17a 7keHISTORY of the PURITANS: Chap. V. ,ueen fhe publifhed a declaration, that (he had no fuch intention, ' That fhe Elizabeth, " did not enquire into the fentiments of people's mind, but onlyYe.. r 57o. " quired an external conformity to the laws P and that all that came " to church, and obferved her injunftions, fhould be deemed good " fubjefts." So that if men would be hypocrites, her majefty would leave them to God ; but if they would not conform, they mutt fuller the law. Penal lows. When the next parliament met, they paffed a law, making it high- ogazr0 the treafon, To declare the queen to be an heretick, fihifinatick, tyrant, infidel, Pa3Pgi' oru us. er ; to ublr or put in u e the pope's bulls; to be reconciled to z3lZ f p p II, p f cap.. r. the church of Rome, or to receive abfolution by, virtue of them. The concealing, or not difcovering offenders againft this aft, is mifprifion of treafon. A proteftation was likewife drawn up, to be taken by all reputed papifts, in thefe words; " I do profefs and confefs before God, " that queen Elizabeth, my fovereign lady, now reigning in England, " r is rightfully, and ought to be, and continue queen, and lawfully " beareth the imperial crown of thofe realms, notwithftanding any at " or fentence, that any pope or bifhop has done or given, or can do ". or give ; and that if any pope, or other, fay or judge to the contrary, " whether he fay it as pope, or howfoever, he erreth, and affirmeth, " holdeth and teacheth error." And that the puritans might not efcape without fome note of difloyalty, another proteflation was drawn up for L. ofParker, them ; in which they profefs before God, that " they believe in their P. 324. " confciences, that queen Elizabeth is, and ought to be, lawful queen of " England, notwithftanding any aft or fentence, that any church, fy- nod, confiftory, or ecclefiaftical affembly bath done or given, or can " give ; and that if any fay or judge the contrary, in what refpeet " foever he faith it, he erreth, and affirmeth, holdeth and teacheth " ° error and falfhood." There was no manner of occafion for this Taft proteftation ; for in . the midit of thefe commotions, the puritans continued the queen's faith- ful and dutiful fubjefts; and ferved her majefty as chaplains in her ar- mies and navy, though they were not admitted into the churches- One would have thought the formidable confpiracies of the Roman catholicks, L..fParker, fhould have alienated the queen's heart from them, and prevailed with P 352 her majefty to yield fomething, for the fake of a firmer union among her proteftant fubjetls;, but inftead of this, the edge of the laws that were made againft popifh recufants, was turned againft proteftant non- conformifts, which inftead of bringing them into the church, like all other methods of feverity, drove them further from it. prarh of This year died Mr. Andrew Kingfmill, born in Hampfhire,. and edu Mr. Kingf- cated in fill Souls College, Oxon of which he was elefted fellow in r S, núii g SHe
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