godliness

Examples of godly

godly
It is for this reason that the elite were able to avoid division into ' godly ' and ' backward ' factions.
His was simply the most powerful in a chorus of godly voices calling for the toleration of false religions.
The godly among them would have found such ministers' preaching inadequate.
Consider that with tolerance and patience, we godly demons may breed a noble world in a few hundred generations or so.
Puritans, we are told, sought a godly society, not a pluralistic one.
The godly ruler was to be obeyed, but what of the ungodly ruler?
These interests were in turn inseparable from those of the godly party.
His sources are, primarily, published funeral sermons for godly women, and women's own spiritual autobiographies and accounts of their private devotions.
Secular government was not equipped to produce the godly society to which the previous generation of leaders had aspired.
Yet it is a much bigger thing to live among the pious, giving them a godly example to follow and to save the others thereby.
Other prominent members of the godly community were apparently subjected to similar tactics.
There were, however, movements towards a greater sense of self in these godly books.
They must internalize that subjection and refer it to the godly magistrate, and only the godly magistrate.
While his will confirms his godly identity, his wife's experience provides more relevant experience for his likely attitude as a grand juror.
But for some members of the godly the oath became a charter for challenges to the church and its prayer book.
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