Excerpt from The Ejected of 1662 in Cumberland and Westmorland, Vol. 1 of 2: Their Predecessors and SuccessorsThe particular attention of the reader is called to the Appendices and other matters at the end of the book. Much of the information given there is of the utmost importance. It supplements and occasionally modifies the text and should be read in conjunction with it. It came to hand too late to be embodied in the work proper, but I felt that the reader should be put in possession of it, though it involved some sacrifice of literary order and unity.The book is not meant to be an apologetic for any particular type of religious life. I have had no brief except for historic facts, and I have given to such facts the only interpretation which seemed permissible. If I have presented a more favourable view of the policy of the Commonwealth Rulers in reference to the Royalist Clergy than is entertained in some quarters, it is because no other view seemed Open, so far, at least, as this area is concerned. Possibly the part of the book which will excite most diversity of opinion is that which deals with the problem of Presbyterianism, but here again the position assumed seemed to be the only defensible one. The book does not pretend to be above criticism. The enormous mass of detail which it contains makes absolute accuracy almost impossible, and all that I claim is that the best open to me amidst the exactions of a busy Pastorate has been put into it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.