Independency examined, vnmasked, refuted, by twelve new particular interrogatories: detecting both the manifold absurdities, inconveniences that must necessarily attend it, to the great disturbance of church, state, the diminution, subversion of the lawfull undoubted power of all christian magistrates, parliaments, synods: and shaking the chiefe pillars, wherwith its patrons would support it. / By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier.
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             Independency examined, vnmasked, refuted, by twelve new particular interrogatories: detecting both the manifold absurdities, inconveniences that must necessarily attend it, to the great disturbance of church, state, the diminution, subversion of the lawfull undoubted power of all christian magistrates, parliaments, synods: and shaking the chiefe pillars, wherwith its patrons would support it. / By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier.
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           Independency
           EXAMINED
           ,
           Vnmasked
           ,
           Refuted
           ,
           By
           twelve
           new
           particular
           Interrogatories
           :
           detecting
           both
           the
           manifold
           
             Absurdities
             ,
             Inconveniences
          
           that
           must
           necessarily
           attend
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           ▪
           disturbance
           of
           Church
           ,
           State
           ,
           the
           
             diminution
             ,
             subversion
          
           of
           the
           lawfull
           undoubted
           power
           of
           all
           
             Christian
             Magistrates
             ,
             Parliaments
             ,
             Synods
             :
          
           and
           shaking
           the
           chiefe
           Pillars
           ,
           wherewith
           its
           Patrons
           would
           support
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Prynne
          
           of
           Lincolnes
           
             Inne
             ,
          
           Esquier
           .
        
         
           Rom.
           12.
           16.
           
        
         
           Be
           of
           the
           same
           minde
           one
           towards
           another
           :
           Minde
           not
           high
           things
           ,
           but
           be
           contented
           with
           meane
           things
           :
           Be
           not
           wise
           in
           your
           owne
           conceits
           .
        
         
           1
           Pet.
           5.
           5.
           
        
         
           Likewise
           ye
           Younger
           ,
           submit
           your selves
           unto
           the
           Elder
           ;
           yea
           all
           of
           you
           be
           subject
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           be
           cloathed
           with
           humility
           :
           for
           God
           resisteth
           the
           proud
           ,
           and
           giveth
           grace
           to
           the
           humble
           .
        
         
           Ephes.
           4.
           14
           ,
           15.
           
        
         
           
             Henceforth
             be
             no
             more
             children
             ,
             tossed
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             and
             carried
             about
             with
             every
             winde
             of
             Doctrine
             ,
             by
             the
             slight
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             cunning
             craftinesse
             ,
             whereby
             they
             lye
             in
             wait
             to
             deceive
             :
          
           
             But
             speaking
             the
             truth
             in
             love
             ,
             grow
             up
             into
             him
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             head
             ,
             even
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             F.
             L.
          
           for
           
             Michael
             Sparke
          
           Senior
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sold
           at
           the
           Blew-Bible
           in
           
             Green-Arbour
             .
          
           1644.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Independency
           examined
           ,
           unmasked
           ,
           refuted
           ,
           by
           Twelve
           new
           particular
           Interrogatories
           .
        
         
           COurteous
           Reader
           ,
           it
           being
           expected
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           (
           upon
           second
           thoughts
           )
           render
           )
           a
           more
           particular
           account
           of
           my
           disapprobation
           of
           the
           
             Independent
             Platforme
             ,
          
           then
           I
           have
           lately
           done
           in
           my
           
             Twelve
             considerable
             serious
             Questions
             touching
             Church-government
             ,
          
           wherein
           I
           propounded
           my
           Reasons
           against
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           generall
           manner
           :
           I
           shall
           for
           thy
           further
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           our
           Churches
           peace
           (
           most
           necessary
           and
           desirable
           in
           these
           dangerous
           times
           )
           propose
           by
           way
           of
           Interrogation
           ,
           my
           more
           
             particular
             Exceptions
             ,
          
           against
           this
           
             New
             form
             of
             government
             ,
          
           with
           all
           ingenuity
           and
           freedome
           ,
           without
           reflection
           upon
           any
           particular
           persons
           ,
           or
           just
           disgust
           (
           unlesse
           
             *
          
           truth
           displease
           )
           to
           those
           who
           are
           contrary-minded
           :
           My
           only
           aim
           being
           to
           convince
           ,
           reconcile
           ,
           not
           irritate
           or
           disaffect
           them
           .
           The
           reason
           why
           I
           thus
           write
           by
           way
           of
           Question
           ,
           not
           Descision
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           finde
           )
           the
           
             Independents
          
           have
           not
           yet
           dogmatically
           ,
           in
           direct
           termes
           ▪
           discovered
           to
           the
           world
           the
           ful
           truth
           of
           what
           they
           assert
           ,
           but
           politikely
           conceale
           the
           principall
           grounds
           ,
           and
           more
           deformed
           parts
           of
           their
           Church-platforme
           ,
           till
           a
           further
           opportunity
           ,
           for
           feare
           their
           very
           discovery
           at
           the
           first
           should
           cause
           their
           new
           building
           to
           miscarry
           .
           Whereupon
           I
           have
           rather
           chosen
           to
           pump
           out
           their
           determinations
           by
           the
           ensuing
           Questions
           to
           avoid
           mistakes
           then
           to
           refute
           them
           upon
           ba●e
           conjectures
           ;
           following
           the
           Apostles
           seasonable
           advise
           ,
           1
           Thes.
           5.
           21.
           
           Prove
           all
           things
           ,
           hold
           fast
           that
           which
           is
           good
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           the
           Independent
           former
           of
           Church-government
           ,
           now
           so
           much
           contended
           for
           as
           the
           
             a
          
           
             only
             Church-government
             of
             divine
             institution
             ,
          
           which
           all
           (
           say
           they
           )
           are
           bound
           to
           submit
           unto
           ,
           be
           anywhere
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Old
           or
           New
           Testament
           ?
           What
           Texts
           or
           Presidents
           (
           if
           so
           essentiall
           and
           necessary
           as
           it
           pretended
           )
           doe
           either
           directly
           prescribe
           or
           delineate
           it
           unto
           us
           ?
           Vnder
           what
           dark
           cloud
           or
           vaile
           hath
           it
           layn
           totally
           obscured
           ,
           for
           hundreds
           yea
           thousands
           of
           years
           that
           it
           never
           appeared
           in
           any
           Church
           Nation
           ,
           Republike
           in
           the
           world
           from
           
             Adams
          
           dayes
           till
           ours
           ?
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           yet
           so
           clearly
           revealed
           to
           those
           who
           pretend
           best
           knowledge
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           positively
           resolved
           on
           amongst
           them
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           or
           what
           the
           benefits
           or
           mischiefes
           of
           it
           may
           prove
           to
           be
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           I
           shall
           conclude
           of
           this
           New-government
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           doth
           in
           his
           parabolicall
           speech
           concerning
           New-wine
           ,
           
             b
          
           
             No
             man
             having
             drunke
             old
             Wine
             streightway
             desireth
             new
             for
             he
             saith
             ,
             THE
             OLD
             IS
             BETTER
             :
          
           Old
           
             Presbytery
             ,
          
           old
           unlordly
           
             Episcopacy
             ,
          
           are
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           far
           better
           for
           us
           then
           
             New
             Independency
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Whether
           some
           Independents
           do
           not
           extraordinarily
           eclipse
           ,
           impeach
           ,
           if
           not
           absolutely
           deny
           and
           subvert
           the
           lawfull
           power
           of
           Civill
           Magistrates
           ,
           all
           former
           Parliaments
           ▪
           and
           the
           present
           too
           ,
           in
           all
           matters
           of
           Church-goverment
           and
           Potlesiasticall
           affaires
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           solemne
           Covenant
           and
           Protestations
           ,
           
           
             ●o
             defend
             the
             ancient
             Priviledges
             &
             authority
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           even
           quite
           blow
           ●p
           all
           their
           ecclesiastick
           authority
           (
           by
           a
           new
           kinde
           of
           
             Gun-powder
             )
          
           at
           one
           breath
           :
           yea
           lay
           most
           foul
           ,
           scandalous
           ,
           uncharitable
           censures
           upon
           the
           honourable
           Members
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           deserve
           far
           better
           language
           from
           them
           ▪
           Witness
           this
           most
           observable
           dangerous
           passage
           ,
           lately
           dropped
           from
           their
           pens
           ,
           in
           
             A
             Reply
             of
             two
             of
             the
             brethren
             to
             A.
             S.
          
