Portraits of the Principal Reformers of the Sixteenth Century: With a Narrative of the Reformation of ReligionJ. P. Callender, 1836 - 155 pages |
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Page 95 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 107 - O Father of Heaven : O Son of God, Redeemer of the world : O Holy Ghost, three persons and one God, have mercy upon me, most wretched caitiff and miserable sinner. I have offended, both against heaven and earth, more than my tongue can express. Whither then may I go, or whither should I fly?
Page 79 - The manner in which he justified this action was still more offensive than the action itself. Having collected from the canon law some of the most extravagant propositions with regard to the plenitude and omnipotence of the...
Page 79 - ... than the action itself. Having collected from the canon law some of the most extravagant propositions with regard to the plenitude and omnipotence of the papal power, as well as the subordination of all secular jurisdiction to the authority of the holy see, he published these with a commentary, pointing out the impiety of such tenets and their evident tendency to subvert all civil government.
Page 92 - ... none of these things moved him, neither counted he his life dear unto himself, so that he might finish his course with joy, and the ministry which he had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
Page 107 - To Heaven I may be ashamed to lift up mine eyes ; and in earth I find no refuge.
Page 51 - ... memory. He had been confined almost a year in a dungeon : The severity of which usage he complained of, but in the language of a great and good man. In this horrid place, he was deprived of books and paper. Yet notwithstanding this, and the constant anxiety, which must have hung over him, he was a,t no more loss for proper authorities, and quotations, than « if he had spent the intermediate time at leisure in his
Page 138 - I speak unto you that which I have in charge, even from all those that are here present, which is this: In the name of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ, and in the name of all that presently call you by my mouth, I charge you that you refuse not this holy vocation...
Page 125 - God, that taking pity on me whom he hath created and placed in this world, he hath delivered me out of the thick darkness of idolatry into which I was plunged, and hath brought me into the light of his gospel, and made me a partaker of the doctrine of salvation, whereof I was most unworthy. And he hath not only gently and graciously borne with my faults and sins, for which I deserved to be rejected of him, and cast out, but hath vouchsafed to use my labors in preaching and publishing the truth of...
Page 128 - On the day of his death, the 24th of May, he appeared to speak with less difficulty and more strength; but it was the last effort of nature. About eight in the evening the signs of death appeared suddenly in his face ; he continued speaking, however, with great propriety until his last breath, when he appeared rather to fall asleep than die. Thus was...