Hifl. p. 123. [ I2ó 1 C H A P III. AThird Obfervation which arifes from the Hiftoryofthefe Times is this. That notwithftanding theEflablifh- ment was fo much more reafonable and catholick than any propofed by the Pu- ritans ; and that they were fo defirous of having penal Laws enacted againfl EJenters from their Platform, yet did the Government make no penal Laws againft the Puritans, as fuch, i. e. meer Non-conformills; and where they fell within the reach of Laws enacted upon repeated Plots, Confpiracies, and other high Provocations againfi Papifls, Im- pugners of the Supremacy, and other Di/harbors of the State, they were treated with great Lenity and Mild- nefs. The very firft Tranfation of Queen Elizabethmention'd by Mr. N. is under this Title : Preaching forbid. " The only thing (lays he) her Majefry did before the meeting of the Parliament was toprevent Pulpit hifputes ; for force ofthe Reformed, that had been Preachers in King Edward's time, began tomake ufe ofhisService Book, without Authority or Licence from their Superiors; this alarm'd the " Popifh CC CC C CC CC CC cc CC
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