Footsteps of Our Forefathers: What They Suffered and what They Sought. Describing Localities, and Portraying Personages and Events Conspicuous in the Struggles for Religious LibertyGould and Lincoln, 1852 - 352 páginas |
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... never been removed . He set up the truth which the experience of centuries has but served to maintain , that , whether against popes or cardinals , against law churches or ecclesiastical organizations , the only test of truth is the ...
... never been removed . He set up the truth which the experience of centuries has but served to maintain , that , whether against popes or cardinals , against law churches or ecclesiastical organizations , the only test of truth is the ...
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... never so few nor feeble , they believe that they may not be discomfited . Thus the words of Christ make his knights to be hardy . " His views of compulsory payments may be gained from the fol- lowing passage : " True it is that tithes ...
... never so few nor feeble , they believe that they may not be discomfited . Thus the words of Christ make his knights to be hardy . " His views of compulsory payments may be gained from the fol- lowing passage : " True it is that tithes ...
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... that miracles attended this circumstance , express- ive of the displeasure of Heaven at this removal . It is not worth while to relate them in detail . long in coming . And it can never fully come 34 THE LIGHT OF A DARK AGE .
... that miracles attended this circumstance , express- ive of the displeasure of Heaven at this removal . It is not worth while to relate them in detail . long in coming . And it can never fully come 34 THE LIGHT OF A DARK AGE .
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... never fully come whilst any of the errors which he lived to expose survive . Yet will he appear to some " that limb of the devil , enemy of the church , deceiver of the people , idol of heretics , mirror of hypocrites , author of ...
... never fully come whilst any of the errors which he lived to expose survive . Yet will he appear to some " that limb of the devil , enemy of the church , deceiver of the people , idol of heretics , mirror of hypocrites , author of ...
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... never restorations . Lincoln and Westminster Abbey cry shame ; and the visitant to Hampton Court deplores the incestuous union which he there witnesses ! " Most lame and impotent conclusion ! " But when even " the good Homer " is ...
... never restorations . Lincoln and Westminster Abbey cry shame ; and the visitant to Hampton Court deplores the incestuous union which he there witnesses ! " Most lame and impotent conclusion ! " But when even " the good Homer " is ...
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Página 70 - I charge you before God and His blessed angels that you follow me no further than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. " If God reveal anything to you by any other instrument of His, be as ready to receive it as ever you were to receive any truth by my ministry ; for I am verily persuaded the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of His holy Word.
Página 221 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
Página 70 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Página 117 - ... the eyes of all men were fixed upon him, as their patrite pater, and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do, good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time : for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Página 34 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Página 100 - We charge him with having broken his coronation oath; and we are told that he kept his marriage vow! We accuse him of having given up his people to the merciless inflictions of the most hot-headed and hard-hearted of prelates; and the defense is that he took his little son on his knee, and kissed him!
Página 322 - Poor child ! thought I, what sorrow art thou like to have for thy portion in this world ! Thou must be beaten ; must beg ; suffer hunger, cold, nakedness and a thousand calamities, though I cannot now endure the wind should blow upon thee...
Página 100 - The advocates of Charles, like the advocates of other malefactors against whom overwhelming evidence is produced, generally decline all controversy about the facts, and content themselves with calling testimony to character. He had so many private virtues ! And had James the Second no private virtues?
Página 100 - We accuse him of having given up his people to the merciless inflictions of the most hot-headed and hard-hearted of prelates ; and the defence is, that he took his little son on his knee and kissed him ! We censure him for having violated the articles of the Petition of Eight, after having, for good and valuable consideration, promised to observe them ; and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning...