C 6 blilh'd Drefs? when, after all, the one is dreffing, in a manner, as the jefuits do ; the other, at word, is only wear- ing a Part of the Habit of the Parifh- Priefts. 'Tis natural for a Proteftant to wiih a Veil drawn over fuch a Scene as this fo warm andhurtful a Conten- tion for fo fmall a Matter. This is no Aggravation of the Cafe, Mr. N. him- N's xuff. felt' declares, " Had the Habits and p' 23o. " a few Ceremonies been left indiffe- " rent, both Minifters and People had Ibid. p. 3.94. cc been eafy." Again, " the Contro- " verfy with the Puritans had but a " fmall BegiAning." How much Di- fturbance was raifed in the Nat on up- on that Account, his whole Hiftory is a Proof. This Gentleman, upon En- quiry, will find, that the Revival of this Controverfy, and theopening thole Wounds which all good Men hoped were effe tually healed, meets with lit- tle Applaufe from the beft Proteftants, and the moft moderate Men in the Kingdom. Does he imagine there can- not be as frightful Pictures drawn of Calviniftic or Puritanical Perfecutors, as any he has drawn of the Church of England? But what Purpofe could this anfwer, except to make the different Parties of Proteftants more cold to each other,
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