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Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his…
Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his life and times faithfully published from his own original manuscript by Matthew Sylvester.Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his life and times faithfully publish'd from his own original manuscript by Matthew Sylvester.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst, 1696
A BREVIATE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE Ensuing Narrative: Which was writ… › Part 1
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Here he returns to the series of his own Life, and relates a remarkable story of his preservation from the fury of the rabble at Kidderminster, who were enraged upon the Churchwardens going to remove a Crucifix according to order of Parliament, p. 40. upon the Peoples tumultuousness he retired to Gloucester, ⟨image 13⟩where he first met with some of the Anabaptists, p. 40, 41. then he returns to Kidderminster, where a little after, some of Essex's Army quartered: but they retiring before a part of the Kings Army, and he finding the Rabble furious thought not his stay safe, and so went with the Essexians to Worcester, p. 42. October the 23d, 1640. the day of Edge-hill Fight he preached at Alcester; and the next day went to see the place of Battle, p. 43. after this he went to Coventry; where he continued a year, preaching to the Town and Garrison, p. 44. he went with some Country Gentlemen to We•m and other places, designing to leave Coventry; but soon returned thither again; and st•y'd there another year, having much trouble from Separatists, Anabaptists, and Antinomians, p. 45. Of the laying the Earl of Essex aside, and the new modelling the Army, p. 47. Of the Scotch Covenant. How far Prelacy was abjured in it as it was explained by the Assembly of Divines, p. 48. of Cromwell's Interest, in the new modelled Army, and the change of the old Cause, p. 49. the Fight at Naseby and its Consequences, p. 50. an Account of his first coming into the Army presently after that Fight; the Principles and Temper he then found prevail amongst them, p. 50, 51. How he became a Chaplain to Col. Whalley's Regiment, and upon what grounds and considerations, p. 52. how strenuously he set himself to oppose the Sectaries in the Army, p. 53. An Account of the several Marches and most remarkable Actions of the Army, while he continued in it, from p. 54. to p. 58. [An Account of a Dispute he maintained for an whole day together with some of the Sectaries of the Army, in the Church at Agmondesham in Buckinghamshire, p. 56.] His sickness forced him to withdraw from the Army; retiring from which, he after several removes, returns to Kidderminster, p. 58. A further Account of the Proceedings of the Sectaries after he left the Army, and of Oliver's intrigues, p. 59. An Account of the King's treatment after his delivering himself to the Scots, till he was forced to fly to the Isle of Wight, p.
Here he returns to the series of his own Life, and relates a remarkable story of his preservation from the fury of the rabble at Kidderminster, who were enrag'd upon the Churchwardens going to remove a Crucifix according to order of Parliament, p. 40. upon the Peoples tumultuousness he retired to Gloucester,