tageous Light. All the Arguments for re-eflablifhing King Edward's Re- formation, that Reformation which was fo moderate and catholick, fofatisfaao- ry topious Men, and fo well calculated to reconcile and fupport all Proteftants, are fo many Reafons againft the Con- dud of thofe who oppofed this Refor- mation, and, for the fake of a narrower Plan, afperfedher Government, when living, or her Memory nowfhe is dead : Who then reprefented her as a Favour- er of Papiftry, or now defcribe her as es Iìiflory. having an Heart not to be alienated from the Papifts, by any Plots or Con- fpiracies againfl her Crown or Life. The Puritans themfelves Teem con- vinced, that Queen Elizabeth proceed- ed in the moll wife andprudent manner, while they ab°ufe her Conduct under the opprobrious Names of Craft and Part ofa Reg. cunning. " Well, by God's Power " (fays one of them, in what is called " a Godly and Zealous Letter) we " have fought with the Wolves for " thefe and fuch like Popish Chaffe, " and God hath given us the Victory " We have now to do with the .Foxes; " let us not fear ; there is no Craft, " Cunning, or Policy, againft theLord. " We have Chrift and his Apoífles, " and all the Prophets ever ftriving `c againft r 108
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