Identifier: historyofgreatr00merl (find matches)
Title: History of the great reformation in Europe in the times of Luther and Calvin..
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Merle d'Aubigné, Jean Henri. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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n insuffi-cient, if the mighty hand which directs allthings had not made this Christian activitycoincide with that holy work for which ithad set Tyndale apart. While all was agi-tation in England, the waves of the oceanwere bearing from the continent to thebanks of the Thames those Scriptures ofGod, which, three centuries later, multipliedby thousands and by millions, and transla-ted into a hundred and fifty tongues, wereto be wafted from the same banks to theends of the world. If in the fifteenth cen-tury, and even in the early years of the six-teenth, the English New Testament hadbeen brought to London, it would only havefallen into the hands of a few Lollards.Now, in every place, in the parsonages, theuniversities, and the palaces, as well asthe cottages of the husbandmen and theshops of the tradesmen, there was an ardentdesire to possess the Holy Scriptures. Thefat lux was about to be uttered over thechaos of the church, and light to be separ-ated from darkness by the word of God.
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DR. BARNES BEFORE CARDINAL WOLSEY. HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION. 709 BOOK XIX. THE ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT AND THE CHURCH OF ROME. Church and State essentially distinct—Their fundamental Principles—What restores Life to the Church— Separation from Rome necessary—Reform and Liberty—The New Testament crosses the Sea—Ighidden in London—Garrets Preaching and Zeal—Dissemination of Scripture—What the Peoplefind in it—The Effects it produces—Tyndales explanations—Roper, Mores Son-in-law—Garretcarries Tyndales Testament to Oxford—Henry and his Valet—The Supplication of the Beggars—Two Sorts of Beggars—Evils caused by Priests—Mores Supplications of the Souls in Purgatory—The two Authorities—Commencement of the Search—Garret at Oxford—His Plight—His Returnand Imprisonment—Escapes and takes Refuge with Dalaber—Garret and Dalaber at Prayer—TheMagnificat—Surprise among the Doctors—Clarks Advice—Fraternal Love at Oxford—Alarm ofDalaber—His A

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