119 in a manner, to be broke open, and fearch'd for Heretical Books the read- ing of any of thefe is Caufe enough for Exclufion from the Church. Let their ownWords fpeak their own Senfe. " In Ibid. 61 c) " the Examination of Minifters (fay, " the fame HolyDifcipline) the Tefti- " mony of thePlace fromwhence they cc come is to be demanded, whereby it cc may be underftood what Life and " Converfation he hath been of, and cc whether he bath been addited to any cc Herefy, or to' the reading of ANY cc Heretical Books, or to curious and CG ftrange Queftions, and idle Specula-- " tions ; or rather, whether he be cc accounted found and contenting in cc all Things to the Dotrine received cc in the Church. Whereunto if he cc agree, &c." What furprizing Care to guard againfi all their Proteftant Brethren ! This was that hopeful Plat- form of Difcipline for which the King- dom was fet on Fire. To judge in this Caufe between the PuritansScheme and the Proteftant Eftabliíhment, which they labour'd to deftroy, a Man need do no more than compare the narrow Spirit of their Holy Difcipline, with the charitable, catholick Temper obferved in the publick Service, um Pra which was de -Girl. Preface lgnedy l com -il'd as a ;Medi between thyer coinovkj s. I q, the
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