Excerpt from The Church Polity of the Pilgrims: A Sermon The martyrs of the primitive churches of old lost more of their blood and lives for their meetings and assemblies than for personal profession of the faith; and so also have others done under the Roman apostasy. It is a usual plea among those who engage in the persecution or punishment of such as differ from them, that if they please they may keep their Opinions, their con sciences, and faith unto themselves, without meetings for com munion or public worship; and herein they suppose they deal friendly and gently with. Them. And this is our present case. Inquiry concerning Evangelical Churches, by John Owen, p. 256, recent edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.