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some   one   has   said�察   �You   could   love   him�察  �you   could   despise   him�察  �you 

could   not   hate   him。;   He   could   say   some   witty   and   striking   things。   For 

example�察�when he was urging the formal union of Scotland and England�察�

and it was opposed�察�he said�此 �But I am the husband�察�and the whole island 

is my wife。 I hope no one will be so unreasonable as to suppose that I�察�that 

am a Christian king under the Gospel�察�should be a polygamist and husband 

to two wives。;��2�А�After the conference of which we have been speaking�察�

he wrote to a friend in Scotland�此 �I have had a revel with the Puritans and 

have peppered them soundly。; As indeed he had。 Then�察�in some sense at 

least�察  �James   was   a  born theologian。;   He  had  studied   the  Bible  in   some 

form from childhood�察�one of the first   things we hear of his doing is   the 

writing of a paraphrase on the book of the Revelation。 In his talk he made 

easy and free use of Scripture quotations。 To be sure�察�his knowledge�察�on 

which he prided himself unconscionably�察�was shallow and pedantic。 Henry 

IV。 of France�察�one of his contemporaries�察�said that he was ;the wisest fool 

in Christendom。; 

       ��2�А�Trevelyan�察�England Under the Stuarts�察�p。 107。 

       Now�察   �it  was   this  man    who    was   making     his  royal   progress    from 

Edinburgh to London in March�察�1603�察�nearly a year before the gathering 

of men which we were observing at the opening of this study。 Many things 

happened on the journey besides his falling off his horse several times�察�but 

one of the most significant was the halting of the progress to receive what 

was called the Miliary Petition�察�whose name implies that it was signed by 

a    thousand     menactually      somewhat       less   than   that   numbermostly 

ministers   of   the   Church。   The   Petition     made   no   mention   of   any   Bible 

version�察�yet it was the beginning of the events which led to it。 Back of it 

was the Puritan influence。 It asked for reforms in the English Church�察�for 

the   correction   of   abuses   which   had   grown   under   Elizabeth's   increasing 



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favor   of   ritual   and   ceremony。   It   asked   for   a   better´trained   ministry�察  �for 

better   discipline   in   the   Church�察  �for   the   omission   of   so     many   detailed 

requirements   of   rites   and   ceremonies�察  �and   for   that   perennially   desired 

reform�察�shorter church services� �

     Very naturally the new King replied that he would take it up later�察�and 

promised       to  call   a  conference      to  consider     it。  And    this  he   did。   The 

conference met at Hampton Court in January�察�1604�察�and it was for this that 

the   men   were   coming   from   many   parts   of   England。   The   gathering   was 

held   on   the   14th�察  �16th�察  �and   18th   of   the   month。   Its   sole   purpose   was   to 

consider that Miliary Petition�察�but the King called to it not only those who 

had signed the Petition�察�but those who had opposed it。 He had no notion of 

granting   any   favor   to   it�察  �and   from   the   first   he   gave   the   Puritans   rough 

treatment。 He told them he would have none of their non´ conformity�察�he 

would   ;make   them   conform   or   harry   them   out   of   the   land。;   Someone 

suggested that since this was a Church matter there be called a Synod�察�or 

some general gathering fitted to discuss and determine such things�察�rather 

than     leave   it  to  a   few   Church      dignitaries。    For   the   purposes     of   the 

petitioners   it   was   a   most   unfortunate   expression。   James   had   just   come 

from Scotland�察�where the Presbyterians were with their Synod�察�and where 

Calvinism was in full swing。 He was much in favor of some elements of 

Calvinism�察      �but   he  could    not   see   how    all  the   elements     held   together。 

Predestination�察�for example�察�which offends so many people to´day�察�was a 

precious doctrine to King James�察�and he insisted that his subjects ought to 

see how clearly God had predestined him to rule over them� �But he could 

not tolerate the necessary logical inference of Calvinism that all men must 

be equal before God�察�and so men can make and unmake kings as they need 

to do so�察�the matter of king or subject being purely an incidental one。 He 

remembered the time when Andrew Melville�察�one of the Scotch ministers�察�

had plucked him by his royal sleeve and called him ;God's silly vassal; 

right to his face。 So�察�when some one said ;Synod; it brought the King up 

standing。  He   burst   out�此   �If   that is   what   you   mean�察 �if   you   want   what   the 

Scotch mean by their Synod and their Presbytery�察�then I tell you at once 

that I will have none of it。 Presbytery agrees with monarchy very much as 

God agrees with the devil。 If you have no bishop�察�you will soon have no 



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king。; He was perfectly right�察�with reference to the kind of king he meant。 

These     things    were   to  be   settled�察  �he  meant�察   �by   authority�察  �and    not  by 

conference。 That is the point to which Gardiner refers when he says that 

;in two minutes James sealed his own fate and that of England forever。;��1�А�

       ��1�А�History of England�察�1603´42。 

       After that there was only a losing fight for the petitioners。 They had 

touched a sore spot in James's history。 But it was when they touched that 

sore spot   again   that they  started   the movement   for   a new  version   of the 

Bible。 It was on the second day of the conference�察�January 16th�察�that Dr。 

Reynolds�察�president of   Corpus   Christi   College�察 �Oxford�察 �who   represented 

the moderate Puritan position�察�and�察�like many  moderate men�察�was rather 

suspected by both extreme wings�察�instanced as one of the hardships of the 

Puritans that they were compelled to use the prayer´book of the time�察�and 

that   it   contained   many   mistranslations   of   Scripture�察  �some   of   which   he 

quoted。 Now�察�it so happens that the errors to which he referred occur in the 

Bishops' and the Great Bible�察�which were the two authorized versions of 

the time�察  �but   are   all   corrected   in   the   Genevan version。 We   do   not   know 

what point he was trying to make�察�whether he was urging that the Genevan 

version should supplant these others�察�or whether he was calling for a new 

translation。 Indeed�察�we are not sure that he even mentioned the Genevan 

version。 But James spoke up to say that he had never yet seen a Bible well 

translated into English�察�but the worst of all he thought the Genevan to be。 

He spoke as though he had just had a copy given him by an English lady�察�

and had already noted what he called its errors。 That was at the very least a 

royal evasion�察�for if there was any Book he did know it was the Genevan 

version。 He had been fairly raised on it�察�he had lived in the country where 

it was commonly used。 It had been preached at him many and many a time。 

Indeed�察�he had used it as the text for that paraphrase of the Revelation of 

which   we   spoke   a   moment   ago。   And   he   knew   its   noteswell   he   knew 

them   knew      that   they   were   from   republican     Geneva�察  �and     that   kingly 

pretensions   had   short   shrift   with   them。   James   told   the   conference   that 

these   notes   were   ;very   partial�察  �untrue�察  �seditious�察  �savoring   too   much   of 

traitorous     and    dangerous      conceits�察─   �supporting      his   opinion    by    two 

instances   which   seemed   disrespectful   to   royalty。   One   of   these   instances 



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