Non-Conformists were excluded from the grammar schools and universities.
He afterwards in the year 1673, upon the desire of the Earl of Orrery, drew up terms of union between the conformists and the nonconformists, in order to their joint vigorous opposing popery.
From the period of 1662, when the two thousand Non-conformists had been expelled from the church, the universities had been sinking into a moral lethargy, preferring uniformity to vital religion.
Philip Doddridge, as every reader knows, was one of the most pious and accomplished preachers and writers of the Non-conformists of England in his day.
These conformistsbeing thus troubled, will feel also the stirring of passion in themselves; and by the injury, will be tempted to think more hardly of their afflicters than before.
Hereupon these conformists being taken for the chief upholders of the nonconformists, will be under continual jealousies and rebukes.
In the heat of these extremities, the most peaceable and sober part, both of the conformists and nonconformists, will be in best esteem with the grave and sober people; but in the greatest strait, with both the extremes.
Her council was formed of a very few catholics, of several pliant conformists with all changes, and of some known friends to the protestant interest.
A great majority both of clergy and laity yielded to the times; and of these temporising conformists it cannot be doubted that many lost by degrees all thought of returning to their ancient fold.
The far greater part of its benefices were supplied by conformists of very doubtful sincerity, who would resume their mass-books with more alacrity than they had cast them aside.
Most of the non-conformists were men of learning and piety, and among the ornaments of the church.
These charters were liberal in the concession of civil privileges, and the proprietors were permitted to exercise toleration toward non-conformists to the Church of England, if it should be thought expedient.
The modern expansions of thought among the Non-conformists puzzled him when he was (rarely) brought into any contact with them.
Every prince was to have the right to make his religion the religion of his people, and to banish all who refused to adopt the established creed: but such non-conformists were to have three years in which to emigrate.
Inevitably, to conformists and to persons who still accept doctrines and opinions which he rejected, he seems presumptuous and consequential.
That all non-conformists be pardoned for former offences against the penal laws and test.
Footnote 22: The court writers at this period were anxious to fix upon the presbyterians and the non-conformists in general, the anti-monarchical principles of the fanatics, who brought Charles I.
To this sufficient answer hath been made already by one whose answers I may well produce to provoke Conformists therewith, because no reply hath ever been made to them.
Have not ourConformists in Scotland hitherto commonly omitted bishoping of children, and the ministration of the sacraments in private places?
And, indeed, if Papists and Atheists were so afraid of Conformists as of Nonconformists, they would not thus insult.
Nil, art thou a Conformist, and knowest not what thy fellow Conformists do hold?
The immediate consequence of this law was the recovery of several corporations, which the conformists had given to the dissenters, and the preservation of others, to which the "enterprising people" had made very bold and quick approaches.
But that the debate might become more useful, it was therefore resolved that the day following the desires and reasons of the Non-conformists should be given in writing, and they in writing receive answers from the conforming party.
Laws were passed removing all civil disabilities because of religious belief; placing all sects upon the same footing and taxing only Conformists for the support of Conformist churches.
There was a distinct group of several families from far away Greenaway Court; in the main conformists who at the time having no church of their own to attend, came to Jackson River.
Then the non-conformists assumed the role of aggressor; objected to the term dissenter, demanded the repeal of all acts of toleration, religious freedom for all and that the clergy of no sect be paid by general taxation.
The non-conformists through immigration, natural causes and religious teachings, grew rapidly in strength and influence and became aggressive.
Under these persecutions and counter attacks instituted by the non-conformists charging the conformist clergy with habits of dissipation, Toryism and of laying upon them increased burdens of taxation, the colony was greatly disturbed.
The Pilgrim Fathers, who in their narrowness and bigotry persecuted Baptists and Quakers, were no better citizens than the churchmen of Colonial Virginia who denied to non-conformists the right to worship God as conscience dictated.
The effects of his terror are said to have appeared at the bottom of the sack, and to have occasioned that opprobrious appellation by which the non-conformists were vulgarly distinguished.
This appellation is said to have originated from the following story:--After the restoration, the laws against the non-conformists were extremely severe.
This was visibly set on by the Papists: And it was wisely done of them, for they knew how much the Non-conformists were set against them.
Burnet The Non-conformists were now persecuted with much eagerness.
But those which inflicted disabilities on the Protestant Non-conformists had been gradually relaxed.
It was notorious that the number of Non-conformists was large.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "conformists" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
