Chap. I. TheHISTORYofthe PURITA.Ns. 415 for men to preach out of the congregation without a lawful call: KingJamesI. That in the 25th article the ground for confirmation might be examined ; 1603 one pafl'age contain it to be a depraved imitation of the apoftles, and grounding it on their example; betides, that it was too much work for a bifhop. Here Bancroft no longer able to contain himfelf, falling upon his knees,. begged the king with great earneftnefs to flop the doc`tor's mouth, according to an ancient canon, that SCHISMATICKS are not to be heard againfi' their b/hops. It is not reafonàble, fays he, that men who have fubfcrib ed to thefe articles, fhould be allowed to plead againft their own act, con- trary to the flatute Lft Eliz. The king perceiving the bifhop in a heat, Paid, my lord, You ought not to interrupt the do&or, but either let him, proceed, or anfwer what he has objected. Whereupon he replied, " That as " ° to Dr. Raynolds's firft objection, the doctrine of predeflination was a def " perate doblrine ; and had made many people libertines, who are apt to " fay, if Ifhall be Paved, 1(hall be faxed; he therefore defired it might " be left at large. That his fecond objection was trifling, becaufe by the praflice of the church, none but licenfedmini /hers might preach or ad " minifter the facrament. And as to the doctor's third objection he laid, " ° that the bifhops had their chaplains and curates to examine fuch as " were to be confirmed ; and that in ancient time, none confirmed but " bops. To which Raynolds replied in the words of St. ferom, that it was rather a compliment to the order, than from any reafon or necepty of the thing. And whereas the bifhop had called him a SCHISMATtCK, he defired his majefty., that that imputation might not lie- upon him; which occafioned a great deal of mirth and raillery between the king . and his nobles about the unhappy puritans. In conclulion the king faid, he was againft encreafing the number of articles, or fluffing them with theological niceties ; becaufe were they never fo- explicit, there will be no preventing contrary opinions. As to confirmation, he thought it not de- cent to refer the folemnity to a parifhyprieft, and doted his remarks with this, maxim, no bop, no king. After a long interruption the doctor proceeded, and defired a new ca- techifm; to which. the king contented, provided there might be no cu- rious queffions in it, and that our agreement with the roman catholicks in Tome points might not be efteemed heterodoxy. He further defired a new tránflation of the bible, to-which his majeftyagreed, provided it were without marginal notes, faying, that of a-Ii the tranflations, the Geneva- was the worft, becaufe of the marginal notes, which allowed-difobedience to kings. The doctor complained of the printing and diiper/ing popes pmnphiets, which reflecting onBancroft's character, the king faid, " what " was done of this.kind was by warrant from the court, to nourifh the fchifm
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