History of the Great Reformation of the Sixteenth Century in Germany, Switzerland, Etc, Volumen3

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Página 503 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.
Página 273 - For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth : so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Página 540 - Their idols are silver and gold : The work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: Eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not : Noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not : Feet have they, but they walk not: They that make them are like unto them: So is every one that trusteth in them.
Página 300 - And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
Página 192 - I request four days' respite," said he, in stifled emotion. He was taken back to prison. As soon as this respite was expired, Esch and Voes were degraded from their priestly office, and handed over to the council of the reigning governess of the Low Countries. The council delivered them, bound, to the executioner. Hochstraten and three other inquisitors accompanied them to the place of execution. Arriving at the scaffold, the young martyrs contemplated it with calmness. Their constancy, their piety,...
Página 192 - We believe in the Christian Church, but not in your Church." Half-an-hour elapsed. It was a pause of hesitation. A hope had been cherished that the near prospect of such a death would intimidate these youths. But, alone tranquil of all the crowd that thronged the square, they began...
Página 58 - Take this, all of you, and drink from it: THIS IS THE CUP OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND EVERLASTING COVENANT. IT WILL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR ALL SO THAT SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN. Do this in memory of Me.
Página 195 - FLUNG to the heedless winds, Or on the waters cast, Their ashes shall be watched, And gathered at the last : And from that scattered dust, Around us and abroad, Shall spring a plenteous seed Of witnesses for God.
Página 92 - Grimace, forced uniformity, and ' hypocrisy. But there will be no hearty sincerity, no faith, no ' love. Where these are wanting, all are wanting; and I would not ' give a straw for such a victory.
Página 143 - If any one of them ventured to sell a book in favour of the papacy, and offered it for sale in the fairs at Frankfort or elsewhere, merchants, purchasers, and men of letters overwhelmed him with ridicule and sarcasm. It was in vain that the emperor and princes had published severe edicts against the writings of the Reformers. As soon as an inquisitorial visit was to be paid, the dealers, who had received secret intimation, concealed the books that it was intended to proscribe ; and the multitude,...

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