ation ▁of ▁William ▁La ud ' s ▁answer ▁to ▁John ▁Per cy ▁( alias ▁Fish er ). ▁According ▁to ▁Jon ▁Park in , ▁ ▁St illing f le et ▁was ▁a ▁leader ▁within ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁of ▁the ▁" lat itud in ari ans ", ▁the ▁group ▁of ▁Ang lic ans ▁thus ▁defined ▁pe jor atively . ▁Lat itud inar ism ▁as ▁doctrine ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁grown ▁from ▁the ▁teaching ▁of ▁the ▁Cambridge ▁Pl aton ists , ▁but ▁in ▁practical ▁terms ▁conditions ▁at ▁the ▁Rest oration ▁did ▁not ▁favour ▁it . ▁Qu ite ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁its ▁Cambridge ▁ad her ents ▁left ▁an ▁un prom ising ▁career ▁in ▁religion ▁for ▁the ▁law , ▁or ▁had ▁to ▁rely ▁for ▁patron age ▁on ▁those ▁who ▁had ▁done ▁so . ▁ ▁St illing f le et ▁was ▁most ▁closely ▁associated , ▁in ▁his ▁att itudes , ▁with ▁such ▁as ▁Isaac ▁Bar row , ▁Robert ▁South ▁and ▁John ▁Till ot son . ▁They ▁agreed , ▁for ▁example , ▁on ▁a ▁literal ▁interpretation ▁to ▁Bib lic al ▁ex eg esis , ▁disc arding ▁alleg or ical ▁read ings . ▁With ▁Till ot son ▁he ▁fav oured ▁the ▁so - called ▁Er ast ian ▁view , ▁that ▁the ▁r uler ▁had ▁great ▁powers ▁over ▁the ▁Church , ▁from ▁the ▁days ▁of ▁ 1 6 6 0 ; ▁after ▁the ▁G lor ious ▁Revolution ▁they ▁became ▁Low ▁Church ▁moder ates . ▁With ▁Gilbert ▁Burn et , ▁Benjamin ▁Ho ad ly , ▁Simon ▁Patrick , ▁William ▁Pow ell ▁and