The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, William Laud, D.D., Sometime Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: History of troubles and trial (continued), etc. (Supplement to the History, from Rushworth and Heylin) ; The Archbishop's Dying Speech) ; His last will and testament ; Appendix of illustrative extracts

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J. H. Parker, 1854
 

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Page 453 - Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in holy Scripture : and in our doings, that will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God.
Page 164 - England : no Churchman had it since " Henry Vllth's time : I pray God bless him to carry it so " that the Church may have honour, and the King and the " State service and contentment, by it. And now, if the " Church will not hold up themselves under God, I can do "no more.
Page 434 - And (which is worse than the storm from without) it is become like an oak cleft to shivers with wedges made out of its own body...
Page 237 - And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude ; only ye heard a voice.
Page 30 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 152 - ... ever to subject it to the usurpations and superstitions of the see of Rome. And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, or mental evasion, or secret reservation, whatsoever; and this I do heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the faith of a Christian. So help me God in Jesus Christ.
Page 151 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever.
Page 422 - Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by authority of the same...
Page 432 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
Page 398 - ... it is accorded, that if any other case supposed treason which is not above specified, doth happen before any justices, the justices shall tarry without any going to judgment of the treason, till the cause be shewed and declared before the King and his parliament, whether it ought to be judged treason or other felony.

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