His

fuses the bishoprick of Hereford, iv. 269.
His behaviour in the Savoy conference,
301. 303. He and others imprisoned,
386. Apprehended again, 426.
farther sufferings, 444. He is severely
prosecuted, 478. Again in prison, 494.
His trial, and scurrilous treatment from
Jefferies, v. 5. Long's characteristical
epitaph, and observations on, 6, ns.

Beale, Mr. writes against the proceed-
ings of the bishops, i. 342. His speech
in parliament against them, 424.

Beale, Dr. some account of him, iii.
100.

Bedford, earl of, his character, ii. 315.
Beckington, sufferings of the church-
wardens there, ii. 237.

Belenian, Mr. burnt, i. 32.

Benefices, how the vacant ones were
filled up, iii. 35. Parliament nominates
to them, 79.

Benison, Mr. his sufferings, i. 350.
The council's letter in his favour, ibid.
The bishop's answer to it, 351.

Bennet, William, his death, &c. v. 266.
Bernard, Rev. Mr. his sufferings, ii.

180.

Berry-street lectures, an account of,
p. xxiii of the memoirs of Neal, prefixed
to vol. i.

Best, Paul, proceedings against him,
iii. 266.

Beza, his character of Cartwright, i.
212. 241. His letter to the lord-treasurer
for a farther reformation and lenity, 228.

Bible translated into English, i. 18.
Burnt by the bishops, ib. Reviewed and
corrected by Cranmer, 19. Introduced
for the benefit of the public into churches,
24. Its reading afterward forbidden, 33.
Again burnt by the Papists, 101. An-
other translation of it at Geneva. 135.
Another, called the Bishops' Bible, 204.
Account of English translations, ii. 79,
&c. Bishops' Bible, 81.

Bid ales, ii. 215.

Bidding of prayers, rise of, i. 39.

Biddle, Mr. John, a great oppugner of
the doctrine of the Trinity, an account
of, iv. 122, 123, and ns.

Bilney, Mr. burnt, i. 16.

Bilson, bishop, his opinion of Christ's
sufferings, i. 457. Account of him, ibid.
Birchet's madness and execution, i.
247, 248.

Birkenhead, Mr. some account of him,
iii. 390.

Bishops to be chosen by congé d'elire,
i. 12. burn Tyndal's Testament, 13. To
be appointed by letters patent during
pleasure, 40. The opinions of the re-
formers about the orders of tishops,
priests, &c. 30, n. 52. 68. Bishops' pro-
ceedings about the habits, 156. The

difference between those and the primi-
tive ones according to Mr. Deering, 252.
Their answer to the Puritans' proposals
for farther reformation, 361. Their own
proposals, 363. Bishops' Bible, 204.
Bancroft's new doctrine about them, 417.
Debates in parliament about their power,
424, &c. Their cruelty set forth by the
Brownists, in their petition to the council,
431, &c. n. Their early application to
king James I. ii. 4. Endeavour to pre-
possess him against the Puritans, 8, 9.
Entreat against alterations in the church,
and reasons for it, 13. Are for making
the king absolute, 25. 67. Speech in
parliament against them, and their courts,
75. Dr. Leighton writes against them,
188. Their articles of visitation illegal,
245. Their uninterrupted succession
maintained, 261. Their power attacked
by Bagshaw, 293. They press the et ca-
tera oath in the canons, 306. They
become odious, 308. Lord Digby's
speech against them, 318. Others, 361,
&c. Bill for depriving them of their
votes in parliament, 383, &c. Whether
they are one of the three estates, 386.
Thirteen of them impeached, 410. They
fall into neglect, ibid. Issue of the im-
peachment, 446. Petitions for and
against them, 447, 448. They are in-
sulted, 452. Their protestation, ib. Are
impeached, 454. Apology for them, 455.
Not brought to trial, but deprived of
their votes in parliament, 461. The act
for that purpose, 462. Remarks upon it,
463. Ordinance for abolishing bishops,
&c. and for the sale of their lands, iii.
306, 307. They send to the king at
Breda with instructions, iv. 232.
old surviving ones at the restoration,
243. Translations of, ibid. New ones
created, 244. Their views, 248. Abstract
of their reply to the proposals of the
Presbyterians for a comprehension, 255.
Their behaviour, 270. They are restored
to their seats in parliament, p. 290. Their
farther behaviour, 347. 379. Several of
them refuse to publish James's declara-
tion, v. 55. Their address, and the king's
answer, 55, 56. Seven of them sent to
the Tower, 57. But acquitted, ib. They
court the dissenters, 58, 59. Remarks,
60. Their advice to James, 63. Some
refuse the oaths to William and Mary,74.

