64 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SAXCROFT. 



last, he received the sacrament from Dr. Trum- 

 bull, who had formerly been his chaplain, and 

 who was a nonjuror. Dr. Trumbull* came 

 there accidentally that day : he had intended 

 to receive it from the ejected minister of Eye, 

 Mr. Edwards. 



As the venerable Archbishop drew near his 

 end, he repeated to those who stood around 

 him, his protestations of the sincerity with 

 which he had acted. He told them that his 

 profession was real and conscientious, and not 

 proceeding from any sinister ends ; that he had 

 the very same thoughts of the present state of 

 affairs which he had at first, and that, if the 

 same thing were to be acted over again, he 

 should quit all that he had in this world rather 

 than violate his conscience. In further confir- 

 mation of the state of his feelings, in less than 

 an hour before he died, he put up these two 

 hearty and earnest petitions to God, — *' that He 

 would bless and preserve his poor suffering 

 church, which by this revolution is almost de- 

 stroyed ; that He would bless and preserve the 

 king, the queen, and the prince, and in his due 

 time restore them to their just and undoubted 

 rights." 



His memory and intellects remained perfect 



* Mr. Wharton's MS. 



