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GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

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CONTENTS

OF

THE EIGHTH VOLUME.

PART II.-BOOK IX.

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THE queen arrives at Dover, and is conveyed by the king to London, 1.-A mistake in

Fuller rectified, 2.—The parliament meets at Westminster, 2.-Montague summoned

to appear before the commons, 2.-Three bishops write in his behalf to the duke of

Buckingham, 3.—The parliament dissolved, 5.—The broad seal taken from the lord-

keeper Williams, 5.-The king's coronation, 6.—An alteration in some of the prayers,

6. The coronation oath, 7.—The oath not altered by bishop Land or the king, 8.-

Laud performs the dean of Westminster's part at the coronation, 9.-A committee of

religion first appointed by the commons, 9.-Articles exhibited against Montague, 10.

-Exceptions taken at the bishop of Gloucester's sermon before the king, 14.—Mon-

tague's business not moved in convocation, and why, 14.-Two conferences upon the

five points, 15.—The king's proclamation against the disputing the controversy, 15.—

The pope's consolatory letter to the English Roman Catholics, 16.—The death of

bishop Andrews, 19.-Sibthorp preaches up the prerogative too high, 20.—Archbishop

Abbot suspended, 21.-Remarks upon the sequestering the archbishop's jurisdiction,

24.-The French part of the queen's family sent home, 25.-Cozens' Devotions pub-

lished, and exceptions against it, 26.—The parliament meets, 27.-Dr. Manwaring's

extravagant assertions, 28.-He is prosecuted by the commons, and censured by the

lords, 28.-Sir Benjamin Rudyer's speech for the augmentation of small livings, 28.—

Dr. Manwaring's submission at the bar of the house of commons, 32.-The commons'

remonstrance with reference to religion, 32.-The king's answer, 33.-Bishop Laud

translated to London, 35.-Exceptions against Montague in his confirmation, 36.—

The king's declaration prefixed to the Nine-and-thirty Articles, 36.-The Calvinists

complain of the declaration, and prepare an address against it,38.—Manwaring's sermons

suppressed by proclamation, and Montague's " Appello Cæsarem" called in, 39.-Pro-

clamation against Smith, bishop of Chalcedon, &c., 40.-The commons' declaration

upon the Nine-and-thirty Articles, 40.—They complain of innovations in religion, 41.

-The parliament dissolved, 42.-Leighton's scandalous pamphlet, 42.-The king's

instructions to the archbishop of Canterbury, &c., 43.-The king's letter to the

lords-justices of Ireland, in behalf of the clergy, 44.-The condition of some part of

Ireland, with respect to religion, 47.-Bishop Davenant preaches upon the Quinquar-

ticular controversy at court, and gives great offence, 47.-His defence at the council-

board, 48.-This controversy revived at Oxford, and in Ireland, 48-9.-The repair of

St. Paul's, 49.-The petition of the English ministers in the Low Countries, 51.—

Bishop Laud's suggestions to the privy-council for securing conformity to the Church

amongst the English beyond sea, 55.-His scheme for regulating the Dutch and

French Churches in England, 56.-Queen Elizabeth's letter for regulating foreign

Churches in England, 58.-Feoffees constituted by the Puritans for buying in impro-

priations, 59.-Remarks upon this settlement, 59.-Some means taken in the late

reign for settling the liturgy in Scotland, 61.-This design revived, 61.-The Kirk

party appoint private fasts, 62.-A commendable custom touching the nomination of

bishops changed in this reign, 62.-The new bishops manage to disadvantage, and

why, 62.-Several acts relating to the Church passed in the parliament at Edin-

burgh, 63.-Some of the nobility disgusted at the commission of surrenders, &c., 65.

-Edinburgh made a bishop's see, 66.-The king returns to London, 67.-The death

and character of archbishop Abbot, 68.-Laud succeeds him in the see of Canterbury,

73. The king's letter to the bishops touching ordinations, 73.-The judges at the

assizes at Exeter and in Somersetshire suppress wakes, &c., 75.-The Sabbatarian

controversy revived, 76.—The king's declaration concerning sports, 76.-Dr. Bram-

hall's letter to Laud concerning the condition of the Church in Ireland, 77.—The

archbishop endeavours to reform some negligences in Churches, 81.-The king's

instructions for officiating in the English liturgy at the chapel in Holyrood-house, 81.

