r 298 1 of Parliament. Thus, pag. 3. the Statute called, Prxmunire EnaE s, That if any (in general, Cler- gy or Laity) purchafe Bulls, roc. from Rome. Whereas Mr. N. fays, if any of the Clergy did pur- chafe, &c. which hemarks as thevery Words of the AFt; and fo he does the PenaltyTheir Perfons to be imprifoned; but the A& fays, ` That they be at- ` tached by their Bodies, if they may be found, and ` brought before the King and Council, there to an- ' fwer to the Cafes aforefaid; or that Procefs be made againft them, &r." In the famePage, fays Mr. N. ` The Canons of the Convocation were binding, ` tho' confirmed by no Authority but their own, ` till the Air ofSupremacy took Place." 'Twas not the A& ofSupremacy, but another Law, called, the Submifon of the Cler7y, and Refiraint of Appeals, that related to the mating of Canons. N'sHitt. p. 3 ' JohnWickliffe was born atWick- l e in Torkfhire, about the Year 1324, and was educated in Queen's College, Oxford, where hewas ` Divinity Profeffor." Church Hitt. Mr. Fuller fays, ' We can give no Account of lib. g.. p. 130. ` Wicklife's Birth, Parentageonly we find an antient Family of Wickl?s in the Bithoprick of ` Durham. As for this our Wickliffe, Hiftory, at ` thevery firft, meets with hima Man and full grown, yea, Graduate of Merton College in Oxford. TheProfeiTorihip of Divinity was founded many Years after, by Henry VIII. As to IVickliffe's Opinions, Mr. Fuller fays, they were like the Stones on SalisburyPlain, falfely re- ported ; no two can count them alike. Thofe he has quoted are taken from his greatefl Adverfary; and he complains what Pity it is we wantWicklire's Works, tohear him fpeak in his ownBehalf. Mr. N hasevengonebeyond theCatalogue inFuller, tho' that was compos'dby hisgreateft Adverfary, and imputed Opinions to him, not to be found there; in particu- lar, that fignificant Ceremonies in religious b orjhip are unlawful; and he has omitted feveral which are direly againft the Notions of the Puritans. For Inftance, that Deacons may preach. Art. i3. And that it is lawful, in Caufes Ecclefiatlical, and Matters of Faith,
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