293 ] individual Perfon that went by the Name of a Puritan, but as an Account of the Principles and general Behaviour of the Party ; chiefly taken fromTry/t9 ings drawn up with theirgeneral Confènt or Approbation. Nor is is it pretended, that every Action of every Perfen con- cerned in the Adminiflration, either in Church or State, was perfectly unex- ceptionable ; and therefore, 'tis no jufl Objelion to the fettled Maxims and Conduó of the Government, toproduce in a Courfe of manyTears, fame Devi- ations from general Rules. There might, on one Hand, be Magif}rates, Bifhops, or Ecclefiaftical Commiffioners, who were too remifs and negligent, or force Inftances, on the other Hand, where the Reins of Difcipline and Go- vernment were held toofreight : Infe- rior Officers likewife might fometimes be exorbitant in their Fees. The fame will happen in all Courts, Civil as well as Ecclefiaflical: But the Conftitution is not therefore bad, becaufe a Nudge, aMayor, or aJuf ice ofPeace, has fome- times acted improperly; or an Attorney or aBailiff made an extravagant Bill or Demand. It plainly appears, that the general Conduct of the Governors in Church and State was veryfuitable to theTimes in which they lived, and the U 3 Talons
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