Chap. X. 7be HIS T 0 RY o/ tbe PuRITANs; ftrenc form if government. Which the doCl:or and his friends interpret- C KingIf ed as a decilion in their favour. But did not the bilhops exafperate the hra6~e;, ' fpirits of their diifenting brethren, by enforcing the fanguinary laws? ~""-'. Were thefe protefiant methods of converfion, or likely to bring them to temper? The french minifiers complained fufficiently of this about jive years after, at the revocation of the ediCl: of Nantz; bilhop Burnet Vol. I. P• remarks of Dr. Stillingjleet on this occafion, that he not only retraCl:ed r8g. his lrenicum, but went into the humours of the high fort of people beyond what became him, perhaps beyond his own fenfe of things. This year died Mr. Stepben Cbarnock B. D. firfi of Emanuel College Death of Mr Cambridge; and afterwards fellow of New College Oiford. He was chap- Charnock. lain to Hemy Cromwell lieutenant of Ireland, and was much refpeCl:ed by perfons of the beH quality in the city of Dublin for his polite behaviour. After the reiteration he returned into England, and became pafior of a fepa rate congregation in London, where he was admired by the more judicious part of his hearers, though not popular, becau(e of his difaclvantageous way of reading with a glafs: He was an eminent divine, and bad a good judgment, a curious imagination, and a i1rong manner of reafoning, as appears by his works printed fince his death in two volumes folio; which were no other than his common Jermons tranfcribed fi·om his notes; his !tile is manly and lofty, and his thoughts fublime: His love and charity were very extenfive, and there was no part of learning to which he was a firanger. He died July 27, 1 68o, aged fifty-two. The king having part~d with his lafi parliament in difpleafure, with168 r•. out being able to obtain any money, refolved once more to try a new7'he .Oxford one ; and apprehending :hat the malecontents were encouraged by the t'::1~:~;:t. p neighbourhood of the c1ty of London, he fummoned them to meet at 1 o 02 • Oxjord; the fame reprefentatives being rechofen for L?ndon, had a pa- Rapin, p. per pot into their hands by four merchants, in the name of all the citizens 28 +· then affembled in the common hall, containing a return of their mo11: hearty thanks for their faithful and umvearied endeavours in the two !all parliaments, to fearch into the depth of the popilh plot, to preferve the prote!lant religion, to promote an union among his majeity's proreil:ant fiJbjech, to rep~al the thirty-fifth of Elizabeth, and the corporation ael, and to promote the bill of exclujion, and to reque!l their continuance of the fame. The members being afraid of violence, were attended to Oxford with a numerous body of horfe, having ribbons in their hats, with this motto, no popery; no Jlavery; the citizens having promifed to franc! by them with their lives and fortunes. Many other papers of the like nature were prefented to the member.s in the feveral 4 Z 2 counties.
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