Protestantism in Scotland - James Aitken Wylie

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3. Fox, Acts and Monuments, vol. 4., pp. 570, 571. 4. We owe our knowledge of this fact to Professor Lorimer. See his Patrick Hamilton, etc. and historical sketch. 5. His journey has been doubted. Knox, Spottiswood, and others mention it. Besides, a letter of Angus to Wolsey, of date the 30th March, 1528, says that the king was at that time in the north country, in the extreme parts of his dominions. 6. McCrie, Life of Melville, vol. 1., note D. 7. The articles of Hamilton's indictment, quoted from the Registers, are given in full by Fox, vol. 4., pp. 559, 560. Calderwood, vol. 1., p. 76. Spottiswood, p. 63. 8. Now the united College of St. Salvator's and St. Leonard's. The Martyrs' Free Church marks the site of the martyrdom. 9. Alesius, Liber Psalm. 10. Alesius, Liber Psalm. 11. So Fox narrates on the testimony of men who had been present at the burning, and who were alive in Scotland when the materials of his 44
history were collected. See Laing, Knox, vol. 1., Appendix 3.; also Alesius, Liber Psalm; an Buchanan, lib. xiv., ann. (1527) 1528. 12. Milton, Prose Works: Of Reformation in England. 45
Page 1 and 2: PROTESTANTISM IN SCOTLAND James Ait
Page 3 and 4: long established, and over its ruin
Page 5 and 6: The second step in Scotland's prepa
Page 7 and 8: necks of both, simply at the will a
Page 9 and 10: first who suffered for the Reformed
Page 11 and 12: moments.[8] The Lollards of England
Page 13 and 14: About the same time the books and t
Page 15 and 16: Resby, by Bower, the continuator or
Page 17 and 18: about to make its stand at a third
Page 19 and 20: his native land, and publish the Go
Page 21 and 22: Gospel was now brought within the h
Page 23 and 24: degree would have been summarily di
Page 25 and 26: Andrews, a young man of quick parts
Page 27 and 28: "incorruptible seed of the Word," w
Page 29 and 30: and servants, intending to enter th
Page 31 and 32: there would mingle cheering hopes i
Page 33 and 34: city of Scotland. Whatever tomorrow
Page 35 and 36: in all Scotland; few of such dimens
Page 37 and 38: "thou sayest it is all in vain to s
Page 39 and 40: The interval was passed by the mart
Page 41 and 42: Hovering near that pile, drawn thit
Page 43: stake that the first decided dawn o
Page 47 and 48: the deaths of the martyrs. The burn
Page 49 and 50: thing called heresy might be of whi
Page 51 and 52: the heroism of the martyrs which ov
Page 53 and 54: ostentatious display of the symbols
Page 55 and 56: as much to his elevation as the cir
Page 57 and 58: ecoming "suspect" of heresy, retire
Page 59 and 60: is probable, their preacher, leavin
Page 61 and 62: imparting a new life to them, broug
Page 63 and 64: to trial on the 28th of February, a
Page 65 and 66: orders, and to have been for upward
Page 67 and 68: and cast in his lot with the Reform
Page 69 and 70: Chapter 4 Knox's Call to the Minist
Page 71 and 72: upon him," and when he hesitated th
Page 73 and 74: from which he worked. The deliverer
Page 75 and 76: channels of intercourse and informa
Page 77 and 78: elevating and inspiring. Knox's vie
Page 79 and 80: This was all that the times permitt
Page 81 and 82: establishing the Gospel in Scotland
Page 83 and 84: "his voice," says Knox, "had such c
Page 85 and 86: as one man and rend from its neck t
Page 87 and 88: Chapter 5 Knox's Final Return to Sc
Page 89 and 90: obtained from "the Estates" all tha
Page 91 and 92: princes with promises further than
Page 93 and 94: Monastery of the Gray Friars when,
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would stand by it at all hazards. S
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arrival, they bent their steps to t
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irregularities and violences that m
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Chapter 6 Establishment of the Refo
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Guise. While other countries had es
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seek where I may have it."[4] The i
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put away. When he had ended, and sa
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herself in order of battle. The tum
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moment to put forth. He knew how pr
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extirpation of Protestantism. The p
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service which Knox rendered. It not
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Footnotes: 1. Laing, Knox, vol. 1.,
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Chapter 7 Constitution of the "Kirk
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developed it; but in a little city
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inspecting the conduct of ministers
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knowledge and the highest offices o
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The Reformer was yet smarting from
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the deeper in guilt; and equally un
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towards the northern land which had
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for the principle from which were t
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Chapter 8 Knox's Interview with Que
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quaintly described the change that
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Giles's. He preached on the sin of
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timidity, but of wisdom; no of bigo
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the Roman emperors, I pray you, mad
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eigned by Divine right, and that th
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pleases them." Is then Knox to conc
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himself, explains the same more cle
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their cause, and the aid of Him who
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of those concerned in it: but he fa
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A third and still more grievous dis
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St. Giles's, Knox poured out the so
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as the sermon was ended, and report
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tears, rather than hurt his conscie
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citizens resorted to it. Some zealo
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which the Reformer was now made ans
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interrupted him. "You forget yourse
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with Scotland Popish, it may be dou
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without our reading these same sent
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McCrie, Life of Knox, vol. 2., pp.
