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Mary, Queen of Scots-continued.
pretensions to the English crown rest
on the question of Elizabeth's legiti-
macy, 373. Dangers from Mary of a
new religious persecution, ib. Con-
spiracies in her favour, 382. Pro-
phetic speech as to her death by the
king of France, 383. Elizabeth's
duplicity; Mary beheaded, ib.
Mary II.; letter from the Princess of
Orange to Dr. Sancroft, 497. The
deposition of James II.; and the
English Revolution, 512-516.
Masses for the dead, 174. Case of
Henry VIII.'s will, 283. Private

masses, so lucrative, abolished, ib.
Matilda, empress, hostile to the promo-
tion of Becket, 84.

Mellitus, early bishop of London, 21.
He sails with Justus to France, 22.
Mendicant Friars, the, 185.

The rule

of the order relaxed, ib.
Merits, monkish doctrine of, 170.
Mission, Christian, to England, 15, 16.
Zeal of Jesuit missionaries, 378, et
seq.

Mistletoe, Druidical rites regarding the,
5.

Monachism early in Britain, 10. Sup-
ported by Dunstan, 58. Encouraged
by Archbishop Lanfranc, 70. Era of
the institution of the White Friars
and Black Friars, 182-186. Ill-
regarded at Oxford, 188.
Monasteries and monks, special objects
of plunder to the Danes, 50. The
monks put to the sword, ib. The
rule and discipline of abbeys, 53.
Increase of religious houses; their
ill effect felt, 187. The convent lands
laid claim to by the state, 222. Car-
thusians, several executed for deny-
ing the supremacy of Henry VIII.,
247. Dissolution of the monasteries

by Henry, 251. In what degree
their preservation might have been
useful, 252. Bill for seizing the pos-
sessions of the lesser convents, 253.
The monks and nuns accused of bad
morals, a chief plea for their impover-
ishment, and confiscation, ib. Twen-
ty-six abbots had votes in Parlia-
ment, ib. The fate of the aged
monks demanded some pity for their
unexpected destitution, 254. Their
possessions dispersed by grant, sale,
and exchange, ib. Abbots executed
for the rebellion on account of re-
ligion, 260. Henry VIII. immedi-
ately confiscates and suppresses the
remainder of the monasteries, ib.
Produce by sale of the abbey lands

Monasteries-continued.

ill employed, 288. Pillage, 290,
291.
More, Sir Thomas, quoted respecting
old versions of the Bible, 192. Em-
ployed to write against Tindal's ver-
sion, 234. His character influenced
by the times, 235. His devotion, 236,
Controversial works, ib. His spirit
of persecution, 237. He is accused,
245. Is cited before the council to
take the oath of the succession, and
refuses the preamble, 246. His trial,
249. His defence, ib., 250. His
calm behaviour on the scaffold, 250.
Various speeches he made, recorded,
ib. Writings, 284, 350.
Music, Church, 34, 47, 54.
Muster-books, by way of census, 292.

N.

Nix, bishop of Norwich, saying of,
221, 229.

Nonconformists unwilling to wear the
square cap, &c., 388. Their clergy,
391. Ejected from their benefices,
413. See PURITANS. Discontented
with Laud's enforcing the Church
rubric; they desire to emigrate to
Holland, 428. Detained by an em-
bargo; the chiefs of the sect, Pym,
Hambden, and Cromwell, remain, ib.
The different sects of, 489, 490.
They emigrate, 492.

Norfolk, dukes of, 272, 382. See
HOWARD.

Northumberland, Dudley, duke of, a
patron of Hooper, 285. Protector in
minority of Edward VI., 296. He
marries his son to Lady Jane Grey,
300. His death, 350.
Northumbria, introduction of the Chris-
tian religion, 24. Avowal by Coifi
the priest, that the gods of his super-
stition were powerless to do good,
26. Coifi burns his temples, and
Paulinus establishes the religion of
Christ, 27.

Nun, the Kentish, revelations feigned
by her, to bring an image into repute,
243. She declares against Henry
VIII.'s divorce from Catharine, ib.
She predicts his death, ib.
Her pro-
phecies collected, and preached on
by the Franciscans, ib. Her rash
accomplices in these impostures hasten
her trial and execution, 244. Bishop
Fisher and Sir Thomas More brought
into trouble by their folly in listening
to her, 244, 245, 250.

0.

