[105 " England, fo farre as poffibly could be cc attained, leafte, fay they, by much " altering of the fame, we fhoulde " feeme to condemne the chiefAuthors " thereof, who, as they now fitifer, fo " are they moft ready to confirm that " Fade with the Price of their Bloud, " and fhoulde alfo both give Occafion cc to our Adverfaries to accufe our " Doarine of Imperfedion, and us of " Mutcabilitie, add the Godlie todowte " in that Truth wherein before they " were perfuaded, and to hinder their " coming hither, &c." This Reafon- ing had the fame Force, when Queen Elizabeth was to reftore the Proteflant Religion, and muff naturally fix her Thoughts upon King Edward's Refor- mation. This was held in great Efteem abroad, was look'd upon by the molt temperate Proteftants as an happy Me- dium between Calvinifts and Luthe- rans, and as fuch, moft proper for that great Princef s, who refolved to fupport the whole reformed Intereft ; it was fettled upon very mature Advice and Confideration, being the Work of a great deal of Time, to fix it upon fo good a Bafis. It was, moreover, one confiderable Advantage, that this Plan of King Edward had not only been twice before confirm'd by Parliament, but
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