Gilbert Burnet
Published: 2018-01-21
Total Pages: 22
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Excerpt from A Vindication of the Bishop of Salisbury and Passive Obedience: With Some Remarks Upon a Speech Which Goes Under His Lordship's Name, and a Postscript, in Answer to a Book, Just Publish'd, Entitul'd, Some Considerations Humbly Offer'd to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, &C S many a good Caufe has been betray'd by falfe Friends, fo many a bad one has mifcarri'ed in the Hands of ill Managers. An Acb'itopbel's Counfel 'tho' never (0 deeply laid has often (even wichow an Hujhai's countermining) defeated, and may fiill de feat itfelf. Weakand ill grounded Premilfes can bring forth no other but a'void and null Conclufion. Thence it is, that nothing of late has confirmed me more in believing, that pallive-obedience and non-re fifiance have been the Dofirines of the Church of England, than what has been alledged to difprove them by its mercenary, malicious and im patent Foes; more particularly in a Pamphlet firutti'ng about under the mighty Name of the Bifliop of Salisbury's Speech for I have reafons to doubt whether his Lordfhip ever made or (poke it. The Bulk, of the Difcourfe, exceeds the ordinary Size of moi? Speeches; and tho' it has not much of the Bible and Divinity in it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
