C H A P. IL ' HERE is a fecond Obfervation which naturally offers it felf up- on this Occafion, viz. That the Puri- tans did not defire a Toleration, but theEflablfhment of their own Scheme, fuch an Eftabliíhment of it, as would have kept all others, in particular the Lutherans, and the Friends of King Edward's Reformation, out of the Church; and, as they did not delire a Toleration themfelves, fo they would not grant it to others. The full Efia- blifhment of their own Plan, abfolute and univerfal Compliance with it, with- out any Favour or Indulgence, was what they wrote for, and earneftly endeavour'd to obtain. This gives fo difagreeable an Idea of thefe Gentlemen, and feems fo heavy a Charge againft them, that 'tis requi- fite toprove it diftiatly from their own molt approved Writings. If this be done, it mull appear, that the only Difpute was, whether a rigid narrow Scheme, imported from the Republish of Geneva mould be the eftablifhed Religion of the Kingdom of .England, or whether the Government fhould ap- point filch a Form as would be vaftly more
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