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 4William Baynes and Son, 1822 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
... meetings of dissenting Protestants were formerly called seditious , because the peace of the public was falsely supposed to consist in uniformity of worship ; but long experience has taught us the con- trary for though the ...
... meetings of dissenting Protestants were formerly called seditious , because the peace of the public was falsely supposed to consist in uniformity of worship ; but long experience has taught us the con- trary for though the ...
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... meetings were occasional , * and when they met , one or another spake as they were moved from within , and sometimes ... meetings for worship , particularly on the first day of the week , which they chose as more convenient , because ...
... meetings were occasional , * and when they met , one or another spake as they were moved from within , and sometimes ... meetings for worship , particularly on the first day of the week , which they chose as more convenient , because ...
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... meetings , but exerted in other places as occasion offered ; particularly , in courts of judicature , to admonish to justice , and caution against oppression : in markets , to recommend truth , candour , and fair dealings , and to bear ...
... meetings , but exerted in other places as occasion offered ; particularly , in courts of judicature , to admonish to justice , and caution against oppression : in markets , to recommend truth , candour , and fair dealings , and to bear ...
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... meetings of the above- named persons at his house , that a commission was read , but that he had dissented from it . He acknowledged far- ther , that he was present at the reading of letters , or of some part of them , " but I was ...
... meetings of the above- named persons at his house , that a commission was read , but that he had dissented from it . He acknowledged far- ther , that he was present at the reading of letters , or of some part of them , " but I was ...
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... meetings were appoint- ed to be once a month in some market - town , where there was a sermon in the morning ; and ... meeting for concord once a year : the reverend Mr. Hughes presided in those of 1655 and 1656. The moderator began and ...
... meetings were appoint- ed to be once a month in some market - town , where there was a sermon in the morning ; and ... meeting for concord once a year : the reverend Mr. Hughes presided in those of 1655 and 1656. The moderator began and ...
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Page 299 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Page 384 - We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world...
Page 327 - I, AB, do declare 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 ; and that I will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England, as it is now by law established...
Page 484 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 329 - 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 327 - ... 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 234 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Page 154 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words — I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Page 326 - ... 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 or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops priests, and deacons.
Page vi - My kingdom is not of this world : if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight : . . . . but now is my kingdom not from hence.