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LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.
Pickering. 5-4-29 19214
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,