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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3CHAPTER II. THE ENGLISH CONQUEST.?THE STRUGGLE OF THE CHURCH WITH THE ENGLISH GOVERNORS IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH EPISCOPACY BY LAW.?THE PARTIAL SUCCESS OF THE CHURCH AGAINST AN EPISCOPAL ESTABLISHMENT, IN THE CHURCH CHARTERS WRESTED FROM THE GOVERNORS.?THE PARTIAL SUCCESS OF THE GOVERNORS IN ESTABLISHING EPISCOPACY BY A LAME LAW OVER A SMALL PORTION OF THEIR TERRITORY.? 1665-1705. The First Decade Under English Rule?1064-1674.-- The English conquest gave a sudden check to the development and prosperity of the Reformed Church. The number of the ministry was soon reduced from seven to three, and it continued at this small number for a half score of years, although there were 10,000 people to be ministered to. Two ship-loads of Hollanders speedily removed to the Carolinas. When they were required to take the rigorous oath of allegiance to Great Britain, they refused until these words were added, Conformably to the articles concluded on the surrender/'f The three Dutch ministers thus became subjects and citizens of the British Empire. Only about 250 of the inhabitants of New-York took the oath. The relation of the Dutch ministers and churches to the Classis of Amsterdam were modified by the destruction of their relations to the West-India Company, but they were not clearly defined. The exact character of these relations afterward became an important point in the discussions for independence. Were the American churches an integral part of the Reformed Church in Holland, or were they foreign wards ? And while the American ministers were in some sense members of the Classis of Amsterdam, yet could they be ministers of the established Church of Holland when they had sworn allegiance to the King of Great Britain? Although they were naturalized Englishmen they were not members of the Church of En...
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