Eminent British Statesmen (Volume 6); Oliver Cromwell (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 51 Ives. Its spirit is that of a generous and disinterested earnestness, and it is not without its characteristic touches. " Mr. Storie, ?Amongst the catalogue of those good worices which your fellow citycenes and our countrie men have donn, this will not be reckoned for the least, that they have provided for the feedinge of soules. Buildinge of hospitals provides for mens bodyes; to build ma- teriall temples is indyed a work of pietye; but they that procure spiritual! food, they that build up spirituall temples, they are the men trulye charitable, trulye pious. Such a work'as this was your erectinge the lecture in our cuntrie, in the which you placed Dr. Welles, a man of goodnesse, and Industrie, and abilitie every way, not short of any I knowe in England; and I am perswaded that sithence his cominge, the Lord by him hath wrought much good amongst us. It only remains now that he whoe first moved you to this, put you forward to the continewance thereof: it was the Lord, and therefore to him lift we up our harts that he would perfect itt. And surely, Mr. Storie, it were a piteous thinge to see a lecture fall in the handes of so manie able and godly men, as I am perswaded the founders of this are, in these times wherein we see they are suppressed with too much hast and violence by the enemies of God his truth; far be it that soe much guilt should sticke to your hands, who live in a citye so renowned for the clere shininge light of the Gospell. You knowe, Mr. Storie, to withdraws the pay is to lettfall the lecture, for whoegoethe to warfare at his own cost ? I beseech you therefore in the bowells of Christ Jesus put itt forward, and let the good man have Uis pay. The soules of God his children will bless you for it; and so shall I, and ever rest your lovinge friend in the Lord...