When a man truly sees himself, he knows that nobody can say anything about him that is too bad. - Martyn Lloyd-Jones
He (Calvin) preached directly from the original Hebrew or Greek without notes. - John Legg, The footsteps of God p. 114
I draw my breath with difficulty and every moment I am in expectation of breathing my last. It is enough that I live and die for Christ, who is to all his followers a gain both in life and death. - Calvin to Farrel pt three weeks before his death,quoted in John Legg, The footsteps of God, p 125
So they left that goodly and pleasant city (Leyden), which had been there resting place near 12 years. But they knew they were pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lifted up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest country, and quieted their spirits. - William Bradford, quoted in John Legg, The footsteps of God, p 198
He(John Eliot) also translated the scriptures into the Algonquin language and by 1663 the whole Bible was available, together with a complete set of metrical Psalms! This was the first Bible printed in any language in North America. - John Legg, The footsteps of God, p 201
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