Church questions are often political rather than religious;
inasmuch as they have been questions of government.-
Questions of the priesthood are religious, but were not dis-
cussed in England.—Church questions in England political,
as the church and state were one.-Yet the church ques-
tions were in form not political till the reign of James I.—
Causes of the political movement.-Growth of the House
of Commons. Its growth owing to that of the nation.—
The intellectual movement stood aloof from the political,
being regarded by it with suspicion, especially by the re-
ligious movement.-Why the purely intellectual movement
inclined to the party upholding church authority; submitting
to it insincerely.-State of the contest hitherto.-It might
have been delayed but not prevented.-Change wrought in
the popular party; both in its religious party and in its politi-
cal.—Elements of the antipopular party.—Nobleness of its
best members. Lord Falkland.-Its other members.—
Those who are called meek and peaceable. They have no