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... according to the deliberate judg- ment of its most enlightened members , whatever might be their opinion of the requirements of the Word of God . To this fatal dogma of the King's supremacy and headship of the Church of England may be ...
... according to the deliberate judg- ment of its most enlightened members , whatever might be their opinion of the requirements of the Word of God . To this fatal dogma of the King's supremacy and headship of the Church of England may be ...
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... according to it enjoined . The Popish bishops refused to take the oath of supremacy , and were , in consequence , deprived of their offices and powers . This enabled the Queen to supply their places with men better affected to ...
... according to it enjoined . The Popish bishops refused to take the oath of supremacy , and were , in consequence , deprived of their offices and powers . This enabled the Queen to supply their places with men better affected to ...
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... according , not to the will of princes , but to the Word of God . And the time may come , when the Church of England will bitterly bewail the insane conduct of those who , in that reforming period , took up and pursued a course which ...
... according , not to the will of princes , but to the Word of God . And the time may come , when the Church of England will bitterly bewail the insane conduct of those who , in that reforming period , took up and pursued a course which ...
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... according to the Act of Uniformity . " The apparatus of persecution was now nearly complete ; and the pernicious character of the Crown's ecclesiastical supremacy was sufficiently evi- dent in at least its main aspect , although it ...
... according to the Act of Uniformity . " The apparatus of persecution was now nearly complete ; and the pernicious character of the Crown's ecclesiastical supremacy was sufficiently evi- dent in at least its main aspect , although it ...
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... according to his own fancy ; but it was soon torn to pieces with internal dissension , and Brown returned again to England , and exhibiting one of those recoils by no means rare with men of vehement temperament , he renounced his ...
... according to his own fancy ; but it was soon torn to pieces with internal dissension , and Brown returned again to England , and exhibiting one of those recoils by no means rare with men of vehement temperament , he renounced his ...
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Page 123 - GOD, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of GOD, and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 324 - 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 123 - Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy), superstition, heresy, schism, profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godliness lest we partake in other men's sins, and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues ; and that the Lord may be one, and His name one in the three kingdoms.
Page 88 - And the better to effect the intended reformation, we desire there may be a general synod of the most grave, pious, learned and judicious divines of this island ; assisted with some from foreign parts, professing the same religion with us, who may consider of all things necessary for the peace and good government of the Church...
Page 348 - God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship.
Page 124 - III. We shall with the same sincerity, reality and constancy, in our several vocations, endeavour with our estates and lives mutually to preserve the rights and privileges of the Parliaments, and the liberties of the kingdoms...
Page 122 - A solemn League and Covenant for reformation and defence of religion, the honour and happiness of the King, and the peace and safety of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Page 124 - IV. We shall also with all faithfulness endeavour the discovery of all such as have been, or shall be, incendiaries, malignants, or evil instruments, by hindering the reformation of religion, dividing the king from his people, or one of the kingdoms from another...
Page 77 - I, AB, do in the Presence of Almighty God promise, vow and protest, To maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and estate, the True Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England, against all Popery and Popish Innovations...
Page 361 - These angels and men thus predestinated, and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.