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The Rise of the Old Dissent, Exemplified in the Life of Oliver Heywood
The Rise of the Old Dissent Exemplified in the Life of Oliver Heywood Author:Joseph Hunter General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. Questionable Policy Op The Court In Respect Op The Puritans. Exasperatory Measures. Violation Done To The SabbatiCal Principle ; To The Calvinian Predilections ; To The Claim Of Simplicity Of Worship. Severities. Mr. Heywood's Father. His Mother. Remarkable Circumstance In Her Early Religious History. Prosperity Of The Family. -- ChaRacter Of The Mother. Iconoclasm. Baptism Of Mr. HeyWood. Character Of Himself When Young. His Religious Education Under His Mother. Frequent Religious Exercises In His Father's House. -- Intensity Of The Devotions. -- The Critchlaws. Aurora Borealis. The Civil Wars. Storming Of Bolton. -- Death Op William Critchlaw. The Father ViSits Holland. The account which Fuller has given of the conference at Hampton Court is in the best manner of that very sensible and agreeable writer, and has every appearance of authenticity and truth. The king, whenever he interposes, makes very shrewd and pertinent remarks; and in those days, when men had not learned the slow- coming truth, that there is a toleration and a variety in Christian practice quite consistent with the existence of as much ecclesiastical order as is absolutely necessary, it would have been no easy matter to reply to the answer which he gave to the application for indulgence to the Puritan ministers, on the ground that if then compelled to conformity they would lose their credit in the country: -- "You show yourself an uncharitable man: we have here taken pains, and in theend have concluded on unity and uniformity; and you, forsooth, must prefer the credits of a few private men before the peace of the...« less