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... scholar of his day in Western Europe . He himself has told us that he translated the Apostles ' Creed and the Lord's Prayer into Anglo - Saxon for the use of the less educated priests ; while the last work on which he was engaged was a ...
... scholar of his day in Western Europe . He himself has told us that he translated the Apostles ' Creed and the Lord's Prayer into Anglo - Saxon for the use of the less educated priests ; while the last work on which he was engaged was a ...
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... considerable portions of Scrip- 1 Some scholars however assert that the words in the original do not mean more than " English writing . " ture , amongst which the most noteworthy are the Ormulum THE EARLY PARAPHRASTS 5.
... considerable portions of Scrip- 1 Some scholars however assert that the words in the original do not mean more than " English writing . " ture , amongst which the most noteworthy are the Ormulum THE EARLY PARAPHRASTS 5.
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... scholars in enabling them to dis- tinguish between what we may call the earlier version , Wycliffe's own version , and the later , the revision by Purvey . Both these versions were anonymous . peril of Bible - translation at that period ...
... scholars in enabling them to dis- tinguish between what we may call the earlier version , Wycliffe's own version , and the later , the revision by Purvey . Both these versions were anonymous . peril of Bible - translation at that period ...
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... scholar of the fourteenth century . One or two examples must suffice : - Psalm xv . ( xvi . ) " + A. glos . This salm is maad of Dauid , to the preysing of the meke and symple Crist . A. et alii . " Psalm xcix . ( c . ) " + A. glos ...
... scholar of the fourteenth century . One or two examples must suffice : - Psalm xv . ( xvi . ) " + A. glos . This salm is maad of Dauid , to the preysing of the meke and symple Crist . A. et alii . " Psalm xcix . ( c . ) " + A. glos ...
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... scholar , " had risen from the grave with the New Testament in her hand , " and though England did not at first welcome the " new learning , " towards the close of the fifteenth century a noble band of scholars had congregated at Oxford ...
... scholar , " had risen from the grave with the New Testament in her hand , " and though England did not at first welcome the " new learning , " towards the close of the fifteenth century a noble band of scholars had congregated at Oxford ...
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Page 129 - Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 34 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 86 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 12 - 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 34 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 45 - 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 95 - Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Page 117 - Truly, good Christian Reader, we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one...
Page 71 - It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Page 47 - Of the translation itself, though since that time it has been many times revised and altered, we may say that it is substantially the Bible with which we are all familiar. The peculiar genius . — if such a word may be permitted — which breathes through it, the mingled tenderness and majesty, the Saxon simplicity, the preternatural...