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be permitted "also to make use of those gifts for
prayer and exhortation which Christ hath given him
for the service and edification of the Church." Much
negotiation took place, but no final settlement could
be arrived at. At last a warrant was issued on the
25th March, i66r, appointing a conference at the
Savoy, to take into consideration the exceptions
taken by the Presbyterian party against the Book of
Common-prayer, the question of episcopal jurisdiction,
and some lesser matters relating to ceremonial.
Twelve bishops, as many Presbyterian divines, and
nine other divines on each side as coadjutors, to fill
the places of absentees, constituted tlie conference.
Archbishop Frewen of York was at the head of the
Church of England clergy. Long discussions took
place, but a reconciliation was found to be unattainable.
No practical result having followed the conference,
a review of the Prayer-book was ordered to be taken
in hand by the Convocations of Canterbury and York.
The Archbishop of York, Bishop Cosin of Durham,
and the Bishops of Carlisle and Chester were invited
to assist at the deliberations of the Southern Convocation.
The co-operation of the Lower House of the
Northern Convocation was requisite, and five members
of the Lower House of York were empowered to
attend and act as proxies for their brethren. The
revision was completed on the 20th December, 1661,
and after receiving the subscriptions of the bishops
and clergy of both Houses and of both Provinces, was
submitted to the king in council and received the
royal approval.