Chap. V. The HIS T 0 RY of the PuRITANs..·· 147 more, was not owing to his clemency, who gave command to fufpend alt K. Charles r. that refufed, but to the clergy's compliance;. for fo zealous was this arch- ~ bilhop and fome of his brethren in this affair, that it was interted as an article of enqu iry in their vifitations, 'lt'hether the king's declaration for [ports has been read and publijhed by the mi11ijler? And defaulters were to ·be prefented upon oath. Now we appeal to the whole chrifiian world, whether ever it has been known, that any who have been called fathers if the cburch, have taken fo much pains to have the Lord's day prophaned, as firfi to advife ~he king to publiih a declination to warrant it, then to enjoin the clergy to read it in their pulpits, and to fufpend fe– quefier and deprive, all whofe confciences would not allow them to com– ply, and this not only contrary to the laws of God, but to the laws of the land. The reader will, no doubt, remark upon this part of the archbiil1op's Rem;,rks. trial, that thofe rites and ceremonies which have bred fuch ill blood, and been contended for with fo much fiercenefs, as to dillurb the peace of the church, and. divide its communion, have no foundation in fcripture, or primitive antiquity. taking their rife for the moll: part in the darkt:fi and mofi corrupt. times of the papacy. I fpeak not here of fuch rites as are efiablilhed by law, as the crqfs in baptijin, and kneeling at the communion, &c. becaufe the commons could not charge thefe on the archbilhop ascriminal. And it will be obferved further, that when men claim a right to introduce ceremonies for decency of worfhip, and impofe them upon the people, there can be no bounds to a fruitful invention. A rchbifhop Laud would, no doubt, by degrees, have introduced all the follies of the roman church; and admitting his authority to impofe rites and ceremonies not mentioned in fcripture, 'tis not eafy to give a reafon why firty fhould not be enjoined as well as five. The managers went on next to the fecond branch if their charge, to Doarinal prove the archbifhop's defign to fubvcrt the protefl:ant religi or., BY couN- errors. TE NANCING AND ENCOURAGING SUNDRY DOCTRINAL ER RORS IN FAVOUR OF ' ARMINIANISM AND POPERY. And here they charged him, jirjl, " with being the great patron nf Armini- " that part of t~e cle:gy ~ho ha? declared th emfelves in _favon ; of ti.dt: M, 1';J; 0 , ~~ " errors, and w1th procunng their advancement to the h1ghefi fi ations in g " the church, even though they were under cenfure of parli1ment, as " D r. Manwaring, Montague, &c. They averred, that the befi prefer- ,, ments in his majefiy's gift, ever fince the archbifhop's adminifiration - "in 1627. ·had by his advice, been b~fiowed on perfons of the fame · U 2 "prin-
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