item: #1 of 25 id: A41074 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: Lex talionis, or, The author of Naked truth stript naked date: 1676 words: 16490 flesch: 52 summary: He says indeed , that we have no other s●fe way to speak of divine matters , but in Scripture L●ng●age , ●psissi●is verbis , with the very same words . That though indeterminate animality be enunciated of the Species , yet that which is determined by the contrary diffe●ence may no● : Tha●● is , the Ani●ality of a B●ute c●● belong only to an irrational animal , as that of a man to a rational ; for our Author has precluded himself from that answer , by saying expresly that a man , a rational Creature , contains the animality of a Horse , the inferiour or irrational Creature . keywords: author; bishop; book; chapter; church; deacons; faith; god; laws; man; matter; men; order; priests; school; scripture; text; thing; time; truth; way; words; world; ● ● cache: A41074.xml plain text: A41074.txt item: #2 of 25 id: A48813 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: An answer to the Bishop of Oxford's reasons for abrogating the test impos'd on all members of Parliament anno 1678, Octob. 30 in these words, I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testifie, and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at, or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the invocation of adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Dais, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous / by a person of quality. date: 1688 words: 19180 flesch: 37 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. 30 in these words, I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testifie, and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at, or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the invocation of adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Dais, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous / by a person of quality. keywords: act; bishop; body; christ; christian; church; god; hath; idolatry; law; man; nation; parliament; power; reason; religion; right; self; sense; test; things; transubstantiation; word; worship cache: A48813.xml plain text: A48813.txt item: #3 of 25 id: A48814 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A chronological account of the life of Pythagoras, and of other famous men his contemporaries with an epistle to the Rd. Dr. Bently, about Porphyry's and Jamblicus's lives of Pythagoras / by the Right Reverand Father in God, William, Ld. Bp. of Coventry and Lichfield. date: 1699 words: 19665 flesch: 84 summary: As to the years of Pythagoras's Life , Jamblichus tells us , that it was much about his XVIII year that he set out to Travel : and that after some time , ( which I take to be IV years ) spent in other Countries , he came into Aegypt , and there he stay'd XXII years . For having told us that Abaris came for improvement in knowledge into Greece ; he saith , that in his way home from thence , being now well stricken in years , he came to see Pythagoras in Italy . keywords: account; age; apollonius; christ; italy; jamblichus; laert; life; men; olympiads; philostratus; porphyry; pythagoras; religion; saith; things; time; years cache: A48814.xml plain text: A48814.txt item: #4 of 25 id: A48815 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A conference between two Protestants and a papist, occasion'd by the late seasonable discourse date: 1673 words: 14537 flesch: 66 summary: But certain 't was no great sign of understanding ; to broach such a story , when all the world knows there n●ither are , nor ever were any F●ya●s at Dunki●k , English I mean , for str●nge●s , I suppose he will not make so concern'd in the affai●s of our Country . However they declare there very plainly that the interposing of the Court of Rome , and this even in presentments to Benefices or at least cogn●●●nce of the Plea , translation of Bishop● , &c. ( which be matters Spiritual enough ) are clearly against the King● Crown and his Regality used and approved of the time of all his Progenitors — That the Crown of England hath been so free at all times , that it hath been in no Earthly Subjection , but immediately subject to God in all things , touching the regality of the same , and to none other — And God defend , say they , it should be submitted to the Pope ( as by the interposing aforesaid they declare it would ) and the Laws and Statutes of the Realm by him defeated and avoided at his will — Besides , that they will stand with the King , his Crown and Regality in the cases aforesaid , and in all other cases attempted against him , his Crown and Regality in all points to live and die . keywords: authority; bishops; church; england; good; king; man; men; oath; papists; people; pope; princes; religion; rome; things; time; ● ● cache: A48815.xml plain text: A48815.txt item: #5 of 25 id: A48816 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: Considerations touching the true way to suppress popery in this kingdom by making a distinction between men of loyal and disloyal principles in that communion : on occasion whereof is inserted an historical account of the Reformation here in England. date: 1677 words: 51906 flesch: 72 