Maddox - BX9329 M3 1740

E 31 the Litany, the Lord's Prayer and Camd. Ann Creed in Englifh, which the had be- Lib. gan to ufe in her own Chapel, where flue had forbid a Popifh Bithop that officiated, to elevate the Hoff ; and as a farther publick Profeifion of her Re- gard to the Holy Scripture, the receiv- ed theBible in Englifh withgreat Marks of Regard at Cheapfde Conduit, in a Procefion thro' the City. Confidering the Queen was in the Infancy of a dif- puted Government, and had not the Authority of Parliament to fupport her in thefe Proceedings, it fhew'd great Regard for true Religion, to venture fo far herfelf. Mr. N. Pure was igno- rant of all thefe Tranfadions, when he fo pofitively afferted, " the onlyN's Hitt " Thing her Majefly did before thee. 113. " Meeting of the Parliament, was to " prevent Pulpit Difputes. But the grandAffair was the Ejia- bli/hrnent of Religion by the Authority of the whole Legiflature. This, con- fidering the State of the Nation, muff proceed originally from the Queen, be conducted by the Wifdom of her Coun- cils, encouraged and fupported by her Authority. The Temptations were firong, on the Side of Popery. Power- ful Sollicitations and important Propo- fals employ'd in its favour. But the Piety.

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