ANSWER.
He is now wrapt up in the Spirit of Prophesie, what Strange things will befal him for reading the Declaration, which he calls a Betraying the Church by undue Complyances: But the Prophet mistakes the Points that renders the Ministerial Office he means Ridiculous; for while they keep to the Business of Sound Doctrine, and meerly True Divinity, there is not a more Profound or Learned Clergy in the World, than are they of the Church of England; but when they will be Studying the Points of Royal Declarations, which are Acts of State, will be making their Pulpits the Stages of Farce and Satyr, will be In∣terloping and Intruding into State Affairs, which nothing at all concern them; when they will be Teaching the King, the Judges, Deputy Lieutenants, and all other Magistrates, their Duties: This is that which renders the Ministry, before men∣tioned, or any Ministry in the World, Ridiculous. And it is to be feared, The City-Clergyman has not altogether freed himself from that Contempt, in calling the Reading of the De∣claration, a Betraying of the Church by Undue Complyances; and then Complementing the Nobility and Gentry of the Na∣tion to Justifie his Ridiculous Language; and all this to gain Popularity, or to preserve the Possession of his Living under