 | Biography - 1762 - 560 pages
...Italians have this proverb, He that undcrjlnnds amifs, " concludes worfe ; and beware of thinking, that the farther " you go from the church of Rome, the nearer you are to " God." One or two more of his bans mots arc preferved. A pleafant prieft of his acquaintance at Rome invited... | |
 | David Lloyd - Favorites, Royal - 1766 - 614 pages
...jiriEl, and bow rare a man he was, you would not fall fo foul on his p erf on, nor think that the further you go from the Church of Rome, the nearer you are to Cod. . : 4. One pitched upon for embaflador, came to. Eaton, and requefted from him fome experimental... | |
 | Biography - 1784 - 778 pages
...have this " proverb, ' He that undcrftands amifs, concludes worfe;' " and beware of thinking, that the farther you go from " the church of Rome, the nearer you are to God." One or two more of his bons mots are prcferved. A.pleafant pricit of his acquaintance at Rome invited... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Authors, English - 1796 - 640 pages
...points better : for the wife Italians have this proverb1, " He that underftands amifs concludes worfe. And take heed of thinking, *' The farther you go from...the nearer you are to « God." And to another that fpake indifcreet and bitter words againft Arminius, I heard him reply to this purpofe : " In my travel... | |
 | 1804 - 824 pages
...bitter words agxinst Anii'mins, I heard him (Sir Henry Wotton) reply to this purpose — In my travels towards Venice, as I passed through Germany, I rested almost a year at Leyden, whcie I entered into an acquaintance witli Aniiinius, (then the professor of divinity in that university),*... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1805 - 438 pages
...points better ; for the wife Italians have " this proverb : He that underftands amifs " concludes worfe. And take heed of " thinking, the farther you go from...the nearer you are to " God." And to another, that fpake indifcreet and bitter words againft Arminius, I heard him reply to this purpofe : " In my travel... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1805 - 426 pages
...to this purpofe : " In my travel towards Venice, as I *' pafied through Germany, I refted almoft " a year at Leyden, where I entered into " an acquaintance with Arminius, (then " the Profeflbr of Divinity in that Uni" verfity,) a man much talked of in this " age, which is made up of... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1807 - 514 pages
...reply to this purpofe : " In my travel towards Venice, as I pafsed through Ger" many, I refted almoft a year at Leyden, where I entered " into an acquaintance with Arminius*, then Profefsor of Di4 When this queflion was propofed to the learned Mr. Jofeph Mede, lie anfwered with... | |
 | Christian biography - 1810 - 618 pages
...points better; for the wise Italians have this proverb; He that understands amiss, concludes worse: and take heed of thinking, The farther you go from...this purpose : " In my travel towards Venice, as I past through, Germany, I rested almost a year at Leyden, where I entered into an acquaintance with... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pages
...Italians have this proverb r, He that understands " amiss concludes worse. And take heed of think" ing, The farther you go from the Church of " Rome, the...purpose : " In my travel towards Venice, as I passed •• church before the reformation ?" Archbishop Usher often urged him to publish this work, which... | |
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To another, whose earnestness exceeded his knowledge, and was still railing against the papists, he gave this advice: "Pray, sir, forbear till you have studied the points " better; for the wise Italians have this proverb: He that " understands amiss concludes... 
