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may, for ought we know, hold it longer than the youngest child now breathing may live."-DODD's Church History, vol. 1, p.

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began to exclaim against it as a remnant of popery. And by degrees the precise humour grew so popular that at the summer assizes held at Exeter, 1627, the Lord Chief Baron Walter and Baron Denham made an order for suppression of all wakes. And a like order was made by Judge Richardson for the county of Somerset, an. 1631. But on Bishop Laud's complaint of this inno

THE FEOFFMENT. "Had the managers been honest, much good and glory might have been expected from it. But they are represented to have been parties of the Pu-vating humour, the king commanded the ritan faction, and so to have restored no impropriations to the parish church, nor settled them on the incumbent, but only to have set up stipendiary lecturers, and maintained silenced ministers, &c. From a sense of which abuses, and a jealousy of greater, this method was first reflected on by Mr. Peter Heylin, in an Act sermon at St. Mary's in Oxon, July 11, 1630. After which, by the vigilance of Bishop Laud, and the prosecution of Mr. Noy, this feoffment was judicially suppressed in the Court of Exchequer by a sentence given Feb. 13, 1633. To take this power out of the hands of those particular men, might possibly be a good and necessary service; but to annul the design in general seems to have been a great miscarriage. For the abuse not lying in the thing, but in the parties concerned, they should not have subverted the whole project, but have committed the trust to more faithful stewards. And no doubt, had there been a new legal corporation of honest, able men, of good interest and standing authority, to prosecute the purchase of impropriate tithes, as successive opportunities should offer, and reunite them to the endowment of one fixed incumbent, it would by insensible degrees have had a glorious effect in recovering and settling the patrimony of the Church. And had the iniquity of those times allowed it, this was the real design of that great and good Archbishop." -KENNETT's Parochial Antiquities, &c. vol. 2, p. 58.

"THIS laudable custom of wakes prevailed for many ages, till the nice Puritans

last order to be reversed; which Judge Richardson refusing to do, an account was required from the Bishop of Bath and Wells, how the said feast days, church ales, wakes and revels, were for the most part celebrated and observed in his diocese. On the receipt of these instructions the Bishop sent for and advised with seventy-two of the most orthodox and able of his clergy, who certified under their hands that on these feast days (which generally fell on Sundays) the service of God was more solemnly performed, and the church much better frequented both in the forenoon and afternoon than on any other Sunday in the year that the people very much desired the continuance of them; that the ministers did in most places do the like for these reasons, viz. for preserving the memorial of the dedication of their several churches; for civilizing the people, for composing differences by the mediation and meeting of friends; for increase of love and unity by these feasts of charity; for relief and comfort of the poor, &c. On the return of this certificate, Judge Richardson was again cited to the council table, and peremptorily commanded to reverse his former order. After which it was thought fit to reinforce the declaration of King James, when perhaps this was the only good reason assigned for that unnecessary and unhappy license of sports, &c. However, by such a popular prejudice against wakes, and by the intermission of them in the late confusions, they are now discontinued in many counties, especially in the east, and some western parts of England; but are commonly observed in the north, and in these midland

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parts."-KENNETT's Par. Antiq. vol. 2, p. | by the zeal and activity of his friend, Na

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"WHEN Laud's house was attacked,

1640, the rabble were raised by a seditious paper which Lilburne posted on the Royal Exchange."-NALSON, vol. 1, p. 343.

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In a sermon preached February 6, 1625, at the opening of the parliament by Laud, this memorable passage occurs, "One thing more I'll be bold to speak out of a like duty to the church of England and the house of David. They whoever they be, that would overturn sedes ecclesiæ, the seats of ecclesiastical judgement, will not spare, if ever they get power, to have a pluck at the throne of David. And there is not a man that is for parity, all fellows in the church, but he is against monarchy in the state. And certainly either he is but half-headed to his own principles, or he can be but half-hearted to the house of David."-Ibid. vol. 2, p. 5.

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"THE papists abroad frequently tell the English, that if we could but once be united amongst ourselves, we should be a formidable church indeed. And for this reason

there was none whom they so mortally hated (I speak upon certain information) as that late renowned Archbishop and Martyr, whose whole endeavour was to establish a settled uniformity in all the British churches for his zeal and activity in which glorious attempt, the Presbyterians cut him off, according to the Papists' hearts' desire." -SOUTH, Vol. 4, p. 189.

LAUD's anxiety for the Irish church, 1633. STRAFFORD's Letters, vol. 1, p. 82.

HIS want of power to effect the good he wishes. Ibid. vol. 1, p. 111.

A PLEASANT passage of familiar kindness on his promotion to the primacy.-Ibid. vol. 1, p. 111.

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safe to come never so few. Let God have his whole service with reverence, and he will quickly send in more to help to perform it. For the holding of two livings, and but two with cure, since you approve me in the substance, I will yield to in the circumstance of time. Indeed, my lord, I knew it was bad, very bad, in Ireland, but that it was so stark naught I did not believe. Six benefits not able to find the minister clothes; in six parishes scarce six to come to church! Good God! Stay the time you must, till there be more means, and some more conformable people."-Ibid. vol. 1,

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"In the care for the schools it was passing well thought on that they might be taught English, not only to soften the malignity and stubbornness of the nation, as you write, but also because they will with the more ease, and sooner, be acquainted with English fashions, which yet can do no harm in that country."-Ibid. vol. 1, p. 254.

