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... elder Charles : till this religious contro- versy , drawing into itself the great questions of civil liberty and human rights , overturns the established church and the throne together ; despoils the bishops of their mitres , and brings ...
... elder Charles : till this religious contro- versy , drawing into itself the great questions of civil liberty and human rights , overturns the established church and the throne together ; despoils the bishops of their mitres , and brings ...
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... elders , gentlemen , and barons , to stand to your purity , and to exhort the people to do the same . " While James was making these professions , he was at that very time " carrying on a correspondence with the English no- bles and ...
... elders , gentlemen , and barons , to stand to your purity , and to exhort the people to do the same . " While James was making these professions , he was at that very time " carrying on a correspondence with the English no- bles and ...
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... Elder . Gov. Bradford , who was one of the Pilgrims both in their flight to Holland and in their removal to America , says of Mr. Clifton , that he was " A grave and fatherly old man when he first came to Holland , having a great white ...
... Elder . Gov. Bradford , who was one of the Pilgrims both in their flight to Holland and in their removal to America , says of Mr. Clifton , that he was " A grave and fatherly old man when he first came to Holland , having a great white ...
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... elder only . If the Lord should frown upon the enterprise , " then those that went [ were ] to return , and the brethren that remained still here to assist and be helpful to them ; but if God should be pleased to favor them that went ...
... elder only . If the Lord should frown upon the enterprise , " then those that went [ were ] to return , and the brethren that remained still here to assist and be helpful to them ; but if God should be pleased to favor them that went ...
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... elders to " search the Scriptures ; " thus for ever establishing the RIGHT and the DUTY OF PRIVATE JUDGMENT . We remember who it was that said " Prove all things ; " yes , even the interpretations of the first two centuries are to be ...
... elders to " search the Scriptures ; " thus for ever establishing the RIGHT and the DUTY OF PRIVATE JUDGMENT . We remember who it was that said " Prove all things ; " yes , even the interpretations of the first two centuries are to be ...
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Page 378 - Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 363 - Christ never appointed two ways to Heaven, nor did He build a Church to save some, and make another institution for other men's salvation. There is no other Name under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved, but the Name of Jesus ; and that Name is no otherwise given under Heaven than in the Church.
Page 162 - ... into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 286 - And the hand of the Lord was with them : and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
Page 352 - And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me : that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 327 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 308 - And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Page 259 - They solemnly declare, that the present act has no other object than to publish, in the face of the whole world, their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective states, and in their political relations with every other government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of that holy religion, namely, the precepts of justice, Christian charity, and peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the counsels of princes...
Page 88 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life...
Page 258 - They solemnly declare that the present Act has no other object than to publish in the face of the whole world their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective States and in their political relations with every other Government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of that Holy Religion, namely the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity and Peace...