Gospel for the second Sunday after Easter, and the Chap. II. words "to his disciples," omitted.

(5). Thanksgivings to be added "For Rain," "For Fair Weather," "For Plenty," "For Peace and Victory;" and "For deliverance from the Plague." A Prayer for the "Queen and Royal Family," and a petition in the Litany to the same effect.

(6.) An addition to be made to the Catechism of the questions and answers concerning the Sacraments.*

Besides these alterations which were carried out, there were others agreed upon, some of which "either were not carried down to the last digestion, or else recalled afterwards." The whole are given by Strype in a document containing fifteen heads, which is said to have been drawn up by Bancroft. The only other point relating to the Liturgy mentioned in this paper, is with regard to the reading of parts of the Apocrypha. It had been agreed that "the Apocrypha that had any repugnancy to the Canonical Scripture, should not be read, but other places chosen." The changes made in the table of lessons on this ground were the following: "To August 26, this note was added-The Thirteenth of Daniel, touching the history of Susanna, is to be read unto these words, ' And King Astyages.' The same day at evening prayers the

* Collier's Church History, vii., 307. Lathbury's History of Convocation, p. 216-17.

+ Collier, u. s.

Strype's Whitgift, 575.

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Chap. II. 1604.

Thirtieth Chapter of Proverbs was substituted for the Fourteenth of Daniel, concerning Bel and the Dragon. On October 1, instead of the Fifth Chapter of Tobit, a portion of the Sixth of Exodus was appointed at morning prayer; and in the evening, the Twentieth of Joshua was substituted for the Sixth of Tobit. On October 2, the Twentysecond Chapter of Joshua was to be read for the Eighth of Tobit; and on November 17, the Forty-sixth Chapter of Ecclesiasticus was to be read as far as the words, "After this he told."* The other points in this paper are: That bishops should in all important matters be assisted by some of their Presbyters; that the High Commission Court should be reformed, and only deal in principal causes; lay excommunications be discontinued; a more learned ministry and better maintenance for them be provided; double benefices discouraged; schools and preachers planted in Ireland, Wales, and the borders of Scotland; the Articles be explained and enlarged, and no man to preach against them; a uniform translation of the Bible be made; Popish and pestilent books be inhibited; all to receive the Communion once a year. "Lastly, for matters of ceremonies and order, being things indifferent, that the rule of the Apostle be kept, that all things be done to edification, that so neither grave, sober, and peaceable persons be not too far urged at first, nor turbulent

Lathbury's History of Convocation, p. 217. I have verified these changes in the calendar by reference to a copy of the very rare Prayer Book of 1604, in the Cathedral Library at Lincoln.

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and unquiet persons and busy spirits to do what Chap. II. they list."* If this were really drawn up in Bancroft's hand, it can scarcely be said to agree with his own after conduct, and it is a pity that he did not better remember and observe the excellent advice which he here puts on record.

* Strype's Whitgift, u. s. Collier's Records, No. 100, v. 9.,

Chap. III. 1604.

Inauguration of a new period of Church his

tory.

CHAPTER III.

Inauguration of a new period in Church history-King James's view of the Church differs from that of Elizabeth-General change of views on this subject-Death of Cartwright and Whitgift-Cartwright-Archbishop Whitgift-King's Proclamation authorizing the new Prayer Book-Puritans see that they have no hope of gaining any more concessions-King's Speech to the Parliament-Spirit of opposition in the Commons-Act to restrain the Crown from receiving Church lands-Act for Processes in Ecclesiastical courts to run in the King's name-Meeting of Convocation of the Province of Canterbury-Bancroft's Book of Canons-Foundation of Ripon Chapter-Petition of the Family of Love-Disquiet of the Scotch Kirk-Appointment of Bancroft to be archbishopHis prompt measures-The judges consulted on the law-Deprivation of Dr. Burgess-The abridgment of the Lincolnshire ministers -Some of the Puritan ministers determine to secedeThe Brownists in Holland-But most of them think it unlawful-General discontent-Persecution of the Papists-The Gunpowder Plot- Oath of allegiance-Blackwell the archpriest-Severe laws against Papists-Prohibitions issued by the judges-Bancroft's articuli cleri- Answer of the judges.

HE conference at Hampton Court inaugurates the second great period in the history of the English Church. The first is the period of Reformation. Beginning with the change in religion, it shows us through the long reign of Elizabeth, the new system contending with its difficulties, and waging

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war with its opponents, under the support of the Chap. III. strong arm of almost despotic power. But Elizabeth's conception of the Church was a thoroughly Erastian one. She upheld it, but she controlled it. She imprisoned the primate, and threatened to "unfrock" him; she looked upon the clergy as state officers, and on Puritans as seditious and rebellious subjects. The Queen would never admit a conference. She would have thought it just as reasonable for rogues to have a voice in making the laws on stealing, as for Nonconformists to be heard as to the difficulties in subscription.

King James looked at Church matters from a different point of view. He was a theologian by taste and study. He hated Puritans as much as his predecessor, but, apart from his personal dislike to them, his antipathy was more that of a polemical divine than a ruler. Writing on the subject of the conference, he complains not of their insubordination as Elizabeth would have done, but of their bad arguments. "They fled me from argument to argument without ever answering me directly (ut est eorum moris), that I was forced to tell them that if any of them when boys had disputed thus in the college, the moderator would have fetched them up, and applied the rod to their buttocks."* Puritans indeed were not likely to be more mildly treated under James than under Elizabeth, only they were now persecuted on theological grounds, as heretics, rather than traitors. And this marks

The

* King James to Mr. Blake.--Strype's Whitgift, Appendix, No. 46.