 Reformation itself : what does lie then but reveal himself to his servants, and as his manner is, first to his Englishmen? . . . " Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation raising herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible...  The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine - Pagina 246geredigeerd door - 1883Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | David Loewenstein - 1990 - 216 pagina’s
...some new and great period in his Church, ev'n to the reforming of Reformation it self: what does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as his manner is, first to his English-men, (n, 553) One of the essential history lessons Adam learns at the end of Paradise Lost is that, in postlapsarian... | |
 | Geoffrey F. Nuttall - 1992 - 228 pagina’s
...some new and great period in His Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself: what does He then but reveal Himself to His servants, and as His manner is, first to His Englishmen ?1 A little earlier, Sibbes had pointed the moral : Is there any outward thing that advanceth our kingdom... | |
 | 1995 - 286 pagina’s
..."bohemian" "Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an Eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazl'd eyes at the full midday beam." For a statement of... | |
 | Paul Henry Lang - 1996 - 794 pagina’s
...they themselves — are worthy of divine grace. Did not Milton say in his Areopagitica: "What does God then but reveal Himself to His servants, and, as His Manner is, first to his Englishmen?" It is precisely this attitude that circumscribed the English National Church in Handel's time, and... | |
 | Adrian Hastings - 1997 - 260 pagina’s
...parliament: 'Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereoff ye are . . .' or his 'Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation raising herself like a strong man after sleep', 30 or again Francis Bacon's advice to Prince Charles on going to war with Spain twenty years earlier,... | |
 | Eric Voegelin - 1999 - 332 pagina’s
...Areopagitica, 1644: "Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: Methinks I see her as an Eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzl'd eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing... | |
 | Annabel Patterson - 1997 - 344 pagina’s
...title-page: Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam . . . '" Russell,... | |
 | Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson - 1998 - 437 pagina’s
...concurrence of signs . . . God is decreeing to begin some new and great period. . . . What does he then but reveal himself to his servants, and as his manner is, first to his Englishmen?" They seemed to be God's chosen people, indeed. Cromwell agreed: "The soil of Great Britain is furnished... | |
 | Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson - 1998 - 442 pagina’s
...concurrence of signs . . . God is decreeing to begin some new and great period. . . . What does he then but reveal himself to his servants, and as his manner is, f1rst to his Englishmen?" They seemed to be God's chosen people, indeed. Cromwell agreed: "The soil... | |
 | Frances Carey - 1999 - 356 pagina’s
...about to inaugurate 'some new and great period in his church' - 'what does he then but reveal himsell to his servants, and, as his manner is, first to his Englishmen?' The Book of Revelation, which despite its originality is in the tradition of other, apocryphal, Jewish... | |
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