Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Volume 105

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Chetham Society., 1879 - Cheshire (England)
 

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Page 208 - Is there any public or Charity School, endow'd, or otherwise maintain'd in your Parish ? What Number of Children are taught in it ? And what Care is taken to instruct them in the Principles of the Christian Religion, according to the Doctrine of the Church of England ; and to bring them duly to Church, as the Canon requires ? IV.
Page 3 - The Visitation of Lancashire and a part of Cheshire, made in the Twenty-fourth year of the reign of King Henry VIII, AD 1533. Edited by WILLIAM LANOTON, Esq. Second and concluding Part. 2. Collectanea Anglo-Poetica. Tenth and concluding part. Edited from the MSS. of the late Rev. T.
Page 173 - When some of his hearers came from Garstang to visit him, he discoursed freely with them, gave them good counsel, told them he was now ready whenever his Lord should call, and that he had finished all he designed to write; having the night before sent away his Discourse concerning Angels, to the press.
Page 134 - III. Chester's Triumph in Honor of her Prince, as it was performed upon St. George's Day 1610, in the foresaid Citie. Reprinted from the original edition of 1610, with an Introduction and Notes.
Page 196 - A Letter to the Honourable Col. John in Flanders, on the Subject of Religion, by T. Hunter of Blackburn." Printed in London for J. Clarke, under the Royal Exchange, and E. Smith, Bookseller in Preston, Lancashire, 1744. " A Letter to a Priest of the Church of Rome on the subject of Image Worship." "A Funeral Sermon on the death of William Stratford, Esq., LL.D., who died 7 September 1753, by the Rev. Thomas Hunter, vicar of Garstang.
Page 166 - You are they for whom, more immediately, I composed this work ; you are they to whom I was (whiles I was yours) engaged in nearest bonds * * * If you had not been, I had not stayed my ministry so long in Preston ; many and many a time I have been on the wing, yea, sometimes the opposition has been so strong, that I have wished with David, Oh that I had the wings of a dove, for then I would flee and be at rest.
Page 194 - This most worthy preccpter began and concluded every his school with some select part of the liturgy. This most learned and worthy clergyman, in the year 1749, wished to place me at Queen's College, Oxford, to which he belonged, but my father, who was a stiff presbyterian, I believe would have died if he had seen me in a surplice.
Page 204 - I will be true and faithfull to the Common-wealth of England as it is now established without a King or House of Lords. Also against some of the Judges of the late King in the High Court of Injustia.
Page 133 - SOCIETY. 1. That the Society shall be limited to three hundred and fifty members. 2. That the Society shall consist of members being subscribers of one pound annually, such subscription to be paid in advance, on or before the day of general meeting in each year. The first general meeting to be held on the 23rd day of March...
Page 133 - President, and twelve other members, including a Treasurer and Secretary, all of whom shall be elected, the first two at the general meeting next after a vacancy shall occur, and the twelve other members at the general meeting annually.

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