· '.l'be HISTORY of the PuRITANs. Vot. . II. K.Charles f.the committee voted, that the anfwer of the Jeveral heads of hou{e1, and 16 47· , of others of the unive1jity, was derogatory to the azi!hority if pariiament. ~ The Oxford divines not fatisfied with this determination, appealed ~eld_en. foon after to the, public, in a letter to the learned Mr. Se/den reprefentative Suff. Cler. for the univerlity, entitled 'The cafe if the univetjity of Oxford; or the p. 130 ' fad dilemma that all the members thereof are put to, to be perjured or Vo!•.pamp. defl:royed. The letter fays, " that the only quefl:ion propofed by the N° 3+· " vilitors to every lin~le perfon in the_ univ.erii~y is,. Whether he will fob. u m1t to the power qf the parltament m thts vijitatton? To which they " reply, that unlefs they have the perfonal confent of the king, they can– " not fubmit to any viiitation without danger of perjury, as appears " by the words of the oath, which are, YOu jhall.fwear to obferve all "' the jlatutes, liberties, privilegeJ, and cujtoms if the ttnivetjity; to " which the fcholar- anfwers, I Jwear. Now it being one of our pri– " vileges to be viiited by none but the king, or by the archbifhop of " Canterbury ; the archbi01op being dead, it follows we can be vifited " by none but the king; to fubmit therefore to another vifitation, mull " be a breach of our liberties, and confequently downright perjury. " They urged further, the fl:atutes of their feveral colleges, which bind « them to certain rules in their eletl:ing of proClors, in the calling and " meeting of convocations, in the choice of feveral officers in cafe of a •• vacancy, all which, inflead of being referred to the members of the « univerlity, is now done by the .arbitrary power of the vifitors. No– " thing (fay they) can be alledged in anfwer to this, but the pretended· " fovereign power of the two houfes to make and aboliili laws, which " we abfolutely diibelieve. Upon the whole, they appeal to any divi11t,. " whether they ought to fubmit to the viiitation as long as they believe " their oaths to be in full force, and are confident, that the two houfes " cannot difpenfe with them ? And confequently whether they ought " to be turned out of their freebolds on thi~ account?" Suff. Cler, P· 131.• The CoMMITTEE at London having waited till the end of t-he month . of December, to fee if any of the heads of colleges would fubmit, voted Dr. Fell out of his deanry of Chrifl-chttrch for contumacy; and pafted. &he fame_fentence upon Dr. 0/iver, prefident of J..fagdalen. college. Dr. Potter, - --'Trinity, Dr. Bayly - -- St. John's, Dr. Radclijfe, principal of Brazen Nqfe, Dr. Gardner, } Dr.. lles, Canons of Chri.fl church, Dr. Morley, When
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