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Page xvi
They contended that bishops and presbyters , i , e , overseers and elders , were originally equal ; till , at length , the term bishop became appropriated to the president of a synod ; from which he was gradually lifted by usurpation ...
They contended that bishops and presbyters , i , e , overseers and elders , were originally equal ; till , at length , the term bishop became appropriated to the president of a synod ; from which he was gradually lifted by usurpation ...
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The votes of the bishops in the house , and the clergy . throughout the nation , uniformly obstructed the efforts of parliament to restrain the prerogative . The Paritans , with equal zeal , espoused their cause ' ; and both the ...
The votes of the bishops in the house , and the clergy . throughout the nation , uniformly obstructed the efforts of parliament to restrain the prerogative . The Paritans , with equal zeal , espoused their cause ' ; and both the ...
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The bishops were now deprived of their seats in the bouse , and the king assented to the bill without hesitation . As bis designs became more manifest , restraints were multiplied . It was essential to the security of the Commons ...
The bishops were now deprived of their seats in the bouse , and the king assented to the bill without hesitation . As bis designs became more manifest , restraints were multiplied . It was essential to the security of the Commons ...
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As soon as liberty of speech was allowed , every mouth ( he says ) was open against the bishops . In this state of things , he also , in aid of the Puritans , commenced his attack upon the established church , in a work in two books ...
As soon as liberty of speech was allowed , every mouth ( he says ) was open against the bishops . In this state of things , he also , in aid of the Puritans , commenced his attack upon the established church , in a work in two books ...
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To this the bishop replied , in " A Defence of the Humble Remonstrance ; " which called forth from , Milton “ Animadversions on the Remonstrant's Defence . " The above four pieces were all written in the year 1641 .
To this the bishop replied , in " A Defence of the Humble Remonstrance ; " which called forth from , Milton “ Animadversions on the Remonstrant's Defence . " The above four pieces were all written in the year 1641 .
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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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