 far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.  The Monthly Magazine - Page 371804Full view - About this book
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...saith he; "far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." " Sure I am," adds Fuller, " at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than a moiety... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...saithhe; "far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." " Sure I am," adds Fuller, " at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than a moiety... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...saith he; " far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thercof." " Sure I am," adds Fuller, " at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than... | |
 | 1857 - 470 pages
...he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws. But I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof,' " We know, in part at least, what has been the fruit thereof. The magistrates and ministers, the political... | |
 | 1856 - 732 pages
...he, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit {hereof." That acorn was planted in faith— in the full belief that it would become an oak, and, evidently,... | |
 | 1859 - 970 pages
..." No, far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." This was in the year 1685, when he had just founded Emanuel College, at Cambridge, which did, in fact,... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education - 1860 - 704 pages
...saith he, "far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." That acorn was planted in faith—in the full belief that it would become an oak, and, evidently, with... | |
 | Arthur Tozer Russell - 1860 - 588 pages
...saitli he, " far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." " Sure I am at this day," adda Fuller (1634), " it hath overshadowed all the University, more than... | |
 | Stephen Charnock - 1864 - 596 pages
...be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your Majesty's established laws ; but I have set an acorn which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' In 1641, it had 204 students attending, standing next to St John's and Trinity in respect of numbers... | |
 | Stephen Charnock - 1864 - 598 pages
...be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your Majesty's established laws ; but I have set an acorn which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' In 1641, it had 204 students attending, standing next to St John's and Trinity in respect of numbers... | |
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