UDA L. 21 he was not in the least dismayed, but withgreat seriousness, said, " God's will be done.". The next morning, the judges, by direction from court, gave private orders toput off his execution, until her majesty's pleasure was further known. All this was done by the particular appointment of Whitgift. " For Dr. Bancroft, by his order, wrote to Puckering, signifying, that, if Udal's submission did not satisfy him, it was the archbishop's pleasure that he should proceed to judgment, and command his execution ; but afterwards defer the same, till her majesty's pleasure be consulted."+ In the mean time, the Dean of St. Paul's and Dr. Andrews were sent to persuade him to sign the recan- tation ; which he still peremptorily refused. And, because the queen had been misinformed of his opinions, Mr. Udal, by the motion of Sir Walter Rawleigh, who highly esteemed him, sent her majesty a short confession of his faith, as follows : ' I believe, and have often preached," says he, "that the church of England is a part of the true visible church, the word and sacraments being truly dispensed ; for which reason, I have communicated with it several years at Kingston, and a year at Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and do still desire to be a, preacher in the same church. There- fore, I utterly renounce the schism and separation of the Brownists.-I do allow the articles of religion, as far as they contain the doctrine of faith and sacraments, according to law.-I believe the queen's majesty hath, and ought to have, supreme authority over all persons, in all causes ecclesiastical and civil. And if the prince command any thing contrary to the word of God, it is not lawful for sub- jects to rebel or resist, but, with patience and humility, to bear the punishmentlaid upon them.-I believe the church, rightly reformed, ought to be governed byministers, assisted by elders, as in the foreign reformed churches.-I believe the censures of the church ought merely to concern the soul, and may not impeach any subject, much less any prince, in liberty of body, goods, dominion, or any earthly privilege : nor do I believe that a christian prince ought otherwise to be subject to church censures, than our graciousqueen professes herself to beby the preaching of State Tryals, vol. i. p. 157. t Baker's MS. Collec. vol. ay. p. 105.-Notwithstanding these barba- rous proceedings, Whitgift is styled a pious and a prudent prelate, and a stian not given to boisterous things, but one just and fair in all his ways.- Wharton's Troubles of Laud, vol. i. p. 50.
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