264 Mr. NEAb'S Ind Vol. of the * This Day, fays Nalfon, the Bill for taking theProteftation being read in the Houfeof Lords, it was by their Lórdíhips urged ; « That though K they approved of the taking of it by the Metn- " bers of each Houfe, yet they did not of the ge- " neral taking of it throughout the Kingdom t Upon which the Bill was difmiffed, of which the Commons having notice, they prefently laid it ' upon the Bifhops, and the PopifhLords.' Neal. The Lofs of this Bill [againft Bifhops Votes in Parliament] with the refolute Behaviour of the Bilhóas, who were determined to part with nothing they were in p effiòn of, inflamed the Commons, and made them conclude, there was no hopes of a Reforma- tion, while they were apart of the Leg/lature. This Gentleman is not always tòó confiftent with himfelf; he blames the King for his too great Conceß'ion, in making the Parliament perpetual, by which they were made a co-ordinate Power; and here he blames theBifhops for not giving up their unqueftioned Right, which has been thought to be of antienter Date than the Houfe of Commons. Neal, p. 451. The Bill [for the Extirpation of Bithops, Deans, and Chapters,] being drawn up by Mr. Saint John, was delivered to the Spaker by Sir Edward Deering, in a fhort Spebch, in which he took notice of the Moderation of the Houfe in the late Bill, &c. But this foft Method having proved in- efetlual, by regfon of their incorrigible Obfinacy ; it was now neceffary to put the fix to the Root of the Tree : " I never was for Ruin, fays he, fo long as there was any hopes ofReforming ; and now Ipro- " fef , that if thole Hopes revive and profper, 1will e: divide my ff upon this Bill, and yield my Shoulders to underprop the Primitive, Lawful, and tuft Epp " copacy." * 4Taon, Vql. II. D. 04. How
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