A defence of the principles of love, which are necessary to the unity and…

Answ. 1. Maximus is by most Historians made so good a man, of himself, that I more feared lest many would have made me a praiser of Cromwell by the comparison. 2. He is called a Tyrant, because he was a Usurper; And do you think that Cromwell was not so; when he pulled down both King, Parliament, and Rump? Nay, Maximus was chosen in England by the Soldiers at a time when pulling down and setting up by ⟨p. 141⟩Soldiers was too common; and when his predecessors had little better Title than himself: Therefore I pray you judge not too roughly of Maximus: But Cromwell did usurp at a time when the case was otherwise; Our Monarchy was hereditary by the undoubted Constitution and Laws of the Land; and our Parliament by an Act was to sit till they had dissolved themselves, and he had by solemn promises obliged himself to the Parliament as their servant, and had fought against and killed the King, among other things, on this pretence that he fought against his Parliament, and would have pulled them down; which thing he actually and finally did himself. Sir, God is not well pleased with the justifying or palliating of these things,, though men may be tempted to do it in faction, and for a divided interest.

Answ. 1. Maximus is by most Historians made so good a man, of himself, that I more feared lest many would have made me a praiser of Cromwell by the comparison. 2. He is called a Tyrant, because he was a Usurper; And do you think that Cromwell was not so; when he pull'd down both King, Parliament, and Rump? Nay, Maximus was chosen in England by the Souldiers at a time when pulling down and setting up by