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The History of the Church of Christ, From the Diet of Augsburg 1530, to the Eighteenth Century
The History of the Church of Christ From the Diet of Augsburg 1530 to the Eighteenth Century Author:Henry Stebbing Subtitle: In Continuation of Milner's History of the Church of Christ General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 Original Publisher: T. Cadell Subjects: Protestantism Reformation History / Europe / General Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christianity / Protestant Religion / Christianity /... more » General Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. V. ACCESSION OF CHARLES I. -- CASE OF MONTAGUE. -- FEARS ENTERTAINED BY THE CHURCH. SIBTHORPE AND MANWARING. RISE AND INFLUENCE OF LAUD. -- HIS MEASURES, AND REMARKS THEREON. ON the accession of Charles I. the several religious parties were in a state which prognosticated the approach of a long and fearful struggle. Each had acquired sufficient vigour to inspire it with the hope of finally triumphing over its antagonist. Charles inherited his father's viewsof the prerogative; but every session gave additional force to the popular voice in parliament, and with the increase of political influence, the House of Commons manifested a growing desire to exercise its authority in matters of religion. This was justly regarded by the most eminent churchmen of the age as likely to prove a source of innumerable evils. The case of Montague afforded them an opportunity of expressing their sentiments on the subject. The divine alluded to had observed in his answer to a Roman-catholic pamphlet, that several of the doctrines confuted were not those of the Church of England, but of Calvin and the puritans. By the efforts of the latter the attention of parliament was directed to Montague's mode of reasoning, and he was charged with endeavouring to introduce opinio...« less