The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1817 - Biography |
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... preached his first sermon at St. Mary's with great and ge- neral approbation . The same year he was appointed chap ... preach before the queen , who heard him with great satisfaction , and made him her chaplain . The same year ( 1565 ) ...
... preached his first sermon at St. Mary's with great and ge- neral approbation . The same year he was appointed chap ... preach before the queen , who heard him with great satisfaction , and made him her chaplain . The same year ( 1565 ) ...
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... preach , should surrender them before the third of August ; and that upon their subscription to the thirty - nine articles , and other constitutions and ordinances agreed upon , new licences should be granted . This being signified to ...
... preach , should surrender them before the third of August ; and that upon their subscription to the thirty - nine articles , and other constitutions and ordinances agreed upon , new licences should be granted . This being signified to ...
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... preach , he would chuse to die , or live in prison all the days of his life , rather than be an occasion thereof , or ever consent unto it . " Lord Burleigh , thinking these ministers hardly used in the ecclesiastical commission , ad ...
... preach , he would chuse to die , or live in prison all the days of his life , rather than be an occasion thereof , or ever consent unto it . " Lord Burleigh , thinking these ministers hardly used in the ecclesiastical commission , ad ...
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... preach- ing , since there hath been any law ecclesiastical in this realm . 3. For the discovery of any popery it hath been used in king Edward's time , in the deprivation of sundry bishops at that time , as it may appear by the ...
... preach- ing , since there hath been any law ecclesiastical in this realm . 3. For the discovery of any popery it hath been used in king Edward's time , in the deprivation of sundry bishops at that time , as it may appear by the ...
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... preach without the subscription ; but the archbishop peremptorily refused to comply . About the beginning of next year , the archbishop was sworn into the privy - council , and the next month framed the statutes of cathedral - churches ...
... preach without the subscription ; but the archbishop peremptorily refused to comply . About the beginning of next year , the archbishop was sworn into the privy - council , and the next month framed the statutes of cathedral - churches ...
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Page 256 - Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...