D’Oyley says that Turner was suspected “probably with great reason,” i. 461. And the author of Ken’s Life describes Turner as engaging “in a plot un-English and un-Christian,” 380.
[204] 9th of May, 1691. Tanner MSS., xxvi. 84.
[205] From the Bishop of Norwich, 18th May, 1691. Tanner MSS., xxvi. 59.
[206] Life, 391.
[207] Camb. Univ. Library. Baker MSS., 40, 90.
[208] Thoresby’s Diary, i. 197. Calamy’s Life, i. 300.
[209] Crossby’s Hist. of the Baptists, iii. 230.
[210] Humble Requests, &c., inserted in Calamy’s Abridgment, i. 497.
[211] Memoir by Offer. Bunyan’s Works, iii. lxxiii.
[212] Mr. Maurice observes that “this story, which is told of Flavel the Nonconformist, is told also, and upon perfectly good evidence, of Francis Xavier the Jesuit. There is almost a curious resemblance in the words of the two narratives.” (Kingdom of Christ, ii. 344.) I wish to resemble Mr. Maurice’s ideal historian in his honesty and impartiality. I do not introduce the anecdote of Flavel to prove anything respecting his opinions. I take it as I find it—a remarkable psychological fact.