240 The HIS T 0 RY of the PtrtUTANS; VoL. U. X. Charles I. " renounce the pope's fupremacy, the doCtrine of tranfu bflantiation, .~ " purgatory, worfhipping of the confecrated hofl:, crucifixes and images " and all other popifh fupedl:itions and errors; and the refufal of th~ « faid oath, legally 'tendered, fhall be a fufficient conviCtion of recufancy. 7· "That an aCt of parliament be pa!Ted, for educating of the children -t< of papifl:s by protefl:ants, in the protdl:ant religion. Ru!hw. p• ,315· 8.• " That an act·be pa!Ted for the better levying the pen-alties again!l: ·u papifl:a; and another for the better preventing their plotting againfl: the " fl:ate ; and that a firiCler courfe m~y be taken to prevent faying, or '' .hearing mafs in the court, or any other part of the kingdom : the like " for Scotland, if the parliament of that kingdom i11all think fit. _ -9· '' That his majefiy give his royal a!Tent to an act for the due ob– " fervation of the lord's day; to the bill for the fuppreffion of innova– " tions in churches and chapels in and about the worfhip of God; to an " .act for .the better advancement of the preaching of God's holy word in " allparts of the kingdom; to the bill againfl: pluralities of benefices and " non-rdidency .; and to an atl to be framed for the reforming and re– " .gulating both univerfities, and the colleges of WdJminjler, Winchejler, '' and Eaton." About fixty perfons were by name excepted out of the general pardon; .bdides ( r.) All papifis that had been in the army. .(2.) All perfons that had been concerned in the irijh rebellion. (3 .) Such as had deferted the two houfes at Weftminfter and went to Oxford. (4.) Such members of parliament as had deferted their places, and bore arms againfl: the two houfes. And, · (5.) Such bifhops or clergymen, mafl:ers or fellows of colleges, or maf– ters 'Of fchools ·or hofpitals, or any ecclefiafiical living, who had deferted the parliament, and adhered to the enemies thereof, were declared inca– pable of any preferment or employment in church or commonwealth, all their .places ,preferments and promotions., were to be utterly void, as if they were naturally dead ; nor might they be permitted to ufe their function of the minifiry, without advice and confent of both houfes of parliament; provided that no la,pfe !hall incur by this vacancy till fix months after notice thereof. When Mr. Goodwin had done, the king afked the commiffioners if they had power to treat, to which they replied, that they, were only to receive his majefiy's anfwer; then faid the king, foving the honour oJ the !m/inefi, a trumpeter might have done as well; the very fame language as at the treaty of Oxford; but the earl of Pembroke told his majefiy, they mufi receive his peremptory anfwer in ten days, or return without it. Great
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