Hwd  i  a  mind  co  enlarge  up^ii  (his  Narrative  of  FHUer\  I  thinlc
I  could  make  it  appear,  i. Thae  the  Perfecucion  of  Purirau
Mibilters  was  judgM  by  the  Rcprerentativcs  of  the  Nation',  to  be^l^*
Prejudict  totkt  Froteftant  Religion^  otbemife  (hey  vvou'd  noE  have
pleaded,  not  only  for  a  Teltrntidn^  but  a  Comfrthenfion  of  Vm. i/y,
ThHzht  Pnrit 4ns  were  foTpendcd  and  deprived  rlrr»  for  NO  O-
THER  Offence,  ibaa  for  NOT  SUBSCRIBING  to  Whit^
ji/t^g  Articles,  and  coafequcatl/  neither  for  hfu^ciencj^  Heterodoj^^
Nighgtnci^  nor  DISLOYALTY  fas  appears  by  the  x^th  branch
of  tbeCorrmons  Petition):  And  that  they  are  honored  with  the
Ctiarad^er  of  Godly  and  Learned  Mimfierst  And  sdly^  That  a  mdft
unwarrantable  Method  was  taken  againit  'em  by  the  Arch-Biflhop
,  and  their  fierce  j^dvcrfaries  ;  For,  to  run  'em  down,  he  and  fome
of  the  Bifhop^ut  up  her  Majefties  ears,  and  made  'em  deaf  totht
juft  defirej  of  her  Parliament  w  their  favor  •  and  biiidred  her  front
reforming  the  fcandalous  Pradieeof  Non-Refidency  and  Plurali-
ties i  the  Continaance  whereof  continu'd  and  encreas'd  Divifions  in
the  Church. I  have  fet  down  at  large,  their  Petition  to  the  ^een,
thai  the  Reader  may  (ce,  I  intended  not  to  conceal  any  thing  of
the  ftrength  of  their  pretended  Reafoning. And  I  ffluft  do  the  Ju(^
tice  to  a  great  Divine  of  the  Church  of  EtrgUnd^  as  to  infert  here
bis  faithful  and  Impartial  Cenfureof  thatabufe/  The  Reforma-
tion whereof  was  then  obftruded,  to  the  fcandal  of  Religtoo:
and  let  the  i^eader  judge,  whether  Whitgift^s  i4^\imtnts  or  bis  be
the  ftrongeft*

The  Learn'd  Divine  1  mean  is  Blfliop  JJurw^r,  who  in  bi^  Pre^
face  to  the  fccond  Part  of  the  Hiflory  of  the  Reformation^  delivers
himfelf  thus,  ^  If  men  had  a  juft  notion  of  tbis  Holy  Furrftion^nd

*  a  right  feDfir  of  it  before  they  were  initiated  into  it,  ihokfcmt^

^  Mouj  Jbafes  of  Plurality  of  Benefices  with  Cure,  (except  where
^  they  arefo  poor  asd  Contiguouf,  that  both  can  firarce  maintain
^  one  Incumbent,  and  one  0ian  can  difcharge  the  duty  of  both  vew

*  ry  weDJ  Nen^reddeneifu  aad  the  hiring  out  that  Sacred  Truft  to


I  r4      Gha'p;-  2^  The  IloyaUyofPreJFytmanr


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l»  *  Pitiful  mercenaries  at  lh«  chcripcfl:  RatcSy  would  foon  fall  offT
Thefeare  things  of  fo  crying  z  nature,  that  no  wonder  if  the
i^rath  of  God  is  ready  to  breakout  upon  us. 