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A vindication of the church and kingdom of Scotland , from any accession to the murder of King Charles I.
Date: [1718]
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A defence of a book lately re-printed at Boston, entituled, A modest proof of the order and government settled by Christ and his apostles in the church In a reply to a book entituled, Sober remarks on the modest proof, &c. In a letter to a friend. [One line from Numbers.
Checkley, John, 1680-1754.Date: 1724
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Mr. J. B's partiality detected; or, an answer to some remarks privately dispersed on Mr. French's collection, &c. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament. To which is prefixed a letter to Mr. J. B---, the supposed (if not real) author of the remarks. By Matthew French, M. A. Junior-Fellow of Trinity College, and Curate of St. Warbrough's Church, Dublin
French, MatthewDate: 1709
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An examination of a book intituled The true gospel of Jesus Christ asserted , by Thomas Chubb: and also of his appendix on providence. To which is added, A dissertation on episcopacy, Shewing, in one short and plain View, The Grounds of it in Scripture and Antiquity. By Lawrence Jackson, B. D. Some Time Fellow of Sidney-College in Cambridge. Do justly, love Mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.
Jackson, Lawrence, 1691-1772.Date: M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]
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An appeal to the public , in behalf of the Church of England in America. By Thomas Bradbury Chandler, D. D. Rector of St. John's Church, in Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, and Missionary from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts.
Chandler, Thomas Bradbury, 1726-1790.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]
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A free examination of the Critical commentary on Archbishop Secker's Letter to Mr. Walpole to which is added, by way of appendix, a copy of Bishop Sherlock's memorial. By Thomas B. Chandler, D.D. [Seven lines from Fothergill].
Chandler, Thomas Bradbury, 1726-1790.Date: M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]
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The speech of Mr. John Checkley upon his tryal, at Boston in New-England , for publishing The short and easy method with the Deists: To which was added, A Discourse concerning Episcopacy; In Defence of Christianity, and the Church of England, against the Deists and the Dissenters. To which is added: the jury's verdict; his plea in arrest of judgment; and the sentence of court.
Checkley, John, 1680-1754.Date: 1730
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An answer to the remarks of Mr. John Norman of Portsmouth , on a sermon Preached at Petersfield, June 17th 1722. Wherein the Apostolical Institution of Episcopacy is Vindicated from his Exceptions: And the Nature of Church Communion, and our Obligation to maintain it are at large Explained. By William Lowth, B. D. Rector of that Parish, and Prebendary of Winchester.
Lowth, William, 1660-1732.Date: M,DCC,XXIII. [1723]
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Diocesan episcopacy proved from Holy Scripture: with a letter to Mr. Edmund Calamy, in the room of a dedicatory epistle. By Thomas Edwards, M. A. of St. John's College in Cambridge, and late Chaplain of Christ's-Church in Oxford
Edwards, Thomas, 1652-1721.Date: 1705
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A discourse shewing who is a true pastor of the Church of Christ
Checkley, John, 1680-1754.Date: 1724?]
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A short and easie method with the deists . Wherein the certainty of the Christian religion is demonstrated, by infallible proof from four rules, which are incompatible to any imposture that ever yet has been, or that can possibly be. In a letter to a friend.
Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722.Date: 1723
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The speech of Mr. John Checkley, upon his tryal, at Boston in New-England , for publishing The short and easy method with the Deists: To which was added, A Discourse concerning Episcopacy; In Defence of Christianity, and the Church of England, against the Deists and ... To which is added, the jury's verdict; his plea in arrest of judgment; and the sentence of court.
Checkley, John, 1680-1754.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]
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The sameness of bishops and presbyters, as to order, tho not as to dignity, no less briefly than clearly prov'd: and likewise, that laymen are as essentially the church as clergymen; having as much authority to declare the Traditions of the Church, and consequently to determine Controversies. With a defence of universities against the Pope and bishops, &c. in a letter from a doctor of the Sorbonne to the Bishop of Autun. Translated from the French, and humbly dedicated to his Grace, the Archbishop of Canterbury
Date: 1717
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Order and Forme for Church Government
England and Wales. Parliament. House of CommonsDate: 1641
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The history of the downfall and resurrection of episcopacy in Great Britain Wherein is briefly shewn, I. That Bishops are of Divine Institution. II. That there has been a continual Succession of Bishops in the Church, from the Apostles. III. That there were always Bishop in Great Britain, since its first Conversion to Christianity. IV. How Episcopacy came first to be abolish'd in Scotland, and how restor'd. V. Its Downfall in Scotland, and then in England. VI. Its Resurrection in both Kingdoms, and then VII. Again cast out of Scotland. With Many Remarks of the implacable Hatred of all Sectaries to that Holy Order, which they have persecuted with the utmost Malice, whensoever it has been in their Power.