The

Bishops and presbyters, of the dis-
tinctions between them, ii. 350. Of the
sole right of ordination by the former,
351. Of their right of jurisdiction, 353.
Bishopricks, new ones erected, i. 17.
Blacklock, Mr. Samuel, becomes a
Baptist, v. 106.

Blackwood, Dr. his slavish position,
ii. 67.

Blackwood, Mr. some account of, v.

195.

Blake, bishop, his opinion of the tend-
ency of the doctrines of the church of
England, i. 31, n.

Blake, admiral, his actions in the
Mediterranean, iv. 120. Destroys the
Spanish galleons, 159. Death, character,
and anecdotes, of him, 159, 160, ns. His
body dug up, 318.

Blasphemy and heresy, ordinance
against, iii. 419. iv. 27.

Bloody statute. See Six Articles.
Blount, Mr. Richard, goes to Holland
to be baptized, v. 116.

Bohemia, queen of, king James's
daughter, the delight of the Puritans, ii.
86. State of the Protestant religion in
Bohemia, 106, &c. She is reduced with
her family to great necessity, 109. The
long-parliament zealous in her interest,
for which she thanks them, p. 409. Neg-
lected by her brother king Charles I.
and by archbishop Laud and his party,
234, 235: vide Palatine.

Bolton, Rev. Robert, his death and
character, ii. 198, 199, and ns.

Bolton, Dr. Samuel, his death and
character, iv. 117.

Bonner, bishop of London, submits to
king Edward's injunctions, i. 40, and to
the new service-book, 47. But being at
last suspected, is deprived, 51. Is re-
stored by queen Mary, 73. His unheard-
of cruelties to the Protestants, 84, 85.
87. Deprived again, and imprisoned by
queen Elizabeth, 121.

Books first published, the revival of
learning, i. 15. The Bishops' Book, a re-
markable one set forth, 23. Another, 29.
burnt and forbid, 33. None to be printed
without licence, 129. Prohibited and
castrated by Laud, iii. 181. Popish ones
licensed, and their importation connived
at by him, 182. Books for and against
king Charles's death, 460.

Book of sports published, ii. 104.
Substance of it, 105. Remarks, 106.
Enforced anew, 213. 215. Burnt by the
hangman, iii. 37. Encouraged by Laud,

177.

Booksellers, their complaints, ii. 149.
Booth, sir George, his insurrection, iv.
198.

Booth, Mr. Ab. his animadversions on
Baxter's calumnies, v. 150.

Boston, Joan, of Salcombe; her hard
usage, iv. 427.

Bothwell, earl of, his infamous mar-
riage with the queen of Scots, and
miserable end, i. 190.

Boucher, Joan, narrative of, v. 100.
Bound, Dr. his treatise on the Sabbath,
i. 451. Suppressed, but it prevails, 452.

Bourne, Dr. occasions a tumult by
preaching against the reformation, i. 72.

Bowing at the name of Jesus,
opinion of the Puritans of it, i. 195. En-
forced, ii. 221. Bowing towards the altar,
223. iii. 173, 174. At the name of Jesus,
174. Antiquity of bowing to the altar,
175.

Bowles, Mr. Edward, his death and
character, iv. 344.

Bradbourne's Defence of the Sabbath-
day, ii. 216. Answers to this work by
White, and Dr. Pocklington's Sunday
no Sabbath, ib.

Bradford, Mr. John, suffers martyr-
dom, i. 85. His charitable temper, 89.
He was against the habits, 158.

Bradshaw, Rev. Mr. publishes his
English Puritanism, ii. 55. His death
and character, 103, 104.

