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... assembly , had found ex- pression there , and was regarded as a precious possession . A council of superior officers and an The assembly of " Adjutators " or " Agitators , " consisting of Officers . of two delegates elected by each ...
... assembly , had found ex- pression there , and was regarded as a precious possession . A council of superior officers and an The assembly of " Adjutators " or " Agitators , " consisting of Officers . of two delegates elected by each ...
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... Assembly , it exercises judicial functions2 , it treats with foreign powers3 , it has permanent officials , a secretary and a printer " . " Behold the army of Israel become a commonwealth , and the commonwealth of England become an army ...
... Assembly , it exercises judicial functions2 , it treats with foreign powers3 , it has permanent officials , a secretary and a printer " . " Behold the army of Israel become a commonwealth , and the commonwealth of England become an army ...
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... Assembly would have proved , as in Scotland , a powerful rival to the secular authority . But though circumstances had rendered Presbyterianism weak , many a " very sweet society of an Independent Church1 " felt itself a power in ...
... Assembly would have proved , as in Scotland , a powerful rival to the secular authority . But though circumstances had rendered Presbyterianism weak , many a " very sweet society of an Independent Church1 " felt itself a power in ...
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... assembly . It is needless to point out how utterly impossible the scheme was . For a large assembly of experienced and firmly seated men to exercise every petty duty of government without delegation of its powers would be well - nigh ...
... assembly . It is needless to point out how utterly impossible the scheme was . For a large assembly of experienced and firmly seated men to exercise every petty duty of government without delegation of its powers would be well - nigh ...
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... assembly , but as a permanent and universally sovereign body . It continued to exercise all the revolutionary powers which had fallen to it during the war - period , one of the most odious being the interference in private lawsuits . An ...
... assembly , but as a permanent and universally sovereign body . It continued to exercise all the revolutionary powers which had fallen to it during the war - period , one of the most odious being the interference in private lawsuits . An ...
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