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The Syndics who had promoted the decree of banishment were dead or
banished ; and the people were not before so willing to be rid of their learned
pastor , as now importunate to obtain him again from them who had given him
entertainment ...
The Syndics who had promoted the decree of banishment were dead or
banished ; and the people were not before so willing to be rid of their learned
pastor , as now importunate to obtain him again from them who had given him
entertainment ...
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... did into Greek . Calvin modestly shewed that his doctrine had the approbation
of the most learned men of that age ; as Zuinglius , Oecolampadius , Bucer ,
Melancthon , Capito , Myconius , and Zuichius ; which he proved out of their
writings .
... did into Greek . Calvin modestly shewed that his doctrine had the approbation
of the most learned men of that age ; as Zuinglius , Oecolampadius , Bucer ,
Melancthon , Capito , Myconius , and Zuichius ; which he proved out of their
writings .
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... less learning « in his reader than Calvin , whose subtle way of writing ( may
impose even upon them who are tolerably learned , as we find by Pyghius , who
frequently split upon rocks , " by reading his works , though he was a learned
man .
... less learning « in his reader than Calvin , whose subtle way of writing ( may
impose even upon them who are tolerably learned , as we find by Pyghius , who
frequently split upon rocks , " by reading his works , though he was a learned
man .
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Vossius , and other learned persons , censured him for it with reason . He is
accused of running into another extreme in his French translation , where he
made use of low and mean terms . Bayle , indeed , wonders at the impudence of
Garasse ...
Vossius , and other learned persons , censured him for it with reason . He is
accused of running into another extreme in his French translation , where he
made use of low and mean terms . Bayle , indeed , wonders at the impudence of
Garasse ...
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... shews that he was apprized of the circulation of the blood . However , it must
be owned , that his knowledge therein was very imperfect , and greatly short of
the clear and full discovery made by the learned Harvey . Servetus might have
great ...
... shews that he was apprized of the circulation of the blood . However , it must
be owned , that his knowledge therein was very imperfect , and greatly short of
the clear and full discovery made by the learned Harvey . Servetus might have
great ...
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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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