           (
           newly
           printed
           )
           
             pag.
          
           81
           ,
           82.
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             if
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             State
             be
             the
             first
             and
             most
             considerable
             band
             or
             tye
             upon
             men
             ,
             to
             submit
             unto
             the
             power
             of
             your
             
               combined
               Eldership
               ,
            
             (
             as
             you
             seeme
             here
             to
             imply
             ,
             in
             saying
             ,
             
               that
               all
               men
               and
               all
               Churches
               thereof
               are
               bound
               by
               Law
               ,
               &c.
               )
            
             then
             you
             must
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             the
             root
             and
             base
             of
             your
             Government
             is
             
               *
            
             
               Potestas
               secularis
               ,
            
             secular
             authority
             :
             and
             then
             how
             is
             it
             Ecclesiastick
             or
             Spirituall
             ?
             A
             man
             may
             as
             well
             bring
             
               a
               cleane
               thing
               out
               of
               an
               uncleane
            
             (
             in
             
               Jobs
            
             expression
             )
             as
             make
             a
             spirituall
             extraction
             out
             of
             a
             secular
             root
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             will
             rest
             upon
             you
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             the
             Civill
             State
             hath
             a
             power
             to
             forme
             and
             fashion
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             .
             Yea
             ,
             thirdly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             demonstratively
             proved
             against
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             resolve
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             (
             in
             the
             last
             resolution
             of
             it
             )
             into
             the
             humours
             ,
             wills
             ,
             and
             pleasures
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           yea
           of
           the
           vilest
           and
           most
           unworthy
           of
           men
           .
           Brethren
           ,
           
             bona
             verba
             quaeso
             :
          
           Is
           this
           your
           printed
           ,
           publike
           ,
           avowed
           language
           of
           Parliaments
           and
           the
           Members
           of
           it
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           very
           face
           of
           the
           most
           religious
           ,
           best-deserving
           Parliament
           that
           ever
           sate
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           most
           indulgent
           to
           you
           hitherto
           ?
           Is
           this
           your
           so
           much
           boasted
           
             c
          
           
             preaching
             ,
             writing
             ,
             fighting
             for
             the
             priviledges
             and
             rights
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           which
           ever
           since
           the
           first
           planting
           of
           Religion
           among
           us
           to
           this
           present
           ,
           haue
           framed
           and
           fashioned
           the
           government
           of
           our
           Churches
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           as
           I
           can
           demonstratively
           manifest
           by
           good
           Antiquities
           ?
           Certainly
           this
           language
           of
           yours
           (
           with
           sundry
           other
           
             like
             passages
          
           in
           this
           your
           much-applauded
           
             d
          
           
             Reply
             )
          
           cause
           intelligent
           men
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           the
           designe
           of
           some
           of
           your
           party
           is
           ,
           to
           hugge
           embrace
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           shew
           ,
           just
           as
           the
           Yvie
           doth
           the
           Tree
           ,
           thereby
           to
           advance
           your selves
           (
           the
           onely
           absolute
           Ecclesiasticall
           Dictators
           ,
           law-givers
           )
           and
           your
           independent
           Churches
           by
           degrees
           above
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           over-top
           ,
           suppresse
           its
           power
           in
           the
           end
           ;
           or
           else
           to
           ruine
           it
           &
           us
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           raise
           schismes
           among
           us
           ,
           both
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           City
           ,
           Country
           ,
           and
           our
           Armies
           ,
           because
           they
           now
           discerne
           the
           major
           part
           of
           both
           Houses
           and
           the
           Synod
           inclined
           against
           your
           
             Independent
             novelties
             .
          
           If
           this
           be
           the
           accursed
           project
           of
           any
           of
           you
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           dare
           not
           harbour
           so
           ill
           a
           thought
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           )
           the
           Lord
           will
           both
           discover
           and
           avenge
           it
           to
           their
           infamy
           ,
           in
           due
           season
           :
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           to
           answere
           the
           substance
           of
           this
           most
           derogatory
           scandalous
           passage
           against
           Parliaments
           ;
           I
           sadly
           referre
           it
           to
           all
           rationall
           mens
           judgments
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           Whether
           a
           Parliament
           of
           the
           most
           eminent
           ,
           religious
           ,
           learned
           ,
           grave
           ,
           zealous
           wisest
           Peeres
           and
           Commons
           of
           this
           Realme
           (
           the
           representative
           body
           and
           grand
           Councell
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           )
           assisted
           with
           the
           advice
           judgment
           of
           an
           Assembly
           of
           the
           most
           orthodoxe
           pious
           consciencious
           ▪
           learned
           Ministers
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           specially
           selected
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           &
           of
           the
           chiefest
           of
           your
           Independent
           party
           ▪
           be
           not
           more
           fit
           to
           
             form
             ,
             &
             fashion
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           better
           able
           to
           resolve
           ,
           
           
           
           determine
           upon
           long
           and
           serious
           debate
           ,
           what
           Church-government
           is
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           fittest
           for
           every
           particular
           Parish-church
           throughout
           this
           Island
           ,
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           the
           peoples
           salvation
           ,
           the
           generall
           peace
           and
           tranquillity
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           then
           any
           one
           or
           two
           Independent
           Ministers
           ,
           with
           five
           or
           sixe
           of
           their
           illiterate
           ,
           impolitick
           ,
           and
           perchance
           inconsiderate
           Members
           (
           to
           use
           no
           harsher
           epithite
           )
           assembled
           in
           a
           private
           Conventicle
           ,
           can
           doe
           in
           two
           or
           three
           houres
           space
           ?
           And
           whether
           it
           bee
           meeter
           that
           these
           should
           prescribe
           a
           church-government
           ,
           discipline
           to
           themselvs
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           Synod
           ,
           and
           whole
           Kingdome
           to
           boot
           ;
           or
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Assembly
           to
           them
           ,
           
             who
             deeme
             themselves
          
           
             e
          
           
             wiser
             ,
             holier
             in
             their
             owne
             vaine
             conceits
             ,
          
           then
           a
           thousand
           Parliaments
           ,
           Synods
           put
           together
           ?
           I
           doubt
           not
           they
           wil
           all
           confesse
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           Congregationall
           debates
           about
           any
           point
           of
           order
           ,
           discipline
           government
           or
           doctrine
           ,
           in
           any
           of
           their
           Independent
           Churches
           ,
           the
           
             f
          
           
             major
             voice
          
           or
           party
           
             ought
             to
             over-rule
             and
             binde
             the
             lesse
             ;
          
