632 The H 1ST 0 R Y of tbe PuRITANS. VoL. II. Kilzg " pliance of feveral proceeded purely from from a tender confciencc, Ch:~~~-II. " and in that cafe ought not only to be pitied, but rather applauded than ~ " condemned." Bi!hop Burnet adds, that the leaders of the prdbyte– rian ~arty took great pains to ha~e them all fiick together: They {aid, that If great numbers fiood out, It was more likely to produce new laws in their favour; fo it was thought (fays his lordihip), that many went out in the croud to keep their friends company. Remarkt. 'Tis poffible fame noblemen, and others who were in the intereil: of the preibyterians, might advife them to adhere to each other; but it is hardly credible, that men of abilities and good fenfe {hould throw up their livings, facrifice their ufefulnefs, and beggar their families, for the fake of good company. Some Dftlmn Some of the non-conformifls quitted their il:ations in the church be– t't tbezr fore the 24th of Augl!fl, as Mr. Baxter and others, with an intent to -B:~f:;., lije.let all the minifl:ers in England know their refolution beforehand. 0Part 11. thers about London preached their farewel fermons the Sunday before P· 384. Bartho/omew day; feveral of which were afterwards colleCted into a vo-_ lume, and printed with their effigies in the title page; as the reverend Dr. Manton, Bates, Jacomb, Calamy, Mattb Mead, and others. The like was done in !everal counties of England; and fuch a pnffionate zeal for the welfare of their people ran through their fermons, as dilfolved their audiences into tears. Minijltrs f\t )~ngth th~ fatal St. Bar~holomew came, when about two thoufand ejtEied bY_ the relmqmfhed their preferments 111 the church, or refufed to accept of any 0 f! ofunijot-- upon the terms of the act of uniformity: An example .hardly to be mlly. paralleled in the chrifl:ian world ! It raifed a grievous cry over the na– P· z8s, i 92 , tion, fo_r here were ~an~ _n:en much valued (f~ys bil_hop ~u;net), and difl:inglllilied by their abilities and zeal, now cafr out Igoommwuily, re– duced to great poverty, provoked by much fpiteful ufage, and cafi upon thofe popular praCtices, which both their principles and their circum– fiances feemed to jufiify, of forming feparate congregations, and of divert– ing men from the publ~c wor!hip. This begot. efteem,_ an~ raifed com– paffion as having a fan· appearance of fuffermg perlecutwn for con– fcience: Mr. Locke calls them- worthy, learned, pious, orthodox divines, who did not throw themfelves out of fervice, but were forcibly ejeCted. Nor were they cafi out becaufe there was a fupply of minifiers to carry on the work of religion, for there was room for the employment of more hands if they were to be found. At , the reformation from popery by queen Elizabeth, there 'l'beir hardjhipsgrealer were not above two hundred deprived of their livings; befides they than the pa- were treated with great mildnefs, and had fame allowances out of pifts at t(" their livings . whereas thefe were treated with the utmofi feverity, and reformatton, ' 'd fi r. 1 Th d ' fi call: entirely upon proVl ence or a 1upp y. ey were nven ro1~ their
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