An Historical Sketch of the First Church in Boston: From Its Formation to the Present Period. To which are Added Two Sermons, One on Leaving the Old, and the Other on Entering the New House of WorshipMunroe & Francis, 1812 - 256 pages |
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... teacher , Mr. Nowell an elder , and Mr. Gager and Mr. Aspinwall deacons . These gentlemen were severally confirmed in office by the imposition of hands and by prayer . It was how- ever universally understood , that the ceremony , as it ...
... teacher , Mr. Nowell an elder , and Mr. Gager and Mr. Aspinwall deacons . These gentlemen were severally confirmed in office by the imposition of hands and by prayer . It was how- ever universally understood , that the ceremony , as it ...
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... teacher . It had been said of this man , that he refused communion with the church in Boston , because its members would not make a publick declaration of their repentance for having continued their connexion with the episcopal church ...
... teacher . It had been said of this man , that he refused communion with the church in Boston , because its members would not make a publick declaration of their repentance for having continued their connexion with the episcopal church ...
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... teacher , and formed what is now the congregational church in Charles- town . * The congregation now fixed their eyes , for a teacher , on Mr. John Eliot , who had arrived the * " And now upon this separation I find the number of males ...
... teacher , and formed what is now the congregational church in Charles- town . * The congregation now fixed their eyes , for a teacher , on Mr. John Eliot , who had arrived the * " And now upon this separation I find the number of males ...
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... teacher , was ordained the pastor of the church . At the same time were elected Mr. Oliver a ruling elder , and two deacons , on all of whom hands were imposed , as a sign of consecration . 1633 . One hundred and thirty men , and nine ...
... teacher , was ordained the pastor of the church . At the same time were elected Mr. Oliver a ruling elder , and two deacons , on all of whom hands were imposed , as a sign of consecration . 1633 . One hundred and thirty men , and nine ...
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... teacher of that church , by the imposition of the hands of the presbytery , as was Mr. Leverett , an ancient professor of religion of Mr. Cotton's con- * Winthrop . 1633 . SECT . II . gregation in England , WILSON . COTTON . 19 Mr ...
... teacher of that church , by the imposition of the hands of the presbytery , as was Mr. Leverett , an ancient professor of religion of Mr. Cotton's con- * Winthrop . 1633 . SECT . II . gregation in England , WILSON . COTTON . 19 Mr ...
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