This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 Excerpt: ...it, and now this is put upon me; the Lord is righteous. He procured the gathering of it by others, only took account of it, and saw it duly done; and deserved, as he said he hoped he should, that inscription mentioned in Suetonius, KoAcos rfXtavrp-avri, --To the memory of an honest publican. " In September, the same ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 Excerpt: ...it, and now this is put upon me; the Lord is righteous. He procured the gathering of it by others, only took account of it, and saw it duly done; and deserved, as he said he hoped he should, that inscription mentioned in Suetonius, KoAcos rfXtavrp-avri, --To the memory of an honest publican. " In September, the same year, he was again, by warrant from the Deputy Lieutenant, brought prisoner to Hanmer, as was also Mr. Steel and others. He was examined about private meetings. Some such, but private indeed, he owned he had been present at of late, in Shropshire, but the occasion was extraordinary; the plague was at that time raging in London, and he, and several of his friends, having near relations there, thought it time to seek the Lord for them, and this was imputed to him as a crime. He was likewise charged with administering the Lord's supper, which he denied, having never administered it since he was disabled by the Act of Uniformity. After some days' confinement, seeing they could prove nothing against him, he was discharged upon recognizance of 20, with two sureties, to be forthcoming upon notice, and to live peaceably.--But, says he, our restraint was not strict, for we had liberty of prayer and conference together, to our mutual edification." These examples are sufficient to show how many harassing and cruel persecutions the faithful servants of Christ were subjected to at that period. The government felt that they had heaped on them grievous wrongs, and therefore reasoned from their own impure impulses that the sufferers must be watching for an opportunity to be avenged. To this we must ascribe, to some extent, the mean jealousy which, in so many ways, manifested itself in irritating persecutions of the Nonconformist clergy. Of these, ...
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