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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... sent into the world , cannot but own , that every one has the same right , and is under the same obligation , to embrace truth and reject error , as to make a right use of his natural faculties , or to believe and obey God , and to take ...
... sent into the world , cannot but own , that every one has the same right , and is under the same obligation , to embrace truth and reject error , as to make a right use of his natural faculties , or to believe and obey God , and to take ...
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... sent him into England , where , by the appointment of Henry the father , his son Henry , lately crowned king of England , summoned a council to meet at London ; and the prior and some of the monks of Canterbury being commanded to attend ...
... sent him into England , where , by the appointment of Henry the father , his son Henry , lately crowned king of England , summoned a council to meet at London ; and the prior and some of the monks of Canterbury being commanded to attend ...
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... sent them . And the zeal , with which that court defended that prelate when alive , and prosecuted his ene- were not without the advice of Alexander II . Neither did Anselm ever make scruple of accepting the archbishopric , because he ...
... sent them . And the zeal , with which that court defended that prelate when alive , and prosecuted his ene- were not without the advice of Alexander II . Neither did Anselm ever make scruple of accepting the archbishopric , because he ...
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... sent legates from thence ; but the king still insisting on the archbishop's promise to observe his laws , this effort also came to nothing . The king ( 1170 ) appearing thus steady and resolute in the defence of his right , the court of ...
... sent legates from thence ; but the king still insisting on the archbishop's promise to observe his laws , this effort also came to nothing . The king ( 1170 ) appearing thus steady and resolute in the defence of his right , the court of ...
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... sent his bull , declaring the crowning of the king the right of that prelate , and forbidding the archbishop of York or any other bishop to intermeddle in that affair without his consent . This was a fair step towards putting the ...
... sent his bull , declaring the crowning of the king the right of that prelate , and forbidding the archbishop of York or any other bishop to intermeddle in that affair without his consent . This was a fair step towards putting the ...
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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.