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           let
           them
           yeeld
           me
           a
           solid
           reason
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           able
           ,
           why
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           constitutions
           ,
           Resolutions
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           Edicts
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           an
           whole
           Nationall
           Parliament
           ,
           Synod
           ,
           Kingdome
           ,
           should
           not
           much
           more
           binde
           both
           them
           and
           all
           their
           Independent
           Churches
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           ever
           hitherto
           done
           ?
           And
           why
           a
           combined
           Presbytery
           ,
           of
           many
           ,
           learned
           Ministers
           ,
           Lawyers
           ,
           Gentlemen
           of
           best
           judgment
           ,
           quality
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           fitter
           to
           decide
           all
           Church-controversies
           and
           affaires
           of
           moment
           within
           their
           prefixed
           limits
           ,
           by
           generall
           Laws
           and
           Canons
           setled
           in
           Parliament
           by
           common
           consent
           ,
           then
           any
           Independent
           or
           popular
           Tribunall
           of
           lesser
           judgement
           and
           experience
           ,
           by
           their
           owne
           arbitrary
           privat
           edicts
           ?
           Else
           they
           must
           deny
           what
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           informs
           us
           ,
           
             g
          
           
             That
             two
             are
             better
             then
             one
             ;
          
           
             h
          
           that
           
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             Counsellours
             there
             is
             safety
             :
          
           or
           that
           the
           pious
           
             i
          
           Kings
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ,
           or
           a
           Nationall
           Councell
           ,
           or
           Parliament
           
             of
             their
             Princes
             ,
             Nobles
             ,
             Elders
             ,
             Captaines
             ,
             and
             people
             of
             best
             quality
             ,
          
           had
           any
           lawfull
           power
           to
           reforme
           
             or
             settle
             all
             weighty
             Ecclesiasticall
             Church-affaires
             ;
          
           as
           they
           ever
           did
           by
           Gods
           owne
           command
           and
           approbation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           the
           Independents
           professed
           Tenet
           ,
           if
           truely
           and
           positively
           laid
           downe
           ,
           that
           
             *
          
           every
           Minister
           hath
           a
           divine
           right
           and
           liberty
           ,
           to
           gather
           to
           himselfe
           an
           Independent
           Church
           ,
           not
           of
           Pagans
           ,
           Infidels
           converted
           by
           himselfe
           alone
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           the
           eminentest
           Christians
           formerly
           converted
           ,
           and
           regenerated
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           others
           (
           especially
           if
           rich
           or
           potent
           persons
           ,
           able
           to
           give
           them
           large
           contributions
           and
           support
           )
           who
           shall
           voluntarily
           submit
           themselves
           to
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Church-government
           as
           he
           shall
           dictate
           to
           them
           :
           though
           by
           our
           established
           lawes
           and
           customes
           ,
           (
           which
           our
           solemne
           Vow
           and
           Covenant
           obligeth
           us
           to
           maintaine
           )
           they
           be
           Parishioners
           to
           twenty
           other
           godly
           Ministers
           ,
           by
           whose
           Ministry
           they
           were
           first
           regenerated
           and
           built
           up
           in
           grace
           ?
           That
           every
           Christian
           hath
           a
           free
           liberty
           ,
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           unite
           himselfe
           to
           what
           Independent
           Congregation
           hee
           pleaseth
           ;
           the
           husband
           to
           one
           Congregation
           ,
           the
           wife
           to
           another
           ,
           the
           children
           to
           a
           third
           ,
           the
           servants
           to
           a
           fourth
           ;
           nay
           ,
           every
           distinct
           person
           in
           a
           family
           to
           a
           severall
           Church
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           not
           onely
           without
           ,
           but
           against
           the
           consents
           of
           their
           
           owne
           Magistrates
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           Husbands
           ,
           Parents
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           who
           have
           no
           jurisdiction
           (
           as
           some
           say
           )
           over
           their
           consciences
           herein
           ;
           so
           as
           one
           great
           family
           shall
           be
           divided
           into
           members
           of
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           severall
           Independent
           Churches
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           those
           perchance
           different
           one
           from
           another
           in
           their
           government
           ,
           opinions
           ,
           discipline
           ,
           ceremonies
           ?
           That
           those
           whose
           consciences
           or
           judgments
           will
           not
           permit
           them
           to
           joine
           with
           their
           Independent
           Churches
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           
             *
          
           
             professe
             to
             be
             canonicall
          
           (
           though
           guided
           by
           no
           canons
           )
           
             and
             of
             divine
             assertion
             ,
             denying
             all
             other
             Church-government
             to
             be
             so
             )
          
           must
           be
           wholly
           excluded
           (
           as
           Heathens
           and
           Reprobates
           )
           from
           being
           members
           of
           any
           Church
           ;
           or
           rather
           (
           by
           the
           self-same
           Christian
           liberty
           as
           Independents
           plead
           for
           )
           they
           may
           unite
           themselves
           into
           Presbyteriall
           or
           Hierarchicall
           Churches
           ,
           or
           what
           other
           forme
           they
           please
           to
           elect
           :
           and
           so
           we
           shall
           have
           an
           Independent
           Church-government
           in
           one
           part
           of
           a
           Family
           ,
           Parish
           ,
           Town
           ,
           County
           ,
           Kingdom
           ;
           a
           Presbyteriall
           in
           another
           ;
           an
           Episcopall
           in
           a
           third
           :
           and
           by
           this
           means
           if
           the
           husband
           bee
           a
           great
           stickler
           for
           Episcopacy
           ,
           and
           member
           of
           a
           Prelaticall
           Church
           ;
           the
           wise
           a
           fierce
           zealot
           for
           Independency
           ,
           and
           a
           member
           of
           such
           a
           congregation
           ;
           the
           children
           or
           servants
           stout
           champions
           for
           Presbytery
           ,
           and
           members
           of
           such
           assemblies
           ,
           what
           confusion
           distraction
           ,
           implacable
           contestations
           ,
           
             *
          
           schismes
           ,
           
           tumults
           this
           
             Licentiousnesse
          
           (
           for
           I
           cannot
           stile
           it
           
             Freedome
             of
             conscience
             )
          
           would
           soone
           inevitably
           engender
           in
           all
           Families
           ,
           Villages
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Counties
           ,
           Kingdomes
           ,
           to
           their
           utter
           ruine
           and
           desolation
           ,
           the
           meanest
           capacity
           may
           with
           ease
           divine
           ;
           without
           the
           help
           of
           an
           Oracle
           .
           However
           ,
           it
           would
           unavoidably
           subvert
           all
           ancient
           bounds
           of
           Parishes
           ,
           all
           setled
           maintenance
           for
           the
           Ministry
           by
           tithes
           or
           otherwise
           and
           put
           all
           Ministers
           into
           the
           condition
           of
           
             Friars
             mendicants
             ,
          
           to
           live
           (
           as
           Independents
           do
           )
           upon
           the
           Almes
           or
           voluntary
           contributions
           of
           their
           severall
           congregations
           ,
           to
           whose
           humours
           ,
           errours
           ,
           opinions
           ,
           they
           must
           either
           readily
           conforme
           ,
           or
           else
           starve
           for
           want
           of
           subsistence
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           their
           displeasure
           ,
           being
           subject
           to
           casheering
           upon
           every
           small
           dislike
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Whether
           Independents
           must
           not
           necessarily
           grant
           from
           their
           owne
           principles
           ,
           that
           as
           every
           Minister
           hath
           free
           liberty
           to
           congregate
           what
           Church
           hee
           pleaseth
           ,
           of
           men
           suitable
           to
           his
           own
           opinions
           ,
           practise
           ;
           so
           also
           particular
           persons
           have
           a
           like
           liberty
           to
           unite
           themselves
           together
           into
           a
           Church
           ,
           to
           elect
           what
           Minister
           they
           thinke
           best
           ,
           and
           prescribe
           to
           themselves
           what
           government
           they
           shall
           conceive
           to
           be
           most
           sutable
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ?
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           every
           man
           will
           
