. 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. 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
. 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. 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 HENRY Till. RECEIVING A C^PX OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE FPOM CRANMER. obsolete statute was revived, from whicli it was pre-tended that it was criminal to submit to the legatinepower which had been exercised by cardinal this stroke the whole body of clergy was declaredguilty at once. They were too well acquaintedwith Henrys disposition, however, to reply, thattheir ruin would have been the certain consequenceof their not submitting to Wolseys commission,which had been given by royal authority. Insteadof making any defence of this kind, they chose tothrow themselves on the mercy of their sovereign ;which, however, it cost them 118,840/. to procure. Aconfession was likewise extorted from them, that theking was protector and supreme head of the churchof England; though some of them had the dexterityto get a clause inserted which invalidated the wholesubmission, viz., in so far as permitted hy the law king having thus begun to re duce the power of THE REFORMATION. 213 KALE
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