HifIory ofthe Puritans, examin'd. 279 And Sir Edward has likewife thefe remarkable Word*. ' Was it ever heard or feen, that a Set of Laymen, Gtntl=mnen, Soldiers, Lawyers, Mer- chants,all Proref$ons admitted, but the Profeffion of Profefiions for this Work, Divines alone ex- ' cluded? That íhould determineupon Doctrinal Points of Divinity ? Theology is not fo low, fo ' facile á Trade ; let us maintain thofe that areefta- ' blith'd ;to declare new, is not fit or our Affembly. And for my part, I think I have found daily Caufe, to with thefe Refolutions recommended ' unto other Refolvers.' Neal, p. 492, The Commons difallowed of the Tu- multuous Attempts of private Perfons, and punfhed them feverely. Complaint being made by the Inhabi- tants of St. Saviour's, Southwark, of certain Per- fops who bad pull'd down the Rails of the Communion- Table, in an infolent and riotous manner ; they were fentfor into Cuflody, and having been heard by their Council at the Bar of the Houfe, the Churchwardens were o, der'd to let up new Rails, at the Cott and Charges of the Offenders. Nalfon, p. 271. What Nalfon fays in the Place referr'd to,!(Vol. IT. p. 271.) ' A Petition was this day read in the Houfe of Lords, &claring the great Diforders commit- ' ted in the Parifh Churches of St. 'Saviour's, and St. Olave's Southwark, in time of the Adminiftra- ' tion of the Communion; hereupon, it was or- der'd, That the Names of the particular Offen- ders be given in to the Houle, and then this Houfe will give filch Order therein, as funds with Ju- ftice, and the Defert of the Caufe.' The miffalke of the Houfe of Commons, for the Houfe of Lords, is but a fm all one, with our Hiflo- rian. The Order mention'd after in Mr. Neal, for which he refers to Nalfon, p. 291. was not an Or- t Rullivarth, Vol. Iv. p. 393. T 4 der
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