. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. .—«r-^ w z^~r-~,^c^. OUVER CEOMWEIX. THE PUKITANS IN ENGLAND THE civil war in England by which a revolutionwas effected, and king Charles I. dethroned and be-headed, was essentially a religious war. The leadersin it were contending for civil liberty, it is true; butreally and avowedly their main object was freedom ofconscience, religious liberty, for the enjoyment ofwhich both previous and subsequent events in Britishhistory show, t
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. .—«r-^ w z^~r-~,^c^. OUVER CEOMWEIX. THE PUKITANS IN ENGLAND THE civil war in England by which a revolutionwas effected, and king Charles I. dethroned and be-headed, was essentially a religious war. The leadersin it were contending for civil liberty, it is true; butreally and avowedly their main object was freedom ofconscience, religious liberty, for the enjoyment ofwhich both previous and subsequent events in Britishhistory show, that the establishment of civil libertywas essential. Whatever may be said in disparagement of Crom-well, who became a despot in the sequel, it is certain25 (289) 290 THE PURITANS IN ENGLAND. that his early triumphs were conquests of the Bihletruths drawn from the Holy Word. The inspirationof the heroes who dethroned the faithless despot,Charles I. was sacred truth. Most of the great menwho commenced the struggle in concert with Cromwell,were sincere, earnest Christians. Nearly all of themost distinguished patriots fell before the war wasclosed. Sir Henry Yane, the younger, one
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