Historical Memorials Relating to the Independents Or Congregationalists: 1549-1637Congregational Union of England and Wales, 1839 |
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... manner all Christendom did consist of subjects to the Roman empire , the Church then did arrive near such a unity , I do not at present contest ; but that such a union of all Christians is necessary , or that it was ever instituted by ...
... manner all Christendom did consist of subjects to the Roman empire , the Church then did arrive near such a unity , I do not at present contest ; but that such a union of all Christians is necessary , or that it was ever instituted by ...
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... manner of political regiment , it must be quite another thing ; nearly resembling a worldly state , yea , in effect , soon resolving itself into such a one ... The Christian Church is averse from pomp , doth reject domination , doth not ...
... manner of political regiment , it must be quite another thing ; nearly resembling a worldly state , yea , in effect , soon resolving itself into such a one ... The Christian Church is averse from pomp , doth reject domination , doth not ...
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... manner of Divine worship , the great thing controverted in the world , among the many ways professed and practised , is , Who can lay the best claim to Divine authority ? And hence it is that we , pretending also to the like claim , do ...
... manner of Divine worship , the great thing controverted in the world , among the many ways professed and practised , is , Who can lay the best claim to Divine authority ? And hence it is that we , pretending also to the like claim , do ...
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... manner , hath greatly troubled the whole country , and brought many to great disobedience of all laws and magistrates ; yet by the good aid and help of my Lord Chief Justice , and Mr. Justice Anderson his associate , the chiefest of ...
... manner , hath greatly troubled the whole country , and brought many to great disobedience of all laws and magistrates ; yet by the good aid and help of my Lord Chief Justice , and Mr. Justice Anderson his associate , the chiefest of ...
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... manners sober , temperate , modest , gentle , and loving.b " Their Elders must be of wisdom and judgment ; endued with the Spirit of God ; able to discern between cause and cause , between plea and plea ; and accordingly , to prevent ...
... manners sober , temperate , modest , gentle , and loving.b " Their Elders must be of wisdom and judgment ; endued with the Spirit of God ; able to discern between cause and cause , between plea and plea ; and accordingly , to prevent ...
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Page 393 - This is a misery much to be lamented, for though they were burning and shining lights in their times, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Page 197 - ... beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 13 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 398 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 401 - THE Pilgrim Fathers, where are they! The waves that brought them o'er Still roll in the bay, and throw their spray, As they break along the shore — Still roll in the bay as they rolled that day When the Mayflower moored below, When the sea around was black with storms, And white the shore with snow.
Page 213 - And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them ! And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Page 13 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 501 - But I say unto you, It shall ,be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 559 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Page 398 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.