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140 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. cellor, when Mr. Cartwright was presently convened before him. Upon his appearance, Whitgift required him to revoke those opinions contained in his six propositions, to which he had subscribed ; and upon Mr. Cartwright's refusal, he pronounced upon him the following definitive sentence :- That seeing no admonition would help, but that he still persisted in the same mind, he did there- fore pronounce him, the said Mr. Cartwright, to be removed from his said lecture; and by his final decree or sentence, did then and there remove him, and declare the said lecture void ; and that he minded, according to the foundation thereof, to proceed to the election of a new reader. And further, he did then and there, by virtue of his office, inhibit the said Mr. Cartwright from preaching within the said university, and the jurisdiction of the same.". The six propositions which Mr. Cartwright delivered under his own hand to the vice-chancellor, and which were said to be both dangerous and untrue, were the following:- 1. That the names and functions of archbishops and archdeacons ought to be abolished. 2. That the offices of the lawful ministers of the church, viz, bishops and deacons, ought to be reduced to their apostolical institution : bishops to preach the word of God and pray, and deacons to be employed in taking care of the poor. 3. That the government of the church ought not to be entrusted to bishops' chancellors, or the officials of arch- deacons ; but, every church ought to be governed by its own minister and presbyters. 4. That ministers ought not to be at large, but every one should, have the charge of a particular congre- gation. 5. That no man ought to solicit, or to stand as a candi- date for the ministry. 6. That, ministers ought not to be created by the sole authority of the bishop, but to be openly and fairly chosen by the people.t In addition to these heterodoxies andmisrepresentations, as the learned historian is pleased to call them,t other articles were collected fromMr. Cartwright's lectures; and, as they were accounted both dangerous and seditious, it will Clark's Lives, p. 17.-Strype's VIThitgift, Appen. p. 11. + Ibid. t Collier's Eccl. Hist. «ol. ii. p. 525.

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