Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott, 1891 - Virginia |
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Page 77 - weary of their banishment, he preached a sermon and sent it over to England, exhorting others to come over to his help, and declaring his intention to live and die in the work here. His text is, '' Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 303 - and hercticall, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by
Page 66 - trees, till we cut planks, our pulpit a bar of wood nailed to two neighbouring trees ; in foul weather we shifted into an old rotten tent, for we had few better, and this came by way of adventure for new. This was our church, till we built a homely tiling like a barn, set
Page 333 - six weeks' fattening among these savage courtiers, at the minute of my execution she hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed with her father that I was safely conducted to Jamestown, where I found about
Page 66 - like a barn, set upon crotchetts, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth, so was also the walls. The best of our houses were of the like curiosity, but the most part far much worse workmanship, that could neither well defend wind nor rain, yet we had daily Common Prayer morning and evening, every Sunday two sermons, and every three
Page 303 - in the Church of England as concerning all things necessary to Salvation; and that I will not endeavour, by myself or any other, directly or indirectly, to bring in any Popish Doctrine contrary to that which is so established; nor will I ever give my consent to alter the government of this church by Archbishops, Bishops,
Page 303 - believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the Sacraments of the Lord's Supper, or in the elements of bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.
Page 303 - and Archdeacons, &c., as it stands now established, and as by right it ought to stand, nor yet ever to subject it to the usurpations and superstitions of the See of Rome. And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever; and
Page 18 - I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair." This account I received from two old men of the congregation, of the most unimpeached
Page 303 - by myself or any other, directly or indirectly, to bring in any Popish Doctrine contrary to that which is so established; nor will I ever give my consent to alter the government of this church by Archbishops, Bishops,