[ ì2 q.. That their own irregularCondit obliged the Government to fecure itfelf, by keeping a ilrióer Hand upon them. And that, after all, great Di/linction was made between peaceable Noncon formats and thofe that endeavour'd the. Overthrow of church and State that the one were indulged, while the other were reftrain'd. If thefe Things íhall appear upon proper Evidence, the Eng- lifh Reformation, 'tis to be hoped, will be fufficiently vindicated from the Re- fle&ions cafe upon it in theHifiory of the Puritans, and appear in its true Light ugreat andglorious Work. To prevent all Sufpicion of Unfair- nefs or Mifreprefentation , the very Words of the Authors made ufe of shall be quoted ; tho' this may caufe a Diverfity in the Stile, yet it mutt great- ly add to the Reader's Satisfa1ion. Mr. N. allows Bishop Burnet, Strype, and Fuller, to be the chief Church Hiftorians of thefe 'Times, and as fuch to. deferve Credit. Thefe, together with the PuritanWriters of the great- eft. Efteem and Reputation among their own Party, will be the chief Evidences produced in , this Caufe® CHAP.
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