Ch1p. nr. 'Ihe HIS T 0 R Y of tbe PuRI'i'ANS. " thofc who have b~en eye-witnelfes of it; and wQile this is doing, POliver f f.o r. r 1• 1 .ll' h rotellor. " there are endeavours o me n?t lar 1rom. t 11s pace: to Ill~ up t ·e 1657 . " people of this town into tumultmg, what tf I had_ fatd rebelhon, and V'~J " l hope to make it appear to be no better; if God alhfl: me. You have " not only endeavoured to pervert the army while you have been fitting, " but fome of you have been liil:ing perfons by commiilion from Charle_-& " Stuart to join with any infurreCl:ion that may be made, an~ wh.at ts " like to be the end of this but blood and confulion ! Now tf tlliS be " the cafe, I think it high time to put an end to your fitting, and I do " accordingly dilfolve this parliament; and k!t God judge between me " and you." The proteC!or being now convinced, that the difl:urbances in parliament He purgu arofe from the chief officers of the army, who clogged his affairs, in order the army, to introduce a commonwealth government, refolved to clear his bands of them at once; Harrt/on and Ludlow we re laid afide ; F!eet~vood w.ts recalled fi·om his government in Ireland; major-general Lambert was ordered to furrender his commiilion ; and the refl: were obliged to take an oath not to oppofe the prefent government. By fuch methods he went on purging the army and navy; and if he bad lived a little longer would have had none in power, but fuch as were thoroughly attached to his perfan and government. It was obferved after this, that all things fucceeded at home and abroad according to his with ; and that his power and greatnefs were better eltablilhed than ever, though there were a few malecontents who were hardy enough to attempt fome littie dill:urbances; but the difafters that befel the protetl:or's family foon after, broke the firmnefs of his confiitution, and hafiened his end. It was his highnefs's ambition, not only to fet. himfelf at the ?ea?, but And projetlJ to ftrengthen the whole body of the proteftant wterefl:, and umte tts fe- an union of vera! members, fo that it might maintain its ground againfi: the church the Jho!e rt– of Rome. Bifhop Bunzet informs us, that he had projeCted a fort of~j/ned mter.., general council, to be fet up in oppofition to the congregation de propa- i3urnet) p. ganda fide at Rome; it was to confifi of feven counfellors, and four fe- 77· cretaries for ?ifferent provinces; the firfi was for France, Switzerland, and the Val!m; the fecond for the Palatinate, and other Calvinijls · the third for fiermany, for the North, and for Turkey; the fourth fo~ the Ea!I and Wefl Indies. The fecretaries were to have five hundred pounds a year each, and to hold a correfpondence every where, to acquaint themfelves with the ftate of religion all over the world, that fo all good de~gns for the welfare of the whole, and of the feveral parts, might by tbetr means be proteCted and encouraged. They were to have a fund of ten thou_fand pounds a yeat·, and to be further fupplied as occafion (hould requtre, Che!fea College was to be fitted up for them. This was Sff2 a
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