The History of the English Bible: Extending from Earliest Saxon Translations to the Present Anglo-American Revision: With Special Reference to the Protestant Religion and the English Language |
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... common ending of the names of English towns , describing them as fortified , from the Latin castrum , a fortified camp . The word coln , is another common ending of the names of towns , describing them as originally settled by a colony ...
... common ending of the names of English towns , describing them as fortified , from the Latin castrum , a fortified camp . The word coln , is another common ending of the names of towns , describing them as originally settled by a colony ...
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... common Bible is com- paratively free from Latinisms yet it adopted a large number of Latin words , whereas the Anglo - Saxon employed instead native words framed for this special purpose . " Thus for prophet , we have witega , a wise or ...
... common Bible is com- paratively free from Latinisms yet it adopted a large number of Latin words , whereas the Anglo - Saxon employed instead native words framed for this special purpose . " Thus for prophet , we have witega , a wise or ...
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... common . Besides a certain degree of meritoriousness was attached to the act of copying particularly the Holy Scriptures . In the way of correctness every thing depended upon the copyist , and hence authors were wont to express their ...
... common . Besides a certain degree of meritoriousness was attached to the act of copying particularly the Holy Scriptures . In the way of correctness every thing depended upon the copyist , and hence authors were wont to express their ...
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... common practice of the Anglo - Saxons to send their youth to the monasteries of France for education . " 1 This custom prevailed for years , and became very common in the days of Edward the Confessor . He came to the English throne in ...
... common practice of the Anglo - Saxons to send their youth to the monasteries of France for education . " 1 This custom prevailed for years , and became very common in the days of Edward the Confessor . He came to the English throne in ...
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... common both to the Bible and to Saxon character . Such derision is not to be wondered at , since the essence of this spirit is so antagonistic to French ideals . And yet this constitutional seriousness is a tower of strength to ...
... common both to the Bible and to Saxon character . Such derision is not to be wondered at , since the essence of this spirit is so antagonistic to French ideals . And yet this constitutional seriousness is a tower of strength to ...
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Page 424 - He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Page 424 - Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 85 - PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche.
Page 122 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry; Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
Page 322 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 385 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in the earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood : and these three agree in one.
Page 428 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased ; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
Page 165 - Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Page 322 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth.
Page 406 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, And the spirit shall return to God who gave it.