421. the HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. I. kingfamesI. Francis Goodwin, whole eleftion they had felt afide, to be brought before 1603 him and his judges. Molt of thofe who approached his perlon la- houred to infpire him with a deign of making himfelf abfolute; or ra- ther to confirm him in that refolution. The bifhops were of this num- ber; and from this time there has appeared among the clergy a party of men, who have 'carried the obedience of the fubjeâ, and the authority of the crown, as high as in the moll arbitrary monarchies. Proceedings But though the court and bifhops were fo well agreed, the parliament of par lra. afíed Come ads which gave them uneafinefs ; as the revival of the fta- mrnt. P g tute of Edward VI. which enacts, that all proceffes, citations, judg- ments, &c. in any ecclefiaflical courts, (hall be tffued in the king's name, and under the king's teal. of arms. The bifhops were faid to be afleep when they fuffered this claufe to pats; but the Laudeanclergy broke thro it afterwards, as they did through every thing elfe that flood in the way of their 'fovereignty. It was farther enacted, that all leales or grants of HeyAer. church lands to the king, or his heirs, &c. for more than twenty-one Red. p. 375. years for the future fhould be made void ; which put an effectual flop to the alienation of the churches revenues. The marriages of the clergy were allo legitimated, by reviving the flatute of king Edward VI. for that purpofe. Proceedings The convocation which fat with the parliament was very alive againft ofconvoca- the puritans. The fee of Canterbury being vacant, Bancroft bilhop of icon. London d prefided, and produced the king's licenfe to make canons. May Strype's"Inn. P + P g lif y Vol. IV. .2d. he delivered a book of canons of his own preparing to the lówer .1).396- houle for their approbation. About the fame time Mr. Egerton, Fleet- wood, Wooton, Clark, and other puritan divines, prefented a petition for reformation of the book of common-prayer ; but inflead of receiving it, Theyadmonifhed them and their adherents to be obedient and conform be- fore Mìdfummer-day, or elfe they fhould undergo the cenfures of the church. In the mean time the canons were reviling. May z3d. there was a de- bate in the upper houle upon the crofs in baptifm, when Bancroft and force others (poke vehementlyfor it ; but Dr. Rudd, bifhop of St. David's flood up, and made the following fpeech for charity and moderation. Bp. Rudd's - " For my part, I acknowledge the antiquityof the ufe ofthe Cr f, fpeech in con- " as mentioned in Tertullian, and after him in St. Cyprian, St. Cbryfoflom, vocariori car-aft .r Auflin and others. I allo confefs the original of the ceremony to have inba the " f run by occafion ofthe pagans, who reproached the ancient chriftians in daptifm. p g P g P Peirce, " for believing in Chrift crucified ; and that in popery it has been fuper- 2' x584 159. " flitioufly abufed ; and I affirm, that it is in the church of England " now admitted and entertained by us, and reftored to its ancient inte- ct grity, all fuperftition abandoned. '° Likewife
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