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 ...W. Baynes, 1816 - Christian biography |
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... England with the first dawning of the Reformation : And an Englishman was the first champion of that cause , which afterwards received . the name of PROTESTANTISM . This remarkable instru- ment of the divine blessing was JOHN WICKLIFfe ...
... England with the first dawning of the Reformation : And an Englishman was the first champion of that cause , which afterwards received . the name of PROTESTANTISM . This remarkable instru- ment of the divine blessing was JOHN WICKLIFfe ...
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... England established in the university of Ox- ford . Wickliffe not only studied and commented upon the sacred writings ; but he translated them into his na- tive language , and wrote homilies on several parts of them . He also diligently ...
... England established in the university of Ox- ford . Wickliffe not only studied and commented upon the sacred writings ; but he translated them into his na- tive language , and wrote homilies on several parts of them . He also diligently ...
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... England by Austin the monk , and continued to be the only religion till the Reformation . The church of Rome had infected all Christendom with its errors and corruptions ; and the whole church was de- generated from its primitive purity ...
... England by Austin the monk , and continued to be the only religion till the Reformation . The church of Rome had infected all Christendom with its errors and corruptions ; and the whole church was de- generated from its primitive purity ...
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... England on that account . However , one of the monks ventured to defend the claim made by the pope ; to which Wickliffe replied , and proved , that the resignation of the crown , and promise of a tribute made by king John , ought not to ...
... England on that account . However , one of the monks ventured to defend the claim made by the pope ; to which Wickliffe replied , and proved , that the resignation of the crown , and promise of a tribute made by king John , ought not to ...
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... England . The university treated their bull with contempt , or with very little de- votion . They favoured and protected Wickliffe , who was powerfully supported by the duke of Lancaster , and the earl - marshal . These noblemen openly ...
... England . The university treated their bull with contempt , or with very little de- votion . They favoured and protected Wickliffe , who was powerfully supported by the duke of Lancaster , and the earl - marshal . These noblemen openly ...
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Page 234 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 418 - But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, (that is to say ; not of this building,) neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 331 - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 134 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 366 - I have set God always before me : for He is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall. Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Page 403 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 115 - But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe. For there is no difference...
Page 116 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Page 139 - It does not appear when he was born, though it may be presumed to have been about the end of the fifteenth, or beginning of the sixteenth century, as he suffered for the cause of truth in the year 1538.
Page 246 - Wishart said, this fire torments my body, but no whit abates my spirits : then, looking towards the cardinal, he said, he who in such state, from that high"* place. feeds his eyes with my torments, within few days shall be hanged out at the same window, to be seen with as much ignominy, as he now leans there with pride...