The Lives of the Puritans: Containing a Biographical Account of Those Divines who Distinguished Themselves in the Cause of Religious Liberty, from the Reformation Under Queen Elizabeth, to the Act of Uniformity in 1662, Volume 1 |
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... opinions , however ridiculous or absurd they may be , is contrary to every principle of sound policy and civil freedom . The ... opinion of every man's ' private judgment . For , undoubtedly , all per- “ secution and oppression of weak ...
... opinions , however ridiculous or absurd they may be , is contrary to every principle of sound policy and civil freedom . The ... opinion of every man's ' private judgment . For , undoubtedly , all per- “ secution and oppression of weak ...
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... opinions were confused and erroneous ; yet their leading principles were the same . Though they had , in general , no objection to a national establishment , many of them maintained , " That all true church power must be founded in a ...
... opinions were confused and erroneous ; yet their leading principles were the same . Though they had , in general , no objection to a national establishment , many of them maintained , " That all true church power must be founded in a ...
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... opinions , the spirit , or the conduct of the Puritans . Although he acknow- ledges that he has , in numerous instances , en- deavoured to prove their innocence , against the evil reproaches and groundless accusations of their ...
... opinions , the spirit , or the conduct of the Puritans . Although he acknow- ledges that he has , in numerous instances , en- deavoured to prove their innocence , against the evil reproaches and groundless accusations of their ...
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... opinion of the Act of Uniformity 100 The character of Dr. Richard Cox .... 108 The death of the famous William Tindal 120 The fall of Lord Cromwell 121 The funeral of Queen Katharine Parr 122 The barbarities of Queen Mary's reign 125 ...
... opinion of the Act of Uniformity 100 The character of Dr. Richard Cox .... 108 The death of the famous William Tindal 120 The fall of Lord Cromwell 121 The funeral of Queen Katharine Parr 122 The barbarities of Queen Mary's reign 125 ...
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... opinion , to symbolize with antichrist , to mislead the people , and inconsistent with the simplicity of the christian religion . He could appeal to the Searcher of Hearts , that it was not obstinacy , but the convictions of his ...
... opinion , to symbolize with antichrist , to mislead the people , and inconsistent with the simplicity of the christian religion . He could appeal to the Searcher of Hearts , that it was not obstinacy , but the convictions of his ...
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Page 177 - Religion agreed upon by the archbishops and bishops of both provinces and the whole clergy in the convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord...
Page 94 - I will be true and faithful to the Common-wealth of England, as it is now established, without a King or House of Lords...
Page 143 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 71 - Star-Chamber enlarge their jurisdictions to a vast extent, ' holding (as Thucydides said of the Athenians) for honourable that which pleased and for just that which profited.' And being the same persons in several rooms, grew both courts of law to determine right, and courts of revenue to bring money into the Treasury : the Council-Table by proclamations enjoining...
Page 187 - BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 142 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Page 38 - It would be better for him that a millstone were tied about his neck and that he were cast into the depth of the sea rather than that he should scandalise one of these, my least little ones.
Page 449 - Elizabeth, gave the best reason that could be given for wearing the longest and largest beard of any Englishman of his time ; namely, " that no act of his life might be unworthy of the gravity of his appearance.
Page 31 - ... which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the sacraments...
Page 227 - Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.