 ... the church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was destined of a child, and in my own resolutions; till coming to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the church, that he who would take orders...  The Works of Wm. Ellery Channing - Page 29by William Ellery Channing - 1835Full view - About this book
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...the meanest under-service, if God, by his secretary, conscience, enjoin it, it were sad for me if I should draw back ; for me especially now, when all...destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions, till eoming to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the church, that he who would... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pages
...to consider the conditions upon which he must enter, he declined the sacred office. " To the church by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was...till coming to some maturity of years, and perceiving \vhat tyranny had invaded the church, that he who would take orders must subscribe, slave, and take... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...it the meanest underservice, if God by his secretary conscience enjoin it, it were sad for me if I should draw back ; for me especially, now when all men offer their aid te help, ease, and lighten the difficult labours of the church, to whose service, by the intentions... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 472 pages
...course of academical study, he had views of soon entering the church, to " whose service," he says, " by the intentions of my parents and friends " I was destined of a child, and in mine own u resolutions." It was a religious scruple that prevented him from taking orders ; and though his mode... | |
 | 1826 - 548 pages
...it the meanest underservice, if God by his secretary conscience enjoin it, it were sad for me if I should draw back ; for me especially, now when all...difficult labours of the church, to whose service, by the •yntentions of my parents and friends I was destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions; till... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 372 pages
...it the meanest underservice, if God by his secretary conscience enjoin it, it were sad for me if I should draw back ; for me especially, now when all...their aid to help, ease, and lighten the difficult labors of the church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends I was destined... | |
 | 1828 - 562 pages
...it the meanest under-service, if God by his secretary conscience enjoin it, it were sad for me if I should draw back; for me especially, now when all...their aid to help, ease and lighten the difficult labors of the church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends I was destined... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 128 pages
...it the meanest underservice, if God by his secretary conscience enjoin it, it were sad for me if I should draw back ; for me especially, now when all...their aid to help, ease, and lighten the difficult labors of the church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends I was destined... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1830 - 622 pages
...it the meanest underservice, if God by his secretary conscience enjoin it, it were sad for me if I should draw back ; for me especially, now when all...their aid to help, ease, and lighten the difficult labors of the church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends I was destined... | |
 | 1834 - 560 pages
...lawful in a layman from what was lawful in a priest. He thought himself to be as much a minister in the church, ' to whose service, by the intentions...destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions,' as if he had been actually ordained. For, of ' ordination,' (he asks,) ' what is it, but the laying... | |
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