Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Volume 6University Press, 1833 - Great Britain |
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Page 191
... divinity more in other books than in the scriptures : days of prayer , meditation , and fasting , at least once a quar- ter in the Ember week , in which they may read over and over again both offices of ordination , and get by heart ...
... divinity more in other books than in the scriptures : days of prayer , meditation , and fasting , at least once a quar- ter in the Ember week , in which they may read over and over again both offices of ordination , and get by heart ...
Page 206
... divinity or mo- rality are regularly handled , are above the capacity of the people ; short and plain ones , upon a large portion of scripture , would be better hearkened to , and have a much better effect ; they would make the hearers ...
... divinity or mo- rality are regularly handled , are above the capacity of the people ; short and plain ones , upon a large portion of scripture , would be better hearkened to , and have a much better effect ; they would make the hearers ...
Page 236
... divinity as a mortal creature is capable of being . None will grudge them their great treasures and authority , when they see it is all employed to make their people happy . None will envy their greatness , when they see it accompanied ...
... divinity as a mortal creature is capable of being . None will grudge them their great treasures and authority , when they see it is all employed to make their people happy . None will envy their greatness , when they see it accompanied ...
Page 251
... divinity to each , on which they are to make a Latin oration , and to give out theses upon it , which they undertake to defend in public : then a Hebrew psalm and a portion of the Greek Testament is given them , to render into English ...
... divinity to each , on which they are to make a Latin oration , and to give out theses upon it , which they undertake to defend in public : then a Hebrew psalm and a portion of the Greek Testament is given them , to render into English ...
Page 259
... divinity being vacant , he pro- posed our author as the person most proper to fill it ; and he recommended this in so effectual a man- ner , that in a few days after , he brought over to Hamilton the decree of the university , electing ...
... divinity being vacant , he pro- posed our author as the person most proper to fill it ; and he recommended this in so effectual a man- ner , that in a few days after , he brought over to Hamilton the decree of the university , electing ...
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Page 243 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page 286 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Page 242 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 242 - Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; Seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open unto their cry.
Page 354 - truth ; or the true state of the primitive church, by an " humble moderator,
Page 312 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Page 15 - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
Page 23 - An Elementary Treatise on Quaternions. By PG TAIT, MA, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh ; formerly Fellow of St Peter's College, Cambridge. Second...
Page 240 - I understand somewhat more than the receiving some doctrines, though ever so true, or the professing them, and engaging to support them, not without zeal and eagerness. What signify the best doctrines, if men do not live suitably to them ; if they have not a due influence upon their thoughts, their principles, and their lives ? Men of bad lives, with sound opinions, are selfcondemned, and lie under a highly aggravated guilt...
Page 94 - It was said that the queen could not send a message to any one House to adjourn, when the like message was not sent to both Houses. The pleasure of the prince in convening, dissolving, proroguing or ordering the adjournment of Parliaments was always directed to both Houses, but never to any one House without the same intimation was made at the same time to the other.