CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE.
Cromwell, Vane, and Marten[1]
Spoliation of the Church[6]
Opposition to the New Government[11]
Religion in Wales and Ireland[14]
Ministerial Support[15]
Moral Legislation[16]
Decline of Marten's Influence[18]
Religious Policy of Parliament[19]
CHAPTER II.
Charles Stuart[20]
Scotch Treaty with Charles[21]
Royalist Intrigues[25]
Charles in Scotland[31]
Declaration of the Presbyterians[32]
Cromwell in Scotland[35]
Battle of Dunbar[37]
Coronation of Charles in Scotland[39]
Protesters and Resolutionists[41]
The Army and the King[42]
Battle of Worcester[43]
Christopher Love[44]
His Trial[46]
His Death[48]
CHAPTER III.
Little Parliament[51]
Francis Rouse, Speaker[54]
Harrison, Desborough, Lambert, and Tomlinson[55]
Alteration of the Marriage Law[56]
Report of the Tithe Committee[59]
Fifth Monarchy Men[61]
Feake at Blackfriars[65]
Feake and Powell[68]
Cromwell made Protector[72]
State Affairs at the Time[75]
Cromwell's Policy[79]
CHAPTER IV.
CROMWELL'S ECCLESIASTICAL POLICY.
State Recognition[81]
State Control[83]
State Support[88]
State Protection[89]
State Penalties[90]
Cromwell's Establishment not, properly speaking, a Church[93]
Moral Discipline[94]
CHAPTER V.
First Protectorate Parliament[96]
Strength of the Presbyterian Party[98]
Limits of Toleration[99]
Treatment of John Biddle[102]
CHAPTER VI.
Commissioners at Whitehall[104]
Ejection of Scandalous Ministers[107]
Dr. Edward Pocock[109]
Trouble with Episcopalian Royalists[110]
Proceedings against them[111]
Major-Generals[113]
Ecclesiastical Affairs in Scotland[117]
—— in Wales[118]
—— in Ireland[121]
Sir Henry Vane[123]
CHAPTER VII.
Second Protectorate Parliament[128]
Cromwell's Speech[131]
Case of James Naylor[133]
Cromwell's Letters[134]
Extempore Preaching[137]
The New Constitution[138]
Cromwell's Speech[141]
Comprehensiveness of his Views[143]
His Liberal Opinions[145]
Commissioners for Approbation of Public Preachers[146]
Tithes[147]
Catechising[149]
Debates on Sabbath Observance[150]
Cromwell's Second Installation[153]
Re-assembling of Parliament[156]
Cromwell's Opening Speech[157]
Debates[158]
Cromwell's Last Speeches[160]
Parliament dissolved[162]
Council of State[163]
CHAPTER VIII.
Presbyterian System[165]
Herrick at Manchester[168]
Martindale[171]
Newcome[173]
Sion College[174]
Meetings of the London Synod[175]
Presbyterianism in London[177]
Church Discipline[179]
Edmund Calamy[182]
William Jenkyn[183]
William Bates[185]
Samuel Clarke[185]
Peter Vink[187]
Richard Baxter[187]
Thomas Wilson[196]
Thomas Hall[197]
Thomas Gataker[198]
Dr. John Gauden[201]
Dr. Thomas Fuller[202]
Abraham Colfe[204]
CHAPTER IX.
Congregational Churches[207]
Congregationalism and the State[211]
Joseph Caryl[216]
Nye and Greenhill[217]
Matthew Mead[218]
William Bridge[219]
John Flavel[220]
John Howe[220]
Congregationalism in Scotland[225]
—— in Ireland[226]
Cathedral Worship[228]
CHAPTER X.
Early Baptists[230]
John Tombes[238]
Henry Jessy[239]
Thomas Ewins[240]
John Bunyan[241]
Baptists in Wales[243]
—— In Ireland and Scotland[244]
CHAPTER XI.
