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The History of the Puritans, Vol. 4

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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
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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 Bifliops 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.
Release date Australia
November 24th, 2018
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
223 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white
Imprint
Forgotten Books
Pages
554
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Dimensions
152x229x28
ISBN-13
9781330993408
Product ID
23263032

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