 regret, I have observed the Clergy in all the " places through which I have travelled — Papists, " Lutherans, Calvinists, and Dissenters ; but of " them all, our Clergy is much the most remiss in " their labours in private, and the least severe in...  Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time - Pàgina 195per Gilbert Burnet - 1833Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Benjamin Flower - 1808 - 526 pàgines
...have travelled, papists, lutherans, cal" viuists and dissenters ; but of them all", our clergy are much the " most remiss in their labours in private, and the least severe in " their lives ..... I must own, that the main body of our clergy " has always appeared dead and lifeless to me, and... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 620 pàgines
...contempt, than in any church thatul have yet seen."* This is accounted for by what he further observes: " I say it with great regret, I have observed the clergy...labours in private, and the least severe in their lives. "f " Unless," he adds, " a better spirit possesses the clergy, arguments, (and which is more,) laws... | |
 | Samuel Charles Wilks - 1821 - 620 pàgines
...exhorting, reproving, and comforting them as occasion is given, from house to house, making their holy calling the business of their whole life — they...during my life, God knows how unjustly; my designs being all to awaken the clergy, and by that means to preserve the church; for which He who knows all... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 470 pàgines
...severe sion from a censurer, who, un- reflections on his brethren.) der the pretence of admonition, brethren ; abstracted from the vain conversation of...during my life, God knows how unjustly, my designs being all to awaken the clergy, and by that means to preserve the church ; for which, He who knows... | |
 | John Ambrose Williams - 1823 - 76 pàgines
...they seem rather to lay one another asleep." — " I say it with great regret," (adds the Bishop) " I have observed the Clergy in all the places through...labours in private, and the least severe in their lives. And let me say this freely to you, now I am out of the reach of envy and censure ;" (he bequeathed... | |
 | 1824 - 940 pàgines
...they seem rather to lay one another asleep." — " I say it with great regret," (adds the Bisltop) " I have observed the Clergy in all the places through...labours in private, and the least severe in their lives. And let me say this freely to you, now I am out of the reach of envy and censure ;" (he bequeathed... | |
 | John Fry - 1825 - 642 pàgines
...lifeless to me, and instead of animating one another, they seem rather to lay one another asleep." " I have observed the clergy in all the places through...in private, and the least severe in their lives." Speaking of the Articles, he says, " The greater part subscribe them without ever examining them ;... | |
 | Sir Arthur Brooke Faulkner - 1827 - 426 pàgines
...Calvinists, and Dissenters, in many other parts of the world, our clergy are, without all comparison, more remiss in their labours in private, and the least severe in their lives ;" whence it appears that such things are rather an old failing. But seriously and most solemnly I... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1838 - 520 pàgines
...lifeless to me, and instead of " animating one another, they seem rather to lay " one another to sleep I say it with great " regret, I have observed the...in private, and the least severe in " their lives." These are the words of a Whig ; the testimony of a Tory Prelate is equally strong. In 1711, Atterbury... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1837 - 522 pàgines
...lifeless to me, and instead of " animating one another, they seem rather to lay " one another to sleep I say it with great " regret, I have observed the...in private, and the least severe in " their lives." These are the words of a Whig ; the testimony of a Tory Prelate is equally strong. In 17H, Atterbury... | |
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