I [ 451 ] ,' '.Auftri"a:, Bavaria, Poland, ·no, nor Francr ~ was fc1 much better than ·ours as might 'tempt us to be·. liker to them than we are. . Yea, that the bell: of them both in Civil and Religious Refpe&s are fo much worfe , as may well deter us from fuchi defires. · · ' § 19. XVIII. And it's not to be doubted bot they made fome Confcience oftheir ObligationS1 to the King, and were loth he fhould be tempted ~ . to give awa.y half the Government of his King– dom, yea, of himfelf to Foreigners, under the Name of Ecdefiafiical Government , (by fucl:t Courtsas theirs.) . · § 20. XIX. And:'no doubt they remembred what Doctrine againft Kings and States are fub.- . jeet to the Church and Pope, their Councils and Drs. doafiert, and what they. have done to their difiurbam:e and defiruetion. And therefore were loth to give y more firength and advantage to men of fuch rinciples and Pretenlions... If the Pope will give aProtefiant King f4ir quarter, and promife him freedom from his Tyranny, while· the fame man (acc0rding to his Canons) layethli claim to more , and exercifech Tyranny in other Lands, he may foon break his Promife here. § 1i. XX. And no doubt but they faw now loth other Princes and States were to remrn nearer Rome, that had once efcaped, and to fubjeet: them– felves to fuch a Ufurper : And they thought jr ua~ wife and unfafe for England to fiand alone in a fm- . gular odd condition, neither Papills, nor fuch Re– formers as any of the refi,and fo to he firengtl<lened by aConcord and heartyFriendll1ip with neither. § 2 2 . XXI. And it is not to be doubttd but the Lords and Gentlemenof England,. were unwilling · • t o " ~
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