Chap. VIII. 'Ihe HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. 277 into fome imprudenties. But on which fide was the fiiffnefs? on theirs K. Charles I. who only defired a peaceabl~ toleration; or on t~eirs v:ho ~ere deter- ~ mined to make the whole natiOn ftoop to prelbytenan umformlty? were not thefe the men who kept open the churches wounds? had their difcipline been ever [o good, yet certainly they migh: have had fo_me regard to men of piety and virtue, who had not equal d1fcernment w1th themfelves; could they not be content with being the efiablifhed religion, and having mofl: of the livings of the kingdom divided among them, without trampling on the religiou s rights of mankind, by enforcing an abfolute uniformity, which can never be maintained but on the ruins of a good confcience, and therefore is no means of promoting the true intereft of Chrift and fdlvation of fouls? Mr. Baxter had milder fentiments in his latter days ; and 'tis for the honour of the prefent generation of tho fe commonly called pr1!Jyterians, that they have not only abandoned and renounced thefe fervile doCtrines, but have appeared in defence of the civil and religious liberties of mankind, upon the mofl: folid and generous principles. ' His majefiy was obliged all this time to attend the removes of the ar- Tbe king's my; from New-market be came to Royjlon , June 24. from thence to motions with Ilatjie!d; from thence to Windfor, and two days after to Carvejham, the army. where he had the pleafure of conve1fing with his children. But when the city of London threatened a new war, his majeil:y was removed to a greater difiance; about the middle of July be was at Maidenhead; and towards the end of the month at Latimer's in Buckinghamjhire; when the army had got poffeffion of the city they brought his m«jefiy back to Oatlands, Aug. 14. and two days after to Hampton-court, where be appeared in !Lite arld fplendor about three months, being attended by the proper officers of the court, and a vafi refort of people both from city and countrv. While the king was with the army, lieutenant-general Crom~ve/1 and£. G. Crom~ Ireton too~ fundry opportunities to confer with his majefiy privately a- well and Ire~ bout his refioration, They offered to fet him upon the throne with the ton's can(. f d fh . Ji · · · f ·r 1 r h · }' . h withtheking · ree om o lhCon Clence 111 pomt o epticopacy, or 01e t e1r Jves 111 t e D "d 1 • • · 'f . u" a e s attempt, 1 he would confent to thetr propofals to the parliament, and troubles of bellow fome particular preferments on tbemfelve:s, and a few of their Englano, p. friend<, wifhing that God would deal with them and their· families accord- 26 4· ing to their finceriry. Nay they engaged to indemnify his whole party, if His majejly's they w~uld be quiet. Sir J. Berkley the king's agent, entreated his mijlaken con· maJe!l:y m the moll: importunate and fubmiilive manner, confidering thedua. fiate of ~is affairs, to accept of the faid propofals, but the king treated t?em with a haughty referve, and faid if they intended an accommodaMon they would not impofe fuch conditions upon him. . Sir J. Berkley faid.J .
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