| 1891 - 906 páginas
...for the public worship of God ; this house was called a meeting-house. Cotton Mather said distinctly that he "found no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as church to a house for public assembly." The church, in the Puritan's way of thinking, worshiped in the meeting-house,... | |
| Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - 1908 - 336 páginas
...be observed that the Puritans named the structure a meeting-house. Cotton Mather is quoted as saying that he "found no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as church to a house for public assembly. ' ' It seems to us a small matter whether one or the other word is used,... | |
| William Dana Orcutt - 1893 - 608 páginas
...of "church" was not in popular use. Cotton Mather expressed the sentiment of the people when he said that he "found no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as ' church ' to a house for public assembly." Here the people gathered each week to listen to the words of the beloved... | |
| William Dana Orcutt - 1893 - 564 páginas
...of "church" was not in popular use. Cotton Mather expressed the sentiment of the people when he said that he " found no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as ' church ' to a house for public assembly." Here the people gathered each week to listen to the words of the beloved... | |
| Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - 1894 - 264 páginas
...reserved for them between those of Bishop White and Dr. Franklin. Sitting in the Washington pew, in Christ Church at Alexandria, where the General was a vestryman,...proclaims with a certain force the doctrine for which they contended, — the right of man to seek his God and serve Him according to the dictates of his conscience.... | |
| Ezra Hoyt Byington - 1896 - 456 páginas
...Lechford, 69. New England First Fruits. Hugh Peters. munications from God. Cotton Mather said, " I find no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as church to a house for public worship. A meeting-house is the term that is most commonly Meeting- used by New England... | |
| 1897 - 800 páginas
...meetinghouse everyone called it, for the word church was an offense to the Puritans. Cotton Mather said that "he found no just ground in scripture to apply such a trope as church to a house for public assembly." Simple and rude it was, perhaps about 20x30, and 12 feet high, built of... | |
| Frank Smith - 1897 - 430 páginas
...Christian tone." It was always called "the meeting-house" ; for this plain people, like Cotton Mather, " found no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as church to a house for public assembly." The work of building was retarded on account of much wrangling over a site.... | |
| Ezra Hoyt Byington - 1897 - 480 páginas
...Lechford, 69. New England First Fruits. Hugh Peters. munications from God. Cotton Mather said, " I find no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as church to a house for public worship. A meeting-house is the term that is most commonly used by New England Christians;... | |
| 1901 - 648 páginas
...the public worship of God — this house was called a "Meetinghouse." Cotton Mather said distinctly that he "found no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as 'church' to a house for public assembly." The church, in the Puritan way of thinking, worshipped in the meeting-house,... | |
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