His trial and execution, 455, 436, and n. His character, ib. His works, and par- ticularly of Eikoon Basilikè, 458, 459. Books published for and against his death, 461. Who were the authors of his death, 164, &c.
Charles II. his letter about the mar- quis of Antrim, ii. 435. Scots treaty with him in Holland, iv. 12. Condi- tions of it, 19. He arrives in Scotland, ib. Is crowned there, 36. His oath, ib. He signs the covenant and a decla- ration, 37. Remarks, 38. He marches to England with the Scots army, 47. Preparations of the parliament against him, 48. Marches his army to Wor- cester, ib. Is defeated by Cromwell, 49. Escapes into France, ib. Neglects the Presbyterians, and turns his eyes towards the Papists, 50. Plots in his fa- vour, 82. 86. 170. Address of the Ana- baptists to him, 179. The truth of which is questioned, ib. He abjures the Pro- testant religion at the Pyrenees, 211. Proofs of his being a Papist before, 212. But he denies it to foreign Protestants, 213. His letter to the Rev. Mr. Caw- ton, ib. French ministers employed to write that he is a Protestant, 214. Ex- tract from his letter to the house of commons, 215. Steps towards his resto- ration, 224. Terms on which the Scots and English Presbyterians would restore him, 226. Remarks, 227. Monk corresponds with him, 228. His declaration from Breda, 229. He is invited home without any terms, 230. Owing in part to lord Clarendon, 231. A deputation of lords and commons, with some ministers, wait on him at Breda, ib. The bishops send to him with instructions, 232. He lands, and rides through the city to Whitehall, 236. His views, 248. Abstract of his declaration concerning ecclesiastical af- fairs, 260. Opinion of some churchmen concerning it, 267. Acceptable to most of the Presbyterians, ib. Rejected by the house of commons, 269. Remarks, ib. His marriage, 287. Made a premu- nire to call him Papist, &c. 290. His speech to his parliament, 289. His pre- tended zeal for the hierarchy, 315. His concern for the Papists, 316. His decla- ration concerning indulgence, 351. His speech to parliament in support of it, 353. He moves for a general toleration, 378. His management with the dissent- ers, 387. His design of governing ab- solutely, 402. His new declaration of indulgence, 407. He gives it up, 418. Is displeased with his parliament, 425. And publishes a severe order against the dissenters, 426. His arbitrary go- vernment, and declaration about parlia-
ments, 469. His order for persecuting the dissenters, 593. His death and cha- racter, 501, and n.
Charnock, Mr. Stephen, his death and character, iv. 464, 465, n.
Charke, Mr. expelled the university for preaching against the hierarchy, i. 230.
Charters taken away, iv. 477. Re- marks, ib.
Chauncey, Rev. Mr. his sufferings, ii. 181. His recantation, 237. Repents of it, and retires to New-England, ib. Some account of him, 286, and n. Of his works, 287, n.
Chauntries, &c. given to the king, i. 18, 41.
Chear, Mr. Abraham, memoirs of, v. 196.
Cheney's Collectiones Theologicæ li- censed, while Twisse's Answer to Arini- nius was suppressed, ii. 149.
Cheynel, Dr. his behaviour at Mr. Chillingworth's interment, iii. 83, and n. Some farther account of him, 395. His death, iv. 370. Dr. Johnson's account of, ib. n.
Chillingworth, Mr. his observations on the Bible, i. 197. iii. 82. His death and character, 81.
Christmas, order for laying aside the observation of it, iii. 140. Remarks, 141. Ordinance for abolishing it, &c. 355.
