History of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Year 1808: In Four Vol

Williams and Smith, 1808

INTRODUCTION	1

Constantine the great invested with the purple in Britain	7

Theodore of Tarsus converts the AngloSaxons	14

Martyrdom of king Edmund at Bury	18

Thomas a Becket	24

History of Wickliffe	30

Several eminent forerunners of the reformation	37

Quarrel of Henry the eighth with the pope	44

The Protectors behaviour towards them	169

The diffusion of their sentiments in the world	175

Its introduction to our isle by king William	181

Reflections on	198

Liberty of conscience but of late date	204

The first principle is that Jesus Christ is the sole head	217

Rejected by the parliament	218

SECTION II	228

Title	History of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Year 1808: In Four Vol Volume 1 of The history of Dissenters: from the Revolution in 1688, to the year 1808, James Bennett
Authors	David Bogue, James Bennett
Publisher	Williams and Smith, 1808
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	7 Nov 2008

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Death and character of Edward the sixth	50

highchurch	51

King Edwards liturgy restored with alterations	57

Plague in London	61

Puritans persecuted to death	64

They hire a place for their own worship in London	67

Its consequences	70

Death and character of James	76

Puritans emigrate to America	83

Death of Charles the second	88

The state of religion during this period	89

Its effects	95

James the second begins his reign by persecuting dis	105

The rise of their sentiments with Calvin	113

English presbyterians address the parliament	120

Robert Brown from whom they were called Brownists	129

Ainsworth removes for the sake of these sentiments	131

The church visited by some members of the House	137

Their rise	143

Their principles	157

George Fox the father of the society	163

Contest between the lords and commons on the bill	239

He is persecuted into importance	248

Further designs of the tories against civil and religious	267

SECTION III	278

CHAP III	286

Influence of the reformation	324

Every Christian minister ought to be able to lead	325

The length of the morning service objectionable	327

Evil tendency of the burial service	333

Sign of the cross in baptism	339

Excommunication	345

Falsehoods in the ordination service	351

To the state we are indebted for more lenient measures	361

on account of her faults	384

Religious controversy when lawful	389

SECTION II	399

The liturgy adopts another and a worse translation	402

Dr John Edwards of Cambridge defends Dr Wil	405

Controversy poisons a ministers preaching	412

SECTION III	419

Objections to episcopal ordination and the power	435