23 2 Mi. N E A L'S II VOI, of the terians mifreprefented the Archbifhop's Opinion concerning the Liturgy, and Government by Bi- fhops, by printing a faulty and furreptitious Copy, of which he complain'd at that time, and found force Redrefs. And Mr. Collier makes this Obfervation, * That the Bifhops were not only ftruck at in their Par- ' liamentary Privilege, but in their fpiritual Cha- rader. To do them Juftice in this point, and fupport the Government of the Church, Archbi= ' fhop Ufher publifhed a feafonable Tra&, to corn- ' bat the Root and Branch Bill, and proves Epif- ' copacy to be of Apofolicallnftitution.' An Ab- flraEt of which, Mr. Collier gives in the Place re- ferred to ; by which it appears, that he makes his Bifhop much more than a Rated Prefident over an A,ffembly of P esbyters. And Nalfon fays of it -j- ' This Book may for ever filence thofe Gainfayers, who have no thing in their mouth, but the Antichriflian and ' Lordly Prelacy. A Reproach, which, if traced to the Original of this Inflitution, will at Taft fall ' upon the .f'poftles themfelves, if not upon him, whom St. Peter flyles the Shepherd and Bifhop of ' our Souls.' Neal, p. 398. The Bfhop [viz. Hail, in his humble Remoz trance] begins with Liturgies, by which he undefflands certain prefcribed Forms of Pra,,er, &c. The Antiquity of theft, fays his Lord- ' fhip, derives down from Mofes, by an uninter- rupted Succefon, to the prelent Time. God's Peo- ple, fays he, ever Pince Mofes's Day, conftantly 6 praFlifed a fet Form, and put it over to the Times of the Gopel. Our Blclfed Saviour, and his gra- cious Forerunner, taught a dire3 Form of Prayer, '* Collier, p. 8o8. Nel1on, Vol. If. p. z79. Vide Vit. Uferii, p Surely,
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