 I called not myself to this place. I say again, I called not myself to this place ! Of that God is witness : — and I have many witnesses who, I do believe, could lay down their lives bearing witness to the truth of that. Namely, That I called not myself...  Blackwood's Magazine - Seite 4161847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - 1902
...Cromwell's speech to his second Parliament was a detailed recapitulation of these points in his career. " I called not myself to this place. Of that God is witness. I should be false to the trust that God has placed in me if I allowed any but God and the people to... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1903
...have attacked the Protectorate violently, and to have called on Parliament to extirpate its tyranny. myself to this place : of that God is witness ; and I have many witnesses who, I do believe, could readily lay down their lives to bear witness to the truth of that — that is to say, that I called... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - 1904
...to bear my testimony unto it (which in modesty I have hitherto forborne), I am in some measure now necessitated thereunto. And therefore that will be...and I have many witnesses who, I do believe, could readily lay down their lives to bear witness to the truth of that. That is to say, that I called not... | |
 | Estelle Ross - 1915 - 192 Seiten
...in question, and he felt that he had never sought it. "I called not myself to this place," he said; "I say again, I called not myself to this place! Of...their lives bearing witness to the truth of that. . . . If my calling be from God, and my testimony from the People — God and the People shall take... | |
 | R. Wilcher - 1985 - 191 Seiten
...House of Commons for seeking to interfere with the balance of power between Parliament and Protector: I called not myself to this place. I say again, I...not myself to this place; of that, God is witness ... I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I... | |
 | J. P. Kenyon - 1986 - 478 Seiten
...Protector's speech to the Parliament in the Painted Chamber, on Tuesday, the 12th of September, 1654 I called not myself to this place. I say again, I...And I have many witnesses who, I do believe, could readily lay down their lives to bear witness to the truth of that; that is to say, that I called not... | |
 | Patsy Griffin - 1995 - 216 Seiten
...impossible. In this speech, he stated repeatedly that he had not chosen himself, but that he had been chosen: I called not myself to this place. I say again, I...And I have many witnesses who, I do believe, could readily lay down their lives to bear witness to the truth of that, that is to say, that I called not... | |
 | David Sharp - 2003 - 120 Seiten
...Parliament. Speaking on that day he at first tried to justify himself from the charge of personal ambition: 'I called not myself to this place. I say again, I called not myself to this place, as God is my witness.' He gave an account of the events of • government by a single person and Parliament... | |
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