A History of the Reformation on the Continent: In Three Volumes, Volume 2Duncan and Malcolm, 1841 |
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Page 351 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page 386 - Christ; that the mass is not a work by which a Christian obtains pardon for another man, whether dead or alive; that the sacrament of the altar is the sacrament of the very body and very blood of Jesus Christ; and that the spiritual manducation of this body and blood is specially necessary to every true Christian.
Page 173 - I could wish, if it were possible, to act the part of a mediator between you, that they might cease to attack you with such animosity, and suffer your old age to rest in peace in the Lord : and thus they would act, if they either considered your weakness, or the greatness of the cause in dispute, which hath been long since beyond your talents.
Page 172 - I mistake not, how easy it is to say fine things about the duties of modesty and moderation, and to accuse Luther of wanting them, and how difficult and even impossible it is to be really modest and moderate, without a particular gift of the Holy Spirit. Believe me, or believe me not, Jesus Christ is my witness, that I am concerned as well as you, that the resentment and hatred of so many eminent persons (of the Lutheran party) hath been excited against you.
Page 31 - He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with his tongue.
Page 139 - ... and that of another fanatic named Pfeifer, who joined him. He took an active part in the peasant war, and inflamed the spirits of the insurgents by the •wildest speeches and songs; but they were utterly defeated on May 15, 1525, after a severe conflict at Frankenhausen, by the elector John and duke George of Saxony, the landgrave of Hesse, and the duke of Brunswick.
Page 28 - Spalatin," he writes from Frankfort " We will enter Worms in spite of all the gates of hell, and all the powers of the air." * " Will you go on ? " said the Imperial herald to him at Weimar, where they were placarding the Imperial edict against him. " I will," replied Luther, " though I should be put under interdict in every town, — I will go on.
Page 172 - I much offended, that in your printed books, to gain their favour, or to soften their fury, you censured us with too much acrimony. We saw that the Lord had not conferred upon you the discernment, the courage, and the resolution, to join with us in...
Page 165 - ... For my part, I certainly speak sincerely ; nor have I ever doubted of the truth of the Eucharist. What weight the authority of the church may have with others, I cannot say ; but with me it weighs so much, that I could be of the same opinion with the Arians and Pelagians, if the church had supported their doctrines. It is not that the words of Christ are not to me sufficient; but no one should be surprised if I follow the interpretation of the church, upon whose authority my belief of the Canonical...
Page 172 - ... your strength and your capacity. We have even borne with your weakness, and honoured that portion of the gift of God which is in you.