From the breaking out of the Scotch troubles, to the restoration of Charles II, 1637-1660A. Richter & Company, 1837 - Great Britain |
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Page 506 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 110 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 504 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 92 - And now, my lords, I thank God, I have been by his blessing sufficiently instructed in the extreme vanity of all temporary enjoyments, compared to the importance of our eternal duration. And so, my lords, even so, with all humility, and with all tranquillity of mind, I submit, clearly and freely, to your judgments: and whether that righteous doom shall be to life or death, I shall repose myself, full of gratitude and confidence, in the arms of the great Author of my existence...
Page 91 - Where has this fire been so long buried during so many centuries, that no smoke should appear till it burst out at once to consume me and my children? Better it were to live under no law at all, and by the...
Page 23 - ... of our power, with our means and lives, stand to the defence of our dread sovereign the king's majesty, his person and authority, in the defence and preservation of the foresaid true religion, liberties, and laws of the kingdom ; as also to the mutual defence and assistance, every one of us of another, in the same cause of maintaining the true religion and his majesty's authority, with our best counsels, our bodies, means, and whole power, against all sorts of persons whatsoever...
Page 23 - King's greatness and authority ; but on the contrary, we promise and swear, That we shall, to the uttermost of our power, with our means and lives, stand to the defence of our dread sovereign the King's Majesty, his person and authority, in the defence and preservation of the foresaid true religion liberties, and laws of the kingdom...
Page 477 - I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this.
Page 92 - Certainly," says Whitlocke,** with his usual candor, "never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.
Page 245 - Saviour for it,) my resolution is now as theirs was then ' : they would ' not worship the image the4 king had set up,' nor will I the imaginations which the people are setting up ; nor will I forsake the temple and the truth of God, to follow the bleating of Jeroboam's calves in Dan and Bethel.