424. Mr.
Pennant says it is believed to delineate Dr. Goodwin, President
of Magdalen college, during the great rebellion.
[4] This was done by Mr. Baxter at the Savoy Conference.
[5] See the Assembly's Shorter Catechism on God's decrees, the
redemption of the elect, &c.
[6] This notion was held, and a curious book written on it by
the successor of Dr. Jeremy Taylor in the see of Dromore.
[7] In particular, see Luke, chap. vi. ver. 29, 30.
CHAP. XVI.
The Commonwealth is sick of its own choice.
Shakspeare.
The aspect of Ribblesdale and the adjoining country, was completely
changed, during the five years absence of the Beaumont family. The
fields and villages, notwithstanding the two last years of comparative
repose, bore mournful marks of the ravages of civil war; trade was still
stopped and agriculture suspended. The people, disappointed in their
hopes of freedom and prosperity by their new masters, longed for the
restoration of their King, whose saint-like demeanour, during his long
captivity, contradicted the calumnies which his enemies had propagated,
and shewed him in his true light, alike conspicuous for his ability, his
fortitude, and his misfortunes.
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