History of the Rise of the Huguenots of France, Volume 2

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Hodder and Stoughton, 1880
 

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Page 11 - The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Page 401 - Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them. 23. And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
Page 193 - I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea The Lord is a man of war : the Lord is His name.
Page 521 - Edited by the Right Rev. CJ ELLICOTT, DD, Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. Complete in 5 Vols., 2is.
Page 299 - I honor you more than I do the pope, and I love my sister more than I fear him. I am not a Huguenot, but no more am I an ass. If the pope has too much of his nonsense, I will myself take Margot by the hand and carry her off to be married in open conventicle.
Page 78 - Nostre aide soit au nom de Dieu, qui a fait le ciel et la terre. Amen.
Page 207 - They beg not in our streets, nor crave any thing at our hands, but to breathe our air, and to see our sun. They labour truly, they live sparefully. They are good examples of virtue, travail, faith, and patience. The towns in which they abide are happy, for God doth follow them with his blessings.
Page 16 - Sire, c'est à la vérité, à l'Église de Dieu, au nom de laquelle je parle, d'endurer les coups, et non pas d'en donner, mais aussi vous plaira-t-il vous souvenir que c'est une enclume qui a usé beaucoup de marteaux (1).
Page 16 - Sire, it is true that it is the lot of the Church of God, in the name of which I speak, to endure blows, and not to give them ; but also may it please you to remember that it is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.
Page 410 - Croc the French Ambassador was present; turning to him as a Hebrew prophet might have turned, Knox said, ' Go tell your King that sentence has gone out against him, that God's vengeance shall never depart from him nor his house, that his name shall remain an execration to the posterities to come, and that none that shall come of his loins shall enjoy that kingdom unless he repent.

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