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Douglas, and Andrew Cant, to wait on his majesty; here Mr. Henderson officiated for some time as his chaplain; and although he and Mr. Blair, of all the presbyterians were the best beloved of the king, yet they could by no means prevail upon him to grant the first demand of his subjects, yea, he obstinately refused, though they besought him on their knees.
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He said, Yes, John, this is a dark discouraging time, but there will be a darker time than this; these silly graceless creatures the curates shall go down, and after them shall arise a party called presbyterians, but having little more but the name, and these shall as really as Christ was crucified without the gates of Jerusalem on mount Calvary bodily, I say, they shall as really crucify Christ in his cause and interest in
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Only the Wikipedia list can find such oddities as Britney Spears = presbyterians.
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Even then these estates were dreadful - the nation dominated by a gruesome combination of Holy Willy presbyterians and the Glasgow Labour party.
John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the... 2009
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Even then these estates were dreadful - the nation dominated by a gruesome combination of Holy Willy presbyterians and the Glasgow Labour party.
John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the... 2009
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The Scots presbyterians of the 18th century were the primary drivers of the doctrine's growth as a cultural view in the United States.
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In the debates on religion he was one of the leaders of the presbyterians, spoke against the Thirty-nine Articles, denied the claims of the bishops, urged the validity of presbyterian ordination, and supported the bill for turning the king's ecclesiastical declaration into law.
AS SEEN ON TV: WILLIAM PRYNNE Toby O'B 2009
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In the debates on religion he was one of the leaders of the presbyterians, spoke against the Thirty-nine Articles, denied the claims of the bishops, urged the validity of presbyterian ordination, and supported the bill for turning the king's ecclesiastical declaration into law.
Archive 2009-11-29 Toby O'B 2009
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Reverend Mr John Crookshank and Mr Andrew McCormick ministers of the gospel and about fifty other true covenanted presbyterians who were killed in this place in their own inocent self defence and deffence of the covenanted work of reformation by Thomas Dalzeel of Bins upon the 28 of November
Lay Morals 2005
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The Cameronians were about to take arms for the restoration of the house of Stewart, whom they regarded, with justice, as their oppressors; and the intrigues of the period presented the strange picture of papists, prelatists, and presbyterians, caballing among themselves against the English government, out of a common feeling that their country had been treated with injustice.
The Black Dwarf 2004
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