Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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Page xvii
... divine right of a classical presbytery , a schism was produced .. The Independents were honourably distinguished by a spirit of toleration . They permitted unrestrained secession , from numbers or dissentions .. They punished obstinate ...
... divine right of a classical presbytery , a schism was produced .. The Independents were honourably distinguished by a spirit of toleration . They permitted unrestrained secession , from numbers or dissentions .. They punished obstinate ...
Page xxiii
... divine right of episcopacy ; which was so altered by the primate , before it was printed , that Hall , when afterwards called upon for the purpose , hesitated to acknowledge the principles of his own book . His treatise was entitled ...
... divine right of episcopacy ; which was so altered by the primate , before it was printed , that Hall , when afterwards called upon for the purpose , hesitated to acknowledge the principles of his own book . His treatise was entitled ...
Page xxv
... of the magistrate in religious matters is unlawful , & c . The second was inscribed to the Long Parliament after its revival by the army . Milton is here a very powerful antagonist to the asserters of the divine right of INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... of the magistrate in religious matters is unlawful , & c . The second was inscribed to the Long Parliament after its revival by the army . Milton is here a very powerful antagonist to the asserters of the divine right of INTRODUCTION . XXV.
Page xxvi
... divine right of tythes , and on scriptural principles , though he likewise denies their political expediency . The best title of the clergy to tythes is clearly founded in the law of the land . His last tract on the subject of religion ...
... divine right of tythes , and on scriptural principles , though he likewise denies their political expediency . The best title of the clergy to tythes is clearly founded in the law of the land . His last tract on the subject of religion ...
Page xli
... divine right of kings and their consequent irresponsibility to any earthly tribunal ) that all civil power emanates from the people ; that the magistrate as well as the people should be alike subject to the laws , and has ac- tually ...
... divine right of kings and their consequent irresponsibility to any earthly tribunal ) that all civil power emanates from the people ; that the magistrate as well as the people should be alike subject to the laws , and has ac- tually ...
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