729 The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. IX" K. Charles I." prince to his eleétorate (lays Sir Benjamin) will reflore the proteftant F' religion there; it will ftrengthen and increafe it in Germany, which is " of great and vaft confequence. It will likewile refrefh and comfort ." the heart of that moft noble, virtuous, and magnanimoufly fuffering " queen of Bohemia his majefty's lifter, and his highnefs's mother, who " is ever to be highly and tenderly regarded by this houle and by this kingdom ---" Mr. Denzil Hollis faid, " The houfe of commons " looks upon thofe diftreffed princes of fo glorious an extraêtion, with " an eye of tendernefs, wifhing every drop of that princely blood may {' ever be illuftrated with honour and happinefs To hear that thefe princes fhould have their patrimony taken from them, and Coffer things ;' fo unworthy of their birth and relation, is a thing that makes our ears " to tingle, and our hearts to rife within us But there is another mo- " tive which has an irrefiftible operation with us, which is the advance- ment of the proteftant religion The proteflant religion and this P' 3rs. " kingdom muff live and die together; and 'tis madnefs to fuppofe the " proteftant religion can continue here, if we fuffer it to be dearoyed " and eradicated out of the neighbour countri . s ---Religion is the heart " of England, and England is the heart of the proteftant religion in all 4' the other parts of Chriflendom ; let us therefore like wife men, that " forefee the evil afar off, rather meet it at a diftance, than flay till the " flrflrian ambition and popifh power comes to our door." Thefe were the fentiments of the puritans in this parliament, with refpeft to 'p. 357. the anceftors of his prefent majefly, and the proteflant religion. The queen of Bohemia was fo fenfible of their particular regards for her fa- mily, that the returned them her thanks; but the manifefto ended in nothing. Furtherat- The commons not being able to come at their intended alterations in tacks upon the church, while the bench of bithops remained united in the houfe she óifhopo of peers, formed feveral fchemes to divide them : it was firft propofed to let large fines upon both houses of convocation for compiling the late canons, and a bill was brought in for that purpofe ; but upon better confederation it was thought more effectual for the prefent, to make ex- amples of thofe Whops only, who had been the principal movers in that affair; agreeably to this refolution a committee was appointed fuly Thirteen hi. 3l. to draw up an impeachment again(' one half of the bench (viz.) ßaps Lin- Dr. Laud archbifhop of Canterbury, Dr. Curie bifhop of Winche/ter, Dr. peachedfor Wright bifhop of Coventry and Litchfield, Dr. Goodman bifhop of Glen- compiling the cefler, Dr. Hall bifhop of Exeter, Dr. Owen bifhep of St. Afaph, Dr. Pierfe bifhop of Bath and Wells, Dr. Wren bifhop of Ely, Dr. Roberts bifhop of Bangor, Dr. Skinner bifhop of Briftol, Dr. Warner bifhop of Rochojier, Dr. Towers bifhop of Peterborough, Dr. Owen bifhop ofLan- doff, canons. Rufhw. P. 359.
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