247j Nonconfornabie, every where almaft çráljded after; which fliews that it is not meer fá Lion that moveth the hearers ; and that worthy men haveno cauf'e ofdifcouragerant And ifn;gpe of 'either fide be valued much above their worth (for the bare Office fake) we cannot help it nor would itbetelped if therewere no NoncOnfor- mitts : Some of us well retnembring the time (1632. till 1640.) when we,' were troubled or threatned_alfo tor going out of our own Parifhes to hear worthy, able men that were very con- formmable. XXXV. It.is very ordinary with Gentlemen and others that are zealous for the prefent Church-State in London, to go from their own Farifhes, though the Canons be againft it : fo that it is not, lure, the breach of the Canon that. they ¡tick at. XXXVI. We shall never diffwade men from making the ¡tritest Laws to punish any Non- conformift that {hall be proved guilty of Sedi- tion. Dif .oyalty,Drunkennefs:,Fornication,Swear- ing, and anyother immoraliTy.;` but we know of none of them that was ilenced, ejected, or pu- nifhed on any filch account : Nay, if they Preach against their Church Government, Liturgy, or Ceremonies, we malt expet.ï that they Mould be retrained. Our earneft'defire is, that the Ma- giftrate would keep up ;Peace and Order in the Church, that Popifh Clergy men may not think that it bel:ongeth to them alone todo it. XXXVII., Whereas there is a fort of ignorant or ill meaning men, that ftill fay [we know not 1!4t the IVanconforrnljs would have, and why will they not tell t s what would JJtisfie them, 3 Wiajle R4 we
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