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  • I grudge at the Puritans for having abolished it; and though I felt not its comprehensive Fullessse [Transcriber's note: Fullnesse?] before I married, nor indeed till now, yet I wearied to Death in _London_ at the puritanicall Ordinances and Conscience-meetings and extempore Prayers, wherein it was soe oft the Speaker's Care to show Men how godly he was.

    Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Anne Manning 1843

  • It accepts the 'Ordinances' because it has just escaped the treacherous machinations, the servitude prepared for it by men whose principle is to go just as their own heart leads them ....

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

  • "Ordinances," regulating even the minor details of the life of a

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

  • Baptism and the Bread and Wine of the Supper -- "Ordinances," he says,

    Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Rufus Matthew Jones 1905

  • Honestone, I know personally of someone sleeping on the ground because the shelter he was living in is not supported in the city "Ordinances".

    LJWorld.com stories: News By E. Kent Hayes - Lawrence 2009

  • He says, by way of Introduction, that, “Though entitled Ordinances for the Household of Bishop Grostete, this is evidently a Letter addressed to the Bishop on the management of his Household by some very intimate friend.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • The Final Blog About Adolf Hitler Campbell Cape Zoning "Ordinances" Suggest

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2009

  • He was quite ready to confess that their tongues had been "tongues o 'fire;" but then, he said, "Maggie had the 'Ordinances' and the 'Promises,' and she should hae waited wi 'mair patience.

    A Daughter of Fife Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • Ordinances against throwing away banana peels were enacted, and sanitation departments - some of them the first ever for their municipalities - were organized around solving the problem.

    A conversation with Dan Koeppel, author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World 2010

  • How about any past County or City Ordinances regarding same?

    Lents Park deed restriction: The plot thickens (or thins, perhaps) (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

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