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... Reformation , which was making secret progress in Scotland : and , having ventured to censure the corruptions which prevailed in the Church , he found it expedient to quit St. Andrew's in 1542 , and return to the south of Scotland ...
... Reformation , which was making secret progress in Scotland : and , having ventured to censure the corruptions which prevailed in the Church , he found it expedient to quit St. Andrew's in 1542 , and return to the south of Scotland ...
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... Reformation in England was advancing with rapid pace . Knox repaired thither , as to the safest harbour ; and in the dearth of able and earnest preachers which then existed , he found at once a welcome and active employ- ment . The ...
... Reformation in England was advancing with rapid pace . Knox repaired thither , as to the safest harbour ; and in the dearth of able and earnest preachers which then existed , he found at once a welcome and active employ- ment . The ...
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... Reformation in his views both of doctrine and ecclesias- tical discipline . Towards the close of 1554 he was invited by a con- gregation of English exiles resident at Frankfort to become one of their pastors . Internal discords ...
... Reformation in his views both of doctrine and ecclesias- tical discipline . Towards the close of 1554 he was invited by a con- gregation of English exiles resident at Frankfort to become one of their pastors . Internal discords ...
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... Reformation , gained over either by the fascination of Mary's beauty and manners , or by the still more cogent appeal of personal interest , were far from seconding Knox's efforts , or partaking in his appre- hensions . The Earl of ...
... Reformation , gained over either by the fascination of Mary's beauty and manners , or by the still more cogent appeal of personal interest , were far from seconding Knox's efforts , or partaking in his appre- hensions . The Earl of ...
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... Reformation , and which bear their own refutation in their extra- vagance . As a preacher , he was energetic and effective , and uncom- monly powerful in awakening the negligent or the hardened con- science . As a Reformer and leader of ...
... Reformation , and which bear their own refutation in their extra- vagance . As a preacher , he was energetic and effective , and uncom- monly powerful in awakening the negligent or the hardened con- science . As a Reformer and leader of ...
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Page 154 - It is not uncommon, for those who have grown wise by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.
Page 17 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Page 153 - I must confess I am amazed that the press should be only made use of in this way by news-writers, and the zealots of parties : as if it were not more advantageous to mankind, to be instructed in wisdom and virtue, than in politics ; and to be made good fathers, husbands, and sons, than counsellors and statesmen.
Page 121 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into, Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 182 - She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said, " No, Robin, I am not well," and then discoursed with me of her indisposition, and that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days, and in her discourse she fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighs. I...
Page 95 - And herein I found the difference between this and my former state chiefly consisted. I was striving, yea, fighting with all my might under the Law, as well as under grace. But then I was sometimes, if not often, conquered ; now, I was always conqueror. Thur. 25. — The moment I awaked, 'Jesus, Master...
Page 95 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 152 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Page 155 - had something in it more charming than I have found in any other man. But this was only when familiar: before strangers, or perhaps a single stranger, he preserved his dignity by a stiff silence.
Page 153 - He afterwards proceeded to take notice of the great use this paper might be of to the public, by reprehending those vices which are too trivial for the chastisement of the law, and too fantastical for the cognizance of the pulpit.