Narrative of the Martyrdom, at Boston of William Robinson, Marmaduke Stevenson, Mary Dyer, and William Leddra, in the Year 1659: With Some Particulars of the Judgments which Befel Their Persecutors and the State of New EnglandJohn Harrison, 1841 - 40 páginas |
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Página 12 - Now ye are made manifest ;' and the executioner being about turning him off, he said, -I suffer for Christ, in whom I live, and for whom I die.' He being turned off, Marmaduke Stevenson stepped up the ladder, and said, • Be it known unto all this day, that we suffer not as evil-doers, but for conscience sake.
Página 25 - Nay, I shall not change my religion, nor seek to save my life ; neither do I intend to deny my Master ; but if I lose my life for Christ's sake, and the preaching of the gospel, I shall save my life.
Página 26 - I came not in among you in Rebellion, but in Obedience to the God of Heaven ; not in Contempt to any of you, but in Love to your Souls and Bodies ; and that you shall know one Day, when you and all Men must give an Account of your Deeds done in the Body. Take heed, for you cannot escape the righteous Judgments of God.
Página 26 - Be not proud, neither let your spirits be lifted up ; God doth but wait till the measure of your iniquity be filled up, and that you have run your ungodly race ; then will the wrath of God come upon you to the uttermost. And as for thy part, it hangs over thy head, and is near to he poured down upon thee, and shall come as a thief in the night, suddenly, when thou thinkest not of it.
Página 7 - I stood a little still, with my heart and mind stayed upon the Lord, the word of the Lord came to me in a still small voice, which I did hear perfectly, saying to me, in the secret of my heart and conscience : " I have ordained thee a prophet unto the nations...
Página 9 - Lord knowetbj for if my life were freely granted by you, it would not avail me; nor could I expect it of you, so long as I should daily hear or see the sufferings of these people, my dear brethren, and...
Página 27 - Wenlock. Your Will is your Law, and what you have Power to do, that you will do : And seeing that the Jury must go forth on my Life, this I have to say to you in the Fear of the Living God : Jury, take heed what you do, for you swear by the Living God, That you will true NO.
Página 11 - No; this is to me an hour of the greatest joy I ever had in this world: no ear can hear, no tongue can utter, and no heart can understand, the sweet incomes or influence, and the refreshings of the Spirit of the Lord, which now I feel".