a sect of heretics, according to the church of Rome;
but, in truth, a race of early reformers, who preceded Luther. At first
they were charged with so many heresies, that the great reformer was shy
of them; but, upon receiving from themselves an account of their tenets,
in 1522, he readily acknowledged them as brethren, and received them
into communion. Some time after this, they were driven by persecution
from their native country, and entered into communion with the Swiss
church, as reformed by Zuinglius; and from thence sprang the church of
the United Brethren.
BONDS were of two kinds, public and private; the former were employed to
secure a prisoner in the public jail, after confession or conviction;
the latter when he was delivered to a magistrate, or even to private
persons, to be kept at their houses till he should be tried. The Apostle
Paul was subjected to private bonds by Felix, the Roman governor, who
“commanded a centurion to keep him, and to let him have liberty, and
that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister, or come unto
him,” Acts xxiv, 23. And after he was carried prisoner to Rome, he
“dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that
came in unto him,” xxviii, 30.
BONNET was a covering for the head, worn by the Jewish priests. Josephus
says, that the bonnet worn by the private priests was composed of
several rounds of linen cloth, turned in and sewed together, so as to
appear like a thick linen crown. The whole was entirely covered with
another piece of linen, which came down as low as their forehead, and
concealed the deformity of the seams. See Exodus xxviii, 40. The high
priest’s bonnet was not much different from that which has been
described.
but, in truth, a race of early reformers, who preceded Luther. At first
they were charged with so many heresies, that the great reformer was shy
of them; but, upon receiving from themselves an account of their tenets,
in 1522, he readily acknowledged them as brethren, and received them
into communion. Some time after this, they were driven by persecution
from their native country, and entered into communion with the Swiss
church, as reformed by Zuinglius; and from thence sprang the church of
the United Brethren.
BONDS were of two kinds, public and private; the former were employed to
secure a prisoner in the public jail, after confession or conviction;
the latter when he was delivered to a magistrate, or even to private
persons, to be kept at their houses till he should be tried. The Apostle
Paul was subjected to private bonds by Felix, the Roman governor, who
“commanded a centurion to keep him, and to let him have liberty, and
that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister, or come unto
him,” Acts xxiv, 23. And after he was carried prisoner to Rome, he
“dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that
came in unto him,” xxviii, 30.
BONNET was a covering for the head, worn by the Jewish priests. Josephus
says, that the bonnet worn by the private priests was composed of
several rounds of linen cloth, turned in and sewed together, so as to
appear like a thick linen crown. The whole was entirely covered with
another piece of linen, which came down as low as their forehead, and
concealed the deformity of the seams. See Exodus xxviii, 40. The high
priest’s bonnet was not much different from that which has been
described.