Rome, Church of-continued.

of the Romish Church precluded all
correction of error, 218. Children
compelled to set fire to the faggots at
the execution of their parents, 221.
Overthrow of the papal authority in
England, 222, et seq. The pope at
first favours Henry VIII., 224, 226.
Cranmer advises the dissolution of the
monasteries as being the strong-holds
of popery, 251. Impostures of the
Romanists divulged, 261. The true
cross, ib. Saint Apollonia's teeth, ib.
Vial of the Saviour's blood, ib. The
Rood of Grace, a crucifix, ib. Gold
from Becket's shrine, 262. His two
skulls, ib. The pope cites Henry
VIII. to appear at Rome, and inter-
dicts his kingdom, ib. Opprobrious
names indulged to the king, ib.
Henry's declaration against the pope's
tyranny and usurpations, ib. The
Romanists retain much power under
Henry VIII., 268, 272, 275. The
English in the reign of Mary I. zeal-
ous for the restoration of the Romish
worship, 301. The priests turn the
reformed ministers out of the churches
and celebrate mass, ib. The Church
of Antichrist, 303. The Romish
Church loses all favour with the Eng-
lish people by the PERSECUTION, and
by the death of Cranmer, 354. Tor-
ments inflicted upon "heretics" in
the prisons, 357. Commissioners for
Inquisition; their power, 358. Those
accused, who died in prison, cast
into the fields and denied sepulture,
ib. Two hundred and eighty per-
sons burnt in the four years of the
Marian Persecution, ib. The Roman-
ists conform to Elizabeth's church-
rule, until ordered to the contrary by
the pope, 369. Pius IV. attempts a
reconciliation with Elizabeth, 371.
The Romanists place their hopes in
Mary Stuart, 373. Pius V., 374.
The persecutions of the Romish
Church horrible wherever it possessed
authority, 375, 376. Sufferings of the
Protestants in Paris, 376. The mas-
sacre of the Hugonots, general on St.
Bartholomew's day, ib. The pope
excommunicates Elizabeth, 374. The
nation is exasperated against the pa-
pists on account of the Gunpowder-
plot, 411. James I. and Charles I.
tolerant towards the Romanists, ib.
420, 421. A reunion with the Holy
See not possible, 421. The papists
imprudent in provoking Charles II.,
486. They are accused of the fire of

Rome, Church of-continued.
London, 494. Scheme for making
the Dissenters instrumental in the
restoration of popery, 496. The aid
of Louis XIV. expected, 497. The
Romanists confident of success, ib.
Flight of James II., 513.

Rudyard, Sir Benjamin, 427. His elo-
quence, 434.

Russell, Sir John, sent against the
Devonshire and Cornish insurgents,
293, 295.

8.

Sacrament, the real presence in the
holy, 193, 199. Cobham declares his
belief respecting the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper, 206. The opinion of
the Church, 207. What three sacra-
ments declared by Convocation ne-
cessary to salvation, 255. Serious
insurrections relative to the abrogated
sacraments, 256-259.
Saints, reverence to the memory of,
162. Prayer at the martyr's grave
at length addressed to the departed
saint himself, ib. Relics, 163. Frag-
ments of mortality preserved as relics
of saints, ib. Crucifixes, 164. Fana-
tics aspiring to the reputation of, 171.
To address saints as intercessors de-
clared laudable, 255. Relics of the
saints, 261.

Sampson, dean of Christ-Church, a
Nonconformist, 388.

Sancroft, integrity and high character of
the primate, 497. His reply to Mary,
princess of Orange, 498. His resist-
ance to James II.'s Declaration abol-
ishing tests, 499. His course of con-
duct, 506.

Sarpi, F. Paolo, history of the council
of Trent, 409.

Saunders, Laurence, condemned on his
denial of transubstantiation, 307.
Sautre, William, priest, his martyrdom,
being a Lollard, 197.

Saxon conquerors introduce their idol-
atry into Britain, 11. Ferocity, and
valuable qualities, ib. Human sacri-
fices, and priests, 12. Complete re-
volution in superstitions and man-
ners, on their conquest of Britain,
ib. Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons,
14, 29.

Scalds, or poets of the Danes, 38. Ac-
count of their tenets, 39.
Scandinavians, worship, 38. Their gods,
giants, and heroes, 39-41. The Ed-
da, their book, 42.

Schools established by the early bishops
in England: that of Canterbury cele-
brated for the ancient languages, 47.
At York, 50. University of Cam-
bridge, 81. Endowments of the two
universities, 187. Foundations by
Wolsey at Oxford (Christ Church)
and at Ipswich, 252. See Oxford.
Scory, Bishop, returns from exile, 367.
Scotland, Church of, similar to the Ge-
nevan, 391. Knox a disciple of Cal-
vin, ib. James I., his opinion of a
Scottish presbytery, 405. Affairs of
the Covenant, 429. Contest between
Charles I. and the Covenanters, 430.
Enmity to Laud the primate, 431.
Terms offered by the Presbyterians to
Charles I., 479. Power of this party,
486, 487.

