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19761 The Great Controversy, p. 158.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… by God’s mercies I conjure your majesty and your august highnesses to listen graciously to the defense of a cause which I am assured is just and true. If, through …
19762 The Great Controversy, p. 158.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… crush God’s people with still greater cruelty.
19763 The Great Controversy, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… not God,” he continued; “I shall therefore defend myself as Christ did: ‘If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil.’ ... By the mercy of God, I conjure you, most serene …
19764 The Great Controversy, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. ‘I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword,’ said Jesus Christ. God is wonderful and terrible in His counsels; beware lest, by presuming to quench dissensions …
19765 The Great Controversy, p. 159.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… first. God’s providence directed in this matter. The minds of many of the princes were so blinded by error and superstition that at the first delivery they …
19766 The Great Controversy, p. 160.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, I cannot and I will not retract, for it is unsafe for a Christian to speak against his conscience. Here I stand, I can do no other; may God help me. Amen.”— Ibid …
19767 The Great Controversy, p. 160.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. The light of heaven illuminated his countenance. His greatness and purity of character, his peace and joy of heart, were manifest to all as he testified …
19768 The Great Controversy, p. 161.2 (Ellen Gould White)
Luther’s friend, who had with great joy listened to his noble defense, trembled at these words; but the doctor himself said calmly: “May God be my helper, for I can retract nothing.”— Ibid., b. 7, ch. 8.
19769 The Great Controversy, p. 161.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God had been present in that council, impressing the hearts of the chiefs of the empire. Several of the princes boldly acknowledged the justice of Luther’s …
19770 The Great Controversy, p. 164.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God in looking to the example of our fathers to determine our duty instead of searching the word of truth for ourselves. Our responsibility is greater …
19771 The Great Controversy, p. 164.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… from God’s word, His Spirit pleaded for the last time with many in that assembly. As Pilate, centuries before, permitted pride and popularity to close his heart …
19772 The Great Controversy, p. 166.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God for their standard. Men have nothing to do but to obey it. Do not offer violence to my conscience, which is bound and chained up with the Holy Scriptures …
19773 The Great Controversy, p. 166.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God—never!”— Ibid., b. 7, ch. 10. He stated his willingness to submit to the decision of a general council, but only on condition that the council be required to decide …
19774 The Great Controversy, p. 166.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God stood forth above the counsel of men, above the mighty power of Satan.
19775 The Great Controversy, p. 167.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… emperor. “God, who is the searcher of hearts, is my witness,” he said, “that I am ready most earnestly to obey your majesty, in honor or in dishonor, in life or in death …
19776 The Great Controversy, p. 167.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God,” he said, “nor will I.”—Martyn 1:420.
19777 The Great Controversy, p. 168.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… lion. God gave wisdom to Frederick of Saxony to devise a plan for the Reformer’s preservation. With the co-operation of true friends the elector’s purpose …
19778 The Great Controversy, p. 169.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… , that God had withdrawn His servant from the stage of public life. There were results more precious than these to be secured. In the solitude and obscurity …
19779 The Great Controversy, p. 169.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… whom God has employed to break the chains of error and superstition. Satan seeks to divert men’s thoughts and affections from God, and to fix them upon human …
19780 The Great Controversy, p. 171.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… is God’s plan to employ humble instruments to accomplish great results. Then the glory will not be given to men, but to Him who works through them to will and …