A Short Narrative of the Late Troubles in England |
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Author:
| Bate, George |
ISBN: | 978-0-217-66787-6 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.14 |
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A TREWE CharaEter or Defcription OF THE Late Mocions in England Togeatber with a short NARRATION OF THE Rights of King and Parliament A14SS. Alt pans: for R: R: Anno Domini 1649. L1uys H1story lib: 3d. But as yet soe great and strange a negligence doeth possesse this age: that the worshipp of god is wholly...
More DescriptionPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A TREWE CharaEter or Defcription OF THE Late Mocions in England Togeatber with a short NARRATION OF THE Rights of King and Parliament A14SS. Alt pans: for R: R: Anno Domini 1649. L1uys H1story lib: 3d. But as yet soe great and strange a negligence doeth possesse this age: that the worshipp of god is wholly layd aside, nor doeth any countrey by a good and candide interpretacion, fashion lawes and oathes, conuenient for ittselfe: but rather necessitates and fitts, itts constitution, and temper to them. VlRG1LL. The king preserued and safe, one minde possesseth all; Once lost, they breake their faith, their honey turnes to gall. Prophet Hosea, chap: 10th, verse ye jd, 4th. For nowe they shall saye wee haue noe king: because wee feared not the lord: and what showlde a king doe to vs; They haue spoken wordes swearing falsely in making a coue- nant: thus iudgment groweth as wormewood in the furrowes of the feild; Jerem: chap: 12, verse 1st, 2d. O lord, iff I dispute with thee thou art righteous: yet lett mee talke with thee of thy iudgments; wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper: why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgresse; Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they growe, and bring forth fruite, thou art neere in their mouth, and farre from their reynes; chapter{{Section 4THE AUTHORS EPISTLE TO THE READER. IN this title worke (howe euer qualified: ) I haiu first ranched those rights of the king, parliament, and people, which decide, and limite the boundes of each ones dominion or empire; That by comparing what are their rights by theire deedes, you may both reade and iudge tf our differences; afterwards I haue vn- foldfd the causes of these mocions, the mocions them- selues, an...