Church, the Puritans' opinion con- cerning it, ii. 55. King James declares against the service of the church of Eng- land, when in Scotland, 2. What the Puritans wanted to have reformed in it, 4. 14, 15, &c. Conformity to it enfor- ced, 20. Its canons, 29. Lawfulness of separation from it argued, 44. Persons obliged under a penalty to come to it, 47. Second separation from it, 54. Laud's scheme for governing it, 178, and
Its splendour, 194. 249. Its ap- proaches towards Popery, 260. Design of uniting it to the church of Rome, ib. Its service neglected, 339. Condition of it at the beginning of the civil war, 503. Church ales, 214. Church-government, oath to prevent alterations in it, 302. Several schemes of it, 397, &c. Church livings, what the Puritans would have reformed concerning them, 5. Church- ornaments, ministers suffer for preaching against them, 201. Churchwardens' oath, 246. Proclamation for repairing churches, 193. Its discipline and hierarchy dis- solved, iii. 79. 94. 306. Of the conse- cration of them, 164-166. Of church- music, 173, 174. Questions respect- ing the divine right of church-govern- ment, 253. Sentiments of the assembly
of divines upon it, 278. And of the London ministers, 279. Whether the church of Rome is a true church, 192. Laud's design of reconciling the church of England to it, 193.
Church of England becomes indepen- dent of the pope and foreign jurisdic- tion, i. 13. By what authority and in what way reformed, 34. Reformation of its offices, 43. Of its doctrine, 62, Far- ther reform of its public offices, 63. A more complete reform designed by Ed- ward VI. 67. Reconciled to Rome in Queen Mary's reign, 81. Reformed again under Elizabeth, 118, &c. The mischiefs occasioned by the act of uni- formity, 119. 134. The first separation of the Nonconformists from it, 188. Some of her ministers disguised Papists, 244. Statute to oblige persons to attend church, 300. A survey of its ministers, 382. A most severe act to punish those who refused to go to it, 426. Another act of the same kind that does not pass, 464. Its low condition, iv. 50. 178. 208. Restored, 240. 245. It applies to the dissenters for assistance in James's reign, v. 37. 58, 59. Remarks, 37.60.
Church-lands alienated, i. 65. Re- stored by queen Mary, 81.
Churchwardens, conclusions of the Puritans concerning them, i. 278.
Civil magistrate, Puritans' opinion concerning him, ii. 59. Civil liberties of England destroyed, 267. Whether reli- gion may be reformed without the civil magistrate, iii. 287, &c.
Civil war, preparations for it, ii. 486. It opens, 500. Authors of it, 516. Grounds and reasons on which it pro- ceeded, 522. Miseries and desolation of that between the king and parliament, iii. 90, &c. Conclusion of the first, 273. Views of the parties, 331. The second civil war, 406. Remarks on the couse- quent confusion, 412..
Clapham, Enoch, some account of a small piece he published in 1608, on the different sects of religion at that period, v. 115.
Clarendon, lord, his history quoted, i. preface viii. His account of the Papists, ii. 265. His representation of the times, 267. Remarks upon it, 268. His high principles, and attachment to the bi- shops, iv. 248. His speech to the par- liament, 289. Promotes the act of uni- formity, 332. His speech against the Nonconformists, 365. His fall, 375. Vin- dicated, ib. n. His character, &c.; 376, 377, and ns.
Clarke, Mr. Matthew, some account of
him, p. xx. of Neal's life prefixed to vol. i. n.
Clarke, Rev. Hugh, his death and cha- racter, ii. 235.
Clarke, the name adopted by Richard Cromwell for some years, during his re- sidence near Romsey, iv. 235. n.
Clarke, Mr. Samuel, his death, &c. iv. 478, and n.
Clarkson, Mr. his recantation, iii. 136, and n.
Clarkson, Mr. David, his death and character, v. 44, and n.
Classes, &c. conclusions of the Pari- tans concerning them, i. 279. Their pro- ceedings in them, 393.
Clayton, Dr. some account of him, iii.
