OLIVER CROMWELL'S LETTERS AND SPEECHES: INCLUDING THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION. With Elucidations. BY THOMAS CAR LY LE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. + LETTER CXXV. To Rev. J. Cotton: London, 2 Oct., 1651 SPEECH I. Opening of the Little Parliament, 14 July, 1653. 34 Retrospective aim of all these Wars and Struggles; chief events of them; especially dismissal of the Long Parliament. Prospective: dayspring of divine Prophecy and Hope, to be struggled towards, though with difficulty. Goodwin's Sermon, On the Deliverance out of Egypt, SPEECH III. To the same Parliament, 12 Sept., 1654. Cannot have the Foundations of Government submitted LETTER CXXXIV. To R. Bennet, Esq.: Whitehall, 12 Jan., Regrets that they have not communicated with him: he endeavoring for them, keeping Peace round them ;-does CXLII. To D. Serle, Esq.: Whitehall, Oct., 1655 194 |