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Article THE MODERN STATE OF FRIENDSHIP. ← Page 3 of 3 Article ORIGINAL LETTER FROM OLIVERCROMWELL, Page 1 of 2 →
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The Modern State Of Friendship.
congratulate him on his succeeding to his brother s estate , I immediately found that John Myrtle , Esq . was in no way the same person I was before acquainted with , called Mr . Myrtle . His indifference increased as his liveries came home , and by the first day he went out in his new chariot he intirely forgot me ; but as he had forgot himself it gave me no surprise nor uneasiness that he should not remember me . -
But Will Lace differs from himself not according as he himself appears , but according to the appearance of his friends ; and is intimate more or less just as the dress they wear makes any figure . A person who is sometimes his crony may pass him in the Park twenty times , and if he is not dressed Will always takes care to turn his head another way , and betrays a great deal of concern for fear of
receiving a bow . Meet him in the side box in the evening , he'll protest a prodigious joy at the sight of the person he in the morning so industriously shunned ; he laughs aloud , talks aloud with you , and takes care that the whole play-house shall know that he and you are particularly intimate . Next morning you appear in another dress , and he in another opinion . Inner Temple . PI .
Original Letter From Olivercromwell,
ORIGINAL LETTER FROM OLIVERCROMWELL ,
•. TO HIS SON-IN-LAW , GENERAL FLEETWOOD , WRITTEN AFTER HE HAD ARRIVED AT THE SUMMIT OF HIS AMBITION AND POWER .
Dear Charles , ALthough I doe not soe often as is desired ( by mee ) acquaint you how it is with me , yet I doubt not of your prayers on my behaife , that in all things I may walk as becometh the Gospel . Trul y I never more needed all helps from my Christian friends than nowe ; fain would I have my service accepted ofthe saincts ( if the Lord will )
but it is not soe , being of different judgments , and of each sort some seekinge to propagate their owne , that spirit of kindtiesse that is to them all is hardly accepted of any : I hope I can say it , my life has been a willing sacrifice , and my hope is for them all , yet it much falls out , as when the two Hebrews were rebuked , you knowe upon whome they turned theire displeasure : But the Lord is wise , and will
I trust make manifest that I am no enemie . O how easie is mercie to be abused ! Persuade friendes with you to be very sober ; if the day of the Lord be so neare ( as some say ) howe should our moderation appear : If eveiy one , instead of contendinge , would justiiie his forme by love and meeknesse , Wisdom would be justified of her children ; but , alas ! I am in my temp-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Modern State Of Friendship.
congratulate him on his succeeding to his brother s estate , I immediately found that John Myrtle , Esq . was in no way the same person I was before acquainted with , called Mr . Myrtle . His indifference increased as his liveries came home , and by the first day he went out in his new chariot he intirely forgot me ; but as he had forgot himself it gave me no surprise nor uneasiness that he should not remember me . -
But Will Lace differs from himself not according as he himself appears , but according to the appearance of his friends ; and is intimate more or less just as the dress they wear makes any figure . A person who is sometimes his crony may pass him in the Park twenty times , and if he is not dressed Will always takes care to turn his head another way , and betrays a great deal of concern for fear of
receiving a bow . Meet him in the side box in the evening , he'll protest a prodigious joy at the sight of the person he in the morning so industriously shunned ; he laughs aloud , talks aloud with you , and takes care that the whole play-house shall know that he and you are particularly intimate . Next morning you appear in another dress , and he in another opinion . Inner Temple . PI .
Original Letter From Olivercromwell,
ORIGINAL LETTER FROM OLIVERCROMWELL ,
•. TO HIS SON-IN-LAW , GENERAL FLEETWOOD , WRITTEN AFTER HE HAD ARRIVED AT THE SUMMIT OF HIS AMBITION AND POWER .
Dear Charles , ALthough I doe not soe often as is desired ( by mee ) acquaint you how it is with me , yet I doubt not of your prayers on my behaife , that in all things I may walk as becometh the Gospel . Trul y I never more needed all helps from my Christian friends than nowe ; fain would I have my service accepted ofthe saincts ( if the Lord will )
but it is not soe , being of different judgments , and of each sort some seekinge to propagate their owne , that spirit of kindtiesse that is to them all is hardly accepted of any : I hope I can say it , my life has been a willing sacrifice , and my hope is for them all , yet it much falls out , as when the two Hebrews were rebuked , you knowe upon whome they turned theire displeasure : But the Lord is wise , and will
I trust make manifest that I am no enemie . O how easie is mercie to be abused ! Persuade friendes with you to be very sober ; if the day of the Lord be so neare ( as some say ) howe should our moderation appear : If eveiy one , instead of contendinge , would justiiie his forme by love and meeknesse , Wisdom would be justified of her children ; but , alas ! I am in my temp-