| Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - 1907 - 152 sidor
...did not love the Covenant, and claimed a greater freedom in religion. " The State," said Cromwell, " in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions; if they be willing faithfully to serve it,—that satisfies." " Take heed of being sharp against those to whom you can object little but that... | |
| A. Wyatt Tilby - 1911 - 326 sidor
...enunciated a doctrine as startling to his own puritan comrades as to the cavaliers. ' Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, that suffices.' He made himself the political head of the protestant faith in Europe, and the old hatred... | |
| A. Wyatt Tilby - 1912 - 298 sidor
...enunciated a doctrine as startling to his own puritan comrades as to the cavaliers. ' Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, that suffices.' He made himself the political head of the protestant faith in Europe, and the old hatred... | |
| Samuel George Smith - 1912 - 384 sidor
...the days of that other apostle who wrote the epistle to the Galatians. Thus he says: ' ' The state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions." Gaining possession of the army, he reduced the Presbyterian generals from authority and once again... | |
| Richard Stone - 1997 - 526 sidor
...man of moderation both in political and in religious matters. Oliver Cromwell held that 'the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies'. But not everyone agreed with this view. In the confusion that followed the death of Oliver in September... | |
| David Sharp - 2000 - 204 sidor
...that render him incapable to serve the public? . . . Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve them, takes no notice of their opinions; if they be willing faithfully to serve them, that satisfies.' To a certain extent, the often-used phrase 'Leveller movement' seems to indicate... | |
| Antonia Fraser - 2001 - 796 sidor
...that render him incapable to serve the public . . . Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve them, takes no notice of their opinions, if they be willing faithfully to serve them, that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself; if... | |
| Andrew R. Murphy - 2010 - 364 sidor
...shall that render him incapable to serve the public. . . . The State, in choosing men to serve them, takes no notice of their opinions, if they be willing faithfully to serve them, that satisfies Take heed of being sharp, or too easily sharpened by others, against those to... | |
| David Sharp - 2003 - 138 sidor
...Crawford's attacks on Anabaptist officers, writing to him: 'Sir, the state in choosing men to serve them, takes no notice of their opinions, if they be willing faithfully to serve ... that satisfies.' After Marston Moor, Cromwell's distrust of 'narrow' Presbyterians became open.... | |
| Marc Aronson - 2004 - 232 sidor
...led him to a new and unexpected conclusion. "The state," he argued, "in choosing men to serve them, takes no notice of their opinions; if they be willing faithfully to serve them, that satisfies." In other words, a good soldier was a good soldier, no matter what he believed... | |
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