Hif©ry ofthe Puritans, examin'd. 269 ftrument in bringing on the Miferies of the Na- tion, in which he was fo furioufly aC-tive, and withal fo fcandaloufly fubfervient, that few or none have undertaken to vindicate him. He had been educated in the Univerfity of Oxford, and 6 made Chaplain to the late King : But being dif- gufled by a Profecution in the High- ComtniQion Court, and his Ambition unanfwer'd ; he fhew'd himfelfa true Time - ferver, and gain'd fo much r as to grow rich by the Purchafe of Bifhop's Lands. But after the Reftoration he loft all, and living privately at Watford in Hertfordfhire, he ' there died in great Want and Poverty, torment- ' ed, and eaten up by a Cancer in his Neck and , Cheek ; a fearful Inftance of Rebellion and Sa- crilege. An Incendiary, let his Religion or Caufe be what it will, is never to be fpared by an im- partial Hiftorian, whofe Bufinefs is, to difplay the Honour, and expofe the Infamy of all, that make a noire in the World.' Neal, p. 459. But none of theft Votespaled into a Law, [viz. Votes of the Commons for abolifhing Bithops, Deans and Chapters] nor was there the leafy Profpett of their being receiv'd by the Lords, as long as the Bops were in the Houle, who flood together like a Wall againfl every Attempt of the Commons for Alterations in the Church, till by an unexpected Pro- vidence, they were broken in pieces, and macle way for their own Ruin. Here Mr. Neal fpeaks fo like himfelf, that I am really at a lofs for an Anfwer. Neal, p. 473. 9"o return to the Parliament, there were two Bills that affected the Prerogative, now rea- dy for the Royal Affent ; one to abolifh the Court of High-Commifion, the other to take away the Star- Chamber; to induce the King to pals themmore readily, the Commonsfent up a Money-Bill with them, but when the King came to the Houle, he paled the Money-Bill, burl
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