. The history of St. Pauls cathedral in London, from its foundation untill these times: extracted out of originall charters. records. leiger books, and other manuscripts. Beautified with sundry prospects of the church, figures of tombes, and monuments. HONOURABLE- iACHRISTOPHER Lordj M4^^3© . Comptroller of the Houfeholdto the late King Charles \ And one of his Majefties molt honourable Privy Council. ——Mfet the event of divers th/ngShath been long forefeen, a/wellby the wifdome of prudentmen, as by the help of , is not to be denied Iit being no greater wonder, ifwe rationally
. The history of St. Pauls cathedral in London, from its foundation untill these times: extracted out of originall charters. records. leiger books, and other manuscripts. Beautified with sundry prospects of the church, figures of tombes, and monuments. HONOURABLE- iACHRISTOPHER Lordj M4^^3© . Comptroller of the Houfeholdto the late King Charles \ And one of his Majefties molt honourable Privy Council. ——Mfet the event of divers th/ngShath been long forefeen, a/wellby the wifdome of prudentmen, as by the help of , is not to be denied Iit being no greater wonder, ifwe rationally confider it, thanare fuch Floods which happenat the Spring of the year, inVallies adjacent to Mountains, that are covered withSnow in the Winter. For it is not ordinarily to befound, but that reall Caufes do produce their properand natural effects. Hence was it, that a learned andjudicious perfon , * above forty years fince ; difcerning^£*jrthen, fo great anincreafe and growth of Sectaries in tnisjJjjjHift,Realm.; ferioufly expreffed , That all cOft andwodd,L*.care beftmved and had of the Church ^wherein Sojrif to be ferved and worfhipped, was accounted, by thofe people, dJunde of Topery ;fo that time would foon bring it to pajfe9 A 3 if. 172064 T ETISTLE lf it were not rejifted, that God would be turned out ofChurches into Barnes • and from thence again into theFeilds and Mountains, and under Hedges ; and the officesof the Minijlry^ (jobbed of all dignity and refpe&^be ascontemptible as thofe places-^ all orcter,difcipline and Church-government left to newnefs of opinion and mens fancies ;yea, andfoone after, as many fyrides of Religion fpring up,as there are Tariflo-Qhurches within England • every con-tentious and ignorant per Jon cloathing his fancie with theSpirit ofQod, and bis imagination with the gift of T^eve-lation, (Sec. How far forth thefe prophetick words of his are nowfulfilled, I need not givt inftance; nor apply them fur-ther to my purpofe, than to
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