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ut over Europe; and, as a consequen
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years at Geneva, the loving flock t
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patrimony; and secondly, because it
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with marked and lasting effect on b
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sense. Darnley has disappeared, and
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eauty, all imaginations by her live
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Fotheringay Castle, it could hardly
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the evening of the 24th of November
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might endure and extend itself, he
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Chapter 11 Andrew Melville The Tulc
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complaints against them for neglect
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prosecute his studies at that ancie
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near a view, deepened the detestati
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the General Assembly of 1580 came t
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advance in the Protestant theory of
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nation's acceptance of and submissi
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Chapter 12 Battles for Presbyterian
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the broken link between Scotland an
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Guises and Rome. But there were non
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the neighboring parishes, where als
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popular feeling was in favor of the
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the Parliament (1584) overturned th
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that he was born in such a place as
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admitted into the palace. It had be
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and preservation, when these same e
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manage, although with diminished au
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must be as narrow as his heart is c
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Chapter 13 James in England The Gun
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-- prematurely, we think; but they
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the English Jesuits were left with
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whole royal family, there will stil
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commonly used as a coal-cellar, was
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elow the House of Lords, followed b
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Jesuit conspirators who made their
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should ever after be put in executi
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(Bennet, Memorial of the Reformatio
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amplest measure of political freedo
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possessed. But he prosecuted on the
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Making a virtue of necessity, the n
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4th, Private baptism; 5th, Private
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measures, had now triumphed; but th
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Gospel, nor had they become suddenl
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influence. They could not resist th
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they might buy wares of exceeding p
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formed themselves into little compa
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fiercer tempests were soon to pass
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Scotland heard was just over the Pa
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with a fearless logic. "Monarchy,"
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There was no Andrew Melville among
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through the nation, and made Charle
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e held. Tyranny loves simplicity in
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called in to sanction this civil ty
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and then said a form of prayer, 'Th
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aimed, in short, at rescuing Christ
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of Fox, instead of those of the Rom
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plays, to which the queen was said
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Footnotes: 1. The True Law of Free
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archbishop, bishops, and a competen
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it would not pass without a tempest
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saluted with cries of "A Pope -- a
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present juncture, and subscribed wi
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They stood on the steps of the Divi
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initials. The solemn enthusiasm tha
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tried by turns to break the phalanx
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Assembly, unmoved, proceeded to dep
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The Reformed Church of Scotland upr
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Chapter 17 Civil War--Solemn League
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summoned them to battle. Charles's
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England. The Church of Scotland had
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in this assembly. Wisdom, eloquence
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many writers say from two hundred t
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the passions on both sides, took ca
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practical steps which it behoved th
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shouts or their animated looks to t
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profound policy in these views in a
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Henderson, Samuel Rutherford, Rober
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Church."[8] Apart there sat a littl
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doctrine exhibited in the four docu
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Chapter 18 Parliament Triumphs, and
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National Assembly. England was Pres
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ennobling conviction on the other s
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field, now waiting for the signal t
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world doth know," said they, "this
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or rising might interrupt the trage
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into Popish superstition and slaver
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Palace of Whitehall. It was only a
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Sacred Majesty and Mr. Alexander He
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The fall of the Monarchy in England
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ceremonies that formed the king's a
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Charles was crowned at London on th
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poison of moral death all over the
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Some little while after, the king p
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of the cross. Under this Act it was
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were ordered to remove to a distanc
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administration, see History of the
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We have seen the extravagant joy wi
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were pleaded on both sides; in the
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Obscurely born, we know nothing of
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Wodrow's History, and will remain a
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the piety, and with that the, patri
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efuse the oath, or deny the princip
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We know not whether the wildest rev
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Footnotes: 1. Kirkton, History of C
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three. But at this stage it was fou
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Argyle was the first to invite Char
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and touched his pulse, and found th
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with the palace or mitre of the gre
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not so pure as his lawn. The third
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their anointing took place in the C
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temporal; another Act was passed ag
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the scene of his ease and of his pl
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Footnotes: 1. Burnet, History of hi
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their office and an affront to thei
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king's Act required. In pursuance o
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short space to make up their minds.
