Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 5—The Church of the Revolution

Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 5—The Church of the Revolution

It will be found that in this Volume I have assigned a large space to the attempt at Comprehension in the year 1689as it is a subject of present interest, and because the proceedings connected with it have been but inadequately described. An examination of the Bill introduced for the purpose to the House of Lordsa comparison of the Journals of both Houses, whence it appears that another Bill of the same kind was contemporaneously proposed in the House of Commonsthe report of the proceedings of the Commissioners in 1689, published by order of the House of Commons in 1854and a curious Diary preserved in Dr. Williams Librarytogether with other original sources of information, have enabled me to present a fuller, and, I hope, more accurate, account of that important but ineffective transaction than has hitherto appeared. As I believe the Lords Bill has never been printed, I have arranged for its insertion in the Appendix. A large collection of Tracts in Dr. Williams Library, besides those in the British Museum and University Librariesthe Tanner MSS. at Oxfordthe Strype and other collections belonging to the Sister Universityand the Gibson Papers at Lambeth, have also afforded a[vi] number of new, if not important, illustrations touching the Nonjurorsthe proceedings of Convocationthe Trinitarian controversiesthe social life of the Clergyand the character of the Nonconformist ministers. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67727
Author: Stoughton, John
Release Date: Mar 28, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Publication Date: 1874
Publisher Country: United Kingdom