The history of the Puritans, or, Protestant . THE PREFACE- ^|Z^Sg H E favourable Acceptance of the firfljfeJ^ftF y°lume °f ^is Work has encourdged mesr 7* 8^® *° PuMifi a Second, which carries the<^ £?&^ Hijlory forward to the beginning of the ^rWBr Civil War when iheJm Houfes °f iv$$4% Parliament wrefted the Spiritual Swordcut of the Hands of the King and Bifhips, and affumedthe Supremacy to themfehes. There had been a Ceffation of Controverfy for femeTime before the Death of Queen Elizabeth; thePuritans being in hopes, upon the Accejfion of a Kingthat had been educated
The history of the Puritans, or, Protestant . THE PREFACE- ^|Z^Sg H E favourable Acceptance of the firfljfeJ^ftF y°lume °f ^is Work has encourdged mesr 7* 8^® *° PuMifi a Second, which carries the<^ £?&^ Hijlory forward to the beginning of the ^rWBr Civil War when iheJm Houfes °f iv$$4% Parliament wrefted the Spiritual Swordcut of the Hands of the King and Bifhips, and affumedthe Supremacy to themfehes. There had been a Ceffation of Controverfy for femeTime before the Death of Queen Elizabeth; thePuritans being in hopes, upon the Accejfion of a Kingthat had been educated in their own Principles, to ob-tain an eafy Redrefs of their Grievances ; and certain-ly no Prince ever had it fo much jn his Power to compro-mife the Differences of the Church, as King James the Conference of Hampton-Court; but being anindolent and vain-glorious Monarch he became a willingCaptive to the Bifhops, who flattered his Vanity, andput that Maxim into his Head, No Bimop, no King;The Creatures of the Court, in lieu of the vajl Sums ofMohistoryo02neal
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