Excerpt from Tom of Bedlam's Answer to His Brother Ben Hoadly, St. Peter's-Poor Parson, Near the Exchange of Principles It were worth an Enquiry, what Authority, or Precept, either from Scripture or Canons, an inferior Clergy-man bath to meddle with Go vernment? And iball we, who (0 much explode the Jefuits for it in other Countries, nourilh it among our felves And what feems more firange, this is only done by thofe who fo much cry out againft Popery and when they would perfwade the World, that others are Popilhly enclin'd, they endeavour all they can to bring it inathem {elves l confefs both Scripture and Canons oh lige the Clergy to preach up Obedience, but I do not remember they have any Warrant to med dle with the Lawfulnefs of that Government which protects them. 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.