The Life and Times of John Huss: Or, The Bohemian Reformation of the Fifteenth Century, Volumen1

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Gould and Lincoln, 1864
 

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Página 523 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Página 164 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among -you, let him be your servant : even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Página 312 - He is master of the world, and we are contemptible mortals: — yet he suffered! Why, then, should we not suffer also, particularly when suffering is for us a purification ! Therefore, beloved, if my death ought to contribute to his glory, pray that it may come quickly, and that he may enable me to support all my calamities with constancy. But if it be better that I return amongst you, let us pray to God that I may return without...
Página 602 - My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me : and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any one pluck them out of My hand.
Página 445 - Bull, and which is impressed on one side with the heads of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other with the name of the Pope, and the year of his pontificate. The Bull is written in...
Página 152 - I avow it to be my purpose to defend the truth which God has enabled me to know, and especially the truth of the Holy Scriptures, even to death...
Página 62 - This delineation Petrarch confirms by several facts. In another place he says, " Whatever perfidy and treachery, whatever barbarity and pride, whatever immodesty and unbridled lust you have ever heard or read of ; — in a word, whatever impiety and immorality either now is, or ever was scattered over all the world, you may find here, amassed in one heap.
Página 305 - ... every part of Christendom, and more were on their way. There came thither to this celebrated council thirty cardinals, twenty archbishops, one hundred and fifty bishops, as many prelates, a multitude of abbots and doctors, and eighteen hundred priests. Among the sovereigns who attended in person, could be distinguished the Elector Palatine, the Electors of Mentz and of Saxony, and the Dukes of Austria, of Bavaria, and of Silesia. There were, besides, a vast number of margraves, counts, and barons,...
Página 313 - His glory, pray that it may come quickly, and that He may enable me to support all my calamities with constancy. But if it be better that I return amongst you, let us pray to God that I may return without stain, — that is, that I may not suppress one tittle of the truth of the gospel, in order to leave my brethren an excellent example to follow. Probably, therefore, you will never more behold my face at Prague; but should the will of the all-powerful God deign to restore me to you, let us then...
Página 315 - May the glory of God and the salvation of souls occupy thy mind, and not the possession of benefices and estates. Beware of adorning thy house more than thy soul; and above all, give thy care to the spiritual edifice. Be pious and humble with the poor; and consume not thy substance in feasting.

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