1645 JOHN WHINCOP. Westminster Assembly Divine Calls England, Ireland, and Scotland the "New Zion." Hymns was the descendent of a

was the descendent of a Covenanting family who had various members imprisoned for their allegiance to the National Covenant

Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Containing a Brief

a station which would not have been possible for an experimental Calvinist of the puritan school at later periods of the 17th century

1645 JOHN WHINCOP. Westminster Assembly Divine Calls England, Ireland, and Scotland the "New Zion." Hymns was the descendent of aA fascinating sermon preached before Cromwell's Parliament by a rather obscure member of the Westminster Assembly, John Whincop. He seems to have been an active and respected member of the Assembly [see Reid, Memoirs], but having died shortly hereafter in the throes of the English Civil War, his name was largely forgotten. His having been presented to preach on multiple Fast Days before parliament speaks to his respect in the community. The present