Charles the First-Preliminary Occurrences connected with the History of the English Catholics during his Reign - page 284 Ecclesiastical Occurrences among the English Catholics during the reign of Charles the First-Bishops-Chapters-Eremptions 1.-Nature and extent of the powers of Bishops in partibus infidelium, with ordinary jurisdiction over 2,—The right of Dr. Bishop and Dr. Smith to appoint 3.--The claims of the regular Clergy to Exemption from their episcopal Jurisdiction 2.—The principal points in difference between the Church of England and the Puritans 372 3.-Division of the English Puritans into Presbyterians, Condition of the English Catholics from the meeting of the Long Parliament till the end of the reign of Charles the First 397 CHAP. LXIII. Internal Occurrences among the English Catholics during the reign of Charles the First page 419 1.-Proceedings of the Chapter on the death of bishop Smith 420 2.-Blackloism 423 (x) APPENDIX NOTE I. referred to in page 93. The Account of the Gunpowder Conspiracy transmitted by the British Government to its foreign Ministers page 433 NOTE II. referred to in page 176. On the Anonymous Letter respecting the Gunpowder Plot, delivered to Lord Monteagle 441 NOTE III. referred to in page 319. Statement of the objections to the Oath prescribed to the Roman Catholics by James the First, and of the Answers to them 447 WE E are now arrived at an event, which every Englishman surveys with exultation :-it was a trying circumstance to the English catholics; but even in the opinion of their adversaries, their conduct in it did them honour. For a considerable time, Philip the second had been employed in making preparations for some enterprize, both by sea and land, of no common magnitude: towards the close of the year 1587, it became public, that the object of it was the invasion of England: troops from every part of Europe subject to the power or control of the |