| Tobias Smollett - 1779 - 508 pages
...the converfations of others. ' III. INDEPENDENTS — There were fome of the Independent* Jieretofore called Brownifts, fome of whom were very irregular...every church hath all the power of governing itfelf in itfelf, and that every thing done jn a church muft be by the majority of the votes of the brethren,... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1845 - 862 pages
...others. "III. INDEPENDENTS. "There were some of the Independents heretofore called Brownists, some of whom were very irregular in the management of church...be found now : the tenets of rigid Independents are ; 1st, That every church hath all the power of governing itself in itself, and that every thing done... | |
| David Guy Fountain - 1978 - 124 pages
...Concerning "Independents", he wrote: "There were some of the Independents heretofore called Brownists, some of whom were very irregular in the management of church...found now : the tenets of rigid Independents are: ist. That every church hath all the power of governing itself in itself, and that everything done in... | |
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