Solemn League and Covenant
Americannoun
noun
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He looked upon it as an infraction of the Solemn League and Covenant, which had been very generally subscribed in England, as well as in Scotland.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
This was the Solemn League and Covenant, "the noblest in its essential features," writes Hetherington, "of all that are recorded among the international transactions of the world."
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
We now find the jargon of the Mucklewraths and the Poundtexts of the Solemn League and Covenant, dead as it is, still not devoid of the picturesque and the impressive.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by John Morley
Six months later the triumph of Presbyterianism was completed, when in the church of Saint Margaret's at Westminster the Commons of England ratified the Solemn League and Covenant of Scotland.
From Claverhouse by Mowbray Morris
On the other hand, the National Covenant was transformed into the Solemn League and Covenant, which had for its aim the establishment of Presbytery in England as well as in Scotland.
From An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) by Robert S. Rait
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