 I defy the Pope and all his laws ... if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scriptures than thou doest.  The Quarterly Review - Page 3111870Full view - About this book
 | Christian life - 1885 - 324 pages
...cried, " We were better without God's laws than the pope's ; " to which Tyndale gave the noble answer, " I defy the pope and all his laws : if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scripture than thou doest." Full of this great... | |
 | William King Tweedie - Christian biography - 1840 - 278 pages
...doings of that day confirmed it more and more. " I defy the pope," he said, on a future occasion, " and if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause the boy that drives the plough to know more of the Scripture than you do." But this only increased the murmurs of the priesthood, and Tyndale must... | |
 | Children's literature - 1850 - 740 pages
...without God's laws than the pope's.' ' I defy the pope and all his laws,' he replied ; and added, ' If God spare my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy who driveth the plough to know more of the scriptures than you do.' The man who thus valorously threw... | |
 | American periodicals - 1870 - 878 pages
...After some sharp passages, the strange priest exclaimed : — " Better be without God's laws than tha Pope's." The tutor, turning suddenly upon him with...than either you or the Pope." * The tutor was WILLIAM TroDALE. Tyndale was born at Hunt's Court, Gloucestershire, in 1484, or perhaps a few years earlier.... | |
 | 1879 - 826 pages
...without God's laws than the Pope's." " I defy the Pope and all his laws," said Tyndale : and added, " if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause the boy who drivoth the plough to know more of the Scriptures than you do." About the year 1510 Tyndalo went... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1851 - 344 pages
...indignation at the impiety of the sentiment, he rejoined, " I defy the Pope and all his laws ; and if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause the boy that driveth the plough to know more of the seripture than you do ! " It was a sudden outburst of feeling,... | |
 | Bible - 1799 - 230 pages
...without God's laws than the pope's." " I defy the pope and all his laws," he replied ; and added, " If God spare my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy who driveth the plough to know more of the Scriptures than you do."* The man who thus valorously threw... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1852 - 290 pages
...are better without God's laws than the pope's, he rejoined, " I defy the pope and all his laws, and if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause the boy who driveth the plough to know more of the Scriptures than you do." At home, he sought a place in which... | |
 | Christians - 1856 - 448 pages
...without God's laws than the pope's." " I defy the pope and all his laws," exclaimed Tyndale, " and, if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause the boy that driveth the plough to know more of the Scriptures than you do !" Thus was the settled purpose of his... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1857 - 696 pages
...without God's laws than the pope's.' 'I defy the pope and all his laws,' he replied ; and added, ' If God spare my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy who driveth the plough to know more of the scriptures than you do.' The man who thus valorously threw... | |
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