N's Hitt. P. 599. Dr. Ewes's Journal, P. 192. An. 1572. [ 192 j the publick juflice of the Nation. In the prefent Inírance, to fuppofe thefe true, you mull fuppofe not only very able and celebrated Privy-Coun/ellors, `l3ifíiops who had been Exiles or Suf ferers for Religion, Judges, and other Magiífrates extreamlywicked and cruel; but in many Cafes juries of Gentle- men guilty of manifef Perjury, and in an Infiance or two, of wilful Murder. This is very hard upon all their Memo- ries, when the Proof againfr them is the Petition or Reprefentation of the Offender after. he is' convicted ; or an Account of his Trial,- drawn up by himfcl ; and thefe publifhed from an unknown MS. i 5o Years after the Things happened. However, to frate this Matter more fully, let us fee what Evidence there is of that peaceable and fubmiJ1i e Behaviour Mr. N. afcribes to the Puritans. And in the firft Place let us fee how they treated the Bifhops and Clergy, as well as the other pub lick Officers. 'Tis an Obfervation of the Lord Keeper Bacon, in a Speech to the Parliament. This one Thing cc may be holden firm by the Rules of " good Government, that all Officers " both Spiritual and Temporal that " have Government, during the Time " of their 0 ces, ought to be pre -, `` ferved
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