 | 1851 - 650 pagina’s
...God, and the welfare of man. " Superior to all selfish considerations, a stranger to the elegances of life, and despising its pleasures, he left the...town of Wittemberg, with the moderate appointments attached to these offices. "* Luther differed widely from all his colleagues. In the whole baud of... | |
 | William Robertson - 1848 - 672 pagina’s
...disinterestedness as affords no slight presumption of his sincerity. Superior to all selfish considerations, a stranger to the elegancies of life, and despising...its pleasures, he left the honours and emoluments ot the church to his disciples, remaining satisfied himself in his original state of professor in the... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pagina’s
...disinterestedness as affords no slight presumption of his sincerity. Superior to all selfish considerations, a stranger to the elegancies of life, and despising...to these offices. His extraordinary qualities were alloyed with no inconsiderable mixture of human frailty and human passions. These, however, were of... | |
 | William Robertson - 1856 - 656 pagina’s
...presumption of his sincerity. Superior to all selfish considerations, a stranger to the elegancies of lile, and despising its pleasures, he left the honours and...remaining satisfied himself in his original state of profesioi in the university, and pastor of the town of Wittemberg, with the moderate appointments annexed... | |
 | William Robertson - 1857 - 602 pagina’s
...disinterestedness as affords no slight presumption of his sincerity. Superior to all selfish considerations, a stranger to the elegancies of life, and despising...professor in the university, and pastor of the town of Wittemburg, with the moderate appointments annexed to mese offices. His extraordinary qualities were... | |
 | William Robertson - 1857 - 600 pagina’s
...disinterestedness as affords no slight presumption of his sincerity. Superior to all selfish considerations, a stranger to the elegancies of life, and despising...professor in the university, and pastor of the town of Wittemburg, with the moderate appointments annexed to these offices. His extraordinary qualities were... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1857 - 516 pagina’s
...disinterestedness, as affords no slight presumption of his sincerity. Superior to all selfish considerations, a stranger to the elegancies of life, and despising...church to his disciples, remaining satisfied himself m his original state of professor in the university, and pastor of the town of Wittemberg, with the... | |
 | William Robertson - 1859 - 630 pagina’s
...considerations, a stranger to the elegances of life, and despising its pleasures, he left the honors and emoluments of the Church to his disciples, remaining...to these offices. His extraordinary qualities were alloyed with no inconsiderable mixture of human frailty and human passions. These, however, were of... | |
 | William Robertson - 1868 - 638 pagina’s
...slight presumption of his sincerity. Superior to all celfish considerations, a stranger to the elegances of life, and despising its pleasures, he left the...offices. His extraordinary qualities were allayed with no inconsiderahle mixture of human frailty and human passions. These, however, were of such a nature,... | |
 | Andrew Miller - 1874 - 724 pagina’s
...disinterestedness as affords no slight presumption of his sincerity. Superior to all selfish considerations, a stranger to the elegancies of life, and despising...church to his disciples, remaining satisfied himself, hi his original state of professor in ihe university, and pastor of the town of Wittemberg, with the... | |
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... purity and even austerity of manners, as became one who assumed the character of a reformer; such sanctity of life as suited the doctrine which he delivered; and such perfect disinterestedness as affords no slight presumption of his sincerity. Superior... 
