 | Bp. Anthony Mitchell - Scotland - 1914 - 382 pages
...for Scotland?" The Bishop answered, "Yes Sir, if you have any commands for me." The prince replied, "I hope you will be kind to me, and follow the example of England." Rose was "something difficulted how to make a mannerly and discreet answer without entangling" himself,... | |
 | Bp. Anthony Mitchell - Scotland - 1914 - 374 pages
..."something difficulted how to make a mannerly and discreet answer without entangling" himself, but replied, "Sir, I will serve you so far as law, reason, or conscience, shall allow me." The prince turned on his heel without another word, and the Bishop soon afterwards... | |
 | Ninian Hill - Church buildings - 1919 - 308 pages
...at Court to look after the interests of the episcopate. He was presented at Whitehall to William who said, " I hope you will be kind to me and follow the example of England." The bishop was taken aback and replied, " Sir, I will serve you so far as law, reason, or conscience... | |
 | Henry Martyn Beckwith Reid - Scotland - 1923 - 406 pages
...Scots bishop — " I hope you will be kind to me, and follow the example of England." Rose answered, " Sir, I will serve you so far as law, reason, or conscience will allow me." The Prince silently turned away, and the fate of Scottish Episcopacy was sealed. It is a picturesque... | |
 | Henry Martyn Beckwith Reid - Scotland - 1923 - 406 pages
...leve'e. There the well-known dialogue took place ; the Prince of Orange said to the Scots bishop — " I hope you will be kind to me, and follow the example of England." Ro^e answered, " Sir, I will serve you so far as law, reason, or conscience will allow me." The Prince... | |
 | Leighton Pullan - Church history - 1923 - 316 pages
...Old Evangelicalism and the New, pp. 16, 17 (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1889). The Prince replied, 'I hope you will be kind to me, and follow the example of England.' Then said the bishop, 'Sir, I will serve you so far as law, reason, or conscience shall allow me.'... | |
 | Jonathan Irvine Israel - History - 2003 - 524 pages
...to the Prince's comment that he hoped affairs in Scotland would follow the example of England, Rose replied: 'Sir, I will serve you so far as law, reason, or conscience shall allow me.'102 In later life Rose was to ruminate on whether William would have kept his promise... | |
 | J. C. D. Clark - History - 1994 - 428 pages
...William; but to the de facto king's direct question about Rose's conduct, the bishop could only answer 'Sir, I will serve you so far as law, reason, or conscience shall allow me.'37 William realistically interpreted these three massive reservations as plain symptoms... | |
 | John Macleod - History - 2001 - 430 pages
...all were deposed. Bishop Rose of Edinburgh was granted an interview with William, who said carefully, 'I hope you will be kind to me, and follow the example of England.' Rose, an honourable man, said with equal care, 'Sir, I will serve you as far as law, reason and conscience... | |
 | Arthur Ranken - Reformation - 1882 - 92 pages
...Lord, are you going for Scotland?' My reply was, ' Yes, sir, if you have any commands for me.' Then he said, ' I hope you will be kind to me, and follow...replied, ' Sir, I will serve you, so far as law, reason, and conscience shall allow me.' How this answer pleased,' continues the Bishop, ' I cannot well tell... | |
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My Lord, are you going for Scotland ? My reply was, Yes, Sir, if you have any commands for me. Then he said, I hope you will be kind to me, and follow the example of England. 
