 | 1881 - 604 pages
...discussion of the bill, the Duke of Lancaster, uncle to the King, is reported to have said, "We will not be the dregs of all ; seeing other nations have...the law of our faith, written in their own language, and that if the Gospel by being translated into English was the occasion of running into error, they... | |
 | Achilles Daunt - 1881 - 196 pages
...gracious memory), who boldly said : " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing other nations have the Word of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language ;" how that again, when surrounded on what was supposed to be his death-bed, by a company of monks,... | |
 | Blackford Condit - Bible - 1882 - 484 pages
...suppress it. In the course of the debate the Duke of Lancaster is reported to have said : " We will not be the dregs of all ; seeing other Nations have...the Law of our Faith, written in their own Language That he would maintain our having the Law in our own tongue against those, whoever they should be,... | |
 | Gervase Smith - Methodist Church - 1882 - 556 pages
...the Duke of Lancaster stoutly objected, and exclaimed, " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing that other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language." Most gloriously have the aspirations of John of Gaunt been realized ! Many copies of Wycliffe's Bible... | |
 | Alfred Owen Smith - 1882 - 506 pages
...the Duke of Lancaster stoutly objected, and exclaimed, " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing that other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language." Most gloriously have the aspirations of John of Gaunt been realized ! Many copies of Wycliffe's Bible... | |
 | Robert Needham Cust - Missions - 1889 - 592 pages
...Nation. Still the words of John of Gaunt stand good : We will not be the dregs of all, seeing that other Nations have the Law of God, which is the law of our Faith, written in their own language. Such is our duty, our maxim, and our practice. " The Earth shall be full of the Knowledge of the Lord,... | |
 | 1889 - 616 pages
...not be the dregs of all," he cried, when some churchman was questioning the good of Wyclif's work, "seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their tongue." WycliPs prologue puts it on the same ground: "Frenchmen, Beemers (Bohemians), and Britons... | |
 | Andrew Edgar - Bible - 1889 - 424 pages
...England should be abreast of her neighbours. " We will not be the dregs of all," shouted the speaker, "seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their tongue." To the same effect, John Purvey wrote in his prologue to the revised edition of Wyclif's Bible,... | |
 | James Townley - Bible - 1891 - 544 pages
...uncle to the king, defended a vernacular translation, saying, "We will not be the dregs of all men; seeing other nations have the law of God, which is...law of our faith, written in their own language." Declaring, at the same time, in the most solemn manner, "That he would maintain our having this law... | |
 | Robert Needham Cust - Bible - 1892 - 240 pages
...: Remember the words of John of Gaunt, " We Englishmen will not be the " dregs of all, seeing that other Nations have the Law of God, " which is the Law of our faith, written in their own language." Even when the New Testament had been collected together, say in the middle of the second century, the... | |
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We will not be the dregs of all : seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language. 
