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Page 113
... Reformation had sprung out of political necessity , quite as much as it did from popular love for the reformed tenets . Even in a corrupt and pleasure - loving age , Geneva was celebrated for the easy and luxurious life of its ...
... Reformation had sprung out of political necessity , quite as much as it did from popular love for the reformed tenets . Even in a corrupt and pleasure - loving age , Geneva was celebrated for the easy and luxurious life of its ...
Page 116
... Reformation no less than the awakening in England . Hooker speaks of him as the wisest man who ever taught in the French Church , and that Hooker advanced a well - grounded opinion is wit- nessed by the letters which passed between ...
... Reformation no less than the awakening in England . Hooker speaks of him as the wisest man who ever taught in the French Church , and that Hooker advanced a well - grounded opinion is wit- nessed by the letters which passed between ...
Page 134
... reformation . " .. 6 . But what if there be no reform ? Then we suppose because it is inherited it is right to continue in what we condemn , though the Scriptures assert that what is not of faith is sin . " Let protests be made , but if ...
... reformation . " .. 6 . But what if there be no reform ? Then we suppose because it is inherited it is right to continue in what we condemn , though the Scriptures assert that what is not of faith is sin . " Let protests be made , but if ...
Page 155
... Reformation , has been made a bone of contention among religious partisans . The death of Servetus is now regretted by all sections of the church , though all are not agreed as to the origin of his punishment . It is a truism to affirm ...
... Reformation , has been made a bone of contention among religious partisans . The death of Servetus is now regretted by all sections of the church , though all are not agreed as to the origin of his punishment . It is a truism to affirm ...
Page 156
... reformation must be effected , Servetus must be its centre . He imagined himself to be a subject of prophecy , and the Michael depicted as fighting the beast in the Revelation . This being so , he should act a chief part in ushering in ...
... reformation must be effected , Servetus must be its centre . He imagined himself to be a subject of prophecy , and the Michael depicted as fighting the beast in the Revelation . This being so , he should act a chief part in ushering in ...
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Page 69 - Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh : yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
Page 246 - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate : but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah : for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Page 32 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 564 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 462 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. "Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Page 200 - Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 374 - For thou, O God, hast heard my vows : thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Page 371 - HEAR my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 426 - Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Page 436 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.