11 February 1674: A successful national fast
Oliver Heywood. 1883. The Rev. Oliver Heywood, B.A., 1630-1702, Vol. 3/4. Ed. J. Horsfall Turner. Bingley: T. Harrison. Get it:
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On Wednesday February 11, 1674 we had a solemn public national fast, wherein god did wonderfully draw out my heart in preaching and praying, especially for the nation, particularly for peace with the United Provinces, and disappointment of Popish projects. In the former, God heard speedily, for on Lord’s day following, February 15, news came by several letters that there’s a peace concluded betwixt us and the states of Holland. I take this as a pledge of more blessed be God.
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Abbreviations:
- ER: East Riding
- GM: Greater Manchester
- NR: North Riding
- NY: North Yorkshire
- SY: South Yorkshire
- WR: West Riding
- WY: West Yorkshire
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On Wednesday February 11, 1674 we had a solemn public national fast, wherein god did wonderfully draw out my heart in preaching and praying, especially for the nation, particularly for peace with the United Provinces, and disappointment of Popish projects. In the former, god heard speedily, for on Lord’s day following, February 15, news came by several letters that there’s a peace concluded betwixt us and the states of Holland. I take this as a pledge of more blessed be god.
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- Heywood, Oliver (1630-1702) (34), Bolton-born nonconformist minister and diarist, active in the West Riding, resident at Northowram, ejected for his beliefs ·
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