Congregationalists in America: A Popular History of Their Origin, Belief, Polity, Growth and Work. Special Chapters by Joseph E. Roy [and Others] Introductions by Richard S. Storrs and Oliver O. HowardJ. A. Hill, 1894 - 552 pages |
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Page xviii
... Quakers , times of cleavage , religious declension , dif- ferences with Episcopalians , witchcraft delusion ; but if of " Orthodox blood " he must have a degree of sat- isfaction to answer soberly the laughings of Oliver Wendell Holmes ...
... Quakers , times of cleavage , religious declension , dif- ferences with Episcopalians , witchcraft delusion ; but if of " Orthodox blood " he must have a degree of sat- isfaction to answer soberly the laughings of Oliver Wendell Holmes ...
Page xxv
... Quakers - Per- secutions of Baptists - Attack on New England Congregationalism by Charles II.— General Court of Connecticut Asks Ministers to Consider Claims of Unregenerate Persons to Privileges of Church Membership - Divisions in ...
... Quakers - Per- secutions of Baptists - Attack on New England Congregationalism by Charles II.— General Court of Connecticut Asks Ministers to Consider Claims of Unregenerate Persons to Privileges of Church Membership - Divisions in ...
Page 181
... Quakers arose in England about 1648 , with George Fox as their founder . He was a thoughtful and devout young man ... Quakers appeared in Massa- chusetts in 1654 they were burned by order of the General Court . In 1656 two Quaker women ...
... Quakers arose in England about 1648 , with George Fox as their founder . He was a thoughtful and devout young man ... Quakers appeared in Massa- chusetts in 1654 they were burned by order of the General Court . In 1656 two Quaker women ...
Page 182
... Quakers and other heretics from coming within their bounds . In 1657 , the same year the assembly of ministers met in Boston to decide . on the question concerning the Halfway Covenant , fifteen Quakers , some of whom had been sent away ...
... Quakers and other heretics from coming within their bounds . In 1657 , the same year the assembly of ministers met in Boston to decide . on the question concerning the Halfway Covenant , fifteen Quakers , some of whom had been sent away ...
Page 183
... Quakers had conquered the Puritans . For some time they continued their absurd antics . They interrupted public meetings . A young woman in Salem went naked about the streets . Another with the same absence of clothing attended church ...
... Quakers had conquered the Puritans . For some time they continued their absurd antics . They interrupted public meetings . A young woman in Salem went naked about the streets . Another with the same absence of clothing attended church ...
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Page 519 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 83 - And there at the river, by Ahava, I proclaimed a fast that we might humble ourselves before our God, and seek of him a right way for us, and for our children, and for all our substance.
Page 124 - Democracy I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?
Page 272 - These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose, which some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other.
Page 88 - Covenant and Combine ourselves together 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 126 - What ||we ought to do,|| if a general governour should be sent out of England? 2. Whether it be lawful for us to carry the cross in our banners ? — In the first case, they all agreed, that, if a general governour were sent, we ought not to accept him, but defend our lawful possessions, (if we were able ;) otherwise to avoid or protract.
Page 529 - We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
Page 88 - ... covenant and combine ourselves together 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 91 - Upon the hill, they have a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower part they use for their church, where they preach on Sundays and the usual holidays.
Page 122 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.