The Life and Times of Martin Luther

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Hilliard, Gray, 1841 - Reformation - 324 pages
 

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Page 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...
Page 98 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew 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.
Page 275 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead
Page 112 - Christ, Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Page 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.
Page 275 - He then approached the bed, and said to her, " My dear little daughter, my beloved Margaret, 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." " Dear little girl," he exclaimed, " O how I love her ! the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 45 - ... commanded to commit them to the flames; he himself, if he did not within sixty days publicly recant his errors, and burn his books...
Page 99 - Engedi," the bridegroom will come " leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills," and with the " kisses of his mouth," and the " savour of his good ointments poured forth," will anoint those who are conducted into the palaces of Eden. United to him we shall live and thrive, contemplating Zion and Salem in the secret silence of adoration.

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