The New England History From the Discovery of the Continent By the Northmen Ad
The New England History From the Discovery of the Continent By the Northmen Ad
Charles Wyllys Elliott
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1604. ] TOLERANCE. 193 Priests, who held hvings under Maiy, resigned their liv- ings, rather than subscribe the Articles.^ The " Act of Uniformity" was proclahned in 1574, and large numbers of the laity forsook the parish churches, with some of the clergy. The burnings, banishments, and persecutions still went on. Many extreme Puritans, and some of the best citizens and men of England, were forced to fly to the Low Countries. The afflicted Puritans hoped much from the accession of King James I.... (1603. ) He had de- the wm- clared his attachment to Puritan doctrine and JAMES I. discipline, had twice sworn to the " Covenant, " in Scotland, " and had praised God that he was born to be King of such a Church. The English people — and the Puritans above all — learned that "no fool is perfect unless he knows Latin, " and that no hatred is so bitter as that of the Kenegade. In January, 1603-4, was held the " Hamp- ton Court Conference, " a kind of Theological Convention, which was once more to " settle" thiugs.
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