7'errie-Flius. N �hich afire to it from the prefent eltablifl?ment of -our ur?i?aerfities. I fhall begin with the method oftak?ng which may ferve as ? ffiplSkment to what I have offer'd, in my lal? upon that rubieS. .. Iu that cl[fcourfe .I conrider'el only the ?rform'd for degrees; and endeavour'd to .prove, that ?ome f?ri&er tcl[ of merit ought to be required every candidate: but this is not the only thing to com?hin'd of 5 for as thee pcrfunc%rv exercifes of. ten confer degrees on the mot? worthldf?, who x?. ill conform to the prevailing opinions of the phce on the other hand, the fame exercifes, more ri perform'd, join'd with the ttronge? abihties, mo? unfutlied p?obity, will not intitle tbme other men to them, who think themfelves obliged to clif- lent from their brethren in points of fI?eculation or ?rac?ice. This is certainly blame-worthy in all publick nut- S' ? %vhere learning and indutlrv ought to be erl�.? o a coura,,'d confider'd abltra?lv !rom the caorices and differences of mankind in matters m govern. rnenr and religion.-- But I am to prove what I havc afterted. There is in the university of �xrouo (and, for ought I know, in C.?,?u?ut too) adreadful regif?er, cai!'d the Bt,^c?c-Boo?c, (becaufe no peffon, name is cmol!'d ?n it, cgn Land for his degree,) which the l?ro?ors, for the time [?eing, keep in their cu?o- dy,'and can put any body into it at whom, whether jufily or not,they' fha!l take offence. ?rhis was .?t tiff[ def?gn'd to punifhrefrac%ry perf.?ns and immo- ral offende?s ? but at prefent it is ma4e ufe of t6 ?rty fplren, and is illI'd up with Whigs, Confiitatio. nets, and t?a?,gorians. !?, e a? the univerfky has this rod in her hand, So ?.n? ? ,_ _ it i5 no ?onaer that High-Church triam?hs over her rnot'?3.owerful adverfaries ? nor can we be at all fur. Fri.?'d
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