LETTERS FROM TANNER MSS. 87 



To this his Lo''' was pleased to answer, as is contained in 

 this inclosed part of His Lo'''" owne Lette. Our Church 

 work &.C : (see p. 84). 



And his Lo^ having sent a Comission to me to call together 

 the Principal Clergy to advance moneys for His Ma"'=' service 

 upon y*" late Act of Parliam' (w'='' J shall promote with all 

 diligence), J made bold (desiring His Lo'''^ farther directions in 

 the aforesaid Busines) to adde these words. 



" J shal make what speed J can to Lichfield, after J have 

 pformed what your Lo^ may iustly expect from mee in this 

 County ; And then I shall begg Your Lo^^ Patience & Leave, 

 that I may say somewhat to the last part of your Lo^' Letter, 

 for my Satisfaction, though not for my Conviction. For though 

 J may not in every thing judge or opine with my superiors ; 

 yet have J learned to Acquiesce, in submitting (to) their better 

 Judgments, & obeying all their Lawfull Comands. This Lesson,, 

 if the Schismatically-disposed at» Lichfeild, would have learned : 

 there would have been little need (in my poore judgm') of 

 gratifying them with the Late Alteration in our Cathedral 

 Service. But I will say no more till I see yo' Lo^p nor would 

 I have said any thing at all : but that J have been told, the 

 Ordering of Divine Service in our Cathedral doth somewhat 

 concern me, by the Place I hold in that Church. And now, 

 my good Lord, I beseech you, for Christ his sake, not to bee 

 offended at mee for what I have (it may be) too boldly scribled 

 to your Lo'." 



This is y" whole concerning this matter, which I submit, my 

 most Honoured Lord, to Your Grace's Censure; And J 

 humbly Begg Your Grace's Counsell «& direction. This 

 Jnnovation in God's service in a Cathedrall (especially con- 

 sidering the nature of the Thing, & temper of y^ psons, for 

 whose sake it is done, & the time & place) in my iudgment, 

 ought not to bee. And yet my Reverence to a B'' is such, 

 that I dread to oppose ; not for want of Courage, but out of 

 a True sense of Duty. But it is not difficult to fore-see 

 How nauseous Church-musick and Comon prayer will again 



