tition of the army. Richard resigns the protectorship. Presbyterians
for restoring the king. Insurrection of Sir George Booth. Parliament
attempt to reduce the army, and are turned out. Committee of safety.
Gen. Monk marches into England, for a free parliament. The army
restores the parliament, but Monk continues his march, and enters the
city. The controversy between the city and parliament. Monk pulls
down their gates, but is reconciled to them. He restores the secluded
members of 1648. Proceeding of parliament. Presbytery restored.
Presbyterians in full possession of the nation. Character of general
Monk. State of episcopacy and of the king. Debates about filling the
vacant sees. Difficulties that attended it. Sundry expedients propos-
ed. Remarks. The king abjures the protestant religion at the Pyren-
ness. Proofs of his being a papist before, but denies it to foreign prot-
estants. The king's letter to Mr. Cawton. French ministers employ-
ed to write that the king is a protestant. Monk's letter to the inde-
pendents. He courts the presbyterians and the Scots kirk. Behavior
of the independents. Their rise and resolute progress through the
war, and of the officers of the army. Death of bishop Brownrigge, of
Mr. Herle, and of Mr. Thomas Cawton. The restoration of King
Charles II. Presbyterians in full power. Terms on which the Scots
and presbyterians would restore the king. Remarks. Of their vain ex-
pectations from the court. G. Monk corresponds with the king. Con-
vention parliament meets. King ́s declaration from Breda. The par-
liament invites the king home without any terms, owing in part to lord
Clarendon. A deputation of lords and commons, with some ministers,
wait on the king. The minister's address and reception. The bishops
send to the king with instructions. Forwardness of the clergy. Rich-
ard Cromwell resigns his chancellorship, and absconds. His character.
The king lands, and rides through the city to Whitehall. They avow
the justice of the civil war. They give up every thing the court de-
sires. Remarks. Presbyterian ministers made the king's chaplains.
The liturgy restored. The sequestered clergy restored, and heads of
colleges and fellows. Reformation of the university of Cambridge.
New creations in the universities. Vacancies in cathedrals filled up.
The old surviving bishops. Translation of bishops. New bishops
ereated. Of the independents, anabaptists, and papists. Of the times
before the restoration. Of the times after the restoration. Death of
Mr. Taylor.
The situation of the Quakers under the protector. The grounds on which they were persecuted. The sufferings of some of them as vagrants, and of others under the pretence of breaking the sabbath. The quakers often violently assaulted by the mob on the sabbath-day. Mr. Gough's reflections on this. The sufferings of George Fox at Carlisle; his answer to the requisition of colonel Hacker. Cromwell's message to him, converses with him, and sets him at liberty. Fox's sufferings at St. Ives, in Cornwall. His journies to Wales. Some assaulted by the mob, others punished as vagabonds. The persecution
of Richard Hubberthorn. The cruelties of jailers, especially in the case of James Parnel. The sufferings of the quakers by fines and dis- traints, and the numbers imprisoned. Their temper and consolations. Their mutual kindness and charity.. Their moral conduct and integ- rity. They interfere not in political transactions. The increase of their numbers, and spread of their doctrine. An observation of Hugh Peters. The moderation of the mayor of Oxford. The sufferings of Elizabeth Heavens and Elizabeth Fletcher. The protection afforded to the quakers by general Monk. A general reflection. An act of the Seoteh presbytery against the Baptists. Their publications. The baptists dismissed from his army by Cromwell. A remonstrance on this measure. Their numbers. Independents friends to liberty; par- ticularly Dr. John Owen. John Hale's Tract on Schism. The per- secution and writings of Mr. John Biddle. A vote against the Raco- vian catechism.
From the Restoration of King Charles II. to the Conference at the Savoy.
Views of the court and of the bishops: and of the king and duke of York. The presbyterians address for a comprehension. Abstract of their first paper of proposals. Their reception. Abstract of the bish- op's reply. Abstract of the presbyterians' defence of their proposals, The beginning of the sufferings of the presbyterians, who apply to the king. An assembly of divines to peruse the king's declaration. Ab stract of his declaration. Abstract of the second paper of exceptions and requests of the presbyterians. Opinion of some of the churchmen concerning the declaration, acceptable to most of the presbyterians.— Some accept of preferments. Declaration rejected by the house of commons. Remarks. Presbyterians in despair. Behavior of the court and bishops. The beginning of the persecution of the non-con- formists. Methods for that purpose. Act for restoring the sequest- ered clergy. For confirming marriages in the late times. Attainder of the king's judges. Cromwell and others that were dead, taken out of their graves. Trials of the king's judges. Their execution. Re- marks. An act for an anniversary observation of the 29th of May.- Milton and Goodwin's books burnt. Popery revives in England and in Ireland. Insurrection of the fifth-monarchy men, Consequences of Venner's insurrection; disowned by the independents, by the bap- tists, and by the quakers. The presbyterians in trouble. Bishop Stilling fleet's" Irenicum."
