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2061 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 700.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
In the reign of Henry III, son of John, while the king was conniving at the usurpations of Rome, and the pope ridiculing the complaints of the barons, a pious and …
2062 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 703.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… like the trumpet of the judgment-day in the heart of Wickliffe. Alarmed at the thoughts of eternity, the young man—for he was then only twenty-four years old …
2063 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 706.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… work, age, and, above all, persecution had weakened him. Great was the joy in the monasteries; but for that joy to be complete, the heretic must recant. Every effort …
2064 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 707.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… is the Vulgate text, corrected after the best manuscripts; and lying open around him are the commentaries of the doctors of the church, especially those of …
2065 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 715.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… eleven years, whose great-grandson under the name of Stuart was to continue the Tudor in England; on the left was Mary, a child four years of age; Edmund was in …
2066 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 720.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… 53rd year, and bowed down by the infirmities of a premature old age; but being desirous of preventing, at any cost, the renewal of the war, he sought the hand of …
2067 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 721.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… giving the victory to the enemies of the church, and your only reward will be the hatred of the whole world.” As this was not the cardinal’s game, he abandoned …
2068 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 724.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… to the Reformation. The priests, encouraged by it, determined to make a stand against the triple attack of the learned, the reformers, and the state; and they …
2069 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 735.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… hath the bishop breathed on our heads if we have never felt the breath of the Holy Ghost in our hearts?” Thus, at the very beginning of the Reformation, England …
2070 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 745.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… the Faith. At the same time the pope promised ten years indulgence to all readers of the king’s book. This was a lure after the fashion of the middle ages, and …
2071 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 753.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… . In the processions, amidst the pomp, prayers, and chanting of the train, none could fail to notice a master-of-arts, about thirty years of age, who, with erect head …
2072 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 753.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… sisters, the little boy had often tended in the pastures the five score sheep belonging to the farm, or driven home to his mother the thirty cows it was her business …
2073 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 760.6 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… hundred years old. So Master More called the old aged man unto him, and said: Father, tell me, if you can, what is the cause of this great arising of the sands and shelves …
2074 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 765.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… years of age, whose features were lighted up with understanding and piety. This poor scholar had received with eagerness the truth announced by the former …
2075 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 789.6 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… six years all the seductions Henry scattered round her. Such an example is not often met with in the history of courts. The books she had read in Margaret’s …
2076 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 831.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… on the spot, I know the state of men’s minds Pray, believe me The divorce is the secondary question; the primary one is the fidelity of this realm to the papal …
2077 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 833.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… in the sixteenth century, as in the first ages of the church. Some attacked it with the torture, others with their writings. Sir Thomas More, a few years later …
2078 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 840.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… the pope grants it at the prayer of Henry, prince of Wales. Now as this prince was only thirteen years old, he was not of age to make such a request. As for the brief …
2079 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 850.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… on the fertile country at his feet, fixing his eyes on the distant spires, listening with melancholy pleasure to the chime of the bells, and indulging in sweet …
2080 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 850.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… rubbed the backs of the friars, and famously curried the hides of the lazy priests.” His wife dying a year after his marriage, Cranmer was re-elected fellow of …