The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2Swift, Jonathan
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2
Swift, Jonathan
Church of England -- Sermons; England and Wales. Test Act 1673; Sermons, English
neglect of, due to the heart being set upon worldly things,
neglect of, due to the habit of decrying religion,
neglect of, remedies against,
good preaching, not so essential as right dispositions,
Predestination,
Preferment, qualifications necessary for,
given for zeal and not capacity,
Presbyterianism, possibility of its becoming the National Church,
consequences from its establishment as the national religion,
Presbyterians,
in Ireland, persecuted for their religion,
their complaint against persecution,
their "Plea of Merit,"
"Plea of Merit," discussion as to date of its first edition,
differences between, and Independents,
against the execution of King Charles I,
and King James II.,
and the Pretender,
their loyalty and religious principles,
their plea of merit absurd,
their great position in Ireland,
their loyalty to King George,
will join the army but not the militia,
their case to defend the country against the Pretender,
must not be reformed,
their church government independent of the state,
their opinion of Episcopacy,
Presbytery,
Press, legislation for its limitation,
its restraint a badge of popery,
Pretender, the, his cause,
not supported by the Irish dissenters,
Priests, cannot be relied on for anything relating to religion,
hired to lead men into mischief,
Princes, influence of their bad example,
their duties for good,
their influence on a nation,
should be careful in choosing advisers,
Prophets, the, were freethinkers,
Proselytism, consequences of,
dangerous in a state,
Prostitution, condemned by the priests,
Protestantism and Catholicism, differences between,
Publicans, suggestion for their prosecution if they serve drink to
drunken persons,
Public spirit, a blessing,
Punishment, eternal, doctrine of,
Puppet-shows,
Puritanism,
Puritans, the,
destroyers of the Reformation,
their attitude to the state in the time of Charles I,
their murderous parliament,
they corrupted the old virtues of the English nation,
how they injured the country,
Quakers, the,
Quarrels, religious,
Queen, the, her power for good,
her power over the stage,
Quotations, value of their sparing use,
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