Chap. 1I. The HIST OR Yof the PURIVANs.. 495 af!iflance to the Rocbellers againf'È their natural prince. Upon this bold KíngJamea I. anfwer Mr. Knight was confined in the Gate-bout ; Paroeus's commen- 1622. taries were burnt at Oxford and London; his affertions were condemned as falle and feditious; and the univerfity of Oxford in full convocation paffed Oxford do-, a decree, that it was not lawfulfor fubjeeis to appear oenfvely in arms trey againji their king on thefcore of religion, or on any other account, according to thefcripture. How this was reconcileable with the king's afíifling the French huguenots, 1 muff leave with the reader. But to bind the nation down for ever in principles of flavery, all graduatesof the univerfity of Ox- fordwere enjoined to fubfcribe the above mentioned decree, and to (wear, that they wouldalways continue of thefameopinion. Was there ever loch an unreafonable oath ? for a man to (wear he will always be of the fame mind! Yet fuch was the feverity of the times! But to diftrefsthepuritans more effe lually, the king rent the following diredioris to the archbifhop, to be communicated to all the clergy of his province, dated from Windför, . duguft i o. 162 2. i. " That no preacher under a bithopordean, {hail makea fet difcourle, Krng', or fall into any common place of divinity in his fermons, not compre- junctions to " hended in the thirty-nine articles. retrain 2. " That no parfon, vicar, curate or lellurer, faall preach any fermon d,63raneg f o " hereafter, on Sundays or holydays in the afternoon, but expound the Calvin. " catechifm, creed, or ten commandments; and that thofe be moll en- " couragedwho catechife children only. 3. " That no preacher under a bifhop or dean, prefume to preach in " any popular auditory on the the deep points of predeftination, eleolion, " t reprobation; or of the univerfality, efficacy, rf/libility, or irrf/libility of " God's grace. 4. " That no preacher ofany degree {never, (ball henceforth prefume ain any auditory to declare, limit, or fet bounds- to the prerogative power, or juridielion offovereign princes, or meddle with matters of " {late. 5, " That no preacher thall ufe railing fpeeches againfl papifts or Puri- " tans, but endeavour to free the doârine and difcipline of the church in: a grave manner from the afperfions of both adverfaries. 6. " That the archbifhop and bithops be more wary for the future, in. " licenfing preachers; and that all lec`lurers throughout the kingdom be li- " cenfed in the court of faculties, by recommendation from the bithop of " the diocefe, with a fiat from thearchbifhop, and a confirmation under ` the great feat of England. " Thofe that offended againfi any of there injunëlions were to be fufpended ab officio & beneficio for a year and a day, till his ma- `.! jelly
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