Clergy, their rights surrendered into the pope's hands, i. 1. Their tyranny and cruelties, 5-7, and n. 13. 15. 110. Brought under the statute of pre- munire, and on what conditions par- doned by Henry VIII. 9, 10. Their submission, 13. A stop put to their cruelties for a time, by the rupture be- tween the king and the pope, 16. The king's injunctions to them, 22. The ma- jority of them for Popery, 41. Yet.com- ply with the new service-book, 47. Their marriages legitimated, 64. Are for restoring Popery in queen Mary's reign, 75. Numbers ejected for being married, &c. 77. Many for the reformation that recanted under queen Mary, and after- ward turn again, 91. In convocation they were against the reformation in the beginning of queen Elizabeth's reign, 121. The inconsiderable number that quitted their livings on that account, 133. The sad state of those that remain- ed in the church, 142. 145. 382. 391. Hardships of the country clergy, 353. Selden's character of them, ii. 128. Their pride and ambition, 250. Their approach towards Popery, 261. Canon concerning their conversation, 304. Pro- ceedings against the clergy for malig- nancy, &c. iii. 27. Quality of those ejected, 31. Sequestration of their es- tates, 32. Their hardships, 34. Quality of those who succeeded them, 35, 36. Their hardships from the solemn league and covenant, 68. Numbers ejected, 112. Compared with the ejected minis- ters at the restoration, 113. Hardships on both sides, 115. Laud charged with attempting to set up an independent power in them, 157. Parliament's care for a regular clergy, 232. Bill for pu- nishing scandalous clergymen, 11.-See Committee and Scandalous. Sufferings
of the episcopal clergy, iii. 21, 22. How far they contributed to the king's death, 463. Their forwardness, iv. 232. Se- questered clergy restored, 239. Act for it, 271. Their behaviour and character, 347.348.379. Clergymen belonging to cathedrals whose offices were abo- lished, provision for their maintenance,
Clerk-ales, ii. 214.
Clubmen, their rise, iii. 90.
Coale, Josiah, his death, &c. v. 245. Colchester, siege of, iii. 407.
College, Stephen, executed, iv. 471. Collins, Mr. Anthony, publishes Priestcraft in Perfection, and other' works, which excite controversy, i. 148, n.
Collins, Dr. some account of, iii. 99. Collins, Mr. John, his death and cha- racter, v. 45.
Colman, Mr. his death and character, iii. 316.
Comber, Dr. some account of him, iii.
Commentary on the Ephesians, and Dioclesian's trial, two treatises by Mr. Baynes, a divine of uncommon learning, ii. 94.
Commentaries on the Colossians and St. Peter, published by Mr. Byfield, a divine of great piety, capacity, and learning, ii. 119.
Commissioners, ecclesiastical. High-commission.
Commitments illegal, charged upon archbishop Laud, iii. 154.
Committee of accommodation, ii. 395. The sub-committee, 396. Their names, ib. Their propositions and queries, 397. They break up, 402. Remarks, ib. Committee for preaching ministers, and for scandalous ones, 418, and n. One for scandalous ministers, iii. 23. Their pro- ceedings, 24, &c. One for plundered ministers, 27. Their proceedings, ib. United with that for scandalous minis- ters, 28. Censures on their proceedings, ib. and 29. Country committees, 30. Their instructions, ib. Their proceed- ings, 31, &c. Committee to examine clergymen, 80. Their method of exami- nation, ib. Committee of sequestrations, 95. Another for scandalous ministers, with the earl of Manchester's warrant to them, 107. His instructions to them, 108. His letter to them, 109. Their me- thod of proceeding, 110. Remarks, 111. Committee of accommodation between the Presbyterians and Independents, 255, &c. Committee of safety, iv. 200. Common Prayer-book, revised, i. 63. Established by act of parliament, 64.
[See service-book.] Puritans' objections to it, ii. 48. Queries concerning it, 398.
Commonwealth government set up, iv. 1. Remarks; an anecdote on their motto; opposed by the levellers, 2, and n. And by the Scots, 3. Scotland united to it, 51. Their power and wise con- duct, 57. Farther account of their cha- racter, 61.
