Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with the History of Religion in England : from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 1J.G. & F. Rivington, 1839 - 719 pages |
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... images ; and God was the only object of their worship . They followed the ancients in their prayers to him to consummate the happiness of departed souls , but knew nothing of praying them out of purgatory . Their Homilies ' are full and ...
... images ; and God was the only object of their worship . They followed the ancients in their prayers to him to consummate the happiness of departed souls , but knew nothing of praying them out of purgatory . Their Homilies ' are full and ...
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... image , a relic , or a piece of bread ; deny the use of the sacraments which Christ instituted , or impose new ones of their own ; deny their people the use of the Scriptures in a language they understand , and command them to pray to ...
... image , a relic , or a piece of bread ; deny the use of the sacraments which Christ instituted , or impose new ones of their own ; deny their people the use of the Scriptures in a language they understand , and command them to pray to ...
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... images had not value only , but worship and adoration ; long journeys were taken , to the great detriment of families , to visit holy places , and kiss the footsteps of saints and martyrs . - These bigotries , though even then ...
... images had not value only , but worship and adoration ; long journeys were taken , to the great detriment of families , to visit holy places , and kiss the footsteps of saints and martyrs . - These bigotries , though even then ...
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... images , of fained miracles , of the tyrannical pride of the pope , of monks , friers , pardons , pil- grimages , and purgatory , and other like deceiving and mocking of the people ; and that they wished a reformation of the church ...
... images , of fained miracles , of the tyrannical pride of the pope , of monks , friers , pardons , pil- grimages , and purgatory , and other like deceiving and mocking of the people ; and that they wished a reformation of the church ...
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... image in so much honour and respect in that country where it is , as in far countries . For example , the Italians , yea those who dwell near Rome , will mock and scoff at our English and other pilgrims , who go to see the pope's ...
... image in so much honour and respect in that country where it is , as in far countries . For example , the Italians , yea those who dwell near Rome , will mock and scoff at our English and other pilgrims , who go to see the pope's ...
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Page 304 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 304 - And I saw an Angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 153 - IT is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have public Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people.
Page 254 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into, Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 67 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred ; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith.
Page 299 - I make myself wholly theirs, so -I give them in hand an actual possession of all such saving grace as my sacrificed body can yield, and as their souls do presently need, this is to them, and in them, my body...
Page 640 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, " I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 301 - They are things wonderful which he feeleth, great which he seeth, and unheard of which he uttereth, whose soul is possessed of this Paschal Lamb, and made joyful in the strength of this new wine. This Bread hath in it more than the substance which our eyes behold; this Cup hallowed with solemn benediction availeth to the endless life and welfare both of soul and body; in that it serveth as well for a medicine to heal our infirmities and purge our sins, as for a sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Page 498 - The king, hearing and perceiving the cardinal so deceived in his estimation and choice, could not forbear laughing ; but...
Page 151 - For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.