The HISTORY of the PuRITANs. VoL. II. K. Charles I.« ed that paifage, and artfully turned it again it the puritans, thus, root 1644. cc out the antichrijfian feCI qf them, who turn religion into rebelb'on, and 1../'"'V""oJ fi . l . fi d. . " . mt~ znto a<'lton. By licenjing " And as the archbi!hop had catlrated fome books, becaufe they re– ,pqpijh books. « futed the doctrines he would countenance; fo he gave full licence to PS~nnc, P· cc others, wherein the gro!fefr points of arminianifm and poper;• were open– ~ ' 202 ' " ly aiferted; as Cq/ins's hours of prayer, Sales's introduCl:ion to a devout And conniv– ing at their importation. Prynne, p. 349· « life, Chrijf's epiftle to a devout foul, and others, in which the follow– " ing doCl:rines were maintained, ( 1.) The neceffity of auricular confef– ,, fion, and the power of priefrs to forgive fins. ( 2.) The lawfulneJs " and benefit of popilh penance, as wearing hair-cloth, and other cor– " poral puni{hments. (3.) Abfolute fubmiffion to the commands of cc priefrs as direCl:ors of confcience. (4·) That in the facrament, the bo– " dy and blood of Chrifr is a true and proper facrifice ; that the natural " body and blood of Chrifr is really and fubfianti ally prefent in the eu– " charifr ; and that there can be no true facrament or confecration of it " where there is no altar. ( 5·) That crucifixes images and piCl:ures, may cc be lawfully fet up in churches, and ought not to be removed. (6.) That " the pope is an antichrifr. (7.) That there are venial fins. (8.) That "there is a pnrgatory or limbus patrum. (g.) That the reliques of faints "are to be preferved and reverenced. (Io.) That the virgin Mary and cc faints are to be invoked and prayed to. ( 11.) That the church of Rome " is the mother church, and never erred in fundam;ntals. ( 12.) That " there are written traditions of equal authority with the word of God." To which were added fundry articles of arminian doctrine, as of fi·ee– will, total and final apoflafy from grace; examples of which the managers produced from the feveral authors. And as a further encour<tgement to' popery, they objeCl:ed his grace's " conniving at the importation of popilh books, and refroring them to " the owners when feized by the fearchers, contrary to the fratute of " 3 'Jacob. I. by which means n1aoy thoulands of them were difperfed " over the whole kingdom ; whereas he gave the D:ricl:efr commands to " his officers to feize all imported bib:cs with notes, and all books againfr " arminian and popilh innovations. All which put together, amount to " no lefs than a demonftration of the archbtlhop's defign to fubvert our " efrablifhed religion, by introducing doctrinal arminianifm and po· " pery." .tfbp'satifwer. T~e archbifhop anfwered, that the decree of the flar-cha~1ber for re– Laud's hifr. gulaung the pre(s was the aB: of the whole court and not h1s; that the p. 350. Jlationers themfelves gave him thanks for it; and he is !till of opinion, that it was both a nece!fary and ufeful aCl:, being defigned to fupprefs feditious fcbifmatical and mutiuous books. As to the particulars he re– plied
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