Bradshaw, sergeant, his declaration to
Cromwell, about his dissolving the par-
liament, iv. 61. His death, 201.

Bramhall, bishop, his account of the
Papists in the parliament army, iii. 314,
466.

Brandt's, Gerard, remarks on the exe-
cution of two Dutch Anabaptists, i. 274,
n. On persecution, ii. 85, n.

Brayne, Mr. suspended, i. 336.
Brent, sir Nat. account of him, iii.
386.

Bridges, Dr. writes against the Puri-
tans, and is answered by Fenner, i. 389.

Brief Discovery of False Churches, a
work by Mr. H. Barrowe, printed in
1590. Reprinted in 1707, i. 433.

Brightman's, Rev. Mr. death and cha-
racter, ii. 66. Anecdote of him, ib. n.
Brindholme and Buttolph, two Papists,
hanged, i. 28.

Brook, lord, his death and character,
iii. 17. His favourable opinion of the
Baptists, v. 124.

Brook, lord, his Treatise of Episco-
pacy, v. 125. Milton's eulogium on his
character and principles, 126.

Broughton, Mr. Hugh, explains Christ's
descent into hell, i. 457.

Browne, Robert, deprived, i. 227.
History of him, 301, 303.

Browne, Samuel, esq. a manager in
Laud's trial, iii. 202.

Brownists, their rise, i. 301. With
them commences the third period of
Puritanism, ib. n. Their principles, 303.

Reasons of their separation from the
church, 304. Severities against them,
305. Two of their ministers executed for
nonconformity, 313. Their numbers in-
crease, 427. Their church-settlement,
and administration of the sacraments,
428. Their examination, and petition to
the council, 428, 429, n. Their sufferings,
430. The petition of those who were in
the London prisons to the lord-treasurer,
431. 433, n. Several of them fly to Hol-
land, and there plant churches, 451.
Their history carried on, ii. 40. Their
opinion of the church of England, 44.
55.

Brownrigge, Dr. some account of, iii.
101. His death, iv, 222, and ns.

Brute, Walter, some account of, v.
95.

Bucer, Martin, comes to England, and
is made divinity professor at Cambridge,
i. 42. His opinion about the habits, 57.
168. His sentiments about ecclesiastical
discipline, 67. His bones dug up and
burnt by the Papists, 89.

Buckingham, duke of, a bad minister,
ii. 134. Stabbed by Felton, 163.

Buckingham, duke of, his speech for
a toleration, iv. 432.

Bulkley, Rev. Mr. removes to New-
England, ii. 239.

Boleyn, Anne, her marriage with
Henry VIII. i. 12. A friend to the re-
formation, 15. Is beheaded, 19.

Bullinger, his opinion of the habits and
ceremonies, i. 163.

Burgess, Rev. Dr. his speech against
cathedrals, ii. 392. His death, &c. iv.
369, and n.

Burleigh, lord-treasurer, his excellent
letter to archbishop Whitgift, about his
twenty-four articles, i. 339, 340.

Burnet, bishop, his opinion of the civil
magistrate's power to reform religion con-
sidered, i. 35. On the antiquity of litur-
gies, ii. 348, n. Quoted, iii. 57, n. &c.
&c. His character of Laud, 208. Of
Charles I. 458. Of the authors of the
king's death, 466. Of the parties in
Charles II.'s time, iv. 349, 350.

Burroughs, Mr. J. p. xxvi of life of
Neal, prefixed to vol. i. n.

Burroughs, Mr. Jerem. retires to Hol-
land, ii. 288. His declaration in the
name of the Independents, iii. 260. His
death and character, 317, 318.
Burrough, Edward, his death, &c. v.

241.

Burton, Mr. his sufferings, ii. 228. 253.
Burry, Mr. Edward, his sufferings, iv.
474.

Bushnell, Mr. ejected, iv. 103. His
narrative, and the commissioners' an-
swer, ib.

Butler, major, his report of Cromwell's
last prayer, iv. 181.

Button, Mr. some account of him, iii.
397.

Byfield, Mr. burnt, i. 16.

