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5241 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 78.15 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… a spirit of meekness towards the prior of Nuremberg: this is but proper, seeing that he has assumed a spirit of bitterness and harshness. Bitterness is not …
5242 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 187.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… militant spirit of the reformer, who, in the midst of all his troubles, had studied in his retirement the rise, progress, and usurpations of the papacy. His discoveries …
5243 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 196.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… the evil spirit may not use this small spark to kindle a great conflagration.”
5244 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 222.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… presumptuous spirit, or to derive any advantage, that I have taught the doctrine with which I am reproached: it is in obedience to my conscience and to my oath …
5245 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 267.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… a spirit of inquiry was developed in him, even amid the tumult of camps. At the same time the sight of the children of his fatherland, led beyond the Alps and delivered …
5246 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 276.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… the evil spirit out of Saul? Ah! if you did but know the sounds of the heavenly lyre, the wicked spirit of ambition and love of riches which possesses you would …
5247 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 283.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… regulated spirit of the reformers.
5248 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 286.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… just spirit and a fervor rare at his age, and rejoicing in the light he had found in the Gospel, endeavoured to communicate it to his wife and children; in his …
5249 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 379.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… great evil. The revelations of the Spirit were in his eyes the means by which his reform was to be effected. “He who possesses this Spirit,” said he, “possesses the …
5250 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 379.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… . The Spirit urges them on, say they; and I reply, it is an evil spirit, for he bears no other fruit than the pillage of convents and churches; the greatest highway …
5251 History of the Reformation, vol. 3, p. 415.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… Holy Spirit. This doctrine had become the mainspring of his religion, the predominant idea in his theology, and the point on which the whole Reformation turned …
5252 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 580.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… Melancthon: “Evil spirits are coming to Augsburg to counteract our exertions, and to destroy peace. They forebode horrible troubles to us.” No one doubted this …
5253 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 601.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… , the evil spirit began to blow with violence in all the chalets scattered over the sides of the mountains; the shepherds issued precipitously like avalanches …
5254 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 630.6 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… Almighty Spirit, of which the strongest men are but weak instruments. All the evil proceeded from the character of the people; and, indeed, it was almost always …
5255 History of the Reformation, vol. 4, p. 674.8 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… humble spirit; they arose and went to their Father and confessed their sin. In those days there was great mourning in Zurich. Some, however, stood up with pride …
5256 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 706.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… the evil deeds of the friars.” We might almost picture to ourselves the spirit of Elijah threatening the priests of Baal. The regents and their companions …
5257 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 806.7 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… the spirit then impelling Wolsey? Was it blindness or impudence? He may have been sincere in the words he addressed to Henry; at the bottom of his heart he may …
5258 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 845.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… by evil spirits; not a priest or a courtier dared approach it. A tradition ran that if a king ventured to cross the boundary, he would fall dead. Anne resolved …
5259 The History of the Waldenses, p. 135.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… eager spirit she infused into all under her. “The lady propagandists,” says Leger, “distributed the towns into districts, and each visited the district assigned …
5260 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book I, p. 61.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… pure spirit in Paradise (virtue), yet even so longing after its ultimate archetype, God. Some of these pure spirits descended into bodies and so lost their purity …