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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... sent many of them to Rome , paved the way for that atheism and infidelity which came in at the restoration , and during the last century had a soul - destroying influ- ence in our country . As socinianism is the child of calvinism , so ...
... sent many of them to Rome , paved the way for that atheism and infidelity which came in at the restoration , and during the last century had a soul - destroying influ- ence in our country . As socinianism is the child of calvinism , so ...
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... sent him a letter under his own hand , " that he would not add affliction to his sorrow , nor take one farthing from his chattels and moveables . " But the scandal brought upon the Church was not so readily re- moved ; it was a subject ...
... sent him a letter under his own hand , " that he would not add affliction to his sorrow , nor take one farthing from his chattels and moveables . " But the scandal brought upon the Church was not so readily re- moved ; it was a subject ...
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... sent letters to the suffragans of his province , commanding them to instruct their clergy to counteract the designs of the jesuits and their emissaries , and also to be no less watchful of the puritans , who were as indefatigable as the ...
... sent letters to the suffragans of his province , commanding them to instruct their clergy to counteract the designs of the jesuits and their emissaries , and also to be no less watchful of the puritans , who were as indefatigable as the ...
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... sent fairer weather ; but the true ground of my abstaining from solemn and public places was the weakness of my feet , proceeding from the gout ; which disease being hereditary unto me , and having possessed me now nine years , had ...
... sent fairer weather ; but the true ground of my abstaining from solemn and public places was the weakness of my feet , proceeding from the gout ; which disease being hereditary unto me , and having possessed me now nine years , had ...
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... sent for the archbishop to court , and appointed the archbishop of York and the earl of Dorset to receive him as he came out of his barge . They conducted him to his majesty , who , giving him his hand to kiss , enjoined him to attend ...
... sent for the archbishop to court , and appointed the archbishop of York and the earl of Dorset to receive him as he came out of his barge . They conducted him to his majesty , who , giving him his hand to kiss , enjoined him to attend ...
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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...