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of the I-otil's second caniiJig, knew it not ivt ii do<^mTi : neither have emlj<Hlied it in tJicir ^andardF, though it breathes throuffhout the whole of them. Whence it came to pass that they thought the power was to be altered and cban^^ in its very essence II.] TKKTItltEK U.VCLKAN SPIRItS, i^SS tbe influence of Ih^ church; which is exactly the lame error in re^^rd to Uie t^omitinniiy ofbeltevers^ ftnd to the same evil effect workutbr a>idotb Ar- miaiatnixm* which asaerteth tliat the old man U changed and retormcd by tbe Spirit in the per- aoiiaiity of each b€Ucvcr. This Saw in the doctrine of our Kerormcrs^ — or ratbcT, I should call it, this untried and unex- amined part of the Papal system, for the Papacy first subverted the doctrine of Christ s Melchii^dec kini^dom on tlie earth*— soon let in upon the Ke* formed churches the spirit of anarchy and rebel- lion, and revolution, amon^t which I place first the Reformation u^ra : secondly, the pcrflccuCions of the Arminians, or UemonstraBts, as they were then called ; the Protectant want of G^nnaiiy, un- der Gu«tavu« the 8wcde : thirdly, (he civil wars in England: fourthly, the opprcBsions of Scotland, until tbe Kevolutioii : in all which there was a rclipous clement on both sitlesat work, certainly in an intinitcly less degree on the side of the op- prCMed than of the oppressors : and thia spirit of discord wrought, in another direetior, the evil of tepamtion from the Kslabli^bed Churches, upon grounds which were, as 1 judge, too narrow and slender. I am of opinion, but 1 i^ve it only aa an opinion, and that bccaut^c 1 would not bide nor hesitate to speak any conviction of my soul bom this place, that while tiie Puritans abode in tbe church, they grew and prospered better than when they went forth from it. It is very true that the act of conformity wa», to the Church of England, much xvhat tbe Council of TreoL was to the Church of Rome ; the final repulse and silencing to all coinplainaiit^. Icavjog dd6 T»£ TOilEE U?fCLCjVK SPIKIT3. tittle or no rootn for the liberty and play of roi derot^ ticlivity for lliii ^iwih of <i more pure 3Jid holy discipline: and the Non-confoniiiBt^_ were reduced almost lo the very dilemma of UmH Reforcncre, so far as the outward appearance is concerned; but with this vast diticrence as UiH the principle, that there was a sound doctrini^l to the church, and a pure vorship, and though the discipline wa« ^rely relaxed, the rubrics were good. Yci mark. I condemn not the actings of men whoni 1 so mightily love and revere ;