The Protector: A VindicationRobert Carter, 1847 - 281 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page v
... opinions in that respect are changed . They appear to us generally on the Continent to possess so much originality ... opinion with regard to Cromwell's religious character , has obliged the Author to introduce many quotations from his ...
... opinions in that respect are changed . They appear to us generally on the Continent to possess so much originality ... opinion with regard to Cromwell's religious character , has obliged the Author to introduce many quotations from his ...
Page vii
... Opinion of Cromwell ... .. CHAPTER III . SCHISM BETWEEN THE KING AND THE PARLIAMENT . .35 Conquest of Liberty - Beginning of the War - Cromwell's Frankness- Letter to Barnard - Intervention in Favor of Hapton Parish - Doubt- ful ...
... Opinion of Cromwell ... .. CHAPTER III . SCHISM BETWEEN THE KING AND THE PARLIAMENT . .35 Conquest of Liberty - Beginning of the War - Cromwell's Frankness- Letter to Barnard - Intervention in Favor of Hapton Parish - Doubt- ful ...
Page 17
... opinion of him , and to acknowledge that the character hitherto attached to this great man is one of the grossest falsehoods in all history . Charles II . , who succeeded him after Richard's short protectorate ; this mon- arch's ...
... opinion of him , and to acknowledge that the character hitherto attached to this great man is one of the grossest falsehoods in all history . Charles II . , who succeeded him after Richard's short protectorate ; this mon- arch's ...
Page 31
... opinions . He became intimate with Hampden , Pym , Lord Brook , Lord Say , and Lord Montague . Almost all the serious thought of England was then Puritan . In the midst of them all was Oliver , modest , devout , conscientious , and ...
... opinions . He became intimate with Hampden , Pym , Lord Brook , Lord Say , and Lord Montague . Almost all the serious thought of England was then Puritan . In the midst of them all was Oliver , modest , devout , conscientious , and ...
Page 35
... Opinion of Cromwell . On the 29th of January , 1628 , writs were issued for a new Parliament , in which , on the 17th of March , Cromwell took his seat as member for Huntingdon . His father also , in earlier years , had been returned ...
... Opinion of Cromwell . On the 29th of January , 1628 , writs were issued for a new Parliament , in which , on the 17th of March , Cromwell took his seat as member for Huntingdon . His father also , in earlier years , had been returned ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
army bless blood called Cardinal Mazarin Carlyle Catholics cause Charles Charles II Christian Church civil COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND conscience Covenant Crom Cromwell's dear death declared desire despotism endeavor enemies England English Episcopalian evangelical evil eyes faith father favor fear France friends give glory God's godly Gospel Hampton Court hand Hapton hath heart honor hope House Ireland Jesus Christ John Cromwell King King's kingdom letter live London Lord Louis XIV mercy mind ministers moral nation never OLIVER CROMWELL Oliver's Parliament party peace piety poor pope Popery popish pray prayer preach Presbyterians prince Prince of Condé principle prosperity Protestant Protestantism Puritans Reformation religion religious liberty Rome royalists Saint Scotland Scots seventeenth soldiers soul Spain speak speech spirit Stuarts thee things thou thought Thurloe tion true truly truth unto Vaughan's Protectorate Whitehall wish words write wrote
Popular passages
Page 127 - And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
Page 275 - Mercy and truth are met together ; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth ; And righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; And our land shall yield her increase. Righteousness shall go before Him ; And shall set us in the way of His steps.
Page 79 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Page 264 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 100 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Page 260 - For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour : yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 270 - ... the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 262 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy People. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
Page 275 - 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 141 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.