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... persons at home than any book in any other land , but throughout our colonial dependencies , and in the vast territory of the United States , there is no volume which can vie with it in the multitude of its copies , any more than in the ...
... persons at home than any book in any other land , but throughout our colonial dependencies , and in the vast territory of the United States , there is no volume which can vie with it in the multitude of its copies , any more than in the ...
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... persons as were ignorant of Latin would , when interested in the truths of Christianity , naturally wish to see them written in their native language , provided they were able to read it ; and priests anxious to promote the spiritual ...
... persons as were ignorant of Latin would , when interested in the truths of Christianity , naturally wish to see them written in their native language , provided they were able to read it ; and priests anxious to promote the spiritual ...
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... person , thus completing what had been his own project , in the execution of which he had been assisted by another ... persons who held opinions similar to his own at an earlier period . He sat in commission in the Cathedral of Hereford ...
... person , thus completing what had been his own project , in the execution of which he had been assisted by another ... persons who held opinions similar to his own at an earlier period . He sat in commission in the Cathedral of Hereford ...
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... persons to tran- scribe it , and urged men to read in their own tongue the wonderful message from God . Nor would he guard by gloss or comment the pure truth of heaven , as almost all his predecessors had done , but he left the oracle ...
... persons to tran- scribe it , and urged men to read in their own tongue the wonderful message from God . Nor would he guard by gloss or comment the pure truth of heaven , as almost all his predecessors had done , but he left the oracle ...
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... persons were thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the reformer's teaching . The number of manu- scripts still extant containing a vernacular version , which must have been written by his followers , substantiate the same fact . These ...
... persons were thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the reformer's teaching . The number of manu- scripts still extant containing a vernacular version , which must have been written by his followers , substantiate the same fact . These ...
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Page 32 - 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 233 - Bible, to be followed, and as little altered, as the truth of the original will permit.
Page 109 - I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, to give a reckoning of our doings, that I never altered one syllable of God's word against my conscience, nor would this day, if all that is in the earth, whether it be pleasure, honour, or riches, might be given me.
Page 32 - that a hare so often hunted, with' so many packs of dogs, should die, at last, quietly sitting in his form."— Church Hist.
Page 75 - As I this thought, the bishop of London came to my remembrance, whom Erasmus (whose tongue maketh of little gnats great elephants, and lifteth up above the stars whosoever giveth him a little exhibition) praiseth exceedingly, among other in his Annotations on the New Testament, for his great learning.
Page 261 - Pocket Bible : Containing the most (if not all) those places contained in holy Scripture, which doe shew the qualifications of his inner man, that is a fit Souldier to fight the Lords Battels, both before the fight, in the fight, and after the fight...
Page 300 - The fairest productions of human wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy ; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are accustomed to them, still more and more beautiful ; their bloom appears to be daily heightened ; fresh odours are emitted, and new sweets extracted from them. He who hath once tasted their excellencies, will desire to taste them yet again ; and he who tastes them oftenest, will relish them best.
Page 115 - ... not much better than their dinner. Immediately after the which they go either to reasoning in problems, or unto some other study, until it be nine or ten of the clock ; and then being without fire, are fain to walk or run up and down half an hour, to get a heat on their feet, when they go to bed.