 ... live at the rate of earls, and yet hoard up; they who chase away all the faithful shepherds of the flock, and bring in a dearth of spiritual food, robbing thereby the church of her dearest treasure, and sending herds of souls starveling to hell, while...  The Edinburgh Annual Register - Page 98edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | John N. King - 2000 - 262 pages
...devour thy tender flock" (CPW 1: 595, 614). According to the Apology for Smectymnuus, Laudian prelates "chase away all the faithful shepherds of the flock,...robbing thereby the church of her dearest treasure, and ,',tJU(J, „ . . sending hoards of souls starving to Hell" (CPW 1: 952). The contemporaneity of such... | |
 | Peter Harrison - 2002 - 292 pages
...highlyplaced Anglican clergy. 'They live like earls', he charges, 'sending herds of souls starving to hell, while they feast and riot upon the labours of hireling curates'. We must, he urges, 'take that course which . . . Luther took against the pope and monks'.12'1 Even... | |
 | Daniel W. Doerksen, Christopher Hodgkins - 2004 - 378 pages
...clergy who "feed" upon tithes. According to the Apology for Smectymnuus, for example, Laudian prelates "chase away all the faithful shepherds of the flock,...thereby the church of her dearest treasure, and sending hoards of souls starving to Hell." -'r ' The radical tinge of this satirical barb may be noted through... | |
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