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 1 |
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... of religion before the Reformation , and to consider the motives that induced
King Henry VIII . to break with the pope , and to deelare the Church of England an
independent body , of which himself , under Christ , was the supreme head upon
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... of religion before the Reformation , and to consider the motives that induced
King Henry VIII . to break with the pope , and to deelare the Church of England an
independent body , of which himself , under Christ , was the supreme head upon
...
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It is no less a hardship upon a great body of his majesty's most dutiful and loyal
subjects , who are qualified to serve their King and country , in all offices of civil
trust , and would perform their duty with all cheerfulness , did they not scruple to ...
It is no less a hardship upon a great body of his majesty's most dutiful and loyal
subjects , who are qualified to serve their King and country , in all offices of civil
trust , and would perform their duty with all cheerfulness , did they not scruple to ...
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... united the church and state into one body under one head , insoinuch that
writing against the church was construed by the judges in Westminster - Hall , a
seditious libelling the Queen's government , and was punished with exhorbitant
fipes ...
... united the church and state into one body under one head , insoinuch that
writing against the church was construed by the judges in Westminster - Hall , a
seditious libelling the Queen's government , and was punished with exhorbitant
fipes ...
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... That no man on earth nor body of men ; no , por all the angels in heaven , have
power to make any thing necessury to salvation , but what Christ hath made so . "
In the conclusion of his discourse , he applied this general pripeiple as a test ...
... That no man on earth nor body of men ; no , por all the angels in heaven , have
power to make any thing necessury to salvation , but what Christ hath made so . "
In the conclusion of his discourse , he applied this general pripeiple as a test ...
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Amongst the pertinent , devout , and excellent sentiments he dropt in the course
of his illness , when he looked upon his body swollen with distemper , he would
often say with pleasure , “ This corruptible shall put on incorruption , O “ glorious ...
Amongst the pertinent , devout , and excellent sentiments he dropt in the course
of his illness , when he looked upon his body swollen with distemper , he would
often say with pleasure , “ This corruptible shall put on incorruption , O “ glorious ...
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Page 177 - From the tyranny of the bishop of Rome, and all his detestable enormities, good Lord deliver us.
Page 117 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 419 - And I find them so curiously penned, so full of branches and circumstances, that I think the inquisition of Spain used not so many questions to comprehend and to trap their priests.
Page 261 - Law was;) but it is a religion to serve God, not in bondage of the figure or shadow, but in the freedom of the spirit, being content only with those Ceremonies which do serve to a decent order and godly discipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God by some notable and special signification, whereby he might be edified.
Page 568 - And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Page 325 - WITH this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 167 - ... but only such as heretofore have been determined, ordered or adjudged to be heresy by the authority of the canonical Scriptures, or by the first four General Councils or any of them, or by any other General Council wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of the said canonical Scriptures...
Page 189 - ... and so to stand, saving when the Communion of the Sacrament is to be distributed : at which time the same shall be so placed in good sort within the chancel, as...
Page 208 - 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 God...
Page 433 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves...