The Anglican Episcopate and the American ColoniesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 368 pages |
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Page 147 - And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage...
Page 346 - All commanders, captains, and officers, in or belonging to any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, shall cause the public worship of Almighty God, according to the liturgy of the Church of England established by law, to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships; and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains in holy orders of the respective ships, be performed diligently; and that the Lord's day be observed according to law.
Page 303 - Every Parson, Vicar or Curate, upon every Sunday and holyday before Evening Prayer, shall for half an hour or more, examine and instruct the youth and ignorant persons of his parish, in the Ten Commandments, the Articles of the Belief, and in the Lord's Prayer : and shall diligently hear, instruct, and teach them the Catechism set forth in the Book of Common Prayer.
Page 236 - The establishment of a Protestant Episcopate in America is also very zealously contended for : and it is very alarming to a people whose fathers, from the hardships they suffered under such an establishment, were obliged to fly their native country into a wilderness, in order peaceably to enjoy their privileges, civil and religious : Their being threatened with the loss of both at once, must throw them into a very disagreeable situation. We hope in God such an establishment will never take place...
Page 289 - Fourth, by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the twenty-first day of October, in the 6th year of His reign...
Page 290 - And further, we have given and granted, and do by these presents give and grant...
Page 235 - Mr. Bland* for the wise and well-timed opposition they have made to the pernicious project of a few mistaken clergymen for introducing an American bishop: a measure by which much disturbance, great anxiety, and apprehension would certainly take place among his Majesty's faithful American subjects; and that Mr.
Page 293 - To THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY, In obedience to Your Majesty's Commands signified to...