Oxford University[247]
Owen, Vice-Chancellor[249]
Academical Reforms[253]
University Costumes[253]
Oxford Celebrities[254]
Evelyn's Visit[258]
Loyalty of the University to Cromwell[260]
Walton's Polyglott[261]
Owen's Criticism[263]
Cambridge University[265]
Sydrach Simpson and William Dell[269]
Akehurst[271]
Evelyn at Cambridge[273]
Presbyterianism in the University[274]
Dr. Witchcot[276]
Dr. Lightfoot[277]
Dr. Cudworth[278]
Patrick—More—and Smith[279]
Cambridge Studies[281]
—— Theology[281]
Cambridge and Oxford compared[284]
University of Durham[286]
St. George's Chapel, Windsor[290]
Public Schools[291]
CHAPTER XII.
Episcopalians—George Bull[294]
John Hacket[296]
Barksdale[296]
Peter Gunning[297]
Parsons[298]
Farindon[298]
Nathaniel Hardy[301]
Godfrey Goodman[302]
Ussher[303]
Joseph Hall[305]
Morton and other Bishops[306]
Bishops who survived the Return of Charles II.[308]
Bramhall[309]
Cosin[318]
Morley[319]
Basire[321]
Jeremy Taylor[322]
Sanderson and Hammond[324]
Hammond's Letters and Death[330]
Thorndike[335]
Episcopalians[337]
Forms of Prayer used by them[340]
Episcopalian Loyalty[342]
CHAPTER XIII.
Mysticism[348]
Rise of Quakerism[349]
George Fox[349]
His Meeting with Cromwell[358]
His Disciples[359]
Persecution of Quakers[362]
James Naylor[363]
Number of Sects[365]
Floating Mysticism[369]
CHAPTER XIV.
Private and Social Life[371]
Baptism[371]
Education[374]
Marriage[376]
Puritan Women[378]
Family Worship[380]
Observance of the Lord's Day[381]
Belief in Witchcraft[383]
Clerical Costume[387]
Churches[388]
Public Worship[389]
The Lord's Supper[391]
Psalmody[393]
Seasons of National Humiliation[394]
Recreations[395]
Social Habits[399]
The Protector's Court[401]
Visitation of Sick and Burial Service[405]
CHAPTER XV.
Varieties of Spiritual Life[408]
George Herbert[409]
Hammond[411]
Fuller[412]
George Dalston[413]
Quarles[415]
Montague and Grenville[416]
Evelyn's Son[418]
Richard Fairclough[420]
John Lamot[421]
Sir Nathaniel Barnardston[422]
Christian Women[423]
Ages of Christendom[428]
Differences between Sects[430]
Idiosyncrasies of Individuals[431]
State of Religion[433]
CHAPTER XVI.
Early English Colonization[443]
Pilgrim Fathers[451]
Laud's Colonial Policy[455]
Colonies during the Civil Wars[459]
Colonies during the Protectorate[463]
New England[463]
Rhode Island[467]
Barbadoes[469]
Virginia[472]
West Indies[475]
Maryland[477]
East Indies and Levant[480]
CHAPTER XVII.
Continental Churches[483]
Durie and Laud[484]
Sir Thomas Roe[486]
Protestant Alliance[487]
Persecution of the Piedmontese[490]
Cromwell's Interference[492]
Collections for the Sufferers[495]
Cromwell and Louis XIV.[499]
Other Persecuted Protestants[500]
Cromwell's Foreign Policy[503]
Treatment of the Jews[504]
CHAPTER XVIII.
Cromwell at Hampton Court[508]
His Last Interview with Fox[510]
His Last Days[511]
His Last Words[517]
His Death[520]
APPENDIX.
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I.Letters respecting the Trial of Strafford[524]
II.Plan of Church Reform[526]
III.Articles of the Church of England, with the alterations made by the Assembly[528]
IV.Solemn League and Covenant[535]
V.Minutes of the Westminster Assembly[538]
VI.Number of the Ejected Clergy[539]
VII.Draft of a Bill for Revising the English Translation of the Scriptures[543]
VIII.Extract from the Records of the Church at Bury St. Edmund's[545]
IX.Note on Ritualism[547]