-A contest between some of the parishioners of St. Gregory and the dean and chap-

ter of St. Paul's about placing the communion-table, 83.-The king's letter to the

Turkey merchants, for promoting oriental learning, 83.-The death of Godwin,

bishop of Hereford, 84.-Pryn prosecuted and censured in the Star-chamber, 85.-

Archbishop Laud's annual account of his province to the king, 86.-The Irish convo-

cation's address to the king, 89.—They receive the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church

of England, 91.-Their acknowledgment to the king, 91.-Irish acts relating to the

Church, 92.-The London clergy's petition for the due payment of their tithes, 92.-

The matter is referred to the privy council, and sinks there, 93.-Contests about placing

the communion-table, 94.-The factories, &c., conform to the English liturgy, 94.-

Archbishop Laud's letter to the factory at Delph, 94.-The Nonconformists in New

England erect a Calvinistic Church, 96.-Ancient usages retrieved in the cathedral

churches, and elsewhere, 97.-Different regulations in the cathedrals of old and new

foundations, 97.-A new body of statutes provided for the Church at Canterbury, 98.

-The bishops Davenant and Morton of the archbishop's opinion in two instances, 99.

-A book of canons for the Scotch Church published, 100.-The Scotch ministers'

exceptions against the matter, 101.-The manner of imposing these canons, 104.-

Archbishop Laud promotes a collection for the palatine ministers, 105.-He excepts

against two clauses in the letters-patent, and why, 105.-Penalties of act against

swearing given to the poor, 106.-Juxon, bishop of London, made lord-treasurer, 107.

-The archbishop's annual account of his province, 107.-The archbishop claims a

right to visit both universities, jure metropolitico, 108.-Judgment given for him by

the king and council, 109.-Statutes of the university of Oxon reformed and confirmed

under the broad seal, 111.-The bishops' defence for enjoining the king's declaration

for sports, 111.-The Scotch liturgy drawn up in Scotland, 112.-Reviewed by the

archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of Norwich, 113.-How far it is different

from the English Common Prayer, 113.-The king's proclamation for authorizing

the book, 117.-It is generally clamoured against by the Scots, 118.-The reasons of

this dislike, 119.-The manner of bringing in the Scotch Common Prayer unac-

ceptable, 119.-Archbishop Laud's defence of some passages in the Scotch liturgy,

120.-Bastwick, Burton, and Pryn, write libels against the hierarchy, 121.-Arch-

bishop Laud's annual account of his province, 123.—Adams's sermon at Cambridge

touching confession, 125.—An information against Bastwick, Burton, and Pryn, in

the Star-chamber, 128.-Their sentence, 129.-Somewhat farther of Bastwick and

Burton's character, 130.-The archbishop's vindication of himself and the bishops

against the charge of innovation, 131.—A vindication of the bishops' exercising juris-

diction in their own names, 135.-A resolution of all the judges touching this matter

entered upon record, 135.-Bishop Williams prosecuted in the Star-chamber for

subordination, and fined, &c., 136.—Bishop Williams complains of illegal prosecution,

138. He falls under a second censure in the Star-chamber, 138.-The Scotch Com-

mon Prayer read at Edinburgh, and insulted, 140.-Some reasons of the miscarriage

of this affair, 141.-The earl of Traquair represents the Scottish bishops to disad-

vantage, 141.-Panzani and Con, agents for the pope in England, 147.—The arch-

bishop remonstrates at the council-table against the liberties taken by the Roman

Catholics, 148.-Part of the archbishop's annual account, 149.-The translation of

Sales's "Introduction," &c., called in, 149.-Deering's commendation of Laud, 150.

-A decree of the Star-chamber for regulating the press, 150.-Lectures retrenched

and brought under due regulation, 151.-Some Nonconformist ministers and families

transport themselves into Holland, 151.-The bishops complain against the Cove-

nanters, 152.—The marquis of Hamilton sent down high-commissioner for Scotland,

152.-Bold motions of the Covenanters, 153.-The king's resentment of the Cove-

nant, 153.-The commissioners' proposals to the faction, 154.-The king's concessions

to the faction, 155.-The Tables' instructions for managing the elections, 156.—A

scandalous summons issued by the presbytery of Edinburgh, 157.—A general assem-

bly at Glasgow, 158.-The bishops' protestation against it, 158.-The commission

dissolves the assembly; which sits notwithstanding, 161.—The business done by this

pretended assembly, 162.-The Covenanters keep an agent at London: this agent

was Eleazar Borthwick, a minister, 162.-The Covenanters' disloyal tenets, 162.—

Some scandalous passages in the Covenanters' sermons, 164.-The king's declaration,

and his expedition against the Scots, 165.—The king marches against the Scots, 166.

