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## Higher than the Stars For though men keep my outward man Within their locks and bars, Yet by the faith of Christ I can Mount higher than the stars. Their fetters cannot spirits tame Nor tie up God from me; My faith and hope they cannot lame, Above them I shall be. ## John Bunyan T he Restoration of the monarchy in May 1660 saw the return of the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles II. Soon the persecution of religious non-conformity intensified. The Act of Uniformity, which became law on 24 August 1662, was part of a comprehensive process of suppression known as the Clarendon Code. It required that the Book of Common Prayer be used in all services, and that all clergy and teachers subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. It banned extemporary prayers and unlicensed preaching, mainstays of Puritan worship. Long-term imprisonment, or even transportation, would be the fate of many who, by their righteous obduracy and refusal to submit, prolonged their confinement or exile. It was not, however, the first piece of legislation designed to enforce religious conformity. Among the many Dissenters stuffed into the county gaols in the early years of Charles II, on

Author

Harry Potter

Publisher

Boydell and Brewer Limited

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781787445154