"The State, in choosing men to serve it , takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies." - Marston Moor, 2 July 1644

"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." - Letter to the Church of Scotland, 3 August 1650.

"It [the Battle of Worchester] is for aught I know a crowning mercy." - 4 Sept 1651

"It is not my design to drink or to sleep, but my design is to make what haste I can to be gone." - Dying words 1658