...sternness, and the prescience, too, of an old Hebrew prophet, " We have now cast down the walls of Jericho ; let him that rebuildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Bethelite." As a speaker, though Clarendon characterizes his style as " flat and insipid," he must have been exceedingly...

...before leaving the chair, pronounced the words, — " We have now cast down the walls of Jericho ; let him that rebuildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Bethelite." kirk, and at the mercate crosse of Glasgow, the 28, and 29, of November, 1638. Printed at Glasgow by...

...moderator, who closed with these memorable words : — " We have now cast down the walls of Jericho, let him that re-buildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Bethelite." The Kirk had virtually triumphed, and its glory was shared by the majority of the people whose mouthpiece...

...Assembly rose on December 20. " We have now," said the Moderator, " cast down the walls of Jericho ; let him that rebuildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Bethelite." The Covenanters had now openly defied the royal authority, and war was inevitable. The great struggle was...

...closing address, the Moderator, Alexander Henderson, said, "We have now cast down the walls of Jericho. Let him that re-buildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Bethelite." Charles regarded the proceedings of this Assembly as acts of rebellion, and he advanced northwards...

...walls of Jericho," said the Moderator, Alexander Henderson, in his closing words to the Assembly. " Let him that rebuildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel, the Bethelite." The future was to supply but an ambiguous commentary on Henderson's application of the sacred text. There...

...the face of man. " We have now thrown down the walls of Jericho," said Henderson in conclusion ; " let him that rebuildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel, the Bethelite." SOURCES. — Same as for the preceding chapter, except Calderwood's History, which finishes at 1625....

...December. The closing words, it is said, were Henderson's : "We have now cast down the walls of Jericho ; let him that rebuildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Bethelite." 2. In the course of his account of the troubles we are dealing with, Thomas Fuller, that most entertaining...

...brethren departed, Henderson is reported to have said : ' We have now cast down the walls of Jericho; let him that rebuildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Beth-elite.' 1 In this manner, and by these agents, was the emancipation of the Church of Scotland from the domination...

...brethren departed, Henderson is reported to have said : ' We have now cast down the walls of Jericho ; let him that rebuildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Beth-elite.'1 In this manner, and by these agents, was the emancipation of the Church of Scotland from...