558 the H I,S TOM( of the PUMTANs. Chap. IV. K.Charles I. But his lordfhip had very little patience with thofe who oppofed his t1V proceedings. We have Peen his zeal for picáures andpaintings in churches, Sufferings of which forne of the puritans venturing to cenfure in their fermons and divers mini- Writings, were expofed to the fevereft punifhments : Among thefe were Art far the Reverend Mr. John Hayden of Devonjhire, who being forced to abf- prea heng again/t eh. , was apprehended in the diocefe of Norwich bybifhop Har /enet, who ornaments, after he had taken from him his horfe and money, and all his papers, &c. caufed him to be Phut up in clofe prifon for thirteen weeks ; after which, Mei2 11,7,:; when: the juftices would have admitted him to bail at the quarter feßions, den's ing:. . Prel, his ,lordfhip lent him up to the high commiffion, who deprived him of- P his miniftry and orders, and fet a fine upon him for preaching againft p. 56r. ;decorations and images in churches. In the year 2634. Mr. Hayden ven- turing to preach occafionally, without being reftored, was apprehended again and Pent to the Gatehozfe by archbifhop Laud, and from thence to Bridewell, where he was whipt and kept to hard labour ; here hè was con - fined in a cold dark dungeon during a whole winter, being chained to a poft in the middle of a room, with irons on his bands and feet, having no other food but bread and water, and a pad of ftraw to lie on. Before his releafe he was obliged to take an oath, and give bond, that he would Fuller, preach no more, but depart the kingdom in a month and ngt return. B. XL Bithop Harfenet did not live to fee the execution ofthis part of the. fentence, 10. 144. though for his zeal againft the puritans he was promoted to the archbi- fhoprick- of York, and made a privy counfellor. Some time before his deceafe he not only perfecuted the non-conforms, but complainedof the CONFORMABLE PURITANS, as he called them, becaufe they complied out of policy, and not in judgment. How hard is the cafe, when men (hall be punifhed for not conforming, and be complained of if they confirm ! Queen Elizabeth ufed to fay, fhe would never trouble herfelf about the confciences of her fubjeéts, if they did but outwardly comply with the laws; whereas this prelate would ranfack the very heart. HenrySher- Henry Sherfield, Efq; a bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and recorder of the field's EIq; city of Sarum, was tried in the liar-chamber, May loth. 1632. for Ruth 2d w. taking down force painted glafs out of one of the windows of St. Ed- p r55 mund's church in SaliJbury, in which were fevenpiEturesof God theFather in form of a little old man in a blue and red coat, with a pouch by his Prynne's fide: One reprefents him creating the fun and moon with a pair of com- CaioDoom. paflès, others as working on the bufinefs of the fix days creation, and at laft he its in an elbowchair at refl. Many Pimple people, at their going in and out of church, did reverence to this window (as they Paid) becaufe the Lord their God was there. This gave fuch offence to the recorder, who was alto a juftice of peace, that he moved the parifh at a vefìry for leave to take it down, and let up a new window of white glafs in the place,
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