The Early English ChurchD. Appleton and Company, 1842 - 344 pages |
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Page 30 - Well reported of for good works ; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Page 30 - Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
Page 338 - Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 338 - O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that Thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.
Page 139 - It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God...
Page 319 - I say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it...
Page 29 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Page 89 - Hail ! gladdening Light, of His pure glory poured, Who is the Immortal Father, heavenly, blest, Holiest of Holies — Jesus Christ our Lord ! Now we are come to the sun's hour of rest, The lights of evening round us shine, We hymn the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Divine ! Worthiest art Thou at all times to be sung With undefiled tongue, Son of our God, Giver of life, Alone ! Therefore in all the world, Thy glories, Lord, they own.
Page 335 - King, and of 200 to Cromwell. He is commended for being an old worthy man, a good housekeeper, and one that daily fed many poor people. To this Latimer adds: "Alas, my good Lord!