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 |
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... appeared boldly in the noble cause , and sacrificed their estates and lives in its defence . The Puritans stood firm by the protestant religion , and by the liberties of their country in the reigns of King Charles II . and King James II ...
... appeared boldly in the noble cause , and sacrificed their estates and lives in its defence . The Puritans stood firm by the protestant religion , and by the liberties of their country in the reigns of King Charles II . and King James II ...
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... appeared with a better face than it had ever done before in that kingdom . A prospect being opened for spreading the Christian re- ligion among the Indians , upon the borders of New - Eng- land , the parliament allowed a general ...
... appeared with a better face than it had ever done before in that kingdom . A prospect being opened for spreading the Christian re- ligion among the Indians , upon the borders of New - Eng- land , the parliament allowed a general ...
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... appearance of sobriety , both in city and country ; the indefatigable pains of the presbyterian ministers in cate- chising , instructing , and visiting their parishioners , can never be sufficiently commended . The whole nation was ...
... appearance of sobriety , both in city and country ; the indefatigable pains of the presbyterian ministers in cate- chising , instructing , and visiting their parishioners , can never be sufficiently commended . The whole nation was ...
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... appeared openly for the king in the year 1643 , and having routed a amall party of covenanters in Perthshire , acquired considerable renown ; but his little successes were very mischievous to the king's affairs , being always magnified ...
... appeared openly for the king in the year 1643 , and having routed a amall party of covenanters in Perthshire , acquired considerable renown ; but his little successes were very mischievous to the king's affairs , being always magnified ...
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... appeared under sixty , nor a youth above six years old , to interrupt his march . All provisions were destroyed , or removed , to prevent the subsistence of the army , which was supplied from time to time by sea ; but the general having ...
... appeared under sixty , nor a youth above six years old , to interrupt his march . All provisions were destroyed , or removed , to prevent the subsistence of the army , which was supplied from time to time by sea ; but the general having ...
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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.