[ 109 J ' 'breach on the Pope's par~ : So that upon the ' Point the ?ope was to conttmt himfelf with us 'in England, with aPxiority infiead of a Superio~ ' rity over other Biiliops, and with .aPrimacy in– ' fiead of a Supremacy in thefe parts ofChrifien– ' dom: which I conceive no man ofLearningahd 'Sobriety would have grudged to grant him : le ' was alfo condefcended to in the Name of ·the ' Pope, that- Marriage .might be permitted to ·' Priefts, that the Communion might be admini– ' fired fub utraq; fpecie, and the Liturgy be offi– ' ciated in the Engli!h Tongue ; And though the , ' Author adds not long after that it was to be ' fufpected that fo far as the inferior Clergy and ' the People were .concerned , the after perfor– ' mance was to· be left to the Pope's difcrerion, 'yet this was but his own fufpicion without any ' ground at all. And to obtain a Reconciliation 'on thefe Advantages, the Ar.chbilhop had all ' the reafon in the world to do. as he did, in or– ' dering the Lord's Table tq be fet where the ' Altar flood, and ll)·aking the accul1omed teve– ' rence in all approaches towards it and acceffes ' to it, and in beautifying and. adorning Churches, ' and celebrating .. Divine Service with all due ' Solemnities : in tak-ing Care that all offenlive ' and ·exafperating Paffages lhould be expunged ' out of all fuch Books as were brought to the ' Prefs ; and for reducing the extravag'}ncy of 'fome Opinionsto an evener temper. His Maje– ' fiy had the like reafon alfo for tolerating law– ' ful Recreations on the Sundays and Holidays, ' the rigorous refiraint whereof had made fome 'Papil1~ think (thofe moll. efpecially of the vul– ' gar fort whom it mofi con,erned) that all ho- , , • "nefi •
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