Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity

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Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1895
Annual report of the Society for 1855-57, 1860-1864, 1878, 1882-83, 1884, 1888-89, 1892-1902, 1904-1922 included in n. s. v. 1-3, 6-9, 11, 13, 16-25; ser. 3, v. 2-9, 11-20.

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Page 63 - If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto Godliness.
Page 203 - Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls' pinions fail, As over Whitby's towers they sail, And, sinking down, with flutterings faint, They do their homage to the saint.
Page 39 - But the firmest bulwark of Jerusalem was founded on the knights of the Hospital of St. John, and of the Temple of Solomon ; on the strange association of a monastic and military life, which fanaticism might suggest, but which policy must approve. The flower of the nobility of Europe aspired to wear the cross, and to profess the vows of these respectable orders ; their spirit and discipline were immortal ; and the speedy donation of twenty-eight thousand farms, or manors, enabled them to support a...
Page 303 - And this Covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God, the searcher of all hearts, with a true intention to perform the same, as we shall answer at that great Day, , when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed...
Page 303 - Searcher of all hearts, with a true intention to perform the same, as we shall answer at that Great Day when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed : most humbly beseeching the Lord to strengthen us by His Holy Spirit for...
Page 262 - It seems that the impulse does not spring from any designed culture of sentiment, but from an honest earthly passion vouchsafed to the unlettered and the simplehearted, and giving them strength to pass the mystic border which lies between love and worship. For men strongly moved by the Christian faith it was natural to yearn after the scenes of the Gospel narrative. In old times this feeling had strength to impel the chivalry of Europe to undertake the conquest of a barren and distant land ; and...
Page 303 - Christian churches, groaning under, or in danger of, the yoke of Antichristian tyranny, to join in the same, or like association and covenant, to the glory of God, the enlargement of the kingdom of Jesus Christ, and the peace and tranquillity of Christian kingdoms and commonwealths.
Page 213 - ... almost entirely unroofed, and the steeple, pillars, and walls of the same, so much decayed by length of time, that the whole fabrick will inevitably fall to the ground, unless speedily prevented by taking down and rebuilding some, and repairing the decayed parts thereof.
Page 262 - ... after the scenes of the Gospel narrative. In old times this feeling had strength to impel the chivalry of Europe to undertake the conquest of a barren and distant land ; and although in later days the aggregate faith of the nations grew chill, and Christendom no longer claimed with the sword, still there were always many who were willing to brave toil and danger for the sake of attaining to the actual and visible Sion. These venturesome men came to be called Pelerins or Pilgrims. At first, as...
Page 229 - Clifford, and their heirs, and of the mayor and commonalty, and also to supplicate for the souls of the above mentioned, when they shall have departed this life, &c. according to statutes to be made and determined by the mayor and commonalty. The bishop also permitted the...

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