The Life of John Knox: Containing Illustration of the History of the Reformation in ScotlandJames Clarke, 1840 - 462 pages |
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Page 314 - And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see ? A reed shaken with the wind ? 25 But what went ye out for to see ? A man clothed in soft raiment ? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings
Page 314 - For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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Page 27 - I charge you that you refuse not this holy vocation, but as you tender the glory of God, the increase of Christ's kingdom, the edification of your brethren, and the comfort of me, whom you understand well enough to be oppressed by the multitude of labours, that...
Page 37 - Yes, I know it well ; for I see the steeple of that place where God first opened my mouth in public to his glory ; and I am fully persuaded, how weak soever I now appear, that I shall not depart this life, till that my tongue shall glorify his godly name in the same place.
Page 128 - Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page 370 - ... if there be found in his book one sentence of a venturous edge, uttered in the height of zeal, and who knows whether it might not be the dictate of a divine spirit, yet not suiting with every low decrepit humour of their own, though it were Knox himself, the reformer of a kingdom, that spake it, they will not pardon him their dash...
Page 300 - But blessed be God who has enabled me to beat down and quench this fiery dart, by suggesting to me such passages of Scripture as these : What hast thou that thou hast not received? By the grace of God I am what I am: Not I, but the grace of God in me.
Page 124 - To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion or empire above any realm, nation, or city is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to His revealed will and approved ordinance, and finally it is the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice.
Page 27 - Brother, ye shall not be offended, albeit that I speak unto you that which I have in charge even from all those that are here present, which is this : In the name of God and of His Son Jesus Christ, and in the name of these that...