...of you who lead the people, have laboured to build yourselves in these things [king and covenant] ; wherein you have censured others, and established...of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. . . . Tliere may be a carnal confidence upon misunderstood and misapplied precepts, which may be called...

...terms which, with some anger, are yet dignified, and with a touch of humour are yet deep and earnest. " Is it therefore infallibly agreeable to the Word of...bowels of Christ, think it possible you MAY be mistaken ! " What strong and various emotions do these few words convey ! We may almost picture to ourselves...

...Castle, Turriff, NB " THINK IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY BE WRONG" : CROMWELL (11 S. iv. 68). — The words " I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken," occur in Cromwell's letter to the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, dated Musselburgh, 3 August,...

...knowledge. I am persuaded that divers of you, who lead the people, have laboured to * The Phoenix. build yourselves in these things ; wherein you have...of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." How Cromwell becomes cooped up in the peninsula on which D unbar is situated ; how his forces are discouraged...

...their error, but could not see his own, had well said to the ministers in Edinburgh Castle, " Is it infallibly agreeable to the word of God all that you say ? I beseech you, in the bowels of Jesus Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. Precept may be upon precept, line may be upon...

...eyes you hide a better knowledge. I am persuaded that divers of you, who lead the people, have labored to build yourselves in these things ; wherein you...of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. " How Cromwell becomes cooped up in the peninsula on which Duubar is situated ; how his forces are...

...persuaded that divers of you, who lead the people, have labored to build yourselves in these things f wherein you have censured others, and established...of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." How Cromwell becomes cooped up in the peninsula on which Duubar is situated ; how his forces are discouraged...

...given, — humbly we speak it before our God, in whom all our hope is, — some proof that thoughts of that kind prevail not upon us. The Lord hath not...the Word of God, all that you say ? I beseech you, i Our people. * The Scotch Paper ' To the Under-Offlcers,' &o., received on the last day of July ;...

...People, have labored to build ) the Musselburgh Skirmish, &c. f Our people. 1 I 'liners and Declarations. yourselves in these things ; wherein you have censured...agreeable to the Word of God, all that you say ? I beseech ybu, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. Precept may be upon precept, line...

...year, in a letter, to the General Assembly of the Kirk • of Scotland. ' I beseech you,' he wrote, ' in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken ' " CHAPTER VII. OLIVE'S RECOLLECTIONS. fHE last battle of the Civil Wars was fought. Or rather the...