THE HISTORY OF THE REVIVAL AND PROGRESS OF INDEPENDENCY IN ENGLAND, SINCE THE PERIOD OF THE REFORMATION; WITH AN INTRODUCTION, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENCY IN THE AGE OF CHRIST AND HIS APOSTLES, AND OF THE GRADUAL DEPARTURE OF THE BY JOSEPH FLETCHER, EDITOR OF THE "SELECT WORKS AND MEMOIRS OF THE LATE DR. FLETCHER," author of "SIX VIEWS OF INFIDELITY," ETC. VOL. IV. LONDON: JOHN SNOW, 35, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCXLIX. THE HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCY. The Independents, during the civil war, not uninterested orough Independents The moderate views of the House of Commons ... Their determination to convoke an assembly of divines Difficulties in carrying out the project The Westminster Assembly called in 1643 Its constitution, object, and functions The probability respecting its results ib. ... ... 33 ib. Not thorough, but congregational Independents only ... ... The covenant taken in St. Margaret's church The part taken by the Independents The anabaptists opposed by Goodwin and Nye, in December, The Assembly Independents unfavourable to liberty of con The assertion that they advocated unlimited toleration examined ib. The occasion of the scene in the Jerusalem Chamber, Feb. 21, ... 41 ... The real cause of offence ... 42 This sentence not spoken at all, but an epistolary statement in His own account of himself Roger Williams an advocate of liberty of conscience ib. ... ... 43 ... ib. 45 46 48 ... His Bloudy Tenent of Persecution ... The influence exerted by Goodwin and Williams His chief error ......... The permanent importance of these views The opposition encountered by the thorough Independents The Independents the chief cause of their failure The two classes of Independents united in action The chief cause of the failure of the presbyterians reserved for The unfavourable position of the parliamentary army in the The results of the self-denying ordinance, and new model. The character and aims of Oliver Cromwell ... This view of his character confirmed by fact The character of the officers and soldiers who served under him 79 |