Excerpt from History of Religion in England From the Opening of the Long Parliament to 1850, Vol. 2 Long before snatched from royal hands, the death of Charles I. Produced no effect upon the condition of the Church. The control of its political destinies had from the year 1641 rested with the House of Commons and with the remnant of that assembl}7 the control con tinned, when the kingdom became a Commonwealth in name as well as in fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.