s Hiftory R 194. C3341 leaft Relation to the Habits, Mr. N. himfelf, it1 another Place, flrongly afferted. His Words are thefe. ' Our firft Reformers NEVER afcribed ANY Holinefs or Virtue to the Vefiments, but with'd and pray'd for their Removal. And who were the Authors of this Preface, but the firfl Reformers ? But Mr. N. goes farther. ` Not one of the firf' Set of Bithops after the Re- ` formation approved of the Habits, or argued for their Continuance, from Scripture, Antiquity, 'or Decency; but fubmitted to them out of Necefiity, to keep the Church in the Queen's Favour. What Inconfiflency is here! The Habits are laid to be exceptionable, becaufe they were declared to have force notable and fpecial Signification; and yet tholeveryPerlons who are charged with making this Declaration, are faid to have no fuch Opinion of the Habits, and never to have argued for them upon any fuck Topic ! Their Words are mifquoted, in order to fix an Opinion upon themwhich him- fell declares they never entertain'd. N's Hilt. p. 242. ' The Sheriffs of London de- te&ed and broke them up, when they were al- ' fembled, to the Number of about One Hundred. M0 of them were taken into Cuflody, and fent to the Compter. Mr. N. quotes for this, Life of Grindal, p. 311. and Life of Parker, p. 342. He thould have Paid p. i t f. and p. 242. This may be a Mitlake of the Printer; but the mifreprefenting the Number of Prifoners muff be his own; for in both Places he Mould have quoted, it is exprefly faid, about Four- teen or Fifteen were fent to the Compter ; but, as this Gentleman affures us in hisPreface, he has faid nothing with a Defign to exafperate, he has only encreafed Fourteen or Fifteen to the greatelt Part of a Hundred. N's Hill. p. 24f. ' At length, their Patience and Conllancy havingbeen fufFiciently tried, an ' Order was fent from the Lords of the Council, to releafe them, with an Admonition to behave themfelves better for the future, Here
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