 | 1842 - 448 стор.
...have been slain, burnt, sawn asunder ; have wandered as pilgrims and strangers on the earth; — yet the "blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church ; " and Christ has had, and will have, a people on the earth, until his second coming. 1 Peter ii. 9 : " But... | |
 | THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OR CRITICAL JOURNAL - 1843 - 672 стор.
...; and that not only in the history of Christianity, but in that of all religions, has it been seen that ' the blood of the Martyrs has ' been the seed of the Church.' These arguments, and such as these, were, and will ever be felt to be resistless against the ancient... | |
 | Edward Otheman - 1843 - 288 стор.
...does he make the death of his distinguished servants instrumental in the extension of his truth. " The blood of the martyrs" has been " the seed of the church." " As it is appointed unto all men once to die, God provides for this unavoidable calamity by putting... | |
 | 1843 - 534 стор.
...courage and constancy, but also in the new life and energy infused into the body at such a time, " the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the Church." The presence of Christ by the Holy Ghost in the Church, is not merely to teach, it is also to rule... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1844 - 370 стор.
...lamentation zeal of the believers, and the augury of their success ; for nothing has ever been more true than that " the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church." In the serene self-possession of this proto-martyr, we witness the power of religion in the most terrible... | |
 | Edward Feilde - 1847 - 210 стор.
...been with christianity, the more it has been persecuted, the more it has increased in the earth : " the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church." (28). EXOD. iii. 2. The bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. "FiRK" is used in Scripture... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1847 - 524 стор.
...impressive than any other. Hence persecution, if it be manfully endured, causes sects to flourish ; hence the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church. But it is only on great occasions, and especially in the great crises of human affairs, that the actions... | |
 | 1854 - 672 стор.
...of the island, recall them, and all the Christians, and open the ports to English commerce. And so the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church, as it always was. The suffering Christians have wandered about in forests and dwelt in caves, have... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1850 - 612 стор.
...; and that not only in the history of Christianity, but in that of all religions, it has been seen that ' the blood of the Martyrs has been the seed of the Church.' These arguments, and such as these, were, and will ever be, felt to be resistless against the ancient... | |
 | Asenath Nicholson - 1850 - 464 стор.
...unblushingly, we are made of sterner stuff than Cromwell himself. It has been a favourite saying with us, that the " blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church." What shall we say of the blood of Irish catholics ? It has been shed, and it has been shed profusely,... | |
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It is for this reason that the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church... 
