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" ... voices, their pens, their steps and solicitations, for the advancement of the kingdom of God, but then they take care not to forget themselves, and are, generally speaking, a demonstration that the church is a bountiful mother, and that nothing is... "
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by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1844
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Biographia evangelica; or, An historical account of ... the most ..., Volume 2

Erasmus Middleton - 1810 - 556 pages
...himself with a hundred crowns a year salary, and to leave behind him no more than three hundred crowns, is something so heroical, that it must be stupidity itself not to admire it. ' It is a « strong proof of his not having studied to heap up riches, « that all his effects, notwithstanding...
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Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of ...

Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1816 - 584 pages
...himself with a hundred crowns a year salary, and to leave behind him no more than three hundred crowns, is something so heroical, that it must be stupidity itself not to admire it. ' It is a ' strong proof of his not having studied to heap up riches, ' that all his effects, notwithstanding...
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Biographia evangelica

Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 554 pages
...himself with a hundred crowns a year salary, and to leave behind him no more than three hundred crowns, is something so heroical, that it must be stupidity itself not to admire it. ' It is a * Strong proof of his not having studied to heap up riches, ' that .all his effects, notwithstanding...
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The history of the Church of Christ, Volume 3

John Scott - Europe - 1831 - 656 pages
...is a bountiful mother, and that nothing is lost in her service. . . . Such a will as this of Calvin, and such a disinterestedness, is a thing so very extraordinary,...even those who cast their eyes on the philosophers of Greece say of him, / have not found to great faith no not in Israel. When Calvin was taking his leave...
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Calvin and the Swiss Reformation

John Scott - Reformation - 1833 - 432 pages
...is a bountiful mother, and that nothing is lost in her service .... Such a will as this of Calvin, and such a disinterestedness, is a thing so very extraordinary,...even those who cast their eyes on the philosophers of Greece say of him, ' I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel.' When Calvin was taking his...
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The Life and Character of Calvin: The Reformer : Reviewed and Defended

Thomas Smyth - Reformation - 1844 - 134 pages
...is a bountiful mother, and that nothing is lost in her service .... Such a will as this of Calvin, and such a disinterestedness, is a thing so very extraordinary,...even those who cast their eyes on the philosophers of Greece say of him, ' I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel.' When Calvin was taking his...
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Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D.

Thomas Smyth - Presbyterian Church - 1908 - 620 pages
...who had acquired so great a reputation and authority, to content himself with a hundred crowns a year salary, and after having lived till near fifty-five...as this of Calvin's, and such a disinterestedness, ia a thing so very extraordinary, as might make even those who cast their eyes on the philosophers...
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