The History of the English Baptists (Volume 4); From the Reformation to the Beginning of the Reign of King George I

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1740. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE HISTORY O F T H E English Baptists. C H A P. I. From the end of the reign of King William, to the end of the reign of DEGREESueen Anne., E are now come to a reign, Anno so remarkable in some years '702, thereof for wonderful works, and mercies, that history itself, the sacred only excepted, siHiot parallel. The mild, the just, the truly Protestant Pvdgn of the late King William, of glorious memory; whose great foul was set so much on the good of mankind, that not content to make us happy during his own life, but looking forward thro' distant ages to come, he bent his special care; to transmit the religion and liberties he had saved, down to the end of time; by securing to these nations a succession of Protestant Princes in the line of Queen Anne DEGREES and that of the illustrious house of Hanover. For tho' the French king, the chief supporter of the pretender to her majesty's crown; and who, her maSpeechiii jesty assured us, 'Is certainly engaged to DEGREESB/*Oct. * extirpate our religion, as well as to re27,1705.' duce the kingdom to slavery, dared to proclaim the pretender king of England DEGREES and was then very formidable to Europe -x yet her majesty's glorious arms humbled this proud enemy, by a necessary and just war, which was filled up with a series of prodigious successes, under that consummate general, John duke of Marlborough; whose name will stiine beautifully in the history of this wondrous reign throughout succeeding generations; when his Enemies mall be lost in their own obscurity, or remember'd only for their shameful ingratitude. The queen, upon her accession to the throne, made no great alteration in the state of affairs, as they stood at the death of the king. Both she, and the parliament, continuing to pursue those measures he had so happily be...