 Fisher, to encourage him in his obstinacy ; and said, " the act of parliament is like a sword with two edges ; for if a man answer one way, it will confound his soul, and if he answer another way, it will confound his body.  Works of the Camden Society - Page 291875Full view - About this book
 | Gilbert Burnet - Reformation - 1816 - 720 pages
...one George Gold to Fisher, to encourage him in his obstinacy : and said, " the act , of parliament " is like a sword with two edges ; for if a man answer " one way, it will confound his soul ; and if he answer " another way, it will confound his body." He had said the same... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell - Trials - 1816 - 786 pages
...by one George Gold ! to Fisher to encourage ' him in his obstinacy ; and said, the act of parliament is like a sword with two edges, for if a man answer one way, it will confound his soul ; and if he answer another way, it will confound his body.' He had «aid the «ame... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1825 - 620 pages
...by one George Gold to Fisher, to encourage him in his obstinacy ; and said, " the act of parliament is like a sword with two edges ; for if a man answer one way, it will confound his soul, and if he answer another way, it will confound his body." He had said the same thing... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 248 pages
...alone, but not to every particular contained in the act, alleging that " the act of parliament was like a sword with two edges ; for if a man answer...and if he answer another, it will destroy the body." The answer of the bishop being substantially the same, they were both committed to the tower. Being... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 526 pages
...alone, but not to every particular contained in the act, alleging that " the act of parliament was like a sword •with two edges ; for if a man answer...and if he answer another, it will destroy the body." The answer of the bishop being substantially the same, they were both committed to the tower. Being... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 528 pages
...every particular contained in the act, alleging that " the act of parliament was like a sword M ith two edges ; for if a man answer one way, it will destroy...and if he answer another, it will destroy the body." The answer o( the bishop being substantially the same, they were both committed to the tower. Being... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 832 pages
...alone, but not to every particular contained in the act, alleging that " the act of parliament was like a sword with two edges ; for if a man answer...and if he answer another, it will destroy the body." The answer ol the bishop being substantially the same, they were both committed to the tower. Being... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - 1900 - 384 pages
...treason, and wrote to him the words which he afterwards used to the Council — "The Act of Parliament is like a sword with two edges, for if a man answer one way it will confound his soul, and if he answer the other way it will confound his body " ; further that he, on... | |
 | Alan M. Dershowitz - Law - 2001 - 232 pages
...commands another, a believer has no choice. This is the way More reportedly put it: "The Act of Parliament is like a sword with two edges, for if a man answer one way, it will confound his soul, and if he answer the other way, it will confound his body." More followed God's... | |
 | Michael S. Josephson, Wes Hanson - Literary Collections - 2004 - 408 pages
...commands another, a believer has no choice. This is the way More reportedly put it: "The Act of Parliament is like a sword with two edges, for if a man answer one way, it will confound his soul, and if he answer the other way, it will confound his body." More followed God's... | |
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