Pref. p.15. 292 j net, and Mr. Strype, whom Mr.. rá himfelf acknowledges the chief Eccle- fìaflical Hiflorians of thole Times ; and from the molt authentick and applaud- ed Pieces of the Puritans themfelves. Upon the whole, it appears, by this unexceptionable Evidence, that Qpeen Elizabeth was really a Protefant that the wifely fixed upon the bell and molt comprehesfve Scheme of a reform- ed Church That the narrowPlatform of the 'Puritans was liable to firong Objeclions, and would have been at- tenzded with many Inconveniencies That it wás not Liberty, but a Power to perfecute, which theycontended for That the 9ueen and Bithops treated them with remarkable Lenity and Favour, and permitted great Numbers of them to enjoy Preferments in the Church, even many of the moll zealous and wive of the Party That the _`Difturbances caufed by themfelves made it neceffary to require a Conformity fomewhat more regular And after- wards, their violent and outrageous At- tempts to fubveyt the Conftitution, com- pell'd the Government to fecure itfelf, and punifh force of them. What is Paid with Refped to this unquiet and troublefome Behaviour, is not intended as a Charge againft every indi-
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