317 good old Man, a little before his Martyrdom, writes thus upon the Suhjeet. ` Alas ! that our ` Brother Knox could not bear with our Book of ' Common- Prayer, Matters againft which, altho' ` I grant a Man (as he is) of Wit and Learning may find to make apparaunt [meaning plaufible) Reafons; but I fuppofe he cannot be able found- ` ly to difprove by God's WordSurely Mr. Knox ` is, in my Mind, a Man of much good Learning, and of an earneft Zeal, the Lord grant him to ufe them to his Glory. N's Hitt. p. 122. ` It was well known, Queen Elizabeth was a Favourer of the Reformation And yet in the very next Page, ` It was with great Difficulty the was prevailedwith to go the Length c of King Edward's Reformation." So again, p. 176. ` The Queen was fo far from improving her Brother's Reformation, that the often repent- ` ed the had gone fo far. He quotes no Authority for this, nor for another Afl'ertion of the fame fort, p, 307. ` The Queen was for laying hold of all Opportunities to fup- ` prefs a Number of Confcientious Men, whom, the would often fay the hated more than the Pa- ` pins." This Saying, as well as others, Mr. N imputes to the Queen, without any manner of Au- thority. But then, p. 303. he declares, ` The whole Reformation depended upon the fingleThread of her Life." And p. Got. ` Queen Elizabeth was a Great and Succefsful Princefs at Home, and the Support of the Protettant Intereft abroad, while it was in its Infancy; for, without her Affiftance, neither the Hugonots inFrance, nor the DutchRe- ` formers, could have flood their Ground. She afiìfted the Proteflants in Scotland againit their Po- ` pith Queen, and the Princes of Germany againft the Emperor. N's Hilt. p, 124. ` Their learned Friends and Patrons beyond Sea advifed them to go thorough with theReformation. We have already feen the Sentiments ofthe learn- ed Ms/linger: Sati.rfacit psis Edtvardi Reformatio.. Mr.
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