Excerpt from Historical Memorials Relating to the Independents or Congregationalists, Vol. 1: From Their Rise to the Restoration of the Monarchy, A. D. MDCLX A historical collection - Corpus Historicum - adequate in all respects to the present and still increasing importance Of the Christian Denomination to which the author is con firmed in his attachment, after a systematic scrutiny more persevering than perhaps any other layman ever engaged in - is even yet a deficiency in ecclesiastical literature. SO successful has been the accumulation Of contumely heaped by interested parties upon our sires, that they who should have inherited their spirit have been deterred from searching into their merits, and from duly displaying their virtues. Their very names seemed about to be lost. N ow, however, enough is recovered to evince that our predecessors - 0ur Fathers and Confessors - were mighty in word and deed; and that, to the dismay of their calumniators, their renown is spreading far and wide, with the dominion to which they and their immediate descendants gave existence, and which promises to be as enduring as the world! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.