3qo the HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. VIII. ,peen of colleges, who examined him by feveral interrogatories, and commanded Elizabeth, him peremptorily to abftain from thofe controverfies in his tenures and fermons for the future. They acquainted fecretary Cecil by letter with their proceedings, in which they call his dodrines pop h, and fay, that for fourteen or fifteen years he has taught in his le&ures, and preached in his fermons, divers points of do&rine contrary to thofe which have been taught and read ever f nce her majefty's reign, and agreeable to the errors of popery by which . means they fear the whole body of that religion will break in upon them ; they thereforepray his lordfhip's affiftance for the fuppreffing them. Camb. March 8th. 5595. Signed by Roger Goad, Procan. R. Some, Thomas Legge, john Jegon, Tho. Nevi le, To. Prejlon, Hump. Tindal, lames Montague, Edm. Barrel, Law. Chadderton. Strype's On the other hand Baro wrote to the archbifhop to keep him in his. place, promifing obedience to his grace's commands, and to keep the vol. oft. 1? P g g P p, 230. peace of the univerfity by dropping the controverfy in filence. He alto wrote to fecretary Cecil to put a flop to the proceedings of the vice- chancellor, which he together with the archbifhop accomplifhed; but the univerfity not being fatisfied with him, hewas obliged next year to quit his profefforfhip and retire toLondon, where he died two or three years after, havingbeen ladyMargaret's profeffor at Cambridge about twenty-five years. He left a largepofterity behind him, and was buried in St. Olave's Hart- freet, his pall being fupported by fix do&ors of divinity, by order from L. of Whit- the bithopof London. The chancellor in his letter to the univerfity was gift, P. 4i3. very angry, becaufe they fluted Barowith interrogatories, " as if, Pays he, he was a thief ; this feems done of stomach among you." How fad then was the cafe of the puritans ! Sentiments of The divines of Oxford, and indeed all the first reformers, were in the She church on farne fentiments with thofeof Cambridge about the difputed points; Cal- ibishead. vin's Insitutions being read publickly in the fchools by appointment of the convocation, though perhaps they might not go the full length of the Lambeth articles, nor exprefs themfelves with the flraitnefs of thofe who lived afterwards, when thofe do&tines had been publickly oppofed byAr- minius and his followers. The
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