A27058:78
The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended…
The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to show their dangerous error, who think that a general council, or college of bishops, is a supreme governor of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entitled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Corke and Rosse in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to shew their dangerous errour, who think that a general council, or colledge of bishops, is a supream governour of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entituled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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.
II. In the Preface to the Life of Dr. Heylin are these Words.
Mr. Barter may be, pleased to call to mind, what was done to one Major Jennings, the last War in that Fight that was between, Lyndsel and Longford, in the County of Salop; where the Kings Party, having unfortunately the worst of the Day, the poor Man was stripped almost naked and left ⟨p. 5⟩for dead in the Field: But Mr. Baxter, and ou• Lieutenant Hurdinat, taking their Walk among the wounded and dead Bodies, perceived some Lif• left in the Major, and Hurdman run him through the Body in cold Blood; Mr. Baxter all the while looking on, and taking off with his own Hand, the Kings Picture from about his Neck; telling him, as he was swimming in his Gore, That he was a Popish Rogue, and that was his Crucifix: Which Picture was kept by Mr. Baxter for many Years, till it was got from him (but not without much difficulty) by one Mr. Somerfield, who then lived with Sir Thomas Rous, and generously restored it to the poor man, now alive at Wick near Pershore in Worcestershire, although at the Fight supposed to be dead: being, after the Wounds given him, dragged up and down the Field by the merciless Soldiers; Mr. Baxter approving of the inhumanity, by feeding his Eyes with so bloody, and so barbarous a Spectacle.
Mr. Barter may be, pleased to call to mind, what was done to one Major •ennings, the last War in that Fight that was between, Lyndsel and Longford, in the County of Salop; where the Kings Party, having unfortunately the worst of the Day, the poor Man was stript almost naked and left ⟨p. 5⟩for dead in the Field: But Mr. Baxter, and ou• Lieutenant Hurdinat, taking their Walk among the wounded and dead Bodies, perceived some Lif• left in the Major, and Hurdman run him through the Body in cold Blood; Mr. Baxter all the while looking on, and taking off with his own Hand, the Kings Picture from about his Neck; telling him, as he was swiming in his Godr, That he was a Popish Rogue, and that was his Crucifix: Which Picture was kept by Mr. Baxter for many Years, till it was got from him (but not without much difficulty) by one Mr. Somerfield, who then lived with Sir Thomas Rous, and generously restored it to the poor man, now alive at Wick near Pershore in Worcestershire, although at the Fight supposed to be dead: being, after the Wounds given him, drag'd up and down the Field by the merciless Souldiers; Mr. Baxter approving of the inhumanity, by feeding his Eyes with so bloody, and so barbarous a Spectacle.