D

A

VINDICATION

OF THE

GOVERNMENT, DOCTRINE,
and WORSHIP,

OF THE

Church of ENGLAND,

Established in the Reign of

QUEEN ELIZABETH:

Against the

Injurious Reflections of Mr. NEAL, in his
late Hiftory of the PURITANS.

Together with a DETECTION of many falfe Quotati-
ons and Mistakes in that Performance.

Audi alteram Partem.

LONDON:

Printed, and Sold by C. DAVIS, in Pater-Nofter-Row.
MDCCXL.

A

VINDICATION

OF THE

Government, Doctrine, &c.

INTRODUCTION.

A

N Hearty Union and Friendship among Proteftants (could fuch a Bleffing be obtain'd) muft prove highly advantageous to the Intereft of true Religion. This, in all human Probability, would continue it where it already is, and spread it in thofe Places where now it is not received. Enemies, as well as Friends, concur in this Opinion. The unwearied Endeavours of Papifts from the Beginning of the Reformation, to