Heroes for the TruthPresbyterian Publication Committee, 1840 - 245 Seiten |
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... measures , so great did the influence of Columba at last become that princes were his fast allies . He was an arbiter in their disputes , and on one occasion , was chosen to place the Scottish crown upon the head of Aidan . He , in ...
... measures , so great did the influence of Columba at last become that princes were his fast allies . He was an arbiter in their disputes , and on one occasion , was chosen to place the Scottish crown upon the head of Aidan . He , in ...
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... measures which were blessed to secure his moral triumphs . In selecting candidates for his missionary work , one of Columba's tests was to ascertain the character of their mothers . He wisely judged that if the truth which he loved so ...
... measures which were blessed to secure his moral triumphs . In selecting candidates for his missionary work , one of Columba's tests was to ascertain the character of their mothers . He wisely judged that if the truth which he loved so ...
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... measures . Wickliff's books might be burned , and loud remonstrances be heard . As a result , students , variously estimated at from 5,000 to 44,000 , might forsake the university of Prague . But unmoved by such commotions , Huss went ...
... measures . Wickliff's books might be burned , and loud remonstrances be heard . As a result , students , variously estimated at from 5,000 to 44,000 , might forsake the university of Prague . But unmoved by such commotions , Huss went ...
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... measure was too bold . They feared the people , " and for a time he escaped . He appealed from Rome to " the one incorruptible , just , and in- fallible Judge , Jesus Christ ; " and this he boldly an- nounced from his pulpit , though at ...
... measure was too bold . They feared the people , " and for a time he escaped . He appealed from Rome to " the one incorruptible , just , and in- fallible Judge , Jesus Christ ; " and this he boldly an- nounced from his pulpit , though at ...
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... measure- less corruptions of their order , that was an unpar- donable sin . Besides , history is careful to tell that bribery was largely employed to make sure of his destruction . and now the last act of the dark tragedy has arrived ...
... measure- less corruptions of their order , that was an unpar- donable sin . Besides , history is careful to tell that bribery was largely employed to make sure of his destruction . and now the last act of the dark tragedy has arrived ...
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Seite 147 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Seite 110 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. "Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood.
Seite 65 - ... pernicious books, detest them, abhor them, keep them not in your hands, deliver them to the superiors, such as call for them ; and if, by reading of them heretofore, any thing...
Seite 106 - ... his handful of clay ; though his living groups, his crawling reptiles, his 'slimy snails, his slippery frogs, his lively lizards, and his damp herbs and dripping mosses had never adorned those dishes...
Seite 60 - Some man will ask, peradventure, Why I take the labour to make this work, inasmuch as they will burn it, seeing they burnt the Gospel? I answer, In burning the New Testament they did none other thing than that I looked for ; no more shall they do if they burn me also, if it be God's will it shall so be.
Seite 54 - I had no man to counterfeit, neither was helped with English of any that had interpreted the same or such like thing in the scripture beforetime.
Seite 53 - if it would stand with the king's most gracious pleasure, to grant only a bare text of the scriptures to be put forth among his people...
Seite 54 - ... to affirm that good is the natural cause of evil, and darkness to proceed out of light, and that lying should be grounded in truth and verity ; and not rather clean contrary, that light destroyeth darkness, and verity reproveth all manner of lying.
Seite 147 - Thou gav'st me milk and sweetnesses ; I had my wish and way : My days were strewed with flowers and happiness : There was no month but May.