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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... respect of his learning , his wisdom , nor his sincerity ( although he is well persuaded there is not any one of them wanting in him ) , that hath moved him to prefer him before the rest of his fellows , but merely the recommendation of ...
... respect of his learning , his wisdom , nor his sincerity ( although he is well persuaded there is not any one of them wanting in him ) , that hath moved him to prefer him before the rest of his fellows , but merely the recommendation of ...
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... respect , and is quite as likely to be ortho- dox , as that of another . A heretic is a man who holds to his private judgment , when that judgment is opposed to the decision of the church ; as for example , when a man , con- trary to ...
... respect , and is quite as likely to be ortho- dox , as that of another . A heretic is a man who holds to his private judgment , when that judgment is opposed to the decision of the church ; as for example , when a man , con- trary to ...
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... respect , and affec- tion . Peter the venerable states , that he was often sur- prised at the self - abasement and self - renunciation of one who had been so distinguished by fame . His prayers , his silence , his fasting , made a deep ...
... respect , and affec- tion . Peter the venerable states , that he was often sur- prised at the self - abasement and self - renunciation of one who had been so distinguished by fame . His prayers , his silence , his fasting , made a deep ...
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... respect ; and yet Dithmar had been a very moral man ; he had learning and gravity , and he had , in the opinion of the world , done nothing to merit this self- condemnation . But he felt that he had been remiss in the discharge of his ...
... respect ; and yet Dithmar had been a very moral man ; he had learning and gravity , and he had , in the opinion of the world , done nothing to merit this self- condemnation . But he felt that he had been remiss in the discharge of his ...
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... respects , bears a greater similarity to some of the liturgies of the eastern church than to those of the west . After having held the arch- bishopric twenty - one years , Theodore died ; Adrian sur- vived him nearly eighteen years ...
... respects , bears a greater similarity to some of the liturgies of the eastern church than to those of the west . After having held the arch- bishopric twenty - one years , Theodore died ; Adrian sur- vived him nearly eighteen years ...
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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...