The History of the Puritans: Or, Protestant Non-conformists; 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 3T. Tegg, 1837 - England |
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... Prayer - book . The young protector summoned a parliament to meet on the 27th of January 1658-9 . The elections were not according to the method practised by his father , but according to the old con- stitution , because it was ...
... Prayer - book . The young protector summoned a parliament to meet on the 27th of January 1658-9 . The elections were not according to the method practised by his father , but according to the old con- stitution , because it was ...
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... pray God help you , and bless your councils . " I remain yours , & c . H. C. " In a letter of the same date to his brother - in - law , Fleetwood , he writes : " Dear Brother , " I received your account of the petition of the officers ...
... pray God help you , and bless your councils . " I remain yours , & c . H. C. " In a letter of the same date to his brother - in - law , Fleetwood , he writes : " Dear Brother , " I received your account of the petition of the officers ...
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... prayers superseded the use of carnal weapons , and that ' it was sufficient to trust in the hand of Providence without exerting the arm of flesh . ' He would fall on his knees and pray when he heard of a mutiny among the soldiers ; and ...
... prayers superseded the use of carnal weapons , and that ' it was sufficient to trust in the hand of Providence without exerting the arm of flesh . ' He would fall on his knees and pray when he heard of a mutiny among the soldiers ; and ...
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... pray ( says he ) for the success of my labours , when they are persuading me to put an end to my labours by setting up those prelates , who will silence me and many hundreds more . They persuade me to that which will separate me from my ...
... pray ( says he ) for the success of my labours , when they are persuading me to put an end to my labours by setting up those prelates , who will silence me and many hundreds more . They persuade me to that which will separate me from my ...
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... pray , that we may be kept from going out of God's way in doing God's work . " I do , in the name of the whole army ... prayers for a happy issue of this unhappy difference ; which is the prayer of him who is , reverend sirs and dear ...
... pray , that we may be kept from going out of God's way in doing God's work . " I do , in the name of the whole army ... prayers for a happy issue of this unhappy difference ; which is the prayer of him who is , reverend sirs and dear ...
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Page 508 - As the godly consideration of predestination and our Election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members and drawing up' their mind to high and heavenly things...
Page 516 - The Old Testament is not contrary to the New ; for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by CHRIST, who is the only mediator between GOD and man, being both GOD and man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign, that the old fathers did look only for transitory promises.
Page 74 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 521 - THE Old Testament is not contrary to the New: for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to Mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign that the old Fathers did look only for transitory promises.
Page 241 - 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 508 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 580 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 510 - THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, of her substance : so that two whole and perfect natures — that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood — were joined together in one Person, never to be divided ; whereof is one Christ, very God and very Man...
Page 523 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 520 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.