An humble apology for non-conformists with modest and serious reflections on the Friendly debate…

Quest. If it should be proved true, that the high Conformists should warp somewhat from the Doctrine of the Church of England; yet have they not all, and always been constant and firm to the Government to King and Parliament, and great admirers of what their Superiors do and say?

Quest. If it should be proved true, that the high Conformists should warp somwhat from the Doctrine of the Church of England; yet have they not all, and alwayes been constant and firm to the Government to King and Parliament, and great admirers of what their Superiors do and say?

Answ. Dr. Heylyn tells us that he cannot reckon the death of King Edward the sixth, for an infelicity of the Church of England, for being (as he saith) ill principled in himself, and easily enclin'd to embrace such counsels as were offered to him, it is not to be thought but that the rest of the Bishoprics, before sufficiently impoverished must have followed Durham; and the poor Church left as destitute of Lands and Ornaments at when she came into the world in her natural nakedness. The above-named Dr. Heylyn, in his History of the Reformation, chargeth the Grandees at Court and in the Parliament of those times, with such vices and crimes, as our Adversaries may make use of to blemish our Reformation. All which, with some other considerations, may give occasion to some to think, that what the Devil said falsely and maliciously against Job, may, a little altered, be too truly, and without breach of charity, said of some high blades; Do they fear and honour the King and Parliament for nought? Have they not made a hedge about them, and about their house, and about all that they have on every side, and their Substance is increased in the Laud? But let but King and Parliament put forth their hand now, and touch all they have, and they would (if not for fear of punishment) curse them to their face.

Answ. Dr. Heylyn tells us that he cannot reckon the death of King Edward the sixth, for an infelicity of the Church of England, for being (as he saith) ill principled in himself, and easily enclin'd to imbrace such counsels as were offered to him, it is not to be thought but that the rest of the Bishopricks, before sufficiently impoverished must have followed Durham; and the poor Church left as destitute of Lands and Ornaments at when she came into the world in her natural nakedness. The above-named Dr. Heylyn, in his History of the Reformation, chargeth the Grandees at Court and in the Parliament of those times, with such vices and crimes, as our Adversaries may make use of to blemish our Reformation. All which, with some other considerations, may give occasion to some to think, that what the Devil said falsly and maliciously against Job, may, a little altered, be too truly, and without breach of charity, said of some high blades; Do they fear and honour the King and Parliament for nought? Have they not made a hedge about them, and about their house, and about all that they have on every side, and their Substance is encreased in the Laud? But let but King and Parliament put forth their hand now, and touch all they have, and they would (if not for fear of punishment) curse them to their face.