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5261 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.”
5262 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 …
5263 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 …
5264 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 …
5265 History of the Reformation, vol. 2, p. 283.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… regulated spirit of the reformers.
5266 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 …
5267 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 …
5268 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 …
5269 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 …
5270 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 …
5271 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 …
5272 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 …
5273 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 …
5274 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 …
5275 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 …
5276 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 …
5277 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 …
5278 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 …
5279 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 34.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to evil; and that the latter was absolutely necessary for the continuance of this world, would in some measure trace the causation of moral evil to the Divine …
5280 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 226.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… a spirit, or a demon, or demons, or an unclean spirit, or the spirit of an unclean demon, but chiefly of persons who were demonised. Similarly, it seems a strange …