"Abhominable" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Gospel of that day: but howe they wrest and twine the Scripture and that together by report it is wonderfull. As for whoredome and drunkennesse there be none such liuing: and for extortion, they be the most abhominable under the sunne. Nowe iudge of their holinesse. They haue twise as much land as the Duke himselfe hath: but yet he is reasonable eeuen with them, as thus: When they take bribes of any of the poore and simple, he ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, • Richard Hakluyt
... the workes of them selues shuld be a seruice vn to god/ but vn to the people/ to put them in remembraunce of this inwarde sacrifice of thankes & of faith to trust and beleue in God the only sauer. Which significacion when was awaye/ they were abhominable and deuellysh ydolatrye and imageseruice: as oure ceremonies and sacramentes are become now to all that trust & beleue in the werke of them and ar not taught the significacions/ to edifye theyr soules with knowlege ...
— The prophete Ionas with an introduccion • William Tyndale |
