Chap. I. Ve HISTORY of the PURITANS. 35 Laflly, The parliament gave the king all the lands for maintenance of wRing ard chauntries not poffeffed by his father ; al legacies given for obits, anniverfa- ries, Ed VI. 547 lamps in churches ; together with all guild lands which any fraternity enjoyed on the fame account : The money was tobe converted tothe main- Chauntriet th tenance of grammar fchools ; but the hungry courtiers (hared it among them- gi to e felves. After this the houles were prorogued from the 24th of December to , Edward 6. the loth of April following. cap. 54 The convocation that fat with the parliament did little ; the majority L.Ì6cran. being on the fide of popery, the archbifhop was afraid of venturing any p' S thing of importance amongft them; nor are any of their proceedings upon record ; but Mr. Strype has collefted from the notes of a private member, That the lower houle agreed to the communion in both kinds ; and that upon a divifion, about the lawfulnefs of priefts marriages, 53 were for the affirmative, and 22 for the negative. The reformation in Germany lying under great difcouragements, by Foreign Pro- the viEtorious arms of Charles V. who had this year taken the duke of v a:t Di- Saxony prifoner, and difpoffefled him of his eleftorate; feveral of the fo- Sannuary in reign reformers, who had taken fans tuary in thofe parts, were forced England. to Peek it elfewhere. Among thefe, Peter Martyr a Florentine, was in- vited by the archbifhop, in the king's name, into England, and had the divinity chair given hit i at Oxford; Bucer had the fame at Cambridge; Ochinus and Fagius, two other learned foreigners, had either penfions or canonries affigned them with a difpenfation of refidence, and did good fervice in the univerfities ; but Fagius loon after died. The common people were very much divided in their opinions about 5548. religion ; fome being zealous for the popith rites, and others no lefs Images taken averle to them. Thecountry people were very tenacious of their old (hews, down out of as roceJisnr wakes, carrying of candles on Candlemas day, andpalms on andoldes, p (/ , , } Ì i p andold Rite; Palm- Sundays, &c. while others looked upon them as heathenifh rites, ab- aboli/hed. folutely inconfiftent with the purity of the gofpel. This was fo effeâualiy reprefented to the council by Cranmer, that a proclamation was publifhed Feb. 6. forbidding the continuance of them. And for putting an end to all contefts about images that had been abufed to fuperftition, an order was pub- lifhed Feb. t 5th, that all images what f ever fhould be taken out of churches ; and the bithops were commanded to execute it in their feveral diocefes. Thus H,l. Refor. the churches were difmantled of thole pictures and ftatues, which had for a Vò1. I. p.6r. fucceffion of ages been the objefts of the peoples adoration. The clergy were no lets divided than the laity ; the pulpits clafhing one Allpreaching, *againft the other, and tending to ftir up fedition and rebellion : The kingforbie. therefore, after the example of his father, and by advice of his council, if- fued a proclamation, Sept. 3. in the fecond yearof his reign, to prohibit all preaching throughout his dominions: The words are thefe, " The king's F z " highnefs
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