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Chapter 10 165This honest man of God,“ . . . through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,obtained promises . . . escaped the edge of the sword,out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight,turned to flight the armies of the aliens.”For, Oliver Cromwell– Hebrews 11:33, 34“ . . . had risked his life in open war with the sovereign power of England,and his life a thousand times on the battle-field; who had placed his footon the neck of a king; broken up parliament at the pike’s point, anddissolved it by his imperial word; boldly assumed all the power the title ofking could confer; laid his hand on the very chieftains who surroundedhim at Naseby, Marston Moor, Dunbar, and Worcester, and quartered histroops in almost every town in England; — this man . . . had performedthe boldest acts ever planned by the human intellect or exerted by ahuman arm . . . ” {12}And how so?“On one occasion, while looking at some statues of famous men, heturned to a friend and said,‘Make mine kneeling, for thus I came to glory.’ ”{13}Further, as the Lord seems to do His greatest works in responding to thepersistent prayers of righteous women having trusted Him, pitifully and helplesslylaying bare their hearts before the One “who gathers the wind in His fists,” Israel hasknown her greatest deliverers. Joseph, Samson, Samuel and the returning MessiahJesus are but a few. True to form, the greatest Gentile Deliverer of the Lord’sBible-reading Church during this “dispensation of grace,” we find Oliver Cromwelldeeply moved by his prayerful mother. As she lay dying, he at her side, we seeEngland’s greatest Chieftain, the Reformation’s greatest Champion and theFather of the British Empire broken to shivers as she utters her last words:“ ‘The Lord cause His face to shine upon you,’ she said; ‘and comfort youin all your adversities; and enable you to do great things for the Glory ofthe Most High God, and to be a relief to His people. My dear son, I leaveThe Jesuits – 1642 - 1658