Scripture, free criticism of, in Ox-
ford, 366; free criticism of, recom-
mended in Essays and Reviews,
367

Schlater, Edward, retention of
livings by, 142
Scotland, firm hold of Presbyterian-
ism in, 80; landing of the bishops
in, 82; James exercises vice-regal
powers in, 123; indignation in, at
the attempt at relief of the Roman
Catholics, 303

Scroggs, Sir Wm., presides over the
trial of those accused by Oates,

102

Secession to the Romish Church of
Oxford Tractarians, 319, 330
Secular instruction, tendency of
Parliament to limit its assistance
to, 393

Sedgmoor, cruelties practised after
the battle of, 173
Sermon by South, quoted, 64;
clerical taxation mentioned by
South in a, 69; on 5th Nov.,
by South, 212; on 5th Nov. by
Sacheverell, 272; ordered to be
burnt by the hangman, 278
Sermons, their effect not always
proportionate to their merit, 271
Service, daily, and Communion
book, proposed review of, 198;
decision in the King's Bench re-
garding attendance at, 246
Settlement suggested between James
and William, 211

Seven bishops, the, their petition
quoted, 171

Shaftesbury, Earl of, profits by the
pretended discoveries of Oates,

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Sharp, Dr. James, afterwards Arch-
bishop of St. Andrews, quoted as
to the affection of the people for
the "old service," 20; one of the
deputation to Charles at Breda,
80; is made Archbishop of St.
Andrews, 81; his murder, 82
Sharp, Dr. John, brought before
the High Commission, 153; is
appointed Archbishop of York,

255; his resolute consistency,
256; desires the union of the
English and Prussian Churches,
287-289

Sheldon, Gilbert, Bishop of London,
conditionally licenses the preach-
ing of Baxter, 22; undertakes
the work of the primacy during
Juxon's illness, 27; biographical
sketch of, 28; presides at the
Savoy Conference, 40; presides
over Convocation, 45; princi-
pally answerable for the harsh
working of the Act of Uniform-
ity, 50; is made Archbishop of
Canterbury, 60; he remonstrates
with Charles, 79; his great power,
82; his will quoted, 84; his libe-
rality, 87; he is succeeded by
Sancroft, 103, 116
Sherlock, Dr., takes the oaths,

having first refused them, 239;
is made dean of St. Paul's, ibid.
Shore, Rev. J., prosecuted by the
Bishop of Exeter, 333
"Shortest way with Dis enters,"
written by Defoe, 260

Shrewsbury, Earl of, appointed
Treasurer by Anne on her death-
bed, 285

Simeon, Rev. Charles, advance of
Calvinism under, 313

Simony, inefficiency of laws against,
296; still unreformed, 384
Slavery, part taken by the Evan-
gelicals in the abolition of, 315
Sling and the Stone, The," pub-
lished by the Rev. Ch. Voysey,
372

Smallpox, Queen Mary dies of, 247
Smallridge, Bishop, his part in

Sacheverell's trial, 275

Smith, Sydney, his services to civil

and religious liberty, 307; on
Dr. Marsh's examination of can-
didates, 315

Somers, Lord, his advice as to

Sacheverell's impeachment, 274
South, Dr. Robert, his sermon
quoted as to Nonconformity in
the Church, 4; as to the extem-

poraneous discourses of the Puri-
tans, 18; his sermon enjoining
intolerance quoted from, 63;
quoted as to the taxation of the
clergy, 69; is recommended by
Sancroft for the see of Oxford,
155; general tone of his sermons,
213

Sprat, Dr., Bishop of Rochester,
on the Court of High Commis-
sion, 151, 161

Stanhope, Lord, his efforts for the
repeal of the Test and Corpora-
tion Acts, 290, 291
Stanley, Dean, effect of the study
of German theology traceable in
the writings of, 366; he contri-
butes to the fund for Mr. Voysey's
defence, 374

Stanley, Lord, is unable to form a
ministry, 354

Star Chamber, result of its tyranny,
15

State, general subjugation of the
Church to the power of the, 4, 341
Statutes, persecuting, 54, 62
Statute of Mortmain altered in
favour of poor benefices, 267
Stillingfleet, Archbishop, his desire
for agreement with the Noncon-
formists, 66; his reasonableness,
135; absents himself from his
church on the day for reading the
declaration, 181; recommended
by Mary for the Archbishopric of
Canterbury, 245

Succession, Apostolical, doctrine of,
maintained originally by Evan-
gelicals, 75

Bill proposed for the exclusion
of James, 124

to the throne, correspondence
concerning the, 121

Sumner, Dr. J. B., is appointed
Archbishop of Canterbury, 339;
is called in to induct Mr. Gorham,
345
Sunday attendance at church, deci-
sion respecting, 246

Reader, The penny, by Dr.
Molesworth, 317

Sunday schools introduced by Ro-
bert Raikes, 391
Sunderland, Earl of, James's confi-
dence in, 132; his influence with
James, 136, 148; on the Court
of High Commission, 151; his
readiness to betray the king,
177

