582 the HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. V. E. Charles', cc in any parts where the reformed religion was exercifed, to frequent i6 " their churches, and to hold correfpondence with the molt powerful per- Foreign " fons of that religion, particularly the Englifh arnbaffadors at Pails con- prot Plant " ftantly frequented the church at Charenton ; but the contrary to this was churches °t now praäifed, and force advertifements, ifnot inftructions, given to the thfiwned. " ambaffidor, to forbear any commerce with the men of that religion. " Lord Scudamore who was the Taft atnbaffador before the beginning of the " long parliament, iníkead of going toCharenton, furnifhed his chapel after " the newfafhion, with candles upon the altar, &c. and took care to pub- " lifh upon all occafions, that the church of England lookednot on the hugo- Hots as a part of their communion ; which was likewife induftrioufly dif- " courfed at borne. This made a great many foreign proteftants leave the °t kingdom, and tranfport themfelves into foreign parts." The church of .England by this means loft the efteem of the reformed churches abroad, who could hardly pity her, when a few years after the funk down into the deepeft diftrefs. To give another inftance of the archbifhop's difaffe &ion to the foreign proteftants, the queenof Bohemia the king's fitter, folicited the king in the molt preffing manner, to admit of a publick collection over England for Brieffor the the poor perfecuted minifters of the palatinate, who were banifhed their palatine mi- country for their religion. Accordingly the king granted them a brief to ttfrers, go through the kingdom; but when it was brought to the archbifhop he excepted ágainft the following clank , Whole cafes are the more to be Cyp. Ang. deplored, becaufe this extremity isfallen upon themfor their/incerity and con- Collyer, fancy IN THE TRUE RELIGION, WHICH WE TOGETHER WITH THEM 705 PROFESSED, and which we are all bound in confluence to maintain to the ut- mß of our powers. Whereas thefe religous andgodly perfons being involved among others their countrymen., might have enjoyed their Oates andfortunes, if with other backfliders in the times' of trial, they would have fubmitted themfelves to the ANTICHRISTIAN YOKE, and have renounced or dm- bled the profgion of their religion. His grace had two exceptions to this paffage. a. The religion of the palatine churches is affirmed to be the fame with ours, which he denied, becaufe they were calvinifts, and Laud'sercep_ becaufe their minifters had not epifcopal ordination. 2. He objedted to tioar to ir. the church of Rome's being called an antichrifiian yoke, becaufe it would then follow, that the was in nocapacity to convey facerdotal power in or- dinations, and confequently the benefit of the priefthood, and the force of holy miniftrations would be loft in the Engles church, for as much as the has no orders but what the derives from the church of Rome. Laud having acquainted the king with his exceptions, they were expunged in another draught. But the collection not fucceeding in this way, Dr. S'ibbes, Gouge, and other divines of the puritan party, figned a private recom
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