Chap. I. The HISTORY of çhe PURITANS. I9 C' has authority over another, according to the word of God. The invoca- Kin " tion of faints is refrained to interceffion, for as much as they have it 1-1",74.2" . " not in their own power to bellow any hlefíings upon us. It maintains, M} " that no church fhould be confecrated to any being, but God. It gives 4 C án. " liberty to work on faints days, efpecially in harveft time. It maintains p' " the doctrine of pafiive obedience. In the article of juftification it fays, P. S " We are juftified only by the merits and fatisfaétion of Chrift, and that no good works on our part can procure the divine favour, or prevail for " our juftification." This bookwas recommended and fubfcribed by the two archbifhops, nineteen bithops, and by the lower houfe of convocation, among whom were Gardiner, Bonner, and others, who put their brethren to death for thefe doctrines in the reign of queen Mary; and the reafon of their prefent compliance might be, that all their hopes from the fucceffion of the princefs Mary, a rigid papift, were now defeated, queen ane be- ing brought to bed of a fon OElober rzth this year, who was baptized ED- WARD, and fucceeded his father. The tranflation of the bible already mentioned, was this year printed and Bible ft up publifhed. Lord Cromwell procured the king's warrant for all his majefty's in Churches, fubjefts to read it without controul ; and by his injunctions commanded 1538 one to be let up publickly in all the churches in England, that the people might read it. His majefty farther enjoin'd the clergy, to preach the ne- cefiity of faith and repentance, and againft trufting in pilgrimages and other mens works; to order fuch images as had been abus'd tofuperflition, to be ta- ken down; and to tell the people, that praying to them was no lefs than idolatry : but Rill tranfubftantiation, the feven facraments, the communion in one kind only, purgatory, auricular confeffion, praying for the dead, the celibacy of the clergy, fprinkling of holy water, invocation of faints, fome images in churches, with moft of the fuperftitious rites and ceremo- nies of the popith church, were retained. Here his majefty made a gland; for after this the reformation fluctuated, Hindrances and upon the whole went ratherbackwards than forwards ; which was ow- of a farther ing to feveral caufes ; as (r.) To the unhappy death of the queen in child- Reformation. bed, who had pofieffron of the king's heart, and was a promoter of the reformation. (z.) To the king's difagreement with the proteflant princes of Germany, who would not put him at the head of their league, becaufe he would not abandon the doctrine of tranfubftantiation, and permit the communion in both kinds. (3.) To the king's difpleafure againft the arch- L. of Cran- bifhop, and the other bishops of the new learning, becaufe he could not P. 72. prevail with them to give content in parliament, that the king fhould ap- propriate all the fuppreffed monafleries to his own ufe. (q..) To his ma- jefty's unhappy marriage with the lady Anne of Cleves, aproteftant ; which was promoted by the reformers, and proved the ruin of the lordCromwell, D z who
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