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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

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Paget, Mr., quoted as to pews, 375
Pains and Penalties, Bill of, brought

in, 293

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

to

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

of

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

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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

R

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

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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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