Suppression of Convocation, 295
Supremacy, ecclesiastical, practi-
cally asserted by Charles II.,
119; royal, James's view of, 130;
of Bible or Church, controversy
as to the, 362; necessary altera-
tions in the oath of, 236
Surplice, objection of the Presbyte-
rians to the use of the, 20; use
of the, made optional by the
Toleration Bill, 229; riots occa-
sioned by wearing the, 331;
action of the Bishop of London
concerning the, 332

Synod, diocesan, the first, held by
the Bishop of Exeter, 356

T

Talk, clerical, a period of, 383
Taxation, separate, of the clergy,
68

Temple, the, Sherlock at first re-
signs the mastership of, 239

Dr., one of the authors of
Essays and Reviews, 368
Tenison, Dr., Archbishop of Can-
terbury, quoted as to changes in
the Prayer-book, 45; he aban-
dons his view of the royal pre-
rogative, 115; appointed Arch-
bishop, 245; Ken's letter of
censure to him quoted, 248-252;
his early history, 254; his changed
relations to the sovereign on
Anne's accession, 261; his speech
on occasional conformity, 263;
scheme for the union of the
English and Prussian Churches
thwarted by his inaction, 287,
289

Territorial titles of Romish bishops
in England, parliamentary protest
against, 354

Test Act, James's determination to
obtain the repeal of, 140
Test and Corporation Acts, when
passed, 54; William suggests the
repeal of, 230; evasion of, 262;
modified in their action, 290;
repealed in 1827, 291, 316
Testimonial letters, laxity in giving,
to candidates for orders, 118
Theology, German, its effect in
Oxford, 366

Tillotson, Dr., Archbishop of Can-
terbury, his efforts for agreement
with the Nonconformists, 66; is
leader of the comprehension party,
67; he abandons his view of the
royal prerogative, 115; his rea-
sonableness, 135; holds the doc-
trine of passive obedience, 169;
absents himself from his church
on the day for reading James's
declaration, 181; his latitudina-
rianism, 199; his party has the
direction of Church affairs, 217;
is made Archbishop, 224; an ec-
clesiastical liberal in belief, 227;
champion of moderate concession,
233; reasons for William's choice
of him, 240; his wish to shield
the Nonjurors, 242; his death,
243
Time-servers, the clergy justly re-
proached as, 222

Tithe, vexations caused by the col-
lection of, 312; Acts passed by
which it became a rent-charge,
395

Toleration, general, aimed at by
Charles II., 31; opposition to its
concession, 34; failure of Charles's
attempts to secure, 76; unequal
measure of, granted to Protestant
and Romish nonconformity, 135;
general, Penn's argument in favour
of, 148; if equally extended to
Papists it is refused by Presbyte-
rians, 159; James's schemes of,
not acceptable, 162; James dis-

sertates on, to William, 209;
Toleration Bill, amount of liberty
granted by, 229; it is carried,
231
Torbay, William lands at, 212
Tory, Queen Anne a thorough,
259

Tories, the, unite with the Whigs in
opposition to James's declaration,
160; they bring in a Bill for the
prevention of "Occasional Con-
formity," 262; Harley regarded
as leader of the, 269; their grow-
ing strength in Parliament, 280;
divisions among them, 284, 286
Tower, the, the seven bishops com-
mitted to, 183; they are released
from, on bail, 200; Lord Oxford
confined in, 294

Townsend, Mr., his official opposi-
tion to Dr. Hampden's election,
338
Tracts, the Oxford, published by
the revivers of the nonjuring
principles, 318; their writers,
319; Tract xc. appears, 320; it
is condemned at Oxford, 325; its
condemnation by the Oxford Con-
vocation attempted, 329; æsthetic
tastes of the authors of, 374
Tractarian movement, its origin, 75,
319; its progress, 322; its aims,
360; restoration of churches
under its auspices, 375
Tractarians, a name for the Oxford
party headed by Dr. Pusey, 319;
their interpretation of the Thirty-
nine Articles, 320; question as to
the legality of prayers for the dead
raised by the, 334

Tradition, the authority of, main-
tained by the Tractarians, 365
Transubstantiation, the doctrine of,
said to have been preached by Dr.
Pusey, 326
Trelawney, Sir J., Bishop of Bristol,
signs the petition against reading
the declaration, 173; his dis-
claimer of rebellion, 176
Trimnel, Dr., a Low Churchman
made a Bishop by Anne, 280

Turner, Dr., Bishop of Ely, signs
the petition against reading the
declaration, 173

U

Ultra-evangelical party, pecuniary
force of the, 379
Uniformity, Act of, of Edward VI.,1;
of Elizabeth, 2; its object, 4; the
Church of England dates from
the passing of the, 12; receives
the royal assent, 46, 49; its harsh
working, 51; changes in it sug-
gested by Cosins, 109

Union proposed between the Eng-

lish Church and the foreign Pro-
testant Churches, 123, 157; of
reformed Churches, Sancroft's as-
piration after, 197; proposal for,
brought forward by William, 222;
between the Churches of England
and Prussia nearly effected in
Anne's reign, 286; and revived
under Archbishop Howley, 288
Union, the English Church, the
Convocation Society is merged in,
378

