Delivered over to the parliamentary commissioners in 1647... 90 The aims of the presbyterians at this time ... ... ... ... The position of the army, and the spirit by which it was They set themselves against the parliament... Obtain possession of the king's person ... ... ... Provoked by the presbyterian members of parliament ... ... ... ... The members of the army divided in their political views ib. ... ... 94 95 96 97 ib. 98 ib. 99 ib. 100 But many of the Independent party approved the deed... Becomes preacher and author ... Adopts the views of the Independents... ... ... ... Forms a congregational church at Coggeshall... The character of Hugh Peters vindicated His early history and banishment ... His friendship with Dr. Ames at Rotterdam ... ... Becomes co-pastor with Cotton in New England ... Returns to England at the commencement of the civil war His associates, and the confidence reposed in him... The opinions of the Assembly Independents, respecting se- His behaviour towards the Edinburgh ministers His letter to the governor of the castle His defence of liberty of preaching His views those of the Independents Page. Installed as lord protector in 1657, after refusing the title of The consternation produced by his decease... A retrospect of the religious condition of England during this The evils prevented The defective policy of the commonwealth's men ... ... The ecclesiastical system established under the protectorate... 172 ... ... 167 ... ... ... ib. 171 The change effected... ... Congregational Independents; endowed by the state ... Their conduct not inconsistent with their avowed opinions; illustrated by the Savoy conference And the committee of Triers ... And the resolutions of the ministers and delegates of the con gregational churches in 1659 These resolutions a proof that the leading congregationalists of this period were not advocates of a perfect liberty 177 179 180 ... More especially the last resolution against the quakers world thrown away Richard Cromwell's protectorate The army and the Independents divided General Monk deceives the Independents Charles the Second restored INDEPENDENCY CHAPTER III. AND THE RESTORATION; OR, DURING THE REIGNS OF CHARLES THE SECOND, AND JAMES The position of the Independents reversed Charles's promise respecting liberty of conscience in the de claration of Breda; how kept ... 191 Its failure, and the re-establishment of episcopacy The Act of uniformity in 1662, and its results ... ... ib. 193 ... 195 196 ib. Their ministers, although ejected, retain their position as pastors ... ... ... ... The conduct of Charles leads to other measures of a perse cuting character ... ... ... His declaration of indulgence in 1662, rejected by the presbyterians, and in part by the Independents The Conventicle Act in 1664 The Five Mile Act in 1665 ... ... ... The manner in which these statutes were enforced The position of the Independents ... The plague breaks out in London The deserted pulpits occupied by nonconformists The "tabernacles" erected at this time The Cabal ministry formed ... ... ... ... 201 ib. 204 205 ib. 206 207 The secret compact of Charles with Louis the Fourteenth, of The excitement occasioned by Titus Oates's discovery of a sup The Tories come into power, and a reaction takes place ... ... ... Charles the Second dies a Roman Catholic ... ... ... ... ib. ib. A review of the position of the Independents during this 215 The Parker controversy respecting toleration Owen and others involved in it ... ... ib. 221 ... ... 224 226 ib. The controversy with Dean Stillingfleet respecting separation 227 Howe, Owen, and others involved in it The "Unreasonableness of Separation "characterized ... ... His argument successful against some parties |