3.12.1.2.

HISTORY OF

RELIGION IN ENGLAND.

FROM THE OPENING OF THE
LONG PARLIAMENT TO THE END OF THE

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

BY

JOHN STOUGHTON, D.D.

VOLUME II.

THE CHURCH OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

NEW AND revised Edition.

London:

HODDER AND STOUGHTON,

27, PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCLXXXI.

BR 755 ,588 1881 12.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER I.

Cromwell, Vane, and Marten, 2.-Parliamentary Declaration,

7. Spoliation of the Church, 9.-Opposition to Government, 11.

-Religion in Wales and Ireland, 14.—Moral and Religious

Legislation, 15.-Charles Stuart and Royalist Intrigues, 21.-

Presbyterian Declaration, 31.—Battle of Dunbar, 36.—Coronation

of Charles in Scotland, 38.-Protesters and Resolutionists, 40.—

Battle of Worcester, 42. Christopher Love, his Trial and

Death, 43.

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CHAPTER II.

Little Parliament, 48.-Rouse, Harrison, Desborough, Lambert,

and Tomlinson, 52.—Alteration in Marriage Law, 53.—Report of

Tithe Committee, 57.-Fifth Monarchy Men, 59.-Feake at

Blackfriars, 62.-Vavasour Powell, 65.—Cromwell made Lord

Protector, 69.-His Policy, 74.

CHAPTER III.

Ecclesiastical Constitution-State Recognition, 77.-State

Control, 79.-State Support, 84.-State Protection, 85.-State

Penalties, 86.-Cromwell's Establishment not a Church, 89.-

Moral Discipline, 90.

CHAPTER IV.

First Protectorate Parliament, 92.-Presbyterian Policy, 95.

-Limits of Toleration, 97.-Cromwell's Dissolution of Parlia-