summary: I say , To the Bishop of Rome , because he it is that hath for many Ages past , appropriated to himself the name of Pope , which was formerly common to all Bishops ; as every one knows that has been conversant in the Writings of the Fathers . That which directly asserts the pretended universal Power of the Pope ) it is no necessary evil of any inferiour , subservient Errours or Practices , at least , of any of those which are not peculiar to the Roman Church ( how false or vain soever they be in themselves ) but the unnecessary embracing them out of pure submission to the usurpt Authority of the Roman Bishop , now stiled Pope , and the only Pope of the World , is it , that in any right sense of the word , renders them truly Popish . keywords: authority; bishops; catholicks; cause; church; communion; council; england; faith; general; good; interest; judgment; king; kingdom; laws; men; oath; pope; popery; power; principles; reason; religion; right; roman; rome; self; state; things; time; way; whatsoever cache: A48816.xml plain text: A48816.txt item: #6 of 25 id: A48817 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: The difference between the Church and Court of Rome, considered in some reflections on a dialogue entituled, A conference between two Protestants and a Papist / by the author of the late seasonable discourse. date: 1674 words: 15609 flesch: 48 summary: My next Allegation is of the Council of Lyons , where the Pope after mature deliberation had with his Cardinals and the Council , having depos'd and deprived the Emperour , and absolv'd all those from their Oaths of Allegiance , who had sworn it to him , and commanded that no person should own him from thenceforth as Emperour , or any way obey or intend to obey him , and excommunicated all such as should give him Counsel , or any way favour him ; and ordered that the Electors should proceed to a new Choice , the aforesaid particulars being read in the Council , the Pope and Prelates sitting in Council , with Candles burning in their hands , thundred out their Excommunication against the deposed Emperour Frederick , &c. But since the Gentleman with whom I had first to do , and our present Author after him , think they have abundantly cleared themselves , by quoting a few Romanists who have denied the Exorbitant Tyrannies of the Pope , and separating the Interests of the Court and Church of Rome , with this Difference , keywords: author; church; council; crown; doctrine; england; faith; france; holiness; king; men; oath; papists; pope; power; princes; religion; roman; rome; time; way cache: A48817.xml plain text: A48817.txt item: #7 of 25 id: A48818 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A discourse of God's ways of disposing of kingdoms. Part 1 by the Bishop of S. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties. date: 1691 words: 18108 flesch: 80 summary: 1. War is an Appeal to God. 2 In the way of Justice , God acts as a Judge between two Soveraign Powers , when they bring their Causes before him ; that is , when they make War upon one another . keywords: cause; conquest; god; government; hath; judge; king; kingdom; law; nations; people; power; prince; religion; right; subjects; war; way cache: A48818.xml plain text: A48818.txt item: #8 of 25 id: A48822 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: The late apology in behalf of the papists reprinted and answered in behalf of the royallists date: 1673 words: 19636 flesch: 72 summary: But what of that ? since the Son is King , who is not glad † that he is King ? or whom would it not grieve to have his Loyalty called in Question ? [ Little we think , ( when your Prayers and ours were offer'd up to beg a blessing on the Kings Affairs ) ever to see that day , in which Carlos Gifford , Whitgrave , & the Pendrels , should he punish'd by your desires for that Religion which obliged them to save their forlorn prince ; & a stigmatized man ( for his Offences against King & Church ) a chief promoter of it . keywords: catholick; cause; church; death; england; english; good; james; king; man; men; papists; pope; pray; prince; protestants; queen; rebellion; religion; sir; subjects; treason cache: A48822.xml plain text: A48822.txt item: #9 of 25 id: A48824 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: Papists no Catholicks, and popery no Christianity date: 1677 words: 9477 flesch: 68 summary: God says , that the seed of the woman ( which is Jesus Christ ) shall bruise the serpents bead : The Romish translation saith , The woman shall bruise the serpents head : attributing that to the Virgin Mary which belongs to Christ. They maybe of the visible Church in regard of some part of their outward profession , who in regard of their inward disposition of mind , and of their external conversation , yea and of the greatest part of their outward profession also , are hateful unto God , and execrable in the eyes of the founder part of the visible Church of Christ. keywords: ans; christ; church; council; faith; god; hath; holy; jesus; lord; man; obj; papists; pope; religion; rome; text; works cache: A48824.xml plain text: A48824.txt item: #10 of 25 id: A48827 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: The pretences of the French invasion examined for the information of the people of England date: 1692 words: 6480 flesch: 48 summary: We see Philip of Spain , who had no Title to be King of England but by his Marriage with Queen Mary , was made King at her Request and in her Right ; but he had not merited so much as our King , and therefore his Title was to cease at her Death . 