Odin, the god, 12; and Friga, 40.
Odo, the primate, supports the views
of Dunstan, 58. His insolence to
young Edwy, 59. His cruelty to
Elgiva, whom he brands, 60. His
death, 61.

Oglethorpe, bishop of Carlisle, 365.
Oiscinga, Saxon title explained, 16.
Oldcastle, Sir John, or Lord Cobham,
denounced for heresy, 201. Henry
V. interrogates him respecting a
book of heresies belonging to his
library, 202. His determined reply,
ib. Resistance to the service of a
citation, ib. His profession of faith,
203. Frowned on by Henry, he
appeals to the pope, 205. His ex-
amination, 206. He abides by his
writing, on his faith, as delivered to
Archbishop Arundel, ib. Trial, 207.
His prayer of repentance, and pro-
phetic words against the then exist-
ing Church, 208. His disputation
with his cruel judges, 208-211.
His sentence to the flames, 212.
His reply, ib. Rumours of insur-
rection prejudice him with Henry V.,
213. Reward for taking Cobham,
alive or dead, 214. After four years
discovered in Wales, he is hanged
above a fire, ib. Final consequences
of his firmness of religious principle
and his martyrdom, ib.

Olver, the Norwegian, 43.
Omer's, St., the college was founded by
the Jesuits, 378.

Orange, prince of, assassination of, 384.
Orange, William III., his preparations
against James II., 508. He lands at
Torbay, 512.

Orientals, philosophy of the Persians,
&c., 170. Oriental MSS. of the Bod-
leian Library, 427.

Osbern, biography of Dunstan, 60.
Osmund, bishop of Salisbury, compiles
a liturgy, which is adopted, 72.
Oswald, son of Ethelfrith, slays Cad-
wallon the British hero, 28. De-
feated by Penda, 29.

Oswy, an Anglo-Saxon king, maintains
the Christian worship, 29.
Oxford, endowment of its colleges, 187.
Inclined to the tenets of the Lol-
lards, 201. Twelve inquisitors ap-
pointed, ib. Study of Hebrew and
Greek introduced, 224. Colleges
endowed by Wolsey, 252. Cranmer,
Ridley, and Latimer, fellow-prisoners
at, 320. Death of Ridley and Lati-

Oxford-continued.

mer, 326-336. Of Cranmer, 350-
354. Munificence and endowments
of Laud, 426, 427.

P.

Paganism of the Anglo-Saxons, 11-
13. Its want of influence with the
Saxon nations, 30. Is readily over-
thrown by the missionaries from
Rome, 31. Each king being con-
verted, his people willingly adopt
the new religion, 32. Heathen
priests make small resistance to the
religious revolution, 33. Savage
mythology of the Danes, 38. The
Scalds and bards, ib. Worship of
Odin, 39-42. Obscene and san-
guinary rites, 43.

Palmer, Julius, martyrdom of, 355.

He had witnessed the death of Cran-
mer, ib.
Pandulph, legate from Innocent III. in
England, 148, et seq. He receives
John's submission to the pope, 149.
Restores to him his crown, 150.
Styles him a dutiful son of the
Church, 153.

Parishes, limits defined, 48. Registers
for marriages, &c., 282.
Parker, archbishop of Canterbury, 231,
366, 368. His doctrine that of Bil-
ney and Barnes, 367. His direc-
tions relative to the oath of supre-
macy, 375.
His moderation, 413.

His tomb violated by the Puritans,
447.

Parliament generally subservient to
the will of Henry VIII., 248, 252.
Elizabeth attentive to its enactments,
376. Upon the Gunpowder-treason,
it enacts that the oath of allegiance
should be taken by papists, 412.
The Commons refuse supplies to
Charles I., 415. The Lords fine
Dr. Manwaring, who preached that
the king had power to levy_taxes,
425. The Parliament releases Prynne
and his companions, 431. Bill pro-
posed against bishops voting, 432.
"Protestation," similar to the Scot-
tish" Covenant," 433. The "Com-
mittee of Religion," the "Root and
Branch" parliamentarians propose
measures subversive of the Church,
435-438. They abolish Episcopacy,
480. Confiscations of Church pro-
perty, ib.
Return of Charles II. 482.
Parr, Katharine, queen of Henry VIII.,
269. She favours the Reformation,

Parr, Katharine-continued.

269. Is in danger of condemnation
for heresy, 272, 273.

Patrick, St., at Glastonbury, 52.
Paul IV., pope, contemporary with
Elizabeth, 363.

