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" And so he
concluded. Parson Herring read a psalme and chapters before
sermon; and one was the chapter in the Acts, where the story of
Ananias and Sapphira is. And after he had done, says he, "This
is just the case of England at present. God he bids us to
preach, and men bid us not to preach; and if we do, we are to be
imprisoned and further punished. All that I can say to it is,
that I beg your prayers, and the prayers of all good Christians,
for us." This was all the exposition be made of the chapter in
these very words, and no more. I was much pleased with Bates's
manner of bringing in the Lord's Prayer after his owne; thus, "In
whose comprehensive words we sum up all our imperfect desires;
saying, 'Our Father,'" &c. I hear most of the Presbyters took
their leaves to-day, and that the City is much dissatisfied with
it. I pray God keep peace among men in their rooms, or else all
will fly a-pieces; for bad ones will not go down with the City.
18th. Mr. Deane [Anthony Deane, afterwards knighted and M.P. for
Harwich; a commissioner of the Navy, 1672.


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