William Laud
William Laud
William Laudwas an English bishop and academic. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633, during the personal rule of Charles I. Arrested in 1640, he was executed in 1645...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth7 October 1573
hypocrite men hypocrisy
Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets.
amongst bless blood kingdom lord mercy peace receive
The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them.