First Lines of Christian Theology, in the form of a Syllabus, prepared for the use of the Students in the Old College, Homerton; with subsequent Additions and Elucidations. By John Pye Smith, D.D., LL.D., &c. Edited by William Farrer, LL.B. Second Edition, 8vo., 15s., cloth.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Sir Henry Vane retired to Raby Castle after Pride's purge, of which he thoroughly disapproved, and took no part in public affairs until February, 1649, when the execution of Charles had taken place. Mr. Forster remarks: "It is a profound proof of Vane's political sagacity, that he disapproved the policy of that great act. Upon the question of its abstract justice, he never delivered an opinion."—British Statesmen, iii. 125.
[2] Neither Cromwell nor Elizabeth in this respect must be measured by the standard of judgment respecting political morality which is commonly recognized in our day. The fable of Reynard the Fox, the Life of Louis XI., by Comines, and the writings of Machiavel, are proofs of the high repute in which dissimulation was held in the middle ages and after the Reformation, as a quality essential to the government of mankind. See also Bacon's Essays.
[3] Parl. Hist., iii. 1009, 1010.
[4] On the 9th of March, the Duke of Hamilton, the Earl of Holland, and Lord Capel, were executed on Tower Hill in consequence of the decision of the preceding year that all who took up arms in the second war were traitors, and should suffer the penalties of treason.
[5] Parl. Hist., iii. 1303.