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... kingdoms to defend their civil liberties , but paved the way for uniformity in church matters , for the abolition of episcopacy , and the establishment of Presbyterianism in England . On its acceptance by the English parliament , copies ...
... kingdoms to defend their civil liberties , but paved the way for uniformity in church matters , for the abolition of episcopacy , and the establishment of Presbyterianism in England . On its acceptance by the English parliament , copies ...
Page xx
... Kingdom , but , contrary to them , as also to the Oath of Allegiance , the Protestation of May 5 , 1641 , and the Solemn League and Covenant : from all , or any of which Engagements , we know not any power on earth , able to absolve us ...
... Kingdom , but , contrary to them , as also to the Oath of Allegiance , the Protestation of May 5 , 1641 , and the Solemn League and Covenant : from all , or any of which Engagements , we know not any power on earth , able to absolve us ...
Page xxii
... kingdom . " 2 Yet in the very next month they made a declaration to the English Parliament that the king was to remain prisoner with ' safety to his person . ' On July 27 , 1647 , the Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland ordered a public ...
... kingdom . " 2 Yet in the very next month they made a declaration to the English Parliament that the king was to remain prisoner with ' safety to his person . ' On July 27 , 1647 , the Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland ordered a public ...
Page xxiv
... kingdom in a new war , and are generally men ignorant and unable to instruct the people , and many of them are scandal- ous in their practices , if impartially examined ; and divers of them hold three or four of the best bene- fices ...
... kingdom in a new war , and are generally men ignorant and unable to instruct the people , and many of them are scandal- ous in their practices , if impartially examined ; and divers of them hold three or four of the best bene- fices ...
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... kingdoms generall general devill devil learned lerned private privat againe again subordinate subordinat alleag'd alleg'd sinne sin equall equal schismes scisms sinceritie sincerity XII . A CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM . So far as is e 2 ...
... kingdoms generall general devill devil learned lerned private privat againe again subordinate subordinat alleag'd alleg'd sinne sin equall equal schismes scisms sinceritie sincerity XII . A CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM . So far as is e 2 ...
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Page xxiii - ... (besides one, sometimes two or more of the best livings) collegiate masterships in the universities, rich lectures in the city, setting sail to all winds that might blow gain into their covetous bosoms...
Page 153 - And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain.
Page i - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Page 100 - But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer...
Page 78 - Whatsoever time, or the heedless hand of blind chance, hath drawn down from of old to this present in her huge drag-net, whether fish or sea-weed, shells or shrubs, unpicked, unchosen, those are the fathers.
Page xix - III. We shall with the same sincerity, reality, and constancy, in our several vocations, endeavour with our estates and lives mutually to preserve the rights and privileges of the Parliaments, and the liberties of the Kingdoms...
Page 12 - It being thus manifest, that the power of kings and magistrates is nothing else, but what is only derivative, transferred and committed to them in trust from the people to the common good of them all, in whom the power yet remains fundamentally, and cannot be taken from them, without a violation of their natural birthright...
Page 17 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 9 - And that they lived so, till from the root of Adam's transgression falling among themselves to do wrong and violence, and foreseeing that such courses must needs tend to the destruction of them all, they agreed by common league to bind each other from mutual injury, and jointly to defend themselves against any that gave disturbance or opposition to such agreement. Hence came cities, towns, and commonwealths.