Experiences.
1643.
FEb. 9. Preston was taken by the Parliaments For∣ces; several Papists slain in it, some naturally of a good disposition, & therefore ma∣ny mourned for their un∣timely death, but rejoyced in the accomplishment of the promise.
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
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- Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
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- Ambrose, Isaac, 1604-1664.
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- 1650. [i.e. 1649]
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"Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A75287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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Octo. 29. This day a Sol∣dier was slain in Preston in the open Fair; and not long after another Sol∣dier was slain in the very act of drunkenness: It is reported that he was drunk the night before, and that he threatened that very morning, be∣fore night either to kill or to be killed.
1648.
June 6. H.M. (as it is said) drunk together 18 Cans of Ale, and pre∣sently upon it fel sick, & after dyed; others in like maner surfeted: But above all, most terrible was the death of R.H.
Octob. 23. A strange and fearful relation of the ruine of a family, and of a stately house, of one who was exceedingly addicted to the sin of un∣cleanness; and now (ex∣cepting two of his bro∣thers base born) there is not a man left of his name in all England; for which cause he convey∣ed his Estate to a stran∣ger.