196 7heHIST ORY of the PURITANS. Chap, V. Rimers Chap. V . Of the r f dente of the parlors. Elizabeth, --VI. Of minifters that cannot preach, and of licences to preach. ' VII. Of the apparel of minUlers. VIII. Of archbifhops, metropolitans, bops, archdeacons, &c. IX. O f the communionbook. X. Of holidays. XI. What kind ofpreaching is moll effete ual. XII. Ofpreaching before the admin7lration of thefacramente. XIII. Ofreading the fcriptures. ' XIV. Of min and preaching by deacons. XV. Ofmatters touching thecommunion: XVI. Of matters touching baptifm. XVII. Offeniors, or government by elders. XVIII. Of certain matters concerning dìfcipline of the church. - - -XIX. Of deacons and widows. XX. Of the authority of the civil magifrate in ecclefraflical matters. XXI. Offubfcribing the communion book. XXII. Ofcathedral churches. XXIII. Ofcivil offices inecclfallicalperms. dnfwered by Thefe were the chief heads of complaint, which the puritans having. Whirgift. laid before the world, the bi(hops thought themfelves obliged to anfwer. Dr. John .Whitgift, matter of Trinity College, and vice-chancellor of Cambridge,- was appointed to this work, which he performed with great labour and ftudy, and dedicated it to the church of England. His me- thod was unexceptionable ; the whole text of the admonition being fet down in paragraphs, and under each paragraph the doctor's anfwer. L. of Whit- Before it was printed, it was revifed and corrected by archbifhop Parker, gift, p. 42. Dr. Cooper bifhop of Lincoln, and Pern bifhop of Ely; fo that in this book, fays Mr. Strype, may be feen all the arguments for and against the hierarchy, drawn to the heft advantage. Cartwright Dr. IPhitgift's book was anfwered by Mr. Cartwright, whofe perfor- replies. mance was called a mafter-peice in its kind, and had the approbation of great numbers in the univerfity of Cambridge, as well as foreign divines. Whitgift replied to Cartwright, and had the thanks of the bifhops and of the queen; who as a reward for his excellent and learned pains, made him dean of Lincoln,, while Cartwright to avoid the rigor of the cam, mifoners, was forced to abfcond in friends houles, and at length retire into bani(hment. But it was impoflible for thefe divines to fettle the controverfy, becaufe they were not agreed upon- one and the fame ftandard, or rule of judg- ment., Mr. Cartwright maintained, that The holyfcriptures were not only a ßandard
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