1-4. irhe HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. I. R ng;an-:esi. " the king commanded the bithops, as they would anfwer it to God in rtc " confeience, and to himfelf, upon their obedience, to advife among Calder- " themfelves, of the corruptions of the church in doEtrine, ceremonies v',0,1's'EA " and difcipline ; who after confultation reported, that all was weld; but Ch. Scot- " when his majefty with great fervency brought inftances to the con_ larva,-9 474 " Q trary, the bithops on their knees craved with great earneftnefs, that nothing might he altered, left popilh recufants punifhed by penal Matutes " for their difobedience, and the puritans punàfhed by deprivation from their " callings and livings for non - conformity, fhould fay, they had full caz f to inlult upon them, as men who had travailed to bind them to that which " by their own mouths now was confefid to be erroneous." Mr. Strype calls this an afperfion ; but I am apt to think him miftaken, becaufe Mr. Gal- loway adds thefe words, " when fundry perfons gave out copies of there " aâions, I myfelf took occafion, as I was an ear and eye-witnefs to let " them down, and prefented them to his majefty, who with his own hand mended fonte things, and eked others that I had omitted." It is very certain, that bifhop Barlow has cut off and concealed all the fpeeches that his majefty made againft the corruptions of the church, and the pra&ices of the prelates, for five hours together, according to the tefti- mony of Dr. Andrews dean of the chapel, who Paid, that his majy did that day wonderfully play the puritan. Second day's The fecond day's conference was on Monday, January 16th. when conference the four minifters were called in, with Mr. Galloway minifter of Perth with the pu- ritans. in Scotland, on the one part, and two bithops and fix or eight deans on the other, the ref} being fecluded. The king being feated in his chair, with his nobles and privy counfellors around him, let them know, he was now ready to hear their obje&ions againft the ef}ablithment. Where- upon Dr. Raynolds, in the nameof his brethren, humbly requef}ed. 1. That the doátrine of the church might be preferved pure, accord- ing to God's word. 2. That good paftors might be planted in all churches, to preach in the fame. 3. That the book of common prayer might be fitted to more increafe of piety. 4 That church government might be fincerely miniftered according to God's word. Reformation i. With regard to the dofrine of the church he requefted, that to ofdottrine. thole words in the 16th article, we may departfrom grace, maybe added, neither totally nor finally; to make them confif}ent with the docctrine of prede/lination in the 17th article; and that (if his majefty pleafed) the nine articles of Lambeth might be inferted. That in the 23d article thefe words, in the congregation, might be omitted, as implying a liberty
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