 | William Robertson - 1777 - 430 pages
...fciences, and fought for fome more folid foundation of knowledge and of piety in the holy fcriptures. Having found a copy of the Bible, which lay neglected...himfelf to the ftudy of it, with fuch eagernefs and afliduity, as aftonifhed the monks, who were little accuftomed to derive their theological notions... | |
 | William Robertson - 1787 - 394 pages
...uninftructivefciences, and fought for fome more folid foundation of knowledge and of piety in the holy fcriptures. Having found a copy of the Bible, which lay neglected...derive their theological notions from that fource. The great progrefs which he made in this uncommon courfe of iludy, augmented fo much the fame both... | |
 | George Gregory - 1790 - 434 pages
...fciences, and fought for fome more folid foundation of knowledge and of piety in the Holy Scriptures. Having found a copy of the Bible, which lay neglected...monaftery, he abandoned all other purfuits, and devoted hi mfelf to the ftudy of it, with fuch eagernefs and afliduity as aftonifhed the monks, who were little... | |
 | George Gregory - Church history - 1795 - 594 pages
...fciences, and fought for fome more folid foundation of knowledge and of piety in the holy fcriptures. Having found a copy of the bible, which lay neglected in the library of his monaftery, he devoted himfelf to the ftudy of it, with fuch eagernefs and affiduity as aftonifhed the monks, who... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1802 - 398 pages
...fciences, and fought for fome more folid foundation of knowledge and of piety in the holy fcriptures. Having found a copy of the Bible, which lay neglected...affiduity, as aftonifhed the monks, who were little accuflomed • » to derive their theological notions from that fource. The great progrefs which he... | |
 | Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1803 - 512 pages
...Wittemberg. Having found a copy of the Bible, which had long been neglected, in the library of his convent, he abandoned all other purfuits, and devoted himfelf to the ftudy of the Scriptures. The pure light of revelation beamed upon his mind —he faw that Chriftianity was not... | |
 | Charles Buck - Theology - 1807 - 508 pages
...philosophy which was in vogue in. those days, and made consicferable progress in it: but happening to find a copy of the Bible which lay neglected in the library of his monastery, he applied himself to the study of it with such eagerness and assiduity, as quite astonished... | |
 | John Mackenzie (of Huntingdon.) - Reformation - 1809 - 424 pages
...sciences, and sought for some more solid foundation of knowledge and of piety, in the holy scriptures. Having found a copy of the Bible., which lay neglected in the library of his monastery, he abandoned all other pursuits, and devoted himself to the study of it with such eagerness... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1810 - 412 pages
...sciences, and sought for some more solid foundation of knowledge and of piety, in the holy scriptures. Having found a copy of the Bible, which lay neglected in the library of his monastery, he abandoned all other pursuits, and devoted himself to the study of k with-such eagerness... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...philofophy which was in vogue in thofe days, and made confiderable progrefs in it : but happening to find a copy of the Bible which lay neglected in the library of his monaftery, he applied himfelf to the ftudy of it with fuch eagernefs and afllduity, as quite altonilhed the monks... | |
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... some more solid foundation of knowledge and of piety, in the holy scriptures. Having found a copy of the Bible., which lay neglected in the library of his monastery, he... 
