The History of the Puritans, Or Protestant Non-conformists: With an Account of Their Principles; Their Attempts for a Further Reformation in the Church; Their Sufferings; and the Lives and Characters of Their Most Considerable Divines, Volume 4Charles Ewer, 1817 - Great Britain |
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... thought to reflect upon that venerable order , which is of great usefulness , and deserved honor , when the ends of its institution are pursued ; but so strange has been the infatuation , so inchanting the lust of dominion , and the ...
... thought to reflect upon that venerable order , which is of great usefulness , and deserved honor , when the ends of its institution are pursued ; but so strange has been the infatuation , so inchanting the lust of dominion , and the ...
Page x
... thought of mak- ing this appeal , if in an early stage of his undertaking it had not been insinuated , that it was his design to make this work a vehicle for conveying particular opinions in theology , and that his own sentiments made ...
... thought of mak- ing this appeal , if in an early stage of his undertaking it had not been insinuated , that it was his design to make this work a vehicle for conveying particular opinions in theology , and that his own sentiments made ...
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... thought proper to remove into France ; from whence he went to the Isle of Jersey , and towards the latter end of the year fixed at Breda ; where the Scots com- missioners concluded a treaty with him , upon the foot of which he ventured ...
... thought proper to remove into France ; from whence he went to the Isle of Jersey , and towards the latter end of the year fixed at Breda ; where the Scots com- missioners concluded a treaty with him , upon the foot of which he ventured ...
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... thought capable of holding out a month ; but the general neglecting the common forms of approach , battered the walls with his cannon , and having made two accessible breaches , like an impetuous conqueror , entered the town in person ...
... thought capable of holding out a month ; but the general neglecting the common forms of approach , battered the walls with his cannon , and having made two accessible breaches , like an impetuous conqueror , entered the town in person ...
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... thought competent for them ; upon which they were to give formal releases of all their titles to their lands in any other provinces ; if they refused to give such releases , they were still deprived , and left to starve within the ...
... thought competent for them ; upon which they were to give formal releases of all their titles to their lands in any other provinces ; if they refused to give such releases , they were still deprived , and left to starve within the ...
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Page 397 - ... the Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches ; and the form and manner of making, ordaining and consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons.
Page 347 - ... John Bunyan of the town of Bedford, labourer, being a person of such and such conditions, he hath (since such a time) devilishly and perniciously abstained from coming to church to hear divine service, and is a common upholder of several unlawful meetings and conventicles, to the great disturbance and distraction of the good subjects of this kingdom, contrary to the laws of our sovereign lord the king, &c.
Page 172 - That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Page 417 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 181 - ... to enjoy its own in the end. Its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself. It sees to the end of all temptations. As it bears no evil in itself, so it conceives none in thoughts to any other.
Page 440 - I!., do swear, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the King ; and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority, against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him, in pursuance of such commissions ; and that I will not at any time endeavour any alteration of government either in church or state.
Page 328 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page i - They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Page 397 - ... to endeavour any change or alteration of government either in church or state ; and that the same was in itself an unlawful oath, and imposed upon the subjects of this realm against the known laws and liberties of this kingdom.
Page 170 - Christian by practice as well as profession ; that he lived by faith, and died by faith, and was an example to the believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in faith, and purity.