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remarkable_a in_o switzerland_n etc._n etc._n by_o dr._n burnet_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v a_o vast_a collection_n of_o letter_n at_o zurich_n write_v either_o to_o bullinger_n or_o by_o he_o bishop_n jewel_n in_o a_o letter_n feb._n 8._o 1566._o wish_n that_o the_o vestment_n together_o with_o all_o the_o other_o remnant_n of_o popery_n may_v be_v throw_v both_o out_o of_o their_o church_n and_o out_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o people_n and_o lament_v the_o queen_n fixedness_n to_o they_o so_o that_o she_o will_v suffer_v no_o change_n to_o be_v make_v and_o in_o january_n the_o same_o year_n sands_n archbishop_n of_o york_n write_v contenditur_fw-la de_fw-la vestibus_fw-la papisticis_fw-la utendis_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la utendis_fw-la dabit_fw-la deus_fw-la his_fw-la quoque_fw-la finem_fw-la horn_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n in_o a_o letter_n july_n 16._o 1565._o he_o write_v of_o the_o act_n concern_v the_o habit_n
with_o great_a regret_n and_o express_v some_o hope_n that_o it_o may_v be_v repeal_v next_o session_n of_o parliament_n if_o the_o popish_a party_n do_v not_o hinder_v it_o and_o he_o seem_v to_o stand_v in_o doubt_n whether_o he_o shall_v conform_v himself_o to_o it_o or_o not_o upon_o which_o he_o desire_v bullingers_n advice_n and_o in_o many_o letter_n write_v on_o that_o subject_a it_o be_v assert_v that_o both_o cranmer_n and_o ridley_n intend_v to_o procure_v a_o act_n for_o abolish_n the_o habit_n and_o that_o they_o only_o defend_v their_o lawfulness_n but_o not_o their_o fitness_n and_o therefore_o they_o blame_v private_a person_n that_o refuse_v to_o obey_v the_o law_n bishop_n grindal_n in_o a_o letter_n aug._n 27._o 1556._o write_v that_o all_o the_o bishop_n who_o have_v be_v beyond_o sea_n have_v at_o their_o return_n deal_v with_o the_o queen_n to_o let_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o habit_n fall_v but_o she_o continue_v inflexible_a he_o lament_v the_o ill_a effect_n of_o the_o opposition_n that_o some_o have_v make_v to_o they_o which_o have_v extreme_o irritate_v the_o queen_n spirit_n cox_n bishop_n of_o ely_n lament_v the_o aversion_n that_o they_o find_v in_o the_o parliament_n to_o all_o the_o proposition_n that_o be_v make_v for_o the_o reformation_n of_o abuse_n peter_n martyr_n to_o bishop_n hooper_n at_o first_o i_o conceive_v no_o small_a joy_n of_o your_o singular_a and_o earnest_a study_n in_o that_o you_o put_v your_o endeavour_n that_o christ_n his_o religion_n may_v be_v bring_v again_o unto_o a_o chaste_a and_o simple_a purity_n for_o what_o shall_v be_v more_o desire_v of_o all_o godly_a heart_n then_o that_o all_o thing_n by_o little_a and_o little_o shall_v be_v clean_o take_v away_o and_o cut_v off_o which_o have_v very_o little_a or_o nothing_o in_o they_o that_o can_v be_v refer_v whole_o to_o edification_n but_o rather_o be_v judge_v of_o the_o godly_a to_o be_v superfluous_a homily_n of_o fast_v part_v 1._o p._n 172_o 173._o edit_fw-la 1673._o god_n church_n ought_v not_o neither_o may_v it_o be_v so_o tie_v to_o that_o i._n e._n fast_v or_o any_o other_o order_n now_o make_v or_o hereafter_o to_o be_v make_v and_o devise_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o man_n but_o that_o it_o may_v lawful_o for_o just_a cause_n alter_v change_n or_o mitigate_v those_o ecclesiastical_a decree_n and_o order_n yea_o recede_v whole_o from_o they_o and_o break_v they_o when_o they_o tend_v either_o to_o superstition_n and_o impiety_n when_o they_o draw_v people_n from_o god_n rather_o than_o work_v any_o edification_n in_o they_o this_o authority_n to_o mitigate_v law_n and_o decree_n ecclesiastical_a the_o apostle_n practise_v signify_v act_n 15._o they_o will_v not_o lay_v any_o other_o burden_n upon_o they_o than_o these_o necessary_n king_n charles_n i._o in_o his_o declaration_n with_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o privy_a council_n jan._n 164â—_n as_o for_o difference_n among_o ourselves_o for_o matter_n indifferent_a 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