268 Mr. ITT E A IA III Vol. of tige have been carried in the Negative, by more than fixfcore Suffrages.' Neal, p. 456. In the .elfternoon, Dr. Cornelius Burgefs appear'd on the other fide of the Q,ueßion, and made a long Speech, concerning the Unprofatablenef of thole Corporations, &c. and in conclufion faid, & Though he apprehended it necejary to apply thefe Foundations to better Purpofes, it was by no meani 6G lawful to alienate them from Publick and Pious « fifes, or to convert them to any PrivatePerfon's " Profat." * If Pince, [lays Fuller] Dr. Burge/ has been . a large Purchafer of fuch Lands to himfelf; if lince St. <gndrew, the firlt converted, and St. Paul, the lait converted [Wells and London] Apoltle, have met in his Purfe ; I doubt not but he can give fufficient Keafon for the fame, both to him- ' kif and any other, that 'hall queftion him there- , in. Bhcaufe he lately read his Iearned Levures in Sr. Paul's on the Criticifms of Confcience, no lefs carefully, than curioufly weighing Satisfaion to Scruples ; and if there be any Fault, fo able a Confef or knows how to get his Abfolution.' Mr. Echard informs us, ± ' That the Multi- = tude was encourag'd by Dr. Burgefs and other furious Teachers ; the former Methods were fpi- rited up, and great Numbers of the meaner fort E of People gather'd about the Houle of Lords, crying out, no Bithops, no PopithLords, &c.' In another Place, he calls him the II Seditious Dr. Bur- gefs. And elfewhere, 1 ' One of the greatefl Boutefeus of the whole Party, being the perpe- tuai Trumpeter to the molt violent Proceedings of that Parliament. He certainly was a reat Irr-. Church-Hillory, Book XI. p. T79, Echard, Vol. II. p. 274. l Echard, Vol.FII. p. 275. Echard, Voi. III. p. ftrument
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