LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SAXCROFT. 63 



Accordingly, nine days before his death, he 

 dictated to one of his friends, who was standing 

 by, the following letter, stating what his prac- 

 tice really was. He probably intended that it 

 should remain as a document, in case the matter 

 should be at all called in question. 



Nov. 15, 1693. 



" My Lord is sensible of how great 

 concernment it is, who ministers to him in 

 holy things. He never receive th the sacrament, 

 but with those who come not at the parish and 

 are nonjurors. He never admits any of the 

 irregular clergy to be at the holy offices. As 

 for the rest, if they come when he goes to 

 prayers, he excludes them not. This has been 

 his course. 



" This my Lord dictated to me from his own 

 mouth. You see how ready his apprehension 

 and judgment are." 



The writer* who records this, adds that he 

 never altered his practice afterwards, and that 

 he took especial care that no nonjuror should 

 perform over him the burial service, and even 

 appointed by name the person whom he desired 

 to officiate. The day before he breathed his 



* Wagstaflfe's Letter from Suffolk. 



