;266 The HISTORY of the PUR1TANS. Chap. VII. neen . 2. " That none do preach or catechize, except alto he will read t h Elizabeth, " whole fervice, and adminifter the facraments four times a year. 'SL,.B¡v 3. " That all preachers, and others in ecclefiaftical orders, do at all " times wear the habits prefcribed. 4. " That none be admitted to preach, unlefs he be ordained accord - " ing to the manner ofthe church of England. 5. " That none be admitted to preach, or execute any part of the cede- " fiaftical function, unlefs he fubfcribe the following articles. Firft, " To the queen's SUPREMACY over all perfons, and in all caufes " ecclafìical and civil, within her majefly's dominions. Secondly, " To the book of common prayer, andof the ordination ofpriells " and deacons, as containing nothing contrary to theword of God; and that " they will ufe it in all their publick mini/Irations and no other. Thirdly, " To the thirty-nine articles of the church of England, agreed " ußon in the f nod of 1562, and afterwards confirmed by parliament." And with what feverity his grace enforced thefe articles, will be Peen pre- fently. Examination It is eafy to obferve, that they were all levelled at the puritans ; but the intohi.r power molt difinterefted civil lawyers of thefe -times were of opinion, that his .fimpojng grace had no legal authority to impofe thofe, or any other articles upon. :hrm. the clergy, without the broadfeal; and that all his proceedings upon them, were an abufe of the royal prerogative, contrary to the laws of the land, and confequently fo many acts of oppreflion upon the fubjeEt. Their reafons were ; KS. p.429. r. Becaufe the ftatute of the 25th of Henry the VIIIth, chap. 20. ex- prefly prohibits " th,whole body of the clergy, or any one of them, to put in ufe any conflitutions, or canons already made, or hereafter to be " made, except they be made in convocation, affembled by the king's " writ, his royal affent being alto had thereunto, on pain of fine and imprifonment." 2. Becaufe by the ftatute of firft Eliz. cap. 3. All fuch jurif- diétions, privileges, fuperiorities, pre-eminences, fpiritual or ecclefiafti- " cal power and authority, which hath heretofore -been, or may law- " fully be executed or ufed, for the vifitation of the ecc-lefiaftical ftate and perlons, and for reformation of the fame, and of all manner of errors, " ° herefies, fchifms, ábufes, contempts, and enormities, arefor ever uni- ted to the imperial crown of thefe realms." Whence it follows, that all power is taken from the bops, except that of governing their diocefes, according to the laws of the land, or according -to any further injunétions they may receive from the crown, under the broadfoal. 3. Becaufe fome of the archbifhop's articles were directly contrary to the jiatuto laws of the realm, which the queen herfelf has not power to alter or
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