242 The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. VI. Queen preacher to king Edward VI. Had he lived a little longer, he had been Elizabeth, perfecuted by the new bilhop, as his brother Whittinghatn was ; but God took him away from the evil to come. He died in yuly 1577, and was fucceeded in the hofpital, by his brother Ralph Lever. Puritans Mr. Cartwright, upon his return from the 111e of Guernfey, was chofen ordained at preacher to one of the Englifh factories at Antwerp : Thefe factories fub- Antwerp. mitred to the difcipline of the Dutch churches, among whom they lived, and their minifters became members of their confiftories. While Cart_ wright was here, many of the Englifh, who were. not fatisfied with the terms of conformity, or the Englifh manner of giving orders, went over thither, and were ordained by the prefbysers of thofe churches ; nay, Strype'slnn. force who had received deacons orders in the church of England, chofe to p 513 be madefull miners by the foreign confiftories ; among there were Mr. Cartwright, Fenner, A/hton and Travers. Travers was batchelor of di. vinity in the univerfrty of Cambridge before he left England, and was or- dained at Antwerp, May 14th, 1578. The copy of his teftimonials is to this effect Travers' ,cc F Orafmuch as it is juft and reafonable, that fuch as are received te/fimssialr.'. c` into the number of the minifters of God's word, fhould have a Fuller. B. -" teftimonial of their vocation ; we declare, That having called together a IX. p. 214. " fynod of twelve minifters of God's word, and almoft the fame number " ofelders, at Antwerp on May 8th, 1578. our very learned, pious,vand " excellent brother, the reverend dottor Gualter Travers, was by the unanimous votes and ardent delires of all prefent, received and infti- " toted into the miniftry of God's holy word, and confirmed according " to our accuftomed manner, with prayer and impofition of hands ; and " the next day after the fabbath, having preached before a full congre- " gátion of Englifh, at the requeft of the minifters, he was acknowledged " and received molt affectionately by the whole church. That al- " mighty God would profper the miniftry of this our reverend brother " aìt ong the Englifh, and attend it with great fuccefs, is our molt earneft " prayer, through Jefus Chrift. Amen. Given at Antwerp, May 14, " 1578, and Signed, yoannes Taffinus, V.D.M. Logelerius Iilerius, V.D.M. yoannes Hocheleus, V.D.M. Dean Whit- Fìlkington late bifhop of Durham was fucceeded by Dr. Barnes, bifhop tingham's of CárlJe, a prelateof feverer principles than his predeceßbr ; who having traubler, in vain attempted to reduce the clergy of his diocefe to an abfolute con- formity,
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