Some Account of the Family of the Armitages: From 1662 to the Present Time

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Reed & Pardon, 1850 - 196 pages
 

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Page 13 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 76 - ... if any man will be my disciple, let him take up his cross and follow me.
Page 10 - Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c and in the yeare of our Lord 1680. PRESENT The Right Honoble Sr Edmund Andros, Knt. Cover" Capt Mathias Nicolls Capt William Dyre Mr Fred.
Page 81 - ... cover their frailties ; love their excellences ; encourage their virtues ; relieve their wants ; rejoice in their prosperity; compassionate their distress; receive their friendship ; overlook their unkindness ; forgive their malice ; be a servant of servants ; and condescend to do the lowest offices to the lowest of mankind.
Page 80 - For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies to the cross of Christ, — whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 80 - I shall have peace, though I walk after the imagination of my own evil heart".
Page 3 - On these occasions, such of the inhabitants of that district as favoured the principles of the Nonconformist clergy, were gathered together, often (for safety) during the hours of night, for public worship. The house, which was standing till within a few years, was situated on the apex of a small hill, and commanded a view of every...
Page 11 - Term he shall not contract, At Cards Dice or any other unlawfull Games he shall not play, Taverns or Alehouses...
Page 4 - Kirklees. entrance into the valley below. At the eastern and western extremities of the building were entrance doors, and at each of these a guard was placed, to give warning if constables or the military made their appearance during the continuance of the service. When, subsequently to the Revolution, toleration was secured to Nonconformist...
Page 4 - Nonconformist worshippers, a chapel was built very near the spot where they had previously assembled; and in the year 1695 it was opened and dedicated to public worship by the good Nonconformist bishop, whose courage, zeal, and piety, had gathered and kept together the little flock during the long and stormy night of persecution.

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