Footsteps of Our Forefathers: What They Suffered and what They Sought. Describing Localities, and Portraying Personages and Events Conspicuous in the Struggles for Religious LibertyGould and Lincoln, 1852 - 352 páginas |
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... passed to the performance of his sacred duties . Though close to the town , the grave - yard is quiet and secluded ; and when , towards evening , the overhanging trees are casting their thick shadows over the venerable pile , the gloom ...
... passed to the performance of his sacred duties . Though close to the town , the grave - yard is quiet and secluded ; and when , towards evening , the overhanging trees are casting their thick shadows over the venerable pile , the gloom ...
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... passed over to the church , had demanded of Edward III . the tribute promised by King John , in token of his feudal subjection to the successors of St. Peter . But the demand came a day too late , and the House of Commons , which had ...
... passed over to the church , had demanded of Edward III . the tribute promised by King John , in token of his feudal subjection to the successors of St. Peter . But the demand came a day too late , and the House of Commons , which had ...
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... passed in 1350 ; but the increasing age and infirmities of the king rendered him less an object of dread than he had been heretofore , and Wiclif saw in the pope's conduct , throughout the whole transaction , a worldly ambition on the ...
... passed in 1350 ; but the increasing age and infirmities of the king rendered him less an object of dread than he had been heretofore , and Wiclif saw in the pope's conduct , throughout the whole transaction , a worldly ambition on the ...
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... passed it ; but the Commons , jealous of the powers of the clergy , refused their concurrence . Disappointed in his act of parliament , Courtenay obtained letters patent from the king to the same effect ; but this measure was vehemently ...
... passed it ; but the Commons , jealous of the powers of the clergy , refused their concurrence . Disappointed in his act of parliament , Courtenay obtained letters patent from the king to the same effect ; but this measure was vehemently ...
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... passing here through his successive phases of gayety , gallantry , extravagance , selfish hard- heartedness , imperious self - will , cruelty , wholesale oppression , bloated animalism , ulcerated death by inches ! Here , by the strong ...
... passing here through his successive phases of gayety , gallantry , extravagance , selfish hard- heartedness , imperious self - will , cruelty , wholesale oppression , bloated animalism , ulcerated death by inches ! Here , by the strong ...
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afterwards anabaptists ancient Archbishop army assembly of divines authority Baillie Bass rock Baxter Bishop called castle cause Charles Charles II Christ Christian Church of England civil clergy common conscience covenant covenanters Cromwell Cromwell's death declared dissenters doctrine Duke Earl ecclesiastical English favor friends Hampden Hampton Court hand Henry honor Huntingdon imprisoned James John John Hampden John of Gaunt Kidderminster Kimbolton king king's kingdom Lancaster Laud Lauderdale London Long Parliament Lord Lutterworth magistrate majesty memory ment ministers monarch nonconformists oath Oliver Oliver Cromwell opinions palace papists parliament party passed period persecution persons Philip Nye popery prayer preached prelacy presbyterian present prison proceedings protestant puritans quakers queen reader reformer refused reign religion religious liberty royal says scene Scotland Scottish sent sermon spirit stand Star Chamber suffered thou tion town truth Westminster Westminster Assembly whilst Wiclif
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Página 70 - I charge you before God and His blessed angels that you follow me no further than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. " If God reveal anything to you by any other instrument of His, be as ready to receive it as ever you were to receive any truth by my ministry ; for I am verily persuaded the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of His holy Word.
Página 221 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
Página 117 - ... the eyes of all men were fixed upon him, as their patrite pater, and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do, good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time : for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Página 34 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Página 100 - We charge him with having broken his coronation oath; and we are told that he kept his marriage vow! We accuse him of having given up his people to the merciless inflictions of the most hot-headed and hard-hearted of prelates; and the defense is that he took his little son on his knee, and kissed him!
Página 322 - Poor child ! thought I, what sorrow art thou like to have for thy portion in this world ! Thou must be beaten ; must beg ; suffer hunger, cold, nakedness and a thousand calamities, though I cannot now endure the wind should blow upon thee...
Página 100 - The advocates of Charles, like the advocates of other malefactors against whom overwhelming evidence is produced, generally decline all controversy about the facts, and content themselves with calling testimony to character. He had so many private virtues ! And had James the Second no private virtues?
Página 100 - We accuse him of having given up his people to the merciless inflictions of the most hot-headed and hard-hearted of prelates ; and the defence is, that he took his little son on his knee and kissed him ! We censure him for having violated the articles of the Petition of Eight, after having, for good and valuable consideration, promised to observe them ; and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning...
Página 135 - The loss of Colonel Hampden goeth near the heart of every man that loves the good of his king and country, and makes some conceive little content to be at the army now that he is gone. The memory of this deceased colonel is such, that in no age to come but it will more and more be had in honour and esteem ; a man so religious, and of that prudence, judgment, temper, valour, and integrity, that he hath left few his like behind.
Página 241 - ... other person in holy orders, and every schoolmaster keeping any public or private school, and every person instructing or teaching any youth in any house or private family as a tutor or schoolmaster...