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" He was the first person in modern Christendom to assert in its plenitude the doctrine of the liberty of conscience, the equality of opinions before the law; and in its defence he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and the superior of Jeremy Taylor. "
The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages - Page 350
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Annual Report, Volumes 1-18

American and Foreign Bible Society - Bible - 1838 - 1182 pages
...trod the shores of New England ; and in his extreme old age it was the last pulsation of his heart. He was the first person in modern Christendom to assert in its plenitude, the doctrine of the liberty of contcience, and in its defence he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and the superior of Jeremy...
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An Historical Discourse Delivered at the Celebration of the Second ...

William Hague - 1839 - 242 pages
...comparing him with them, it is but just to say in the words of a living historian,! " He was the first in modern Christendom to assert in its plenitude the...the equality of opinions before the law, and in its defence he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and superior of Jeremy Taylor." From first to...
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History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American ..., Volume 1

George Bancroft - 1839 - 506 pages
...and at last, surmounting the highest hills, utters his clear carols through the skies of morning. 1 He was the first person in modern Christendom to assert in its plenitude the doctrine of the liberty of CHAP. conscience, the equality of opinions before the law, —^ and in its defence he was the harbinger...
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History of the Colonization of the United States, Volume 1

George Bancroft - United States - 1841 - 368 pages
...himself " ready to be bound and banished, and even to die in New England," rather than renounce them. He was the first person in modern Christendom to assert,...conscience, the equality of opinions before the law. The early advocates of toleration in England, still clinging to the necessity of positive regulations,...
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The Gospel herald; or, Poor Christian's magazine, Volumes 3-4

1866 - 580 pages
...and peace. " Roger Williams was the first person in modern Christendom to assert in its plentitude the doctrine of the liberty of conscience, — the equality of opinions before the law; and in its defence he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and the superior of Jeremy Taylor (for Taylor...
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History of the United States from the Discovery of the American ..., Volume 1

George Bancroft - United States - 1844 - 514 pages
...and at last, surmounting the highest hills, utters his clear carols through the skies of morning.1 He was the first person in modern Christendom to assert in its plenitude the doctrine of the liberty of 1 John Cotton's Reply, 2. CHAP. conscience, the equality of opinions before the law , — v~- and in...
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Orators of the American Revolution

Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 536 pages
...trod the shores of New England; and in his extreme old age it was the last pulsation of his heart. He was the first person in modern Christendom to assert,...plenitude, the doctrine of the liberty of conscience, and in its defence he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and superior of Jeremy Taylor." Dr....
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The Jewish and Christian Churches; Or, the Hebrew Theocracy and Christian ...

Adiel SHERWOOD - Church - 1850 - 150 pages
...has never departed. Alluding to Roger Williams, Bancroft, the Historian, observes : "He was the first in modern Christendom, to assert in its plenitude...the equality of opinions before the law, and in its defence, he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and superior of Jeremy Taylor." (See his Hist....
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Fall of Poland: Containing an Analytical and a Philosophical ..., Volume 2

Luther Calvin Saxton - Poland - 1851 - 638 pages
...quintuple crime of treason, fratricide, matricide, infanticide, and suicide, a compound * Roger Wiiliams was the first person in modern Christendom to assert...the equality of opinions before the law ; and in its defence he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and the superior of Jeremy Taylor. And this may...
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The Republic: A Monthly Magazine of American Literature ..., Volumes 3-4

1852 - 746 pages
...felony of nonconformity, and give an equal protection to every form of religious faith. Roger Williams was the first person in modern Christendom to assert in its plenitude the doctrine of liberty of conscience, the equality of opinions before the law ; and he, it must be borne in mind,...
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