572 The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. V. K. Charles I. fervice book eftablifhed by at of parliament, and impofe thofe alterations 1633. upon the whole bodyof the clergy. Bowing at The puritans always excepted againft bowing at the name of JEsus ; it the name of appeared to them very fuperftitious, as if worfhip was to be paid to aname, fefus. or to the name of JEsus, more than to that of CHRIST Of IMMANUEL. Neverthelefs it was enjoined by the eighteenth canon, and in compliance with that injun&ion, our laft tranflators inferted it into their text, by ren- dring Év rw óvo¡aa7t, in the name of yefus, as it was before both in the bi- ble and common prayer-book, at the name of 7efus, as it now ftands ; however no penalty was annexed to the neglect of this ceremony, nor did Ufurp. of any fuffer for it, till bifhop LAUD was at the head of the church, who prelates. preffed it equally with the refs, and caufed above twenty minifters to be fined, cenfured, and put by their livings, for not bowing at the name of JEsus, or for preaching again/l it. Communion On the third of November was debated before his majefty in council, intolaltarsed the queftion about removingthe communion table in St. Gregory's church near St. Paul's, from the middy of the chancel to the upper end of it, and placing it there in form of an altar. This being enjoined upon the church-wardens by the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, without confent of the parifhioners, they oppofed it, and appealed to the court of arches, al- ledging that the book of common prayer, and eighty fecond canon, gave liberty to place the communion table where it might (land with moft con- venience. His majefty being informed of the appeal, and acquainted by the archbifhop, that it would be a leading cafe all over England, was pleafed to order it to be debated before himfelf in council, and after hear- ing the arguments on both fides, declared that the liberty given by the eighty - fecond canon was not to be underftood fo, as if it were to be left to the difcretion of the parifh, much lefs to the fancies of a few humorous perfons, but to the judgment of the ordinary [or bifhop] to whole place it properly belonged to determine thefe points; he therefore confirmed Rufhw. thead of the ordinary, and gave commandment, that if the parifhioners part ad. went on with their appeal, the dean of the arches, who was then attend- t'' 2O ing at the hearing of the caufe, fhould confirm the order of the dean and chapter. This was a fovereign manner of putting an end to a controverfy, fhiers very agreeable to the archbifhop. that attended When the facrament was adminiftered in parifh churches, the com- ir. munion table was ufually placed in the middle of the chancel, and the people received round it, or in their feveral places thereabout; but now all communion tables were ordered to be fixed under the eaft wall of the chancel with the ends north and fouth in form of an altar ; they were to be raifed two or threeReps above the floor, and encompaffed with rails. Archbifhop Laud ordered his vicar general to fee this alteration made in all
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