Sketch of the Reformation in EnglandW. Marshall, 1837 - 298 pages |
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... less useful works , should outstrip these , in the market . The worth of a book is too much de- termined , by the way it sells . If the actual value is the standard of estimation , the Library of Christian Knowledge , will stand very ...
... less useful works , should outstrip these , in the market . The worth of a book is too much de- termined , by the way it sells . If the actual value is the standard of estimation , the Library of Christian Knowledge , will stand very ...
Page ix
... less regard to the line and rule by which others may have wrought already , than to the positions into which they seemed of themselves to fall most naturally . If in my treatment of the many delicate and difficult questions which such a ...
... less regard to the line and rule by which others may have wrought already , than to the positions into which they seemed of themselves to fall most naturally . If in my treatment of the many delicate and difficult questions which such a ...
Page xvi
... less than of the Church . It was the departure from it which constituted the necessity of the En- glish Reformation . It is the departure from it which con- stitutes the danger of our day . It is in the return to it , in standing in the ...
... less than of the Church . It was the departure from it which constituted the necessity of the En- glish Reformation . It is the departure from it which con- stitutes the danger of our day . It is in the return to it , in standing in the ...
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... less likely to make themselves eventually felt . The strong man armed was keeping the house , and therefore his goods were at peace ; but he was in jeopardy long before he was spoiled . Luther was the match that pro- duced the explosion ...
... less likely to make themselves eventually felt . The strong man armed was keeping the house , and therefore his goods were at peace ; but he was in jeopardy long before he was spoiled . Luther was the match that pro- duced the explosion ...
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... less enlight- ened than himself , likely to reject them as fictions ? More- over , they are curious as specimens of a vast magazine of materials , which supplied poetry when it revived after the barbarous ages with much of its wild as ...
... less enlight- ened than himself , likely to reject them as fictions ? More- over , they are curious as specimens of a vast magazine of materials , which supplied poetry when it revived after the barbarous ages with much of its wild as ...
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Page 201 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O Lord [' Holy Father], Almighty, Everlasting God.
Page 100 - For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater : so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 243 - I say, put your hook, I mean the arming-wire, through his mouth, and out at his gills, and then with a fine needle and silk sew the upper part of his leg with only one stitch to the armingwire of your hook, or tie the frog's leg above the upper joint to the armed wire ; and in so doing, use him as though you loved him, that is, harm him as little as you may possibly, that he may live the longer.
Page xviii - and presently delivered into his hand a walking- staff, with which he professed he had travelled through many parts of Germany.
Page 269 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 142 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Page xvii - ... on foot they went, and took Salisbury in their way, purposely to see the good bishop, who made Mr. Hooker and his companion dine with him at his own table ; which Mr. Hooker boasted of with much joy and gratitude when he saw his mother and friends. And at the bishop's parting with him, the bishop gave him good counsel, and his benediction, but forgot to give him money ; which, when the bishop...
Page 201 - THEREFORE with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saying, jFIoIy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts!
Page 210 - We heartily pray thee, to send thy holy Spirit into the hearts of them that possess the grounds, pastures, and dwelling places of the earth, that they remembering themselves to be thy tenants, may not rack and stretch out the rents of their houses and lands, nor yet take unreasonable fines and incomes after the manner of covetous worldlings...
Page 176 - Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by ill imitating would excel) Might hence presume the whole creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play.