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... England , as an act of fidelity to conscience in 1662 , was an event fraught with weighty lessons to the Christian , and which should not be with- out interest to the Philosopher and the Statesman . In the autumn of last year the ...
... England , as an act of fidelity to conscience in 1662 , was an event fraught with weighty lessons to the Christian , and which should not be with- out interest to the Philosopher and the Statesman . In the autumn of last year the ...
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... England becomes a Commonwealth - Disaffection of the Presbyterians - Com- missioners for examination of ministers - Conference about Fundamentals'— Cromwell's views on religious liberty - Religion between 1640 and 1660- England's new ...
... England becomes a Commonwealth - Disaffection of the Presbyterians - Com- missioners for examination of ministers - Conference about Fundamentals'— Cromwell's views on religious liberty - Religion between 1640 and 1660- England's new ...
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... nobleness . Of course in the Hebrew nation we see some exception to this course of things . But even there the teaching power in action was of a much more limited description 20 Religious Life in England before 1660 .
... nobleness . Of course in the Hebrew nation we see some exception to this course of things . But even there the teaching power in action was of a much more limited description 20 Religious Life in England before 1660 .
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... been much defamed , charged with error and blasphemy . But he stood there prepared to show that the doctrine so described was the doctrine of Scrip- C ture , and of the Fathers . His manner 30 Religious Life in England before 1660 .
... been much defamed , charged with error and blasphemy . But he stood there prepared to show that the doctrine so described was the doctrine of Scrip- C ture , and of the Fathers . His manner 30 Religious Life in England before 1660 .
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... of Light . It described the Pope as Antichrist . Papal decrees it declared to be of no sort of authority . Indulgences ( were a delusion . Pilgrimages were a demoralizing CHAP 32 Religious Life in England before 1660 .
... of Light . It described the Pope as Antichrist . Papal decrees it declared to be of no sort of authority . Indulgences ( were a delusion . Pilgrimages were a demoralizing CHAP 32 Religious Life in England before 1660 .
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Page 354 - ... there must be many schisms and many dissections made in the quarry and in the timber ere the house of God can be built. And when every stone is laid artfully together, it cannot be united into a continuity, it can but be contiguous in this world: neither can every...
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Page 51 - ... 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 219 - ... 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, and that we shall be ready to consent to such an act of parliament as upon mature deliberation shall be offered to us for the full granting that indulgence.
Page 49 - THE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life ! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee ; and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
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Page 162 - The most high and sacred Order of Kings is of Divine Right, being the ordinance of God himself, founded in the prime laws of nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old and New Testaments.
Page 266 - Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.