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
coming degree loss seems weeks
We did have it some weeks ago - it seems to be coming back to some degree again, the loss of blood, which is a worry.
various rulers
Consider England. Within a few score years how many unsettling changes in religion has the whole kingdom made, according to the change of its rulers, in the various religions which they embraced.
natural
The magistrates of whom Paul wrote were natural, ungodly, persecuting, and yet lawful magistrates, to be obeyed in all lawful civil things.
far quite
I wouldn't say quite as far as that.
critically disturbed fairly ill night remains
He had a disturbed night but he is still very alert, very sedated on the ventilator. He remains critically ill but fairly stable.
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.
anticipate needed
He was forthcoming without being asked. He could anticipate if someone needed something.
brain depends function ill life man struggle
While the brain is working, you go on trying, ... Life depends on the brain function and that is still working. He's just desperately ill man in (intensive care) and we struggle on.
breathing sure until
until we are sure that he is breathing on his own.
amount assess beating difficult fair generally liver recover several takes
When you've had several infections as he's had, the liver takes a beating . . . and we do need it to recover a fair amount for him generally to recover, ... It's very difficult to assess at the moment.
bring doubt safe today whether
Whether we will bring him off the ventilator today I would doubt because he's very safe when he's on it,
hardest reason
We have no idea what could have happened. The hardest part of all of this is that there is no reason for it.
roof
God is too large to be housed under one roof,