64. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. III. .T.4 Mary, that remained in the crown, to be difpofed of as the pope or his legate 555. think fit. But when a propofal of this kind was made to the commons in parliament, fome of them boldly laid their hands upon their fwords, and Paid, They well knew how defend their own properties. The queen how- ever went on with ads of devotion to the church ; the repaired feveral old monafteries and ere&ed new ones; the ordered aftriét enquiry tobe made after thofe who had pillaged the churches and monafteries, and had been employed in the vifitations of HenryVIII. and Edward VI. She com- manded bifhop Bonner to raze out of the public records all that had been done againft the monks; and particularly the accounts of the vifitations of monafteries; which has render'd the ecclefiaftical hiftory of this time very defetuive. Laws againft The next a& brought into the houle, was for reviving the flatutes of .tretfeis re- Richard II. and Henry IV. and V. for burning heretics ; which palled both vived. houles in fax days, to the unfpeakable joy of the popifh clergy. The houles having been informed of Tome heretical preachers, who had prayed in their conventicles, That God would turn the queen's heart from idolatry to the true faith, or elle fhorten her days; they paffed an ad, "' That all that " prayed after this manner fhould be adjudged traitors." After which, on the 16th of Tan. the parliament was diffolved. 1555. The kingdom being now reconciled' to the church of Rome, and the pe. Proteftanto nal laws againft hereticks revived, a cóuncil was held about the manner of burnt. dealing with the reformed. It is Paid, that cardinal Pool was for the gentler Mem. Cran. methods of inftru Lion and perfuafaon, which is fomewhat doubtful ; how- p. 347. ever Gardiner was certainly for rigor, imagining that a few examples of (eve- city upon the headsof the party, would terrify the reft into a compliance. The queen was of his mind, and commanded Gardiner, by a commiffion to himfelf and Tome other bifhops, to make the experiment. He began with Mr. Rogers, Mr. Cardma.äer, and bifhop Hooper, who had been kept in prifon, IS months without law. Thele upon examination were afked, whether they would abjure their heretical opinions about the facrament, and fubmit to the church as then eftablifhed; which they refuing, were N declared obftinate hereticks, and delivered over to the fecular power. Mr. Mr. Rogers. Rogers was burnt in Smithfield, Feb. 4. a pardon being offered him at the flake, which be refufed, though he had a wife and ten (mall children un- Bp. Hooper.provided for Bithop Hooper was burnt at Gloucef er, Feb. 9. He was not suffered to fpeak to the people ; and was ufed fo barbaroufly in the fire, that his legs and thighs were roafted, and one of his hands dropt off, be- fore he expired: His Taft words were, Lord yefus receive myfpirit. While ,H,ft Rafar. he was in prifon, he wrote feveral excellent letters, full of devotion and piety, vol. UL to the foreign divines. In one to Bullinger, dated Dec. a a, 1554. about in Records, dtiumb. 3g, two months before his martyrdom, are thole expreffaons, With the
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