. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. Sir Edward Coke. He was a member of the Church ofEngland, and was designed for the priesthood. But he be-came a Puritan, and emigrated to America in 1630, settling atSalem, Mass., and was soon after called to the office of teacherin connection with the Rev. Mr. Skelton. He was not therelong before his liberal views on the question o
. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. Sir Edward Coke. He was a member of the Church ofEngland, and was designed for the priesthood. But he be-came a Puritan, and emigrated to America in 1630, settling atSalem, Mass., and was soon after called to the office of teacherin connection with the Rev. Mr. Skelton. He was not therelong before his liberal views on the question of conscience inmatters of belief rendered him obnoxious to the Puritan set-tlers of the colony. He contended against religious persecu-tion in all forms. He protested against the union of Churchand State, which then and long after existed in both Massa-chusetts and Connecticut. He was not then a Baptist, thoughin advocating these views he was defending principles ofwhich Baptists had ever been the representatives. This theauthorities of the colony would not tolerate. He was there-fore condemned for no other reasons than holding thoseopinions which now none think of questioning, and expelledfrom the colony in 1635. In the spring of 1636 he settled in (500) *. TsOr~zzsrris
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