History of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren, Volume 1author, 1825 |
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... considered this as the proper moment for commencing their operations . Under their renown- ed leader , Zisca , they commenced and carried on war for thir- teen years , with remorseless cruelty on both sides . Without entering into a ...
... considered this as the proper moment for commencing their operations . Under their renown- ed leader , Zisca , they commenced and carried on war for thir- teen years , with remorseless cruelty on both sides . Without entering into a ...
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... considered as an abomination . Their bap- tismal font was unconsecrated . Their dead were buried in unhallowed ground . They were , however , punctual in their attendance on divine service , and made use of severe penalties to enforce ...
... considered as an abomination . Their bap- tismal font was unconsecrated . Their dead were buried in unhallowed ground . They were , however , punctual in their attendance on divine service , and made use of severe penalties to enforce ...
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... considered by his friends , as prophetic of the Reformation , which commenced a hundred years after . Huss suffered martyrdom in 1415 , and in 1517 the Reformation was begun by Luther . - See A. Co- menius ' History . of Christ . " The ...
... considered by his friends , as prophetic of the Reformation , which commenced a hundred years after . Huss suffered martyrdom in 1415 , and in 1517 the Reformation was begun by Luther . - See A. Co- menius ' History . of Christ . " The ...
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... considered this a favourable opportunity to obtain their point . Every artifice of persuasion and menace was tried to induce Jerome to recant . Long he remained firm ; but at length his constancy forsook him , and he read , though with ...
... considered this a favourable opportunity to obtain their point . Every artifice of persuasion and menace was tried to induce Jerome to recant . Long he remained firm ; but at length his constancy forsook him , and he read , though with ...
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... considered as trifles by them . 6 Their conversation was soon interrupted by the appearance * See Matt . x . 23 . Isai . xxviii . 16. The Bohemian translation is- " He that believeth does not flee . " 6 of some persons sent to apprehend ...
... considered as trifles by them . 6 Their conversation was soon interrupted by the appearance * See Matt . x . 23 . Isai . xxviii . 16. The Bohemian translation is- " He that believeth does not flee . " 6 of some persons sent to apprehend ...
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Page 143 - Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Page 168 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 172 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 167 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Page 214 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 195 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Page 190 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 201 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Page 314 - In the midst of the psalm wherewith their service began, the sea broke over, split the main-sail in pieces, covered the ship, and poured in between the decks, as if the great deep had already swallowed us up. A terrible screaming began among the English. The Germans calmly sung on. I asked one of them afterwards, ' Was you not afraid ?' He answered,
Page 137 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.