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

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Página 235 - 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 58 - Melancthon was agitated: he grew alarmed and astonished. " There are, indeed, extraordinary spirits in these men," said he; "but what spirits? Luther alone can decide. On the one hand, let us beware of quenching the Spirit of God, and, on the other, of being led astray by the spirit of Satan.
Página 267 - Apostle speaks, — men appointed to death, a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men.
Página 115 - In 1518 we find seventy-one different works ; in 1519, one hundred and eleven ; in 1520, two hundred and eight; in 1521, two hundred and eleven; in 1522, three hundred and fortyseven ; and in 1523, four hundred and ninety-eight And where were all these published ? For the most part at Wittemberg.
Página 197 - The Spirit! the Spirit! But most assuredly I will not follow where their spirit leads them. May God of his mercy preserve me from a Church in which there are none but saints.* I desire to dwell with the humble, the feeble, the sick, who know and feel their sins, and who groan and cry continually to God from the bottom of their hearts to obtain his consolation and support.
Página 156 - 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 484 - And accordingly from every surrounding avenue, the people came flocking to the spot. The deep-toned reverberations of the bell made the workman quit his task, the student cast aside his books, the shopkeeper forsake his traffic, the soldier start from the guard-room bench, — and already the close was filled with a dense crowd which was continually increasing. The hermit, attired in the robes appropriated to obstinate heretics, bareheaded and with bare feet, was led out before the doors of the cathedral....
Página 396 - Certainly the angel has begun his flight through the midst of heaven, " having the everlasting Gospel to preach — to every nation and kindred, and tongue and people...
Página 191 - it is to music that I give the highest place and the greatest honor. A schoolmaster ought to know how to sing. Without this qualification I would have nothing to do with him.
Página 78 - is a bad thing ; God is opposed to it ; it ought to be abolished ; and I would that throughout the whole world it were replaced by the Supper of the Gospel. But let no one be torn from it by force. We must leave the matter in God's hands. His Word must act, and not we. And why so, you will ask ? Because I do not hold men's hearts in my hand, as the potter holds the clay.

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