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... speak to God ; and when · • we read the Bible , God speaks to us . Happy is he , then , who reads the Scriptures , if he convert the words into actions . The whole of the Scriptures are written for our salvation , and by them we obtain ...
... speak to God ; and when · • we read the Bible , God speaks to us . Happy is he , then , who reads the Scriptures , if he convert the words into actions . The whole of the Scriptures are written for our salvation , and by them we obtain ...
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... speak for itself , without any of that docking and clipping " of which the former was wont to accuse the friars ... speak of the Holy Scripture in English , and so they would condemn the Holy Ghost , who gave it in tongues to the ...
... speak for itself , without any of that docking and clipping " of which the former was wont to accuse the friars ... speak of the Holy Scripture in English , and so they would condemn the Holy Ghost , who gave it in tongues to the ...
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... speaking of the beginning of the sixteenth century , he could write : " Certainly the fervent zeal of those Christian days seemed much superior to these our days and times , as may appear by their sitting up all night in reading and ...
... speaking of the beginning of the sixteenth century , he could write : " Certainly the fervent zeal of those Christian days seemed much superior to these our days and times , as may appear by their sitting up all night in reading and ...
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... speak of " this venerable and splendid volume leading up the crowded myriads of its followers , and imploring , as it were , a blessing on the new art , by dedicating its first- fruits to the service of Heaven . " 1 The discovery soon 1 ...
... speak of " this venerable and splendid volume leading up the crowded myriads of its followers , and imploring , as it were , a blessing on the new art , by dedicating its first- fruits to the service of Heaven . " 1 The discovery soon 1 ...
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... speaking of Tindale's life we noticed his principal Bible - translations in the order in which they appeared . We have now to return , and bring together a few facts regarding each of these . § 1. The New Testament of 1525. - Of this we ...
... speaking of Tindale's life we noticed his principal Bible - translations in the order in which they appeared . We have now to return , and bring together a few facts regarding each of these . § 1. The New Testament of 1525. - Of this we ...
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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...