The HI'S T 0 R Y of the PuRITANs. Vot, II. K. Charles I. iniimating, that it was impoffible for him to expeCl: relief in their fcru– ~ pies from perfons who pretended they were ereCting the kingdom if Chrift ; ·but though the independents were enemies to the preihyterian difcipline, p. 17 6. they had no .confidence in the king's promifes. Mr. Whitlock agrees with the noble hiftoria·n, that the king was watchful to take advantage of thefe ·divifions, and commanded one Ogle to write to Mr; <fho. Goodwin, and Phi!. Nye, two of the independent minifiers, and make them large over– tures, if they would ·oppofe the prefbyterian government intended to be ·impofed uponEnglandby the ftots; but thefe two gentlemen very honefily acquainted their friends with the propofal, which put an end to the corref. pondence; all which might have convinced the prefbyterians of theneceffity of coming to fome terms with the diJTenters ; but the king's affairs were fo low, that they were unoer no apprehenfions of difiurbance from that quarter at prefent. N ew verjio11 The affembly perfeCl:ed nothing further this year; however complaint of Pfalms mbeing made of the obfelete verfion of the pfalms by Sternholdand Hopkim metreapl' d fi d h d r h · ' poi!ltcd. the par tament e rre t em to recommen ,ome ot er to be ufed m churches ; accordingly they read over Mr. Rouji/s verfion, and after feve– ral amendments fent it up to the houfe N ov. 14. 1645: with the follow– MS. Sejf. ing recommendation : " Whereas 'the honourable houfe of commons, by 535· "an order bearing date N ov. :ao. 1643· have recommended the pfalms " publifhed by Mr. Rolffe to the confideration of the affembly of divines, '' the affembly has caufed them to be carefully perufed, and as they are " now altered and amended do now approve them, and humbly conceive '' they may be ufeful and profitable to the church, if they may be permitPari. Chr. '' ted to be publicly fung." Accordingly they were authorized by the P· 319· two houfes. Care was alfo taken to prevent the importation of incorrect bibles printed in Holland. Cenfures of To reurn to the proceedings of parliament; the committee for plun– P aul_ Beft. dered minifiers having reported to the houfe of commons, Jan. 28. Wh•t~ock, .i 1645· certain blafphemies of Paul Bdf, who denied the holy trinity; P• 17 • the houfe ordered an ordinance to be brought in [March 28.] to punilh him with death alfo. Several divines being appointed to confer with him in order to convince him of his error, he confeffed his belief of that doc– trine in general terms before he was brought to his trial, and that he ho– ped to be faved thereby, but perfill:ed in denying the perfonality, as ajefu– itical tenet ; upon this confeffion his trial was adjourned, and he was at Ordinance to length difcharged. · · Jeize the re-, The government of the church being now changed into a prefbyterian vr:esl ea- form, and the war almofi at an end, the parliament refolved to apply the ~~~:Col. · revenues of the cathedrals to other public ufes, and accordingly Nov. 18, p. 758. it was ordained, ~' that whereas the prefent dean and prebendaries of Wejl-
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