r 32 ' Piety of the Queen was refolute enough to furmount all thefe. Under the great- eft Difcouragernents, the refolves to at- tempt the Eftablifhment of the Prote- flant Religion. An Undertaking ex- treamly hazardous as well as diffi- cult ! Here a Queftion of great Con- fequence naturallyarifes. What Form thall be eftablithed ? Thofe who had feparated from the Church of Rome were not unanimous in their Opinions, nor did they agree in one uniformMan- ner of Worfhip. The Calvinifls and the Lutherans (not to mention others) had great Differences among them- felves, and each of them their Party. 'Twas impoffible for the Queen to fall in abfolutely with either of thefe, and not offend the other. And as the put herfeif at the Head of the whole Pro- tellant Intereft, it muff give her great Strength and Influence, not to be too much bigotted to a fingle Branch of it. Her Circumftances requir'dgreat Cauti- on. But ChriflianPrudence and Chriftian Charityhappily concurr'd in recommend- ing fuch an Eftablithment of Religion as might include the greateft Number of Proteflants, and give her the Aftili- ance of wife and moderate Men of all Parties. Befides, as the Nation in general was Popifh, it plainly appear'd an
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