             *
          
           
             heap
             to
             himselfe
             Teachers
             ,
          
           and
           erect
           Churches
           after
           his
           own
           lusts
           :
           meer
           Papists
           ▪
           and
           Popishly
           affected
           persons
           ,
           will
           set
           up
           Popish
           Churches
           and
           Priests
           ;
           Arminians
           ,
           Arminian
           Churches
           and
           Preachers
           ;
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Anabaptisticall
           Ministers
           and
           Assemblies
           ;
           Arrians
           ,
           Anti-Trinitarians
           ,
           such
           conventicles
           and
           Pastors
           ;
           Libertines
           ,
           a
           licentious
           Church
           and
           Ministry
           ;
           yea
           ,
           every
           Heretick
           ,
           Sectary
           ,
           or
           guidy-pated
           Enthusiast
           ,
           upon
           pretext
           of
           new
           Revelations
           and
           discoveries
           of
           concealed
           Evangelicall
           truths
           ,
           (
           though
           when
           exactly
           scanned
           they
           may
           oft
           times
           prove
           old
           errors
           or
           meer
           diabolicall
           delusions
           )
           will
           erect
           new
           Independent
           Churches
           of
           their
           own
           (
           and
           that
           for
           succession
           and
           perpetuity
           to
           the
           perverting
           of
           infinit
           soules
           )
           ,
           uncontroulable
           ,
           unsuppressible
           by
           any
           Ecclesiasticall
           or
           Civill
           authority
           :
           And
           thus
           in
           few
           moneths
           ,
           or
           yeares
           space
           at
           least
           ,
           through
           Satans
           instigations
           ,
           our
           owne
           depraved
           judgments
           ,
           (
           a
           verse
           to
           unity
           ,
           piety
           ,
           purity
           ,
           but
           
             †
          
           
             prone
             to
             Errour
             ,
             Heresie
             ,
             Schismes
             ,
             lyes
             yea
             lying
             phantasies
             )
          
           and
           
           through
           defect
           of
           a
           severe
           coercive
           power
           ,
           in
           Ecclesiasticall
           Synods-Parliaments
           ,
           temporall
           Magistrates
           ,
           (
           who
           as
           
             *
          
           some
           new
           Independent
           Lights
           informe
           us
           ,
           have
           no
           coercive
           power
           to
           suppresse
           these
           springing
           heresies
           ,
           but
           onely
           by
           a
           non-communion
           with
           or
           refuting
           them
           by
           the
           word
           to
           which
           they
           will
           obstinatly
           
             *
          
           refuse
           to
           hearken
           ,
           as
           deeming
           their
           own
           opinions
           most
           divine
           :
           )
           we
           shall
           have
           almost
           as
           many
           severall
           heresies
           ,
           sects
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           families
           ,
           persons
           ;
           
             (
             Quot
             homines
             tot
             sententiae
             ,
             tot
             Ecclesiae
             :
             )
          
           Yea
           ,
           if
           they
           thus
           admit
           every
           Minister
           ,
           or
           secular
           person
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           divine
           right
           ,
           freedom
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           such
           an
           independent
           Church
           and
           government
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           ;
           then
           by
           the
           self-same
           reason
           ,
           they
           must
           have
           a
           like
           liberty
           to
           elect
           erect
           ,
           what
           civill
           forme
           of
           government
           they
           please
           ;
           to
           set
           up
           a
           new
           Independent
           Republike
           ,
           Corporation
           Kingdome
           ,
           Magistracy
           ,
           in
           every
           family
           ,
           parish
           ,
           city
           ,
           county
           ,
           and
           to
           cast
           off
           all
           former
           civill
           Governours
           ,
           Governments
           ,
           Lawes
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Ecclesiasticall
           ;
           there
           being
           the
           selfe-same
           grounds
           both
           of
           obligation
           ,
           obedience
           to
           ,
           and
           exemption
           from
           the
           one
           as
           other
           .
           And
           if
           men
           by
           their
           Christian
           liberty
           shall
           thus
           be
           wholly
           exempted
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           as
           well
           from
           all
           temporall
           as
           ecclesiasticall
           Lawes
           and
           formes
           of
           government
           ,
           (
           as
           grant
           me
           but
           the
           one
           ,
           they
           must
           of
           necessity
           yeeld
           the
           other
           ;
           the
           same
           Texts
           ,
           Reasons
           obliging
           us
           equally
           in
           both
           ,
           and
           
             *
          
           Kings
           ,
           Parliaments
           having
           the
           self-same
           jurisdiction
           in
           and
           over
           all
           
             †
          
           ecclesiasticall
           matters
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           positively
           of
           divine
           institution
           and
           injunction
           ,
           as
           in
           and
           over
           temporall
           )
           what
           an
           
             Anarchy
          
           and
           
             Ataxy
          
           this
           will
           suddenly
           introduce
           ,
           to
           turn
           all
           Kingdomes
           ,
           Republikes
           ,
           Nations
           ,
           Corporations
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           Families
           ,
           and
           
             the
             World
             it self
             ,
             quite
             upside
             down
             ,
          
           and
           ruine
           them
           by
           schisms
           ;
           I
           tremble
           to
           imagine
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Whether
           the
           Minister
           alone
           ,
           or
           the
           Congregation
           without
           the
           Minister
           ,
           or
           both
           conjoined
           ,
           have
           power
           in
           their
           Independent
           Churches
           to
           make
           and
           prescribe
           particular
           formes
           of
           Church-covenants
           ,
           orders
           ,
           conditions
           ,
           to
           all
           who
           are
           or
           shall
           be
           admitted
           members
           of
           their
           new
           erected
           congregations
           ?
           If
           the
           Minister
           alone
           ,
           without
           the
           people
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           suppose
           they
           grant
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           the
           principall
           actor
           in
           gathering
           their
           new
           Churches
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           the
           sole
           person
           who
           must
           first
           admit
           them
           to
           be
           members
           of
           his
           Flock
           ,
           upon
           his
           own
           conditions
           :
           )
           I
           would
           then
           demand
           ;
           whether
           every
           Independent
           Minister
           arrogates
           not
           as
           much
           or
           more
           power
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           in
           making
           ,
           prescribing
           lawes
           and
           covenants
           to
           his
           congregation
           by
           his
           own
           inherent
           authority
           ,
           without
           consent
           of
           King
           ,
           Parliament
           ,
           Synod
           ,
           or
           People
           ,
           as
           the
           Pope
           himselfe
           usurpeth
           ,
           and
           farre
           more
           power
           ,
           authority
           ,
           then
           Independents
           either
           do
           or
           dare
           ascribe
           to
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           Magistrates
           ,
           Councels
           ,
           or
           the
           Parliament
           ?
           to
           all
           and
           every
           of
           which
           they
           absolutely
           
             *
          
           deny
           any
           power
           of
           making
           or
           prescribing
           ecclesiasticall
           lawes
           ,
           covenants
           ,
           canons
           ,
           to
           binde
           them
           ,
           or
           their
           independent
           Churches
           or
           any
           members
           of
           them
           ;
           yea
           any
           sufficient
           coercive
           power
           to
           restrain
           or
           punish
           Hereticks
           ,
           Schismaticks
           ,
           or
           Broachers
           of
           heterodox
           novell
           opinions
           ,
           to
           disturb
           the
           Churches
           or
           Republikes
           tranquillity
           .
           If
           the
           people
           alone
           without
           the
           Minister
           ,
           or
           both
           conjoyned
           ,
           then
           you
           invest
           every
           
