"   This  fliows  there  were  but  few  that  cntred  into  extreme  contempt,
and  fp  can*t  aff€a.thc  Bady  of  thefe,  Puritans,   wbo^  never  Juftify'd
any  wilfiU  Contemfz^thO(  they  ocoi'dnot  condemn  ^iCon^centieusDijfem.
It  is  Certain^  the  Sro^nifis  were  a  dangerous  Sed,  who  carry'd  mat-
ters very  highland  deny  ^d  thcCbuvcb  of£;r£/^W  to  bra  Church,
md  were  indeed  guilty  ot  Extreme  Cantemftc,  butthc  Sobor  Puritans
both  fh>nithe  Pdlplt  and' Prefs  re&xtd  the  Dangerous    Errors  of
thefe  Wild' Seftaries  •,  and  yet  theiV  AdvcrJariestook  an  handle
from  t|i$  l(xtravagaQjcies  of  that  Mad^  SeO^-  to  deal  fevrrety  with
the  whole  Puritans,  as  if  they  hadbeenianrwerableior  the  folly  of
the*  BftVuAed  Brovmifis \^  in  thefame^mai^ner,  at  the  Presby$eria»s
were:  charR'dio  ttteReig;o  ofKiag.C&n^j^-jwith7tfac  abominabie
Prineli))^   and'Pf^fUce^^of  thict  SecUtiao  Party ^  of .  wliioh  more  in
ity^  proper  phce*.
Wtot.9r:;i¥^c// hath  hitherto:  fild^.  proves  That  the  Puritens
wer elMlc^djDpozi  as/.aUeaft)  a  ToleubkJfeoplr^andinimuatei  ttoat^
fliartkeileiflm  of  tbrmild^Treatmenrthey  met  with  from  the  State

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i-t4      Chapi  2;  The  Loyalty  oj  'Preshperians

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Part-  T    ^o^'f^"^^  ^J"^^'    ^'^^  ^'^^'^  ^^ comes  to  winduphis  Argument^  and  '
X  ai  ^  ^  •  jQ  give  a  Colourable  Gfofs  to  the  ftvericv  of  <hc   Queen's  Proceed-
ings againfl  'enr,  he  then  picks  ud  a  few  Heads,  and  liiiks-  'em  toge-  -
thcrinfliort  and  general  ExprrfB^^hsi   well  kaowiig,  Ehai  they  coukl '
not  bear  an  Ealargcment,  without  fpoiling  the  duceirscsufe  he  was-
then  defending .-  For  had  he  cold  the  particiihr  Stories,  upon  whick
his  General  Obfcrvarions  arc  founded,  every  one  mult  have  prefent-  -
ly  feen,  that  they  were  not  fufficient  to  rindicate  the  Severity  of  the
latter  part  of  that  Reign  agiinft  the  Puritans.
