Select Tracts Relating to the Civil Wars in England, in the Reign of King Charles the First, Volume 2Francis Maseres R. Wilks, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 777 - They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace ; when there is no peace.
Page 614 - I do declare and promise, that I will be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England, as it is now established, without a King or House of Lords.
Page 814 - For Britain, to speak a truth not often spoken, as it is a land fruitful enough of men stout and courageous in war, so it is naturally not over-fertile of men able to govern justly and prudently in peace...
Page 465 - ... by the authority of the canonical Scriptures, or by the first four General Councils, or any of them, or by any other General Council wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of the said canonical Scriptures...
Page 723 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Page lx - That the people of England being at this day very unequally distributed, by counties, cities, and burroughs, for the election of their deputies in Parliament, ought to be more indifferently proportioned according to the number of the inhabitants. The circumstances whereof, for number, place, and manner, are to be set down before the end of this present parliament.
Page 440 - For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever ; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Page 191 - The meanest of men, the basest and vilest of the nation, the lowest of the people, have got the power into their hands ; trampled upon the Crown ; baffled and misused the Parliament ; violated the Laws; destroyed, or suppressed the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom...
Page 756 - LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. 7 He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt.