History of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, tr. by D.D. Scott, with notes from the Netherlands ed. of J.J. Le Roy, Volume 2

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Page 559 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not...
Page 515 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him ; for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 559 - They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Page 58 - It is to Christ" said Zwingle, " that I desire to lead you ; to Christ, the true source of salvation. His Divine "Word is the only food that I wish to set before your hearts and souls.
Page 619 - Pavanne has relapsed!" was the cry; the dog has returned to his vomit, and the sow that was washed to its wallowing in the mire!
Page 482 - ... several of his colleagues ; and many of the great men of the court, having become rich beyond their greatest hopes, and having nothing further to expect from Law, abated their zeal and assumed a cool indifference to the interests of the Prime Minister. The united efforts of such powerful antagonists could not fail to make a deep impression on the mind of the Regent, as shown by the following passages in a letter of Lord Stair, dated March 12, 1720 : You may depend upon it that Law is mightily...
Page 413 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 593 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : He shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth : And the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 621 - ... the soldier start from the guard-room bench, — and already the close was filled with a dense crowd which was continually increasing. The hermit, attired in the robes appropriated to obstinate heretics, bareheaded and with bare feet, was led out before the doors of the cathedral. Tranquil, firm, and collected, he replied to the exhortations of the confessors, who presented him with the crucifix, only by declaring that his hope rested solely on the mercy of God. The doctors of the Sorbonne who...
Page 334 - The Church was no longer wholly composed of priests and monks; it was now the congregation of believers. All were to take part in worship, and the chanting of the clergy was to be succeeded by the psalmody of the people. Luther, accordingly, in translating the psalms, thought of adapting them to be sung by the Church. And thus a taste for music was diffused throughout the nation. "Next to theology...

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