attempts made to prevent the return of Mr. Gladstone as repre- sentative of the University of, 330; Dr. Hampden appointed Regius Professor of Divinity at, 334
Oxford, Dr. Bagot, Bishop of, for- bids the continuance of the Tracts, 320; he is thought to favour Tractarianism, 331
Dr. Parker, Bishop of, 142; he is made President of Magdalen College, 185; his death, 191
Robert Harley, Earl of, re- garded as head of the Tory party, 269; Anne guided by, 273, 281; he opposes the impeachment of Sacheverell, 275; favours the claims of the Elector of Hanover, 284; is confined in the Tower, 294
Tracts, results of their publica- tion, 75; revival of old High Church doctrines by the, 298; their publication, 318; list of writers of the, 319; the publica- tion of, stopped after appearance of Tract xc., 325
Paget, Mr., quoted as to pews, 375 Pains and Penalties, Bill of, brought
Palmer, the Rev. W., one of the
writers of the Oxford Tracts, 319 Papal aggression, discussion on the, 330; the Pope's explanation of the, 348
Papists, Charles II. desires to secure toleration for, 31; their schemes and hopes, 34; ap- pointment of, under James, in the Church and Universities, 142, 184, 191
Parishes, Chief Justice Holt as to the institution of, 246 Parke, Mr. Baron, on the com- mittee for the trial of the Gorham case, 343
Parker, Dr., made Bishop of Ox-
ford, 142; is appointed by James president of Magdalen College, 185; his death, 191 Parliament, members of, stipendia- ries of the King of France, 34; hostility of towards the Presby- terians, 38, 43; protest of against the declaration of indulgence, 57; effect of the remonstrance of, 76; its consent to James's decla- ration in favour of liberty not asked, 160; declares the royal dispensing power to be illegal, 172; James pressed by the bishops to summon a, 211; it refuses to act in the question of comprehension without the aid of convocation, 228, 231; character of Queen Anne's first, 259; its dissolution after Sacheverell's trial, 280; Nonconformists ad- mitted to, 316
Partibus infidelium, Bishops in, their rule in England, 348 Parties, five, in the English Church, defined, 381
Passive obedience, the doctrine of, 122, 167, 206, 256
Patrick, Dr., part of Sancroft's scheme of comprehension en- trusted to, 198
Patteson, Judge, his part in the Hampden controversy, 339 Pattison, Rev. Mark, one of the authors of "Essays and Reviews," 368
Payment for results adopted in state paid schools, 394 Pearson, Bishop, at the Savoy Con- ference, 39
Peers, new ones made by Queen Anne, 280
Penn, Admiral, James's naval edu- cation received under, 143 Penn, William, James's relations with, 143; documents and letters of, quoted, 145; his representation to James respecting the persecu- tion of Nonconformists, 147 Pennsylvania, so named by Charles II., 144
Pentateuch, Dr. Colenso's work on
the, published, 369 Pepys's Diary quoted as to a portrait of Charles I., 21; re- ferred to as to Sheldon's conduct, 79; quoted as to Crewe's preach- ing, 161
Percival, Rev. W. F., opposes Dr. Hampden's election, 338 Persecution of Nonconformists, Penn remonstrates against the, 147; ironically recommended by Defoe, 260
Perversions to the Romish Church, 330 Peterborough, the Bishop of, signs the petition against the reading of James's declaration, 171; Dr. Marsh, Bishop of, his endeavours to keep Calvinism out of his diocese, 314
Petition of the seven bishops pre- sented to James, 165; quoted, 171; probably framed by San- croft, 174; sold in the streets of London, 177
Petre, Father, his influence with James, 136, 148
Pews, appropriation of, 385; de- pendence of the minister's income on the rent of, 387
Pillory, Oates condemned to stand in the, 137; Defoe condemned to the, as punishment for his pamphlet, 260
Plague, the great, 87; Sir E. God- frey remains in London during the, 97; Tenison remains at his post at Cambridge during the prevalence of the, 245
Plot, the popish, its effects, 91, 96
Plymouth, a Roman Catholic bishop appointed to the see of, 356 Political changes not to be checked by oaths, 236
power, attempts to deprive the Nonconformists of, 54, 262 Pope, first-fruits claimed by the, 265; his office of hearing appeals transferred to the Archbishops,
323; he orders a new diocesan division of England, 348; his interview with Lord Minto, 354
Alexander, called as witness in Atterbury's trial, 293 Popery, the clergy required preach against it four times a year, 94; the High Church clergy accused of a leaning towards, 130; general denuncia- tions of, 132; Charles's plan for the introduction of, 134; San- croft's dread of, 171; popular hatred of, 206, 302
Poverty of the lower clergy, 119 Powell, Professor Baden, result of
