Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History: Delivered in the University of Dublin, Volume 6Graisberry & Campbell, 1824 |
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... arbitrary predestination , which characterised that of Calvin . The circumstances in which was form- ed this peculiar moderation of the English re- formation , deserve the attention of every stu- dent of history , not merely as they ...
... arbitrary predestination , which characterised that of Calvin . The circumstances in which was form- ed this peculiar moderation of the English re- formation , deserve the attention of every stu- dent of history , not merely as they ...
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... arbitrary exer- cise of the legatine authority retained in the most entire subjection . At length , in the nineteenth year of this reign was agitated the celebrated question of the di- vorce of Catherine , which drove the reluctant ...
... arbitrary exer- cise of the legatine authority retained in the most entire subjection . At length , in the nineteenth year of this reign was agitated the celebrated question of the di- vorce of Catherine , which drove the reluctant ...
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... arbitrary conduct of the princes of the house of Stuart , has represented the autho- rity of this monarch as much more arbitrary than the facts would warrant . His subjects , capti- vated by the splendour of his exterior qualities , and ...
... arbitrary conduct of the princes of the house of Stuart , has represented the autho- rity of this monarch as much more arbitrary than the facts would warrant . His subjects , capti- vated by the splendour of his exterior qualities , and ...
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... arbitrary predestination : and in the year 1547 he translated a Lutheran cate- chism , which he earnestly recommended . Bur- net , vol . 1. p . 275 , 279. Diss . on the XVII Artic.p.32-37 . Lawrence's Bampt . Lect . p . 161 , 201. Nor ...
... arbitrary predestination : and in the year 1547 he translated a Lutheran cate- chism , which he earnestly recommended . Bur- net , vol . 1. p . 275 , 279. Diss . on the XVII Artic.p.32-37 . Lawrence's Bampt . Lect . p . 161 , 201. Nor ...
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... arbitrary and irrespective predestination is maintained . The concluding passages of the article appear to have been introduced as cautions against this notion , as against all curious speculation on the subject . To maintain this ...
... arbitrary and irrespective predestination is maintained . The concluding passages of the article appear to have been introduced as cautions against this notion , as against all curious speculation on the subject . To maintain this ...
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Page 95 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 473 - who is willing to be the man of his people, is the greatest king in the world, but if he wishes to be more, by heaven he is nothing at all!
Page 318 - It is not to be denied, that there were, in all those parliaments, especially in that of the fourth year, several passages, and distempered speeches of particular persons, not fit for the dignity and honour of those places, and unsuitable to the reverence due to his majesty and his councils. But I do not know any formed act of either house (for neither the remonstrance...
Page 411 - He intended it should consist of seven counsellors, and four secretaries for different provinces. These were the first, France, Switzerland, and the Valleys : the palatinate and the other Calvinists were the second : Germany, the North, and Turkey were the third : and the East and West Indies were the fourth.
Page 249 - That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.
Page 313 - I tell you my unpublished cogitations, the plain truth is, I keep Laud back from all place of rule and authority, because I find that he hath a restless spirit, and cannot see when matters are well, but loves to toss and change, and to bring things to a pitch of reformation floating in his own brain which may endanger the steadfastness of that which is at a good pass, God be praised.
Page 100 - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Page 314 - Yet this man hath pressed me to invite them to a nearer conjunction with the liturgy and canons of this nation...
Page 103 - ... taxes, and impositions, giveth most free pardons and absolutions, restoreth in blood and name as the highest court, condemneth or absolveth them whom the prince will put to that trial. And, to be short, all that ever the people of Rome might do, either in centuriatis comitiis or tributis, the same may be done by the parliament of England, which representeth, and hath the power of the whole realm, both the head and the body.