Thomas Bilney. Thomas More. William Tindall. Cromwell, earl of Essex. John Rogers. Bishop Hooper. Rowland TaylorF. C. and J. Rivington, No. 62, St. Paul's Church-yard, 1810 - Christian biography |
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The prayers I make will then be sweet indeed If Thou the spirit give by which I pray : My unassisted heart is barren clay , Which of its native self can nothing feed : Of good and pious works thou art the seed , Which quickens only ...
The prayers I make will then be sweet indeed If Thou the spirit give by which I pray : My unassisted heart is barren clay , Which of its native self can nothing feed : Of good and pious works thou art the seed , Which quickens only ...
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... give them full power and authoritie to determine upon them . The seven and twentith of November , in the yeere aforesaid , the bishop of London , with the bishops of Ely and Rochester , came unto the bishop of Norwiches house , where as ...
... give them full power and authoritie to determine upon them . The seven and twentith of November , in the yeere aforesaid , the bishop of London , with the bishops of Ely and Rochester , came unto the bishop of Norwiches house , where as ...
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... give tithes unto priests , or to any other poore man . 32 Whether they do thinke it more Christian- like to take away the images out of the churches , or to permit them there to adorne them and honor them . 33 Whether they thinke it the ...
... give tithes unto priests , or to any other poore man . 32 Whether they do thinke it more Christian- like to take away the images out of the churches , or to permit them there to adorne them and honor them . 33 Whether they thinke it the ...
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... give eare unto Saint Pauls days of labour ; some the building of whole pillars , others a certain extent of the walls , windows , & c . all striving to out- vie each other . After this , the abbot in a solemn speech , commending their ...
... give eare unto Saint Pauls days of labour ; some the building of whole pillars , others a certain extent of the walls , windows , & c . all striving to out- vie each other . After this , the abbot in a solemn speech , commending their ...
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... give him thy cloke also . " Touching the eight and twentith , he answered , " that God is the author of the punishment only , but not of the offence , as Basilius Magnus teacheth in his Sermon upon these words of the Prophet , ( Amos 3 ...
... give him thy cloke also . " Touching the eight and twentith , he answered , " that God is the author of the punishment only , but not of the offence , as Basilius Magnus teacheth in his Sermon upon these words of the Prophet , ( Amos 3 ...
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Page 378 - God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify ; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be ecclesiastical or temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil doers.
Page 68 - As it rarely happens that a man is fit to plead his own cause, lawyers are a class of the community, who, by study and experience, have acquired the art and power of arranging evidence and of applying to the points at issue what the law has settled. A lawyer is to do for his client all that his client might fairly do for himself if he could.
Page 2 - Unless thou shew to us thine own true way No man can find it: Father! thou must lead. Do Thou, then, breathe those thoughts into my mind...
Page 242 - I defer to speak at this time and understood at the last not only that there was no room in my lord of London's palace to translate the new testament, but also that there was no place to do it in all England, as experience doth now openly declare.
Page 68 - a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.
Page 47 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 68 - If by a superiority of attention, of knowledge, of skill, and a better method of communication, he has the advantage of his adversary, it is an advantage to which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage, on one side or other ; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance. If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found...
Page 235 - Wales, and brought up from a child in the university of Oxford, where he, by long continuance, grew up, and increased as well in the knowledge of tongues and other liberal arts as especially in the knowledge of the scriptures, whereunto his mind was singularly addicted...
Page 266 - ... the marrow of her bones. Wherefore cleave fast to the rock of the help of God, and commit the end of all things to him : and if God shall call you, that you may then use the wisdom of the worldly, as far as you perceive the glory of God may come thereof, refuse it not: and ever among thrust in, that the scripture may be in the mother tongue, and learning set up in the universities.
Page 428 - And for a time ensure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain.