Chap. VII. The HISTORY ofthe PURITANS. 309 church, but to maintain it as far as they can ; and foberly to teach Jefus .ueen thrift crucified. Elizabeth, 4. That minifters may not be expofed to the malicious profecution of 1584. their enemies, upon their omiflion of any TITTLE in thefervicebook. 5. That they may not be obliged to read the Apocrypha, feeing-in the firft book printed in her majefty's reign, the fame was left out, and was after- wards infected without warrant of law, and contrary to the ftatute, which allows but thrée alterations. 6. That the crofs in baptifin may not be enforced, feeing in king Ed- ward's zd book, there- was a note which left that, and fome other rites indifferent; which note ought to have been in the queen's book, it not being among the alterations appointed by. ftatute. 7. They further defre, that in baptifm the godfathers may anfwer in their own names, and not in the child's. 8. That midwives and women may not baptize. 9. That the words upon delivery of the ring in marriage, may be left indifferent. to. That his grace would not urge the precife wearingof the gown, cap, tippet, and furplice, but only that minifters be obliged to wear apparel, . meet and decent for their callings. i t. That letlurers whohave not curee(fouls, but are licenfed to preach, behaving themfelves well, be not enforced to minifter the facraments, un- lefs they be content fo to do. But the archbifliop would abate nothing, nor admit of the leaft la- T eyarere- titude from the national eftablifhment. He framed an anfwer to theyetted. propofals, in which he lnfifts upon a full conformity, telling the peti- tioners, that it was noneof his bufinefs to alter the ecclefiaftical laws, or difpenfe with them ; which was all they were to exped from him. What could wife and good men do more in a peaceable way, for the liberty of their confciences, or a further reformation in the church ? They pe- titioned the queen, applied to both houfes of parliament, and addreffed the convocation and bifhops; they movedno feditions or riots, but failed and prayedfor the queen and church, as long as they were allowed ;. and ,when they could ferve them no longer, they patiently fubmitted to fuf- penfons and, deprivations, fines and imprifonments, till it fhould pleafe God, of his infinite mercy, to open a door for their further. ufefulnefs. The papifts made their advantages of thefe divifions ;. a plot was ditto.. 158'5. vered this very year againft the queen's life, for which lord Paget andothers State ofpope" fled their country.; and one Parry was executed,., who was to have killed Strype'sBS- her majefy, as the was riding abroad , to which (it is faid) the pope en- couraged him, by granting him his bleffing, and a plenary indulgence and. remiflion of all his fins;:: affuring him that.befides the merit of the afìtion.
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