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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The King professed to sight for the Subjects Liberties, the Laws of the Land, and the Protestant Religion. The Parliament profest the same, and all their Commissions were granted as [for King and Parliament] for the Parliament professed, that the Separation of the King from the Parliament, could not be without a Destruction of the Government, and that the Dividers were the Destroyers and Enemies to the State, and if the Soldiers asked each other at any Surprise or Meeting [who are you for?] those on the King's side said, [for the King] and the others said, [for King and Parliament] the King disowned their Service, as a Scorn, that they should say they fought for King and Parliament, when their Armies were ready to charge him in the Field. They said to this,
The King professed to sight for the Subjects Liberties, the Laws of the Land, and the Protestant Religion. The Parliament profest the same, and all their Commissions were granted as [for King and Parliament] for the Parliament professed, that the Separation of the King from the Parliament, could not be without a Destruction of the Government, and that the Dividers were the Destroyers and Enemies to the State, and if the Soldiers askt each other at any Surprize or Meeting [who are you for?] those on the King's side said, [for the King] and the others said, [for King and Parliament] the King disowned their Service, as a Scorn, that they should say they fought for King and Parliament, when their Armies were ready to charge him in the Field. They said to this,
1. That they fought to redeem him from them that took him a voluntary Captive, and would separate him from his Parliament.
2. That they fought against his Will only, but not against his Person, which they desired to rescue and preserve, nor against his Authority which was for them.