Scrivener, John, burnt, 221.

Scriptures, reading of them discouraged,

162. By whom condemned, 186.
Wicliffe defends the use and reading
of the Bible, 190. His version, 192.
Erasmus's version of the New Testa-
ment, 228. The possessing or giving
an English Testament forbidden, 229
-233. Tindal's translation, 234.
It is prohibited, ib. Coverdale's
Bible licensed, 263. Henry VIII.
again prohibits the New Testament,
&c., because they were reviled by the
Romanists, 275.

Sebert, king of Essex, a Christian con-
vert, 19.

Seraphic order, or Franciscans, 182.
Seymour, Edward, earl of Hertford, 280.
Lord-protector; created duke of So-
merset, 281. See SOMERSET.
Slaves from England sent to Rome,
14. English, sold by the Danish in-
vaders, 67.

Shaxton, Bishop, committed to prison,
266.

Sheldon, Archbishop, 484.

Shelton, Sir John, inhumanity of, 320.
Sherlock, Bishop, 499.

Sidney, Algernon, conspiracy of, 494.
Six Articles, the, 266, 294.
Smith, Dr., sermon of, 335.
Smith, Robert, a martyr, lines address-
ed to his children, 356, note.
Smithfield, the fires of Persecution lit
there, 240, 304, 324, 345.
Society, its condition during the dark
ages, 159. The civil power insuf-
ficient to repress private feuds, 160.
Socinians, their opinions, 297.
.burnt by James I., 410.
Somerset, duke of, uncle of Edward

One

VI., is appointed lord-protector, 280,
281. Charged with spoliation, 288.

Somerset-continued.

Bestows church preferments upon
laymen, 288. He destroys the ab-
beys, 290. His downfal, 296.
South, Dr., comparison of Puritanism
with Jesuitism, 430, note.
Spain, persecution in, 358. The Jesuits
established in, 378. Philip II. pro-
secutes a war of extermination in
Flanders, 383, 384.

Sprat, bishop of Rochester, 506.
Stanley, Sir William, and his regiment
desert in Flanders, 384.

Star-chamber, the, fines Prynne, Bast-
wick, and Burton, 423–457.
Stephen, king, subservient to the wishes
of the Roman pontiff, 81.
Stigand, deposition of Archbishop, 68.
Stillingfleet, Dr., 499.

Stokesley, bishop of London, 240.
Story, Dr., persecutor of Protestants,

341, 342, 360. His insolent boasts
in the House of Commons, 364.
Strafford, execution of; his affecting
parting with Laud, 454, 455.
Supralapsarians, doctrine of the, 409.

T.

Tailor, Dr., his interviews with John
Lambert, 264, 265.

Tankerfield, George, his constancy when
at the stake, 356.

Taylor, Dr. Jeremy, quotation from,
169, note, 389.

Taylor, Dr. Rowland, accused, 314.
His servant, John Hull, entreats him
to fly, ib. Rebuke to Bishop Gar-
diner, ib. His parting with his wife,
son, and servant, 316. Account of
his martyrdom at Hadleigh, in Suf-
folk, 319, 320.

Tests, Declaration of James II., dis-
pensing with them, causes the Eng-
lish Revolution, 498, et seq.

Theodore, character of Archbishop, 47.
His rules, canons, and foundations,
ib.
Thorpe, William, condemned as a
Lollard, 199, 200. Speaks on the

Sacrament, 199. Perhaps died in
prison, 200.

Thurstan, abbot of Glastonbury, at-
tempts a change in the church ser-
vice, and is sent back to Normandy,
72.

Tillotson, Archbishop, 499.
Tindal's translation of the New Tes-
tament, 232. His itinerant preach-
ing, 233. Prints his version at Ant-
werp, ib.
New edition, 234. His

Tindal-continued.

He

brother fined, and the copies burnt,
234. His letters to Frith, 237.
encourages Frith to constancy, 238.
Is put to death at Vilvorde for his
religious principles, 241.
Tithes, institution of predial, 46. Four-
fold application explained, ib. Estab-
lished throughout the kingdom, 47.
Glebe-land, 48. Tithes insufficient
to the clergy because of lay-im-
propriations at the Reformation; a
fund subscribed for re-purchasing the
impropriations, 418. Diverted to lec-
tureships, ib.

Toleration, principle of, 386, 410, 411,
485, 486.

Tonstal, bishop of London, his wonted
humanity, 228-233. Employs More
to write against Tindal's version of
the New Testament, 234. Treats
Hooper on his trial with indignity,
308. Tonstal and Thirlby put under
surveillance, 371.

