Critical And Historical Essays 1
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In spite of the wishes of successive Parhaments, the Protestant separatists had been cruelly persecuted. And at the same time, in spite of the wishes of those very Parliaments, laws which were in force against the Papists, and which, un- justifiable as they were, suited the temper of that age, had not been carried into execution. The Protestant nonconformists had not yet learned tolerati(m in the school of suffering. They reprobated the partial lenity which the government showed to- wards idola...ters, and, with some show of reason, ascribed to bad Digitized by Google JOHN HAMPDEN 436 motives conduct which^ in such a King as Charles^ and such a prelate as Laud^ could not possibly foe ascribed to humanity or to liberality of sentiment. The violent Arminianism of the Arch- bishop^ his childish attachment to ceremonies^ his superstitious veneration for altars/ vestments^ and painted windows, his bigoted zeal for the constitution and the privileges of his order, his known opinions respecting the celibacy of the clergy, had excited great disgust throughout that large party which was every day becoming more and more hostile to Rome, and more and more inclined to the doctrines and the discipline of Geneva* It was believed by many that the Irish rebellion had been secretly encouraged by the Court ; and, when the Parliament met again in November, aftar a short recess, the Puritans were more in- tractable than ever.
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In spite of the wishes of successive Parhaments, the Protestant separatists had been cruelly persecuted. And at the same time, in spite of the wishes of those very Parliaments, laws which were in force against the Papists, and which, un- justifiable as they were, suited the temper of that age, had not been carried into execution. The Protestant nonconformists had not yet learned tolerati(m in the school of suffering. They reprobated the partial lenity which the government showed to- wards idola...ters, and, with some show of reason, ascribed to bad Digitized by Google JOHN HAMPDEN 436 motives conduct which^ in such a King as Charles^ and such a prelate as Laud^ could not possibly foe ascribed to humanity or to liberality of sentiment. The violent Arminianism of the Arch- bishop^ his childish attachment to ceremonies^ his superstitious veneration for altars/ vestments^ and painted windows, his bigoted zeal for the constitution and the privileges of his order, his known opinions respecting the celibacy of the clergy, had excited great disgust throughout that large party which was every day becoming more and more hostile to Rome, and more and more inclined to the doctrines and the discipline of Geneva* It was believed by many that the Irish rebellion had been secretly encouraged by the Court ; and, when the Parliament met again in November, aftar a short recess, the Puritans were more in- tractable than ever.
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