Byfield, Rev. his death and character,
ii. 118, 119.

Cabal, their character, iv. 401. Their
projects to make the king absolute, 405.
Are attacked by parliament, 428.

Calais lost from the English, i. 103.

Calamy, Mr. a passage in his sermon
about Christmas, iii. 141. Sent to New-
gate, iv. 355. His death, character, &c.
373, 374, n.

Calvin's judgment of the English
liturgy, i. 96. Of the English ceremo-
nies, 97.

Calvinism discountenanced at court,
ii. 117, 118.

Cambridge (see University) address,
iv. 470. Privileges invaded, v. 27.
Cameronians in Scotland, iv. 500.
Campion the Jesuit, &c. executed, i..

307.

Canne, Mr. ii. 42. 341. Of the editions
of his Bible, ib. n.

Canons, act for revising them, i. 14.
Never done, ib. Another act for it, 51.
Which also comes to nothing, ib. New.
ones, 363. Abstract of those of 1603, ii.
30, &c. Conclusion and ratification of
them, 34. Bishops obliged to relax their
rigour for a time, 38. Book of canons for
Scotland, 241. Remarks, 242. Canons
of 1640, 299, &c. Unacceptable to the
clergy, 305. Execution of them sus-
pended, 307. Speeches in parliament
against them, 319. Resolutions of par-
liament thereupon, ib. Remarks, 320.
Objections of the commons against them,
324. They are justified by Laud, 326.

Canterbury cathedral, its decorations,
ii. 194. Furniture of its altar consecrated,
224.

Capel, Mr. Richard, his death and
character, iv. 149.

Careless, Mr. an eminent martyr, his
disputes in prison, and confession of
faith, i. 90.

Carew, Mr. his sufferings, i. 345, 346.
Caroline, princess of Wales, her inter-
view with Mr. Neal; see his memoirs,
i. xix.

Carter, Rev. J. his death and cha-
racter, ii. 236.

Carter, Mr. William, his death, iv.
190.

Cartwright, Mr. his sentiments of the
ecclesiastical supremacy, i. 115. He op-
poses the hierarchy of the church, 212.
His positions, ib. He writes to the secre-
tary, 214. He is expelled the university,

and retires beyond sea, 214. Being re-
turned, he draws up the Puritans' second
admonition to the parliament, 232. His
famous dispute with Whitgift, and his
standard of discipline and church-go-
vernment, 237. His hard usage, 239.
His second reply to Whitgift, 241. A
proclamation against him, 250. He as-
sists in framing a discipline for Guernsey
and Jersey, 271. Is chosen preacher to
the English factory at Antwerp, 289.
Returns to England, and settles at War-
wick, 371. Forbid by the archbishop to
answer the Rhemist Testament, 376. Ex-
amination of him and his brethren before
the high-commissioners, 415. Articles
exhibited against him, which he refuses
to answer on oath, 416. He is released,
and restored to his hospital at Warwick,
but his brethren continue in suspension,
419. He defends himself and his brethren
from being concerned with Hacket, 423.
His death and character, ii. 20. His
Confutation of the Rhemist Testament,
and other works, 21.

Caryl, Mr. Joseph, his death, &c. iv.
415. His exposition on Job, ib. n.

Case, Mr. Thomas, his death, &c. iv.
477, 478, n.

Cases of Conscience, by Perkins,
mentioned, iv. 486, n.

Castaires, Mr. tortured, iv. 482.

Castlemain, earl of, his censure of the
church's persecuting the dissenters, iv.

497.

Catechisms, Assembly's larger and
shorter, approved and allowed by the
parliament, iii. 322. Catechising recom-
mended, iv. 132.

Cathedral worship disliked by the
Puritans, i. 192. Request against them,
384. Decorations of them, ii. 194.
Hacket's defence of them, 391. Burgess's
speech against them, 392. Memorandum
for reforming them, 398. Their state at
the beginning of the civil war, 504. Or-
dinance for seizing their revenues, iii.
266. Vacancies filled, iv. 242.

Cavaliers. Refer to Royalists.
Cawdery, Mr. his sufferings, i. 894.
His farther sufferings, and appeal to the
court of exchequer, 420.

