Ego The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. VIII: K. Charles" " kingdom for the fafety of their majesties perlons and the fecurity of 1640. " the government. 5. " 'Tis found that Goodman the prieft has been twice formerly com- " mitted and difcharged ; that his refidence now in London was in abfo- " lute contempt of his majefly's proclamation; that he was formerly " a minifler of the church of England; and therefore they humbly de- " fire he may be left to the juftice of the law." To this remonftrance the king replied. King's an- " That the increafe of popery and fuperflition if any loch thing had fiver. " happened, was contrary to his inclination ; but to take off all occa- " fions of complaint he would order the laws to be put in exe- " cution. " That he would let forth a proclamation to command jefuits and " 1 priefts to depart the kingdom within a month ; and in cafe they " either failed or returned, they fhould be proceeded againft according " to law. " As touching the pope's nuncio Rofetti., his commition reached only " to keep up a correfpondence between the queen and the pope, in " 0 things relating to the exercife of religion ; that this correfpondence " came within the conípafs of the :full liberty of confcience fecured her " by the articles of marriage; however, lince Rofetti's character hap- " pened to be mifunderftood and gave offence, he had perfuaded the " queen to content to his being recalled. " Further, his majefty promifed to take care to reftrain his fubjects " from going to mats at Denmark houfe, St. yames's, and the chapels of " the ambaffadors. e' Laftly, touching Goodman, he was content to remit him to the `° pleafure of the honk ; but he puts them in mind that neither queen ". Elizabeth nor king James ever put any to-death merelyfor religion; and " defired them to confider the inconveniencies that fuch a conduft might draw upon his fubjeéts and other proteftants in foreign coun- " tries." Remarks. How strange this affertion ! Let the reader recolle& the many execu- tions of papJls for denying the fupremacy; the burning the dutch ana- baptfs, for whom Mr. Fox the martyrologift interceeded in vain ; and the hanging of Barrow, Greenwood, Penry &c. in the reign of queen Elizabeth; let him alto remember the burning of Bartholomew Legat,, gild Edward Wightman for the arian herefy by king games I. (of all which and force otherss, the commons in their reply put his majefty in mind ;) and then judge of the truth of this part of his declaration. Nor did the jefuits regard the other parts of it, for they knew they had a friend:
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