Short Sketches of Some Notable LivesSeeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 54
... Charles I. was disastrous to the Church of England . It began in extravagant hopes ; it closed in disaster . Yet it is not to be forgotten , that , in the confusion of these days , the Church of England never fell into such errors as ...
... Charles I. was disastrous to the Church of England . It began in extravagant hopes ; it closed in disaster . Yet it is not to be forgotten , that , in the confusion of these days , the Church of England never fell into such errors as ...
Pagina 56
... Charles I. The latter occupied a ground to which events and a long conflict had driven them . They became the declared enemies of the Church , whose Liturgy they proclaimed to be Popish , and her prelacy unscriptural . No concessions ...
... Charles I. The latter occupied a ground to which events and a long conflict had driven them . They became the declared enemies of the Church , whose Liturgy they proclaimed to be Popish , and her prelacy unscriptural . No concessions ...
Pagina 61
... Charles I. The severities of the Court of High Commission and of the Star Chamber ; the sufferings of Smith , Penry , and Udall , and in later times of Hildersham , Bast- wick , Prynne , and Leighton , are blots not to be washed out of ...
... Charles I. The severities of the Court of High Commission and of the Star Chamber ; the sufferings of Smith , Penry , and Udall , and in later times of Hildersham , Bast- wick , Prynne , and Leighton , are blots not to be washed out of ...
Pagina 70
... Charles I. had become bad enough before the civil wars . Theologians had their hands full of dogmas , and controversy ate up piety . Endless disputes on the Divine decrees absorbed the learned . The clergy thrust forward extravagant ...
... Charles I. had become bad enough before the civil wars . Theologians had their hands full of dogmas , and controversy ate up piety . Endless disputes on the Divine decrees absorbed the learned . The clergy thrust forward extravagant ...
Pagina 71
... Charles the First began to reign , that in the village of Fenny Drayton , in Lei- cestershire , there was growing up under the roof of an honest weaver , who appears to have been a man of integrity and piety , a boy remarked from his ...
... Charles the First began to reign , that in the village of Fenny Drayton , in Lei- cestershire , there was growing up under the roof of an honest weaver , who appears to have been a man of integrity and piety , a boy remarked from his ...
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Short Sketches of Some Notable Lives (Classic Reprint) John Campbell Colquhoun Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2018 |
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Admiral affection Algernon Sydney America appeared arrested audience began Bishop Bishop Gibson Bristol CHAPTER character Charles Wesley Christ Church of England clergy colony comfort court crowds death disputes Dissenters doctrine drew Duke of York duty earnest eloquence faith father feelings fell friends gaol gave GEORGE WHITEFIELD governor hand heard heart Howard Ibid influence interest Ireland John Wesley Journal labours Lazaretto letters live London Lord magistrates Mary Dyer meeting Metho Methodism Methodists mind ministers mission never opinions ordinances Oxford Parliament passed peace Penn Penn's persecution piety plague of London prayer preachers preaching prison pulpit Puritans Quaker received refused reign religion religious says Scripture sect sermons shewed society Socinian sorrow soul Southey spirit strong suffering taste thee Thomas Ellwood thou thought tion toleration took truth Wesley's Whitefield William Penn words youth
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Pagina 341 - In vain thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold; Art thou the Man that died for me? The secret of thy love unfold: Wrestling, I will not let thee go Till I thy name, thy nature know.
Pagina 367 - Here then I am, far from the busy ways of men. I sit down alone : only God is here. In His presence I open, I read His book; for this end, to find the way to heaven.
Pagina 374 - I firmly believe I am a scriptural ETTICTXOTCO? as much as any man in England or in Europe; for the uninterrupted succession I know to be a fable, which no man ever did or can prove.
Pagina 91 - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed ; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
Pagina 341 - What though my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long ? I rise superior to my pain : When I am weak, then I am strong ! And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the God-Man prevail...
Pagina 406 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Pagina 110 - Him; therefore your letter and your friends visit have been both very welcome to me. I shall follow their and your counsel as far as God will afford me light and unction; remaining still your loving friend, ELIZABETH.
Pagina 46 - Priestman, you style this a dull conversation, and endeavour to divert my mind from dwelling upon death, but I entertain very different sentiments. Death has no terrors for me : it is an event I always look to with cheerfulness, if not with pleasure ; and be assured, the subject is more grateful to me than any other.
Pagina 204 - doing so much, and living so good a life," I doubted not but I was a good Christian.
Pagina 162 - My love and my life is to you, and with you, and no water can quench it, nor distance wear it out, or bring it to an end. I have been with you, cared over you, and served you with unfeigned love ; and you are beloved of me, and near to me beyond utterance. I bless you in the name and power of the Lord, and may God bless you with his righteousness, peace, and plenty, all the land over...