732 King Charles II. r682. ~ The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANs. VoL. II. hire•. 'Juries (fays Burnet) were a fhame to the nation, and a reproach to re!tgwn, f~r they were packed and prepared to bring in verdict;, as they were dtrected, and not as matters appeared upon the evidence. Zeal again it popery was decried as the voice of a faction, who were enemies to the king and his government. All rejoicings on the fifth of No~1ember we·re forbid, and firict orders given to all conftables, and other officers to keep the peace; but the populace not being fo orderly as they iliould have been, feveral London apprentices were fined twenty marks for a riot, and fet in the pillory. Thefe were the triumphs of a tory and popifh adminiftration. IJ.eat?ofMr. A little before this died old Mr. Thomas Cafe, M. A. educated in Care. Chrifl Church Oiford, and one of the alfembly of divines, he was pe– culiarly zealous in promoting the morning exercifes, but was turned out of his living of St. Mary Magdalen Milk:flreet, for refufing the engage– ment, and imprifoned for Mr. Lo71e's plot; he was afterwards rector of St. Gi/es's, and waited on the king at Breda. He was one of the com– miilioners at the Savoy, and !ilenced with his brethren in 1662. He was an open plain-bearted man, an excellent preacher, of a warm fpirit, and a hearty lover of all good men. He died May 30, 1682, aged 84. .dnd of Mr. Mr. Samuel C!arke, the ejected minit:ler of St. Benne! Pink, was an S. Clarke. indefatigable ftudent, as appears by his martyrology, his lives of emi– nent divines, and other hit:lorical works; he was a good fcholar, and had been an ufeful preacher in Chefbire and Warwickjhire before he came to London ; he was one of the commiilioners at the Savoy, and pre– fented the preibyterian mini!ters addrefs of thanks to the king for his declaration concerning ecclefiafl)cal affairs; and though he could not con– form as a preacher, he frequently attended the fervice of the church as a hearer and communicant, He died December 2 5, 1682, cetatis eighty. 1683 . While the liberties of England lay bleeding, the fury of the court Mr. Baxter raged higher than ever againft the non- coifonnifls, as inflexible enemies of and otbersfe· their arbitrary meafures. Mr. Baxter was furprized in his own houfe; verey profe· by a company of conftables and other peace·rjficers, who arrefied him ~~';9·r. for coming within five miles of a corporation, and brought warrants tc:J dit:lrain upon him for five fermons, amounting to one hundred ninety five pounds. They took him out of his bed, to which he had been confined for fome time, and were carrying him to gaol; but Dr. Cox the phyfician meeting him in the way went, and made oath before a jut:lice of peace, that he could not be removed to prifon without dan– ger of his life, fo he was permitted to go home again to bed ; but the officers rifled his houfe, took away fuch books as he had, and fold even the
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