2. Mr. Townsend's assertion, that the refusal of Catholics
to attend the Protestant service, was produced by
1. They were religious persecutions
2. If any Catholics asserted Elizabeth was not his lawful
Sovereign, or arrayed against her the religious
feelings of her people, or brought the Bull into the
kingdom, or impeached her title to the Crown, they
were really guilty of treason, but nothing of this can
be charged upon them