Paulinus sent from Rome as coadjutor
to Augustine, 23.

Paul's, St., founded, 19. Synod held
in, 191. The cathedral threatened
with demolition, 446. Rebuilt by
Sir Christopher Wren, 496.
Paul's Cross, St., 219. Bearing a fag-
got there, commanded to those who
recanted, 228. The "invisible an-
gels" pretended miracle, 302.
Bill appointed preacher there by
Elizabeth, 362. Parker, 367.
Pead, son of the Mercian king Penda,
establishes the Christian religion, 29.
Pecock, Reynold, bishop of Chichester,
account of his opinions, 217. Ac-

Dr.

cused of heresy, 218. Saves his life
by an act of abjuration, 219. His
writings burnt, 220. His opinions,

417.

Pelagius born in Britain, 169. Denied

original sin, ib. He advocated free
will, ib. His contest with Augus-
tine, ib.

Pembroke, earl of, negotiates between

John and the barons, 154.

Pembroke, earl of, on the trial of Arch-
bishop Laud, 465.

Penance, held to be of the character of
a sacrament, 255.

Penda, king of Mercia, a heathen, 28.
His victories, ib., 29.
Pennington, alderman, 432.
Percy, lord, the earl marshal, 191.
Persecution, the tenth, 9, 10. Of the
Albigenses and Waldenses, 183, 186.
Of the Franciscan friars, ib. Of
the Lollards, 197, 215. Of the Re-
formers by Henry VIII., 227, et seq.,
264. In the reign of Mary I., 300,

et seq.
Persons, Father, compassionates the
persecutors for their trouble in con-
demning so many heretics, 338.
Peter's pence, a tribute to the bishop of
Rome, 103, 119.

Peter Martyr, 303.

Peter of Pomfret, prediction by, 149.
His play on the words Ascension
Day, ib. It is fulfilled, but the pro-
phet is hanged, 150.

Peters, Hugh, 456. His abuse of Laud,
461, 467.

Petre, Father, confessor to James II.,
502.

Philip Augustus, king of France, 143.

Philip II., and Mary, 300. His con-
fessor Alonso de Castro, 324. His
designs upon Elizabeth, 337. In-
terferes in her favour, 361, 383.
His wars in Flanders, 384. The Ar-
mada fitted out against England, ib.
Philosophy, schools of Roman, their
influence, 7.

Philpot, archdeacon, assists Bradford in
disputation, 324. His courage, 340.
Desire to make him change his reso-
lution, 340-344. Burnt in Smith-
field, 345.

Pilgrimage, early, to Jerusalem and Sy-
ria, 10. Discouraged, on the Reform-
ation, 281.

Pius IV. sends a nuncio with a con-

ciliatory letter to Elizabeth, 372.
Pius V. excommunicates Queen Eliza-
beth, 374. His pretensions, ib. Pro-
pagandists of his bull against the
English queen, 380.

Pocklington, Dr., deprived of his bene-
fice, 438.

Pocock, Bishop, the traveller, delivers
the counsel of Grotius to Archbishop
Laud to fly, 453.

Pole, Cardinal, 293. As legate, orders
the trial (by a commission of pre-
lates) of the bishops Ridley and La-
timer, 330. Is the head of the Ma-
rian persecution, 348, 358. He dies
at the same time as Mary, 365.
Pontigny, Cistercian abbey of, 103,
110.

Popes, early Roman pontiff, some enu-
merated: Gregory the Great, 14, et
seq. Boniface, 24. Gregory VII., or
Hildebrand, 70, 73, 75. Alexander
III., 85. Innocent III., 144—154,
Urban V., 189. Urban VI., 195;
&c. &c. Paul IV., 363. Pius IV.,
372. Pius V., 374.

Poor, relief to them administered by
ministers of religion, 49, 55. Ques-
tion whether the seizure of lands be-
longing to monasteries and convents
would be an ultimate benefit to the
poor or not, 223. Edward VI.'s en-
dowments of hospitals for their edu-
cation and relief of the sick, 298,
330.

Præmunire, statute passed in the reign
of Richard II., 222. It is made the
engine for the destruction of Wolsey,
227. The higher clergy being liable
to its penalties, compromise with
Henry VIII., ib., 375, 479.
Prague, Jerome of, martyrdom of, 215.
Prayer Book, the Common, 435, 487,
488, 490.

