eh P IV rr>te HISTORY o~'the PURITANs·;. 519" a • • .J.o ~ Mr. Wi!liam Carter was educated in Cam6ridge, and afterwards a. very Oliver . • J H d r h J c fc • (. Protellor. popular preacher m Lonuon. e was a goo 1C o ar, o, great enou ~ 6 nefs, and though a young man, appointed one of the· aifembly of di- ~vines. After fome time he joined the independents,, and became one ofOJMr;W•l· the dilfenting brethren in the -alfembly. He had offers of many livings ilam Carter, but refufed them, being dilfatisfied with the parochial difcipline qf thofe times; neverthelefs, he was inde£·nigable in his miniftry, preaching twice every Lord's day to two large congregations in the city, befides Ie0ures on the week days: This wafted his ftrength, and put an end to hts life about Midjummer r6.58, in the fifty-third year of his age. His family were afterwards great fufferers by the purchafe of bifhops lands. C H A P. IV.. '1/Je inter-regnum from the death of 0LIVER CROMWELD – to the refloration of king CHARLEs II. and the re-ef-· tablijhment of the church of England. U P 0 N the death of the protd'lor, all the difcontented fpirits who Inter• had been fubdued by his adminif.l:ration refumed their courage, Regnum. and within the compafs of one year, revived the confufions of the pre16 59· . ceeding ten. RrcHARD CROMWEL L beeing proclaimed protector up-~- on his father's deceafe, received numberlefs addrelfes from all parts, con- teClor, - gratulating his acceffion to the dignity of protector, with alfurances of lives and fortunes chearfully devoted to fupport his title. He was a young gentleman of a calm and peaceable temper, but had by no means the capacity or refolution of his father, and was therefore unfit to be at the helm in fuch boiilerous times. He was highly carelfed by the prelbyterians, though be fet out upon the principles of general toleration, asap-- pears by his declaration of Nov. 25, entitled, a proclamation for the better encouraging godly miuifters and others; and for their enjoying . their dues and liberties according to law, without being molefted with in· dictments for not ufing the common-prayer book. The young protector fummoned a parliament to meet on the 27th Sum'!'onfis R of 'Jan. 1658·9· The elections were not according to the methodPar/zament• . prattifed by his father, but according to the old conftitution, becaufe it was. apprehended that the fmaller boroughs might be more ea~ly m ....
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