Bishop Hall, His Life and Times, Or, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Sufferings, of the Right Rev. Joseph Hall, D.D. Successively Bishop of Exeter and Norwich: With a View of the Times in which He Lived, and an Appendix Containing Some of His Unpublished Writings, His Funeral Sermon, &cL.B. Seeley, 1826 - 581 pages |
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Page 55 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 514 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 510 - By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
Page 177 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever.
Page 355 - Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. "For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Page 310 - ... discipline of the church of England; some of them infamous in their lives and conversations, and most of them of very mean parts in learning, if not of scandalous ignorance; and of no other reputation than of malice to the church of England.
Page 429 - And, now the evening is come, no tradesman doth more carefully take in his wares, clear his shopboard, and shut his windows, than I would shut up my thoughts and clear my mind. That student shall live miserably, which, like a camel, lies down under his burden. All this done, calling together my family, we end the day with God.
Page 415 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Page 558 - Thou art my father:" to the worm, "Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Page 418 - I leave my body to be buried without any funeral pomp, at the discretion of my executors, with this only monition, that I do not hold God's house a meet repository for the dead bodies of the greatest saints.