History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656: 1651-1653Longmans, Green, and Company, 1903 - Great Britain |
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Page 315 - The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
Page 104 - No less renowned than War: New foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose gospel is their maw.
Page 90 - Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell...
Page 105 - Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage ; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done.
Page 105 - Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
Page 90 - I understood not; for they were far above, out of my reach. Their talk was about a new birth, the work of God on their hearts, also how they were convinced of their miserable state by nature. They talked how God had visited their souls with his love in the Lord Jesus, and with what words and promises they had been refreshed, comforted, and supported against the temptations of the Devil.
Page 77 - That will be a business of more than ordinary difficulty ! But really I think, if it may be done with safety, and preservation of our Rights, both as Englishmen and as Christians, That a Settlement with somewhat of Monarchical power in it would be very effectual.
Page 336 - That the Lord Protector, the Parliament sitting shall dispose and order the militia and forces, both by sea and land, for the peace and good of the three nations by consent of Parliament; and that the Lord Protector with the advice and consent of the major part of the Council shall dispose and order the militia for the ends aforesaid in the intervals of Parliament.
Page 266 - Gentlemen, if you are met here as private persons, you shall not be disturbed, but if as a council of state, this is no place for you ; and since you cannot but know what was done at the House in the morning, so take notice that the parliament is dissolved.
Page 266 - Sir, we have heard what you did at the house in the morning, and before many hours all England will hear it: but, Sir, you are mistaken to think that the parliament is dissolved; for no power under heaven can dissolve them but themselves; therefore take you notice of that.