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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... king , his predecessor , had so undertaken for him and his heirs , kings of England . Whereupon the king required the advice of his parliament , what course he had best take , if any such process should come out against him . The ...
... king , his predecessor , had so undertaken for him and his heirs , kings of England . Whereupon the king required the advice of his parliament , what course he had best take , if any such process should come out against him . The ...
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... king and the court , that from his great complaisance and address in that post , the king had formed a mighty expectance , and promised himself a freedom from the disputes and broils , which the stiffness of Anselm and some other of ...
... king and the court , that from his great complaisance and address in that post , the king had formed a mighty expectance , and promised himself a freedom from the disputes and broils , which the stiffness of Anselm and some other of ...
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... king . But it is very evident that the court of Rome began about this time to be very impatient of allowing princes ... king's hands , and afterwards as scandalously and publicly sold to the highest bidder . So it had been in the last ...
... king . But it is very evident that the court of Rome began about this time to be very impatient of allowing princes ... king's hands , and afterwards as scandalously and publicly sold to the highest bidder . So it had been in the last ...
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... king , was at this time 1 Troubled in conscience . ] It will be right here to turn to Inett's account of the previous practice of the church of England in the appointment of bishops , and of what took place in the cases of the four ...
... king , was at this time 1 Troubled in conscience . ] It will be right here to turn to Inett's account of the previous practice of the church of England in the appointment of bishops , and of what took place in the cases of the four ...
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... king had the advantage in point of right , having the law and usage of England on his side , he had the advantage also in the manage- ment of this controversy ; for whilst the address on the other side was fierce and impetuous , and ...
... king had the advantage in point of right , having the law and usage of England on his side , he had the advantage also in the manage- ment of this controversy ; for whilst the address on the other side was fierce and impetuous , and ...
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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.