Tracy, de, Brito, and de Moreville as-
sassinate Becket, 131, et seq.
Traditions-fables-idolatry, 3.
Transubstantiation, literal sense of fi-
gurative words, 176. Wickliffe op-
poses the doctrine of, 193. Contro-
versy between Frith, the martyr,
and Sir T. More, 238, 239. Disputed
of, between John Lambert and Cran-
mer, 265. The Six Articles, 266.
Queen Katharine Parr in peril on
this point, 269. Anne Askew con-
demned on it, ib. Also John Rogers,
303; and Laurence Saunders, 304.
John Leaf, 325. Philpot, 343, 344.
Trelawney, bishop of Bristol, 499,
500.

Trent, council of, 378.

Truce of God explained, 160. It was
to be observed in private feuds on
pain of excommunication, ib.
Turberville, Bishop, 369.
Turner's History of England, 213, note.
Tylsworth, William, executed for reli-
gion, 221.

U.

Uffinga, royal Saxon title, 19, 20.
Uniformity, the Act of, and Declaration,
487, 488, 490.

Universities of Oxford and Cambridge,
period of their chief endowments,
187, 224, 252, 427.

Urban, Pope, his policy on the death of
Becket, 135. He fulminates an in-

Waller, Sir William, 448.
Walsingham, minister of Queen Eliza-
beth, 393.

Warham, Archbishop, 234.

Warwick, Earl of, claimant of the
English crown, 226.

Watson, Bishop, imprisoned, 371.
Westminster Abbey, synod held in it
by Lanfranc to depose Bishop Wul-
stan, 68.

Weston, Dr., conspicuous as a perse-
cutor of Ridley, and others, 334.
White, Bishop of Lincoln, tries Ridley
and Latimer, 330, 331. His funeral
sermon for Mary I., 362.
Whitelocke manages the evidence a-
gainst Laud, 457.

Whitgift, Archbishop, quotation from,
391, 392. The Lambeth Articles,
399. Succeeded by Bancroft, 413.
Whittle, a married priest, condemned
to the stake, 341.

Wicliffe, his career in the University
of Oxford, 188. Is rewarded by
Edward III. for his vigorous oppo-
sition to Urban V., 189. Is styled
the Gospel-Doctor, 190. Writes
against the pope's pretensions, ib.
Sent by the king on a mission to ne-
gotiate with the pope's representative
at Bruges, ib. Maintains the truth
of Scripture, and that they should

Wicliffe continued.

be used and read, 190. His preaching
against the pope and the friars, ib.
His disciples, ib. Accused of heresy,
he is shielded by John of Gaunt, ib.
He defends himself before the synod
at St. Paul's, 191. Tried by the
bishops at Lambeth for heresy, 192.
His writings, ib. Translates the Old
and New Testaments, ib. His illness
at Oxford, 193. Attacks the Romish
doctrines, ib. His use of the logic of
the schools saves him at Oxford, ib.
His proselytes named Lollards, 194.
Sentence on him at Oxford, ib. Re-
tires to his benefice, 195. He died
of palsy, ib. His Bible never print-
ed his opinions, ib. Readers of his
works, not having a licence to do so,
liable to be burned, 201. The Coun-
cil of Constance designated him an
obstinate heretic, 215. His bones dis-
interred and burned, 216. His prin-
ciples adopted by Huss and Luther,
224.

Wihtræd, laws of, 45.

Wilde, Serjeant, his speech against
Archbishop Laud, 458.

William the Conqueror, his measures
regarding church affairs, 67. His dis-
pute with Hildebrand (Pope Gregory
VII.), 70. He separates ecclesiastical
from civil courts, ib. His generous
behaviour to Lanfranc, 71.
William Rufus, his daring character,

75. Retains the revenues of the see
of Canterbury for five years, 76. At
length nominates Anselm primate, ib.

William Rufus-continued.

His disputes with this prelate, 76.
Agrees to a suspension of his quarrel
with Rome, 77.

William III., the prince of Orange,
welcomed by the English as a deli-
verer, 513.

Williams, Lord, sees to the execution of
Latimer and Ridley, 335. He exhorts
Cranmer, 353.

Williams, archbishop of York; avowed
enemy of Laud, 434, 441.
Wolsey, favourite of Henry VIII., his
munificence, and patronage of learn-
ing, and of the University of Oxford,
224. He becomes the victim to the
Statute of Præmunire, 227. Sup-
presses forty lesser monasteries, and
endows colleges in Oxford and Ips-
wich, 252.

Wren, Sir Christopher, 496.
Wriothesley, chancellor to Henry VIII.,
puts Anne Askew to the rack with
his own hands, 271.

Wulstan, spirited appeal of the Bishop
(of Worcester) to the synod, against
his deposition, 68. His restoration,
through a supposed miracle, 69.
Wyatt's insurrection, 302.

Y.

Ymir, Bore, and Odin, deities of the
Scandinavians and Danes, 39.
York, its church founded; the see of
Paulinus, 27.