An ecclesiastical biography, containing the lives of ancient fathers and modern divines, interspersed with notices of heretics and schismatics, Volume 1 |
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... learned and wise , the Solomon of our age ; religious as Josias , careful of spreading Christ's faith as Constantine the Great , just as Moses , undefiled in all his ways as a Jehoshaphat or Hezekiah , full of clemency as another ...
... learned and wise , the Solomon of our age ; religious as Josias , careful of spreading Christ's faith as Constantine the Great , just as Moses , undefiled in all his ways as a Jehoshaphat or Hezekiah , full of clemency as another ...
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... learned policy therein ; made a shepherd of shepherds before he was a shepherd of sheep ; consecrated bishop before ever called to a pastoral charge ; which made ( say some ) him not to sympathize with the necessities and 66 infirmities ...
... learned policy therein ; made a shepherd of shepherds before he was a shepherd of sheep ; consecrated bishop before ever called to a pastoral charge ; which made ( say some ) him not to sympathize with the necessities and 66 infirmities ...
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... learned and pious men , who thought that he should have spent the remainder of his days in privacy . It is said that he petitioned the king for leave to retire , but perhaps the petition was not strongly urged , and he contented himself ...
... learned and pious men , who thought that he should have spent the remainder of his days in privacy . It is said that he petitioned the king for leave to retire , but perhaps the petition was not strongly urged , and he contented himself ...
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... have thought fit , by the service of some other learned and reverend bishops , to be named by us , to supply those things which the said archbishop ought or might in the cases aforesaid to have done , but for this present 22 ABB .
... have thought fit , by the service of some other learned and reverend bishops , to be named by us , to supply those things which the said archbishop ought or might in the cases aforesaid to have done , but for this present 22 ABB .
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... learned divine of the Church of England , who was educated at Oxford . He took his degree of B.A. July 4th , 1513 , and that of M.A. June 27th , 1516 , and afterwards became doctor in divinity . He was a man of learning , skilled in ...
... learned divine of the Church of England , who was educated at Oxford . He took his degree of B.A. July 4th , 1513 , and that of M.A. June 27th , 1516 , and afterwards became doctor in divinity . He was a man of learning , skilled in ...
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Page 192 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently.
Page 230 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me : that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 400 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 283 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 503 - ... still, that the sign of the cross used in Baptism is no part of the substance of that sacrament : for when the minister, dipping the infant in water, or laying water upon the face of it, (as the manner also is,) hath pronounced these words, ' I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,' the infant is fully and perfectly baptized.
Page 501 - For the further declaration therefore of the true use of this ceremony, and for the removing of all such scruple, as might any ways trouble the consciences of them who are indeed rightly religious, following the royal steps of our most worthy king, because he therein followeth the rules of the Scriptures, and the practice of the Primitive Church ; we do commend to all the true members of the Church of England these our directions and observations ensuing.
Page 400 - To-morrow,' and ' To-morrow.' Why not now ? Why not is there this hour an end to my uncleanness ? So was I speaking, and weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart, when, lo ! I heard from a neighbouring house a voice as of boy or girl, I know not, chanting, and oft repeating, ' Take up and read ; Take up and read.
Page 285 - That true faith cannot proceed from the exercise of our natural faculties and powers, nor from the force and operation of free will ; since man, in consequence of his natural corruption, is incapable either of thinking or doing any good thing ; and that, therefore, it is necessary to his conversion and salvation, that he be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Ghost, which is the gift of God, through Jesus Christ.
Page 191 - My lords, cannot I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils...
Page 230 - In the world ye shall have tribulations; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world...