Note 416 — Chapter XIV

The following extract indicates the feeling cherished towards Richard Baxter and his admirers:—“His writings furnish great part of the libraries of the young fanatic divines, who have sucked in all the venom and poison of his unhappy writings, in order to propagate them in this city and country.”—From Chas. Goodall to Mr. Strype, June 12, 1701. Brit. Mus. Addl. MSS., 5853, p. 35.