169 upon the fame Reafon, the Conten- tion and Breach of common Charity that had been occafoned by thofe that refufed to obey the Laws. The 93tecn's own Letter is a fufficient Proof, that great Favour and Indulgencewas (hewn to thefe People, by the Archbithop ( Dottor Parker) and Bithops, " where- " by (as Mr. Strype obferves) may be cc perceived, that this was the fecond " Time the Queen had called upon the cc Biíhops to retrain thefe Differences, cc and that neither our Archbifhop, cc nor the Reft of his Brethren, were ever ,forward to profecute thofe that cc did vary from the appointed Rites cc and Ceremonies ; but had, for Peace Sake, wink'd a little at the Non- (' obfervance of them." For the in the faid Letter blames the Archbilhop and Bithops, " for their Lack of Re- " Bard that íhould have been given " hereto, and their Sufferance of fundry " Varieties and Novelties. Mr. N. has reprefented 4rchbifhop N'S Hitt. Parker " as at the Head of all the Suf-: t s. and34.r0 " ferings of the Nonconformifts, which " he pulh'd forward with unrelenting Vigour ; a fevere Churchman, a bit- " ter Enemy to the Puritans, whom he " perfecuted to the Length of his Pow- " er, and beyond the Limits of the " Law."
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