University College, Oxford, a Papist
chosen Master of, 142
Universities, James exercises his
dispensing power with regard to
the, 142; appointment of Papists
to high offices in the, 184
Ursinus, Dr., writes on the proposed

union of the English and Prussian
Churches, 287

Ussher, Archbishop, draws up a
scheme of modified Episcopacy,

358; desirableness of, in Tracta-
rian eyes, 377
Vicars-apostolic, appeal against, by
the bishops, 204; to be super-
seded in England by bishops with
territorial titles, 348, 357
Vicar-General, the, refuses to receive
objections to the appointment of
Dr. Hampden, 338

Vice-chancellor of Oxford, Tract
xc. condemned by the, 325
Visitation of Magdalen College, Ox-
ford, 186-191

Volpone, nickname of Lord Trea-
surer Godolphin, 272

Voysey, Rev. Charles, his rational-
istic tendencies, 372; ecclesiastical
proceedings taken against, 374

W

Wages lowered by the introduction
of foreign workmen, 276
Wake, Dr., Bishop of Lincoln, quoted
as to Sancroft's scheme of com-
prehension, 198

Wales, stories respecting the birth
of the Prince of, 191, 208
Walker, Obadiah, a Papist, chosen
Master of University College, Ox-
ford, 142, 184

Walton, Izaak, quoted as to Shel-
don, 27

Wallop, Mr., his defence of Baxter
on his trial, 137-139
Walpole, Sir Robert, his inaction in
the cause of Nonconformity, 291,

292

Ward, Rev. W. G., publishes "The

Ideal of a Christian Church,”
327; he is deprived of his de-
grees, 329
Warming-pan fable of the birth of
the Pretender, 208

Wellington, the Duke of, devises
the reconstruction of Lord John
Russell's ministry, 354
Wells, quarrel between dignitaries
at, 85

Wem, the title conferred on Jeffreys,
181, note
Wesley, Rev. Charles, originally a
High Churchman, 298; separa-
tion from the Church forced on
him, 299; his influence in origina-
ting the Evangelical movement,
359
Wesleyanism, its effect on the
Church, 300

Westminster Abbey, irregularities in,
described by South, 5; the de-
claration read at, 180

Wharton, Mr., Sancroft's chaplain,
a partisan of the new government,
219
Whigs, the, and Tories unite in

opposition to James's tyranny,
160; they command a majority
in both Houses, 238; the Marl-
boroughs form an alliance with,
269; Sacheverell's attack on them,
273; their growing unpopularity,
276; their majority in the Upper
House of Convocation, 295
White, Dr., Bishop of Peterborough,
signs the petition against reading
James's declaration, 173
Whitehall, Romish services con-
ducted at, 130; the declaration
read by a chorister at, 180
Whiston, Dr., accused of advocating
Arian doctrines, 281

Whitfield, the results of the preach-
ing of, 298

Wickens, Mr., left in possession of
Magdalen College, 191
Wilberforce, Mr., his influence on
the Church, 301; co-operation of
the Evangelicals with, 315
William III., regarded,

while

Prince of Orange, as head of the
Protestant party, 121; his interest
in English struggles, 156; news
of his approaching invasion of
England, 191, 200; his fleet ap-
pears in the Channel, 207; he
conceals his designs from James,
209; lands with troops at Torbay,
212; composition of the army of,
213; he enters London peaceably,

214; occupies the throne jointly
with Mary, 218; desires to con-
front Rome with an united Re-
formed Church, 223; his desire
for a Comprehension Bill, 229;
he suggests the repeal of the Test
and Corporation Acts, 230; is a
good judge of men, 245; his un-
popularity with the clergy, 253;
his death hastened by a fall from
his horse, 257
Williams, Dr. Rowland, one of the
authors of "Essays and Reviews,"
368
Wilson's Bampton Lectures, effect
of German theology on, 366
Wiseman, Dr., appointed Arch-
bishop of Westminster, 349; his
letter of explanation to Lord J.
Russell, 352, 357

Winchester, Ken's courageous be-
haviour on Charles's visit to, 173
Witchcraft, Chief Justice Holt's
mild reading of the Acts against,

247

Worcester, Charles II. saved by
a Romish priest after the battle
of, 125; Bishop of, a consistent
Nonjuror, 230
Wordsworth, Wm., influence on
the Church of his writings, 301
Wren, Sir Christopher, letter from
Sancroft to, quoted, III
Wright, Lord Chief Justice, on the
commission sent to Oxford, 186;
Jeffrey's opinion of him, 200
Wycliffe, result of the spirit of
inquiry roused by, 6

Wynter, Dr., Vice-chancellor of Ox-
ford, his censure of Mr. Ward,
328; his disapprobation of Mr.
Gladstone's conduct, 330

Y

York, the Archbishop of, with dif
ficulty rescued from the Gordon
rioters, 304; Mr. Voysey pro-
ceeded against by the, 373