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Excerpt from The History of the Puritans, or Protestant Non-Conformists, Vol. 4: From the Death of King Charles I. To the Act of Toleration by King William and Queen Mary, in the Year 1689; With an Account of Their Principles; Their Attempts for a Further Reformation in the Church; Their Sufferings Thirdly, It is unfafe and dangerous to intruf't any Sort of Clergy with the Power of the Sword; for our Saviour's Kingdom is not of this World, if it were (fay's he) then would my Servants fight, but now is my Kingdom not from hence. The Church and State fhould jiand on a di/linc't Ba/is, and their 7urifdit'tion he agreeahle to the Nature of their Crimes; -thcfi' of the Church purely Spiritual, and thofe of the State purely Civil 5 as the King is fupream in the State, he is alfi). Head, or Guardian of the Church in tho/e Spiritual Rights that Chri/l has intru/led it with. When the Church in former Ages firji aficrned the fecular Pow er, it not only rival'd the State, but in a little Time lifted up its Head aheve Emperors and Kings, and, all the Potentates of the Earth: The Thunder of its Anathema's was heard in all Nations, and in her Skirts was found the Blood of the Prophets, and Saints, and of all that were flain upon the Earth, And whenever it recovers the Wound that was given it at the Reformation, it will undouhtedly rcjitme the fame. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.