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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... whole English nation . But because you are come from far into my kingdom , and , as I conceive , are desirous to impart to us those things which you believe to be true , and most beneficial , we will not molest you , but give you ...
... whole English nation . But because you are come from far into my kingdom , and , as I conceive , are desirous to impart to us those things which you believe to be true , and most beneficial , we will not molest you , but give you ...
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... whole Bible into English . " For if worldli clerkis , " says the author of the pro- logue to the Wycliffe Bible , " loken wel here ( their ) croniclis and bokis , thei shulden fynde , that Bede translatide the bible , and expounide ...
... whole Bible into English . " For if worldli clerkis , " says the author of the pro- logue to the Wycliffe Bible , " loken wel here ( their ) croniclis and bokis , thei shulden fynde , that Bede translatide the bible , and expounide ...
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... whole life in the same monastery . Though celebrated as a scholar , and warmly urged by the pope to visit Rome , it does not appear that he ever left England . Such scholars as Aldhelm , Bede , and Alcuin , gave to Eng- land , at this ...
... whole life in the same monastery . Though celebrated as a scholar , and warmly urged by the pope to visit Rome , it does not appear that he ever left England . Such scholars as Aldhelm , Bede , and Alcuin , gave to Eng- land , at this ...
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... whole Bible into the vernacular of the people . But a serious objection to this is , that no manuscript of any such translation is extant . As has been suggested , " the selections which he made for his own use appear to have 1 History ...
... whole Bible into the vernacular of the people . But a serious objection to this is , that no manuscript of any such translation is extant . As has been suggested , " the selections which he made for his own use appear to have 1 History ...
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... whole of Maccabees . The chief sources of informa- tion respecting Elfric , are his prefaces , dedications , and homilies . These last he composed and distributed among the priests to be read from their pulpits . Many of his transla ...
... whole of Maccabees . The chief sources of informa- tion respecting Elfric , are his prefaces , dedications , and homilies . These last he composed and distributed among the priests to be read from their pulpits . Many of his transla ...
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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.