Protestant Nonconformity: A Sketch of Its General History, with an Account of the Rise and Present State of Its Various Denominations in the Town of BirminghamHamilton, Adams, 1849 - 279 páginas |
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... thousand men accus- tomed to the profession of arms were at once to be thrown upon the world ; and experience seemed to war- rant the belief that this change would produce much misery and crime , that the discharged veterans would be ...
... thousand men accus- tomed to the profession of arms were at once to be thrown upon the world ; and experience seemed to war- rant the belief that this change would produce much misery and crime , that the discharged veterans would be ...
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... thousand times more valuable , unity . Or , though this had not been conceded , which in the estimation of many would have failed to secure the harmonious working of the Esta- blishment , yet had toleration been granted to separa- tists ...
... thousand times more valuable , unity . Or , though this had not been conceded , which in the estimation of many would have failed to secure the harmonious working of the Esta- blishment , yet had toleration been granted to separa- tists ...
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... thousand Protestants had been but- chered in cold blood , if indeed that expression appro- priately describes the mind of those who were influenced by passions set on fire of hell . On the 24th of August , 1662 , was passed by the ...
... thousand Protestants had been but- chered in cold blood , if indeed that expression appro- priately describes the mind of those who were influenced by passions set on fire of hell . On the 24th of August , 1662 , was passed by the ...
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... thousand persons who had suf fered for dissent between the Restoration and the Revo- lution , of whom five thousand died in prison . Lord Dorset was assured by Mr. White that King James offered a thousand guineas for the manuscript ...
... thousand persons who had suf fered for dissent between the Restoration and the Revo- lution , of whom five thousand died in prison . Lord Dorset was assured by Mr. White that King James offered a thousand guineas for the manuscript ...
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... thousand and eleven hundred congregations were formed in England alone , the greater part of which had been collected , and their places of worship erected , between the years 1689 and 1696. Of these the majo- E 2 HISTORY OF ...
... thousand and eleven hundred congregations were formed in England alone , the greater part of which had been collected , and their places of worship erected , between the years 1689 and 1696. Of these the majo- E 2 HISTORY OF ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Act of Toleration Act of Uniformity afterwards Antinomianism Arminian Assembly authority Baptist Birmingham bishops blessing body called Carr's-lane chapel charity Christ Christian church in Cannon-street Church of England clergy College commenced Conference congregation connexion conscience contend controversy death denomination dissenters divine doctrine ecclesiastical erected established faith friends glory gospel held High Church holy honour hundred Independents intolerance James King labours lived London Lord Lord's Supper matters meeting meeting-house ment Methodists mingham minister ministry Mount Zion chapel nation Nonconformists nonconformity opinions Parliament party pastor persecution persecutors persons piety place of worship polity Popery prayer preached preachers Presbyterian present principles Protestant public worship pulpit Puritans Quakers reign religion religious liberty says scriptures sects sermon society soon spirit Spring Hill College things thousand tion toleration town truth views Wednesbury Wesley Westminster Assembly William zeal
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Página 63 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Página 256 - Scripture, can derive itself from the fountain, but may be plainly proved, either to have been brought in, in such an age after Christ, or that in such an age it was not in. In a word, there is no sufficient certainty but of Scripture only, for any considering man to build upon.
Página 38 - In a few months there remained not a trace indicating that the most formidable army in the world had just been absorbed into the mass of the community.
Página 254 - Truth indeed came once into the world with her Divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on : but when he ascended, and his Apostles after him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of...
Página 168 - A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, On thy kind arms I fall ; Be thou my strength and righteousness, My Jesus, and my all.
Página 34 - But we do hope to find out all your tricks, Your plots and packing, worse than those of Trent, That so the Parliament May, with their wholesome and preventive shears, Clip your phylacteries, though baulk your ears, And succour our just fears When they shall read this clearly in your charge, New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ large.
Página 52 - London, formerly called Presbyterian and Congregational ; not as a Measure for any National Constitution, but for the Preservation of Order in our Congregations, that cannot come up to the Common Rule by Law established.
Página 257 - Propose me any thing out of this Book, and require whether I believe it or no, and seem it never so incomprehensible to human reason, I will subscribe it with hand and heart, as knowing no demonstration can be stronger than this : " God hath said so, therefore it is true.
Página 34 - Dare ye for this adjure the civil sword To force our consciences that Christ set free, And ride us with a Classic Hierarchy, Taught ye by mere AS and...
Página 38 - The Royalists themselves confessed that, in every department of honest industry, the discarded warriors prospered beyond other men, that none was charged with any theft or robbery, that none was heard to ask an alms, and that, if a baker, a mason, or a waggoner attracted notice by his diligence and sobriety, he was in all probability one of Oliver's old soldiers.