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30021 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 269.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… mild character, sincere piety, and great love for letters. His favorite plan was to assemble in his convent a body of learned men; and with this view he had invited …
30022 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 271.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… of character, permitted himself to be guided at one time by Faber his vicar, and at another by a vicious woman whose influence he could not shake off. Sometimes …
30023 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 271.6 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… distinguished character, and afterwards secretary of state, was suddenly reduced with his family to great distress. “Alas!” said he, addressing Zwingle in …
30024 History of the Reformation, vol. 2
… God’s Purposes—Farewell to Einsidlen—Arrival at Zurich—Zwingle’s bold Declaration—First Sermons—Their Effect—Opposition—Zwingle’s Character—Taste …
30025 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 272.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… open character, who, from having long preached against the foreign service, was already well disposed in Ulrich’s favor. Other Zurichers had, on different …
30026 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 275.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
His character and his deportment towards all men contributed, as much as his discourses, to win their hearts. He was at once a true Christian and a true republican …
30027 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 279.6 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
God was watching over his work, and designed to accelerate it. Strong in frame, in character, and in talents, Zwingle, whose defect consisted in this strength …
30028 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 281.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… of God, the great death, as it swept over these mountains and descended into its valleys, gave a holier character to the movement that was there taking place …
30029 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 310.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… . His character appeared at that time almost spotless; and it is this which has given rise to the observation, that if God, who concealed the reformer for ten …
30030 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 326.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… fanatical character, gave a regular organization to this rising sect. Storch, desirous of following Christ’s example, selected from among his followers …
30031 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 333.10 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… the character in which he was now to appear was obscure; he was about to raise his voice in a small town of Saxony, and yet his undertaking had all the importance …
30032 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 336.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… of God. The character of the Reformation was thus firmly settled. It was destined to walk for every between these two extremes, equally remote from the convulsions …
30033 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 341.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… noble character. His name was Thomas More, son of one of the judges of the King’s Bench. He was poor, austere, and diligent. At the age of twenty he had endeavoured …
30034 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 344.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… his character, for if this energy had any influence over his language, passion also exerted more. It is better, then, that we should condemn it. And yet, that we …
30035 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 346.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… pacific character, could no longer endure the continual disputes, abuse, clamor, and hatred which pursued them even in their slumbers; the majority were convinced …
30036 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 355.7 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… the character of a schoolmaster, and the cardinals as little boys under the rod. The citizens were so exasperated that the members of the conclave thought …
30037 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 373.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… his character. “Rather would I give up my body and life, my subjects and my states,” said he, “than the Word of God.” A Minorite friar, named Ferber, perceiving this prince’s …
30038 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 388.6 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… her character, for Luther would sometimes call her, My Lord Ketha. One day he said playfully, that if he were to marry again, he would carve an obedient wife for …
30039 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 417.8 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… distinct character. On the first day of the conflict, it was the Word of God, the Gospel of Christ, that triumphed; and then Rome was defeated, as well as human philosophy …
30040 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 445.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… of God had seized beneath such a load of vanities and grandeur. But her feminine character held her back. If Francis I had felt his sister’s convictions, he …