and then particularly names seven of them. He afterwards adds: "From these doctors and fathers the inquiry descended to the Schoolmen, who had with more niceness and subtilty examined things. They do all agree in asserting the obligation of these Levitical prohibitions." After naming a number of the Schoolmen, he subjoins: "All the Canonists were of the same mind." How entirely opposite is this positive and specific testimony to the general and negative testimony of Jeremy Taylor![1]
5. The decision of this question by the different Universities of Europe our brother disposes of in a summary way, by imputing it to corrupt influence, Henry's power and gold.[2] An accusation is one thing, and proof is another thing, entirely different. What influence had Henry with the Universities of France, in opposition to that of the Pope and the King of France? But passing by this rash insinuation, to sustain which no proof is attempted, let us look at what is said by the Puritan of the Pro-