Prayers for the dead, declared by Con-

Prayers continued.

vocation to be good and charitable,
256.
Presbyterian Church government in
part compatible with an Episcopal
Church, 477.

Presbyterians, their proposals to Charles

I., 479. Their strength in the reign
of Charles II., 487. The Act of
Uniformity proposed, ib. Letter from
Calamy proving discontent with the
Declaration, 488.

Prideaux, bishop of Worcester, 449.
Priestcraft of the time of St. Dunstan,
57. In the time of Lanfranc, 74.
Of the Druids and Kelts, 107.
Principles, the Two; or Dualism, 170.
Of right and wrong, 176.
Printing, importance of its invention,
223. On religion forbidden by Mary
I., 302.

Protestants, they come into power at
the court of Edward VI., 283. They
hold a synod at Dort, 409, 419. See
REFORMATION and CHURCH.
Prynne, Bastwick, and Burton, amerced
and condemned to lose their ears by
the Star-chamber, 423. Prynne's
avowal in his old age of the justice
of the sentence, 424. He is released
by Parliament, 431. His enmity to
Laud, 456. He prints the primate's
diary, 463. It is brought forward
on his trial, ib.

Psalmody, the Puritans were all prac-
tised in the Psalm Book, 475.
Purgatory, the pope said to have au-
thority over, 173.

Puritans, their rise and principles, 388.

To what they object, 389. Their
dislike of Rome and of Episcopacy,
390. Their intolerance, 392. The
refractory clergy, ib. Archbishop
Bancroft represses them, but his suc-
cessor Abbot favours the Puritans,
413, 414. The danger foretold of
their triumph over the throne, 415.
Their idea of the paramount efficacy
of preaching, 417. The chief Puri-
tans prevented from embarking for
Holland, 428. Their clergy ape the
intolerance, the infallibility, and spi-
ritual despotism of Rome, 429. The
Covenant, its object, ib. Puritanical
party in Parliament, their persever-
ance, 433-435. The Root and
Branch men," 432, 435. Their de-
sires carried in Parliament, 412-
447. Their defacing of churches,
447. Triumph of the Puritans com-
plete, 474, 476. Their confession of
faith is Calvinistic, 476. Their

Puritans-continued.

hatred of the Church liturgy, ib.
They forbid the use of the Book of
Common Prayer, 478. They abolish
Episcopacy, 480. Their rules and
penal statutes, 481. Cromwell re-
strains their ambition and avarice,
ib. Their turbulence on the acces-
sion of Charles II., 486. Called
Dissenters, 495, 496.

Pym detained in England by an em-
bargo, 428. Exhibits articles against
Laud, 452.

Q.

Quakers, persecutions of the, 496.

R.

Redwald, king of East Anglia, 19. His
successor Eorpwald, 28.
REFORMATION, the, corruptions that led
to it, 173-180. The first reformers,
181. Discontent in England re-
specting Italian priests, 187. John
Wicliffe, 188. Ejected from the
mastership of Canterbury-Hall, he
appeals to the pope, 189. His op-
position to the see of Rome, 190-
195. His disciples, the Lollards,
condemned to the flames, 196, 197.
Progress of the Reformation, 227,
et seq., 234, 242, 255, 262.
Six Articles, 266. The Romanists
have almost influence with Henry
VIII. to stay the Reformation, 268,
275. The Reformation impoverishes
the clergy, 288. Statesmen aggran-
dized and enriched themselves by
it, 296. See CHURCH; EDWARD VI.;
ELIZABETH.

The

Register, Church, of parishioners for
charitable purposes, 49.

Regular and secular clergy, their dis-
tinction, and tendency of either, 57.
Presumed purity of the regulars,

185.

Relics, impostures as to them discover-
ed on the suppression of the mon-
asteries, 261.

REVOLUTION, the English, 512-516.
Reynolds, Dr., speaks for the Puritans,
at a conference in presence of James
I., 398, 407. He conforms, 489.
Made bishop of Norwich, 49.
Rich, Lord, shows some kindness to
Philpot on his trial, 343.
Richard I. crowned in the lifetime of
Henry II., 120. Seized by the Duke

Richard I. continued.

