 And was it fit for them to sit heavy upon others? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty, and not to give it? What greater hypocrisy than for those who were oppressed by the Bishops to become the greatest oppressors themselves, so soon as their yoke was removed...  Oliver Cromwell and His Times - Page 392by Thomas Cromwell - 1822 - 588 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...but lately under the weight of persecutions, and was it fit for them to sit heavy upon others ? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty and not to give it ? what...bishops, to become the greatest oppressors themselves so soon as their yoke was removed ? I could wish that they who call for liberty now, also had not too... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...but lately under the weight of persecutions, and was it fit for them to sit heavy upon others ? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty and not to give it ? what...bishops, to become the greatest oppressors themselves so soon as their yoke was removed ? I could wish that they who call for liberty now, alsw had not too... | |
 | Daniel Neal, Edward Parsons - Dissenters, Religious - 1811 - 802 pages
...lately laboured under the weight of persecution ; and is it fit then to sit heavy upon others ; Is it ingenuous to ask liberty and not to give it ? What...bishops, to become the greatest oppressors themselves so soon as their yoke is removed ? I could wish, that they who call for liberty now also, had not too... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 546 pages
...but lately under the weight of persecutions, and was it fit for them to sit heavy upon others ? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty and not to give it ? What...soon as their yoke was removed ! I could wish that they who call for liberty now also, had not too much of that spirit if the power were in their hands.... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 564 pages
...not lately labored under the weight of persecution ; and is it fit then to sit heavy upon others ? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty, and not to give it ?...bishops to become the greatest oppressors themselves, so soou as their yoke is removed ? I could wish that they who call for liberty now also, had not too... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 564 pages
...not lately labored under the weight of persecution ; and is it lit then to sit heavy upon others ? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty, and not to give it? What...bishops to become the greatest oppressors themselves, so soon as their yoke is removed ? I could wish that they who call for liberty now also, had not too... | |
 | Great Britain - 1821 - 688 pages
...but lately under the weight of persecutions, and was it fit for them to sit heavy upon others ? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty, and not to give it ?...bishops to become the greatest oppressors themselves so soon as their yoke was removed? I could wish that they who call for liberty now, also had not too... | |
 | John Bayly Sommers Carwithen - 1829 - 558 pages
...consciences ! Have we not laboured under the weight of persecution, and is it fit to sit heavy on others ? Is it ingenuous to ask liberty, and not to give it ?...bishops to become the greatest oppressors themselves ? I could wish that they who call for liberty now, also had not too much of that spirit, if the power... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - Great Britain - 1831 - 564 pages
...belonged to him in a far less degree iUun to the mass even of the wisest and best men in his day. " Is it ingenuous to ask liberty, and not to give it ?...oppressors themselves, as soon as their yoke was removed." Cromwell spoke thus, on dismissing the parliament of 1654. — Whitelocke, p. 61*. Prynne complains... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - Great Britain - 1831 - 560 pages
...belonged to him in a far less degree than to the mass even of the wisest and best men in his day. " Is it ingenuous to ask liberty, and not to give it ! What greater h>-p°crisy tnan f°r those who were oppressed by the bishops to become the greatest oppressors themselves,... | |
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