Chap. VIII. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 363 ing reigns, brought infinite mifchiefs upon the kingdom ; many families tueen being forced into banifhment; fome put to death, as in cafes of treafön ; Elizabeth, and others as the authors of feditious pamphlets. 5 1 The moderate puritans made a fhift to evade the force of this law, by Progrefr of coming to church when common prayer was almoft over, and by receiving ßrownifm. the facrament in fome churches where it was adminiftered with fome lati- tude; but the weight of it fell upon the feparats, who renounced all communion with the church in the word and facraments, as well as in the common prayer and ceremonies ; thefe were called sxowNISTS or sAR- ROWISTS, from one Barrow a gentleman of the Temple, who was now at their head. We have given an account of their diflinguifhing princi- ples in the year 5So. fnce which time their numbers were.prodigioufly encreafed, though the bifhops purfued them, and (hut them up in prifon without bail, or troubling themfelves to bring them to a trial. Sir Wal- ter Raleigh declared in the parliament houfe, that they were not lets than twenty thoufand, dividedinto feveral congregations inNorfolk andEJx, and in the parts about London : There were feveral confiderable men now at their head, as the reverendMr. Smith, Mr. acob, the learnedMr. .Ainf- worth, the Rabbi of his age, and others. The congregation about London being pretty numerous, formed them- Their church felves into a church, Mr. Francis yohnfon being chofen pallor by thefttlement fuffrage ofthe brotherhood, Mr. Greenwooddoétor, [or teacher] Mr. Bow- man and Lee deacons, Mr. Studley and Kinallon elders, all in one day, at facraments. the houle of Mr. Fox in Nicholas Lane in the year 1 592. (even perlons Strype'sdnn, were baptifed at the fame time without godfathers orgod-mothers, Mr. yam. vol. ul, p. fon only wafhing their faces with water, and pronouncing the form, I bap-174' 175' tize thee in the name, &c. The Lord's fupper was allo adminiflered in this manner; five white loaves being fet upon the table, the pafior blefred them by prayer, after which having broke the bread, he delivered it to fome, and the deacons to the reft, fomeflanding and others fitting about the table, ufing the words of the apoftle, 1 Cor. xi. 24. Take eat, this is the body of the Lord yefus, which was broken fir you : this do in remembrance ofhim. In like manner he gave the cup, ufing the like words of the apoftie, this cup is the new teflament in his blood; this doye, as oft as ye drink it, in re- membrance of bins. In the clofe they funga hymn, and made a collebtion for the poor. When any perfon carne firft into the church he made this proteflation or promife, that be would walk with them fo long as they did walk in the way of the Lord, and as far as might be warranted by the wordofGod. The congregation being obliged to meet in different places to cover They are d f themfelves from the bifhops officers, was at length difcovered on a Lord's covered and day at Iflington, in the very fame place where the proteflant congrega- imprtfoned. A a a 2 lion
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