His refusal to recommend any person peremptorily for preferment.-Ibid. vol. 1, p. 268. conscientious letter.

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consideration, and I hope will give a speedy remedy to this growing evil. It pleased his Grace to say, that the Papists were the most dangerous subjects of the kingdom, and that betwixt them and the Puritans, the good Protestants would be ground to powder.”—GARRARD, Ibid. vol. 1, p. 426.

STRAFFORD says, that "without the diligence and instruction of Laud, I should neither have had the power nor yet the understanding how to have served the church to so good purpose, and in so right a way as I now trust is done."—Ibid. vol. 2, p. 20.

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IN a dispute about Dublin College, between the primate and visitors on one part, and the provost and some senior fellows on the other, which was referred to Laud, he says, one thing there is remaining which I think very necessary to be done in point of common and indifferent justice, before I give my determination, which is, that a narration of the fact be agreed upon by all parties, that none of them may say that that upon which I ground my sentence is mistaken."-Ibid. vol. 2, p. 37.

To Wentworth. "As for some others which you speak of, certainly they do not only sing the psalms after the Geneva tune, but expound the text too in the Geneva · sense, at least so far as they can possibly venture upon it; and your lordship knows I ever said so much, and have had too good cause to know it. But those things and many other must be past over, or there will be no peace."-Ibid. vol. 2, p. 100.

Probably he alludes to Usher.

STRAFFORD says to him, " Lord, in what several moulds are we cast. Your grace can be pleased to welcome a denial when it is fortified with reason. If others were so, friendship would be longer preserved

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To Strafford." I can say nothing of the book of rates till it come out, and then I believe I shall be able to say as little; for I think it will be referred to the great officers of the exchequer to consider of. But I must needs be of opinion, that you there if any thing do come in public to the board, understand the trading of that kingdom, bear, better than Sir Abraham. And yet, and consequently the rates which it may let me tell you beforehand, that if you have sunk the rates which he set, overmuch, it will hardly please here. For though Dives dwell in this Abraham's bosom, yet I know where Lazarus dwells too."-Ibid. vol. 2, p. 263.

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Peter Heylyn's Second Journey, containing a Survey of the Estate af the two Islands, Guernsey and Jersey. 1656.

P. 282. THE French meant to retaliate upon these islands for the provocation given unto them at the isle of Rhe. Heylyn went as chaplain with the Earl of Danby, who was appointed governor on that occasion. 1628.

331. Lay elders in the Calvinistic churches. "To them the charge is specially committed of inquiring into the lives of those within their division, by which device is not only a kind of satisfaction given to the multitude, but a great deal of envy is declined by the ministry, which that curious and unneighbourly inquisition would otherwise derive upon them."

332. Their power extended unreasonably "to the weightiest causes of the church, censure and ordination."

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the minister, to know the better how they behave themselves in their several families.

349. Ministers every Sunday after dinner shall catechise. The church locked immediately after sermon and the public prayers, to avoid superstition,1 and the benches shall be orderly disposed, that every one may hear the voice of the preacher.

The churches being dedicated to God's service, shall not be employed to profane uses, and therefore entreaty shall be made to the magistrate that no civil courts be there holden.

350. Baptism. The minister shall not admit of such names as were used in the time of paganism, the names of idols, the names attributed to God in scripture, or names of office, as angel, baptist, apostle.

The holy supper four times a year, to be received sitting or standing, and by the men first.

353. Persons not to marry a second time 333. Beza more anti-episcopal than Cal- without leave of their parents, in default vin. whereof they shall incur the censures of the church.

334-5. Elizabeth unwarily allows the discipline to be introduced to these islands, 1563-7, and this raised the hopes of the faction in England, and made them set to work for imposing it on the English church. They stirred not in England till this breach was made. 336, 417.

336. At a time when a Spanish invasion was expected, the Puritans threatened to petition the Queen with one hundred thousand hands.

354. No marriage on Sundays, but on week lecture-days.

Those two families before marriage, not permitted to marry before they have made confession of their fault before the whole congregation: if the fault is not notoriously public, the consistory shall determine it.

354. Widows not permitted to contract themselves till six months after the hus

343. Ministers to visit every household band's death. As for men, they also shall once in the year at least. be admonished to attend some certain time, but without constraint.

What to be done when any one was offended with the preaching of the minister.

344. Doctors next to pastors. His charge to expound the Scripture in his lectures, without applying it by way of exhortation.

345. Schoolmasters to be visited twice a year by the ministers, and the scholars to be brought to sermons and catechisms, there to answer to the minister.

346. Elders to certify all scandals to the consistory, to visit all the households before every communion: and once yearly, with

355. No burial in the church, and neither sermon, nor prayers, nor sound of bell, nor any other ceremony whatsoever.

356. Mode of excommunication. The first Sunday the people shall be exhorted to pray for the offender, without naming the person or the crime. The second Sunday the person shall be named, but not the crime. The third, the person shall be named, his offence

1 See 370.

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