( z63.) 4:. The Hill rians Rule is Diflingue de temporibuf, 'Do you know in what times that was written ? And know younot that fewmen then livingwrote and fpake more plainly againft the Ufurpation than he did ? 5. And you fee that the Oxford Convocation condemn the wt i- tings and - principles'of the Doctors of the Church ofEngla1d as well as others ? And as for Knox and Buchanan we are no more guilty of their words than ofJewell's,.8ilfon's,Hooker's,Laaiä's,or any fuch. L. But ifyou differ no from the Church ofEngland in Princi- ples ofLoyalty, whydoyounot take theOxford -Oath in the -Att of Confinement, and the Subfcription in the Act of Vnifortuity ? M. I have told you fully before: Not becaufe we differ in Doarine, but in expounding the wordsof that Oath and Sub fcription. 2.. Were neither Arch,bithopAbbot, nor his Clergy, nor the Parliaments ofthofe timesof the Church of England, as well as Sibthorpand Mainwaring ? Were not the Laws made by thofe Parliaments, madeby the Members, if not Reprefentatives of the ChurchofEngland? Youknow that our late great Defen- ders oftheChurch, deferibe the Church of England to be thole that Worfhip God according to the Law : And were the Parlia- ments that made thofeLawsnoneof the Church themfelves ? Chillingworth would not Subfcribewithout a,limitting Profef lion : Was he thereforenoneof the Church ? Was Bithop Bilfon none of the Church ? Was R. Hoofer none of the Church ? The firft dedicated his Book to tQueen Elizabeth, and the latter is Dedicated to our King Charles the fecond, and Praifed by his Father. And yet the Author of the Holy Common-wealth hath larglier than any man confuted Hooker's Popular Principles. WhenWilliam Barclay aLawyer defended the Kingof France hisTemporal Power, againft the Popes Ufurpation ofa Power todepofe and reftrainhim, he is fain toprofefs that thecontrary opinionwas fn common that he was taken to fpeak fome ftrange and fingular thing. And yetnone doubts but he was of the fame Churchof Borne. I againchallenge youto name that point in which we differ in thisDoarine from the true ChurchofEngland. L. Tou hold that Kingnnay be refitted by Arm,.: 111,, Not ,i
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