2 ro The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. V. c.ceest `° that theywill ferve in their cures according to the rites, orders, forms, Elizabeth, , and ceremonies refcribed; and that they will not hereafter preach or t_¡:7 °` fpeak any thing ending to the derogation o pf the faid book, or any part thereof, remaining authorized by the laws and ftatutes of this realm." In the forma objurationis, they fubfcribe and proteft upon oath, " That '' the book of confecration of archbifhops and bithops, and of the order- " ing of deacons, fet forth in the time ofking Edward VI. and confirmed by authority of parliament, doth contain in it all things neceffary for fuch " confecration and ordering, having in it nothing that is either fuperfti- s` tious or ungodly, according to their judgment ; and therefore that they " which be confecrated, and ordered according to the fame book, be duly, cr orderly, and lawfully ordained and confecrated, and that they do ac- knowledge their dutyand obedience to their ordinary and diocefan, as to a " lawful magiftrate under the queen's majefty, fo let forth as the laws and M.S. p. 198. " ftatutes do require ; which obedience they do promife, accordingas the laws fh-all bind them to perform. In teflimony"whereof, they dohere- " unto fubfcribe their names." The minijiers offered fo ufe the bookof Common Prayer, and no other; and not to preach againft the fame before the meeting of the next parlia- ment; but apprehending the oath and /úbfcription to be contrary to the laws of God and the realm, they appealed to the archbifhop of Canter- ibid, R. zoz. bury; who denied their appeal. Hereupon they prefented a fupplication to the queen, and another to the parliament, but could not be heard, though their cafe was molt compaffionate, for they had wives and large families of children, which were now reduced to poverty and want, fo that (as they fay in their fupplication) if God in his providence does not help, they mutt beg. In the room of the deprived tninifters, certain outlandifh men fucceeded, who could hardly read fo as to be underftood; thepeople were left un- taught ; inftead of having two fermons every Lord's day, -there was now only one in a quarter of a year, and for the molt part, not that. The parithioners figned petitions to the bifhop for their former preach, ers, but to no purpofe ; they mutt fwear and fubfcribe, or be buried in filence. Mr. John- On the zoth of September the Reverend Mr. Robert yohhnfon, already fon's ffm- mentioned, fometime domeflick chaplain to the lord- keeper Bacon, now ;vs. parfon of St. Clement's near Temple-bar,. was tried at Wefìminfer-hall for p 99 non-conformity; it alledged againft him, That he had married with- Iliad. p.83. y was g g > out the ring;. and that he had baptized without the crof. Mr. Pierce Pays, he was allo accufed of a mifdemeanor, becaufe when once he was admi:niftring the facrament, the wine falling fhort, he font for more, but did not confecrate it afrefh,. accounting- the. former confecration fufficient for
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