But we, for thy communion, Have sought the mountain sod ; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers
Page 186 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 71 - And if you shall think it expedient, to cause, exhort, and induce all the faithful in those parts, by fit preachers of God preaching the cross or the crusade, to fight manfully against the same heretics, having taken the saving sign of the cross upon their hearts and garments ; and to grant, that such as are signed with the cross, and fight against the said heretics, or such as contribute thereunto, may obtain, according to your appointment, once in their life, and also at the point of death, a plenary...