'T is next to Frenzy to think the Pope and King of France furnish him with Mony , Ships , Forces , &c. only to secure the Protestant Religion and Church of England ; he must be tyed in more than ordinary Bonds , to endeavour the Ruin of both , or no such Favours had been shewn by such a Pope , and such a Persecutor : It cannot be Ease to Roman Catholicks he desires ; They are more at Ease under King William , than under any Protestant King ever since the Reformation : It must therefore be the suppressing all other Religions , and setting up that alone , must engage Rome , France and Lucifer in his Restauration : As for his Promises to us in his Declaration , alas he hath already given greater and stronger to the Pope and French King to the contrary ; and though his Interest , and the Hopes that some will be so mad to believe him , put him upon renewing these Promises to England , yet his Consessor can soon resolve him which Promise is to be kept , whether that pious Catholick Promise to the Holy Father , and the Hector of that Cause , or that extorted one to Hereticks : keywords: church; england; hath; king; people; protestant; religion; subjects; tcp; text cache: A48827.xml plain text: A48827.txt item: #11 of 25 id: A48829 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A seasonable discourse shewing the necessity of maintaining the established religion, in opposition to popery date: 1673 words: 11038 flesch: 66 summary: Catholic Church -- Controversial literature. Church and state -- England. keywords: church; concil; england; english; faith; god; good; king; pope; popery; religion; roman; rome; tcp; text; world cache: A48829.xml plain text: A48829.txt item: #12 of 25 id: A48835 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon at the funeral of Sr. Edmund-Bury Godfrey, one of His Majesties justices of the peace, who was barbarously murthered preached on Thursday the last day of October 1678, in the parish church of St. Martin in the Fields / by William Lloyd ... date: 1678 words: 10447 flesch: 82 summary: For the First , that is , Men of Atheistical Principles ; they follow only their Lust , or their Interest ; Which will scarce unite any number of men to carry on such a formed design as this was . But when they had Strangled him , they had not done with him so , he must be cast forth to the Birds & Beasts : and that with the formality of a Sword thrust through his body , that if men came to find him , they might judge that he had killed himself ; Whether it were to save themselves from Suspicion , or whether out of malice to him , or whether both these together , God knows . keywords: abner; david; death; god; good; hath; king; man; men; shew; text; things cache: A48835.xml plain text: A48835.txt item: #13 of 25 id: A48836 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, on Decemb. 1, M.DC.LXVII, being the first Sunday in Advent by William Lloyd ... date: 1668 words: 8873 flesch: 71 summary: so that if any Person or Doctrine be Blameless in other respects , and only Questionable for its Authority ; it sufficiently clears its Authority to be from God , that he sends it , or suffers it to come to us , with the Testimony of Miracles . nay to invocate them more then God , ( for God is not so often pray'd to , as the Virgin Mary ) but that these blessed Creatures themselves , as well as their deluded worshippers , have been abused intolerably by the forgers of Miracles ? I shall instance but in one Doctrine more ; I might do it in many , for there is hardly any one of their upstart Doctrines , which has not been taught or promoted this way ; but this is the transcendent foppery of all , the Doctrine of Transubstantiation . keywords: christ; god; men; messias; miracles; prophet; text; things; time; world; years cache: A48836.xml plain text: A48836.txt item: #14 of 25 id: A48837 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Francis Mitchel, who dyed the 19th, and was buried the 24th of July, 1671 date: 1671 words: 6272 flesch: 75 summary: There says Balaam 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let my soul go out of this world as the Righteous doth , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and let my latter end be like his . Him they called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is , Perfect , wanting nothing to make him a holy or a righteous man. keywords: end; god; life; man; peace; perfect; perfection; text cache: A48837.xml plain text: A48837.txt item: #15 of 25 id: A48839 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached at the funeral of the Right Reverend Father in God John late Lord Bishop of Chester, at the Guildhal Chappel London, on Thursday the 12 of December, 1672 by William Lloyd ... date: 1672 words: 8549 flesch: 70 summary: In their Traditional Language they call one of our Bishops 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which in effect