Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti Quitates Vulgares Etc |
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... Darkness ; some whose Faith might remove a Mountain of Sins , and some whose Tears procure a Mul- titude of Mercies . O the Comfort of the For- giveness of Sins ! Of being guided safely through the Shadow of Death ! Of arriving securely ...
... Darkness ; some whose Faith might remove a Mountain of Sins , and some whose Tears procure a Mul- titude of Mercies . O the Comfort of the For- giveness of Sins ! Of being guided safely through the Shadow of Death ! Of arriving securely ...
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... Darkness , then it might justly be called Superstition , and therefore justly abolished , But when we retain the Custom , only to procure the Prayers of the Faithful for a departing Soul , it would surely till 1655 , when we find it ...
... Darkness , then it might justly be called Superstition , and therefore justly abolished , But when we retain the Custom , only to procure the Prayers of the Faithful for a departing Soul , it would surely till 1655 , when we find it ...
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... Darkness ? In short , wouldst thou have him crown'd with the Joys of Paradise ? Be assured then , that the Prayers of good men will very much contribute to the gaining of these Things . But how shall they then pray for him , if they ...
... Darkness ? In short , wouldst thou have him crown'd with the Joys of Paradise ? Be assured then , that the Prayers of good men will very much contribute to the gaining of these Things . But how shall they then pray for him , if they ...
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... Darkness . 66 66 II . Amen . LORD , receive the Soul of this thy Ser- " vant : Enter not into Judgment with him : 66 66 Spare him whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious Blood : And deliver him , " for whose sake thou didst ...
... Darkness . 66 66 II . Amen . LORD , receive the Soul of this thy Ser- " vant : Enter not into Judgment with him : 66 66 Spare him whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious Blood : And deliver him , " for whose sake thou didst ...
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... Darkness , till the Time of Cock - crowing , and then they depart . Hence it is , that in Country - Places , where the Way of Life re- quires more early Labour , they always go chearfully to Work at that Time ; whereas if they are ...
... Darkness , till the Time of Cock - crowing , and then they depart . Hence it is , that in Country - Places , where the Way of Life re- quires more early Labour , they always go chearfully to Work at that Time ; whereas if they are ...
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