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Page 105
... mercy ! mention them to him ? " exclaimed Lady Emily , with a great start , " oh no ! not for the whole world ! The very thought makes me tremble . Not that he might - but - consider ! " she paused- and looked anxiously at Mr. and Mrs ...
... mercy ! mention them to him ? " exclaimed Lady Emily , with a great start , " oh no ! not for the whole world ! The very thought makes me tremble . Not that he might - but - consider ! " she paused- and looked anxiously at Mr. and Mrs ...
Page 112
... mercy on him , poor soul ! " said he ; " I misgive me that he hath not any ; but he may surely say as much when he is on trial , and God may put it in the hearts of those he pleads before , to believe him ; for I will swear for him ...
... mercy on him , poor soul ! " said he ; " I misgive me that he hath not any ; but he may surely say as much when he is on trial , and God may put it in the hearts of those he pleads before , to believe him ; for I will swear for him ...
Page 142
... God's assistance in doing so , to leave the result with His mercy , wisdom , and justice . Now , gentlemen , in this case , forget , for a very little while , that life depends on the judgment which you are to 142 NOW AND THEN .
... God's assistance in doing so , to leave the result with His mercy , wisdom , and justice . Now , gentlemen , in this case , forget , for a very little while , that life depends on the judgment which you are to 142 NOW AND THEN .
Page 153
... mercy . I am bound to tell you that I agree with their verdict , entirely ; and all intelligent persons who hear me , are now probably regarding you as a justly convicted murderer . Indeed , what enor- mous offences must go unpunished ...
... mercy . I am bound to tell you that I agree with their verdict , entirely ; and all intelligent persons who hear me , are now probably regarding you as a justly convicted murderer . Indeed , what enor- mous offences must go unpunished ...
Page 154
... mercy of your offended God ! Alas ! all that now remains for me to do , as your earthly judge , is to declare and pronounce upon you the sentence of the law : which sentence is , that you , Adam Ayliffe , be taken back to the place ...
... mercy of your offended God ! Alas ! all that now remains for me to do , as your earthly judge , is to declare and pronounce upon you the sentence of the law : which sentence is , that you , Adam Ayliffe , be taken back to the place ...
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Page 388 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 451 - ... to cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all his judgments ; to maintain the laws of " God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 310 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 24 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 362 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your heart forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 24 - And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Page 129 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 131 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!