The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641: With the Precedent Passages, and Cctions, that Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return, Upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660, Volume 2, Part 1Printed at the Theater, 1717 - Great Britain |
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... Causes fhall be remov'd . The God of Heaven " direct you , and in mercy divert those Judgements , which " hang over this Nation ; and fo deal with us , and our Po- " sterity , as We defire the preservation , and advancement of " the ...
... Causes fhall be remov'd . The God of Heaven " direct you , and in mercy divert those Judgements , which " hang over this Nation ; and fo deal with us , and our Po- " sterity , as We defire the preservation , and advancement of " the ...
Page 27
... cause the Petition of both Houfes of Parliament , then fent to him , to be pre- " fented to his Majefty ; and if his Majefty fhould thereupon " please to withdraw himself from the Forces then about him , " and to refort to the ...
... cause the Petition of both Houfes of Parliament , then fent to him , to be pre- " fented to his Majefty ; and if his Majefty fhould thereupon " please to withdraw himself from the Forces then about him , " and to refort to the ...
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... cause , believ'd , that he fhould return with all the Money that was defir'd . But it was not long before he was undeceiv'd . The Lord with as chearful a Countenance as His could be , for he had a very unusual and unpleasant Face , told ...
... cause , believ'd , that he fhould return with all the Money that was defir'd . But it was not long before he was undeceiv'd . The Lord with as chearful a Countenance as His could be , for he had a very unusual and unpleasant Face , told ...
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... cause of all his misfortunes : and if they had , in the beginning , but lent the King the fifth part of what , after infinite loffes , they found neceffary to fa- crifice to his Enemies , in the Conclufion , to preserve themselves from ...
... cause of all his misfortunes : and if they had , in the beginning , but lent the King the fifth part of what , after infinite loffes , they found neceffary to fa- crifice to his Enemies , in the Conclufion , to preserve themselves from ...
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... cause the High Sheriff to draw all the Gentlemen , and the most fubftantial Inhabitants of those parts together , to whom ( be- fides his careffing the principal Gentlemen feverally , fami- liarly , and very obligingly ) he always spoke ...
... cause the High Sheriff to draw all the Gentlemen , and the most fubftantial Inhabitants of those parts together , to whom ( be- fides his careffing the principal Gentlemen feverally , fami- liarly , and very obligingly ) he always spoke ...
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Page 343 - He was a great cherisher of wit and fancy and good parts in any man; and, if he found them clouded with poverty or want, a most liberal and bountiful patron towards them, even above his fortune...
Page 259 - ... of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend, and as much to be apprehended, where he was so, as any man could deserve to be ; and therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other.
Page 207 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Page 365 - Churches ; and we shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in religion...
Page 349 - ... at Edgehill, when the enemy was routed, he was like to have incurred great peril, by interposing to save those who had thrown away their arms, and against whom, it may be, others were more fierce for their having thrown them away : so that a man might think, he came into the field chiefly out of curiosity to see the face of danger, and charity to prevent the shedding of blood.
Page 348 - ... no single preservation could be worth so general a wound and corruption of human society, as the cherishing such persons would carry with it.
Page 367 - And this covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God, the searcher of all hearts, with a true intention to perform the same, as we shall answer at that great day when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed...
Page 258 - And even with them who were able to preserve themselves from his infusions, and discerned those opinions to be fixed in him with which they could not comply, he always left the character of an ingenious and conscientious person.
Page 198 - He was, in all his deportment, a very great man, and that which looked like formality, was a punctuality in preserving his dignity from the invasion and intrusion of bold men, which no man of that age so well preserved himself from.
Page 257 - ... he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who and what he was, that durst, at his own charge, support the liberty and property of the kingdom, and rescue his country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the court.