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" I am called in the name of God to go, and I would go, though I were certain to meet as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the houses. "
Essays in a series of letters to a friend - Page 120
by John Foster - 1813
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Sermons, Volume 2

John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 470 pages
...conjured not to attend the Diet of Worms, on account of the risk he would run, answered his friends, ' I am called in the name of God to go, and ' I would...devils in Worms as there are ' tiles on the houses.' VOL. ir. 31To the exercise of such a fortitude the text exhorts ; whatever the difficulties or dangers...
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Sermons: The constraining influence of Christ's love

John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 456 pages
...conjured not to attend the Diet of Worms, on account of the risk he would run, answered his friends, ' I am called in the name of God to go, and •' I would...certain to meet ' as many devils in Worms as there are 1 tiles on the houses.' VOL. II. 31 To the exercise of such a fortitude the text exhorts ; whatever...
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...to go, and justly brought the example of John Huss, who in a similar situation and under a similar pledge of protection, had, notwithstanding, been burnt...I would go, though I were certain to meet as many fiends in Worms as there are tiles on the houses." A reader of the bible will not forget Daniel, braving...
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The Norwich magazine

1835 - 404 pages
...was cited to appear at the diet at Worms, disuaded him from going, — " I am called on," said he, " in the name of God to go, and I would go, though I...devils in Worms as there are tiles on the houses." A Howard, a Whitfield, and a Wesley might be cited as specimens of the true sublime of moral magnanimity...
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Literary and Theological Review, Volume 5

Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838 - 708 pages
...side with him, who, when conjured by his weeping friends, not to appear at the diet of Worms, said, " I am called in the name of God to go, and I would go, though there were as many devils in Worms, as there are tiles on their houses." But if Whitefield were uncharitable...
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The Constitution of Man

George Combe - 1845 - 498 pages
...authority, said to his friends, who conjured him not to go, and justly brought the example of John Husa, e m calm devotion the decree which virtually consigned him to the den of lions ; or Shadrach, M ,-.!>.....
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 82

1845 - 718 pages
...heaven, and reach from Wittem^ * berg to Worms, at Worms I will still appear.' ' Though ' there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the ' houses, in would I go — nock wollt ich hinein.' But his Letters, written on his progress thither, abound...
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The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 6

1845 - 608 pages
...high as heaven, and reach from Wittemberg to Worms, at Worms I will still appear.' ' Though there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the houses, in would I go — noch wollt ich hinein.' But his letters, written on his progress thither, abound...
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Mental Discipline: With Reference to the Acquisition and Communication of ...

Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1847 - 334 pages
...attendance at the Diet of Worms, replied with a calm decision, that forbade all further effort to prevent: " I am called in the name of God to go, and I would...as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the roofs of its houses." Says Foster, " In almost all plans of great enterprise, a man must systematically...
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Mental Discipline: With Reference to the Acquisition and Communication of ...

Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1847 - 334 pages
...at the Diet of Worms, replied with a calm decision, that forbade all further effort to prevent : " I am called in the name of God to go, and I \yould go, though I were certain to meet as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the roofs of...
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