 The which our duty being well considered, we do promise, before the majesty of God and His Congregation, that we (by His grace) shall with all diligence continually apply our whole power, substance, and our very lives, to maintain, set forward, and establish...  History of Scotland - Sida 133efter Robert Anderson (schoolmaster.) - 1874Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Mackergo Taylor - 1884 - 232 sidor
...pledged themselves in the most solemn manner " to strive in their Master's cause even unto death;" "to maintain, set forward, and establish the most blessed word of God, and His congregation ; " with their " whole power, substance, and their very lives ; and to labour to the utmost of their... | |
 | 1885 - 168 sidor
...and a devoted attachment to the doctrine of Calvin. The bond entered into declared that they "would continually apply their whole power, substance, and...the most blessed word of God and his congregation; and would labour to have faithful ministers, purely and truly to minister Christ's evangel and sacraments... | |
 | William Mackergo Taylor - 1885 - 248 sidor
...pledged themselves in the most solemn manner " to strive in their Master's cause even unto death ;" "to maintain, set forward, and establish the most blessed word of God, and His congregation ;" with their "whole power, substance, and their very lives ; and to labour to the utmost of their... | |
 | Justin Almerin Smith - 1887 - 382 sidor
...certain of our victory in him." The signers then proceed to pledge themselves to apply with all diligence their whole power, substance and their very lives, " to maintain, set forward, and establish the blessed Word of God and his congregation." The peculiar significance of this coveIte Connection with... | |
 | James Taylor - 1887 - 224 sidor
...which declares it to be the resolution of the subscribers to " apply their whole power, substance, and very lives to maintain, set forward, and establish the most blessed Word of God," proved a standard around which the friends of the Reformation in Scotland gathered, and which gave... | |
 | James Franck Bright - 1889 - 530 sidor
...that we (by His grace) shall with all diligence continually apply our whole power, substance, and our very lives, to maintain, set forward, and establish the most blessed Word of Ood and His Congregation ; and shall labour at our possibility to have faithful ministers purely and... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1892 - 512 sidor
...Edinburgh, and drew up an agreement known as the First Covenant. It bound them to strive even to death "to maintain, set forward, and establish the most blessed Word of God and His congregation." The Scottish Reformers, who had resolved to abstain from Mass, formed small congregations in private... | |
 | John Knox - 1895 - 886 sidor
...had openly avowed a determination " to strive in their Master's cause, even unto the death," in order "to maintain, set forward, and establish the most blessed Word of God, and His Congregation." Occasional glimpses relating to affairs in Scotland are met with in the letters of the English prelates... | |
 | Felix Makower - 1895 - 570 sidor
...first covenant 15b was signed on the 3rd of December, 1557, by Argyll and other nobles and gentry ' to maintain, set forward and establish the most blessed word of God and His congregation.' The prosecution of a number of protestant preachers before the royal court at Stirling for unlicensed... | |
 | Alexander Taylor Innes - 1896 - 178 sidor
...document, dated 3rd December 1557, bound the signatories to ' apply our whole power, substance, and our very lives, to maintain, set forward, and establish...the most blessed Word of God and his congregation .... unto which holy word and congregation we do join us, and also do forsake and renounce the congregation... | |
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