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knew that, distressing as was their
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From this scene of desolation let u
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in his case, as in so many similar
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more tyrannical. Archbishop Sharp p
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desolate island, in a very miserabl
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members of families, recently in af
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continuing the battle with a yet po
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disarmed itself, and stood literall
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The next public proof that the Cour
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studied not to give offense to Engl
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proclamation was issued repealing a
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In truth Louis XIV wanted but littl
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urgomasters had eclipsed the splend
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defended: and if he could not preve
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Chapter 24 The Popish Plot, and Dea
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was thus at an end, but though no l
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merchants, as if King Charles were
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offspring of Charles II and also Ja
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deceptive; for while the duke profe
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few people doubted that a daring an
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magistrate in London, had been spec
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But the more the Jesuits strove to
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the duke and his party next tried t
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So far, and no farther, had these m
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of insulting and vilifying epithets
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the fate of Charles II. The king ha
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Around him are two kingdoms groanin
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important message by an ambassador
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7. "Here is lately discovered a str
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Chapter 25 The First Rising of the
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impossible for them to comply with
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esolving to be beforehand with Sir
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Kirkton, "this rolling snowball was
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attack was followed by the rout of
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orders in such a juncture but a pri
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Thirty-five more were sent to their
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The hearers had no difficulty in fi
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Jesus Christ, the Mediator of the N
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Chapter 26 The Field-preaching or "
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not shaved since Charles I was behe
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forgotten that he had once been a P
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acknowledge the bishop, they were n
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method could not long endure; the P
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mountain; nor had their psalm been
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There is still a third line of watc
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away of winter of the Old Economy,
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ody of communicants had partaken th
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his holy place... Many great days o
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Chapter 27 Drumclog--Bothwell Bridg
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deepened by the machine which was s
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any to attend a field-preaching in
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of the western Lowlands. This Highl
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heath that make up the bosom of the
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these fatal conditions that, a few
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had obtained on the fatal field of
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hunted on the mountains and tracked
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which they arrived they announced i
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and so seal as it were the testimon
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crushed, and as a Church it seemed
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6. We have quoted a few only of the
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were execute at Edinburgh, about an
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Chapter 28 Projects to Restore Pope
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The nation persuaded itself that it
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French king. Louis XIV began to dou
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lastly, he ventured upon the bold s
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were inadequately supported. Argyle
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judge, and not the guilt of the pri
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himself, says Jeffreys to him, 'Ric
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commissions in the army. These laws
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to Parliament. This compromise was
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dependence on him, and therefore th
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8. Bowyer, History James II, p. 48.
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given to Papists. The army was remo
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profligate men in the profession we
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change was effected by the threats
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which he vaunted so much; it seemed
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carnage of 1641 would have been re-
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prerogative. This destruction of al
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the sphere of the Romish Church, wa
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instantly crushed. Hardly a week pa
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Romanism in the spirit. This was in
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afterwards. It was while the king w
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Having set up the dispensing power,
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kingdom. Several of the bishops and
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with a Prince of Wales. It was now
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evidently discomposed. There was ca
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Lloyd of St. Asaph, Turner of Ely,
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liberated and regenerated. The firs
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some on pretext of visiting friends
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epresenting to them the danger of F
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German candidate who was eventually
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Orange, found himself on the blink
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transports and embarking his troops
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assemblage, representative of sever
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which they regarded as a compensati
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With this "Protestant wind," as the
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considerable hazard, for it was unc
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they were met by this storm. They w
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followers most heartily welcome to
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Christendom. It was the resurrectio
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14. Bowyer, History William III, vo
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