German studies traceable in the works of, 366; one of the authors of "Essays and Reviews," 368 Præmunire, Sancroft avoids the penalties of, 221
Prayers and discourses extempo- raneous among the Puritans, 16 Prayer-book, High Church doc- trines not opposed to the, 298; countenance of the doctrines of the Nonjurors in, 316 Prayers for the dead, question raised as to the legality of, 324 Preaching on controversial subjects forbidden, 148; of Methodism, 298 Prerogative, royal, jealousy of, under Charles II., 53; earnestly ad- vocated by Sancroft, 115; James's exertion of the, 160 Presbyterians, the, refuse toleration for themselves if also granted to Papists, 33, 35, 159 Presbyterianism, inclination William to, 218; promoted in Scotland by William, 224 Pretender, circumstances of his birth, 184, 208; Queen Anne's convic- tion of his legitimacy, 259; nego- tiations of ministers with the, 283; plans in his favour defeated by the death of Anne, 285; plots formed for his return, 292 Primacy, limits of its power not defined, 120
Primate, his power, 23; his position at the time of the Restoration, 25 Privy Council, Sancroft not sum- moned to attend meetings of the, 153; the judicial committee of the, a last resort in ecclesiastical cases, 323; Mr. Shore appeals to the, 333
Privy Seal, Bishop Robinson ap- pointed to the, 284 Proclamation by William of his object in invading England, 210; of William and Mary on Ash- Wednesday, 218
Prolocutor, the choice of, a test of
the temper of convocation, 232; Dr. Jane chosen, 233 Promotion of Christian Knowledge,
Society for the, founded, 257 Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts, Society for the, founded, 257 Prosecution of the seven bishops, 183; of Bishop Fleetwood, 282; of Ritualists, 379 Protest, parliamentary, against the Roman Catholic assumption of territorial titles in England, 354 Protestants, their alarm at the Romish proclivities of the Duke of York, 121; proposed con- federation of, 123, 157; general union of, desired by William III., 223; foreign, introduced into England by the Low Church party, 276
Prussia, efforts of the King of, to introduce the English Church system, 256; first made a king- dom, 286; plans for the union of the Church of England with that of, 287, 288 Public library, free, the first, founded by Tenison, 254 Purgatory, connection of the doc-
trine of, with prayers for the dead, 324
Puritans, their intolerance, 15; ex- temporaneous prayers and preach- ing among the, 16
Pusey, Dr. E. B., leader of the Tractarian movement, 319; is suspended from preaching, 326; in what sense he signed the Articles, 327; he votes against the censure of Mr. Ward, 329
Quakers released from imprisonment under James's declaration of liberty of conscience, 141, 147; Lord Mansfield as to affirmation by, 302; monitorial system intro- duced into schools in connection with the, 390
Queen Anne's Bounty, its origin, 265
Queen's Bench, appeal of the ob- jectors to Dr. Hampden's election to the court of, 338 Questions, anti-calvinistic, proposed by Dr. Marsh to candidates for holy orders, 314
of faith and doctrine, proposed removal of, from lay jurisdiction, 346
Raby, Lord, Anne's minister at the Prussian court, 287
Raikes, Robert, introduces Sunday schools, 391
Rate for rebuilding St. Paul's levied on coals, 113
Rationalism, growth of, 372 "Reasonableness of conformity to the Church of England," by Bishop Hoadley, 272
Rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, 176
Reconstruction of St. Paul's deter- mined on, 112 Reform Bill passed, 316
Reformation, character of the Eng- lish Church, but not its existence affected by the, 7-9; Sancroft's
belief in the permanence of its work, 123; History of, by Cob- bett, quoted, 308, 311; schools founded at the time of the, 389 Regency suggested in the place of James II., 121
Regeneration, baptismal, Bishop Beveridge quoted as to, 71; the doctrine of, held by Irving, 316
Regent Street, land near, left by Tenison as a charitable endow- ment, 254
Restoration, the, 12; reconstruction of the Church after, 24
of churches under Tractarian auspices, 375 Revenue, royal, "first-fruits" added to the, after the Reformation, 265
Revenues of poor benefices, San- croft's efforts for the augmentation of, 118
Revolution, the, its effects on the clergy, 217; change effected by, in the relations between Church, State and Crown, 236; Ken's censure of Mary's part in, 249 Reynolds, Dr., his acceptance of a bishopric, 22
Ring in the marriage service, ob- jection of the Presbyterians to the use of the, 20
Riots against the Roman Catholics in Scotland, 303; headed by Lord George Gordon, 304; anti- ritualistic at St. Paul's Knights- bridge, 353; and at St. George's- in-the-East, 358
Ritualism, a development of trac- tarianism, 319, 360; evolution of, 355, 377; agitation against, 358 Robinson, Dr., Bishop of Bristol,
