...sticks, weak by themselves, when they are tied in a bundle. Let conformity and unity in religion be provided for; and it shall be as a wall of defence unto this realm. 26. And as these things are especially to be re- smaller garded ; as our principal care must be for...

...democratic ideas in the iyth Century, Cambridge 1898, S. 50. 3) Weingarten, Revolutionskirchen, S. 20 f. <) Vgl. Fr. Bacon, Observations on a Libel. Works, Bd....schon früher in einer Rede in der Sternkammer (am 28. 11. I572) die Bestrafung aller befürwortet, die in religiösen Fragen von sich aus unter Umgehung...

...commonwealth. Divison weakeneth: concord strengtheneth. . . . Let conformity and unity in religion be provided for; and it shall be as a wall of defence unto this realm. Such unity could not be attained by uniformity or by harrying dissenters out of the land. A number...

...commonwealth. Division weakeneth: concord strengthened! ... Let conformity and unity in religion be provided for; and it shall be as a wall of defence unto this realm.'4 In 1645, the puritan divine Edmund Calamy discoursed no less feelingly on the subject of his...

...faith, one profession, is fit for one monarchy and commonwealth. Let conformity and unity in religion be provided for; and it shall be as a wall of defence unto this realm." But Sandys was too late. Religious diversity had already emerged to challenge establishment. The "Elizabethan...

...profession, is fit for one monarchy and commonwealth. . . . Let conformity and unity in religion be provided for; and it shall be as a wall of defence unto this realm"; quoted in Religion and Society in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800, ed. Kaspar von Greyerz (London: Allen...