The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter…

Ans. To some Men I will undertake to prove nothing. If there be no proof in the Book which you write against, when you have got leave to Print it, you are likely to have more. Till then, to call for proof when you have it, and speak not sense against it, is too easy a way to satisfy the Just.

Ans. To some Men I will undertake to prove nothing. If there be no proof in the Book which you write against, when you have got leave to Print it, you are likely to have more. Till then, to call for proof when you have it, and speak not sense against it, is too easie a way to satisfie the Just.

§ 5. III. I told you by word of Mouth, that your Catholicon of trusting, to the Bishops ⟨p. 128⟩Exposition of the Book (yea, to his silence, so gentle and tractable are you become) is no relief to you for expounding the Assent, Consent. Subscription against the obligation of the Vow, and about Arms, &c. because these are part of the Act of Uniformity; and you say, that Act is no part of the Book. To this you Print your Answer, that you [Have another string to your Bow.] viz. That the Bishop is by Law the Ordinary, to Ordain and take Subscriptions, and may admit Ministers to subscribe these Tests with such Explications, Meanings, and Allowances, as will well stand with the words justly and fairly construed.

Ans. 1. The Bishop is not made the Expounder of the Law, but the Receiver of your Subscription according to the Law.