Wary ofthePuritans, examin'd. 399 Glared his Purpofe unto him by Samuel, an evil Spirit of Fury, Jealoufy, and Tyranny came up- on him.' George Walker's Ea[l-Sermon before the Com- mons, January 29, 1644. p. io. 'Tis likely our Enemies would conclude a Peace with us on thofe Terms, as Nahajh the ' Ammonite did with the Men of 7abeJh : if we would let our Enemies put out our Eyes, keep us in Ignorance, that we íhould not fee when the Orthodox Religion is turning to Popp Super- , ftition ; when amixt Monarchy is aiming at an ab- folute 2ÿranny. Grant them this, and they will grant you a Peace, fuch a one as it is.' Love's Sermon at Uxbridge, yanuary 30, 1645. called England's Diflemper, p. 36, =Ala * ' This poor Man Love, (lays Lord Clarendon, Vol. III. p. 338.) who had been guilty of as much Treafon againf the King, from the beginning of the Rebellion, as the Pulpit could contain; was fo -.-ech without Remorfe for any Wic- ' kednefs of that kind teat he had committed, that he was jealous of nothing fo much as of being fufpe6ted to repent, or that he was brought to fu !Ter for his Affection to the King. And therefore, when he v<- +s upon the Scaffold, where he appeared with a marvellous Undauntednefs, he Teemed fo much de- ' lighted with the Memory of all that he had done againft the late King, and a ,,ainft the Bithops, that he could not even then forbear to (peak with Animofity and Bitternefs againit both, and expreífed a great Satisfaction of Mind for what he had done againft them, and was much tranfported with the in- s ward Joy of Mind that he felt, in being brought thither to 'tie a Martyr, and to give Teftimonv for the Covenant. And in his raving Fit, without fo much as praying for the King, otherwife than that he might propagate the Covenant, he laid his Head upon the Block, with as much Courage as the bra- ' veft and honeftett Man could do in the moft pious Occafion.' And Mr. Echard [Hilt. Vol. II. p. 706.] informs us, ' That Nalfon takes notice of a providential Vengeance upon him ; For it happened, that two or three Gentlemen, formerly of the late King's Army, travelling upon the Northern Road, met with the Poft that carried this very Letter, and enquiring of F him, whether he had any Scotch Letters, he innocently re- ' ply'd,
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