is the word in my Text. Lastly , Remembrance in Action is the other duty enjoyn'd in my Text , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Imitate their Faith , that is , their Christian profession and practise , their whole Life and Conversation , according to their own belief of that word which they have spoken . keywords: bishops; church; death; god; good; hath; life; men; text; things cache: A48839.xml plain text: A48839.txt item: #16 of 25 id: A48847 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, March 6, 1673/4 by William Lloyd ... date: 1674 words: 8244 flesch: 67 summary: But what shall we say when the sin is not forsaken , when lust is in full dominion , when Religion and the fear of God is so abandon'd and lost , that one does not stick at those Sins which the Gentiles , that have onely the Light of Nature , would have detested and abhorr'd ? Or when one allows himself in the Habitual Practise of that which he knows to be Sin , or might know , if he would but consider it ? First , Gods Word is generally propounded in Scripture , where whoso reads and lists to observe cannot but see how God forbids and dissuades from all manner of Sin , how he invites and exhorts us to Repentance and Newness of Life . keywords: flesh; god; heart; life; man; repentance; sin; sins; spirit; text; work cache: A48847.xml plain text: A48847.txt item: #17 of 25 id: A48848 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached at St. Martins in the Fields, on November the fifth, 1678 by William Lloyd ... date: 1679 words: 7401 flesch: 79 summary: First , by the Sword of Justice : If the Jews put one to Death for Religion , it must be done by the Sanhedrim , who were their Judges in Ecclesiastical things . This , together with the rest that I have said , was that measure that the Apostles of Christ were to expect , and to receive from the Jews , upon the account of Religion ; that is , indeed , of Tradition against Scripture . keywords: christ; christians; church; death; god; jews; religion; scripture; text; time cache: A48848.xml plain text: A48848.txt item: #18 of 25 id: A48849 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall The 24th. of Novemb. 1678. By William Lloyd, D.D. Dean of Bangor, and Chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty. Published by his Majesties Command. date: 1678 words: 22322 flesch: 87 summary: For we worship him , as being the S●n of God : But for the Martyrs , as being the Disciples and F●ll●wers of the Lord ▪ we 〈◊〉 them accordingly . Uss. Edit . Nay , above a thousand years after Christ , it was held disputable in the Roman c Church . keywords: apostles; christ; church; doctrine; edit; god; hath; prayers; roman; sacrifice; saith; scripture; text; things; times; tom; words; worship cache: A48849.xml plain text: A48849.txt item: #19 of 25 id: A48851 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before the House of Lords, on November 5, 1680 by ... William Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. date: 1680 words: 10108 flesch: 71 summary: But because this will signifie nothing , till it appear who are the Church of God , or at least who are the enemies of it ; I shall determine that by bringing it to this issue ; That they who are most given to hate , and to destroy others , especially those others who differ from them in Religion , they are not the Church of God , or at least , they are so far corrupt in that particular . I have shewn so much of this Diabolical Spirit , in every sort of the Enemies of the Church of God ; not only in Heathens and Unbelievers , without ; but also in Hereticks and Schismaticks within : And I have shewn so much of the Christian Spirit on the other hand , the great patience and meekness of Gods people in dealing with all sorts of enemies : that considering what advantage they have who lay about them with rage , against those that stand still , and are only ready to suffer , one would wonder , that long since true Religion had not been destroyed , or driven out of the world . keywords: christians; church; enemies; god; good; hath; men; people; popery; religion; text; time cache: A48851.xml plain text: A48851.txt item: #20 of 25 id: A48852 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before Their Majesties at Whitehall, on the fifth day of November, 1689 being the anniversary-day of thanksgiving for that great deliverance from the gunpowder-treason, and also the day of His Majesties happy landing in England / by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties. date: 1689 words: 8402 flesch: 74 summary: My heart is fixed , Oh God , my heart is fixed : I will sing , and give praise . ON so great an Occasion as this , two such great Occasions as God has given us , for a perpetual Remembrance of this day ; Our Deliverance heretofore from the Gunpowder Treason , and now again from the imminent danger of Popery and Slavery : Such abundant , such overflowing matter of Thanksgiving to God , I confess I am Jealous of my self , may draw me forth into a trespass upon this great Audience ; there being so much to speak of , that one hardly knows what to leave out . keywords: church; danger; day; deliverance; england; god; king; laws; religion; text; time cache: A48852.xml