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... preserved on the page of history with vividness ; but the landing of the first Christians , as instruments in the hand of God for establishing His reign among our pagan ancestry , and what they said and did , how they were opposed ...
... preserved on the page of history with vividness ; but the landing of the first Christians , as instruments in the hand of God for establishing His reign among our pagan ancestry , and what they said and did , how they were opposed ...
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... preserved the Divine revelation respecting the destiny of man , and the realm into which he enters when the hand of death dismisses the soul from the body . Though little known among the common people , the Scriptures were preserved and ...
... preserved the Divine revelation respecting the destiny of man , and the realm into which he enters when the hand of death dismisses the soul from the body . Though little known among the common people , the Scriptures were preserved and ...
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... preserved in the Library of Corpus Christi , Cambridge , a Ms. Story of Genesis and Exodus , published in 1865 , under the editor- ship of Richard Morris . The author probably lived about the middle of the thirteenth century . II . A ...
... preserved in the Library of Corpus Christi , Cambridge , a Ms. Story of Genesis and Exodus , published in 1865 , under the editor- ship of Richard Morris . The author probably lived about the middle of the thirteenth century . II . A ...
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... preserved is a most beautiful specimen of ancient penmanship . One might almost fancy the letters were engraved . There are in the book many ornaments and pictures by St. Ethelwald , who succeeded Eadfrith in the see of Durham . It ...
... preserved is a most beautiful specimen of ancient penmanship . One might almost fancy the letters were engraved . There are in the book many ornaments and pictures by St. Ethelwald , who succeeded Eadfrith in the see of Durham . It ...
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... preserved , for , the tide ebbing at the time much farther than usual , it was found lying high and dry on the sands , at the distance of full three miles from the shore . The Latin Gospels in the book had been used by St. Cuthbert ...
... preserved , for , the tide ebbing at the time much farther than usual , it was found lying high and dry on the sands , at the distance of full three miles from the shore . The Latin Gospels in the book had been used by St. Cuthbert ...
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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.