John Checkley; or, The evolution of religious tolerance in Massachusetts bay Including Mr Checkley's controversial writings; his letters and other papers .. . ver meant to oppugn any thing of that; but calls it aJingular Blejfjfing of God, and wiflies that flie may ever enjoyit. Ibid. C. 18. Pray take Notice, Calvin fays, — if there fJiall be anyfuck, — and Beza fays, — if there be any who wont fubmit toEpifcopacy as it is in England, which fuppofes that Theyknew none fuch amongft their Reformers: And that if anyfuch fliould arife. They thought there were no Anathemaswhich they did not deferve
John Checkley; or, The evolution of religious tolerance in Massachusetts bay Including Mr Checkley's controversial writings; his letters and other papers .. . ver meant to oppugn any thing of that; but calls it aJingular Blejfjfing of God, and wiflies that flie may ever enjoyit. Ibid. C. 18. Pray take Notice, Calvin fays, — if there fJiall be anyfuck, — and Beza fays, — if there be any who wont fubmit toEpifcopacy as it is in England, which fuppofes that Theyknew none fuch amongft their Reformers: And that if anyfuch fliould arife. They thought there were no Anathemaswhich they did not deferve. S o that our modern Diffenters are difarmd of the prece-dent of Calvin, Beza, and all the Reformers abroad, bywhofe Sentence they are anathematized, and counted asMadmen. g®^ Thofe who have a Mind to fee the Propofitions in this fmall Tra6lprovd beyond the Poffibility of a Reply, are defird to read a Difcourfe concern-ing Epifcopacy, which they may have at the Crown and Gate oppofite to theWeft End of the Town-Houfe in Bojion. Where likewife may be had Barclaysperfwafive, printed in Lotidon, by Jonah Bowyer, with other Books of the H THE OLD PARSONAGE, Kings Church, Providence, Rhode Island. THE Rev. Arthur Browne, a native of Drogheda, Ire-land, was ordained by the Bifhop of London in 1729,and appointed the fame year by the Society for the Propa-gation of the Gofpel in Foreign Parts to the Parifh ofKings Church in Providence, Rhode Ifland. He enteredupon the duties of his Redlorfhip Ocflober i, 1730. On the 6th of January, 1734-5, Mr. Browne purchafed ofJofeph Whipple, Robert Currie and Nathaniel Brown, in feeJimple, for the confideration of £2^0, lawful money, eighteenacres of land with all the houfmg thereon fituated onProvidence Neck. Vide Records of Deeds in Providence. Before the end of the year 1735, the Rev. Mr. Brownehad accepted an invitation, with the confent of the Bifhopof London, to become the Re6tor of Queens Chapel inPortfmouth, New Hampfl
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