Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with the History of Religion in England; from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 4F. & J. Rivington, 1853 - Christian biography |
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... person , for I have only seen him ; yet , since he was , and was worthy to be their friend , and very many of his have been mine , I judge it may not be unacceptable to those that knew any of them in their lives , or do now know them ...
... person , for I have only seen him ; yet , since he was , and was worthy to be their friend , and very many of his have been mine , I judge it may not be unacceptable to those that knew any of them in their lives , or do now know them ...
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... person , and wisdom and virtue , I intend to give a true account in a seasonable place ) was the happy mother of ... persons of worth , and plentiful fortunes ; 6 GEORGE HERBERT .
... person , and wisdom and virtue , I intend to give a true account in a seasonable place ) was the happy mother of ... persons of worth , and plentiful fortunes ; 6 GEORGE HERBERT .
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... person , and then an account of his wife , and of some circumstances concerning both . - He was for his person of a stature inclining towards tallness ; his body was very straight and so far from being cumbered with too much flesh ...
... person , and then an account of his wife , and of some circumstances concerning both . - He was for his person of a stature inclining towards tallness ; his body was very straight and so far from being cumbered with too much flesh ...
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... person who gave it , that he took him aside , and argued the point with him ; and did not only maintain the lawfulness of the thing in question , but the expedience of it also : and shewed that the omitting it would be of dangerous ...
... person who gave it , that he took him aside , and argued the point with him ; and did not only maintain the lawfulness of the thing in question , but the expedience of it also : and shewed that the omitting it would be of dangerous ...
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... persons : that had children . namely , those that had law - suits . that were of his kindred . And yet , following his ... person ( for the tears of lovers , or beauty drest in sadness , are observed to have in them a charming eloquence ...
... persons : that had children . namely , those that had law - suits . that were of his kindred . And yet , following his ... person ( for the tears of lovers , or beauty drest in sadness , are observed to have in them a charming eloquence ...
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Page 565 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Page 313 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 452 - Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Page 228 - Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Page 519 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 50 - I see that as my father and generation hath done before me, so I also shall now suddenly (with Job) make my bed also in the dark ; and I praise God I am prepared for it ; and I praise him, that I am not to learn patience, now I stand in such need of it ; and that I have practised mortification, and endeavoured to die daily, that I might not die eternally...
Page 291 - Every day is a little life; and our whole life is but a day repeated: whence it is. that old Jacob numbers his life by days ; and Moses desires to be taught this point of holy arithmetic, ' to number ' not his years, but
Page 90 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Page 8 - ... and so much under her own eye, as to see and converse with him daily: but she managed this power over him without any such rigid sourness as might make her company a torment to her child; but with such a sweetness and compliance with the recreations and pleasures of youth, as did incline him willingly to spend much of his time in the company of his dear and careful mother; which was to her great content...
Page 396 - It is therefore fitting that you should by all means glorify Jesus Christ who hath glorified you ; that by a uniform obedience ye may be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment...