1 6 8 7 ) ▁originally ▁a ▁ser mon , ▁was ▁followed ▁up ▁by ▁The ▁Un reason ab len ess ▁of ▁Se par ation : ▁Or , ▁An ▁Imp art ial ▁Account ▁of ▁the ▁History , ▁Nature ▁and ▁Ple as ▁of ▁the ▁Pres ent ▁Se par ation ▁from ▁the ▁Comm union ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁ ▁( 1 6 8 0 ). ▁These ▁attacks ▁on ▁the ▁separ at ists ▁among ▁non - con form ists ▁prompt ed ▁a ▁large - scale ▁response ▁from ▁diss ent ers , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁disappoint ed ▁with ▁the ▁har sh er ▁line ▁from ▁an ▁Ang lic an ▁who ▁had ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁held ▁out ▁an ▁o live ▁branch . ▁His ▁oppon ents ▁included ▁Richard ▁B ax ter ▁and ▁John ▁O wen . ▁John ▁How e ▁took ▁the ▁line ▁that ▁" lat itude " ▁was ▁not ▁compatible ▁with ▁a ▁" mean ▁narrow " ▁approach . ▁St illing f le et ▁was ▁also ▁critic ised ▁from ▁the ▁conform ing ▁side , ▁for ▁coming ▁too ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁arguments ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Hob bes . ▁▁ ▁An ▁Answer ▁to ▁Some ▁Pap ers ▁( 1 6 8 5 ) ▁attempted ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁embar rass ing ▁publication ▁of ▁papers , ▁alleg edly ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁King , ▁Charles ▁II , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁one ▁true ▁church ▁was ▁that ▁of ▁Roman ▁Catholic ism . ▁In ▁the ▁en su ing ▁controvers y , ▁he ▁issued ▁A ▁V ind ic ation ▁of ▁the ▁Answer ▁to ▁some ▁Late ▁Pap ers ▁( 1 6