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3. With a noble and unshaken resolution, and mighty opposition of Popery: and that without respect or fear of any greatness, as we have evident demonstration. Now of this we need no further testimony (though there be very pregnant and plentiful besides) than the present triumph of the Papists; and barbarous insultations of that bloody and murderous generation. And especially in yonder Country of Lancashire, and those Northern Parts; where he shook the pillars of Popery more valiantly and successfully, than any these many years. Officers in those Parts observed, that in his two or three years, he convicted, confined, and conformed moe Papists than were in twenty years before. And that last charge he gave at Lancaster in his last Circuit but one, for I meddle not with the last of all, for law learning, earnestness and excellency against Popery, prophanenesse, non-residency, and other corruptions of the times, and for the extraordinary heartening and encouraging all good men and godly Ministers was such, that I am persuaded, it will be remembered with dearness and love, while any honest man that heard it or heard of it, is alive in those Parts. To go no further then: and this I now say, I speak of him as he was grown in his latter time; and out of hope he would have ⟨p. 156⟩continued: and I speak it also in compassion of mine own country; which I know by too good experience how pitifully it lies bleeding under the insolency of Papists, and multitude of Priests: and then I say, the redemption of the life of such a Judge, in such times as we live, for the good of such a country, if we go no further, if that had consisted with GODS pleasure, had been worth a Kings ransom.

3. With a noble and unshaken resolution, and mighty opposition of Popery: and that without respect or feare of any greatnesse, as we have evident demonstration. Now of this we need no further testimony (though there be very pregnant and plentifull besides) than the present triumph of the Papists; and barbarous insultations of that bloudy and murdrous generation. And especially in yonder Country of Lancashire, and those Northerne Parts; where he shooke the pillars of Popery more valiantly and succesfully, than any these many yeares. Officers in those Parts observ'd, that in his two or three yeares, he convicted, confin'd, and conform'd moe Papists than were in twenty yeares before. And that last charge he gave at Lancaster in his last Circuit but one, for I meddle not with the last of all, for lawlearning, earnestnesse and excellency against Popery, prophanenesse, non-residency, and other corruptions of the times, and for the extraordinary heartning and encouraging all good men and godly Ministers was such, that I am perswaded, it wilbe remembred with dearenesse and love, while any honest man that heard it or heard of it, is alive in those Parts. To go no further then: and this I now say, I speake of him as he was growne in his latter time; and out of hope he would have