THE

HISTORY OF THE REVIVAL AND PROGRESS

OF

INDEPENDENCY IN ENGLAND.

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
CHURCH INTO ANTICHRISTIAN ERROR, UNTIL THE TIME

OF THE REFORMATION.

BY

JOSEPH FLETCHER,

EDITOR OF THE "SELECT WORKS AND MEMỌIRS OF THE LATE
DR. FLETCHER,” AUTHOR OF “SIX VIEWS OF INFIDELITY,” ETC.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

JOHN SNOW, 35, PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCXLIX.

ANALYTICAL TABLE

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME

OF

THE HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCY.

CHAPTER I.

MINSTER ASSEMBLY.

THE INDEPENDENTS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE WEST-

1643-1649.

Page.

The Independents, during the civil war, not uninterested

parties

1

The fortunes of the war after the battle of Edgehill

ib.

Brooke and Hampden slain

2

The assistance of Scotland solicited

The policy of parliament in relation to religion

5

What it ought to have been

ib.

The opinions and position of the orough Independents 6

The moderate views of the House of Commons

7

Their determination to convoke an assembly of divines

9

Difficulties in carrying out the project

ib.

The Westminster Assembly called in 1643

10

Its constitution, object, and functions

11

Its composition and merits

13

The probability respecting its results

16

Its functions enlarged

17

Milton's opinion respecting it

18

This opinion characterised

20

His opinion vindicated

21