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Example sentences for "godlie"

Lexicographically close words:
godhead; godheads; godhood; godless; godlessness; godlike; godliness; godlinesse; godling; godlings
  1. And in the meane time foure and twenty pounds by yeere, to be distributed unto three discreet and Godlie men in the Colony, which shall honestly bring up three of the Infidels children in Christian Religion, and some good course to live by.

  2. No godlie Lawe, maketh the accuser his owne Iudge.

  3. Pythagoras the famous and godlie Phi- losopher, saued the kyngdome and people of Crotona, thei leauyng all studie of arte, vertue and science.

  4. I wille, so I commaunde, my wille shall stande for a Lawe: but godlie lawes doe iustlie, accordyng to reason and vertue, tempereth the cause of euery man.

  5. If dailie the heddes of wicked men, cease not to subuerte la- wes, orders, and decrees godlie appoincted.

  6. Godlie lawes, to the vpholdyng of societie.

  7. Gallia, requiring of the bishops there, that some godlie and profound learned men might be sent ouer from thence into this land, to defend the cause of the true doctrine against the naughtie teachers of so blasphemous an error.

  8. His godlie zeale borne towards the aduancing of the christian religion well appéered in the building of the church at Winchester, where the bishops sée of all that prouince was then placed.

  9. Romans had him in such estimation, that they would not consent that he should depart so farre from the citie, so that by them he was at that time staied of that his godlie purpose.

  10. Eastsaxons vsed oftentimes to visit his countrie of Northumberland where he was borne, and by preaching exhorted the people to godlie life.

  11. Then said they; "How [Sidenote: The answer of a godlie man touching Austine the Englishmens apostle.

  12. Shalt thou being set apart, and chosen foorth of all thy linage for thy godlie deserts, be reserued to liue an hundred yeares, or remaine on earth till thou be as old as Methusalem?

  13. Then after this, he returned into Denmarke, where vsing himselfe like a right godlie prince, at length he there ended his life, being a verie old man.

  14. The first of these was called Eluanus Aualonius, a man borne in the Ile of Aualon, and brought up there vnder those godlie pastours and their disciples, whom Philip sent ouer at the first for the conuersion of the Britons.

  15. Wherefore God wrought this purgation of his house at the first, rather by taking awaie the wicked and pompous schoolemaisters of errour out of this life: hoping that by such meanes, his people would haue giuen eare to the godlie that remained.

  16. With how great benefits this Iland of ours hath béene indued from the beginning, I hope there is no godlie man but will readilie confesse, and yéeld vnto the Lord God his due honour for the same.

  17. Johns church, and there made a godlie end.

  18. And if we die so glorious a death in so good a quarell, neither fretting time, nor cancarding obliuion, shall be able to darken or rase out of the booke of fame either our names, or our godlie attempt.

  19. For in that cruell persecutioun, used by that monstour, Marie of England, war godlie men dispersed in diverse nationis, of whom it pleaseth the goodnes of our God to send some unto us, for our conforte and instructioun.

  20. G, "lat the godlie bewar of that race and progeny.

  21. I thank my God, throught Jesus Christ, that hes delivered me from that most fearfull pane; and welcome be this, evin so long as it pleassed his godlie Majestie to exercise me thairwith.

  22. We did farther charplie rebuike, boith by word and writting, all suche as appeired to suspect in hir any vennoum of hypochrisie, or that war contrare to that opinioun which we had conceaved of hir godlie mynd.

  23. This Hugh was reputed a verie godlie and vertuous man.

  24. The first booke teachyng that sweete and Godlie Verse, I will recite the very wordes of Homere and also turne them into rude English metre.

  25. And therefore, manie godlie and honest tra- // excellent learned Englishe men, not manie yeares uelers.

  26. And he notwithstanding of this arte, pleasing God, as he did, consequentlie that art professed by so godlie a man, coulde not be vnlawfull.

  27. For to the most parte of 'men, laufull and godlie appeareth, what soeuer antiquitie hath receiued.

  28. What, I pray you, shulde this godlie father haue saide, if he had sene all the men of a realme or nation fall downe before a woman?

  29. Sidenote 114: No godlie woman did euer claime authoritie ouer man by reason of her birth and blood.

  30. At home he shewed himselfe godlie and religious, in warre he became [Sidenote: The archbishops sée restored to Canturburie.

  31. The Wedderburns and other zealous reformers set themselves to match the traditional and popular airs to 'Gude and Godlie Ballates' of their own invention.

  32. If a carnall polititian had said it, I had not thought it strange, but a godlie tender man to speake in these terms.

  33. Therefore I desire you, and in Gods name adiure you, rather to studie to make them rich in godlie knowledge, and vertuous qualities; than to take paine to glorifie them with abundance of worldlie treasure, and mundane superfluitie.

  34. Also vpon a godlie repentance wherewith it did please the mercifull God to touch his hart, he called all those prelats togither which were then with him at Messina into the chappell of Reginald de Moiac, [Sidenote: K.

  35. The one poem by which she is known, Ane Godlie Dreame compylit in Scottish Meter by M.


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