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Brewer's: Malt
The Sermon on Malt was by John Dod, rector of Fawsley, Northants, called the decalogist, from his famous exposition of the Ten Commandments. A Puritan divine. (1547-1645.) This was not Dr…Brewer's: Man of Blood
David is so called (2 Sam. xvi. 7). The Puritans applied the term to Charles because he made war against his Parliament. Any man of violence. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Marrow Controversy
(The). A memorable straggle in Scotland between Puritanism and Presbyterianism, so called from a book entitled The Marrow of Modern Divinity, condemned by the General Assembly in 1720…Brewer's: “Mayflower”
(The). A ship of 180 tons, which, in December, 1620, started from Plymouth, and conveyed to Massachusetts, in North America, 102 Puritans, called the “Pilgrim Fathers.” They called their…Brewer's: Colon
One of the rabble leaders in Hudibras was Noel Perryan, or Ned Perry, an ostler, who loved bear-baiting, but was a very straight-laced Puritan of low morals. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Gospellers
Followers of Wycliffe, called the “Gospel Doctor;” any one who believes that the New Testament has in part, at least, superseded the Old. Hot Gospellers. A nickname applied to the…Brewer's: Latitudinarians
A sect of divines in the time of Charles II., opposed both to the High Church party and to the Puritans. The term is now applied to those persons who hold very loose views of Divine…Brewer's: Exercises
Week-day sermons were so called by the Puritans. Hence the title of Morning Exercises, week-day sermons preached in the morning. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Fifth-Monarchy Men
A sect of English fanatics in the days of the Puritans, who maintained that Jesus Christ was about to come a second time to the earth, and establish the fifth universal monarchy. The four…Brewer's: Hampton Court Conference
A conference held at Hampton Court in January, 1604, to settle the disputes between the Church party and the Puritans. It lasted three days, and its result was a few slight alterations in…Trending
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