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Abridgment Act of Uniformity amongst anti-Trinitarian anti-Trinitarian opinions appears Arminianism Assembly authority Baptist Baxter Baxterians believed Belsham Bishop Book byterian Calamy called Calvinists Catechism Catholic century Christ Church of England Confession controversy creeds declared defended divine doctrine dogmatic ecclesiastical English Presbyterian English Unitarianism Episcopalians Evangelical faith Father favour Free Churches free inquiry freedom Gloucester heresy Independents J. J. Tayler James John Biddle John James Tayler John Taylor Joseph Priestley Lady Hewley liberal Lindsey London Martineau meeting-houses ment non-subscribers Nonconformists object open trusts opposed ordinance original orthodox Parliament party Prayer preaching Presby Priestley Priestley's principle Protestant Dissenters reason reformed refused religion religious liberty Salters says Scripture sectarian sects sermon Skeats Socinian spirit subscribe Synod tarians theological Theophilus Lindsey Thomas Belsham thought tion Trinitarian Trinity trust deeds truth Unitarian Association Unitarian Christianity Unitarian congregations Unitarian opinions Unitarian Society Wolverhampton worship
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Page 26 - Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions ; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Page 115 - I AB do solemnly declare, in the Presence of Almighty God, that I am a Christian and a Protestant, and as such, that I believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, as commonly received among Protestant Churches, do contain the revealed Will of God; and that I do receive the same as the Rule of my Doctrine and Practice.
Page 63 - An Act for the uniformity of public prayers and administration of sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies, and for establishing the form of making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons, in the Church of England...
Page 67 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 115 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 70 - As to what appertains to soundness of judgment in matters of faith, we esteem it sufficient that a church acknowledge the scriptures to be the word of God, the perfect and only rule of faith and practice, and own either the doctrinal part of those commonly called the articles of the church of England...
Page 70 - That none shall be admitted as members in order to communion in all the special ordinances of the Gospel, but such persons as are knowing and sound in the fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion, without scandal in their lives ; and to a judgment regulated by the word of God, are persons of visible godliness and honesty; credibly professing cordial subjection to Jesus Christ.
Page 32 - ... whenever they could grasp the power into their hands. The standard of uniformity, according to the bishops, was the queen's supremacy and the laws of the land ; according...
Page 145 - ... things that concern our eternal peace. It is Christianity or heathenism ! for, take away the scriptural doctrine of Redemption or Justification, and that of the New Birth, the beginning of sanctification, or (which amounts to the same) explain them as you do, suitably to your doctrine of Original Sin, and what is Christianity better than heathenism ? wherein, save in rectifying some of our notions, has the religion of St.