Note 88 — THE PROLOGUE.
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The pillar, as well as the cross, was emblematical, and designed to imply, that the dignitary before whom it was carried was a pillar of the church. Dr. Barnes, who had good reason why these pillars should be uppermost in his thoughts, glances at this emblem, in the case of the cardinal, in the following words; “and yet it must bee true, because a pillar of the church hath spoken it.” Barnes’ Works, p. 210, A. D. 1572. See also Tindal’s Works, p. 370. W.