The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury / by the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onlsow, late speaker of the House of Commons ... a description of the hospital which he ... endowed in ... Guildford; correct copies of the charter and statutes of the same ... To which are added the lives of his ... brothers, Dr. R. Abbot ... and Sir M. Abbot.

Arthur Onslow

Date:: 1777

Credit: The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury / by the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onlsow, late speaker of the House of Commons ... a description of the hospital which he ... endowed in ... Guildford; correct copies of the charter and statutes of the same ... To which are added the lives of his ... brothers, Dr. R. Abbot ... and Sir M. Abbot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$the Secretary of State [m] The [nT\ He wrote his mi fid njjith great plainnefs and freedom to the Secretary of Stated] This letter fhali be here tranfcribed, not id much m proof of the matter of fabt afferted in the text, as in re/pecl to trie work itfelf, lor fo it may be [idled, tho’ no more than a letter, imce it contains a compendious fyftem of the Archbifhop’s fentiments in religion and politicks ; fo that if we were to fpend ever fo much time in the enquiry after thefe points, we ihould never be able to point them out fo clearly, fully, and in a manner fo much to the reader’s fatisfaflion, as they are here (and in another letter hereafter cited) reprefented by the Archbifhop’s own pen. To Secretary Naunton. e O- 6 C Z € C < c < c c c ( c c c c c c i c c £ £ ood Mr. Secretary, HAVE never more delired to be prefent at any confult- ation, than that which is this day to be handled, for my heart and all my heart goeth with it ; but my foot is worfe than it was dTi Friday, fo that by advice of my phyfician 1 have Eveat this whole night pah, and am directed to keep my bed this day. f But for the matter ; my humble advice is, that there is no going back, but a countenancing of it again ft'all the world ; yea fo far as with ringing of bells and making; pi bonfires in London, fo foon as it fhall be certainly underilood, that the coronation is paft. I am fatisfied in myconfcience that the caufe is juft, wherefore they have rejected that proud and bloody man ; and fo much the rather, becauie he hath taken a courfe to make that kingdom not elective, but to take it from the donation of another man. And when God hath let up the Prince that is chofen to be a mark of honour thro' all Chriftendom, to propagate his gofpel, and to protect the op- prehed, I dare not for my part give advice, but to follow where God leads. 4 It is a great honour to the King our Mailer, that he hath fuch a fon, whofe virtues have made him thought lit to be made a King. And methinks I do in this and that ol Hun¬ gary, forefee the works of God, that by piece and pie< e the kings of the earth that gave their power unto the be a ft (; I the word of God muil be fulfilled) ihall now tear the whore$

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