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... poor Britons have been reproached with not having endeavoured to convert their oppressors to the true faith ; but their position as a conquered people , fugitive and enslaved , fully accounts for their subsequent obscurity . Their ...
... poor Britons have been reproached with not having endeavoured to convert their oppressors to the true faith ; but their position as a conquered people , fugitive and enslaved , fully accounts for their subsequent obscurity . Their ...
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... poor and the suffering ; ever within the sacred aisles the voices of holy men were pealing heavenwards , in intercession for the sins of mankind ; and influences so blessed were thought to exhale around those mysterious precincts , that ...
... poor and the suffering ; ever within the sacred aisles the voices of holy men were pealing heavenwards , in intercession for the sins of mankind ; and influences so blessed were thought to exhale around those mysterious precincts , that ...
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... poor Lollard was impelled and sustained by faith in God's word alone . He knew not of the great cloud of witnesses who had trodden the same path before him , nor dreamt of those who should follow him still more nume- rously , in ...
... poor Lollard was impelled and sustained by faith in God's word alone . He knew not of the great cloud of witnesses who had trodden the same path before him , nor dreamt of those who should follow him still more nume- rously , in ...
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... poor Lollards prayed for from another stand- point . " Hear him but reason in divinity , And , all - admiring , with an inward wish , You would desire the king were made A prelate . " The University articles display the reflex influence ...
... poor Lollards prayed for from another stand- point . " Hear him but reason in divinity , And , all - admiring , with an inward wish , You would desire the king were made A prelate . " The University articles display the reflex influence ...
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... poor . The humble daisy unfolds its petals at the dawn , and continues open though clouds obscure the sky all day : so these children of God , having once lifted their hearts in faith towards their heavenly Father , continued stedfastly ...
... poor . The humble daisy unfolds its petals at the dawn , and continues open though clouds obscure the sky all day : so these children of God , having once lifted their hearts in faith towards their heavenly Father , continued stedfastly ...
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Page 51 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 344 - Paschal Lamb ! by God appointed, All our sins on Thee were laid : By Almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made. All Thy people are forgiven Through the virtue of Thy blood ; Opened is the gate of heaven ; Peace is made 'twixt man and God.
Page 236 - But above all, he excelled in prayer. The inwardness and weight of his spirit, the reverence and solemnity of his address and behaviour, and the fewness and fulness of his words, have often struck even strangers with admiration, as they used to reach others with consolation. The most awful, living, reverent frame I ever felt or beheld, I must say, was his in prayer.
Page 163 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 162 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 123 - It was wonderful," says Strype, " to see with what joy this book of God was received, not only among the learneder sort, and those that were noted for lovers of the Reformation, but generally all England over, among all the vulgar and common people ; and with what greediness God's word was read, and what resort to places where the reading of it was.
Page 133 - The heavens are not too high ; His praise may thither fly : The earth is not too low ; His praises there may grow. Let all the world in every corner sing My God and King...
Page 276 - Thus, therefore, when I had heard and considered what they said, I left them, and went about my employment again, but their talk and discourse went with me ; also my heart would tarry with them, for I was greatly affected with their words, both because by them I was convinced that I wanted the true tokens of a truly godly man, and also because by them I was convinced of the happy and blessed condition of him that was such a one.
Page 344 - BLOW ye the trumpet, blow The gladly solemn sound : Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.
Page 118 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.