appointed to the privy seal, 283; he supports Atterbury and the disaffected clergy, 286
Rochester, Earl of, on the high commission, 151; Bishop of, withdraws from the ecclesiastical commission, 200
Rochdale, contest at, as to Church- rates, 395
Roebuck, Mr., on the Papal aggres- sion, 353
Roman Catholics, Charles II., his favourable consideration of, 57; liberated under James's declara- tion of liberty and conscience, 141; James's aim to obtain tolera- tion for, 159; no relief granted to them by the Toleration Bill, 229; perpetuation by all parties of the disabilities laid on, 302; Lord Mansfield's efforts for their relief, 303; their places of worship burnt, 304, 305; emancipation of, carried, 312
Romanism, Charles II. embraces, 77, 116, 125, 134; strong anti- pathy of the clergy towards, 96; tendency of Tractarianism to- wards, 319, 351
Romish Church, the last rites of, administered to Charles II., 126; James II. hopes for the conver- sion of his subjects to the, 130; toleration of the, in the time of James, 135; Dr. Newman joins the, 319; Mr. Ward and his curates join the, 330
Rose, Hugh James, a fellow-worker with Dr. Howley, 317 Rotheram, Mr., defends Baxter on his trial, 138
Rubric concerning ornaments main- tained at the Savoy Conference, 45; its authority urged by the Ritualists, 331, 377
Russell, Lord John, obtains the re- peal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 291; drift of his episcopal appointments, 333; appoints Dr. Hampden Bishop of Hereford, 335; his reply to the protest against this appointment quoted, 336; he insists on the appoint- ment of Dr. Lee to the see of Manchester, 340; his action as to Papal aggression, 349; his letter to the Bishop of Durham quoted, 350; his Ecclesiastical Titles Bill
introduced, 353; his resignation and resumption of office, 354; his correspondence with Cardinal Wiseman, 352, 357 Russell, Lady, letter from Tillotson to, quoted, 242
Sacheverell, Dr. Henry, history of, 270; preaches an anti-whig ser- mon, 272; and is impeached for it, 274; he is found guilty, 277; but has his triumph, 279; is in- vited to preach before the Com- mons, 283
Sacramental grace, question of, 76 St. Asaph, the Bishop of, signs the petition against the reading of James's declaration, 171; he is the bearer of the petition to James, 175
St. Bartholomew's Day, referred to by Baxter, 31; Act of Uniformity passed on, 46; its memories, 49, 50 St. George's-in-the-East, anti-ritual- istic riots at, 358
St. Paul's Cathedral, Sancroft made Dean of, 109; question as to re- pairing or rebuilding of, 110; its rebuilding completed, 281 St. Paul's Knightsbridge, rioting at, 353; concessions made at, to anti-ritualistic feeling, 358 Sailor, James II. brought up as a, 132
Sale of bishoprics by Mrs. Clark, 308
Salisbury, Dr. Burnet appointed by William, Bishop of, 224 Sancroft, Dr. William, made primate, 91; biographical sketch of, 103; death of his father, 107; made Dean of St. Paul's, 109; and primate, 113; his activity as primate, 118; his difficulties, 120; his influence on the English Church, 122; officiates at James's
coronation, 129; James applies to him to answer the Romish arguments of Charles II., 131; he refuses to act on the high com- mission, 151; Mary wishes to enter into correspondence with him, 157; he declines to do so, 158; holds the doctrine of pas- sive obedience, 167; is the prob- able framer of the petition against reading the declaration, 174; his readiness to meet the advances of the dissenters, 192; his scheme of comprehension, 198; his loyalty to James, 200; his letter to James quoted, 202; he urges James to summon a Parliament, 212; re- tires to Lambeth on William's arrival, 214; his rebuke to Mary, 219; abstains from recognizing the sovereignty of William and Mary, 220; his separation from the Church, and his death, 221; unsuccessful efforts made to in- duce him to acknowledge William's sovereignty, 240; de- clines to receive the visits of Tillotson, 242
Sanderson, Bishop, at the Savoy Conference, 38
Savoy Conference, its object, 5; leading part in it taken by Baxter and Reynolds, 22; frustration of its aims, 30; account of the, 38; dissolved, 45; scheme of compre- hension suggested at the, 197; Tillotson's part in the, 227 Scheme of comprehension framed by Sancroft, 197, 198
Schisms Bill brought in by Atter- bury, 284; its provisions, 285; Act repealed, 290
School Charity, endowed by Bishop Tenison, 254
Schools, denominational, state aid to, 394; grammar, founded by the reformers, 389; national, foundation of, 390; Sunday, in- troduced by R. Raikes, 391 Scripture, Newman's tract on the difficulties of, 365
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