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124 inherent power in the Church which makes it impossible for man to destroy it. Many of the Puritans were godly men, who had righteous principles, who believed first in God and His ways. But they all had strong antipathies, which, in those days, at any rate, disqualified them from being able to tolerate anyone who differed from them or who worshipped in any way other than their own.

Some of you may have wondered why in this Lecture I have not spoken of Archbishop Laud, who had so much to do with the Puritans, and who, by them, was accounted to be the cause of the civil wars. I have reserved the consideration of his position for the next Lecture, when, in conjunction with the life of Bishop Andrewes, I shall speak of his work and character.