Date: [1717]
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A vindication of a discourse entituled The principles of the Cyprianic age , with regard to episcopal power and jurisdiction: being a reply to Gilbert Rule's Cyprianic bishop examin'd and found not to be a diocesan. Wherein Besides a great many Things more briefly Considered, The usefulness of fixing the Principles of the Cyprianic Age is succinctly Represented; The main Controversie between those of the Church and the Presbyterians is fully and distinctly stated; Mr. Rule's main Subterfuges are utterly over thrown; Large Supplements are added to the Principles of the Cyprianic Age; The Cyprianic Episcopacy is shewn to be inconsistent with a Papacy; And it is Demonstrated that Episcopal Government was universally delivered to be of Divine Right in the Days of St. Cyprian.
Sage, John, 1652-1711.Date: MDCCI. [1701]
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A modest proof of the order & government settled by Christ and his apostles in the church . By shewing I. What sacred offices were instituted by them. II. How those offices were distinguished. III. That they were to be perpetual and standing in the church. And, IV. Who succeed in them, and rightly execute them to this day. Recommended as proper to be put into the hands of the laity.
Checkley, John, 1680-1754.Date: 1723
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The fable of the sacred phenix [sic], or, of Prelacy revived from the ashes of its funerals. Briefly examin'd and refuted, by the author of The funeral of prelacy
Whyte, Robert, d. 1714.Date: 1704
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An answer to J. B.'s ordination sermon, entituled, The office of a scriptural bishop: and to it's appendix. By Matthew French, A. M. Junior Fellow of Trinity-College, and Curate of St. Warbrough's-Church, Dublin
French, MatthewDate: MDCCIX. [1709]
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The original of bishops and metropolitans briefly laid down by James Arch Bishop of Armagh
Ussher, James, 1581-1656.Date: Printed in the year, 1703
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An examination of Mr. J. B's postscript; acknowledg'd by himself to be no full and perfect answer to the papers written against him. By Matthew French, M. A. Junior-Fellow of Trinity College, and Curate of St. Warbrough's Church, Dublin
French, MatthewDate: MDCCIX. [1709]
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A modest proof of the order and government settled by Christ and his apostles in the church. By Shewing I. What Sacred Offices were Instituted by them. II. How those Offices were Distinguished. III. That they were to be Perpetual and Standing in the Church. And, IV. Who Succeed in them, and rightly Execute them to this Day
Checkley, John, 1680-1754.Date: 1705
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The divine right of episcopacy , and the necessity of an episcopal commission for preaching God's word, and for the valid ministration of the Christian sacraments, proved from the Holy Scriptures, and the doctrine and practice of the primitive church. Together With an impartial Account of the false Principles of Papists, Lutherans, and Calvinists, concerning the Identity of Bishops and Presbyters. Also The valid Succession of our English Bishops vindicated, against the Objections of Presbyterians and Romanists. And The Popish Fable of the Nags-Head Consecration of Archbishop Parker fully refuted. By Thomas Brett, L.L.D.
Brett, Thomas, 1667-1744.Date: 1718
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A true church-man set in a just and clear light or, an essay towards the right character of a faithful son of the establish'd Church. By the most Reverend Dr. Edward Synge, Late Lord Archbishop of Tuam in Ireland.
Synge, Edward, 1659-1741.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]
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A review and consideration of two late pamphlets . The first entituled, Queries to the Presbyterians of Scotland, by a gentleman of that countrey. The second, A querie turn'd into an argument in favours of episcopacy. Exposing the unsound principles, and popish tincture and Tendency of both; and Vindicating the Government and Constitution of this Church from the Cavils and Aspersions contain'd therein. To which are annex'd Counter-Queries offered to the prelatists of Scotland. As also considerations upon church-government: Wherein the most material Points agitated in the Episcopal Controversie, and, in special, upon the Debate and Question of Antiquity, are succinctly cleared; Together with a Defence thereof against Exceptions and Animadversions of a Manuscript, suppos'd to be written by J. S. The whole intended for the further Confirmation of the Testimony of our Church, and Encouragement of her sincere Members in Adherence to her true Gospel Constitution.
Forrester, Thomas, 1635?-1706.Date: Anno Dom. 1706