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... parliament , laid the affair before them , and desired their advice ; and they were speedily resolved , that King John had done an illegal thing , and had given up the rights of the nation ; at the same time they advised the king not ...
... parliament , laid the affair before them , and desired their advice ; and they were speedily resolved , that King John had done an illegal thing , and had given up the rights of the nation ; at the same time they advised the king not ...
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... parliament in giving a very public and signal instance of their confidence in , and esteem for , Wycliffe ; as if it were their design to make their con- tempt of the Roman pontiff as notorious as possible . About the year 1378 there ...
... parliament in giving a very public and signal instance of their confidence in , and esteem for , Wycliffe ; as if it were their design to make their con- tempt of the Roman pontiff as notorious as possible . About the year 1378 there ...
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... parliament to suppress Wycliffe's Bible . The advocates for this bill set forth the alarming prospect of heresy , which this version of the scriptures opened , and the ruin of all religion , which must in- evitably ensue , were it to be ...
... parliament to suppress Wycliffe's Bible . The advocates for this bill set forth the alarming prospect of heresy , which this version of the scriptures opened , and the ruin of all religion , which must in- evitably ensue , were it to be ...
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... parliament to enable sheriffs , upon proper in- formation from bishops , to proceed as far as imprisonment against the preachers of heresy . This bill passed the lords , but was thrown out by the commons , who were by no means disposed ...
... parliament to enable sheriffs , upon proper in- formation from bishops , to proceed as far as imprisonment against the preachers of heresy . This bill passed the lords , but was thrown out by the commons , who were by no means disposed ...
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... parliament , and made his levies , set out upon his expedition , full of ardour and of holy zeal . A war , in which the name of religion was thus prostituted , roused the indignation of Wycliffe , though now in the decline of life . He ...
... parliament , and made his levies , set out upon his expedition , full of ardour and of holy zeal . A war , in which the name of religion was thus prostituted , roused the indignation of Wycliffe , though now in the decline of life . He ...
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Page 601 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Page 2 - And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Page 601 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 669 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 79 - If any one abide not in Me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up and cast him into the fire, and he burneth.
Page 497 - I now renounce and refuse,547 as things written with my hand contrary to the truth which I thought in my heart, and written for fear of death to save my life, if it might be; and...
Page 182 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan : thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Page 528 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads...
Page 467 - How presumptuous then are ye, the rude commons of one shire, and that one of the most brute and beastly of the whole realm...
Page 635 - I beseech you remember, it is an article 'of your church covenant, that you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the written word of God.