| Faithful words - 1883 - 210 pages
...to it that he " may be found a faithful minister of God's gifts, and not a defender of His faith — for He will not have it defended by man or man's power,...reason, as all the stories of the Bible make mention." Thus, faithfully and fearlessly, did one man in England dare to write to the most absolute and unscrupulous... | |
| 1883 - 690 pages
...prays that the king may be a faithful minister of God's gifts, and not ' a defender of his faith :' for he will not have it defended by man or man's power, but by his word only, by which he hath evermore defended it, and that by a way far above man's power or reason." The king read... | |
| Samuel Edward Herrick - 1884 - 356 pages
...and contents, there is nothing grander in the whole realm of literature. These are its closing words: "Wherefore, gracious king, remember yourself : have...upon your soul : and think that the day is even at band when you shall give an account of your office, and of the blood that hath been shed by your sword.... | |
| George Milligan - 1895 - 164 pages
...your Grace unto, you may be found a faithful minister of His gifts, and not a defender of His faith ; for He will not have it defended by man or man's power,...reason, as all the stories of the Bible make mention." To the same end, a few years later, a Convocation presided over by Cranmer, the recently-appointed... | |
| Edward Potts Cheyney - 1895 - 204 pages
...your Grace unto, you may be found a faithful minister of his gifts, and not a defender of his faith ; for he will not have it defended by man or man's power,...and that by a way far above man's power or reason. Wherefore, gracious king, remember yourself; have pity upon your soul ; and think that the day is even... | |
| University of Pennsylvania. Department of History - 1897 - 174 pages
...minister of his giVfts, and not a defender of his faith ; for he will not have it defended by i<jnan or man's power, but by his word only, by the which...and that by a way far above man's power or reason. Wherefore, gracious king, remember yourself; have pity upon your soul ; and think that the day is even... | |
| University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of History - 1902 - 200 pages
...your Grace unto, you may be found a faithful minister of his gifts, and not a defender of his faith ; for he will not have it defended by man or man's power, but by his word only, by the which he bath evermore defended it, and that by a way far above man's power or reason. Wherefore, gracious king,... | |
| George Fox Bridges - 1908 - 344 pages
...Grace unto, that you may be found a faithful Minister of His gifts, and not a Defender of His Faith, for He will not have it defended by Man, or Man's...remember yourself, have pity upon your soul, and think the day is even at hand when you shall give an account of your office, and of the blood that hath been... | |
| Hugh Chisholm - 1911 - 1014 pages
...for its striking repudiation of the aid of temporal weapons to defend the faith, "for God," he says, "will not have it defended by man or man's power, but by His Word only, by which He hath evermore defended it, and that by a way far above man's power and reason." Though the... | |
| 1911 - 1106 pages
...for its striking repudiation of the aid of temporal weapons to defend the faith, "for God," he says, "will not have it defended by man or man's power, but by His Word only, by which He hath evermore defended it, and that by a way far above man's power and reason." Though the... | |
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