Life of Lieut. General Hugh Mackay of Scoury: Commander in Chief of the Forces in Scotland, 1689 and 1690, Colonel Commandant of the Scottish Brigade, in the Service of the States General, and a Privy-counsellor in Scotland |
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Page 135 - O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance ; but hear us, thy poor servants, begging mercy and imploring thy help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 89 - I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast, that I was the first minister who looked for it, and found it, in the mountains of the north. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men; men who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to overturn the state in the war before the last.
Page 192 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, ' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 124 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles...
Page 135 - Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest take the cause into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us ; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few.
Page 131 - ... morals, and forced them to be both sober and just in their quarters : he spent all the time that he was master of, in secret prayers, and in the reading of the scriptures. The king often observed, that when he had full leisure for his devotions, he acted with a peculiar exaltation of courage. He had one very singular quality; in councils of war, he delivered his opinion freely, and maintained it with due zeal; but how positive soever he was in it, if the council of war overruled it, even though...