~hap. V. 'I!Je !I IS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. 133 ~·'!'hef a!fe conclujions drawnfromhis being but .t jingle member if the council K. Charles I• or highcommf/Ji'on (viz. ) that therefore he was not aofwerable for their: votes ~4~ or orders, even though he had fet his hand to them; becaufe what ts car- - - riedby a majority is fuppojed to be the aB if the.whole body, and not of any Laud's hilt. particular member. Ac~;:ordi ng to which way of reafoning, the conll:itu- p, 437· tion mi.ght be defl:royed, without a poffibility of puni!hing the authors. 3· Hiswi!f~Jl mijconjlruClion qf the managers reajbni?Jgs; as when he re– plies with an air of fatisfaetion and triumph, he hopes this or the other par– ticular will not be conll: rued treafon , unlefs it be againll: a brew-houfe or an a(derman, or the like; tho ugh he was told over and over, by the managers for the commons, that they did not objeCt thefe thing$to him as fo t~any treafonable aCt~ but as proofs and eviden ces of one ge neral ch~uge, which was, a traiterous attempt andmdeavour tofitbvert thefu n– dal!{ental temporal la~vs, g~vernment, and liberties of the realm ; and how far they have ma_de good this part of their ch;uge rn ufl: be left with the reader. The commons proceeded nex t to the third general charge, rel ating to 3 d general religion, in which our hiilory requires us to be more particular; and here charge. . they aver, " T hat the archbilhop bad traiterouily endeavoured and prac- S~bv~rtmg " tifed to altar and Jubvert God's tr ue religion by law e/labliJhed in this,-, 1 g 10 n. " realm, and injlead thereqj toj et up popijh jupetjlition and idolatry, and " to reconcileus to the church of R91Jte." This was dividrd into two bra nehes, Firfl, " His int roducing and praet ifing certain popi(h innovations, and " fuper lt itious ceremonies, not warranted by law, nor agreeable to the '' praCtice of the church of Ergland fince the reformation. Secondly, " His countena ncing and encouraging fundry doCtrinal er· ' ' rors in favour of arminianfm and ,vopery ," The managers began wit h popijh innovatiom and ceremonies, in main~ tenance of which they infitted on the following proofs. (r .) " His countenancing the Jetting up if images in churches, church Pai~tings, " windows, and other places of religious worjhip. That in his own cha~ andd zmag_es, " I L b h h h d . d h . h . . h . d an cruczpt at am et e a repatre t e pop11 pamtmgs on t e Win ows, fixes . " that had been deftroyed at the reformation, and made up the hifrory of M. Charge. " ,Chri!l: crucifieJ between two thieves ; of his riling out of the grave; Prynne's " of his afcenlion into heaven; of the holy ohofl: defcending in form of~;~~;n « a dove; of Chrift raifing Lazarus out of~he grave; and of God him- 6o, &;, ~62: _ " felf raining down manna from heaven; of God's giving the law to Mofts " on mount Sinai; of fire defcending from heaven at the prayer of Elijha; " of the holy ghoil over-!hadowing the virgin, &c. all taken fi-om the " Roman
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