Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Roger Williamswas a Puritan, an English Reformed theologian, and later a Reformed Baptist who was an early proponent of religious freedom and separation of church and state, and a supporter of members of the Free Will Baptist movement...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTheologian
christian fighting church
The Christian church [in its true identity] does not persecute; any more than a lily scratches the thorns, or a lamb pursues and tears the wolves, or a turtledove hunts the hawks and eagles, or a chaste and modest virgin fights and scratches like whores and harlots.
church malice hostility
I do not condone hostility toward any church simply to vent personal malice or umbrage.
religious heaven church
Even if the civil magistrate is so gifted as to prophesy in the church, yet in the sphere of his civil duties he is forbidden to call down fire from heaven, that is, to procure or inflict any corporal punishment upon offenders in religious doctrine or practice, remembering Christ's admonition that He came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
unity church christ
We find not in the Gospel, that Christ hath anywhere provided for the uniformity of churches, but only for their unity.
church weapons needs
That cannot be a true religion which needs carnal weapons to uphold it.
church earth christ
There is no regularly constituted church of Christ on earth, nor any person qualified to administer any church ordinances; nor can there be until new apostles are sent by the Great Head of the Church for whose coming I am seeking.
advanced disease life liver people
We see in our wards young people in their 30s with advanced liver diseases, their life ruined. I see liver disease all around increasing,
attached creates intense penn people state stays
There's something about Penn State that creates intense loyalty. We have a lot of people who come to Penn State and they are transformed when they get here. They get attached and it stays with them all their lives.
difficult happen hours next quite
Quite what will happen over the next 24 hours is difficult to say,
definite improvement requiring
On the whole there has been a very definite improvement in his condition, but he is still requiring a lot of care. He is better than yesterday.
although appeared cannot carved exactly flames forgotten honor looked marked monument nor sermon single stone visit
We do not know when he was born, nor exactly when he died. We do not know what he looked like. We cannot visit his home, because it went up in flames long ago. Although he was a preacher, no sermon of his survives. During his lifetime, not a single monument was erected in his honor and, at his death, no carved stone marked his grave. He was -- or so it appeared -- a forgotten man.
expect pink
Well, we don't expect him to look pink and wonderful, do we?
case imagine itself life normally resolve situation switching
I would imagine the situation will resolve itself naturally, that's what normally happens. It's not a case of switching off life support.
further
It does look as if he is making it but I wouldn't go any further than that,