The American Family of Rev. Obadiah HolmesStoneman Press, 1915 - 247 էջ |
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Էջ 26 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Էջ 96 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Էջ 31 - ... any wise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question, for any differences in opinion in matters of religion, and do not actually disturb the civil peace of our said colony ; but that all and every person and persons may, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments...
Էջ 42 - God bless thee, and preserve thee, my gentle girl and dear!" A weight seemed lifted from my heart, a pitying friend was nigh, I felt it in his hard, rough hand, and saw it in his eye; .And when again the sheriff spoke, that voice, so kind to me, Growled back its stormy answer like the roaring of the sea: "Pile my ship with bars of silver — pack with coins of Spanish gold, From keel-piece up to deck plank, the roomage of her hold, By the living God who made me!
Էջ 171 - God, tho' weak in body yet of sound and perfect understanding and memory, do constitute this my last will and testament, and desire it may be received by all as such...
Էջ 118 - God for the same, but calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament...
Էջ 41 - Assembly desiring to have the advice and concurrence of the most judicious inhabitants, if it may be had for the good of the whole, do desire at their next sitting the company and counsel" of sixteen persons, among them Phillip Sherman.
Էջ 58 - ... the countenance of kings ; which the law supported by its mandates, and .the purest judges felt no compunctions in enforcing. Let Witch Hill remain forever memorable by this sad catastrophe, not to perpetuate our dishonor, but as an affecting, enduring proof of human infirmity, — a proof that perfect justice belongs to one judgment-seat only, — that which is linked to the throne of God.
Էջ 118 - Maryland, being ancient and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same, and calling to mind the...
Էջ 21 - ... your hat, till it was forced off your head, to the disturbance of the congregation, and professing against the institution of the church, as not being according to the gospel of Jesus Christ...