The History of the Puritans; Or, Protestant Nonconformists: From the Reformation in 1517 to the Revolution in 1688: Comprising an Account of Their Principles, Their Attempts for a Farther Reformation in the Church, Their Sufferings, and the Lives and Characters of Their Most Considerable Divines, Volume 4Baynes, 1822 - 502 pages |
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... Christ appointed . It main- tains separation from their churches to be schism ; that mi- nisters formerly ordained by bishops need not be reordained : and for private Christians in particular churches to assume a right of sending ...
... Christ appointed . It main- tains separation from their churches to be schism ; that mi- nisters formerly ordained by bishops need not be reordained : and for private Christians in particular churches to assume a right of sending ...
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... Christian knowledge , the language was little understood , their clergy were ignorant and idle ; so that they had hardly a sermon from one quarter of a year- to another . The people had neither Bibles nor catechisms ; nor was there a ...
... Christian knowledge , the language was little understood , their clergy were ignorant and idle ; so that they had hardly a sermon from one quarter of a year- to another . The people had neither Bibles nor catechisms ; nor was there a ...
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... Christian re- ligion among the Indians , upon the borders of New - Eng- land , the parliament allowed a general collection through- out England , and erected a corporation for this service , who purchased an estate in land of between 5 ...
... Christian re- ligion among the Indians , upon the borders of New - Eng- land , the parliament allowed a general collection through- out England , and erected a corporation for this service , who purchased an estate in land of between 5 ...
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... Christ could not support themselves against the extravagant follies of an impostor ? But the book did no harm , though the com- mons immediately published an order for suppressing it ; and since the restitution of monarchy and ...
... Christ could not support themselves against the extravagant follies of an impostor ? But the book did no harm , though the com- mons immediately published an order for suppressing it ; and since the restitution of monarchy and ...
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... Christ in Eng- land ; for the ministers in England ( says he ) are supported , and have liberty to preach the gospel , though not to rail at their superiors at discretion ; nor , under a pretended privilege of character , to overtop the ...
... Christ in Eng- land ; for the ministers in England ( says he ) are supported , and have liberty to preach the gospel , though not to rail at their superiors at discretion ; nor , under a pretended privilege of character , to overtop the ...
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