602 The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap.V. K. Charles L This was a degree of feverity hardly to be parallelled in the chriflian world. When the did of Nantz was revoked, the french king allow_ Remarks. ed his proteftant fubjeEts a convenient time to difpofe of their effects and depart the kingdom ; but our proteftant archbifhopwill neither let the pu- ritans live peaceably at home, nor take fantuary in foreign countries ; a conduct hardlyconfrftent with the laws of humanity, much lefs with the character of a chriflian bifhop; but while hisgrace was running things to thefe extremities, the people (as has been obferved) took a general difguft, and almoft all Englandbecame puritan. Approach of The bithops and courtiers being not infenfible of the number and ward pa to- weight of their enemies among the more refolved proteftants, determined pry. to balance their power by joining the papifts ; for which purpofe the dif- ferences between the two churches were Paid to be trifling, and the pecu- liar doctrines of popery printed and preached up, as proper to be received Differences by the church of England. $ifhop Montague (peaking of the points of between the churches t faith and morality affirmed, that none of thefe are controverted between wo l7eed. us, but that the points in di /bute were fa lefer nature, of whicha man Ruthw. might be ignorant without any danger offalvation. Francifeus de Clara, Part r. an eminent francifean friar, ,publifhed a book, wherein he endeavoured P' 2099' to accomodate the articles of the church of England to the fenfe of the church of Rome, fo that both parties might fùbfcribe them. The book was dedicated to the king, and thefriar admitted to an acquaintance with the archbifhop. uninterrupt- Great firefs was laid upon the uninterrupted fucceffion of the epifcopal ed fucceffon character through the church of Rome ; for miferable were we (lays Dr, of hfi°ps' Pocklington) ifhe that now fits arcbb(hop of Canterbury could not derive hisfuccPionfrom St. Auftin, St. Auftin from St. Gregory, and St. Gte- goryfrom St. Peter. Dr. Heylin in his moderate Anfwer to Mr. Burton, has thefe words, That my lord ofCanterbury that now is, is lineally de- liended from St. Peter in a mo/t fair and confiant tenor offùccton, you faall eafily find if you confult the learned labours of MASON de minifterio anglicano. invocation of Bifhop Montague publifhed a treadle, Of the invocation offaints, in Joints, which he lays, that departedfaints have not only a memory, but a morepe- RuthC. culiar charge oftheirfriends; and that force faints have a peculiar patro- nage, cuftody, proteblion and power, as angelshave alfo, over certain per- fons and countries by fpecial deputation; and that it is not impiety fi to be- The mafs and lieve. Dr. Cofms lays in one of his fermons, that when our reformers took realprefence, away the mats they marred all religion; but that the male was not taken away, inafmuch as the real prefence ofChrift remained fill, otherwifé it were not a reformed, but a deformed religion. And in order to perfuade a papift to come to church, he told him, That the body ofChrift was firb- ftantially
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