Illustrations of Biblical Literature, Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings, from the Earliest Period to the Present Century: Including Biographical Notices of Translators and Other Eminent Biblical Scholars, Volume 2Carlton & Phillips, 1856 - Bible |
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... appointed Melancthon , in con- junction with other grave and learned divines , to visit and reform . the churches throughout that electorate . Afterward he was em- ployed to draw up the Augsburg Confession , in which it is allowed he ...
... appointed Melancthon , in con- junction with other grave and learned divines , to visit and reform . the churches throughout that electorate . Afterward he was em- ployed to draw up the Augsburg Confession , in which it is allowed he ...
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... appointed him , with others , to inspect and regulate the churches under his government . The last year of his life he was too feeble to sustain the labours of public preaching : he nevertheless visited the church daily , and commended ...
... appointed him , with others , to inspect and regulate the churches under his government . The last year of his life he was too feeble to sustain the labours of public preaching : he nevertheless visited the church daily , and commended ...
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... appointed rector of the school of Magdeburg , and gave great satisfaction in the discharge of the office ; but a thirst for information induced him to return to Wittemberg . The same passion led him to add the study of the mathematics ...
... appointed rector of the school of Magdeburg , and gave great satisfaction in the discharge of the office ; but a thirst for information induced him to return to Wittemberg . The same passion led him to add the study of the mathematics ...
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... appointed librarian . He died on the 24th of April , 1557 , in the sixty - fifth year of his age . He had been amanuensis to Luther . * Luther was likewise occasionally assisted in his translation by JOHN FORSTER , the intimate friend ...
... appointed librarian . He died on the 24th of April , 1557 , in the sixty - fifth year of his age . He had been amanuensis to Luther . * Luther was likewise occasionally assisted in his translation by JOHN FORSTER , the intimate friend ...
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... appointed for the purpose by the magistrates , within their several jurisdictions , should peruse and examine what came from the press , and that what they disap- proved should not be sold . " The edict being variously interpreted ...
... appointed for the purpose by the magistrates , within their several jurisdictions , should peruse and examine what came from the press , and that what they disap- proved should not be sold . " The edict being variously interpreted ...
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Page 161 - Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if the Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to every one, the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it, it is, on this point, referred to the judgment of the bishops, or inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the priest, or confessor, permit the reading of the Bible translated into the vulgar tongue by Catholic authors, to those persons whose faith...
Page 44 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 485 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 44 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 84 - I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, to give a reckoning of our doings, that I never altered one syllable of God's word against my conscience, nor would this day, if all that is in the earth, whether it be pleasure, honour, or riches, might be given me.
Page 96 - That every Parson, or Proprietary of any ParishChurch within this Realm, shall on this Side the Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula next coming, provide a Book of the whole Bible, both in Latin, and also in English, and lay the same in the Quire, for every Man that will to read and look therein...
Page 396 - The highest eulogiums have been pronounced on the translation of James I., both by our own writers and by foreigners ; and indeed if accuracy, fidelity, and the strictest attention to the letter of the text, be supposed to constitute the qualities of an excellent version, this, of all versions, must, in general, be accounted the most excellent.
Page 415 - An Essay toward the Amendment of the last English Translation of the Bible ; or, a Proof, by many Instances, that the late Translation of the Bible into English may be improved.
Page 94 - And that moreover his Majesty would vouchsafe to " decree, that the Scriptures should be translated into the " vulgar tongue, by some honest and learned men, to be " nominated by the King, and to be delivered unto the " people according to their learning.
Page 156 - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.