             Independent
             Conventicle
             ,
          
           consisting
           of
           never
           so
           few
           inconsiderable
           ignorant
           members
           ,
           with
           a
           greater
           legislative
           power
           ,
           and
           ecclesiasticall
           authority
           ,
           then
           you
           allow
           to
           whole
           Nationall
           Parliaments
           ,
           Councels
           ,
           consisting
           of
           most
           eminent
           ,
           learned
           ,
           pious
           persons
           of
           all
           sorts
           ;
           
           who
           by
           your
           New
           doctrine
           have
           no
           jurisdiction
           at
           all
           to
           make
           or
           enjoyne
           any
           forme
           of
           church-government
           ,
           covenant
           ,
           ecclesiasticall
           lawes
           or
           canons
           ,
           to
           any
           particular
           churches
           :
           as
           if
           the
           eminentest
           Ministers
           and
           members
           of
           churches
           ,
           by
           becomming
           members
           of
           Parliaments
           or
           Councels
           ,
           did
           thereby
           forfeit
           and
           lose
           the
           right
           or
           exercise
           of
           that
           power
           ,
           in
           those
           great
           representative
           bodies
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           and
           church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           you
           readily
           allow
           both
           them
           and
           others
           in
           every
           private
           church
           or
           Conventicle
           :
           A
           most
           strange
           and
           senselesse
           whimsie
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           lawfull
           or
           justifiable
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           any
           Independent
           Minister
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           contrary
           to
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Realme
           and
           Inhibitions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           of
           his
           owne
           bare
           authority
           to
           congregate
           and
           erect
           an
           independent
           congregation
           ;
           or
           to
           prescribe
           a
           particular
           forme
           of
           church-government
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           church-covenant
           (
           in
           nature
           of
           a
           solemne
           Oath
           )
           to
           which
           euery
           particular
           member
           of
           his
           new
           congregation
           must
           subscribe
           before
           admission
           into
           his
           Church
           ?
           Whether
           there
           bee
           any
           the
           least
           precept
           ,
           president
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           Antiquity
           to
           warrant
           such
           an
           irregular
           usurped
           authority
           and
           power
           among
           Christians
           ;
           which
           the
           verie
           Apostles
           themselves
           never
           claimed
           ?
           Whether
           all
           the
           particular
           churches
           in
           any
           Nation
           ,
           Kingdome
           ,
           city
           ,
           Republike
           professing
           the
           same
           orthodox
           Faith
           ,
           though
           divided
           (
           for
           more
           conveniency
           )
           into
           severall
           congregations
           ,
           be
           not
           all
           members
           of
           ,
           and
           constitute
           but
           
             *
          
           one
           intire
           Nationall
           church
           ,
           or
           common
           christian
           Society
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           at
           first
           ,
           before
           thus
           multiplied
           ,
           augmented
           ?
           (
           even
           as
           all
           the
           particular
           houses
           ,
           parishes
           ,
           societies
           in
           
             London
          
           are
           members
           of
           and
           make
           but
           one
           city
           and
           corporation
           ;
           all
           the
           families
           ,
           parishes
           ,
           townes
           ,
           counties
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           but
           one
           Kingdome
           or
           Republike
           ;
           and
           as
           all
           particular
           and
           Nationall
           churches
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           make
           up
           but
           one
           entire
           catholike
           militant
           church
           :
           )
           whence
           both
           in
           Scripture
           phrase
           ,
           and
           common
           speech
           in
           all
           Authors
           .
           Languages
           whatsoever
           ,
           they
           are
           commonly
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             One
             Church
             ,
          
           in
           the
           singular
           number
           ;
           as
           ,
           
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             France
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             Ireland
             ;
             the
             Eastern
             ,
             Westerne
             ,
             Greeke
             ,
             Latine
             Church
             ;
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             Gentiles
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           let
           our
           Independents
           shew
           me
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           ,
           the
           least
           colour
           of
           Scripture
           or
           reason
           ,
           why
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Assembly
           (
           chosen
           to
           assist
           them
           by
           publike
           consent
           )
           representing
           our
           whole
           church
           ,
           State
           ,
           may
           not
           as
           lawfully
           set
           up
           and
           prescribe
           a
           new
           church-government
           ,
           discipline
           ,
           lawes
           and
           canons
           ,
           agreeable
           to
           and
           not
           discrepant
           from
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           to
           binde
           all
           particular
           churches
           and
           persons
           within
           our
           Realme
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           pull
           downe
           and
           demolish
           the
           old
           ,
           or
           make
           temporall
           lawes
           and
           ordinances
           to
           binde
           all
           persons
           ,
           societies
           ,
           members
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           (
           and
           Independents
           too
           as
           well
           as
           others
           )
           both
           to
           obedience
           and
           punishment
           ;
           or
           else
           for
           ever
           disclaim
           their
           new-minted
           government
           ,
           their
           declamations
           ,
           arguments
           against
           the
           power
           of
           nationall
           Synods
           Parliaments
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           matters
           and
           church-government
           ,
           as
           most
           ridiculous
           and
           absurd
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Whether
           the
           members
           of
           every
           Independent
           Church
           ,
           may
           at
           their
           owne
           free
           liberty
           ,
           when
           ever
           they
           please
           ,
           desert
           their
           owne
           particular
           Church
           ,
           and
           become
           members
           of
           other
           Independent
           or
           Presbyteriall
           Congregations
           ,
           without
           the
           licence
           or
           dispensation
           of
           their
           owne
           Church
           or
           Minister
           first
           obtained
           ?
           
           If
           yea
           ,
           then
           why
           oblige
           they
           them
           to
           the
           contrary
           by
           particular
           Church-covenants
           ;
           or
           refuse
           to
           admit
           any
           members
           of
           one
           Independent
           Church
           into
           another
           ,
           without
           such
           consent
           or
           licence
           first
           obtained
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           repute
           it
           a
           grand
           injury
           in
           that
           Church
           or
           Minister
           who
           admits
           them
           ?
           (
           especially
           if
           they
           be
           wealthy
           members
           ,
           for
           some
           say
           poore
           ones
           ,
           and
           persons
           of
           meaner
           condition
           ,
           are
           not
           much
           regarded
           by
           Independents
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           poore
           or
           contemptible
           offices
           .
           )
           If
           nay
           ,
           then
           by
           what
           law
           or
           conscience
           doe
           ,
           or
           can
           they
           congregate
           their
           Independent
           Churches
           out
           of
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           severall
           parishes
           and
           congregations
           ,
           not
           onely
           without
           any
           authority
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           or
           licence
           of
           the
           Ministers
           or
           whole
           Churches
           in
           those
           Parishes
           ;
           but
           even
           against
           their
           expresse
           wills
           and
           desires
           ;
           yet
           
             thinke
             they
             doe
             God
             good
             service
             ;
          
           these
           Ministers
           ,
           Parishes
           ,
           no
           injustice
           by
           it
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           directly
           contrary
           to
           their
           owne
           Principles
           ,
           and
           these
           common
           dictates
           of
           God
           and
           Nature
           ;
           
             Quod
             tibi
             non
             vis
             fieri
             alteri
             ne
             feceris
             :
          
           and
           ,
           
             *
          
           
             All
             things
             whatsoever
             ye
             would
             that
             men
             should
             doe
             unto
             you
             ,
             doe
             yee
             even
             so
             unto
             them
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ?
          
        
         
           8.
           
