A Book about the Clergy, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1870 - Clergy |
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... - posed to have originated the sentiment , reproduced it in the couplet , — ' Wherever God erects a House of Prayer The devil always builds a chapel there . ' VOL . II . B pious visitor of the temple might enter at any hour.
... - posed to have originated the sentiment , reproduced it in the couplet , — ' Wherever God erects a House of Prayer The devil always builds a chapel there . ' VOL . II . B pious visitor of the temple might enter at any hour.
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... prayer and edifying reflection . Again , the vigilance with which we guard the entire church and its precincts from violation falls short of the heed which our forefathers took to maintain the sacredness of the chancel . The medieval ...
... prayer and edifying reflection . Again , the vigilance with which we guard the entire church and its precincts from violation falls short of the heed which our forefathers took to maintain the sacredness of the chancel . The medieval ...
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... prayers . Some have been buried there and cast out again on the morrow , and all the clothes left still in the grave . An angel came on a time to a warden of a church , and bade him go to the bishop to cast . out the body he had buried ...
... prayers . Some have been buried there and cast out again on the morrow , and all the clothes left still in the grave . An angel came on a time to a warden of a church , and bade him go to the bishop to cast . out the body he had buried ...
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... prayers , communion , & c .: but this I dare say , they are either to hide some vice or to proclaim one ; to hide disorder or proclaim pride . ' Respecting old pews , my readers will find some entertaining particulars in Dr. Doran's ...
... prayers , communion , & c .: but this I dare say , they are either to hide some vice or to proclaim one ; to hide disorder or proclaim pride . ' Respecting old pews , my readers will find some entertaining particulars in Dr. Doran's ...
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... prayers . The clergy had new tidings for the people , and the people were eager listeners to the novel doctrines . The church became a lecture - hall , the worshippers became stu- dents and to meet the exigencies of the crisis , the ...
... prayers . The clergy had new tidings for the people , and the people were eager listeners to the novel doctrines . The church became a lecture - hall , the worshippers became stu- dents and to meet the exigencies of the crisis , the ...
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Page 152 - ... we give not to our princes the ministering either of God's word, or of the sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly princes in Holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be ecclesiastical or temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil-doers.
Page 305 - And graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought; and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed ; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church ; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Page 240 - They know not, neither will they understand ; they walk on in darkness : all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Page 152 - King's Majesty hath the chief power in this realm of England, and other his dominions, unto whom the chief government of all estates of this realm, whether they be ecclesiastical or civil, in all causes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be, subject to any foreign jurisdiction.
Page 304 - So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.
Page 141 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c.
Page 44 - ... to have with them both men and women, that can well sing wanton songs, and some other pilgrims will have with them bagpipes, so that every town that they come through, what with the noise of their singing. and with the sound of their piping, and with the jangling of their Canterbury bells, and with the barking out of dogs after them, they make more noise than if the king came there away with all his clarions, and many other minstrels.
Page 111 - And lost are those who dare resist Or touch the Lord's anointed. And this is law that I'll maintain Until my dying day, sir, That whatsoever king shall reign, Still I'll be Vicar of Bray, sir.
Page 304 - There was a man sent from GOD, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Page 85 - I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope...