Cromwell himself was dissatisfied, that the parliament, though they had derived all their authority from him, began to pretend power from the Lord,[**] and to insist already on their divine commission.

He had been careful to summon in his writs several persons entirely devoted to him.
* Thurloe, vol.i.p.

273, 591.

Also Stubbe, p.

91, 92.
** Thurloe, vol.i.p 393 By concert, these met early; and it was mentioned by some among them, that the sitting of this parliament any longer would be of no service to the nation.