...grammatical : only sometimes there was a pathetic outburst that came near to the heart of the matter. " I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken ! " We sincerely thought otherwise ; and the Commonwealth, recognising the painful honesty which afflicted...

...precept," which Cromwell addressed to the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland in August, 1650; "Is it therefore infallibly agreeable to the Word...of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. "§ And Dr. Hook, anxious to judge fairly in the face of strong predilections, says, that Cromwell,...

...result ? Cromwell spoke words of deepest wisdom when he gave the famous advice to the General Assembly : "I beseech you in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken " . We may take it as a fundamental axiom, that truth is not the exclusive property of an individual,...

...adroit and good-humored use of the bun mot of Oliver Cromwell to the Scottish Gdneral Assembly : " I beseech you in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." . No doubt Mr. Ewart regards the writer, whom he calls " one of the bitterest enemies of the Separate...

...that by this time Cromwell's adjuration addressed to the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland : I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken, would in some small measure be commencing to take effect, even upon Scotchmen. Surely the scantiest...

...adroit and good-humored use of the ban mot of Oliver Cromwell to the Scottish General Assembly : •J beseech you in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. No doubt Mr. Ewart regards the writer, whom he calls " one of the bitterest enemies of the separate...

...upon the Word of God.' Is it, therefore, infallibly agreeable to the AVord of God, all that you say 1 I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible...may be mistaken. Precept may be upon precept, line upon line, and yet the Word of the Lord may be • CromwelFs Letters and Speeds, Vol. II., pp. 4-5....

...the practical application of his speeches. He addressed the Scottish ministers in memorable words : " I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." Like other users of strong language, he never dreamt that he might be mistaken also himself. It was...

...build yourselves in these things ; wherein you have censured others and established yourselves upon the Word of God, all that you say. I beseech you,...precept, line may be upon line, and yet the Word of God may be to some a Word of Judgment ; that they may fall backward, and be broken, and be snared,...

...barriers. It will beget the tolerant spirit which Cromwell commended to the Scotch Assembly when he wrote: "I beseech you in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." The Christian world is struggling today in the effort to exalt devotion to Christ as the main thing....