The HIS T 0 R.Y of the PuRITANs. VoL. II. O!iver " news of the f~fferings of the. Vaudois, being united to them not only by. Protetlor. " th f h b b h f: a: f 1 5 54 . e common t1es o umamty, ut y t e pro eu1on o the fame faith ~ " which obliged him to regard them as his brethren; and he ilioulcl " think himfelf wanting in his duty to God, to charity, and to his reli– " gion, if he flJOuld be fatisfied with pitying them only, (whofe miferable " condition was enough to ~aife compaffion in the moft barbarous minds;) " unlefs he alfo exerted h1mfelf to the utmofl: of his ability to deliver Burnet, p. " them out of it·" This awakened the popifh powers, infomuch that 76. Ma:zarine writ in the mofl: preHing language to the court of Turin, to give the proteCtor immediate fatisfaetion; with which the dutchefs re– proached him, becaufe he had made no terms for the englijh papifl:s; but his eminence replied, " We muft leave to God the care of defending the. " catholics whofe caufe is mofl: jufl:; but that of the heretics needs for its " fuppcrtthe clemency of princes." Upon this the perfecution immediately ceafed ; the duke recalled his army out of the valleys, and refl:ored their goods; the poor people returned to their houfes, and recovered all their antient rights and privileges. But to fl:rike fome further terror into the pope, and the little princes of Italy, the protector gave out, that for as much a& he was fatisfied they bad been the promoters of this perfecution, . he would keep it in mind, and lay hold of the firfl: opportunity to fend his fleet into the Mediterranean to vi fit Civita Vecchia, and other parts of the ecclefiafl:ical territories; and that the found of his canon fhould be heard in Rome itfelf. He declared publicly that he would not fuffer the protefl:ant faith, to be infulted in any part of the world; and therefore procured liberty to the reformed in Bohemia and France; nor was there any potentate in Europe fo hardy, as to rifk his difpleafure by denying his requefts. Original of The charitable fociety for the relief of the widows and children of the focietyf'r clergymen, !ince known by the name of the corporationfor the Jons of tbe thefans oJ the I h d . b . . h' I fi ll. r b . ] d b h .1 r c ergy, a Its egmmng t IS year; t 1e rn 1ermon emg preac 1e y t e ' ' gy. reverend Mr. George Hall, [on of the famous Jqfeph Hall biiliop-of Exeter, then minifl:er ofAlder/gate, afterwards archdeacon ofCanterbury, and bi01op ofChejfer. The fcrmon was entitled, God's appearing for the tribe of Levi, improved in a.fermon preached at St. Paul's, November 8 I 655• to theJons if MI.NISTERS tben (o!emnly a!Jembled, from Numb. xvii. 8. The RodqfAaron budded, and,bloomed bldfoms, and yielded almonds. . The preacher's defign was to inforce the neceffity and ufefulnefs of a fettled minifl:ry; and tho'. there were fome paffilges that difcovered him to be a pre/atijl, the main . \ part of the fermon breathes moder~tio~ ;. " ~et thofe ill-invented ttrms « (fays he) whereby we have been d1fl:mgmfhed from each other, be '' [wallowed np in that name which will lead us hand in hand to heave.n, ~ "the name of CHRISTIANS. If my fiomach, or any of yours, nfe I ~· againft
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