           Whether
           Independents
           peremptory
           refusall
           ,
           to
           admit
           any
           to
           be
           member
           ,
           of
           their
           Churches
           ,
           to
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           their
           children
           baptized
           among
           them
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           will
           first
           subscribe
           to
           such
           particular
           Church-covenants
           ;
           Orders
           as
           they
           shall
           prescribe
           ;
           and
           their
           rigid
           Excommunication
           ,
           rejection
           of
           such
           members
           who
           have
           taken
           their
           Covenants
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           subscribe
           not
           to
           all
           their
           further
           dictates
           and
           opinions
           ,
           without
           any
           re-admission
           ,
           till
           they
           shall
           promise
           an
           universall
           conformity
           in
           opinion
           and
           practice
           to
           whatever
           is
           required
           by
           their
           Independent
           Minister
           or
           congregations
           ;
           be
           not
           an
           usurpation
           of
           as
           great
           yea
           greater
           coercive
           power
           over
           the
           consciences
           ,
           persons
           of
           Christians
           ,
           as
           Presbyterians
           ,
           Parliaments
           claime
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Bishops
           themselves
           in
           the
           height
           of
           their
           pride
           and
           tyranny
           (
           as
           
             Bishops
             )
          
           ever
           challenged
           or
           usurped
           ?
           Notwithstanding
           Christian
           liberty
           of
           conscience
           ,
           in
           opinions
           ,
           practice
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           pretend
           to
           leave
           arbitrary
           to
           every
           mans
           free
           election
           )
           be
           the
           principall
           pillar
           to
           support
           ,
           the
           sweetest
           inescating
           bait
           to
           entice
           men
           to
           embrace
           their
           
             Independency
             ?
          
           If
           they
           say
           ,
           they
           imprison
           enforce
           no
           mans
           person
           or
           conscience
           ,
           but
           leave
           all
           persons
           ,
           consciences
           free
           :
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           excluding
           men
           from
           their
           church-assemblies
           ,
           sacraments
           ,
           christian
           communion
           ,
           yea
           their
           very
           innocent
           infants
           from
           baptisme
           itselfe
           in
           their
           independent
           Churches
           ,
           unles
           they
           will
           conforme
           to
           their
           arbitrary
           Church-covenants
           ,
           dictates
           ,
           prescriptions
           (
           warranted
           by
           no
           Scripture
           or
           divine
           examples
           )
           is
           a
           farre
           greater
           
             *
          
           greivance
           ,
           violence
           ,
           coertion
           to
           the
           persons
           ,
           conscience
           of
           Christians
           ,
           then
           all
           imprisonment
           ,
           Racks
           and
           corporall
           tortures
           in
           the
           world
           :
           yea
           an
           unjust
           exclusion
           of
           them
           from
           that
           undoubted
           right
           to
           the
           ordinances
           and
           Church
           of
           Christ
           wherewith
           God
           himselfe
           hath
           invested
           them
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Whether
           Independents
           refusall
           to
           admit
           such
           Christians
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           notoriously
           scandalous
           in
           their
           lives
           ,
           nor
           grossely
           ignorant
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           when
           they
           earnestly
           desire
           to
           receive
           it
           ,
           or
           professe
           a
           cordiall
           present
           remorse
           of
           all
           their
           former
           sinfull
           courses
           ,
           with
           an
           unfained
           resolution
           to
           live
           a
           pious
           holy
           life
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           onely
           upon
           this
           suspicion
           or
           apprehension
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           but
           carnall
           men
           ,
           not
           truly
           regenerated
           
           or
           sanctified
           by
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           (
           though
           they
           cannot
           certainly
           judge
           of
           their
           present
           spirituall
           conditions
           ,
           
             †
          
           infallibly
           known
           to
           God
           alone
           )
           be
           not
           a
           very
           uncharitable
           ,
           arrogant
           ,
           yea
           unchristian
           practice
           ,
           contrary
           to
           our
           Saviours
           owne
           immediate
           example
           ,
           who
           at
           the
           first
           institution
           of
           this
           Sacrament
           admitted
           
             *
          
           
             Judas
          
           to
           his
           last
           Supper
           as
           well
           as
           his
           fellow-disciples
           ,
           though
           he
           certainly
           knew
           him
           to
           be
           both
           a
           
             Traitor
          
           and
           
             Devill
             ;
          
           opposite
           to
           the
           injunction
           of
           
             †
          
           
             Paul
          
           himselfe
           ,
           who
           though
           he
           disswades
           unworthy
           Receivers
           from
           eating
           and
           drinking
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           without
           due
           preparation
           and
           examination
           ,
           for
           feare
           of
           eating
           and
           drinking
           damnation
           or
           judgment
           to
           ,
           and
           drawing
           downe
           temporall
           diseases
           on
           themselves
           ;
           yet
           he
           simply
           excludes
           none
           from
           receiving
           it
           ,
           at
           their
           owne
           perils
           ,
           who
           are
           willing
           ,
           or
           desirous
           to
           participate
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           gives
           any
           authority
           to
           Ministers
           absolutely
           to
           seclude
           them
           from
           it
           ,
           unlesse
           excommunicated
           and
           notoriously
           scandalous
           .
           And
           whether
           their
           present
           deniall
           to
           administer
           the
           Sacrament
           in
           their
           churches
           to
           those
           who
           are
           truely
           religious
           ,
           earnestly
           longing
           even
           frequently
           to
           receive
           it
           for
           their
           spirituall
           comfort
           ,
           according
           to
           Christs
           own
           institution
           ,
           only
           for
           fear
           lest
           some
           unregenerate
           persons
           should
           communicate
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           depriving
           their
           whole
           congregations
           of
           this
           most
           comfortable
           necessary
           ordinance
           for
           sundry
           months
           ,
           nay
           yeares
           ,
           (
           as
           some
           have
           done
           )
           upon
           this
           groundlesse
           ,
           unwarrantable
           reason●
           ,
           refuted
           by
           Christs
           owne
           example
           ,
           who
           administred
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           the
           other
           Disciples
           though
           there
           were
           a
           
             Judas
          
           amongst
           them
           ;
           by
           the
           practice
           ,
           doctrine
           of
           
             Paul
          
           himself
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           11.
           17.
           to
           34.
           and
           the
           usage
           of
           all
           Christian
           churches
           throughout
           the
           Vniverse
           ,
           be
           not
           an
           over-rigid
           ,
           uncharitable
           ,
           unjust
           (
           that
           I
           say
           not
           impious
           )
           action
           ,
           injurious
           to
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           to
           the
           soules
           and
           spirituall
           estates
           of
           those
           good
           Christians
           secluded
           from
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           a
           more
           transcendent
           strain
           of
           tyrannicall
           usurpation
           over
           the
           soules
           ,
           the
           consciences
           of
           Christians
           ,
           and
           ordinances
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           than
           ever
           our
           most
           domineering
           Lordly
           Prelates
           exercised
           ,
           or
           any
           Presbyterians
           have
           hitherto
           pretended
           to
           lay
           claim
           unto
           ?
           If
           this
           proceed
           not
           from
           a
           domineering
           spirit
           ,
           and
           be
           not
           an
           excessive
           
             *
          
           
             Lording
          
           of
           it
           over
           the
           Lords
           inheritance
           ,
           yea
           over
           Christ
           himself
           in
           this
           his
           ordinance
           ,
           I
           professe
           I
           am
           much
           mistaken
           :
           Yea
           ,
           I
           feare
           this
           spirituall
           pride
           and
           excessive
           uncharitablenesse
           of
           some
           ,
           who
           take
           upon
           them
           by
           their
           owne
           inherent
           power
           to
           erect
           new
           Congregations
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           new
           formes
           of
           church-government
           ,
           Discipline
           ,
           &c.
           in
           Christian
           States
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           already
           planted
           ,
           without
           ,
           yea
           against
           their
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           
             †
          
           Christian
           Magistrates
           authority
           ,
           when
           as
           the
           very
           Apostles
           did
           never
           by
           their
           owne
           ordinary
           jurisdiction
           ,
           as
           private
           Ministers
           ,
           but
           onely
           by
           their
           extraordinary
           calling
           ,
           as
           Apostles
           ;
           or
           in
           and
           by
           their
           Canonicall
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           dictated
           by
           Gods
           Spirit
           prescribe
           any
           matters
           of
           church-government
           ,
           Discipline
           ,
           Rites
           ,
           or
           order
           to
           the
           particular
           Churches
           first
           gathered
           and
           planted
           by
           themselves
           alone
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           
             Acts
          
           7
           ,
           1.
           to
           8.
           
             c.
          
