342 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. A. Did you ever receive the communion ? W. Yes, my lord. A. Where ? W. At Kildwick. A. At whose hands ? W. At the hands of the pastor. A. When ? W. At the last communion, if I remember right. A. You must ever take this advantage. W. My lord, seeing I answer upon mine oath, you should not think the worse of me, because I am so careful not to speak wrong, or that which is not true. II. You slo not bury the dead according to the book. W. I do. II. You do not meet the corpse at the church-stile, and walk before it into the church. W. Though I have sometimes done this, the book doth not bind me to do any such thing. II. Yon do not read the prayers and places of scripture appointed. W. I do. II. You omit the prayers. W. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I do not. A. What is the next article ? F. Youhave gone from your own ordinary, without his consent, and have received orders from another bishop. W. My own ordinary giveth no orders ; but if his con- sent be his dimissary, I had his consent. A. If you have his dimissary, shew it us. W. See, it is here, my lord. A. What is the next article ? F. You have taken upon you to say service without any authority by license or toleration from your ordinary. W. I have all the authority which the orders of a deacon can give ; and I hope that is sufficient to say the service. F. You confess yourself that you were born inKildwick parish. W. Yes. F. Do you acknowledge yourself to belong to this diocese, and submit yourself to the authority of your diocesan ? W. I acknowledge all this. A. You have a haughty and a proud spirit. W. I confess, my lord, I am not free from any one sin ; but I hope that sin Lath not so great a power over me as you represent.
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