THE

HISTORY OF THE REVIVAL AND PROGRESS

OF

INDEPENDENCY

IN ENGLAND,

SINCE THE PERIOD OF THE REFORMATION;

WITH

AN INTRODUCTION, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT

OF THE PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENCY IN THE AGE OF CHRIST

AND HIS APOSTLES, AND OF THE GRADUAL DEPARTURE

OF THE CHURCH INTO ANTI-CHRISTIAN ERROR,

UNTIL THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION.

BY

JOSEPH FLETCHER,

Editor of the "SELECT WORKS AND MEMOIRS OF THE LATE DR.
FLETCHER," Author of "Six VIEWS OF INFIDELITY," &c.

VOL. I.

•BODI

LONDON:

JOHN SNOW, 35, PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCXLVII.

TO

CHRISTIANS OF ALL COMMUNIONS

THE

FOLLOWING WORK

IS

Dedicated;

AS

AN HUMBLE ATTTEMPT TO ELUCIDATE

THOSE GREAT SCRIPTURAL

PRINCIPLES,

THE SPIRIT OF WHICH IS CHERISHED, MORE OR LESS,

BY ALL

WHO WORTHILY BEAR

THE

CHRISTIAN NAME.