Communion-tables placed instead of altars, reasons for it, i. 53. 131. Refor- mation in the communion-service, 43. 63. Canon about them, ii. 35. Turned into altars, 221. Arguments for and against it, 222. Votes about them, 419.
Commutation of penance, ii. 304. iii.
Comprehension attempted between the Presbyterians and Independents, in vain, iii. 255. Presbyterians' address for it, iv. 250. Their proposals towards it, 251. They are disappointed, 254, &c. Another project for it, 381. Abstract of the proposals, 382. Quashed by the bi- shops, 385. Farther fruitless attempts for it, 425. Attempt in parliament for it, 460, &c. v. 78. Remarks, 84.
Compton, bishop, his character and conduct, v. 26 and 27, ns. Suspended, &c. 27, and n.
Concealments, commission of, i. 307. Conference at Lambeth, i. 343. Heads of it, 344. Issue of it, 345.
Conferences, the two between the Romish priests and Protestant divines, p. xxvi life of Neal, prefixed to vol. i. n. Conferences of the Puritans, vindicated by them, i. 415.
Confession of faith of the authors of the Admonition to Parliament, i. 234, n. Assembly of divines' proceeding upon a confession of faith, iii. 319. Presented to parliament, who debate on it, ibid. Articles of discipline rejected, but the whole received by the Scots, 320. Cen- sures upon it, 321.
Confession of faith, Baptists'; when published, v. 124. Its design, ibid. Of Dr. John Rippon's, and other editions, 190, 191.
Confirmation, what the Puritans dis- liked in it, i. 194.
Conformity, terms of, disliked by many, and remarks thereon, i. 134. The queen requires full conformity, 299. Severe act to enforce it, 300. 426. Pro- clamation for enforcing it, ii. 20. Ban- croft's letter about pressing it, 38. Low terms of under the commonwealth, iv. 55. Terms of it by the act of uniformity, 329. Higher than before the civil wars, 330. Conformists, difference between the
old ones and many of the present, i. 160. No difference in points of doctrine be- tween the Puritans and Conformists, 196. Editor's note of elucidation, ibid.
Congé d'elire, bishops appointed to be chosen by, i. 12. 108. 113.
Connecticut colony founded, ii. 285. Constitution given up and destroyed, iv. 493. Anecdote, ibid. n.
Conventicle-act, iv. 357. Sad, conse- quences of it to ministers and people, 358. The act revived, 391. Additional clauses, 392. Remarks, 394.
Convention-parliament, their senti- ments as to the authors of the king's death, iii. 467. Convention in 1660, iv. 229. Invite the king home without terms, 230. Are turned into a parliament, 236. Avow the justice of the civil war, ibid. Give up every thing the court desire, 237. Remarks, ib. Are dissolved, ib. Their acts, 271. Convention in 1688. v. 69. Offer the crown to the prince and princess of Orange, 70. Turned into a parliament, 74. Their proceedings, 76, &c.
Convocations, how held formerly, and their power, i. 2. Restrained by Henry VIII. 13. Original of them, 68. They have all their powers from the king, 114. In queen Mary's reign subscribe to transubstantiation, 75. In the beginning of queen Elizabeth's reign against the reformation, 121. They next agree upon the thirty-nine articles, 147. But are divided about the ceremonies, 149. Another increases the hardships of the Puritans, 220. Defends pluralities and nonresidence, 363. Continues sitting after the parliament, 385. Address the queen against the bill to prevent plurali- ties, 398. Make some regulations in spi- ritual courts, 464. Proceedings of the convocation of 1603, ii. 25, &c.
book of canons, 29. Denounce excom- munication on all who reflect on them, or question their authority, 33. Pro- ceedings of that of 1640, 297, &c. Con- tinued after the dissolution of the parlia- ment, 298. Remarks upon it, ib. Their book of canons, 300. Objections of the commons to them, 324, 325. The last in Charles's time, 321. They disperse, 323. Of the sitting of the convocation after the parliament, iii. 159. Meeting of convocation, iv. 305. Ordered to re- view the liturgy, 306. Alterations they made in it, 307, &c. Proceedings of the convocation in king William's reign, v. 83. Their disaffection, ibid.