-He makes an unserviceable pacification at Berwick, 167.-The Scots make a public

declaration of their adherence to their late assembly and covenant, 168.-They misre-

present the treaty in print, 168.-The general assembly at Edinburgh confirms the

proceedings at Glasgow, 169.-The motives to disaffection in the Scottish bishops,

169. For this there are several precedents, 169.—The parliament confirms the acts of

the Edinburgh assembly, 171.-Bishop Hall's first draught of his book entitled "The

Divine Right of Episcopacy," 171.-The archbishop's animadversions upon this tract,

173.-Hall alters his book upon the archbishop's corrections, 176.-The archbishop's

account of his province, 177.-The parliament meets at Westminster, and, not giving

satisfaction, is quickly dissolved, 180.-A convocation at St. Paul's, 181.—They

receive a commission under the broad seal for altering the canons, or making new

ones, 181. Some new ones made, 181.-The lord-keeper, several of the judges, &c.,

declare the convocation may lawfully sit after the dissolution of the parliament, 183.—

The oath so much excepted against, 183.—The canons approved by the privy-council

and judges, 185.—Exceptions against them answered, 186.-Irish acts in favour of

the Church, 188.-The Scots invade England, 189.-The treaty at Ripon, 189.-

Habernsfield's supposed plot, 189.-The long parliament meets, 190.-Some of the

members declaim against the hierarchy, 190.-Bagshaw's speech examined, 191.—

Lord Digby's speech, 192.-The convocation sits, but does nothing, 193.-Bishop

Williams enlarged, 193.-The service disturbed at St. Margaret's, 194.-The earl of

Strafford impeached, 194.-The resolves of the commons against the canons, 194.-

The archbishop of Canterbury and the earl of Strafford impeached, 195.—Anabap-

tistical heterodoxies, 196.-The king's speech in defence of the bishops, 196.-The

commons' remonstrance, 197.-The king's answer, 197.-Articles granted to the

Scots, 198.-Pocklington and Bray censured by the house of lords, 199.-Smart's

complaint against Dr. Cosins, 200.-A vindication of Cosins from Fuller's misrepre-

sentation, 201.-A bill passed in the house of commons for taking away the bishops'

votes in parliament, &c., 202.-A committee for religion, 203.-The earl of Strafford's

trial, 205.-The entireness of the bishops' peerage, 205.-The earl makes a significant

defence, 206.-He is proceeded against by a bill of attainder, 207.-The bishops move

to be excused voting at his trial, 208.—The parliament and court insulted by the

rabble, 208.-The king, not satisfied with the bill, puts the case to the bishops, 209.-

The earl of Strafford's letter to the king, 210.-His execution, and character, 211-12.

-Dr. Hacket's speech before the house of commons in behalf of deans and chapters,

213.-Burges speaks on the other side, 215.-The protestation explained, 215.—The

viscount Newark's speech in defence of the bishops and clergy, 216.-The courts of

the High Commission and Star-chamber put down, 219.-Archbishop Williams' bill

for a farther regulation of the bishops' jurisdiction, &c., 220-The commons' vote

touching Church government, 221.-Wren, bishop of Ely, impeached by the com-

mons, 222.—An impeachment of thirteen bishops of the late convocation, 222.-The

prosecution of them dropt, 224.-The king goes to Scotland, and proves unfortunate

in his conduct, 224.—An order of the lords against innovating in religion, 225.-The

commons' declaration concerning innovations in the ceremonies, 226.-The bishops'

extraction misreported by the lord Brook, 227.-Pym's speech against the bishops,

228.-Solicitor St. John's argument against the bishops' peerage, &c., 229.-The

bishops one of the three estates in parliament, 230.-The commons in their remon-

strance charge the bishops with innovations, 234.-The king's answer, 235.-The

bishops insulted by the rabble in going to the parliament-house, 236.-Their petition

