3O2 The HISTORY of the 1'trrtesANS. Chap. VII. EhQueenh the laws and ftatutes of the land, to their opprel ors, becaufe of their great 154. names or religious charafters ? The affairs of the church, were in this ferment, when the parliament Puritans met Nov. 23. in which the puritans, defpairing ofall other relief, refoly- apply to the ed to make their utmoft efforts for a further reformation of church difci- Parllanwet, 173, pline. Fuller fays, their agents were foliciting at the door of the houle of commons all day, and making intereft in the evening at the chambers of parliament men; and ifthe queen wouldhave taken the advice of her two L. of Whit. houles, they had been made eafy. December 14th, three petitions were gift, p. 176> offered to the houle ; one touching liberty for godly preachers ; a fecond 177. to exercife and continue their miniftry ; and a third for a fpeedy fupply of able men for deftitute places. The firfl was brought in by Sir Thomas Lucy; the fecond by Sir EdwardDymock; and the third by Mr. Gates, Soonafter this Dr. Turner ftood up, and put the houle in remembrance of a bill and book, which he had heretofore offered to the houle ; the bill was Bill brought entitled, Anaëtconcerningthe febfcription of miners, and propofes, " That Ät S. " no other fubfcription but what is enjoined by the 13th ofqueen Eliza- p. ¢ó6. " Beth, be required ofany minifler or preacher in the church of England ; " and that the .refuting to fubfcribe any other articles, (hall not be any " caufe for the archbi(hops or bithops, or any other perlons having ecclefi_ " aflical jurifdiftion, to refufe any of the laid miniflers to any ecclefi. " aftical office, funátion or dignity ; but that thefaid archbifhops, bithops, ee &c. (hall inllitute, induét, admit, and invetl, or caule to be inflituted, " &c. fuch perlons as (hall be prefented by the lawful patrons, notwith- " !landing their refufal to fubfcribe any other articles, not let down in the " latute 13 Eliz. And that no minifter for the future fhall be fufpended; " deprived, or otherwife molelled in body or goods, byvirtue ofany eccle- " fiafticaljurifdiftion, but only in the cafes of obftinately and wilfully de- fending any herefies, condemned by the express word of God, or for " their diffolute lives, which (hall be proved by two credible witneffes, or " by their own voluntary confeßìon." The book conffled of 34 articles ofcomplaint, but by advice of the Houle, the fubflance of the petitions were reduced by the miniflers into 16 articles, which he defired might be imparted to the houle of lords, and they be requefled to join with the commons, in exhibiting them by way of humble fuit to the queen. The five fin i were againfl infufficient miniflers ; then followed, Their prop- 6. That all paflors to be admitted to cures, might be tried and allowed fools for by the parithes. Re armatiox. g, 7. That no oath or fubfcription might be tendered to any at their en- p. ¢66, trance into the minifiry, but fuch as is exprefly prefcribed by the ftatutesof ix. Fuller, thisrealm, except the oath againft corrupt entring. P ,9°. 8. That miniflers may not be troubled for omiffion of fome rites orpor- tions, prefcribed in the book ofCommon prayer. <9. That
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