THE HISTORY OF THE PURITANS; OR, PROTESTANT NONCONFORMISTS; FROM THE REFORMATION IN 1517, TO THE REVOLUTION IN 1688; COMPRISING An Account of their Principles; THEIR ATTEMPTS FOR A FARTHER REFORMATION IN THE CHURCH, THEIR SUFFERINGS, BY DANIEL NEAL, M. A. A NEW EDITION, IN THREE VOLUMES. REPRINTED FROM THE TEXT OF DR. TOULMIN'S EDITION; WITH HIS LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND ACCOUNT OF HIS WRITINGS. REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG AND SON, 73, CHEAPSIDE; R. GRIFFIN AND CO., GLASGOW; T. T. AND H. TEGG, DUBLIN ; ALSO J. AND S. A. TEGG, SYDNEY AND HOBART TOWN. 1837. CONTENTS CHAP. VII.. The character of the long parliament.-Their arguments against the late convocation and canons.-Impeachment of Dr. William Laud, archbishop of Canterbury.-Votes of the house of commons against the promoters of the late innovations CHAP. VIII. The antiquity of liturgies, and of the episcopal order, debated between bishop Hall and SMECTYMNUUS.-Petitions for and against the hierarchy.-Root and branch petition. ministers' petition for reformation.-Speeches upon the petition. CHAP. IX. . From the impeachment of the earl of Strafford to the recess of the parliament upon the king's progress into Scotland. CHAP. XII.. The state of the church of England.-Religious charac- ter of both parties.- Summary of the ground of the civil war 153 HISTORY OF THE PURITANS, FROM THE BATTLE OF EDGE-HILL, TO THE DEATH OF KING CHARLES 1. A. D. 1643-1649. CHAP. I... From the battle of Edge-Hill, to the calling of the CHAP. IV. Of the several parties in the assembly of divines— Presbyterians-Erastians-Independents.-Their proceedings about ordination, and the directory for divine worship.-Rise, progress, and sufferings of the English Antipædobaptists CHAP. V... Abstract of the trial of archbishop Laud, and of the . CHAP. VI. . The progress of the war.-Debates in the assembly about ordination.-The power of the key.-The divine right of the Presbyterian government.-Committee for comprehension and toleration of the Independents CHAP. VII.. The conclusion of the first civil war, by the king's surrendering his royal person to the Scots.-Petitions of the assembly and city-divines against toleration, and for the divine right of the Presbyterial government, which is erected in Lon- don.-Debates between the king, Mr. Henderson, and the Scots CHAP. VIII.. Proceedings of the assembly upon their confession of faith and catechisms.-Provincial assemblies of London.-The king taken out of the custody of parliament, and conveyed to the CHAP. X. . . The second civil war.-The conclusion of the assembly of divines.-The progress of presbytery.-Treaty of the Isle of HISTORY OF THE PURITANS, FROM THE DEATH OF KING CHARLES I. TO THE DEATH OF KING CHARLES II. A. D. 1649-1684. CHAP. I. From the death of king Charles I. to the coronation of king Charles II. in Scotland CHAP. II... From the coronation of king Charles II. in Scotland, HISTORY OF THE PURITANS. PART II. CHAPTER VII. KING CHARLES I. 1640. THE CHARACTER OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT. THEIR ARGU MENTS AGAINST THE LATE CONVOCATION AND CANONS. THE IMPEACHMENT OF DR. WILLIAM LAUD, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. VOTES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AGAINST THE PROMOTERS OF THE LATE INNOVATIONS. WE are now entering upon the proceedings of the long parliament, which continued sitting with some little intermission for above eighteen years, and occasioned such prodigious revolutions in church and state, as were the surprise and wonder of all Europe. The house of commons have been severely censured for the ill success of their endeavours to recover and secure the constitution of their country; but the attempt was glorious, though a train of unforeseen accidents rendered it fatal in the event. The members consisted chiefly of country gentlemen, who had no attachment to the court: for, as Whitelocke observes, "Though the court laboured to bring in their friends, yet those who had most favour with them, had least in the country; and it was not a little strange to see what a spirit of opposition to the court-proceedings was in the hearts and actions of the most of the people, so that very few of that party had the favour of being chosen members of this parliament*. Mr. Echard insinuates some unfair methods of election, which might be true on both sides; but both he and lord Clarendon admit, that there were many great and worthy patriots in the house, and as eminent as any age had ever produced; men of gravity, of wisdom, and of great and plentiful fortunes, who would have been satisfied with some few amendments in church and state. Before the opening of the session the principal members consulted measures for securing the frequency of parliaments; for redressing of grievances in church and state; and for bringing the |