[ 26 too much Zeal for the Proteflant Re- ligion tohearken to it, and her Refufal ought, in Juflice, to be afcribed to this Caufe only. Mr, 11t. 'tis true, has thought it no ungenerous or ungrate- ful Thing to affign another Reafon for it, Page 172 , but the ,Queen would not part with .her Supremacy. Had her Heart been as Popith as his Pen de- fcribes it, the would have followed her Father's Example, in retaining many of the Popith Superflitions, and not have eflablith'd the Proteflant Form ofKing Edward. She might have afferted her Supremacy, and made little Alteration in the publick Face of Religion. Mafs might have been celebrated, the Popich Saints adored, and every other Abomi- nation in the Worthip of that corrupt Church, retained and inforced. The Queen might Hill have been Supreme, and by her °Authority compelled her Subje&s to comply. Thus Idolatry and Perfecution, the worft Parts of Popery, would have reign'd triumphant in the Nation, and the Queen have maintain'd her Supremacy, as King Henry VIII. did. Under this Head, it may not be im- proper to mention M. Rapin's Senti- ments, fo oppofite toMr. N's, of Queen Rapin's Hif} Elizabeth's Religion. " I don't be- Elm fub fin. " lieve
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