           14.
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           Tit.
           1.
           5.
           1
           
             Cor.
             c.
             7.
             
             &
             11.
             
             &
             12.
             
             &
             14.
             c.
             16.
             1.
             2.
             Jam.
             2.
             2.
             3.
             c.
          
           5.
           13.
           14.
           15.
           16.
           except
           in
           and
           by
           a
           publike
           Synod
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           15.
           )
           and
           thus
           debarre
           others
           from
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           as
           
             unmeet
             Receivers
             ,
          
           upon
           such
           unwarrantable
           grounds
           ,
           do
           make
           themselves
           far
           more
           uncapable
           ,
           unmeet
           to
           receive
           it
           ,
           than
           those
           they
           thus
           exclude
           .
        
         
         
           10.
           
           Whether
           that
           noted
           Text
           of
           
             Matth.
             18.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
             If
             thy
             brother
             shall
             trespasse
             against
             thee
             ,
             goe
             tell
             him
             his
             fault
             between
             thee
             and
             him
             alone
             ;
             if
             he
             will
             heare
             thee
             ,
             then
             thou
             hast
             gained
             thy
             brother
             :
             But
             if
             he
             will
             not
             heare
             ,
             then
             take
             with
             thee
             one
             or
             two
             more
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             mouth
             of
             one
             or
             two
             witnesses
             every
             thing
             may
             be
             established
             .
             And
             if
             he
             shall
             neglect
             to
             heare
             them
             ,
             TELL
             IT
             TO
             THE
             CHVRCH
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             neglect
             TO
             HEARE
             THE
             CHVRCH
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             to
             thee
             as
             an
             heathen
             man
             and
             a
             Publican
             ;
          
           be
           meant
           of
           any
           Independent
           or
           ecclesiasticall
           Consistorie
           ,
           excommunication
           ,
           or
           church-censures
           properly
           so
           called
           ?
           or
           not
           rather
           of
           the
           Iewish
           
             Synedrium
             ,
          
           Councell
           ,
           or
           civill
           court
           of
           justice
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           civill
           excommunication
           ,
           like
           to
           an
           Outlawry
           at
           the
           common
           Law
           ,
           as
           
             *
          
           Mr
           
             Selden
          
           with
           others
           more
           t●uely
           interp●t●t
           ?
           Since
           our
           Saviour
           speaks
           there
           ,
           1.
           of
           a
           private
           trespasse
           done
           to
           a
           private
           person
           ,
           of
           which
           no
           church
           ,
           classes
           ,
           or
           ecclesiasticall
           consistorie
           ,
           hath
           proper
           conusance
           ;
           not
           of
           a
           publike
           scandal
           to
           the
           congregation
           ,
           or
           any
           scandalous
           crime
           or
           vice
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           the
           very
           first
           words
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Luk.
          
           17.
           3
           ,
           4.
           compared
           with
           
             ●●n
             ▪
             50.
             17.
             1
             
             King
          
           8.
           31.
           2.
           
           Of
           a
           demand
           of
           private
           satisfaction
           ,
           first
           personally
           ,
           next
           in
           presence
           of
           witnesse
           ,
           before
           any
           complaint
           to
           the
           church
           or
           councell
           .
           3.
           
           Of
           no
           censure
           or
           judgment
           passed
           ,
           but
           barely
           of
           an
           admonition
           given
           by
           the
           church
           to
           the
           partie
           offending
           ;
           which
           if
           neglected
           and
           not
           heard
           ,
           then
           4.
           
           Not
           the
           church
           ,
           councell
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           persons
           ,
           but
           onely
           the
           partie
           offended
           was
           to
           repute
           (
           but
           not
           excommunicate
           out
           of
           the
           church
           or
           congregation
           )
           him
           as
           
             an
             heathen
             ,
             and
             a
             publicane
             ,
          
           (
           which
           were
           both
           odious
           to
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           civill
           conversation
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           were
           no
           members
           of
           the
           Iewish
           church
           except
           Proselites
           )
           as
           the
           expresse
           words
           ,
           
             let
             him
             be
          
           TO
           THEE
           (
           not
           any
           others
           )
           
             as
             an
             heathen
             and
             a
             pulican
             ,
          
           (
           that
           ,
           is
           converse
           no
           more
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           avoid
           his
           company
           ,
           2
           
             Thes.
          
           3.
           14.
           
           )
           resolve
           ,
           Which
           Reasons
           ,
           compared
           with
           
             Matth.
             5.
             22
             ,
             25.
             c.
             10.
             17.
             c.
             12.
             14.
             c.
             22.
             15.
             c.
             27.
             1
             ,
             7.
             
             Acts
          
           18.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16.
           
             c.
             16.
             20
             ,
             21.
             c.
             17.
             6.
             c.
             23.
             1.
             14
             ,
             15.
             c.
             24.
             1.
             to
             7.
             c.
             25.
             
             &
          
           26.
           infallibly
           evidence
           ,
           the
           
             Church
          
           or
           Assembly
           in
           this
           Text
           to
           be
           meant
           onely
           of
           the
           Temporall
           court
           ,
           Councell
           ,
           or
           Sanhedrin
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           not
           of
           any
           Ecclesiasticall
           or
           Church-Iudicatory
           ,
           or
           excommunication
           ,
           as
           Papists
           anciently
           ,
           with
           some
           others
           now
           determine
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Whether
           the
           Apostles
           and
           members
           of
           the
           first
           evangelicall
           Synode
           ,
           we
           read
           of
           
             Acts
          
           15.
           sate
           and
           voted
           in
           it
           as
           Apostles
           onely
           ,
           indued
           with
           a
           spirit
           of
           infallibilitie
           (
           which
           was
           a
           peculiar
           priviledge
           to
           them
           alone
           ,
           )
           or
           else
           in
           their
           ordinary
           capacity
           ,
           as
           Elders
           and
           chief
           members
           of
           it
           ?
           If
           as
           Apostles
           only
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           extraordinary
           capacitie
           ,
           as
           
             *
          
           Independents
           assert
           :
           then
           1.
           
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Barnabas
          
           being
           Apostles
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ,
           might
           have
           decided
           that
           controversie
           at
           
             Antioch
             ,
          
           without
           sending
           to
           
             Jerusalem
          
           to
           determine
           it
           :
           2.
           
           The
           church
           at
           
             Antioch
          
           would
           have
           sent
           to
           none
           but
           the
           Apostles
           to
           resolve
           their
           doubts
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           Elders
           at
           
             Jerusalem
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           
             vers.
          
           2.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Barnabas
          
           would
           have
           put
           the
           question
           to
           the
           Apostles
           onely
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           Elders
           and
           church
           as
           well
           as
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           
             vers.
          
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           would
           not
           have
           called
           a
           Synod
           of
           all
           the
           Apostles
           Elders
           and
           Brethren
           at
           
             Jerusalem
          
           to
           consider
           of
           or
           consult
           about
           this
           thing
           
             vers.
          
