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 MEMOIRS 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.

THE INDEPENDENTS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE WEST-

MINSTER ASSEMBLY. 1643-1649.

The Independents, during the civil war, not uninterested

The fortunes of the war after the battle of Edgehill

Brooke and Hampden slain

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The policy of parliament in relation to religion
What it ought to have been

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The opinions and position of the orough Independents
The moderate views of the House of Commons

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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

Its composition and merits

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