 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 pages
...of the Scriptures, or by the clearest arguments ; otherwise I cannot and will not recant ; for it is neither safe nor expedient to act against conscience....enemies were determined upon his destruction, that Frederic the Wise conveyed him privately to the Wartburg, to save his life. Neither the proscription... | |
 | James Wharey - Church history - 1840 - 348 pages
...testimony of Scripture, or by the clearest arguments; otherwise I cannot and will not recant, for it is neither safe nor expedient to act against conscience. Here I take my stand. I cannot do otherwise; God help me! Amen." But his enemies prevailed ; and, although he obtained the... | |
 | 1845 - 952 pages
...the assembly before which he stood, and which held his life in its hands, he said : — ' HERE I TAM MY STAND. I CAN DO NO OTHERWISE - SO HELP ME GOD ! AMEN !' " , book vii. ch. 9. Considering the object which we have in view in preparing these papers, we... | |
 | Edward Feilde - 1847 - 210 pages
...casting a look round the assembly before which he stood, and which held his life in its hands, he said, " Here I take my stand, I can do no otherwise, so help me God '. Amen." His love of truth, his fortitude, and his constancy procured, under God, that freedom from the yoke... | |
 | 1847 - 592 pages
...Luther when he stood almost alone before the Imperial Diet at Worms and said, "Tcannot recant ; it is neither safe nor expedient to act against conscience ; here I take my stand ; I cannot do otherwise ; so help me God ! " How noble was the conduct of our own Erskines ; I say Sir,... | |
 | Religion - 1847 - 782 pages
...reason and argument, I neither can nor will recant, for it is neither prudent nor safe to do anything against conscience. Here I take my stand ; I can do no otherwise, God help me, Amen!" His interpretation of Scripture was, doubtless, sometimes erroneous, for.it is... | |
 | Theology - 1847 - 776 pages
...reason and argument, I neither can nor will recant, for it is neither prudent nor safe to do anything against conscience. Here I take my stand ; I can do no otherwise, God help me, Amen !" His interpretation of Scripture was, doubtless, sometimes erroneous, for it is... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1847 - 792 pages
...reason and argument, I neither can nor will recant, for it is neither prudent nor safe to do anything against conscience. Here I take my stand ; I can do no otherwise, God help me, Amen !" His interpretation of Scripture was, doubtless, sometimes erroneous, for it is... | |
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Let me then be refuted and convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures, or by the clearest arguments ; otherwise I cannot and will not recant ; for it is neither safe nor expedient to act against conscience. Here I take my stand ; I can do no otherwise,... 
