Author: Daniel Neal
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ISBN: 9780483263505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Excerpt from The History of the Puritans, Vol. 4: Or, Protestant Non-Conformists, From the Death of King Charles I. To the Act of Toleration by King William and Queen Mary, in the Year 1689; With an Account of Their Principles; Their Attempts for a Further Reformation in the Church; Their Sufferings; And Secondly, All parties of Chriftians, when in Pow-1 cr, ' have been guilty of iperfecution for Confcience fake. The annals of the Church are a molt melan choly demonfiration of this truth. Let the reader call to mind the bloody proceedings of the Popifh Biļ¬iops in (lech Mary's reign; ahd the account that has been given of the Star Chambe Commiilion Court m later times; what ul'eful Minifters have been fequefter'd, imprifon 'd, and their families reduced to poverty and difgrace for refufingtoj wear a white furplice, or to comply; with a few indifferent ceremonies What havock did the Prefbyterians make with their Covenant Unifor' mity their Jute Divino difcipline, and their rigid p1ohibition of reading the old Service Book! And though the I ndependants had a better notion of the rights of Confcience, how defective was their infirufi ment of Government under Cromwell How.arbi trary the proceedings of their Tryers! How narrow; their lift of Fundamentals! And how fevere their' refiraints of the Pr'efs! And though the rigorous pro ceedings of the Puritans of this age, did by no means rival thol'e of the Prelates before and after the Civil Wars, yet they are (0 many Species of perfecution, and not to be Julhfied even by the confulion of the t1mes in which the) were acted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Author: Daniel Neal
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Category : Great Britain
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Pages : 692
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Author: Daniel Neal
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Pages : 664
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Author: Daniel Neal
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333506292
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Excerpt from The History of the Puritans, or Protestant Non-Conformists, Vol. 4: From the Death of King Charles I. To the Act of Toleration by King William and Queen Mary, in the Year 1689; With an Account of Their Principles; Their Attempts for a Further Reformation in the Church; Their Sufferings Thirdly, It is unfafe and dangerous to intrufl: any Sort of Clergy with the Power of the Sword; for our Saviour's Kingdom is not of this World, if it were (fays he) then would my Servants fight, but now is my Kingdom not from hence. The Church and State fhould fland on a di/tinc'l Bajis, and their 7urifdit'tion be agreeable to the Nature of their Crimes; thcfe of the Church purely Spiritual, and thofe of the State purely Civil as the King is fupream in the State, he is al t Head, or Guardian of the Church in tho/e Spiritual Rights that Chrzfl has intrufled it with. When the Church in former ges a umed the ecular Pow er, it not only rival'd the State, but in 'a little Time lifted up its Head above Emperors and Kings, and, all the Potentates of the Earth: The Thunder of its nathema's was heard in all Nations, and in her Skirts was found the Blood of the Prophets, and Saints, and of all that were {lain upon the Earth. nd whenever it recovers the Wound that was given it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Author: Daniel Neal
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Pages : 648
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Author: Daniel Neal
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Category : Great Britain
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Pages : 384
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ISBN: 9780461294804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Author: Daniel Neal
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ISBN: 9781397247568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Excerpt from The History of the Puritans, or Protestant Non-Conformists, From the Death of King Charles II, to the Act of Toleration in the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, in the Year 1688, Vol. 5 of 5: Containing an Account of Their Principles, Their Attempts for a Further Reformation in the Church, Their Sufferings, and the Lives and Characters of Their Principal Divines Controversy about laying on of hands. A dispute with the Quakers. Hicks's and Penn's publications: a meeting to hear the charges against Hicks; a second meeting for the same purpose. The issue ofthese meetings. The confession of faith published in 1677. The history of it, and of its impressions. Other confessions of faith published, particularly one in 1678. An account of Mr. William Delland of Mr. Francis Cornwall; the effect of his visitation sermon. Mr. Blackwood's change of sentiment on the questions relative to baptism. Mr. Cornwell's piece written against the ordinance of parliament. An account oe. Blackwood and of Mr. Benjamin Cox. Elfect of Mr. Tombe's being appointed a trier of candidates for the ministry and resolution of the triers to own the baptists as brethren. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
