Excerpt from An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Vol. 8 of 9 Bishops one of the three estates in parliament, 230. - The commons in their remon strance charge the bishops with innovations, 234. - The king's answer, 235. - The bishops insulted by the rabble in going to the parliament-house, 236. - Their petition and protestation, 237.-the bishops' protestation defended, 238. - The bishops im peached, and sent to the Tower, 240.-the bishops bailed, but never brought to any trial, 24l. - The king at last prevailed with to pass the bill, 243. - Random reports of the bishops' mismanagement, 244. - Several tracts published for and against episco pacy, 245. - The vacant sees filled, 246. - The king retires into Yorkshire, where he receives the nineteen propositions, 247.-his majesty's answer to the eight preposi tions, 247. - Petitions in behalf of episcopacy and the Common Prayer, 248. - The petition of the county of Rutland in behalf of the Church, 248. - More petitions of this kind, 249. - The rebellion breaks out, - Proposition the fourth, 25l. - An ordinance for sequestering the bishops and other delinquents' estates, 25l. - The king's proclamation against it, 252. - An ordinance for convening the assembly of divines, 253. - The members of this meeting, 254.-the powers and restraints of the assembly, 255. - General rules for the assembly, 256. - The king forbids their meeting, 257. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.