 It is incredible what sins and atrocities are committed in Rome. He says, " again they must be seen and heard to be believed." So that it is usual to say, " If there be a hell Rome is built above it." It is an abyss from whence all sins proceed.  Morning of the Reformation - Page 72by Enoch Pond - 1842 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Reformation - 1838 - 526 pages
...or severity." " It is incredible what sins and atrocities are committed in Rome," he says again ; " they must be seen and heard to be believed. So that...hell, Rome is built above it ; it is an abyss from whence all sins proceed.' "* This sight made at the time a great impression on Luther's mind ; an impression... | |
 | 1880 - 506 pages
...inhabitants ? Is there a need for Christian missions to such a city as this ? Martin Luther once wrote, " if there be a hell, Rome is built above it : it is an abyss whence all sins proceed." And that Saxon monk's description of Roman religion and Roman society three... | |
 | Protestant association - 1843 - 480 pages
...or severity." " It is incredible what sins and atrocities are committed in Rome," he says again ; " they must be seen and heard to be believed. So that...hell, Rome is built above it ; it is an abyss from whence all sins proceed.' " This sight made at the time a great impression on Luther's mind ; an impression... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Reformation - 1843 - 404 pages
...or severity."* " It is incredible what sins and atrocities are committed in Rome," he says again ; " they must be seen and heard to be believed. So that...say : ' If there be a hell, Rome is built above it; it'is an abyss from whence all sins proceed.' "f This sight made at the time a great impression on... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Reformation - 1844 - 482 pages
...or severity."" "It is incredible what sins and atrocities are committed in Rome," he says again ; " they must be seen and heard to be believed. So that...hell, Rome is built above it; it is an abyss from whence all sins proceed.' "• This sight made at the time a great impression on Luther's mind ; an... | |
 | William Garrett Lewis - 1851 - 184 pages
...law or severity. It is incredible what sins and atrocities are committed in Rome. He says, " again they must be seen and heard to be believed." So that...hell Rome is built above it." It is an abyss from whence all sins proceed. The nearer we approach to Rome, the greater number of bad Christians do we... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1852 - 530 pages
...Reformation, would sustain this description. "It is incredible," says Luther, on his visit to Rome, "what sins and atrocities are committed in Rome; they...Rome is built above it; it is an abyss from which all sins proceed.' " So again he says : " It is commonly observed that he who goes to Rome for the first... | |
 | sir George Sinclair (2nd bart.) - Protestants - 1852 - 818 pages
...atrocities are committed here ; they must be seen and heard to be believed ; it is usual to say here, if there be a hell, Rome is built above it, — it is an abyss, from which all sins proceed." " Rome, in its priests and people," said a gentleman to me in Rome, who has resided... | |
 | Nicholas Murray - Anti-Catholicism - 1852 - 318 pages
...atrocities are committed here ; they must be seen and heard to be believed ; it is usual to say here, 'If there be a hell, Rome is built above it ;' it is an abyss from which all sins proceed." And although centuries have passed away since the noble Saxon penned these lines, I... | |
 | Nicholas Murray - History - 1852 - 288 pages
...atrocities are committed here ; they must be seen and heard to be believed; it is usual to say here, 'If there be a hell, Rome is built above it;' it is an abyss from which all sins proceed." And although centuries have passed away since the noble Saxon penned these lines, I... | |
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