Chap. V. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 597 of Laneafler, and a third to Carnarvon Caflle in Wales; but thefe prifons K. Charles I. not being thought diftant enough, they were afterwards removed to the .. 1637. iflands of Scilly, Guernfiy, and yerfey, where they were kept without the ufe of pen ink or paper, or the accefs of friends, till they were releafed by the long parliament. At palling this fentence archbifhop Laud made a laboured fpeech, to A'rchbí/ op clear himfeif from the charge of innovations, with which the puritans :ñatu 8árrh loaded him. He begins with retorting the crime upon the puritans, who Chamber, were for letting afide the order of bishops, whereas in all ages fince the apoftles time the church had been governed by bishops, whofe calling and order (in his grace's opinion) was by divine right, the office of lay elders having never beenheard of before Calvin. He then vindicates the parti- cular innovations complained of; as t. Bowing towards the altar, or at coming into the church. This he fays was the praétice in jewifh times,. Psalm xcv. 6. 0 come, let us worship, and bow down : Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; and yet the government is fo moderate, that no man is forced to it, but only religiouflycalled upon. " For my own part " (fays his grace) I (hail always think myfelf bound to wor(hip with my " ° body as well as foul, in what confecrated place foever I come to pray; " You, my honoured lords of the garter, do reverence towards the altar, '° as the greatejl placeof God's residence uponearth; greater than the pulpit, for there is only the wordof God, but upon the altar is his body; and a °' greater reverence is due to the body than to the word of the lord; and this is no innovation, for you are bound to it by your order, which is no " new thing." His grace proceeds to confider the alterations in the collebls andprayers,, which, he fays, the archbi(hop and bifhops to whom the orderingof the fall book was committed, had power under the king to make, provided nothing was inferted contrary to the doctrine or difcipline of the church of England; he then juftifies the several amendments, and concludes molt of his articles with (hewing that there is no connexion between the charge and the popular clamour raifed againit him, of an intent to bring in popery. But the several innovations here mentioned being objected to the archbi(hop at his trial, we (hall defer our remarks to that place. His grace concludes with a proteflation, That he had no defign toal. ter the religion eftabli(hed by law ; but that his care to reduce the church toorder, to uphold the external decency of it, and to fettle it to the rules of the first reformation, had brought upon him and his brethren, all that malicious ftorm that had loured fo black over their heads. He then Ru(hw. thanks the court for their jolt and honourable cenfure of thefe men, and .1ppend. for their defence of the church; but becaufe the bulìnefs had fame refe- ' tense
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