Cawton, Mr. Thomas, Charles's letter
to him, iv. 213. His death, 223, 224, n.
Censures of the church, Puritans' opi-
nion concerning them, ii. 57.

Ceremonies of the church, debates in
convocation about them, i. 149. A con-
siderable number of the clergy that were
for amending them, 152. Several of them
scrupled by the Puritans, 169. Objected
against by the Puritans, ii. 15. 48. De-
fended by bishop Moreton, &c. 53. See
Rites.

Chadderton, Rev. Dr. his death and
character, ii. 309.

Chambers, Dr. Humphrey, his death,
iv. 343.

Chancellors, patents, and censures,
canons about them, ii. 304.

Chandler, Dr. p. xxiv of the life of
Neal, prefixed to vol. i. n.

Charles I. when prince of Wales, his
oath to observe the articles of the Spanish
match, ii. 121. His journey to Madrid,
and letter to the pope, 122. His accession
and character, 131, &c. His marriage,
and character of his queen, 133. Cha-
racter of his ministers, 134, &c. His
speech to his first parliament, 139. His
answer to the commons' petition, 140.
He favours the Papists, 142. Contributes
to the loss of Rochelle, ib. Dissolves the
parliament, 144. Raises money by ar-
bitrary methods, 145. 150. His corona-
tion, 145. His second parliament, 146.
Dissolved, 147. His proclamation for
putting an end to the disputes of the
Calvinists and Arminians, 148. Enters
into a war with France, 154. His third
parliament, and speech to them, 155.
Passes the petition of right, ib. Prorogues
the parliament, and answers their remon-
strance, 156, 157. His declaration before
the thirty-nine articles, 163. His arbitrary
proceedings, 169. 177. Speech at dis-
solving his third parliament, 171. Rea-
sons for dissolving them, 172. His pro-
clamations against prescribing a time for
calling parliaments, 173. His instructions
about lectures, 178. His progress into
Scotland, 206. His usage of the Scots
parliament, 207. Revives the book of
sports, 215.
Forbids the Puritans to
transport themselves, 260. His reasons
for compiling the Scots liturgy, 270. He
threatens the Scots, 278. Resolves on a
war with the Scots, 284. Marches against
them, but agrees to a pacification, 289.
His instructions to his high-commissioner,
290. Refuses to confirm the Scots acts
of parliament, 291. Calls an English
parliament, but dissolves them in anger,
p. 294, 295. Continues to raise money
by the prerogative, 296. Marches a se-
cond time against the Scots, but is unsuc-
cessful, 307. Opens the long-parliament,
317. His speech in favour of the hierarchy,
361. Favours the Papists, 372. His an-
swer to the remonstrance of the commons
against them, 373. Remarks on it, ib.
His design of bringing the army to Lon-
don, 376. His ministers terrified, 379.
Passes the act for continuing the parlia-
ment, 380. His conduct at passing the
bills for the abolition of the high-com-
mission and star-chamber, 406. Resolves
on a progress to Scotland, 411. His con-

cessions there, 415. He repents of them,
ib. His imprudent conduct, 437. His
letter in favour of the hierarchy, 438.
Fills up the vacant bishopricks, ib. The
grand remonstrance of the commons pre-
sented to him, 440. His answer to their
petition, 443. And to the remonstrance,
444. Goes to the house to seize five of
the members, 457. Leaves Whitehall,
459. Passes the act to take away the
votes of the bishops, 462. Resolutions of
his cabinet council at Windsor, 465.
Refuses the Scots mediation, 474. His
high language to his parliament, 476.
Denied entrance into Hull, and his pro-
ceedings in the north, ib. Orders the
courts of justice to follow him, 477. His
answer to the parliament's memorial, 479.
And to their proposals, 482. His prepara-
tion for war, 486. His proposals for bor-
rowing money, &c. 487. Applies to the
Papists, 492. His letter to the council of
Scotland, 497. Sets up the standard at
Nottingham, 502. Of his clergy, 513.
Of his army, 514. His proclamation for
the better government of it, 515. His
evil counsellors, 517.

