The Life and Times of Martin Luther

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Hilliard, Gray, 1839 - 324 páginas

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Página 275 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Página 73 - May our Lord Jesus Christ have mercy upon thee, and absolve thee by the merits of his most holy passion. And I, by his authority, that of his blessed apostles, Peter and Paul, and of the most holy pope, granted and committed to me in these parts, do absolve thee, first from all ecclesiastical censures, in whatever manner they have been incurred ; then from all thy sins, transgressions, and...
Página 98 - Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : And I will bless them that bless thee : and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Página 112 - Christ, Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Página 186 - When I preach I sink myself deeply down, I regard neither doctors nor masters, of which there are in the church above forty. But I have an eye to the multitude of young people, children, and servants, of which there are more than two thousand.
Página 85 - God, and can command and require whatever you please. This, I assure you, will be of no avail. You are the servant of servants, and of all mankind, are seated in the most deplorable and perilous place. Be not deceived by those who pretend that you are lord of the earth, that there can be no Christian without your authority, and that you have any power in heaven, in hell, or in purgatory.
Página 73 - I remit to you all punishment which you deserve in purgatory on their account, and I restore you to the holy sacraments of the church, to the unity of the faithful and to that innocence and purity which...
Página 300 - On looking around upon his numerous audience, his natural timidity overcame him, and he could only repeat the text over and over again. Luther, who was in the desk with him, at length exclaimed, " You are a very good sheep!" and telling him to sit down, took the same text, and preached an excellent discourse from it.
Página 276 - When her last moments were near, she raised her eyes tenderly to her parents, and begged them not to weep for her. ' I go,' said she, ' to my Father in heaven ; ' and a sweet smile irradiated her dying countenance. Luther threw himself upon his knees, weeping bitterly, and fervently prayed God to spare her to them. In a few moments she expired in the arms of her father. Catherine, unequal to repressing the agony of her sorrow, was at a little distance perhaps unable to witness the last long-drawn...
Página 275 - He then approached the bed, and said to her, "My dear little daughter, my beloved Magdalen, you would willingly remain with your earthly father ; but if God calls you, you will also willingly go to your Heavenly Father." She replied, "Yes, dear father; it is as God pleases.

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