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The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting Houses, in ... - Page 16
by Walter Wilson - 1808
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A sketch of the denominations of the Christian world

John Evans - 1807 - 344 pages
...appears to have been a persecuted man, of violent passions. He died in Northampton gaol, I630, after boasting that he had been committed to thirty-two...some of which he could not see his hand at noon day! P^EDOBAPTISTS. BEFORE we proceed to the Baptists, it wrll be necessary just to remark, that all persons...
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History of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Year 1808: In ...

David Bogue, James Bennett - 1808 - 492 pages
...in propagating his sentiments by one Harrison. After having been, by his own declaration, confined to thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon'; he conformed to the establishment which he had condemned, and died with a very indifferent character,...
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A sketch of the denominations of the Christian world

John Evans - 1808 - 342 pages
...appears tQ h-ave been a persecuted man, of violent passions. He died in Northampton gaol, 1630, after boasting that he had been committed to thirty-two prisons, in some of which be could not see his hand at noon day I P^DOBAPTISTS. BEFORE we proceed to the Baptists, it will be...
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A Theological Dictionary, Volume 1

Charles Buck - 1810 - 488 pages
...imprisoned, and some hanged. Brown himself declared on his death-bed that he had been in thirty-two different prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noonday. They were so much persecuted, that they resolved at last to quit the country. Accordingly...
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A Summary of the History of the English Church and of the Sects which Have ...

Johnson Grant - 1811 - 528 pages
...the latter part of his life committed to Northampton gaol, where he died, AD 163O, in the eightieth year of his age, boasting that he had been committed...prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day. Fuller, who saw him, says he was imperious and forbidding, not strict jn observing the sabbath,...
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Neal's History of the Puritans: Or, The Rise, Principles, and Sufferings of ...

Daniel Neal, Edward Parsons - 1811 - 664 pages
...ceremonies, ecclesiastical courts, ordaining of ministers, &c. for which, as he afterwards boasted, he had been committed to thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day. At length he gathered a separate congregation of his own principles; but the Queen and her...
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The Lives of the Puritans: Containing a Biographical Account of ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Brook - 1813 - 532 pages
...bed in a cart ; where, not long after, he sickened and died, in 1630, aged upwards of eighty years, boasting, " that he had been committed to thirty-two...in some of which he could not see his hand at noon day."t Such was the unhappy life and tragical end of Robert Brown, founder of the famous sect, from...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 518 pages
...being very infirm, and aged above eighty years, where he soon after sickened and died, anno 1630, after boasting, " That he had been committed to thirty-two...prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day." He was buried in bis church of Achurch in Northamptonshire. Those who are acquainted with...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 2

John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...persecutions from the bishop* ; insomuch that he boasted he had been committed to no less than:ii! prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at neon-day. At length, with his congregation, he left the kingdom, and settled at Middleburvh in Zealand...
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A sketch of the denominations of the Christian world

John Evans - 1814 - 536 pages
...persecuted man, of violent passions. He died in Northampton gaol, 163O, after boasting that he had k«n committed to thirty-two prisons, in some of which he Could not see his hand at noon day ! K2 they owe their offspring, upon the right discharge of which dept-nd the welfare and happiness...
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