In-

of Austria and delivered to the Ger-
man emperor, 143.
Richard II., in his reign a synod was
convened to inquire into the alleged
heresy of John Wicliffe, 191.
tention of the Statute of Præmunire,
222.
Ridley, Bishop, his argument with
Hooper, 286. His interview with
Edward VI. respecting charitable
actions, 298. Reconciliation in pri-
son with Hooper, 309. His pious
ejaculation to Bradford, 321. His
character portrayed, 327. His fare-
wells, 328. His demeanour before the
Bishops-Commissioners for the trial
of him and Latimer, 330. Acknow-
ledges a spiritual, denies a corporeal
presence in the sacrament, ib. His
degradation upon condemnation, 334.
His tears for his sister, 335. His
execution, together with Latimer,
336, 337. His prophetic hopes of
the ultimate success of the Reforma-
tion, 366.
Rogers, John, proto-martyr in the Ma-
rian persecution, declared Rome to
be the Church of Antichrist; and
also against transubstantiation, 303.
Romans, as conquerors, introduce their
superstitions into Britain, 7. Their
intolerance of Christianity, 8. The
tenth persecution extended to Bri-
tain, 9, 10. Their paganism and the
Latin language vanish on the Saxon
conquest, 13.

Rome, Church of, corrupt spirit of, 50.
A system of priestcraft, 57. Its
unity and supremacy, ib. Policy,
58. Wealth and endowments of its
Church in various kingdoms, 74. Its
authority above kings asserted by
Gregory VII., 73, 74. Some ex-
cuse made for this pontiff's mea-
sures, 75. His ambitious views for
an universal church-rule possibly
beneficial to that age, ib. Variance
of the papal system, and doctrines,
from true Christianity, ib. Kings
disposed to seize on Church revenues
and possessions threatened with cen-
sures and excommunication, ib.
val popes, 76. Archbishop Anselm
attends Urban at Rome, ib. Ques-
tion of investiture, 78. Adjustment
of it, and homage by prelates to
princes, permitted, 79. Enjoins ce-
libacy for priests, 58, 62, 79.
Its
power to protect offending clergy
from the secular authority, 86. Privi-
lego of the canons, 87. Excommu-

Ri-

Rome, Church of,-continued.
nication, 107. Its arrogance in dis-
posing princes, 109. Interdicts, 110.
Its power to coerce kings, ib. Pre-
tensions of Rome epitomised in the
struggle regarding Becket; Alexan-
der III.'s pontificate, 111, 139. How
far its authority submitted to by
Henry II., 140. The pope deposes
John of England, 146. Designs of
Rome, 148. John resigns, and re-
ceives his crown back again from
Pandulph, 149, 150. Consequences
resulting therefrom, 150, et seq. Eng-
land esteemed but a fief of the papal
see, 156. The fourth Lateran coun-

cil, 157. Usurpations of Rome
established, 158. Corruptions, doc-
trinal and practical, of the Romish
Church, 159. View of the papal
system, 159–170. What advan-
tages were in reality derived to
Christianity therefrom, 159. Asylum
or sanctuary, ib. Reading of Scrip-
tures forbidden, 161. "Tradition, or
the unwritten word," set up instead,
162. Worship of saints, 163. Re-
lics and bones of saints, ib., 164, 261.
Images, 165. Healing by relics, &c.,
166. Papal bulls, ib. Miracles, ib.
The Virgin Mary; Romish doctrine
and worship, ib. Images of the Vir-
gin, 167. Modern idolatry, ib. How
far the Church of Rome resembles
heathenism, 168. Doctrines of Pe-
lagius, 169. Fanatics, 171. Purga-
tory, 173. Indulgences sold by the
pope, 174. Object of pilgrimages:
miraculous images and portraits, ib.
Masses for the repose of the dead, ib.
Confession and absolution, 175.
Doctrine of transubstantiation, 176.
Plenitude of power and supremacy
above kings, claimed by the pope,
177. Secular laws not to avail
against his decrees, 178. Infallibility
of the pope, 179. Rise of the Re-
formation, 181, et seq. Franciscans,
and Dominicans, 182, 183. These
religious orders turn the popular tide
that had been in favour of a Church
reform, 183. But they become the
scandal of the Church by vice and
impostures, ib. The Three Dispensa-
tions, and book called the Eternal
Gospel, described, 185. Many of
the Franciscans consigned to the
stake for heresy, 186. The Inqui-
sition instituted by their adversaries
the Dominicans, ib. Wicliffe desig-
nates the pope as the "Man of Sin,"
190. The assertion of infallibility

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