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The Syndics favoured the discontented party , and were catholics in their hearts .
The council , under pretence of preserving the liberties and privileges of the city ;
and because Calvin and his friends would not conform to the custom of Bern in ...
The Syndics favoured the discontented party , and were catholics in their hearts .
The council , under pretence of preserving the liberties and privileges of the city ;
and because Calvin and his friends would not conform to the custom of Bern in ...
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The Calvinists said , that Bucer favoured episcopacy : But Calvin entertained a
good opinion of him , and wrote to him in a very friendly manner , while he was
assisting the Reformers in England . Calvin advised Bucer how to conduct
himself ...
The Calvinists said , that Bucer favoured episcopacy : But Calvin entertained a
good opinion of him , and wrote to him in a very friendly manner , while he was
assisting the Reformers in England . Calvin advised Bucer how to conduct
himself ...
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On the twenty - seventh of March he was carried in his chair to the senate , when
he presented to them a new rector for the school ; then uncovered his head , and
thanked them for for all their favours , and particularly for their great , 52 CALVIN .
On the twenty - seventh of March he was carried in his chair to the senate , when
he presented to them a new rector for the school ; then uncovered his head , and
thanked them for for all their favours , and particularly for their great , 52 CALVIN .
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for all their favours , and particularly for their great care of him in his sickness : «
For 1 perceive ( said he , ) this « is the last time I shall come into this place . ” His
voice failed him as he spoke , and the assembly took leave of him in tears .
for all their favours , and particularly for their great care of him in his sickness : «
For 1 perceive ( said he , ) this « is the last time I shall come into this place . ” His
voice failed him as he spoke , and the assembly took leave of him in tears .
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... their applications to CHRisT alone , and not to the « Virgin Mary , or the Saints .
” This caused him to be much taken notice of , and K . Henry VIII . being informed
of it , took him into his favour and promoted him to the archbishopric of Dublin .
... their applications to CHRisT alone , and not to the « Virgin Mary , or the Saints .
” This caused him to be much taken notice of , and K . Henry VIII . being informed
of it , took him into his favour and promoted him to the archbishopric of Dublin .
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Page 275 - My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Page 470 - Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before ? Wilt thou forgive that sin through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore ? When thou, hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 106 - If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 470 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 242 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels...
Page 339 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 276 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
Page 398 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?' The bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, sir, but you should : you are the breath of our nostrils.
Page 380 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 474 - Many that then saw his tears and heard his faint and hollow voice professing they thought the text prophetically chosen and that Dr. Donne "had preached his own funeral sermon." Being full of joy that God had enabled him to perform this desired duty, he hastened to his house; out of which he never moved till, like St. Stephen, he was carried by devout men to his grave.
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| Title | Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of the Most Eminent and Evangelical Authors Or Preachers, Both British and Foreign, in the Several Denominations of Protestants, from the Beginning of the Reformation to the Present Time ... Volume 2 of Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of the Most Eminent and Evangelical Authors Or Preachers, Both British and Foreign, in the Several Denominations of Protestants, from the Beginning of the Reformation to the Present Time, Erasmus Middleton |
| Author | Erasmus Middleton |
| Publisher | W. Baynes, 1816 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Aug 2005 |
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