A Text-book of Church History, Volume 4

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Page 344 - I, AB, do swear. That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical that damnable doctrine and position, that princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 347 - Popish* doctrine, contrary to that which is so established ; nor will I ever give my consent to alter the government of this church by archbishops, bishops, deans, and archdeacons, &c. as it stands now established, and as by right it ought to stand, nor yet ever to subject it to the usurpations and superstitions of the see of Rome.
Page 343 - ... the Pope, neither of himself nor by any authority of the church or See of Rome, or by any other means with any other, hath any power or authority to depose the King...
Page 126 - Worms gehalten ausgangen, belangen möchten, für sich also zu leben, zu regieren und zu halten, wie ein jeder solches gegen Gott un Kais. Mt. hoffet und vertrauet zu verantworten.
Page 238 - Statuum immediatorum ditionibus habitare deprehenduntur, quibus illi etiam annumerandi erunt qui ob calamitates bellicas evitandas, non tamen animo transferendi domicilium alio emigrarunt, et facta pace in patriam redire volunt, terminus non minor quinquennio, illis vero, qui post Pacem publicatam Religionem mutant, non minor triennio, nisi tempus magis laxum et spatiosum impetrare potuerint, ad emigrandum praefigatur, neque sive voluntarie sive coacte emigrantibus, nativitatis, ingenuitatis, manumissionis...
Page 343 - I AB do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and declare in my Conscience before God and the World, That our Sovereign Lord King JAMES is lawful and rightful King of this Realm, and of all other his Majesty's Dominions and Countries...
Page 115 - God plainly provides that in giving according to right to God and distributing to his people the services of a pastor are required. We will that for the future our church provost, whomsoever the community may appoint, shall gather and receive this tithe. From this he shall give to the pastor, elected by the whole community, a decent and sufficient maintenance for him and his (im und den seynen), as shall seem right to the whole community [or, with the knowledge of the community].
Page 115 - ... the water. Accordingly it is our desire if a man holds possession of waters that he should prove from satisfactory documents that his right has been unwittingly acquired by purchase. We do not wish to take it from him by force, but his rights should be exercised in a Christian and brotherly fashion. But whosoever cannot produce such evidence should surrender his claim with good grace.

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