[51a] “They may not maim a man with corporal punishments; may they use any corporal punishments at all? They may not starve and torment them in noisome prisons for religion; that you condemn as much as I; may they put them in any prisons at all? They may not deprive men of their estates; I suppose you mean their whole estates; may they take away half, or a quarter, or an hundredth part?”—Locke’s third Letter for Toleration, 4to, p. 107. See also p. 121.
[51b] Dr. Jortin, ubi supra, pp. 30, 31.
[52a] Locke’s second Letter concerning Toleration, 4to, p. 9.
[52b] Paradise Lost, b. xii. 1. 524–530.
[54] This statute, (1 Eliz. cap. 2.) and that of supremacy, (1 Eliz. cap. 1.) “constitute the basis of the reformed church of England, and will be regarded,” says Mr. Price, “as its disgrace or glory, according to the views of religious liberty which are entertained.”—Hist. Prot. Nonconf. vol. i. p: 134.
[56] Such as the crossing of infants on the forehead in baptism; bowing at the name of Jesus; kneeling at the sacrament, as a term of communion; the use of sponsors to the exclusion of parents; confirmation; and the marriage ring.—Brook’s Puritans, i. Introd. p. 29.
[57] Neal’s Puritans, i. 125.
[59a] Brook’s Puritans, i. Introd. 29, 40.
[59b] Ibid. 36.
[59c] Particularly Dr. Scambler, Bishop of Peterborough.