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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... sent for Amurath , to help him , who , being glad to have such an occasion offered , which he so long had sought , sent to aid him 12,000 Turks into Thrace : but first he used all delays he could of crafty policy , to the intent that ...
... sent for Amurath , to help him , who , being glad to have such an occasion offered , which he so long had sought , sent to aid him 12,000 Turks into Thrace : but first he used all delays he could of crafty policy , to the intent that ...
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... sent certain of their chief men with speed to Mahomet , declaring unto him , that they neither had sent any help to the city of Constantinople , nor yet wrought any de- triment to any of his army : wherefore they desired and prayed him ...
... sent certain of their chief men with speed to Mahomet , declaring unto him , that they neither had sent any help to the city of Constantinople , nor yet wrought any de- triment to any of his army : wherefore they desired and prayed him ...
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... sent David the king of the same , tians . with his two sons , and Calus his uncle , unto Constantinople , where they were miserably and cruelly put to death , and all the stock of the Comneni , who were of the king's stock , by the Turk ...
... sent David the king of the same , tians . with his two sons , and Calus his uncle , unto Constantinople , where they were miserably and cruelly put to death , and all the stock of the Comneni , who were of the king's stock , by the Turk ...
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... sent for by the pope's letters , he openly declared that it was not possible otherwise to resist The coun- the furious rage of the barbarous Turks by the strength of any one Scander- king or prince , unless all Europe , with one consent ...
... sent for by the pope's letters , he openly declared that it was not possible otherwise to resist The coun- the furious rage of the barbarous Turks by the strength of any one Scander- king or prince , unless all Europe , with one consent ...
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... sent into Italy with a navy of a hundred ships , and fif- Con- teen thousand men , who , by the way in his sailing , got Leucadia the Turk . ( which now they call St. Maure ) , Cephalonia , and Zacynthus , and , sailing by Favelona ...
... sent into Italy with a navy of a hundred ships , and fif- Con- teen thousand men , who , by the way in his sailing , got Leucadia the Turk . ( which now they call St. Maure ) , Cephalonia , and Zacynthus , and , sailing by Favelona ...
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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...
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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'.
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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.
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