THE H I S T O R Y O F THE P U R I T AN S. P A R T II. G H A P. I. From the demife of 4ueen ELIZABETH to the death of Arehbilhop BANCROFT. HE royal houfe of the STUARTS has not been moreKingJa,nesI. calamitous to the EngliA church and nation, in the t603. male defcendants, than fuccefsful and glorious in the of tóe^fe female: The four kings of this line while in power, oftheStuarts, were declared enemies of our civil conftitution ; they governed without law, levied taxes by the prerogative, and endeavoured to put an end to the very being of parliaments. With regard to religion; the two hilt were neither found proteftants nor good catholicks, but were for reconciling the two religions, and meeting the papìfts half way ; but the two lait went over entirely to the church of Rome, and died profeffedly in her communion. The female branches of this family being married among foreign proteftants, were of a diffe- rent ftamp, being more enclined to puritanifm than popery; one of them
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