253 to stand with out the least deiec tion ·himselfe, but to be able to hold up many others, who were readie to sinke u nde r the burthen of unrigh teousnesse a nd oppression, where they expected iust thankes and rewards. It cos t the governor above three hundred pounds to defend himselfe against their calumn ies, renewed forgeries, and scandaBs, lay'd u pon him; but God wa s wi th him in a ll in a wonderful! manner, bringing tru th to light through all the clowds of env ie, that sought to obscure it, and mak ing his innoce nce and uprightnesse to shine fo rth as the noone-day, iusti(yi ng him even in the eyes of his e nemies, and coveri ng them with shame and confusion of face. T hey mairrtain'd their prosecut ion of h im out of the publ ick stock, a nd we re no t call'd to account for so mis-spending it. Mr. M illington perceiving how much he had los t himselfc by it, applied himseHe to sPeke a reconciliation by flatter ing le tters, and p rofessions of convicti on and repenta nce of his uniust siding with those men. T he goYernor', who was of a mos t reconeil eable na ture, forgave him, and ever after lived in good fr iendship with him.' O thers of them a lsoe a ft erwa rds, when they saw the governor ou t of their power, some thmugh fearc, and others overcome with his goodnesse, submi tted to hirll, who liv'cl to sec the end of them a ll, part of them dy ing before any disgrace or gr·cale sorrowes overtooke hi m, and those who sur viv'd, renouncing and apostatizing fi·om their most glorious engagements, and becoming guilty of those crimes fol' whi ch they fa lsely accused hi m, whi le he remain'cl fi rme, and dying seal'd up the p rofession of his li ft'; i 11 all the future difficu lties of whi ch, he was still borne u p witb the experience of God's goodnesse a nd man ifold p rotections. n As Mr. :Milli ngton will figure no more in thi s history, the reader is here informed that he fini shed his cnreer, after becoming one of the judges who sentenced Charles the First, by coming in upon proclama ti on, making a pitiful recantation, and being sentenced to perpetual imprisonment.
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