Historical Memorial Relating To The Independents Or Congregationalists

Author : Benjamin Hanbury
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265690819
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Historical Memorials Relating to the Independents, Or Congregationalists, Vol. 3 written by Benjamin Hanbury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Memorials Relating to the Independents, or Congregationalists, Vol. 3: From Their Rise to the Restoration of the Monarchy, A. D. M DC LX Page 126. Full title - Method planned - Of the renewed Grand Committee of Accommodation - Low condition of the Reverend the Scottish Commis sioners - Peacemakers invoked - Effects of constuprating the Church - A looking-glass for Church inspection - Episcopacy, the reputed stepmother of a numerous brood - Alleged superiority of Presbytery over Episcopacy in reclaiming minds Chap. I., Rise of the Brownists attributed to Satan Review of their leaders - Chap. Ii., Brownists' doctrine - Chap. Iii., Emi nency of the Independents - Their original - Their missionary enterprise Contradictory allegation - Chap. Iv., The Independents, when in Holland - Hugh Peters. At Rotterdam - Affairs there Utrecht also, and Amsterdam - Arnheim - Chap. V., Independents at London - What they are said to have wrought, in five years - Their management respecting the Assembly - They resist Presbyterian entreaty; and produce an alleged libel - Presbyterians indignant - Independency, a uniting principle - Charged with endangering the State - Chap. Vi., Common tenets of Independents - Their name, one of their least differences in controversy - Resist the seduction of proffered advantages - Are agreed about the seat of Power - Of marriage; divorce; and freedom in the use of ceremonies - Their ordinary way of noting the divisions of time they make no account of churches, bells, etc., having been consecrated; and, rely upon voluntary contributions - Their worship, how ordered - Manner of celebrating the communion - Their private and church meetings - Their professions of loyalty - Origin and limitation of sovereign power - Religious freedom - Chap. Vii Unjust scrupulosity, charged on the Independents strictures thereon - Chap. Viii., Of Prophesying: Knox adduced for its advantages - Chap. Ix., Ecclesiastic Jurisdiction: what the Apologists profess How Baillie represents it - Further ill ustrated Chap. X Presbyterian assumption, Independency is contrary to the Word of God! - Chap. Xi., Of the origin and progress of Chiliasm. 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.