[197] Life of James II., ii. 120.
[198] “Penn went the progress with His Majesty, and earnestly pressed the King to let the business of Oxford fall; for, he said, it would prejudice his designs and purposes more than his Declaration had advanced them.”—Entring Book, Sept. 3, Morice MSS.
[199] Neal, iv. 588.
[200] Mackintosh, 246.
[201] See notice of Fowler’s writings in a subsequent chapter.
[202] Salmon, in his Lives, p. 212, states that Lake was useful in the Church in maintaining order and decency, and tells a story of what he did on a Shrove Tuesday, when Archdeacon of Cleveland. He went from his seat in the choir, and pulled off the hats of a noisy mob, who afterwards insulted him, and attacked his house.
[203] Granger, iv. 290.
[204] Life of Ken, by a Layman, 142. An entry appears in the list of contributors to the rebuilding of St. Paul’s. “January 26, 1684/5. Dr. Thomas Ken, Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, in lieu of his consecration dinner and gloves, £100.” Ibid., 148.
[205] Diary, 1687, March 20; 1688, April 1. This sermon for its circumstances, ingenuity, eloquence, and power was one of the most remarkable ever preached.
[206] Hawkins’ Life of Ken, 17, 99.