Biographia evangelica; or, An historical account of ... the most eminent and evangelical authors or preachers, Volume 2 |
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... divinity . As Calvin was designed for the church , his father early obtained for him a benefice in the cathedral of Noyon . Those who report that Calvin was a canon there , are mis- taken : The benefice was not a canonicate , but a ...
... divinity . As Calvin was designed for the church , his father early obtained for him a benefice in the cathedral of Noyon . Those who report that Calvin was a canon there , are mis- taken : The benefice was not a canonicate , but a ...
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... divinity his principal study . Soon after he came back to Paris , he wrote a commentary upon Seneca's treatise , De Clementia . After residing a few months at Paris , Calvin became acquainted with all those who professed the reformed ...
... divinity his principal study . Soon after he came back to Paris , he wrote a commentary upon Seneca's treatise , De Clementia . After residing a few months at Paris , Calvin became acquainted with all those who professed the reformed ...
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... divinity professor . He complied with the latter , and would have declined the former ; but he was obliged to undertake both functions . Calvin after- wards called Farel his fellow - labourer , to whom the " Genevese owed even ...
... divinity professor . He complied with the latter , and would have declined the former ; but he was obliged to undertake both functions . Calvin after- wards called Farel his fellow - labourer , to whom the " Genevese owed even ...
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... divinity , which frustrated the expectation of the see of Rome ; as Calvin settled in a new place , and a new church was erected , for the former , subverted . While Calvin was absent from Geneva , cardinal Sadolet wrote an eloquent ...
... divinity , which frustrated the expectation of the see of Rome ; as Calvin settled in a new place , and a new church was erected , for the former , subverted . While Calvin was absent from Geneva , cardinal Sadolet wrote an eloquent ...
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... divinity lectures . Thursday he assisted in the consistory for the exercise of ecclesiastical discipline . On Friday he read a lecture in exposition of some diflicult places in scripture : Besides his public writings , and private ...
... divinity lectures . Thursday he assisted in the consistory for the exercise of ecclesiastical discipline . On Friday he read a lecture in exposition of some diflicult places in scripture : Besides his public writings , and private ...
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Popular passages
Page 271 - My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Page 104 - If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.
Page 500 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 410 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 428 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently.
Page 153 - I have served in the spirit in the gospel of his Son, that I have taught nothing but the true and solid doctrine of the gospel of the Son of God, and...
Page 292 - God's blessings spring out of my mother earth, and eat mine own bread in peace and privacy. A place where I may, without disturbance, meditate my approaching mortality, and that great account, which all flesh must at the last great day give to the God of all spirits.
Page 298 - There is no learning that this man hath not searched into ; nothing too hard for his understanding. This man indeed deserves the name of an author ; his books will get reverence by age, for there is in them such seeds of eternity, that if the rest be like this, they shall last till the last fire shall consume all learning.
Page 294 - His sermons were neither long nor earnest, but uttered with a grave zeal and an humble voice: his eyes always fixed on one place, to prevent his imagination from wandering; insomuch, that he seemed to study as he spake.
Page 503 - I shall never leave out your happiness ; and I doubt not, among his other blessings, God will add some one to you for my prayers. A man would almost be content to die (if there were no other benefit in death) to hear of so much sorrow, and so much good testimony from good men as I (God be blessed for it) did upon the report of my death.