Cooke, Mr. secretary, ii. 167. Copes, of their use, iii. 174. 176. Coppe, Rev. Mr. his sufferings, v. 134.
Copping, Mr. the Brownist, executed, i. 314.
Corbet, Mr. Edward, his death, &c. iv. 168.
Corbet, Mr. John, his death, character, and works, iv. 465, 466.
Cornish, Rev. Mr. suspended for preaching on the evening of the Lord's day, and Mr. Devenish of Bridgwater, ii. 249.
Cornish, Mr. alderman, executed, v. 9. Cornwall, petition of the inhabitants of, to the parliament, for better ministers, i. 294.
Cornwell, Francis, his history, publi- cations, &c. v. 193, 194, &c.
Coronation-oath, alterations in it, ob- jected to Laud, iii. 156. The king's scruples about it, with regard to the church, 284, 285. 288. 432.
Corporation-act, iv. 292. Remarks,
Cosins, Rev. Dr. his book favouring Popery, ii. 262. Censured in parliament, 336, and ns. Some account of him, iii. 99. His behaviour at the Savoy-confer- ence, iv. 302. Remarkable passage in his will, 348.
Cotton, Rev. Mr. removes to New- England, ii. 228.
Čovenant. See Solemn League. Covenant or vow to stand by the par- liament, iii. 19.
Coverdale, Miles, assists in translating the Bible, i. 18. Made coadjutor, and then bishop of Exeter, 61. Retires out of the kingdom, 74. His sufferings and death, 152. Much followed by the Puri- tans, 187.
Council-table, its arbitrary proceed- ings, ii. 136. Council of officers and agi- tators, iii. 334. Council of state, a new one, iv. 53. Dismissed by Cromwell, 61. Country clergy, their hardships, i.
Countryman's catechism, church's plea for tithes, iv. 55.
Court of Charles II. their views with respect to a comprehension or toleration, iv. 248. 346. Their behaviour, 269. Their licentiousness, 388. Their proceed- ings to establish arbitrary power, 430. A bill in the house of lords for that purpose, ib. It is dropped, 431. Secret History of this Court and Reign, a work quoted in vol. ii. 19, n. 25, n. 130, n. and in many other parts of these volumes.
Coward, William, esq. institutes the lectures in Berry-street, p. xxiii of life of Neal, prefixed to vol. i.
Cowel, Dr. his extravagant positions concerning the prerogative, ii. 67.
Cox, Dr. brings in king Edward's ser-
vice-book at Frankfort, i. 97. Which breaks up the old congregation, ibid.
Cox, Mr. B. his sufferings, v. 133. Cox, Mr. Benjamin, some particulars of, v. 196.
Cranford, Mr. James, his death, iv.
Cranmer, archbishop, gives sentence of divorce for Henry VIII. i. 12. Pro- motes the reformation, 15. Reviews and corrects Tyndal's Bible, 19. Appointed to dispute against Lambert the martyr, 25. His power declines, 32. His judg- ment concerning the episcopal jurisdic- tion, 41. His persecuting principles, 48. Causes Joan of Kent and George Van Paris to be burnt as heretics, 49, 50. He is zealous for the habits, 58. But relaxes his opinion about them, 59. His senti- ments about discipline, 68. Not satisfied with the liturgy, though twice reformed, ib. He is sent to the Tower, 73. Tried for high-treason, 75. Declared a heretic, 79. Degraded, and recants, 86. Re- tracts his recantation, and is burnt, 87. Was utterly against the Popish habits at last, 157. Cranmer's Bible, ii. 81.
