Familiar Letters, Addressed to the Inhabitants of Birmingham, in Refutation of Several Charges Advanced Against the Dissenters and Unitarians |
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... apostle . The bishops of this reign would , in such a case , inftantly become as liberal as thofe of the laft ; and as to the inferior clergy , they would wheel about as quickly as foldiers on a parade when the word of command is given ...
... apostle . The bishops of this reign would , in such a case , inftantly become as liberal as thofe of the laft ; and as to the inferior clergy , they would wheel about as quickly as foldiers on a parade when the word of command is given ...
Page 53
... apostles gave any directions about such a thing as a civil establishment of christianity , when chriftians Should have the power of making one . And yet , as our Sa- viour diftinctly forefaw , and frequently referred to , the uni ...
... apostles gave any directions about such a thing as a civil establishment of christianity , when chriftians Should have the power of making one . And yet , as our Sa- viour diftinctly forefaw , and frequently referred to , the uni ...
Page 54
... apostles practifed , be cut off from chriftian fo- cieties , and be confidered as perfons with whom they have no religious connexion ; but not punished by fines , impri- fonments , or any civil inconveniences whatever , fuch as are the ...
... apostles practifed , be cut off from chriftian fo- cieties , and be confidered as perfons with whom they have no religious connexion ; but not punished by fines , impri- fonments , or any civil inconveniences whatever , fuch as are the ...
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... apostles could not have had any idea . On the contrary , all our customs are exactly thofe of the primitive church , and fuch as were universal in the chriftian world before any establishment was known . I am , My good friends and ...
... apostles could not have had any idea . On the contrary , all our customs are exactly thofe of the primitive church , and fuch as were universal in the chriftian world before any establishment was known . I am , My good friends and ...
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... apostles urged fubmiffion to the Roman govern- ment in their time ; without confidering the peculiar fitua- tion of christians at that time , and without confidering that his application of those maxims would inculcate fubmiffion to ...
... apostles urged fubmiffion to the Roman govern- ment in their time ; without confidering the peculiar fitua- tion of christians at that time , and without confidering that his application of those maxims would inculcate fubmiffion to ...
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