382 Mr , N E A L 's III Vol. of tie nor eminent for either Piety or Knowledge a- ' bove others left out only as each Member of Parliament in his private Fancy thought fit, ' fo eleêted one by one. The aloft part of them were fuch, as had preach'd and cry'd . down, with great F. of Zeat the Avarice and Plu- ralities of Bifhops and Prelates ; that one Cure of Souls was a full Employment for one fpiritual Paftor, how able fòtver, if not a Charge rather above Human Strength. Yet thefe confcientious Men, e'er any part of the Work done, for which they came together, (and that on the publick Sa- lary) wanted not Boldnefs, to the Ignominy and Scandal of their Paftor-like Profefon, and e- fpecially of their boafted Reformation, to feite into their hands, or not unwillingly to accept [be- ' fides one, fometimes two, or more of the belt Livings] Collegiate Nlaflerfhips, in the Univerfi- ties, rich Lectures in the City, fetting fail to all Winds, that might blow Gain into their covetous ' Bofoms. By which means, thefe great Rebukers of Non-Refaclence, among fo many diftant Cures, were not afhamed to be feen fo quickly Plurali/ts and Non-Refidents themfelves, to a fearful Con- ' demnation doubtlefs by their own Mouths. And ' yet the main Doctrine for which they took fuch Pay, and infifted upon with more Vehemence ' than Gofpel, was but to tell us in effe&; that their DoEtrine was worth nothing and the fpi- ritual Power of their Miniftry lefs available than bodily Compulfion ; perfuading the Magiftrate ' to ufe it, as a ftronger means to fubdue and bring ' in Confcience, than Evangelical Perfuafion : dif- ' trufting the Virtue of their own fpiritual Wea- ' pons, which were given them, if they be rightly called, with full Warrant of Sufficiency, to pull ' down all Thoughts and Imaginations that exalt themfelves againft God. But while they taught Compul-
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