s Hi{}ory, P. 140. 286 ] " ing Religion) were Means to breed " great Lightnefs in her Subjects, to " nourith an unitay'd Humour in them, " in feeking Rill for Exchanges. Ma- " lum efl reipublic e noxium, affuefieri " homines adfacilitatemmutandarum " legume, But it is faid for them, by Mr. N. tho' they, who were no Friends toTole- ration, did not fay it for themfelves, why ihou'd not there have been an Indul- gence or Toleration for tender Con- fciences ? In Anfwer towhich it may be obferved, that altho' a legal Toleration in Formwas not granted, yet they had an Indulgence that amounted to much more. The peaceable and quiet Part of them, notwithflanding their Non- conformity, were alïow'd to hold Pre- ferments in the eftabliíh'd Church ; and fo mild and favourable was the Go- vernment and the Bithops, that many who could not come under the Cha- raóer of peaceable and quiet, enjoy'd the fame Indulgence. " When they " refufed the Ufe of fome Ceremonies " and Rites, as fuperifitious, they " were tolerated with much Conni- c` vance and Gentlenefs." For this we have no lefsAuthority than Sir Francis Walingham ; they enjoy'd not only the Freedom of a Toleration, but, together with
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