Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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Page xi
... civil wars , and consequently to call forth these writings , may not be irrelevant . . " No government ( says Harrington - one of the few who could reason calmnly amidst the tumult of the civil wars ) -no government is of so acci ...
... civil wars , and consequently to call forth these writings , may not be irrelevant . . " No government ( says Harrington - one of the few who could reason calmnly amidst the tumult of the civil wars ) -no government is of so acci ...
Page xvii
... civil contract , and to be resigned to the magistrate . The presbyte- rians , once persecuted , became , as usual , perse- cutors in their turn ; the independents . were the only exception . It is remarkable that their first converts ...
... civil contract , and to be resigned to the magistrate . The presbyte- rians , once persecuted , became , as usual , perse- cutors in their turn ; the independents . were the only exception . It is remarkable that their first converts ...
Page xviii
... civil officers elected by the community . Hence , in politics , the independents were republicans . All these religious and civil plans of govern ment were brought into play , in the course of xviii INTRODUCTION .
... civil officers elected by the community . Hence , in politics , the independents were republicans . All these religious and civil plans of govern ment were brought into play , in the course of xviii INTRODUCTION .
Page xxii
... civil war . We e may affirm , however , that , from an exalted idea of the regal character , and from the expectation of a slight resistance , and of success unallayed by excessive bloodshed , Charles engaged with precipitation , and ...
... civil war . We e may affirm , however , that , from an exalted idea of the regal character , and from the expectation of a slight resistance , and of success unallayed by excessive bloodshed , Charles engaged with precipitation , and ...
Page xxv
... Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes " and his " Considerations touching the likeliest Means to remove Hirelings out of the Church . " The first of these is addressed to the par- liament convened by Richard Cromwell ; and the object of ...
... Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes " and his " Considerations touching the likeliest Means to remove Hirelings out of the Church . " The first of these is addressed to the par- liament convened by Richard Cromwell ; and the object of ...
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