“The Puritans, as a body, have done more to elevate the national character than any class of Englishmen that ever lived. Ardent lovers of civil liberty, and ready to die in its defense – mighty at the council board, and no less mighty in the battlefield – feared abroad throughout Europe, and invincible at home while united – great with their pens, and no less great with their swords – fearing God very much, and fearing men very little – they were a generation of men who have never received from their country the honor that they deserve.” (J.C. Ryle (introduction to Thomas Manton’s Works, 2:xi)
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