Protestantism in Scotland - James Aitken Wylie

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were pushing on the Government have no such word in their vocabulary as "desist." They may pause, or turn aside for a little, but they never desist. They stop only when they have arrived at success or ruin. The Government was still deliberating whether to turn back or go forward when there appeared on the horizon of Scotland another sign, to them most portentous and menacing. That Presbyterianism which they had driven out of the churches, and were trying to extirpate with the sword, was rising up in the wilds and moorlands to which they had chased it, mightier and more courageous than ever. The outed Presbyterians had found a sanctuary in the heart of their mountains or amid the solitudes of their moorlands; and there, environed by the majestic peaks or the scarcely less sublime spaces of the silent wilderness, they worshipped the Eternal in a temple of his own rearing. Never had the Gospel possessed such power, or their hearts been so melted under it, as when it was preached to them in these wilds; and never had their Communion Sabbaths been so sweet and hallowed as when their table was spread on the moorland or on the 490
mountain; nor had their psalm been ever sung with such thrilling rapture as when its strains, rising into the open vault, died away on the wilds. This they felt was worship, the worship of the heart -- real, fervent, sublime. It will brighten this dark page of our history to place upon it a little picture of one of these gatherings, where children of the Covenant worshipped, far from city and temple, in the holy calm of the wilderness. We shall take an actual scene. It is the year 1677. The Communion is to be celebrated on a certain Sunday in the Mearse, in the south of Scotland. Notice of the gathering has been circulated by trusty messengers some time before, and when the day arrives thousands are seen converging on the appointed spot from all points of the horizon. The place chosen is a little oblong hollow on the banks of the Whitadder, its verdant and level bosom enclosed on all sides by ascending grassy slopes. Here, as in an amphitheater, gather the crowd of worshippers. There is no hurry or distraction, each as he enters takes his place in silence, till at length not only is 491
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PROTESTANTISM IN SCOTLAND James Ait
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long established, and over its ruin
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The second step in Scotland's prepa
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necks of both, simply at the will a
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first who suffered for the Reformed
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moments.[8] The Lollards of England
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About the same time the books and t
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Resby, by Bower, the continuator or
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about to make its stand at a third
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his native land, and publish the Go
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Gospel was now brought within the h
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degree would have been summarily di
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Andrews, a young man of quick parts
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"incorruptible seed of the Word," w
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and servants, intending to enter th
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there would mingle cheering hopes i
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city of Scotland. Whatever tomorrow
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in all Scotland; few of such dimens
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"thou sayest it is all in vain to s
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The interval was passed by the mart
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Hovering near that pile, drawn thit
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stake that the first decided dawn o
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history were collected. See Laing,
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the deaths of the martyrs. The burn
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thing called heresy might be of whi
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the heroism of the martyrs which ov
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ostentatious display of the symbols
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as much to his elevation as the cir
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ecoming "suspect" of heresy, retire
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is probable, their preacher, leavin
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imparting a new life to them, broug
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to trial on the 28th of February, a
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orders, and to have been for upward
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and cast in his lot with the Reform
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Chapter 4 Knox's Call to the Minist
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upon him," and when he hesitated th
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from which he worked. The deliverer
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channels of intercourse and informa
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elevating and inspiring. Knox's vie
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This was all that the times permitt
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establishing the Gospel in Scotland
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"his voice," says Knox, "had such c
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as one man and rend from its neck t
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Chapter 5 Knox's Final Return to Sc
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obtained from "the Estates" all tha
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princes with promises further than
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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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Page 441 and 442: deceptive; for while the duke profe
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Page 451 and 452: So far, and no farther, had these m
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Page 469 and 470: Kirkton, "this rolling snowball was
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Page 475 and 476: Thirty-five more were sent to their
Page 477 and 478: The hearers had no difficulty in fi
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Page 531 and 532: French king. Louis XIV began to dou
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Page 535 and 536: were inadequately supported. Argyle
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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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