. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . 2017), in ap-pearance a tall, substantial, dingy-looking mansion, in which theConvocation or parliament of the clergy sit, at the meeting of anew parliament of the kingdom, in order, it would seem, to proroguethemselves immediately. In the reign of William III., an energeticendeavour was made to turn the nominal into a real ecclesiasticalparliament; but the ungracious age would not permit it; so themembers of the Convocation meet, dream of, and occasionallyperhaps sigli over the past glo
. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . 2017), in ap-pearance a tall, substantial, dingy-looking mansion, in which theConvocation or parliament of the clergy sit, at the meeting of anew parliament of the kingdom, in order, it would seem, to proroguethemselves immediately. In the reign of William III., an energeticendeavour was made to turn the nominal into a real ecclesiasticalparliament; but the ungracious age would not permit it; so themembers of the Convocation meet, dream of, and occasionallyperhaps sigli over the past glories of the Church, and then go awayto repeat the process next time, and from thenceforward ad infi-nitum. The Savoy (Fig. 1984) had been another famous nieeting-placv-for Divines. Here the Independents drew up their Declaration orFaith in 1658; and here, three years later, a body of Episcopal meta body of the Presbyterian clergymen, and endeavoured to arrangethe Book of Common Prayer to their mutual satisfaction. Theattempt, however, failed. Baxter was one of the controversialistsupon this 2052 —Costume of the Nobility and Gentry, temp Charles IISelected from Ogilbys Coronation of Charles II., 1662, and Prints by Silvester., 1664 j
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