The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Life of the Martyrologist, and Vindication of the Work, Volume 4Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1846 - Christian martyrs |
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... never satisfied in getting of benefices ; through whose absence ( being resident only upon one ) God's honour and worship are diminished , houses decay , churches decrease , the ecclesiastical liberty is hurt , learning and monuments ...
... never satisfied in getting of benefices ; through whose absence ( being resident only upon one ) God's honour and worship are diminished , houses decay , churches decrease , the ecclesiastical liberty is hurt , learning and monuments ...
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... never any counsel of the pope that brought with it more detri- dom . ment to Christianity than this . But the pope belike thought , that as he might lawfully break promise with John Huss , and with other Christians , so also he needed ...
... never any counsel of the pope that brought with it more detri- dom . ment to Christianity than this . But the pope belike thought , that as he might lawfully break promise with John Huss , and with other Christians , so also he needed ...
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... never be quiet , but ever working some mischief either abroad or at home . Amurath , the Turk's nephew aforesaid , after he had obtained War oe- aid of Sophus the king of the Persians , first invaded Cappadocia ; not lim and long after ...
... never be quiet , but ever working some mischief either abroad or at home . Amurath , the Turk's nephew aforesaid , after he had obtained War oe- aid of Sophus the king of the Persians , first invaded Cappadocia ; not lim and long after ...
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... never did behold , nor did ever almost hear of before ; the largeness of whose army extended to no less in compass ( as is abovesaid ) than of seven miles round about the city walls . of Vienna neth . Long it were to recite the whole ...
... never did behold , nor did ever almost hear of before ; the largeness of whose army extended to no less in compass ( as is abovesaid ) than of seven miles round about the city walls . of Vienna neth . Long it were to recite the whole ...
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... never could be gone upon , but only in the hard frosts of winter . At the first beginning of the siege , there stood , a little the Chris- without the munitions , in the front of the city , a certain church or monastery , into which the ...
... never could be gone upon , but only in the hard frosts of winter . At the first beginning of the siege , there stood , a little the Chris- without the munitions , in the front of the city , a certain church or monastery , into which the ...
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Page 686 - If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Page 177 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 307 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 98 - And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Page 625 - It is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be embraced, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am the chief and principal.' This one sentence, through God's instruction and inward working, which I did not then perceive, did so exhilarate my heart, being before wounded with the guilt of my sins, and being almost in despair, that immediately I felt a marvellous comfort and quietness, insomuch that 'my bruised bones leaped for joy'.
Page 103 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 105 - So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping/ things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Page 99 - And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 94 - For the ships of Chittim shall come against him : therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
Page 98 - And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour and a day and a month and a year, for to slay the third part of men.