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" 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... "
Our English Bible: Its Translations and Translators - Page 73
by John Stoughton - 1878 - 310 pages
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The works of Tyndale

William Tyndale - 1831 - 622 pages
...were the same day there. As I this thought, the bishop of London came to my remembrance, whom Erasinus (whose tongue maketh of little gnats great elephants,...this man's service, I were happy. And so I gat me to 1 .011:11 MI, and, through the acquaintance of my master, came to sir Harry Gilford, the king's grace's...
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The Annals of the English Bible

Christopher Anderson - Bible - 1845 - 672 pages
...sapienti tat eet. tongue maketb of little gnats great elephants, and lifteth up above the stars whoever giveth him a little exhibition,) praiseth exceedingly,...I might come to this man's service I were happy." 29 Such was his impression in Gloucestershire, when moved by the blind superstition of his country...
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The Annals of the English Bible, Volume 1

Christopher Anderson - Bible - 1845 - 672 pages
...lifteth up above the stars whoever giveth him a little exhibition,) praiseth exceedingly, атинч other, in his Annotations on the New Testament, for...I might come to this man's service I were happy."* Such was his impression in Gloucestershire, when moved by the blind superstition of his country " to...
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Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of ..., Volume 42

William Tyndale - Bible - 1848 - 616 pages
...bishop of London came to my re. partiality membrance, whom Erasmus (whose tongue maketh of little SSTo gnats great elephants, and lifteth up above the stars...his Annotations on the New Testament, for his great learning2. Then thought I, if I might come to this man's service, I were happy. And so I gat me to...
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The Annals of the English Bible

Christopher Anderson - Bible - 1849 - 566 pages
...attempt throughout life to procure a Patron, and he will, himself, now describe his own movements. " The Bishop of London came to my remembrance, whom...gnats great elephants, and lifteth up above the stars whoever giveth him a little exhibition,) praiseth exceedingly, atnotj} other, in his Annotations on...
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The Annals of the English Bible

Christopher Anderson - Bible - 1849 - 564 pages
...attempt throughout life to procure a Patron, and he will, himself, now describe his own movements. " The Bishop of London came to my remembrance, whom...tongue maketh of little gnats great elephants, and lifleth up above the stars whoever giveth him a little exhibition,) praiseth exceedingly, among other,...
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The English Bible: History of the Translation of the Holy Scriptures Into ...

Mrs. Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant - Bible - 1856 - 500 pages
...elsewhere. " Truly," thus muses the disappointed scholar, " it was all in the tongue of Erasmus, which maketh of little gnats great elephants, and lifteth up above the stars whoever giveth him a little exhibition !" — . There came a time, and not long after, when Bishop...
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The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period, Volume 5, Issue 2

1858 - 534 pages
...Foxe is here guilty of an anachronism. Tyndale, it is true, in bis Preface to the Pentateuch, says, " The bishop of London came to my remembrance, whom...gnats great elephants, and lifteth up above the stars whoever giveth him a little exhibition) praiseth exceedingly among other, in his Annotations on the...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle

Missions - 1864 - 948 pages
...without the Bible it is impossible to establish the laity in the truth." "As I this thought," he says, "the Bishop of London came to my remembrance, whom...lifteth up above the stars whosoever giveth him a littl» exhibition) praiseth exceedingly, among other in his Annotations on th<New Testament, for his...
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The Christian Ambassador, Volume 7

Theology - 1869 - 404 pages
...together have beguiled him, and he thus muses ; — " Truly it was all in the tongue of Erasmus which maketh of little gnats great elephants, and lifteth up above the stars whoever giveth him a little exhibition." When the door of the episcopal palace was closed against him,...
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