. A short history of England and the British Empire. fear that theking after crushing outPuritanism would renewthe warfare on Scotland,were not averse to join-ing the English parlia-mentarians; but theyinsisted that there couldbe no alliance unlessEngland should acceptthe Presbyterian sys-tem. Sir Henry Vanewas a Puritan and arepublican ; but he dis-liked the intolerant atti-tude of the Presbyte-rians, and was unwillingto grant the The allianceScotch de- with the Scots. mand. He agreed, how-ever, that the Englishchurch should be reorganized according to the best example ofthe reformed churches
. A short history of England and the British Empire. fear that theking after crushing outPuritanism would renewthe warfare on Scotland,were not averse to join-ing the English parlia-mentarians; but theyinsisted that there couldbe no alliance unlessEngland should acceptthe Presbyterian sys-tem. Sir Henry Vanewas a Puritan and arepublican ; but he dis-liked the intolerant atti-tude of the Presbyte-rians, and was unwillingto grant the The allianceScotch de- with the Scots. mand. He agreed, how-ever, that the Englishchurch should be reorganized according to the best example ofthe reformed churches and the word of God. To this theScotchmen could not object, and an agreement known as theSolemn League and Covenant was entered into by the twoparties. Soon after the new year had begun, a Scotch armyentered England. 327. The Westminster Assembly. 1643-1649. While Vanewas negotiating with the Scots, an assembly of English Pres-theologians was in session at Westminster wrestling the problem of church reform. It was intended that this. Sir Henry Vane the YoungerAfter a portrait by Sir Peter Lely 358 THE AGE OF CROMWELL body should represent all the religious parties in England, but all that were appointed were not willing to attend the sessions, and the assembly proved to be dominated by the A few of the members, however, opposed extensive departures from the Anglican system; among these was the famous lawyer John Selden. For nearly JohnSelden. , ,,,TT J . J _. „ \ six years the Westminster Divines continued their labors; they finally drew up a new order of worship anda creed, the well-known Westminster Confession, which is stillthe standard of Presbyterian beliefs, though some of its doc-trines are now held more loosely than formerly. 328. The Puritan Sects. Presbyterianism was, neverthe-less, not to become the ruling system in England. When timecame for Puritanism to be expressed in a definite platform, itBreak-up of was found that the emphasis
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