'1he HISTORY rj tbe PuRITANS. VoL. n. King were (upplied with younger divines, who ran violently in the current of Charles II. the times. 1660 ' Tl I . b'(l I' L.-o~ 1ere were on y n111e 1 1ops a 1ve at the king's reftoration, viz. The old fur- · viving bi– Jhops. Kennet, p. 252· Tranjlation of bijhops. p. 176. vVood and Walker, p. 177· New bijhops created. p. 176, Dr. lf/il!iam Juxon, Dr. Wi!iam Pierfe, Dr. Matthew Wren, Dr. Rabert Skinner, Dr. William Roberts, Dr. John lf''arner, Dr. Bryan Duppa, Dr. Henry King, Dr. AcceptedFre•wm, Biiliop ofj London, Bath and Wells, Ely, Oiford, Bangor, Rochejler, Sarum, Chicbejler, Litclf. and Cove11try. In order to make way for a new creation, fome of the biiliops above– mentioned were tranflated to better fees ; as Dr. Juxon biiliop of London, to Canterbury, who was promoted more out of decency (fays biiliop Bunzet) as being the eldeft and moft eminent of the furviving biiliops: He never was a great man, but was now fu– perannuated. Dr. Accepted Frew<n was tranflated to York Sept.22, and confirmed OEober 4· He was the fon of a puritanical minifter, and himfelf inclined th at way, till fome time after the beginning of the civil wars, when he became a great loyalifl:, and was promoted in the year 1644 to the fee of Litchjield and Coventry: He made no figure in the learned world, and died in the year 1664Dr. Bryan Duppa was tranflated to Winchejler, and_ confirmed OEo– ber 4· He had been the king's tutor, though no way equal to the fer– vice. He was a meek humble man, and much beloved for his good tem– per (fays birhop Burnet), and would have been more efteemed .if he had died before the refl:oration, for he made not that ufe of the great wealth that flowed in upon him, as was expeCted. To make way for the eleCtion of new biiliops in a regular and cano– nical manncl', it was firft nece!I:1ry to reftore to every cathedral a dean and chapter; which being done, Dr. Gilbert She/don was advanced to the fee of London; he was efteemed a learned man before the civil wars, but had fince engaged fo deep in po– litics (fays Burnet), that fcarce any prints of what he had been remained; he was a dextrous man in bufinefs, and treated all men in an obliging manner but few depended much on his profeffions of friendiliip. He feemed ~1ot to have a deep fenfe of religion, if any at all; and fpoke ~f lt
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