... 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... Publications - Page 61by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1844Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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