and protestation, 237.-The bishops' protestation defended, 238.-The bishops im-

peached, and sent to the Tower, 240.—The bishops bailed, but never brought to any

trial, 241.—The king at last prevailed with to pass the bill, 243.-Random reports of

the bishops' mismanagement, 244.-Several tracts published for and against episco-

pacy, 245.-The vacant sees filled, 246.—The king retires into Yorkshire, where he

receives the nineteen propositions, 247.-His majesty's answer to the eight proposi-

tions, 247.-Petitions in behalf of episcopacy and the Common Prayer, 248.-The

petition of the county of Rutland in behalf of the Church, 248.-More petitions of

this kind, 249.-The rebellion breaks out, 250.-Proposition the fourth, 251.—An

ordinance for sequestering the bishops and other delinquents' estates, 251.-The king's

proclamation against it, 252.-An ordinance for convening the assembly of divines,

253.-The members of this meeting, 254.—The powers and restraints of the assembly,

255.-General rules for the assembly, 256.-The king forbids their meeting, 257.—

The assembly petition the two houses for a fast, 258.-Waller beaten in the West by

the king; and lord Fairfax in the North by the earl of Newcastle, 258.-The king's

protestation at Christ's-church in Oxford, 260—Saltmarsh's advice, 260.-The solemn

league and covenant offered by the Scots, and taken by the English revolters, 261.—

A letter of the assembly of divines sent to the Protestant Churches in Holland,

France, &c., 263.-The covenant pressed through the parliament quarters, and the

consequent persecution of the loyal clergy, 268.-His majesty's manifesto to the

Protestants beyond sea, 269.-The rise and principles of the Independents, 270.—An

ordinance against monuments and superstition, 272.—An ordinance against May-poles,

273. Another touching ordination of ministers, 274.-Archbishop Laud impeached

of high treason, 274.-His trial, 275.-Part of his defence, 275.—A petition handed

about in the city for bringing the archbishop to justice, 282.-The lords menaced

into a concurrence with the commons touching the attainder, 282.-The archbishop's

speech, and behaviour at his execution, 283.-His character continued, 285.—An

ordinance for setting aside the Common Prayer, and establishing the Directory, 287.

-A brief abstract of the Directory, 288.-The king's instruction to his commissioners

at Uxbridge, 299.—Love's seditious sermon, 291.—The propositions given in by the

commissioners, sent by the parliament, 291.-Concessions made by the king's com-

missioners, 292.-The divines who assisted at the treaty, 293.-Henderson's arguments

against episcopacy, 293.-Dr. Steward's reply, 294.-The Creed and the Ten Com-

mandments not put in the Directory, and why, 296.—A second ordinance for estab-

lishing the Directory, and putting down the Common Prayer, 296.—The king's

proclamation against it, 297.-The Independents' plea for toleration, 297.-The

Presbyterians' reasons against it, 298.-An ordinance for suspending scandalous

persons from the sacrament, 302.-An ordinance touching ordination of ministers,

302. An ordinance for electing elders, 303.-The Scotch disagree with the two

houses at Westminster in several points of Church government, 304.-An ordinance

for settling Presbyterial government, 305.-The assembly-divines review some of the

Thirty-nine Articles, but break off the undertaking, 306.-They make a confession

and two catechisms, 306.-The king and Henderson debate the controversy of Church

government in several papers, 307.-Henderson retires into Edinburgh, and dies, 325.

An ordinance for abolishing archbishops, bishops, and selling their lands, 325.-The

sense of the university of Oxon touching the covenant, the negative oath, and the

Directory, 326.-The covenant, 326.-The university's objection to the preamble,

328. The oaths of supremacy and allegiance, 329.-They argue against the first

article, 329. Their exceptions to the second article, 331.-They argue against the

third article, 334.—The fourth article contested, 334.—Their reasons against the fifth

article, 335. The lawfulness of the sixth article disproved, 336.-The scandalous

prayer in the conclusion of the covenant, 336.-The negative oath, 337.-Reasons

against it, 337.-Reasons against the Presbyterian discipline and Directory, 338.—

The parliament at Oxon return the chancellor and student thanks for the book called,