Chap. HT. 7'6e HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. 87 If it !hould be granted, that the new profeifors were not at firfl: (o ex- K. Charles I. pert in the learn!ng of th~ fchoo_ls ~s their p~e_deceffo:s, th~t defect was ~ abundantly fupphed by their apphcatwn and diligence Hr their places, and Remarks. by their obfervi~g a very fl: riet and f~vere difC!pline; the tuto~s were· con!l:ant in readmg lectures not only 111 term4nnll, but out of Jt; the proctors and other officer~ had a ftrict eye over the ftude_nts to ke·ep th~m wirhin bounds, and obhge them to be prefent at mornmg and evenmg prayer. The Lord's day ~as obferved with uncommolJ rigour; th~re were fermons and prayers m all the churches and chapels both mornmg and afternoon. Vice and profanenefs were baniihed, infomuch that an oath was not to be heard withi n the Wdlls of the univerfity; and if it may be faid without offence, the colleges never appeared more like nurferies of religion and virtue than at this period. The noble hifl:orian con- Vol. V. feifes, the univerlity of O>;ford flourilhed as much in learning and learned P· 74· men at the refl:oration, as before the civil wars, which is equally true of Cambridge. And it ought to be remembered, that mofl: of the confiderable divines and philofophers who flourilhed in the reigns of king Charles the fecond and king Wil!iam the third, owed their education to the tutors o£ thofe times, for whom they always retained a great veneration. Though the form of inducting the new majiers was not according to Form of in– the !l:atutes (as has been obferved) becaufe of the difl:racrion of the times, dullionof tbe · · "d h" d r: d b d r h . r rr" new mafiers. It IS ev1 ent t IS was not engne to e a prece ent 10r t eir wcce1tors, Sutf. Cler. as appears by the manner of their inveftiture, which was this. Mr. La- p. 114•. zarus Seaman having been examined and approved by the affembly of. divines at Wiftminjter, the earl of Manchefter came in perfon into the chapel of Peter-Houfe, April 1 1. and did there declare and publiih Mr. Lazarus Seaman to be conftituted mafl:er of the faid Peter-Hozife, in the room of Dr. Cojins late mafter, who had been juftly and lawfully ejected ; requiring Mr. Seaman to take upon him that office, putting him into the mafier's feat, and delivering to him the :fl:atutes of the college in token of his inveftiture, ftraitly charging the fellows &c. · to acknowledge and yield obedience to him, notwithftanding he was not elefled, nor admitted according to the ordinary courfe prefcribed by the .faid.fiatutes in this time if dijtraetion aud war, •there being a necel/ity qf r~forming, as well the fiatutes themfllves, as the members of the)aid houfe. The earl then lb. p. 115. gave him an inftrument under his hand and f<;al to the fame effect, and adrninifl:ered him an oath or protefl:ation, which he took in the following ·words, I Do
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