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Page 184 - It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one, and utterly like'; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times*, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's Word.
Page 123 - The general cannot help lamenting the sudden and unexpected departure of the French fleet, as he finds it has a tendency to discourage some who placed great dependence upon the assistance of it; though he can by no means suppose the army, or any part of it, endangered by this movement. He yet hopes the event will prove America able to procure that by her own arms which her allies refuse to assist in obtaining.
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Page 81 - The conspirators affected to be strongly impressed with these powerful reasons, and said there was so much corporation in England like to that of the East India and other great companies, with power to settle plantations within the limits of the territory, under such forms of government, and magistracy, as should be fit and necessary.