The Puritan Argument for Conservatism and Obey to Authority

Hooker suggests that what divides Cartwright and his allies from the Elizabethan consensus view is not in the end that big a deal. It would do the Presbyterians good to reflect on how certain they truly are about their dissident opinions, Hooker says. After all, we're not talking about mathematical proofs here, but deep and difficult matters of religion and politics.