An account of Dr. Henry Hammond.
The king's marriage. The king's and lord Clarendon's speech.-- The king's second speech to parliament. Sham plots fathered on the presbyterians. Farrington's plot. Corporation-act. Remarks.
From the Conference at the Savoy, to the Act of Uniformity. Conference at the Savoy. Opening it. Hardships of the presbyte-
rians. Proceedings of the commissioners. A disputation proposed. The subject of the dispute. The presbyterians descend to intreaties. Behavior of the commissioners; Dr. Morley, and bishop Gauden.- Of the disputants. Of the auditors. Account of archbishop Tillotson. Censures of the conference. A convocation. They are ordered to re- view the liturgy. Alterations in it. Other additions. Liturgy amended, sent up to the king and council, and house of peers. Epis- copacy restored in Scotland, against the king's mind. Mr. Guthrie executed. Character of the old Scotch presbyterians, and of the Scots bishops and new clergy. Episcopacy restored in Ireland. Conduct of the French protestants. The king's pretended zeal for the hierar ehy. In favor of the papists, who declare their principles. The dead bodies of the most considerable persons in the late times dug up. Act against the quakers. State of religion. Extravagancies of the court and nation. Queen-mother at Somerset-house. Sale of Dun-- kirk. Execution of more of the king's judges. Trials of colonel Lambert and Sir H. Vane. Execution of Sir H. Vane. The act of uniformity brought into parliament and passed. An abstract of it.- Remarks. Terms of conformity. Higher than hefore the civil wars. Rapin's remarks. Reflections on bishop Kennet's remarks. Mr. Coll- yer's remarks Authors or promoters of this act. Bishop Sheldon ; other bishops and clergymen. Conduct of the presbyterians. Their difficulties. Remarks. Some of them quit their livings. Ministers ejected by the act of uniformity. Their hardships greater than the papists at the reformation, or the loyalists in the time of the civil wars. Difficulty of filling the vacancies. The condition of others.- Dr. Bates' account of the act of uniformity. Sufferings of the ejected ministers. Mr. Baxter's account. Other accounts. Death of Mr. Ley, Mr. Jeanes, Dr. Chambers, Mr. Ash, and of Mr. Edward Bowles. Aets for regulating the press. Licensers. Objections to Milton's Paradise Lost.
From the Aet of Uniformity, to the Banishment of the Earl of
Views of the several parties; of the king and court; of the parlia- ment; of the clergy and bishops; of the inferior clergy, high-church and low-church. Remarks, and those of bishop Burnet. The Non- conformists' petition for indulgence. The king's declaration concern- ing it, supported by his speech to the parliament. Address of the commons against it. Remarks. Rise of occasional conformity. The Rev. Mr. Calamy sent to Newgate. Sham plot in the North. An act for relief of non-subscribing ministers. Conventiele act, and sad consequences of it to ministers and people. Their cautious conduct. Sufferings of the quakers and others. War with the Dutch.
The charter for incorporating a society for the propagating the gos- pel in New England. Death and character of bishop Juxon. An ac- count of Mr. Henry Jessey.
The plague. The ejected ministers venture to preach publicly, which brings them under farther hardships. Lord Clarendon's speech for it. The Oxford five-mile act. The oath. Some few take it, but the generality refuse and go into banishment. Names of the non-cou- formist ministers registered in the bishops' courts. Death of Dr. Bur- gess, and of Dr. Cheynell. An account of Mr. Samuel Fisher.
The fire of London produces a sort of liberty to the non-conformists. Death of Mr. Calamy, of Mr. Arthur Jackson, and of Dr. Spurstow, The fall of the earl of Clarendon; his character.
From the Banishment of the Earl of Clarendon to the King's Declar- ation of Indulgence in the year 1672.
