John Penry, the Pilgrim Martyr, 1559-1593

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W. & F.G. Cash, 1854 - Dissenters, Religious - 284 pages

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Page 90 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 65 - 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." So that we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Page 204 - Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause Bled nobly; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recompense. We give in charge Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times; and sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to...
Page 31 - Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Page 102 - ... debarred from any lawful audience before our honourable governors and magistrates, and from all benefit and help of the laws...
Page 201 - I was with my lot — and content I am, and shall be, with my undeserved and untimely death : beseeching the Lord, that it be not laid to the charge of any creature in this land — for I do, from my heart, forgive all those that seek my life, as I desire to be forgiven in...
Page 50 - We know the arduous strife, the eternal laws To which the triumph of all good is given, High sacrifice, and labour without pause, Even to the death : — else wherefore should the eye Of man converse with immortality ? XIII.
Page 199 - Thracian, forget mine own danger ; but my loyalty to my prince did I never forget. And being now to end my days before I am come to the one half of my years, in the likely course of nature, I leave the success of...

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