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The last visitation
The last visitation: conflicts and death of Mr. Thomas Peacock bachelor of divinity, and fellow of Brazen-nose-College in Oxford. Published by E B from the copy of that famous divine, Mr. Robert Bolton, late minister of Broughton in Northampton-shire.The last visitation: conflicts and death of Mr. Thomas Peacock batchellor of divinity, and fellow of Brasen-nose-Colledge in Oxford. Published by E B from the copie of that famous divine, Mr. Robert Bolton, late minister of Broughton in Northhampton-shire.
London: printed for William Miller, 1660
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.
What will become of our reformed Religion, streaming down to […] in the blood of so many Martyr•• if God by a miracle of mercy shou•• not shorten these our miserab•• days? For whiles some are takin• from us the Ten Commandement• others, the Lords Prayer, there […] scarce any thing left us of Christ•• anity but our Creed, and how lo•• we shall enjoy this the Lord in He• ven knows. For so long as t•• civill sword of war devours […] much Protestants blood from wit• out, and a worse civill war sin and separation, destroys ⟨image 7⟩many Protestant souls from within, •e may justly fear that we shall either want sound Orthodox Protestants to maintain it; or we shall ••ant a Creed for them to maintain.
What will become of our reformed Religion, streaming down to 〈…〉 in the blood of so many Martyr•• if God by a miracle of mercy shou•• not shorten these our miserab•• dayes? For whiles some are takin• from us the Ten Commandement• others, the Lords Prayer, there 〈…〉 scarce any thing left us of Christ•• anity but our Creed, and how lo•• we shall enjoy this the Lord in He• ven knowes. For so long as t•• civill sword of warre devoures much Protestants blood from wit out, and a worse civill warre sinne and separation, destroyes