108 The L 1 FË oJ thR Part III § 246. InOtlober the LordClifford (called the chief of the ferret Council) ha- ving the Summer before been at TunbridgeWater, fell into feveral Diftempers, and fhortly after died : So near is the fall of the greaten to his Riling , which was a great blow to his Party. § "247: Mr. Fal.kcner, Minifter of Lin, a fober, learned Man, wrotea book for Conformity,. which that Partygreatly boafted of as unanfwerable : Indeed he fpcaketh plaufibly to many of the Nonconformilts finalleft Exceptions, againl fome particular words in the Liturgy, and Ionic Ceremonies ; but as to the great Matters, the Declaration, and the Oxford oath, and Subfcription, and Re- ordination, and the Image of theCrofs, as a Symbol of Chriltianity, and dedi- cating lign in l;aptifm, the Minifters denying Baptifm to thofe that fcruple the Crofs, or to the Children of thofe that darenot forbear Covenanting for their own Children in Baptifm, and lay it all on Godfathers, the reje&ing thofe from the Lord's Supper,that dare not take it kneeling, the Thankfgiving at Bu- rials for the happinefs of notorious, impenitent, wicked Men , and other fuck like, his Defence is fo poor and flight, as is fit to fatisfie no JudiciousMan, that is not prepared for 'Errour by Intereft andWill. But, pro captu Lettoris, &c. § z48. On the zoth. of Otlober the Parliament stet again, and fuddenly vo. ted that the King fhould be feat to about the Duke of York's Marriage with an Italian Papift (a-kin to the Pope) and to delire that it might be ftopt ( he being not yet come over.) And as foonas they had done that, the King, by the Chancellonr, prorogued them till Monday following, becaufe it is not ufual for a Parliament to grant Money twice in one Selliion. § 249. On Monday, when they met, the King defired Speedy Aid of Money againft the Dutch, and the Lord Chancellonr fet forth the Reafons, and the Dutch unreafonablenefs. But the ParliamentRill fleck to their former relent ment of the Duke of York's Marriage, and renewed their Meffage to the King againft it who anfwered them , that it was debated at the open Council, and refolvedthat it was too late to flop it. 250. Some one laid in the Parliament -Houle (they fay near the Speaker's Chair) a wooden Shooe, filch as the Peafants wear in France, with Inane Beads, and on one enddrawn the Arms of France, and onthe other the Armsof Eng. land, and written between, Vtrum harlots manis accippe. And HenryStubbs (now Phyfician, once under Library-Keeper in Oxford, who was accounted an Infidel, and wrote againft Monarchy for Sir Henry Vane, and againR me, perfwading the Army, and Rump to queftion me for my Life, and after was drawnby the Court to write againft the Dutch) now Printed a Half-Sheet called, The Faris Gazette containingmany Inflances, where Marriage by Proxy had been broken; for which he was fent to theTower. § 251. On Friday, Oaf. 35. The Parliament went fo high as to pals a Vote that no more Money should be given till the eighteen Months of the tall Tax were expired, unlefs theDateb proved obftinate, and unlefs we were fe- cured againft the danger of Popery, and Popilh Counfellours, and their Grievances were redreffed. 252, The Parliament Voted to askof his Majefty a day of Humiliation, be- caufe of the Growth of Popery, and intended folemnly to keep the Powder-Plot, and appointed Dr. Stiltingfieet to Preach to them (who is moll engaged by wri- ting againfl Popery :) but on the day before, being Nov. 4. theKing (to their great difcontent) prorogued the Parliament to Ian. 7. § 253. The feventh of January the Parliament met again, and voted that their firft work fhould be to prevent Popery, redrefs Grievances, and be feas- ted againft the Inftruments, or Counfellours of them. And they fhortly after voted the Dukes of Buckingham, and Lauderdale unfit for truft about the King, and defined their Removal : But when they came to the Lord Arlington, and would have accordingly Charafterized him without an Impeachment, it was car- riedagainft that Attempt : And becaufe the Members who favoured the Non- conformifts (for confiderableReafons) were againft the reft, and helped off the _ Lord Arlington, the cell were greatly exafperatedagainft him, and reported that they did it becaufe he had furthered the Nonconfornüfts Licenfes for tolerated Preaching. § 254-
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