Ii/lory of the Puritans, examn'ad q. i i God of their Fathers. Survey the World, and fee howmany Princes your Thoughts can prefent you with, furely their Names may be written in a (mall Compafs ; we may, and should boaft of God's Mercy, all ChrUlendom cannot afford fuch an other.' Dr. Welwcod's Character of him, (who was no High Flyer, no Enemy to the Conftitution) is this: * ' In his Temper he was grave, magnificent, Jibe- ' ral, and conftant ; but more affable to Strangers than his own Subjets. It was his noble and generous Behaviour, that took fo much with the King ofSpain, that he reje ted the repeated Soli- ' citations of his Council to feize him, and paid him ' more Refped than could have been well expected, had he been King of England at that time. Of his Compófure of Mind in the greateft Danger, he gave a notable Inflance, by his Behaviour in that great Storm at St. flndrees, which was wor- thy the ancient Philofónhers: nor did he fall Ihort in the braveft perfonal Courage, having expofed his Perfon in every Battle he was in ; and often- ' times charged at the head of his Squadrons. He had a good Ta&e of Learning, and more than ordinary Skill in the Liberal Arts, efpecially Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Medals; and being a generous Benefactor to the molt cele- brated Matters in thole Arts, he acquired the noblelt Colkdion of any Prince of his Time, and more than all the Kings had done before him. The Effentials of Divinity he was as much Maher of, as ever his Father had been, but with- ' out the Allay of Pedantry; of this the Papers that paffd between him, and Mr. Henderfon at ' Newcaftle, will be a lafting Monument. He was a great Patron of the Clergy ; but his employing them in the higheft Offices of Truft in State- * Wetwood's Memoirs, p. 6S, Matters,
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