Maddox - BX9329 M3 1740

[ 165 " Humphrey, Mr. Lever, Mr. Crow- " ley, and others, that labour to root " out the Weeds of Popery. " This Mr. Crowley, Minifter of the Parish of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, and his Curate, gave great Occafion of much Trouble in his Church, by quarrelling with di- vers Clerks who came to a Funeral in their Surplices,and making a Z'u- molt thereupon. So gentle was our Mr. S rype s " Archbifhop (Dr. Parker] in his Cen- Life ofParka « fure of fo great a Fault as ,barrel p' ii8' " ling ( and, it may be, coming to " Strokes) in God's Houfe, Crowley " was charged to keep his Houfe, " and remain under Confinement at " home. " Many of thefe Gentlemen of the ftrider Sort had affumed to themfelves the Title of Englifh Preachers and ¶ogtors, which they affected from Eph. 4. and i i. At the fame Time they Ibid. 1 fo. had a Variety of very abufzve Names for the conforming Clergy. The Hiftory of the Puritans furnishes force of them, Papilts in Difguife, idle .`Drones, dumb Dogs, Popelings, Mang Priefts, pet- ty Antichri/ts, &c. In fhort, thefe Englifh 'oEfors, as we find in Mr. Strype, " proceeded fo far that he was 'bid, thought unworthy of the Title, who f` had not force fingular Opinion to in- M 3 flame

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