f  The  conduct  of  Archbishop  Grindal,  who,  in  the  reign  of  Eliza-
beth, granted  a  license  to  preach  to  John  Morrison  a  Presbyterian
divine,  is  often  triumphantly  adduced  as  a  proof  that  the  Church  of
England  admits  the  validity  of  Presbyterian  ordination.  Is  it  possible
that  the  irregular  conduct  of  an  Archbishop,  "  who  was  thought  too
gentle  and  remiss  in  his  management,  and  to  whom  the  privy  council
wrote  to  complain  of  the  relaxation  of  discipline,"*  should  be  urged  by
men  of  sense  and  candour  as  evidence  that  the  Church  of  England  admits
what  all  her  public  offices  and  her  general  practice  disclaim !

*  Collier's  Ecclesiastical  History,  vol.  ii.  p.  571.
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laid  aside  as  particular  conceits  of  his  own ;  and  it  seems
that  afterwards  he  changed  his  own  opinion.  For  he  sub-
scribed the  book  which  was  soon  after  set  out,  which  was
directly  contrary  to  those  opinions."*  He  published  also  a
Catechism,  in  which,  according  to  Bishop  Burnet,  "  he  fully
owns  the  divine  institution  of  Bishops  and  Priests."!

It  is  useless  then  (the  Episcopalian  may  continue  to  ad-
dress his  opponents)  to  dispute,  whether  some  of  the  divines
of  the  English  Church  did  not  acknowledge  that  there  is  no
precise  form  of  government  in  all  its  parts  of  divine  right.
