ANECDOTE OF THE GREAT LORD BURLEIGH AND THE DISSENTERS OF HIS DAY.

He was once very much pressed by a body of Divines, says Collins, in

his Life, to make some _alteration in the Liturgy_, upon which he

desired them to go into the next room by themselves, and bring in

their _unanimous opinion on the disputed points_. But they very soon

returned _without being able to agree_. "Why, gentlemen," said he,

"how can you expect that I should alter my point in dispute, when you,

who must be more competent to judge, from your situation, than I can

possibly be, cannot agree among yourselves in what manner you would

have me alter it."

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