380 Mr. N E A L'S Ha Vol. ofthe tioufly and truly ; I did tell him you muff get Men of Spirit, and take it not fi what I fay, of a Spirit, that is likely to go on as far as Gentle- . men will go, or elfe I am lure you will be beaten ft ill.' Tb? Puritan [or Parliament] Clergy were zea- lous Calvinifts, and having been prohibited for force rears, from preaching againft the Arminians, they now pointed all their Artillery againft them, infifting upon little elfe but the Dof1rines of Predeftination, 7ufl f cation by Faith alone, Salvation by Free Grace, and the Inability of 'Man to do that which is good. The Doctrine they preach'd is to be met with in the Traits referred to in the * Margin : from whence it appears, I think,, that the drift of their Sermons before the two Houles, was little elfe but Sedition and Rebellion. Neal, ibid. Thole who made up the Affemibly of Divines, and who through the Land were the'Ho- nour of the Parliament Party, were almoft all fuck, as till then had conformed, and took the Ceremonies to be lawful in Cafes of NeceJty, but long'd to have that .Necejity removed. That is, in other Words, the Generality of them proved themfelves to be J/illains, upon the firft Op- portunity they had of doing it. For I take it for granted, they had fubfcribed without 'any Referves, The King's Character of this Affembly, in his Proclamation prohibiting their Meeting, is this : t ' That the far greater part of them were Men of no Reputation or Learning, and eminently ' difaffe&ed to the Government of the Church of * Sir Roger L'Eflrange's Diffenters Sayings, z Parts. A Century of eminent Presbyterian Preachers, &c. Printed for J Roberts, i7z ;. A Looking-glafs for Schifmaticks: or, a true Pitlure of Fanaticifm; in a fssmmary View of the Principles of the Rebels of ; 641. Printed for Tho. Warner, 1725. Bibliotheca Regia, p. 329. s England,
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