Historical Religious EventsD.F. Robinson, 1828 - 148 pages |
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... zeal by the name of Zelotes . He preached with great success in Africa , and it is asserted that he came into the island of Great Britain . He was cru- cified A. D. 74 . St. John is said to be the only apostle who es- caped a violent ...
... zeal by the name of Zelotes . He preached with great success in Africa , and it is asserted that he came into the island of Great Britain . He was cru- cified A. D. 74 . St. John is said to be the only apostle who es- caped a violent ...
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... zeal for the truths of the gospel , he abandoned his mercantile vocation , distribu- ted his riches among the poor , and forming an association with other pious men , who had adopted his sentiments , he began in 1180 as a public teacher ...
... zeal for the truths of the gospel , he abandoned his mercantile vocation , distribu- ted his riches among the poor , and forming an association with other pious men , who had adopted his sentiments , he began in 1180 as a public teacher ...
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... zeal in propagating the doctrines of the Reformation . He had during his life , the pleasure of seeing vast numbers of the people adopting his senti- ments , and the Reformed Religion firmly estab- lished in many parts of Europe . 19 ...
... zeal in propagating the doctrines of the Reformation . He had during his life , the pleasure of seeing vast numbers of the people adopting his senti- ments , and the Reformed Religion firmly estab- lished in many parts of Europe . 19 ...
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... zeal had been distinguished in carrying on the Reformation , were the next that suffered . " Bonner , bishop of London , bloated at once with rage and luxury , let loose his vengeance without restraint , and seemed to take a pleasure in ...
... zeal had been distinguished in carrying on the Reformation , were the next that suffered . " Bonner , bishop of London , bloated at once with rage and luxury , let loose his vengeance without restraint , and seemed to take a pleasure in ...
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... zeal in endeavouring to preserve the purity of divine worship . Being persecuted by their enemies , during the reign of James First , they fled with their pastor , to Amsterdam in Holland , in 1608. They af- terwards removed to Leyden ...
... zeal in endeavouring to preserve the purity of divine worship . Being persecuted by their enemies , during the reign of James First , they fled with their pastor , to Amsterdam in Holland , in 1608. They af- terwards removed to Leyden ...
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Page 85 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 28 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 28 - When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese that roll'd Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 38 - I can be convinced by clear reasoning, or by proofs taken from the Holy Scriptures, I neither can nor will recant, because it is neither safe nor advisable to do any thing which is against my conscience. Here I stand ; I cannot do otherwise ; so help me God ! Amen!
Page 97 - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
Page 39 - ... orders of regulars, the members of his society should take a fourth vow of obedience to the pope, binding themselves to go whithersoever he should command for the service of religion, and without requiring any thing from the holy see for their support.