in the following that which was our own private will or advantage.  He thought religion had no other foundation than the laws of the land.  And he put all the law in the will of the Prince, or of the people:  For he writ his book at first in favour of absolute monarchy, but turned it afterwards to gratify the republican party.  These were his true principles, tho’ he had disguised them, for deceiving unwary readers.  And this set of notions came to spread much.  The novelty and boldness of them set many on reading them.  The impiety of them was acceptable to men of corrupt minds, which were but too much prepared to receive them by the extravagancies of the late times.  So this set of men at Cambridge studied to assert, and examine the principles of religion and morality on clear grounds, and in a philosophical method.  In this More led the way to many that came after him. Worihington was a man of eminent piety and great humility, and practised a most sublime way of self-denial and devotion.  All these, and those who were formed under them, studied to examine farther into the nature of things than had been done formerly.  They declared against superstition on the one hand, and enthusiasm on the other.  They loved the constitution of the Church, and the Liturgy, and could well live under them:  But they did not think it unlawful to live under another form.  They wished that things might have been carried with more moderation.  And they continued to keep a good correspondence with those who had differed from them in opinion, and allowed a great freedom both in philosophy and in divinity:  From whence they were called men of Latitude.  And upon this men of narrower thoughts and fiercer tempers fastened upon them the name of Latitudinarians.  They read Episcopius much.  And the making out the reasons of things being a main part of their studies, their enemies called them Socinians.  They were all very zealous against popery.  And so, they becoming soon very considerable, the Papists set themselves against them to decry them as Atheists, Deists, or at best Socinians.  And now that the main principle of religion was struck at by Hobbs and his followers, the Papists acted upon this a very strange part.  They went in so far even into the argument for Atheism, as to publish many books, in which they affirmed, that there was no certain proofs of the Christian religion, unless we took it from the authority of the Church as infallible.  This was such a delivering up of the cause to them, that it raised in all good men a very high indignation at Popery; that party shewing, that they chose to make men, who would not turn Papists, become Atheists, rather than believe Christianity upon any other ground than infallibility.