Neal - Houston-Packer Collection BX9333 .N4 1754 v1

120 The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. IV; wen q.. «.That the ufe of copes and furplices may be taken away ; fo that Elizabeth, " all minifters in their miniftry ufe a grave, comely and fide garment, as 1562. t( S ^ they commonly do in preaching. 5. << That minifters be not compelled to wear fuch gowns and caps, as " the enemies of Chr's gofpel have chofen, to be the fpecial array of " their priefthood. 6. a. That the words in the 33d article, concerning the punifhment of " thofe, whodo not in all things conform to the publickorder about cere- " ° monies, may be mitigated. 7. " That all the faints days, feftivals and holidays, bearing the name .. ofa creature may be.abrogated ; or at leaft a commemoration only of .. them referved by fermons, homilies, or common prayer, for the better inftru&ing the people in hiftory; and that after fervice, men may go " to work." I have fubjoined the names of the fubfcribers to this paper, that the reader may take notice what confiderable perlons for learning, ability, and preferment, they were, as well as numbers, who defired a further reformation in the church. Alexander Nowel, dean of St. Paul's and prolocutor, Sampfn, dean of Chrf Church, Oxon, Lawrence Nowel, dean of Litchfield, Ellis, dean of Hereford, Day, provoft of Eaton, Dodds, dean of Exon, Mullins, archdeacon of London, Pullan, archdeacon of Colcheßer, .___Lever, archdeacon of Coventry, Bemont, archdeacon of Huntingdon, Spencer, archdeacon of Chiche/ler, -- Groley, archdeacon of Hereford, . --Heton, archdeacon of Glouce/ter, Rogers, archdeacon of St. 4japb, Kemp, archdeacon of St. Albans,. Prat, archdeacon of St. Davids, Longland, archdeacon of Bucks, ---Watts, archdeacon of Middlefex.

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