History of the Church of Scotland: From the Introduction of Christianity to the Period of the Disruption in 1843R. Carter, 1856 - 500 pages |
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... danger lest idolatry should creep into their pure system , that they would not permit any of their churches to be dedicated to , or designated by the name of , any saint or angel . ✓ They neither admitted praying to saints for their ...
... danger lest idolatry should creep into their pure system , that they would not permit any of their churches to be dedicated to , or designated by the name of , any saint or angel . ✓ They neither admitted praying to saints for their ...
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... danger which they might well regard as not very formidable . ; The Late Dr. Mc'Crie , whose opinions on all matters of church history are of the very highest authority , held that it could not have been introduced before the tenth ...
... danger which they might well regard as not very formidable . ; The Late Dr. Mc'Crie , whose opinions on all matters of church history are of the very highest authority , held that it could not have been introduced before the tenth ...
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... danger to which he was thus expos- Knox declares , that the articles for which ing himself , but chiefly to obtain a more he was condemned were merely those of complete knowledge of the doctrines of " pilgrimage , purgatory , prayers to ...
... danger to which he was thus expos- Knox declares , that the articles for which ing himself , but chiefly to obtain a more he was condemned were merely those of complete knowledge of the doctrines of " pilgrimage , purgatory , prayers to ...
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... danger that might follow . " * [ 1534. ] The fierce persecuting zeal of In the course of the same year , ( 1538 ) the Archbishop Beaton , and his counsel Jerom Russell , a friar , and a young man of prelates , abbots , priors , & c ...
... danger that might follow . " * [ 1534. ] The fierce persecuting zeal of In the course of the same year , ( 1538 ) the Archbishop Beaton , and his counsel Jerom Russell , a friar , and a young man of prelates , abbots , priors , & c ...
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... danger of his being imprisoned , as his ancestor James I. had been should he venture into England ; and they offered to provide him funds for the support of an army , should war arise in consequence of his refusing to hold an interview ...
... danger of his being imprisoned , as his ancestor James I. had been should he venture into England ; and they offered to provide him funds for the support of an army , should war arise in consequence of his refusing to hold an interview ...
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Page 294 - That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between king and people; and, by the advice of jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby become vacant.
Page 239 - We were indeed amazed to see a poor commonalty so capable to argue upon points of government, and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in matters of religion : upon all these topics they had texts of scripture at hand ; and were ready with their answers to any thing that was said to them. This measure of knowledge was spread even among the meanest of them, their cottagers, and their servants.
Page 303 - Presbyterian government throughout the whole kingdom, and several parts thereof, to try and purge out all insufficient, negligent, scandalous, and erroneous ministers, by due course of ecclesiastical process and censures ; and likewise for redressing all other church disorders.
Page 297 - That prelacy and the superiority of any office in the Church above presbyters is and hath been a great and insupportable grievance and trouble to this nation, and contrary to the inclinations of the generality of the people ever since the Reformation (they having reformed from popery by presbyters), and therefore ought to be abolished...
Page 105 - I must tell you, there are two kings and two kingdoms in Scotland: there is King James, the head of the commonwealth, and there is Christ Jesus, the King of the Church, whose subject James the Sixth is, and of whose kingdom he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but
Page 419 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven : yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline...
Page 419 - There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ: nor can the Pope of Rome, in any sense be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God.
Page 280 - He kissed his wife and bairns, and wished purchased and promised blessings to be multiplied upon them, and his blessing. Claverhouse ordered six soldiers to shoot him; the most part of the bullets came upon his head, which scattered his brains upon the ground.
Page 45 - As for the fear of danger that may come to me," continued he, " let no man be solicitous ; for my life is in the custody of Him whose glory I seek. I desire the hand nor weapon of no man to defend me. I only crave audience ; which, if it be denied here unto me at this time, I must seek where I may have it.
Page 237 - Majesty and his successors as an inherent right to the crown; and that his Majesty and his successors may settle, enact and emit such constitutions, Acts and orders concerning the administration of the external government of the Church and the persons employed in the same, and concerning all ecclesiastical meetings and matters to be proposed and determined therein, as they in their royal wisdom shall think fit...