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soon as he could decently retire, he hasten’d with no little Joy to theTower, and informed the Bistoop of all the Particulars of this his Interviewwith Cromwell ; upon which his Lordship expressed himself warmly to this

Effect-" That this was not the first Time he had receiv’d the like Inti-

“ mation from that Miscreant , but difdain’d the Terms projected for his En-“ largement, which were to be, a mean Acknowledgment of bis Favour," and an abject Submission to his detestable Tyranny.—That he was deter-" mined patiently to tarry the Lord's Leisure , and owe his Deliverance," (which he trusted was not far off) to him only.”

Such was the exemplary Courage, and resolute Behaviour of St. Paul andActs, chap, Silas in the Prison, towards the Magistrates of Philippi, when, " They sentxyu " their Serjeants, saying, Let those Men go." And the Keeper oj the Prison told

this Saying to Paul ; “ The Magijlrates have sent to let you go.” But Paul saidunto them , " They have openly caft us into Prison uncondemn’d, and now do" they thrust us out privily. Nay , verily ; but let them come themselves and" fetch us out.”

He pay’d his last Debt to Nature, at Ely-House in Holbourn, London , onthe 24 th of April, in the Year 1667, aged 81, and upwards. His Bodywas convey’d to Cambridge , by the Heralds, with all decent Pomp andCeremony ; and deposited in a Stone Coffin in a Vault under his ownChapel; the Vice Chancellor, Heads of Colleges , and the whole Universttyattending the Solemnity of his Obsequies j and the very eminent and learn-ed Doctor John Pearson , then Master of Trinity-College , (afterwards Bishopof Chester,) made his Funeral Oration in Latin ; from a Manuscript ofwhich, the preceding Characters and other material Passages of his Life,(with some additional Memoirs interspers’d) have been here transcribed.