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Abraham Alexander Mack Anabaptists ander Anna ASTOR baptism baptized Barbara became blessed born Brethren Church Brüder Catharine Christoph Saur Christopher Sower Chronicon Ephratense Conestoga Conrad Beissel Coventry Coventry Brethren Coventry church Creyfelt Daniel daughter dear Brother death died early Eckerlin Elder Mack Elder Sower Elder Urner Elizabeth Ephrata Society eternal faith father friends George Adam Martin George Schreiber Germantown Germantown congregation God's Gottes greet gregation Häcker Hannes heart Henry Hochmann holy hymns immersion Jacob Jesus Christ Johannes John Naas journey Juniata College Kalckglässer Lancaster County land LENOX letter lived Lord love feast Maria Marienborn married Martin Urner meeting meetinghouse Mennonite Michael Frantz minister ordained Pennsylvania persecuted Peter Becker Philadelphia Pietists pious prayer preached preacher record religious Samuel SANDER MACK says Schwarzenau ship sins Sister soul spirit Stephen Koch synod thee thou tion truth Tunker Valentine Mack West Friesland wife words
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Page 324 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 42 - Wales, during the life of the late King James, and since his decease, pretending to be, and taking upon himself the Stile and Title of King of England, by the name of James the Third...
Page 163 - Another guest that winter night Flashed back from lustrous eyes the light. Unmarked by time, and yet not young, The honeyed music of her tongue And words of meekness scarcely told A nature passionate and bold, Strong, self-concentered, spurning guide, Its milder features dwarfed beside Her unbent will's majestic pride.
Page 42 - James, and since his decease, pretending to be and taking upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third, or of Scotland by the name of James the Eighth, or the stile and title of King of Great Britain, hath not any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm...
Page 462 - This modesty in a sect is perhaps a single instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in possession of all truth, and that those who differ are so far in the wrong; like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him •on the road he sees wrapped...
Page 42 - That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm: So help me God.
Page 167 - ... gale the sea rages and surges, so that the waves rise often like mountains one above the other, and often tumble over the ship, so that one fears to go down with the ship; when the ship is constantly tossed from side to side by the storm and waves; so that no one can either walk, or sit, or lie, and the closely packed people in the berths are thereby tumbled over each other, both the sick and the well — it will be readily understood that many of these people, none of whom had been prepared...
Page 364 - This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach: we fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour: how is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
Page 43 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise, heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian : So help me God.
Page 42 - Position that Princes Excommunicated or deprived by the Pope or any authority of the See of Rome may be deposed or murthered by their subjects or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State, or Potentate hath or ought to have any power, Jurisdiction, Superiority, Pre-eminence, or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within the Realm of Great Britain or the Dominions thereunto belonging.