errors, and protested that the follies he was eaUed
upon to answer for, were basel]^ and falsely ascribed
to him by the malicious ingenuity of his enemies."*
This calumny has been so frequently repeated, that,
to the present hour, there are many who, while they
are disposed to honour and venerate his memory, yet
complain that a mist of suspicion still hangs oyer
this passage of his life, and impairs the clearness of
their confidence in his integrity. That our readers
may be enabled to judge of these imputations of du*
plicity, it wiU be proper to call their at^
wahSonay one tention to the two written oonfessionSy
In English, the one in English, the other in Latin,
other in utin. ^j^j^,j^ contain the substance of his de-
fence before the convocation at Oxford.
