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But they will not avoid his great eye, nor his invincible right hand; and we shall be revenged of them presently, in case we still retain any of the courage of our forefathers, and rise up boldly to punish these covenant-breakers.
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The pioneers of our Church were sometimes, in their own days, called by their opponents "covenant-breakers."
Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. Diocese Of Connecticut
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Which covenants once entered into, and being for the matter of them lawful, are most sacred, and therefore inviolably binding; and what cannot be broken or transgressed, without manifest guilt, and incurring the dreadful resentment of a holy and jealous God, who has severely threatened to punish covenant-breakers.
Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery
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I repeat -- there are covenant-breakers here, and we need a place set apart and men designated to shed their blood for their own salvation.
The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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He was calling them sinners and covenant-breakers, guilty of pride, covetousness, contention, lying, stealing, moral uncleanness -- and launching upon them the curse of
The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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After that, for 120 winters, duly numbered, exile afflicted the accursed race in this world; then the Lord 1265 wished to inflict punishment upon the covenant-breakers, and to smite with death the doers of evil, the giant folk unloved by God, the great and sinful foes hateful to the
Genesis A Translated from the Old English Lawrence Mason 1890
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You must take heed of the cursed sin of self-love, which is placed in the forefront, as the cause of all the catalogue of sins here named; "Because men are lovers of themselves, therefore they are covetous," etc., and therefore they are covenant-breakers.
The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Various 1876
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If Meroz was cursed for not helping, shall not these perfidious covenant-breakers and treacherous dealers against a distressed land be much more accursed, for helping and assisting a destroying enemy, so far as lieth in their power?
The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Various 1876
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The Third reason why God will be avenged of those that are covenant-breakers, is: Because that a covenant is the greatest obligation and the most forcible claim that can be invented to tie us to obedience and service.
The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Various 1876
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I charge you to keep your covenant with God; and see that ye never be moved yourselves to come against it in any head, or article thereof; and that ye give no counsel to the king to come against the doctrine, worship, government and discipline of the kirk, established in this land, as ye would eschew the judgment of covenant-breakers.
The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Various 1876
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