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It is the same word the Scripture uses to set forth the vehemency of Christ, his telling of his disciples of him that should betray him.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

And yet these cries continue unpunished, both in London and Dublin, although I confess, not with equal vehemency or loudness, because the reason for contriving this desperate plot, is, to our great felicity, wholly ceased.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Scott, Temple

Then they called him with exceeding great vehemency, all of them, one and another.

From Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Rowlandson, Mary White

Then the Angel of the Lord took Habakkuk by the crown, and bare him by the hair of his head, and through the vehemency of his spirit set him in Babylon over the den.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

In such vehemency and threatnyng continewed that servand of God neyr ane hour and ane half, in the which he declared all the plagues that ensewed, as plainlie as after our eyes saw thame performed.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David