Diary of Thomas Burton, Esq., Member in the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard Cromwell, from 1656 to 1659: Now First Published from the Original Autograph Manuscript. With an Introduction, Containing an Account of the Parliament of 1654; from the Journal of Guibon Goddard, Esq. M.P., Also Now First PrintedHenry Colburn, 1828 |
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... offered for the employment of some of the forces , especially by sea , for the advantage of the Commonwealth , the design whereof was well known to some of our members ( meaning those of the Council , ) and if we so pleased , it should ...
... offered for the employment of some of the forces , especially by sea , for the advantage of the Commonwealth , the design whereof was well known to some of our members ( meaning those of the Council , ) and if we so pleased , it should ...
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... offered . Yet nothing would satisfy the court - party , but in great confusion and discontent , they cried out for an adjourn- ment , giving the whole business lost , and presaging an omi- nous and sudden dissolution . But , after some ...
... offered . Yet nothing would satisfy the court - party , but in great confusion and discontent , they cried out for an adjourn- ment , giving the whole business lost , and presaging an omi- nous and sudden dissolution . But , after some ...
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... that they be further empowered , from time to time , as occasion shall be offered , to confer with his Highness the Lord Protector . " Journals . 2. That a Parliament shall be summoned to meet and 1654. ] xciii INTRODUCTION .
... that they be further empowered , from time to time , as occasion shall be offered , to confer with his Highness the Lord Protector . " Journals . 2. That a Parliament shall be summoned to meet and 1654. ] xciii INTRODUCTION .
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... offered to you , in the point of reformation , viz . a reformation of manners ; but I had forgot one thing which I must remember . It is their work , you know , in some measure ; yet give me leave to say , and I appeal unto your ...
... offered to you , in the point of reformation , viz . a reformation of manners ; but I had forgot one thing which I must remember . It is their work , you know , in some measure ; yet give me leave to say , and I appeal unto your ...
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... offered to the House by the Committee . Thursday 23. Resolved , that it be referred to a Commit- tee , to consider of the state of the forests , and how they may be improved by sale or otherwise , for the advantage of the Commonwealth ...
... offered to the House by the Committee . Thursday 23. Resolved , that it be referred to a Commit- tee , to consider of the state of the forests , and how they may be improved by sale or otherwise , for the advantage of the Commonwealth ...
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Page clxxvii - I will hear what God the LORD will speak : For he will speak peace unto his people, And to his saints : But let them not turn again to folly.
Page clxxv - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the Cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page clxxvii - Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ; that glory may dwell in our land.
Page cxix - The holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the word of God, the only rule of faith and obedience.
Page 389 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words — I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Page clxxvii - Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
Page 409 - There goes many a ship to sea, with many hundred souls in one ship, whose weal and woe is common, and is a true picture of a commonwealth or a human combination or society. It hath fallen out sometimes that both Papists and Protestants, Jews and Turks, may be embarked in one ship ; upon which supposal I affirm, that all the liberty of conscience that ever I pleaded for, turns upon these two hinges — that none of the Papists, Protestants, Jews, or Turks, be forced to come to the ship's prayers or...
Page clxxviii - GOD is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page cxxxi - The government of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging.
Page xxxv - for my own part,' to retire to a private life. I begged to be dismissed of my charge ; I begged it again and again; — and God be Judge between me and all men if I lie in this matter...