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Page xiii
... fathers have necessarily come under review . I have been obliged , occasionally , to censure ; but it has been a source of pleasure , that the more I inves- tigated their actions , the more deep and sincere was my veneration for those ...
... fathers have necessarily come under review . I have been obliged , occasionally , to censure ; but it has been a source of pleasure , that the more I inves- tigated their actions , the more deep and sincere was my veneration for those ...
Page xvi
... fathers ; learn wisdom from past errors ; and bring ourselves and others , as speedily as possible , to the adoption of those pure principles , by which alone Christianity can be sustained and diffused . The book of God records , among ...
... fathers ; learn wisdom from past errors ; and bring ourselves and others , as speedily as possible , to the adoption of those pure principles , by which alone Christianity can be sustained and diffused . The book of God records , among ...
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... fathers had effected a similar disjunction of their history . Of Roger Williams less is known than of some others ... Father of lights and mercies touched my soul with a love to himself , to his only begotten , the true Lord Jesus ...
... fathers had effected a similar disjunction of their history . Of Roger Williams less is known than of some others ... Father of lights and mercies touched my soul with a love to himself , to his only begotten , the true Lord Jesus ...
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... father . She had a fond- She perempto- ness for some of the gaudy rites of Popery . * rily insisted on the use of the clerical vestments , and on a strict conformity to all the other ceremonies of the church . The final separation of ...
... father . She had a fond- She perempto- ness for some of the gaudy rites of Popery . * rily insisted on the use of the clerical vestments , and on a strict conformity to all the other ceremonies of the church . The final separation of ...
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... father , and more disposed to trample on the constitution , and on the rights of the people . The tyranny exercised by the Bishops , the severe perse- cution of the Puritans , and the arrogant demand of abso- lute submission to the ...
... father , and more disposed to trample on the constitution , and on the rights of the people . The tyranny exercised by the Bishops , the severe perse- cution of the Puritans , and the arrogant demand of abso- lute submission to the ...
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Page 424 - ... attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment, or annoyance of this commonwealth ; and to use and exercise, over the army and navy, and over the militia in actual service, the law-martial, in time of war or invasion, and also in time of rebellion, declared by the legislature to exist, as occasion shall necessarily require ; and to take and surprise, by all ways and means whatsoever, all and ever...