The king moves for a general toleration. The parliament petition to put the penal laws in execution The ill-behavior of the bishops and clergy. The death of Dr. Seaman, and of Mr. George Hughes. Unhappy state of the nation. Project of a comprehension. Abstract of the proposals. Alterations in the liturgy. An indulgence for such as could not be comprehended. They are quashed by the bishops, and the persecution revived. Mr. Baxter and others imprisoned, not agreeable to the king's inclinations. Debates without doors. Various publications. Licentiousness of the court and city, and university. A letter from Mr. John Wallis to the Hon. Robert Boyle, in a note.- Death of Mr. Newcomen and of Mr. Joseph Allein. The conventiele aet revived. The additional clauses. Remarks. Methods of perse- cution. Archbishop Sheldon's letter to the bishops. Zeal of bishop Gunning and others. Distress of the non-conformist ministers. Cour- age of the quakers. The trial of Wm. Penn and Wm. Mead. Injus- tice and cruelty of the court. The jury threatened. Penn and Mead aequitted. The king's design of governing absolutely. Character of the CABAL. Death of Dr. Tuckney, and of Mr. Wm. Bridge. Causes of the growth of popery. Remedies proposed by the parliament. * Conduct of the court. The duke of Fork abjures the protestant reli- gion. Project of the Cabal to make the king absolute. Exchequer shut up. War with the Dutch. Project of a general indulgence: how it was resented. A new declaration of indulgence. Non-confor- mists not forward to accept it by the dispensing power. A royal li- cence to a non-conformist minister, in a note. Death of Dr. Staunton, and of Mr. Vavasor Powel.
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTERS V. VI. VII. AND VIII.
THE HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS.
THE share the Baptists had in the vicissitudes of government.- Cromwell endeavors to suppress them. Mr. Baxter charges bem VOL. IV.
with growing insolent. Their petitions to Charles II. complaining
of their sufferings. The ill-treatment received by Mr. Helme, Mr.
Warren, and Mr. Fletcher. The baptists excepted in an act for con-
firming all ministers in their benefices. They are persecuted at
Reading. Newport, London, and Dover. The sufferings of Dr. Grif-
fith and Mr. Grantham. A circumstance which aggravated the pro-
eeedings against the baptists. Repeated outrages committed on them
at the meeting-house in Whitechapel. Other religious assemblies dis-
turbed with violence. Insult and abuse offered to those who were in
the prisons The severe proceedings of the justices in Buckingham-
shire, particularly on the act of the 35th of Eliz. The case of ten
men and two women sentenced to death. The baptists are refused the
benefit of the common burying-places, and some are taken out of their
graves. Their sufferings at Lewes and other places, particularly by
fines and distresses. A libel published to fix a stigma on this party.
The story of Mr. Josiah Baxter. The prosecution of Mr. John James ;
the king's reply to the petition for his life. Mr. Keach's sufferings.-
His "New and easy Primer." Particular instances of calamities
befalling their persecutors. Dr. Jortin quoted. The consolations and
temper of the persecuted: e. g. of some in Reading gaol; of some whose
goods were seized; of Mr. John James, and of Mr. Keach. The publi-
cations of the baptists in their own defence, and their petitions to the
higher powers. A declaration of some on the side of the principles of
passive obedience. An address to the king and parliament in a defence
of the rights of conscience. The authors of it, and their liberal design.
An account of some of them, viz. Mr. Wright, Mr. George Hammon,
Mr. William Jeffrey, and Mr. Francis Stanley. The publication of a
piece entitled A complaint of the oppressed against the oppressors,
and of a plea for toleration." Mr Atkins' letter to the magistrates of
Dover. A pamphlet entitled “Behold! a Cry." The history of Rob-
ert Wright; the challenge given him by the baptists. A narrative of
the proceedings of some justices and some others, in execution of the
act against conventicles.
THE HISTORY OF THE QUAKERS.
THE Quakers rejoice in the restoration of Charles II. and, by Mr. Hubberthorn, lay before him a state of their sufferings. The king prom- ises them protection. The persecution of them soon renewed. Great numbers cast into prison. Old laws revived, and on them they are pro- ceeded against. The case of Thomas Goodyear and Benjamin Staples. The justices restrained in a degree by higher authority. The severe hardships and cruel treatment to which this people were exposed.
A Case. on which the coroner's jury declined giving a verdict. The king's declaration. The author of a narrative of their sufferings prose- cuted. Many die in Newgate. A guard placed at the entrance of the Bull-and-Mouth meeting-house. A se ere persecution at Colchester. A generous speech of a quaker. The operation of the conventicle act
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