Biographia Scoticana: Or, A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions, of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies ... from ... 1503 ... to ... 1688 ...

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J. Dick & Company, 1828 - 330 sivua
 

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Sivu 125 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Sivu 298 - And now I leave off to speak any more to creatures, and turn my speech to thee, O Lord. And now I begin my intercourse with God, which shall never be broken off. Farewell, father and mother, friends and relations; farewell, the world and all delights ; farewell, meat and drink; farewell, sun, moon, and stars. Welcome, God and Father ; welcome, sweet Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant ; welcome, blessed Spirit of grace, and God of all consolation ; welcome, glory ; welcome, eternal life ; welcome,...
Sivu 279 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Sivu 192 - It is the Lord : good is the will of the Lord, who cannot wrong me nor mine, but has made goodness and mercy to follow us all our days.
Sivu 251 - Into thy hands I commend my spirit : .for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.
Sivu 26 - I taught that the souls of men should sleep until the last day ; but I know surely, and my faith is such, that my soul shall sup with my Saviour Christ this night, ere it be six hours, for whom I suffer this.
Sivu 324 - Having taken his leave of his friends, he at last kneeled down, and embracing the maiden,-]--]- said, " This is the sweetest maiden I ever kissed, it being the mean to finish my sin and misery, and my inlet to glory, for which I long.
Sivu 131 - Some days before his death, he said, " I shall shine, I shall see him as he is, I shall see him reign, and all his fair company with him ; and I shall have my large share.
Sivu 79 - Yet, at length, by the boy's tears, and Mrs. Forsyth's importunities, he was persuaded to a reconciliation. The boy entreated his father to send him to the college, and there to try his behaviour, and if ever thereafter he should break, he said he should be content his father should disclaim him for ever: so his father carried him home, and put him to the college, and there he became a diligent student, of great expectation, and shewed himself a sincere convert, and so he proceeded to the ministry.
Sivu 26 - O Thou Saviour of the world, have mercy upon me; Father of heaven, I commend my spirit into Thy holy hands.

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