| 1848 - 726 Seiten
...jaws of Behemoth, and treading between his great teeth, would leave him to do all his pleasure." " If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the roofs, I would still enter it." Did not the Wesleys and Whitefield, and the whole of that litlle... | |
| Barnas Sears - 1799 - 454 Seiten
...with the elector at Worms, not to venture into the city ; to which he made the well-known reply : " If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the roofs of the houses, I would still go thither." Just before the close of his life, referring... | |
| William Jay - 1829 - 538 Seiten
...course with joy." And between Peter and Luther — Luther, who when informed of his dangers, said, If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon the houses, I would go — But Peter followed him afar off! This was also very ungrateful. The Saviour... | |
| James Bacon (historian.) - 1829 - 530 Seiten
...of whom had been shamefully put to death under pretexts similar to those now alleged against him. " If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the house-tops I would go without fear," was the intrepid reply of the reformer, (a) He set out... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 628 Seiten
...distance of a league from Worms. Such was his conviction rf the justice of his cause, that when Spaltit'm sent a messenger to warn him of his danger, he answered,...go on." Before the emperor, the archduke Ferdinand, (J electors, 24 dukes, 7 margraves, 30 bishops and prelates, and many princes, counts, lords and ambassadors,... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 Seiten
...when Spalatin sent a messenger to warn him of his danger, he answered, " If there were as manydevils in Worms as there are tiles upon the roofs of its...go on." Before the emperor, the archduke Ferdinand, 6 electors, 24 dukes, 7 margraves, 30 bishops and prelates, and many princes, counts, lords and ambassadors,... | |
| S. T. Sturtevant - 1834 - 662 Seiten
...course with joy ;" and between Peter and Luther ! — Luther, who, when informed of his dangers, said, " If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon the houses, I would go." — But " Peter followed him afar off." This was very ungrateful. The Saviour... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 608 Seiten
...1521, accompanied by a few friends and the imperial herald, who had summoned him. He was met by about 2000 persons on foot and on horseback, at the distance...go on." Before the emperor, the archduke Ferdinand, 0 electors, 24 dukes, 7 margraves, 30 bishops and prelates, and many princes, counts, lords and ambassadors,... | |
| 1851 - 650 Seiten
...dissuade him from proceeding, he addressed him, " Go and tell your master (Frederic), that were there as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon the roofs I would enter." Luther's courage did not forsake him when he entered the Diet. He speedily recovered... | |
| Robert Bateman Paul - 1847 - 518 Seiten
...Wittemberg and Worms." To a friend who met him at Oppenheim, and tried to turn him back, he said, " An there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon the roofs of the houses, thither nevertheless would I go." His entry into Worms is described by himself in his own... | |
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