Church history - Early works to 1800
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History of redemption , on a plan entirely original: exhibiting the gradual discovery and accomplishment of the divine purposes in the salvation of man; including a comprehensive view of church history, and the fulfilment of Scripture prophecies. By the late Reverend Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey. To which are how [sic] added notes, historical, critical, and theological, with the life and experience of the author. [Two lines from Psalms].
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- E-books
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The duty of churchwardens respecting the church . By John Napleton, D. D. Chancellor of the diocese of hereford.
Napleton, John, 1738 or 9-1817.Date: 1800- E-books
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Ecclesiæ versæ, non eversæ: or, the churches swept, not tumbl'd down. Turned, not overturned, but prop'd up to their just height, neither too low nor too high. Humbly addressed to the serious, speedy, and necessary Consideration of this present Parliament. By a hearty well-wisher to the health and prosperity of the Church of England, by law established
Hearty Well-wisher to the Health and Prosperity of the Church of England.Date: 1707- E-books
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Donatus redivivus or, a reprimand to a modern church-schismatick, for his revival of the donatistical heresy of re-baptization, in defiance to the judgment and practice of the Catholick church, and of the Church of England in particular. In a letter to himself.
Optatus, Augustin.Date: [1714]- E-books
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The book of martyrs: or, the history of the Church , from the beginning of Christianity, to the conclusion of the reign of Q. Mary I. Giving an Account of the Ten general Persecutions of the Christians under the Roman Emperors; And the Sufferings and couragious Deaths of the Protestants under the tyrannical Government of the Popish Prelates, before the Establishment of the Reformation in the happy Reign of Queen Elizabeth of Blessed Memory. Extracted from the three large volumes of the Famous Mr. John Fox, and divers other books; by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Mason, Formerly Minister of Odiham, in Southamptonshire. And now rendered into modern English, with considerable Improvements from late Authors, by the compiler of the Original Institution of the Church of England. Heartily Recommended to the Perusal of all those who have a Zeal for God's Glory, and the Prosperity of the Protestant Religion, under the present Happy Government; By the Rev. Mr. Bateman, Rector of St. Bartholomew the Great in London.
Foxe, John, 1516-1587.Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]-48