Charles I. king, pursues his march to
London after the battle of Edge-hill, iii.
1. Takes Reading and Brentford, 2. Re-
treats again, 3. Motives of his march, ib.
Remarks, 4. His letter to duke Hamil-
ton, ib. Encouraging prospect of his af-
fairs, 6. His truce with the Irish rebels,
7. Parliament's propositions to him at
the treaty of Oxford, 9. His own pro-
posals, 13. His answer to the parliament
commissioners, 14. Which breaks off
the treaty, 16. His proclamations against
the city of London, &c. 19. Success of
his affairs, 20, 21. Makes reprisals on
the parliamentarians in relation to the
clergy, 34. Dissolves their monthly fast,
and appoints another, 38. Prohibits the
assembly of divines, 48. Forbids the
taking of the covenant, 67. Brings over
forces from Ireland, 69. Ill consequences
of it to his affairs, 70. His protestations,
71. His reply to the assembly's letter to
foreign Protestants, 76. Remarks upon
it, 78. He holds a parliament at Oxford,
which comes to nothing, 86-88. His
letter to the queen, 88. Character of his
army, 91. Bad state of his affairs, 93.
He forbids the use of the directory, 132.
Some arbitrary clauses in his speeches
and proclamations, 148. His conduct in
the treaty of Uxbridge, 209, &c. More
letters of his to the queen, 210. 213.
223, 224. 272. His instructions to the
commissioners on the head of religion,
214. His concessions, 219. Remarks
upon them, 220. His letter to the duke
of Ormond, 224. Queen's ascendant over

him, ib. His warrant to the earl of Gla-
morgan about the Irish Papists, 225.
Progress of his forces, and his defeat in
the battle of Naseby, 230. He foments
the divisions between the Presbyterians
and Independents, 265. His melancholy
condition at Oxford, 271. He escapes to
the Scots army, and surrenders himself
to them, 272. Commissions the marquis
of Ormond to conclude a peace with the
Irish Papists, 274. The Scots behaviour
towards him, 282. Conference between
him and Mr. Henderson, about episco-
pacy, &c. 283. His first paper upon it,
284. His second, 285. His third, 289.
His last papers, 291. Remarks upon his
principles, 292. Parliament's propositions
to him at Newcastle, 296. Great inter-
cession made with him to comply, and
the lord-chancellor of Scotland's speech
to him, 298. He refuses, 299. His an-
swer, 300. His conference with the Scots
commissioners, ib. Scots kirk will not
trust him, 301. Their solemn warning
declaration about him, 302. Proceedings
of the Scots parliament in relation to him,
ib. They deliver him up to the English
parliament, 304. Whose commissioners
receive him, and convey him to Holmby-
house, ib. and n. His pressing letter for
a personal treaty, ib. Remarks, 305. In
what manner he lived at Holmby, ib. His
separate views, 331. His farther answer
to the propositions of Newcastle, 335.
He is seized and carried to the army, ib.
His motions with them, 344. Cromwell
and Ireton confer with him, 345. His
mistaken conduct, ib. Which proves his
ruin, 346. Reasons of the army's desert-
ing him, 347. He escapes from Hamp-
ton-court, ib. And is confined in the Isle
of Wight, ib. Motive of his escape, 350.
His private treaty with the Scots, ib.
His concessions from the Isle of Wight,
352. Remarks, 353. He disapproves of
the ordinance for abolishing Christmas,
&c. 356. His clergy petition to be re-
stored to their livings, 357. Treaty of
Newport between him and the parlia-
ment, 422. A prayer drawn up by his
direction on that occasion, 423. His re-
ply to the parliament's proposals, 424.
His concessions on the article of religion,
425. Conference between him and the
parliament divines about episcopacy, ib.
His first paper, 426. His second, 427
His last, 431. His final concessions, 434.
Arguments and motives to gain his con-
sent, 435. States of Scotland press him
to consent, 437. His speech to the com-
missioners, 438. His letter to the prince,
443. He is seized by the army a second
time, 445. His trial resolved on, 448.
Voice of the nation against it, &c. ib.