Ecclesiastical history of England : from the opening of the long parliament to the death of Oliver Cromwell . that their foreheads shouldbe seen, and no part of it be allowed to grow longerthan one inch below the lowest tips of their ears.^ Some of the clergy in those times were very district of Craven, in Yorkshire, is very remarkablefor the examples of this description which it afforded. Asin the sixteenth century—wdien the incumbents of thatbeautiful part of England gently bowed to all ecclesias- Lysons Environs, iv. 530. 20G The Church of the Commonwealth. ci6«-i658. tical cha
Ecclesiastical history of England : from the opening of the long parliament to the death of Oliver Cromwell . that their foreheads shouldbe seen, and no part of it be allowed to grow longerthan one inch below the lowest tips of their ears.^ Some of the clergy in those times were very district of Craven, in Yorkshire, is very remarkablefor the examples of this description which it afforded. Asin the sixteenth century—wdien the incumbents of thatbeautiful part of England gently bowed to all ecclesias- Lysons Environs, iv. 530. 20G The Church of the Commonwealth. ci6«-i658. tical changes, from the enactment of the Six Articles tothe Act of Uniformity of Queen EHzabeth—so was itwith their successors in the seventeenth century. Not aname is contributed from that quarter to the Hst of eitherWalker or Calamy. Surplice or Genevan cloak, Liturgyor Du-ectory, Episcopacy or Presbyterianism, a King ora Commonwealth—all came alike to the accommodatingRectors and Vicars of that charming locality.^ Others ofa similar temper were found amidst less beautifulscenery. Whitaker^s Hist., p. CHAPTER IX. AS Congregational Churches were in theory selectSocieties, they shewed great care in the admission ofmembers; and as they believed that all pastoral authorityunder Christ was communicated not through apostolicalsuccession in the ministry itself, but through the com-munity which invited some Christian teacher to preside overit, the members, at least in some cases, themselves per-formed the service of ordination. Met together in thename of their Divine Lord, they solemnly elected theirBishop by holding up their hands, and then by fasting andprayer they appointed him to his work. They also made adetailed confession of their faith in the doctrines ofChristianity—the chosen minister also on his part doingthe same—after which the representatives of other andneighbouring Churches who were present, and who wereaffectionately welcomed on the occasion, united in approv-i
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