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30041 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 446.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… his character secured him a tyrannical sway in the Sorbonne. He must always have some new enemy to fight, some victim to drag to the scaffold; and accordingly …

30043 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 477.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… a character not to expose himself to certain death. This Farel no doubt explained to him. He left Basle, and withdrew to a small town, where he had “great hopes …

30044 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 478.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… the characters of the German and French knights, but the piety and christian virtues of the Dauphinese place him far above the witty and intrepid enemy of …

30045 History of the Reformation, vol. 3

… Noyon—Character of young Calvin—Early Education—Consecrated to Theology—The Bishop gives him the Tonsure—He leaves Noyon on Account of the Plague—The two …

30046 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 536.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… various characters we see among the Apostles and among the Reformers! It has been said that the same characters and the same parts were assigned to St. Peter …

30047 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 616.8 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… legal character to this popular movement, and of thus changing a tumultuous revolution into a durable reformation. Democracy and the Gospel were thus established …

30048 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 630.6 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… the character of the people; and, indeed, it was almost always Popery that began these scenes of violence. Farel submitted to the influence of his times, rather …

30049 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 644.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… Zwingle’s character is in the eyes of some persons his highest claim to glory; we do not hesitate to acknowledge it as his greatest fault. The reformer, deserting …

30050 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 646.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… greatest characters of modern times: we must pay him this honor, which is, perhaps, for a minister of God, the greatest reproach. Everything was prepared in his …

30051 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 648.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… unruly character; the satellites who followed in their train; insolent young people, sons of the first persons in the state, who thought everything lawful …

30052 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 651.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… true character of a minister of the Gospel had awoke within him;—if Zwingle with his powerful voice had called on the people to humiliation before God, to forgiveness …

30053 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 694.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

; to clerical materialism, a church which is the assembly of the saints; and to Pelagianism, the sovereignty of grace. He was a man of decided character and …

30054 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 694.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… ridiculous character of these Romish practices, he distributed among the bystanders his own hair and nails, praying them to pay these the same honors as …

30055 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 698.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… ; the character of Rufus terrified him. “The church of England,” said he, “is a plough that ought to be drawn by two oxen of equal strength. How can you yoke together …

30056 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 698.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… undecided character, having noticed Becket’s zeal in upholding the prerogatives of the crown, appointed him archbishop of Canterbury, “Now, sire,” remarked …

30057 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 715.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… his character. He sacrificed the accessories of his fallen nature to save that same nature. He submitted to fasts and vigils, wore a shirt of hair-cloth, mortified …

30058 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 727.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… essential character. What distinguishes the Reformation from all anterior revivals is the union of the learning with piety, and a faith more profound, more …

30059 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 728.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… of God throughout the world—is particularly distinguished by its biblical character.

30060 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 731.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

… the character of his opponents, he is far from being an impartial judge. In the bosom of Roman-catholicism, there have always existed well-meaning, though ill …