...of Egypt, and out of the hwfe of bondage ; and hath fet us free fromPopim tyranny and fuperftition, a yoke which neither we nor our fathers •were able to bear: Who hath from time to time delivered ns from the bloody and mercilefs defigns of wicked and unreafonabtt...

...Majeily's government, do,; with great appearance of zeal, efpoule and promote the ceremonies and liturgy of the church of England ; a yoke which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear, and which thii nation would never fubmit to, even in the times of prelacy ; but although the Jacobite party do...

...the inftitution of a number of ceremonies and Sacrifices, he has delivered us from that bondage and yoke, which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear, and in their room, befides baptifm, he has appointed but this folemn rite for us to obferve ; a folemnity...

...conquerors, through Him that loved us." — What a happy state is this ! — to be delivered from that yoke, " which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear ;" and to have no king but Jesus, whose " yoke is easy, and whose burthen is light ;" whose " service is perfect...

...why should we appear to give any countenance to those who wish to fix upon the necks of (he Germans a yoke which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear? Why should we not rather assist and exhort them to cast away those cords of spiritual bondage, and...

...was for ever rung in their ears : Were they not in a constant state of rebellion ? Why would you lay a ' yoke which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear.' ' Whosoever is justified by the law is fallen from grace ;' why would you wish them to be again entangled...

...of the Christian Church) may be justly denominated, carnal ordinances ; "weak and beggarly elements; a yoke which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear."* We are, in all these and similar respects, to stand fast in "the liberty wherewith Christ hath made...

...Israelites, though necessary in their circumstances, had proved a heavy yoke, " a yoke," says the apostle, " which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear," and which the more spiritual law of the New Covenant was evidently meant to lighten ; but, whether it was to...

...power. Slat magni nominis umbra. Mankind is become too enlightened to submit again to the intolerable yoke, which " neither we nor our fathers were able to bear." And could these pages contribute, in the smallest degree, to this truly Christian emancipation, by leading...

...kingdom, lying in her tears, grief, and fear, may he delivered from the burdensome yoke of prelacy, a yoke which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear, a plant which our heavenly Falber hath not planted, and which never took, evea from the reformation...