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... and from his lofty and imperious language , and the abuses discovered in every department of royal authority , the nation was convinced that it was his deliberate purpose to establish an uncontrouled power in the crown .
... and from his lofty and imperious language , and the abuses discovered in every department of royal authority , the nation was convinced that it was his deliberate purpose to establish an uncontrouled power in the crown .
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By the new ecclesiastical canons of Laud , which enjoined a stricter discipline , and a more absolute authority in the higher churchmen , Charles hoped to manage the church and through her the nation : and the court of star - chamber ...
By the new ecclesiastical canons of Laud , which enjoined a stricter discipline , and a more absolute authority in the higher churchmen , Charles hoped to manage the church and through her the nation : and the court of star - chamber ...
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The dignitaries had ' jurisdiction and authority ; they had the same opulence and splendour , and consequently obtained the same consideration . The same subordination too united its clergy into one body , enabling them to act with ...
The dignitaries had ' jurisdiction and authority ; they had the same opulence and splendour , and consequently obtained the same consideration . The same subordination too united its clergy into one body , enabling them to act with ...
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The presbyter had no authority but what he derived from the duties of his office -- an authority which he owed not to the patronage of men in power , but to a character and conduct which recommended bim to his flock .
The presbyter had no authority but what he derived from the duties of his office -- an authority which he owed not to the patronage of men in power , but to a character and conduct which recommended bim to his flock .
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Cozens , dean of Peterborough , is accused of having said , “ The king has no more authority in ecclesiastia cal matters , than the boy who rubs my horse's heels . " The friends of the constitution , who must necessarily condemn the ...
Cozens , dean of Peterborough , is accused of having said , “ The king has no more authority in ecclesiastia cal matters , than the boy who rubs my horse's heels . " The friends of the constitution , who must necessarily condemn the ...
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| Title | Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1 Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, George Burnett |
| Author | John Milton |
| Translated by | George Burnett |
| Publisher | J. Miller, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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