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Sir. Francis Bacon Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans and Lord Chan∣cellor after, in his Advertisement of the Controversies, of the Church of Eng∣land, pag. 138. of his Works.
THe wrongs of them who are possessed of the Government of the Church, towards the other, may hardly be dissembled, or excu∣sed: They have charged them as tho' they denyed tribute to Coesar, and withdrew from the Civil Magistrate, the obedience which they have ever performed and taught.
I have oft transcribed Bishop Andrews Confident Asser∣tion of the Loyalty of those then called Puritans, a∣gainst the Papists accusation, in his Tortura Torti.
They have sorted and coupled them with the Family of Love, whose Heresie they have labour'd to destroy and confute. They have been swift of Credit to receive accusations against them, from those that have quar∣relled with them, but for speaking against sin and Vice. Their Accusations and Inquisitions have been strict, Swearing men to Blanks and Generalities, not included within compass of Matter certain; Which the Party which is to take the Oath, may Comprehend to be a thing captious and streinable. Their urging Subscrip∣tion to their own Articles, is but Lacessere & irritare morbos Ecclesiae; Which otherwise would spend them∣selves: Non Consensum quoerit sed dissidium, qui quod factis proestatur, in verbis exigit. He seeketh not Unity but