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GLEANINGS; •ft, SELECTIONS AtfD REFLECTIONS MADE IX A COURSE OF GENERAL READING-
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Gleanings; •Ft, Selections Atfd Reflections Made Ix A Course Of General Reading-
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No . 83 . CremtveWs " Short Method " with the Inquisition . Thomas Maynard , Consul of tlie English nation at Lisbon , was thrown into the prison of the
Inquisition , under pretence that he had said or done something against the Roman religion . Mr . Mendows , who was then resident ^ and took care of the English affairs at Lisbon , advised Cromwell of the
affair ; and after having received ah express from him , went to the King of Portugal , and in the name of Crdrmyjell , demanded the liberty of Consul Maynard . The King told him it was not in his power ,
that the Consul was detained by the Inquisition , over whom he had no authority . The Resident sent this answer to Cromwell ; and having soon after received new instructions from him , had again
audience of the King , and told him , that since his Majesty had declared he had no power over the Inquisition , he was commanded by Cromwell to declare war against the Inquisition . This
unexpected declaration so terrified the King and the Inquisition , that they determined to free the Consul from prison , and
immediately opened the prison doors and gave him leave to go out . The Consul refused to accept a private dismission ; but in order to repair the honour of his character , demanded to be ho *
nourably brought forth by the Inquisition . The same Maynard continued many years after under the same character in the reigns * f Charles and James the Second .
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and lived at Lisbon till he was about eighty years of age , without any molestation from the Inquisition . This story was well known to all foreign merchants who lived at that time and many years after at Lisbon . —Limb or ch ; History of Inquisition , by Chandler , i , 214 .
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No . 84 . Bashfulness of Charles II . King Charles II . asked Bishop Stillingfleet—how it came about
that he always read his sermons before him , when he ' was informed he always preached without book elsewhere ? He told the King , that the awe of so noble an audu
ence , where he saw nothing that was not superior to himself , but chiefly jhe seeing before him so great and wise a prince , made him afraid to trust himself : with which
answer the King was yery well contented . 4 < But , pray , " said Stillingfleet , " will your Majesty give me leave to ask a question
too ? Why you read your speeches , when you can have none of the same reasons ? " Wh y ^ truly , Doctor / ' replied the King , €€ your
question is a very pertinent one , and so will be my answer . I have asked them so often , arid for 90 much money that I am ashamed to look them in the face . "
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No . $ 5 , The Duty of Believers to believe on . Bishop Horsley * 5 memorable saying , that € t We have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them , " whatever praise it may be
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1811, page 47, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2412/page/47/
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