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Article PRIVATE ANECDOTES. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ANECDOTE OF O. CROMWEL AND MR. GUNNING. Page 1 of 1 Article ANECDOTES OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT. Page 1 of 2 →
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Private Anecdotes.
Let him to base unequal terms submit , In hopes to save his Crown ; yet lose both it ' And life at once ; untimely let him dye , And on an open stage unburied lie—
Anecdote Of O. Cromwel And Mr. Gunning.
ANECDOTE OF O . CROMWEL AND MR . GUNNING .
MR . GUNNING constantly had meetings at Exeter-house , reading the common prayer , and drew great crowds of the gentry , and citizens disposed to hear him—The protector sent for him—he came in a terrible panick , for fear of being sent to prison—Oliver asked him , If he _ wass minister of JesusChrist?—Pie answered , Yes—How can you prove it , said the protector ?—Pie said , He was made a priest by such a bishop , and he by another to Cranmerand so in course up to St . Augustine and Peter the
, up , Apostle , who was made by Jesus himself—Dare you take your oath of this ? said Cromwell ; was there no vacancy , no interruption to this succession ? or have you any authentic records of all this ?—He answered he would not take his oath of it , neither could it be expected records should last so long—So it seems , said Cromwell , your faith proceeds from uncertain tradition , and your own credulity—I'll tell you , added he , how you may
make proof of it , a much nearer and surer way—Do you get qualified as St . Paul requires in Timothy and Titus ; let the good people call you to the work ; begin it with fasting and praying , and the approbation of judicious ministers ; then you may call yourself their minister , and the minister of Jesus Christ—In regard to your meetings , it is against my princip le to persecute any on account of their religion ; but if they be still affronting the government under which they receive protection , I must and will endeavour a reform—This from Mr . Stewart at Maidstone , who heard the discoursed
Anecdotes Of The Long Parliament.
ANECDOTES OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT .
THE true reason for calling the long Parliament was this : At the dissolution of the former short Parliament , May 5 th , the members , both Lords and Commons , had a great opinion , that the King's affairs ere long would oblige him to call them together again ; therefore such as resided near London met together frequently , and gave intelligence by MrSamuel Hartlib and MrFrost to those in the country how things
. . went . Before long , they gave them a general summons to come up they not only came , but brought with them such gentlemen as they could confide in , amongst the rest Mr . St . John brought along with him Mr . O . Cromwel , which was the first public meeting Oliver ever ap-
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Private Anecdotes.
Let him to base unequal terms submit , In hopes to save his Crown ; yet lose both it ' And life at once ; untimely let him dye , And on an open stage unburied lie—
Anecdote Of O. Cromwel And Mr. Gunning.
ANECDOTE OF O . CROMWEL AND MR . GUNNING .
MR . GUNNING constantly had meetings at Exeter-house , reading the common prayer , and drew great crowds of the gentry , and citizens disposed to hear him—The protector sent for him—he came in a terrible panick , for fear of being sent to prison—Oliver asked him , If he _ wass minister of JesusChrist?—Pie answered , Yes—How can you prove it , said the protector ?—Pie said , He was made a priest by such a bishop , and he by another to Cranmerand so in course up to St . Augustine and Peter the
, up , Apostle , who was made by Jesus himself—Dare you take your oath of this ? said Cromwell ; was there no vacancy , no interruption to this succession ? or have you any authentic records of all this ?—He answered he would not take his oath of it , neither could it be expected records should last so long—So it seems , said Cromwell , your faith proceeds from uncertain tradition , and your own credulity—I'll tell you , added he , how you may
make proof of it , a much nearer and surer way—Do you get qualified as St . Paul requires in Timothy and Titus ; let the good people call you to the work ; begin it with fasting and praying , and the approbation of judicious ministers ; then you may call yourself their minister , and the minister of Jesus Christ—In regard to your meetings , it is against my princip le to persecute any on account of their religion ; but if they be still affronting the government under which they receive protection , I must and will endeavour a reform—This from Mr . Stewart at Maidstone , who heard the discoursed
Anecdotes Of The Long Parliament.
ANECDOTES OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT .
THE true reason for calling the long Parliament was this : At the dissolution of the former short Parliament , May 5 th , the members , both Lords and Commons , had a great opinion , that the King's affairs ere long would oblige him to call them together again ; therefore such as resided near London met together frequently , and gave intelligence by MrSamuel Hartlib and MrFrost to those in the country how things
. . went . Before long , they gave them a general summons to come up they not only came , but brought with them such gentlemen as they could confide in , amongst the rest Mr . St . John brought along with him Mr . O . Cromwel , which was the first public meeting Oliver ever ap-