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We were all one in Adam and with him; in him legally in regard of the Stipulation and Covenant between God and him vire were in him parties in that Covenant, had Intereft in the Mercy, and were liable to the Curfe which belonged to the Breach of that Covenant*.
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The Orthodox priests claim that the Ark of the Covenant is here, not so far away from the source of the Nile.
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Note 2: The Day of the Covenant is the day on which white Afrikaners celebrated their victory over the
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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If we ask how the disarmament promised in the Covenant is to be achieved and what the limits are within which armaments are to be permitted, we will find that the text of the Covenant gives us no useful answer.
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In the final analysis, the one penalty which can result from the provisions of the Covenant is the loss of the benefits of membership in the League of Nations.
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They formed a solemn league, which they called The Covenant, for the preservation of their own religious forms; they rose in arms throughout the whole country; they summoned all their men to prayers and sermons twice a day by beat of drum; they sang psalms, in which they compared their enemies to all the evil spirits that ever were heard of; and they solemnly vowed to smite them with the sword.
A Child's History of England Charles Dickens 1841
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Alabama Democrats announced their agenda which they termed the Covenant for the Future and pledged to pass each of its items within the first 10 days of the quadrennium.
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Jack Smith of The Catholic Key reports that the furor over the supposed public unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant is for naught, the result of a bad translation and a flood of hype.
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Jack Smith of The Catholic Key reports that the furor over the supposed public unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant is for naught, the result of a bad translation and a flood of hype.
No, uh, ark 2009
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Covenant is a very good read, and since it tied for that Bram Stoker Award with another novel called Stained by Lee Thomas, I'm curious to see what Thomas brought to the dance in 2004 to essentially "make par" with Everson's offering.
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