The Life of Thomas Ken: Bishop of Bath and Wells, Volume 2John Murray, 1854 |
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againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer Archbishop becauſe beſt Biſhop Ken Biſhop of Bath bleffed brethren Brother cafe cauſe charity Chriſtian Church of England Clergy Communion confcience death defign defire deprived Biſhops Dioceſe Engliſh eſpecially exerciſe expreffed faid fame fatisfaction fays feem fent fhall fince firſt fome Frampton ftill fuch fuffer George Hickes Grace Henry Dodwell himſelf Hiſtory holy honour Hooper Houſe Ibid intereſts James James II Ken's Kettlewell King laft laſt leaſt Lloyd of Norwich London Longleat Lord Weymouth Lordſhip meaſures moft moſt muſt myſelf never Non-jurors Oath occafion paffed perfons pleaſe praiſe prayers preferved preſent Prince Prince of Orange Profe publiſhed purpoſe queſtion raiſed reaſon refolved refuſed reſpect reſtored Sancroft ſays Schifm ſee ſeems ſervice ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch Tanner MSS themſelves theſe Thomas Ken thoſe thought tion uſed whoſe William Williams's Collection
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Page 820 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 440 - In a moment ten thousand persons, who crowded the great hall, replied with a still louder shout, which made the old oaken roof crack; and in another moment the innumerable throng without set up a third huzza, which was heard at Temple Bar. The boats which covered the Thames gave an answering cheer. A peal of gunpowder was heard on the water, and another, and another; and so, in a few moments...
Page 447 - Churches both at home and abroad against our common enemies, and that all they who do confess the holy Name of our dear Lord, and do agree in the truth of His holy Word, may also meet in one holy Communion, and live in perfect unity and Godly love...
Page 820 - Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Page 821 - But though sleep o'er my frailty reigns, Let it not hold me long in chains ; And now and then let loose my heart, Till it an Hallelujah dart. The faster sleep the senses binds, The more unfettered are our minds.
Page 439 - At ten the Court again met. The crowd was greater than ever. The jury appeared in their box ; and there was a breathless stillness. Sir Samuel Astry spoke. 'Do you find the defendants, or any of them, guilty of the misdemeanour whereof they are impeached, or not guilty?' Sir Roger Langley answered,
Page 447 - ... persuading them (if it may be) to a full compliance with our church, or at least that " whereto we have already attained, we may all walk by the same rule, and mind the same thing.
Page 683 - I am very sorry the case stands with you as it does in reference to the oath ; and still wonder (unless I could find Kings of divine right) why it does so ! and all this is the acceptation of a word which I never heard two declare the meaning of but they differed in their sense of it. You say you could have taken it in the sense some worthy men have done ? Why will you be more worthy than those men ? It is supererogation.
Page 510 - Refolved nemine contradicente, That the thanks of this Houfe be given to the Clergy of the Church of England, who have preached and written againft Popery, and refufed to read (in their Churches) the King's Declaration for Toleration, in...
Page 431 - Of the immense concourse of people," says he, " who received them on the bank of the river, the majority in their immediate neighbourhood were on their knees : the Archbishop laid his hands on the heads of such as he could reach, exhorting them to continue steadfast in their faith ; they cried aloud that all should kneel, while tears flowed from the eyes of many.