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29961 History of Protestantism, vol. 1, p. 624.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… a God, and that the Bible is a revelation of his character and will. The latter truth is continually receiving authentication and fulfillment in acts of righteousness …
29962 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 35.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the character, “As a lamp in a sepulcher,” says one, “so did his light shine in the midst of the darkness of that place.” It was not yet suspected by his brethren that …
29963 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 110.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… a character of Luther. He paints himself, and neither needs nor will permit any other, whether friend or foe, to draw his portrait. Immeasurably the greatest …
29964 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 110.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… his character. If he showed any great severity in combating the enemies of the true doctrine, it was from no malignity of nature, but from ardour and enthusiasm …
29965 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 132.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… generous character. Both possessed a fine intellect, and both were fond of letters, which they had cultivated with ardour. Francis, who was sometimes styled …
29966 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 152.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… Divine character and government on the other. A struggle this of a much more terrific kind than any mere intellectual one, and of this latter sort was the earnestness …
29967 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 155.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… indelible character which is stamped on all who enter the priesthood, and so it was not imperative that he should proceed farther in that path. He resolved …
29968 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 159.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… together. God had chosen him as the champion by whom the character of his martyrs was to be vindicated and their blood avenged on the Papacy, and therefore …
29969 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 159.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… pleased God to open his eyes. His manly and straightforward character made the maneuvers and intrigues of the Sorbonne specially detestable to him. Besides …
29970 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 229.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… brings God before us in his character of Creator and sovereign Ruler of the world. But we must note that his treatment of this theme is eminently moral. It is …
29971 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 255.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… latter character as a right founded on a Divine charter — namely, the Word of God — and held irrespective of the permission or the interdiction of man, that toleration …
29972 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 305.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… double character of the same act? Because in Geneva the nation was the Church, and the ecclesiastical ordinances were also the laws of the State. They had not …
29973 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 317.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the character and significance of that “commemoration” are determined by the character and significance of the event commemorated. Christ’s death was …
29974 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 346.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the character of Calvin constitute also that of Knox. The first is absolute faith in God, the second is absolute submission to his Word. In these two men, these …
29975 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 362.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… their characters. “The Genevan of that day,” says Gaberel, “took the same interest in the news of the kingdom of God, which he takes today in the discussion of material …
29976 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 395.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… calumniating character, or uttering a falsehood, the soul can so abstract itself from what the body is doing as to occupy itself the while with some holy theme …
29977 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 400.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… his character, he may kill him secretly. He fortifies his opinion by the authority of Bannez, who gives the same latitude to the right of defense, with this slight …
29978 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 458.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… dreadful character was assembled. The Vaudois seemed doomed to total and inevitable destruction. The pastors and chief persons assembled to deliberate …
29979 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 535.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… , Coligny’s character acquired a new grandeur. The arrangements of his household were a model of order. He rose early, and having dressed himself, he summoned …
29980 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 570.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… different character. The first is that of Pastor Augustin Marlorat. Of deep piety and great erudition, he had figured conspicuously in the Colloquy of Poissy …