Creed-church, manner of its consecra- tion by Laud, ii. 190.
Crisp, Dr. of London, his death and character, iii. 16.
Crofton, Mr. his sufferings, iv. 271. Cromwell, lord, a friend to the refor mation, i. 15. Made visitor-general of the monasteries, 16. Arrested, and be- headed without trial, 28. Cause of his fall discussed, ibid. and n.
Cromwell, Oliver, designs to go to New-England, ii. 287. 440. 492. 507. His character, iii. 228. His bravery and conduct in the battle of Naseby, 230. He and Ireton confer with the king about his restoration, 345. Reasons of his deserting him, 346. His speech in parliament, 354. He reduces the Welsh, 407. Defeats the Scots under duke Hamilton, 410. Returns to London, 447. His speech on the motion for trying the king, 448. Reduces Ireland, iv. 4. His rapid success, 5. He and his army petition for a toleration, 8. Marches against the Scots, 19. Defeats them at Dunbar, 21. Invites the Scots ministers to return to their churches, ibid. His letter to the governor of Edinburgh-castle, 22. Minis- ters' reply, and his answer, ib. Reply to the governor's complaint, 23. Extracts of more letters, 24. Remarks, ib. Chosen chancellor of Oxford, 25. His letter to the university thereon, ib. Progress of his army in Scotland, 46. Defeats the king at Worcester, 49. His letter to the parliament, ib. He and his army quarrel
with parliament, 58. Remarks, ib. Ad- vises about a new form of government, 59. His ambitious designs, ib. Forcibly dissolves the long-parliament, 60. Dis- misses the council of state, 61. Remarks, ib. He and his council of officers assume the government, 63. His form of sum- ions for a new parliament, 64. His first (called the little) parliament, 65. De- clared protector by the council, 68. His instalment and oath, 69, 70. Remarks, 71. Mr. Baxter's testimony to his govern- ment, 73. His first council, ib. State of the nation at his assuming the protector- ship, 77. His grandeur, and wise manage- ment, 78. Gives peace to the Dutch, ib. High reputation among foreign nations, ib. French ambassador's speech to him, 79. His domestic enemies, ibid. management of the cavaliers, presbyte- rians, and republicans, 79, 80. His friends, 81. Remarks, ib. Incorporates Scotland and Ireland with England, ib. Royalists' plot against him, 82. Executes the Portuguese ambassador's brother, 85. Calls a new parliament, goes in state, and his speech, ib. Second speech; ap- points a recognition of the government, 84, 85. He dissolves them, 86. Plots against him, 87. His vigilance, ibid. Se- verity to the royalists, by decimation, 88. For universal liberty of conscience, 91. His speech to parliament for that purpose, 92. Bates's testimony to it, ib. Is for encouraging learning, 110. Ap- points new visitors for the universities, ib. His zeal for the Protestant religion, 112. His letter to the prince of Tarente, ib. Appoints major-generals, 119. Enters into an alliance with France, ib. Sends Blake to the Mediterranean, 120. Pub- lishes a severe ordinance against the old sequestered clergy, 124. But is willing to dispense with it, 125. Reasons of the severities against the Papists, ib. Is for encouraging the Jews, 126. Assists the Protestants in the valleys, 128. His letter to the duke of Savoy, 129. Calls a new parliament, 134. Assists the Protestants at Nismes, 146. His letter to cardinal Mazarine, ib. Debates about giving him the title of king, 150. His reasons for declining it, 152. Remarks, ib. His title of protector confirmed, 153. His second instalment, 156. His grandeur, and wise adminstration, 157. His treaty with France, 158. Constitutes an upper house of parliament, 160. His speech at their dissolution, 161, 162. Purges the army, 163. And projects a union of the whole reformed interest, ib. Resigns his chan- cellorship of Oxford, 165. Appoints his son Henry lord-lieutenant of Ireland, ib.
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