Chap. HI. :!he H IS T 0 R Y of t'he PuRITANs. 4-5 5 that the fi1id doC1:or be, and he is hereby ejeC1:ed out of the reC1:ory of BradOliver fi h f b I 1: ·d · ff. d h. ProteEior. field, and the pro ts t ereo ; ut t Je. 1a1 co~m~u1~ners . o grant Im 1654 . time till the zd of Feb. to remove himfclf, h1s fam1ly, h1s goods and Lrv""'-' chatt,els, out of the faid parfonage houfc; and further time to remove his corn out of the barns, till the 2 3d of March. The Oiford hi!l:orian fays, this Pordage was a Dr. by Charient{finus, and had been preacher of St. Lawrence church in Reading before he came to Bradfield. That he was a my!l:ic enthufiafl:, and ufed to talk of the fiery deity ofChrijl dwelling in thejoul, and mixing itfe!J with our.flejb. He dealt much in ajlrology, and pretended to converfe with the world of fpi– rits. After his ejeCl:ment he writ againfl: the commiilioners, a pamphlet entitled, innoancy appearing; which was anfwt~red by Mr. Cbriftopher Fowler, vicar of St. Mary Reading, in hisdemonium meridianum. How– ever the doC1:or was refl:ored to his living at Bradfield at the refloration. The Wi!tjhire commiflioners fummoned Mr. Waiter Bufl.'ne!, vicar of dnd Mr• . B!!x near Malmjbury, before them, to anfwer to a charge of drunkennifs, Bulhnel. : prophanation if the .fabbath, gaming, and d!fo.lfeClion to the govmmient; and after a full hearing, and proof upon oath, they ejeCled him. The vicar prepared.for the prefs, a narrative of the proceedings of the commiffioners appointed by 0. Cromwell for ejeCling fcandalous and ignorant minifters, in the cafe of Wafter Bujhnel, &c. but it was not printed till the king's refl:oration ; and even then the commiilioners did themfelvesjufiice in a reply, which they entitled, a vindication if the Mar!borough commifjioners, by the commf!Jioners tbemfllves. And Dr. Chambers, who was reproached by the faid Bujbnel, did himfelf ju(tice in a difl:inC1: vindication. However the 'vicar was reftored to his vicarage in a lump with the refl: at . the reftoration. Upon the whole, the induftrious Dr. Walker fays, he can find no foot– fteps of the numbers of clergy that were ejeC1:ed by the commiilioners, . though he imagines they might be confiderabte. But I am well fatisfied, there were none of any conliderable charaC1:er; for there were not a great many zealous loyalifis in livings at this time; and thofe that were, had the wifdom to be filent about public affairs, while th'!y faw the · eyes of the government were upon them in every corner of the land. The commiilioners continued to aCt till fome time after the proteC1:or's death, and were a greater terror to the fanatics "and vijionaries if thofl times, than to the regular clergy of any denomination. The protector and his c.ou~cil ~aifed another ordinance Augufl 30, for Commif– the ferv1ce of Wales, appomtmg S1r Hugh Owen, and about eighteen other jioners for commiilioners, for the fix counties of South Wales, with the county of Wales. Monmouth; and Mattj.;ew Morgmz with about twelve other commiilion- ;~~~el, p. ers, for the fix count1es of North Wales; any three of which were em- ' powered to call before them, all fuch wbo by authority of the aC! for propagating
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