plain text: A48852.txt item: #21 of 25 id: A48853 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before the King & Queen at White-Hall, March the twelfth, 1689/90, being the fast-day by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties. date: 1690 words: 9024 flesch: 73 summary: They confest upon abundant Conviction , the great Patience and Long-suffering of God , before he brought things to the extremity : and they confess'd the Wickedness of their Nations , that run on in known Sins , till they even forc't God to these Extremities . On these , and all other Instances of this kind , I have only this to observe , ( it is in some of those Writers before mentioned ) That when their Nations saw themselves gone , when they were gone past recovery , when they saw things come to extremity , when they found themselves as it were in the Talons of their Enemies : then they could reflect upon what pass't before ; then they knew that heretofore they had Warnings ; they remembred they had such and such Warnings from God : then they called themselves Mad men , that would not take warning when it was given them . keywords: god; good; judgment; justice; people; repentance; sins; suffering; text; things; time cache: A48853.xml plain text: A48853.txt item: #22 of 25 id: A48854 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before the Queen at White-Hall, January the 30th being the day of the martyrdom of King Charles the First by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties. date: 1691 words: 8295 flesch: 75 summary: The Righteous in this life , though he is in Friendship with God , which nothing can break but wilful or habitual Sin ; yet his Peace is disturbed often times , even with Sins of Infirmity , 't is eclipst with troubles in this World , it is clouded with melancholy Doubts , which even good Men are subject to . WE are here met this day to humble our selves before God , for one of the greatest Sins that ever was committed by any People that profess'd the true Religion ; except only the Iews rejecting and crucifying their Messias ; and to bewail the greatest loss , I think the greatest , that ever befell any Nation , in the death of any one Person ; both which Sin and which Calamity together , I would have parallel'd in one Text , but I know not where to find it in Scripture . keywords: day; death; god; good; iosiah; king; lamentation; nation; religion; sins; text cache: A48854.xml plain text: A48854.txt item: #23 of 25 id: A48855 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before Her Majesty, on May 29, being the anniversary of the restauration of the King and royal family by the Bishop of S. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties. date: 1692 words: 8701 flesch: 73 summary: Such things as God did then by Miracle he doth now in the course of his Ordinary Providence ; things which no man can do , nor can think how they were done . For what can they say to so many things that God only can do , and that all concurr'd together in this matter ? Was it by chance , that things were so prepared Abroad , that the French King , tho' he had notice of this Expedition , yet should be so blinded or benumm'd , as to do nothing to hinder it ? keywords: church; david; day; god; king; lord; people; religion; things; time; work cache: A48855.xml plain text: A48855.txt item: #24 of 25 id: A48856 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's-Westminster, on Saturday the 30th of January, 1696/7 being the anniversary of the death of King Charles I of Glorious Memory / by ... William, Lord Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ... date: 1697 words: 8402 flesch: 77 summary: By the Right Reverend Father in God , WILLIAM , Lord Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ; Lord Almoner to His Majesty . LONDON , Printed for John Everingham , at the Star in Ludgate-street , near the West End of St. Pauls , 1697. These they sought to especially , and by one of them , the Prophet Zechary , they had this Answer from God. keywords: church; fasting; fasts; god; hath; king; nation; people; text; time; years cache: A48856.xml plain text: A48856.txt item: #25 of 25 id: A70476 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A letter to Dr. Sherlock, in vindication of that part of Josephus's history, which gives an account of Iaddus the high-priest's submitting to Alexander the Great while Darius was living against the answer to the piece intituled, Obedience and submission to the present government. date: 1691 words: 11723 flesch: 73 summary: A letter to Dr. Sherlock, in vindication of that part of Josephus's history, which gives an account of Iaddus the high-priest's submitting to Alexander the Great while Darius was living against the answer to the piece intituled, Obedience and submission to the present government. A letter to Dr. Sherlock, in vindication of that part of Josephus's history, which gives an account of Iaddus the high-priest's submitting to Alexander the Great while Darius was living against the answer to the piece intituled, Obedience and submission to the present government. keywords: alexander; book; darius; jaddus; josephus; objector; priest; saith; story; time; years cache: A70476.xml plain text: A70476.txt