inquisitorship

Was there to be no check to this Presbyterian inquisitorship?

The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

Was there to be no check to this Presbyterian inquisitorship?

The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859

The Accommodation Order was a demand generally for clearer air and breathing-room for everybody, more of English freedom, and less of Scottish inquisitorship.

The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859

Though the Presbyterian organization of London had been voted on trial, the Congregationalist principle still asserted itself in the existence of many independent congregations and meeting-houses; though sometimes interfering with the less respectable of these, Parliament and the law - courts had taken no steps for their general suppression; and, by belonging to one of them, a Londoner of peculiar opinions might have the comfort and respectability of being a church-goer like his neighbours, and yet avoid unpleasant inquisitorship.

The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

Though the Presbyterian organization of London had been voted on trial, the Congregationalist principle still asserted itself in the existence of many independent congregations and meeting-houses; though sometimes interfering with the less respectable of these, Parliament and the law-courts had taken no steps for their general suppression; and, by belonging to one of them, a Londoner of peculiar opinions might have the comfort and respectability of being a church-goer like his neighbours, and yet avoid unpleasant inquisitorship.

The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859