The Early Days of St. Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

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W. Blackwood, 1915 - 222 עמודים

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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל

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עמוד 221 - ... Scotland generally all over was presbyterian, but now he sees that the great body of the nobility and gentry are for episcopacy, and it is the trading and inferior sort that are for presbytery ; wherefore he bids me tell you, that if you will undertake to serve him to the purpose that he is served here in England, he will take you by the hand, support the church and [your] order, and throw off the presbyterians.
עמוד 63 - And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees : and they encamped there by the waters.
עמוד 159 - In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name : Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame...
עמוד 61 - God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel : and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
עמוד 77 - But where the greatest part was more sound, they gave the sacrament with a new and unusual solemnity. On the Wednesday before they held a fast day with prayers and sermons for about eight or ten hours together : on the Saturday they had two or three preparation sermons ; and on the Lord's day they had so very many, that the action continued above twelve hours in some places ; and all ended with three or four sermons on Monday for thanksgiving.
עמוד 220 - ... he can be served. And the king bids me tell you, that he now knows the state of Scotland much better than he did when he was in Holland ; for, while there, he was made...
עמוד 121 - Every parish had a tyrant, who made the greatest Lord in his district stoop to his authority. The kirk was the place where he kept his court ; the pulpit his throne or tribunal from whence he issued out his terrible decrees ; and twelve or fourteen sour ignorant enthusiasts, under the title of Elders, composed his council.
עמוד 146 - When a person has received a sprain, it is customary to apply to an individual practised in casting the "wresting thread." This is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained leg or arm. During the time the operator is putting the thread round the affected limb, he says, but in such a tone of voice as not to be heard by the by-standers, nor even by the person operated...
עמוד 150 - But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and easiest my words behind thee.
עמוד 214 - That all women of whatever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins, maids or widows...

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