INDEX. A. A. ABBOTT, Dr., 234. Act of Uniformity, 330. Effects of, B. Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 217. Bancroft, Abp., his character, 233. Ball, John, 245. Bible, printing of the English, 72. Browne's treatment and death, 192. Burroughes, Jeremiah, 273. C. Cartwright, Thomas, 152. His public Carlyle's account of the Hampton Grindal, Abp., 209-213. Court Conference, 227. Cawdrey, Robert, 182-185. Chadderton, Dr., 224. Charles I., influence of his Queen, 250. Chillingworth, 310. H. Habits, disputes about, 117. Hammond, Dr. Herry, 312. Commonwealth, remonstrance against Henry VIII., his influence on the Re- 285. Conformity forced, 82. Congregational Church, first in Eng Convocation of the Reformed Church, 69. Court of High Commission, 115. Cromwell, Earl of Essex, 75. formation, 76. J. James I., his character, 246. His in- Joan of Kent, 83. Leighton, Dr., 257. John Firth, 23. Launcelot Ridley, Restoration, expectations at, 322. Liturgy. English, at Frankfort, 101. Rose, Thomas, 109. His examination, Restoration of, 326. Long Parliament, 265. Love, Christopher, 286. 110. Escape, 112. Rough, John, 106. S. Sabbath, questions relating to, 263. Savoy Conference, 328. Sectaries, proclamation against, 327. Star Chamber, constitution of, 255. T. Toleration, debate on, 270. Under Triers, Baxter's defence of, 318-320. Turner, William, 93. U. Udal, John, 187. Imprisonment, 189. V. Vestments, 119. W. Whitgift, Abp., 213–217. Walton, 312. His assistants in the Westminster Assembly, 267. Parties composing it, 268. PREFACE. THE name of the PILGRIM FATHERS has become a household word among all good and true men, in the Old and the New World. England has learned to feel that the pride which accompanies the remembrance of them as her children, can compensate for the dishonour done her by unworthy sons, who cast them forth from their native land. America looks proudly back to them as a national ancestry, more noble than the lineage of the eldest of Europe's royal lines. In them the New and the Old World meet, and another era begins in the history of nations. To exhibit the virtues of such men, requires no more than a true narrative of their deeds, and a just exposition of the principles by which they were actuated. No more has been attempted in the following pages. A great deal has been attained, if thus much has been done. The author feels it especially necessary to place his own work in its true light as an unpretending narrative, expanding into a somewhat comprehensive view one of the remarkable results of English Puritanism. United as it is, in the present series, with Mr. Stowell's careful and well-digested History of the Puritans, he feels that he may appear to claim for his mere picturesque narrative more than it has any pretensions to. It is only justice to himself therefore, to say, |