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, 1. köideJ. Black, 1813 - 18 pages |
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Page ix
... obtained , you will know how to estimate their value ; and you will regard the men to whom we are indebted for them as dis- tinguished benefactors to the English nation and the church of God . For the sacred cause of religion , the Pu ...
... obtained , you will know how to estimate their value ; and you will regard the men to whom we are indebted for them as dis- tinguished benefactors to the English nation and the church of God . For the sacred cause of religion , the Pu ...
Page xii
... obtaining higher promotion , because they could not , with a good conscience , comply with the ecclesiastical impositions . Nor was it the least afflictive circumstance to the Puritan divines , that they were driven from their flocks ...
... obtaining higher promotion , because they could not , with a good conscience , comply with the ecclesiastical impositions . Nor was it the least afflictive circumstance to the Puritan divines , that they were driven from their flocks ...
Page xvii
... obtain a correct list of the works of those whose lives he has given , and to ascertain the true orthography of the names of persons and places . Though , in each of these particulars , he has succeeded far beyond his expectations , yet ...
... obtain a correct list of the works of those whose lives he has given , and to ascertain the true orthography of the names of persons and places . Though , in each of these particulars , he has succeeded far beyond his expectations , yet ...
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... obtained the ascendancy ; the severity of persecution was revived ; and the Romish superstitions greatly prevailed . Till now , these superstitions had never been denominated laudable ceremonies , necessary rites , and godly constitu ...
... obtained the ascendancy ; the severity of persecution was revived ; and the Romish superstitions greatly prevailed . Till now , these superstitions had never been denominated laudable ceremonies , necessary rites , and godly constitu ...
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... obtained in their own country . The members of the congre- gation sent for Mr. John Knox from Geneva , Mr. James Had- don from Strasburgh , and Mr. Thomas Lever from Zurich , requesting them to take the oversight of them in the Lord ...
... obtained in their own country . The members of the congre- gation sent for Mr. John Knox from Geneva , Mr. James Had- don from Strasburgh , and Mr. Thomas Lever from Zurich , requesting them to take the oversight of them in the Lord ...
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