308 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. and in effect, expelled from the university. Lord Burleigh, the chancellor, procured his restoration, with a dispensation from wearing the habits for a twelvemonth, at the expiration of which, he was admonished three times by the master of the college, to conform himself in wearing the apparel. But he could not with a good conscience comply, and, therefore, was finally expelled, as an example to keep others in a state of obedience. He was one of the prebendaries of Rochester, where he was justly esteemed an admired and popular preacher; but, about the year 1584, was suspended from his ministerial function, and continued under the ecclesiastical censure manyyears.+ H. GRAY was a puritanical minister in Cambridge, and one of the preachers to the university. He delivered a sermon in St. Mary's church, January 8, 1586, in which he was chargedwith asserting the following opinions That the church of England cloth maintain Jewish music, contrary to the word of God, which alone ought to sound in his church.-That it is contrary to the same word, to use in sermons the testimonies of doctors and profane writers.- That to play at dice or cards is to erucify Christ.-That there are in this church dumb dogs, Jereboam's priests, and Chemarins, that have place at the upper end of the altar, which by tbe word should have no place in the church.-- That it is thought there be some among us who send over news to Rome and Rheims, and would have us all murdered. -That whoever would, might fill his hand, and be minister among us, as in the time of Jereboam ; whereby it cometh to pass that some go about the country to offer their service for ten pounds a year and a canvas doublet.-And that we celebrate the joyful time, of the nativity throughout the land as atheists and epicures. "; For these assertions, alleged against him, he appears to have been called before the ruling ecclesiastics, when he, gave the following answers to the various accusations: -; , Concerning music, I had no set treatise against it, but only I made this simile, that set music and its curious notes is an imitation of the Jewish music ; and because it is not understood, it may delight, but not edify: so affected and curious eloquence, which the people cannot understand, may affect and delight the outward sense, but it cannot enter Strype's Annals, vol. ii, p. 434. 1- MS. Register, p. 285,585. t Baker's MS. Collec. vol. xxx. p. 294.
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