. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. HEXBT Tin tions of the clergy; and, by the prevalence of theLutheran opinions, these complaints were now becomemore general than before. The House of Commons,finding the occasion favourable, passed several bills,restraining the impositions of the clergy: but whatthreatened the ecclesiastical order with the greatestdanger, were the severe reproaches thrown out almostwithout opposition in the House against the dissolutelives, ambition
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. HEXBT Tin tions of the clergy; and, by the prevalence of theLutheran opinions, these complaints were now becomemore general than before. The House of Commons,finding the occasion favourable, passed several bills,restraining the impositions of the clergy: but whatthreatened the ecclesiastical order with the greatestdanger, were the severe reproaches thrown out almostwithout opposition in the House against the dissolutelives, ambition, and avarice of the priests, and theircontinual encroachments on the privileges of the laityThe bills for regulating the clergy met with oppositionin the House of Lords; and bishop Fisher imputedthem to want of faith in the Commons, and to aformed design, proceeding from heretical and Lutheran THE REFORMATION, 211. CARDINAL WOLSEY. principles, of robbing the cliurcli of her patrimony,and overturning the national religion. The Commons,however, complained to the king by their speaker SirThomas Audley, of these reflections thrown outagainst them; and the bishop was obliged to retracthis words. Though Henry had not the least idea of rejectingany, even of the most absurd Romish superstitions,yet, as the oppressions of the clergy suited very illwith the violence of his own temper, he was pleasedwith every opportunity of lessening their power. Inthe parliament of 1531 he showed his design of hum-bling the clergy in the most effectual manner. An 212 . THE REFORMATION.
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