02 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. Lord had done for Mr. Baynes, sent for him, when he was much delighted and profited by his fervent prayers and holy conversation. Therefore, according to the trust reposed in him, he made known to Mr. Baynes the agree- ment into which he had entered with his father, and de- livered to him the securities of the above annuity. Mr. Baynes, it is said, was inferior to none, in sharpness of wit, in depth of judgment, in variety of reading, in aptness to teach, and in holy, pleasant, and heavenly con- versation. Indeed, his fame was so great at Cambridge, that, upon the death of the celebrated Mr. Perkins, no one was deemed so suitable to succeed him in the lecture at St. Andrew's. In this public situation, he was much admired and followed ; multitudes rejoiced under his ministry ; and he so conducted himself, that impiety alone had cause to complain.. Here he was instrumental, under God, in the conversionof many souls. Among these was the holy and celebrated Dr. Sibbs. His excellent endowments, together with his extensive usefulness, could not screen him from the oppressions of the times. Dr. Harsnet, chancellor to Archbishop Bancroft, visiting the university, silenced him, and put down his lecture, for refusing subscription. Mr. Baynes was required to preach at this visitation, when his sermon was sound and unexceptionable. But being of a weak constitution, he retired at the close of the service, for some refreshment ; andbeing called during his absence, and not answering, he was immediately silenced. Nor were his enemies satisfied with this, but, to make sure work of it, the reverend chan- cellor silenced him over again; all of which Mr. Baynes received with a pleasant smile on his countenance.+ Havingreceived the ecclesiastical censure, he appealed to the archbishop ; but his grace stood inflexible to the determi- nation of his chancellor, and threatened to lay the good old man by the heels, for appearing before him with a little black edging on his cuffs.t After receiving the above censure, Mr. Baynes preached only occasionally, as he found opportunity, and was w Clark's Lives annexed to his Martyrologie, p. 22, 23. + Baynes's Diocesans Tryall, Pref. Edit. 1621. t Ibid.-How a little blackedgingcould offend his lordship, is certainty not easy to discover. It was not prohibitedby any of the canons, nor any violation of the ecclesiastical constitutions. Therefore, unless the arch- bishop had some enmity against the good man previously in his heart, it seems difficult to say how he could have been offended with so trivial a matter.
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