           6.
           but
           have
           determined
           it
           presently
           by
           their
           infallible
           spirit
           without
           consultation
           ,
           or
           a
           Synods
           assistance
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           
             Peter
          
           and
           
             James
          
           would
           not
           have
           argued
           the
           case
           so
           largely
           ,
           
           and
           proved
           it
           by
           arguments
           and
           Scriptures
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           17
           
             to
          
           23.
           but
           have
           peremptorily
           resolved
           it
           without
           dispute
           ,
           had
           they
           sate
           and
           determined
           it
           by
           their
           extraordinarie
           infallible
           power
           .
           Sixtly
           ,
           the
           finall
           resolution
           ,
           letters
           ,
           and
           canons
           of
           this
           Synod
           had
           run
           onely
           in
           the
           Apostles
           names
           ,
           had
           they
           proceeded
           onely
           by
           their
           Apostolicall
           infallible
           authoritie
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           names
           of
           the
           
             Elders
          
           and
           
             Brethren
          
           too
           ,
           (
           coupled
           together
           with
           theirs
           both
           in
           the
           letters
           and
           canons
           ,
           
             vers.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             27
             ,
             28.
             c.
             16.
             4.
             c.
          
           21.
           18.
           25.
           
           )
           who
           were
           not
           all
           endued
           with
           the
           self-same
           infallibility
           and
           power
           as
           the
           Apostles
           were
           ,
           for
           ought
           can
           be
           proved
           ;
           Therfore
           their
           assembling
           in
           this
           councell
           ,
           not
           in
           their
           extraordinary
           capacity
           as
           Apostles
           only
           ,
           but
           as
           Elders
           ,
           Ministers
           ;
           and
           the
           Elders
           ,
           Brethrens
           sitting
           together
           in
           Councel
           with
           them
           ,
           upon
           this
           controversie
           and
           occasion
           ,
           is
           an
           undeniable
           Scripture-authority
           for
           the
           lawfulnesse
           ,
           use
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           Councels
           ,
           Synods
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           upon
           all
           like
           necessarie
           occasions
           ;
           and
           for
           their
           power
           to
           determine
           controversies
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           make
           Canons
           in
           things
           necessary
           for
           the
           churches
           peace
           and
           government
           ,
           (
           there
           being
           no
           one
           place
           in
           Scripture
           against
           it
           ,
           but
           many
           Texts
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           to
           backe
           it
           ,
           elsewhere
           quoted
           )
           mauger
           all
           evasions
           ,
           exceptions
           to
           elude
           it
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           Whether
           the
           temporall
           Magistrate
           ,
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           civill
           State
           ,
           have
           not
           a
           lawfull
           coercive
           power
           ,
           though
           
             *
          
           
             not
             to
             restraine
             the
             preaching
             of
             the
             Gospel
             and
             truth
             of
             God
             ,
          
           yet
           to
           suppresse
           ,
           restraine
           ,
           imprison
           ,
           confine
           ,
           banish
           the
           broachers
           of
           any
           heresies
           ,
           schismes
           ,
           erronious
           seditious
           doctrines
           ,
           enthusiasmes
           ,
           or
           setters
           up
           of
           new
           formes
           of
           Ecclesiasticall
           government
           without
           lawfull
           authoritie
           ,
           to
           the
           endangering
           of
           the
           peoples
           soules
           ,
           or
           disturbance
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           Kingdomes
           peace
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Ministers
           and
           particular
           Churches
           Christians
           ,
           power
           to
           
             *
          
           
             reprove
             ,
             refute
             ,
             avoid
             ,
             excommunicate
             or
             anathematize
          
           them
           ,
           notwithstanding
           
             †
          
           
             some
             Independents
             new-minted
             objections
          
           against
           it
           :
           and
           that
           by
           virtue
           of
           Deut.
           13.
           1.
           to
           12.
           
           Lev.
           24.
           11.
           to
           17.
           
           Num.
           26.
           throughout
           ,
           Josh.
           7.
           25.
           26.
           c.
           22.
           11.
           to
           34.
           
           Psal.
           101.
           4
           5
           ,
           8.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           8.
           1
           
           King.
           18.
           40.
           2
           
           King.
           10.
           21
           ,
           to
           29.
           c.
           23.
           5.
           20.
           2
           Chro.
           34.
           4.
           5.
           
           Rom.
           13.
           1.
           to
           6.
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           14.
           
           Gal.
           5.
           12.
           
           Rev.
           2.
           20.
           c.
           19.
           20.
           21.
           cap.
           17.
           16.
           
           
             And
             the
             ten
             hornes
          
           (
           interpreted
           to
           be
           
             ten
             Kings
          
           v.
           12.
           )
           
             shall
             hate
             the
             whore
             (
             with
             all
             her
             Panders
             )
             and
             shall
             make
             her
             desolate
             and
             naked
             ,
             and
             shall
             eat
             her
             flesh
             ,
             and
             shall
             burne
             her
             with
             fire
             :
             for
             God
             hath
             put
             it
             into
             their
             hearts
             TO
             FVLFILL
             HIS
             WILL
             ,
          
           Ezra
           7.
           26.
           
           
             And
             whosoever
             will
             not
             doe
             the
             Law
             of
             thy
             God
             ,
             let
             judgment
             be
             executed
             speedily
             upon
             him
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             unto
             death
             ,
             or
             unto
             banishment
             ,
             or
             to
             confiscation
             of
             goods
             ,
             or
             to
             imprisonment
             ,
          
           with
           sundry
           
             *
          
           other
           Texts
           .
           Hence
           
             *
          
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           Magistrates
           ,
           Parliaments
           ,
           in
           all
           ages
           and
           churches
           in
           the
           world
           have
           made
           severe
           temporall
           Lawes
           ,
           Edicts
           against
           ,
           and
           inflicted
           corporall
           punishment
           ,
           banishment
           ,
           confiscation
           of
           goods
           ,
           (
           and
           in
           some
           cases
           death
           it selfe
           )
           upon
           Hereticks
           ,
           Schismaticks
           ,
           disturbers
           of
           the
           churches
           peace
           with
           erronious
           or
           seditious
           doctrines
           :
           which
           lawfull
           power
           of
           theirs
           hath
           ever
           bin
           asserted
           by
           the
           most
           
             †
          
           orthodox
           Churches
           ,
           Writers
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           and
           never
           oppugned
           by
           any
           but
           Anabaptists
           ,
           who
           deny
           all
           civill
           Magistrates
           ,
           or
           such
           licencious
           Hereticks
           ,
           Schismaticks
           ,
           or
           false
           Teachers
           ,
           who
           would
           spread
           their
           pestilent
           errours
           ,
           and
           seditious
           novell
           positions
           without
           restraint
           ;
           or
           durst
           never
           suffer
           Martyrdome
           for
           ,
           or
           seale
           them
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           Lives
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           which
           godly
           orthodox
           Martyrs
           
           and
           Christians
           have
           cheerfully
           undergone
           ,
           under
           Pagan
           ,
           Hereticall
           ,
           and
           Popish
           Kings
           ,
           Magistrates
           .
           And
           if
           we
           either
           deny
           ,
           abolish
           ,
           eclipse
           ,
           diminish
           ,
           or
           suspend
           this
           necessary
           coercive
           power
           (
           the
           principall
           meanes
           under
           God
           to
           suppresse
           ,
           extirpate
           all
           growing
           errours
           ,
           schismes
           ,
           which
           disturbe
           the
           churches
           trantranquilitie
           ,
           seduce
           unstable
           soules
           )
           our
           church
           and
           realmes
           will
           be
           soone
           overgrowne
           with
           dangerous
           errours
           ,
           heresies
           ,
           schismes
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           speedy
           desolation
           ;
           the
           contemptible
           sword
           of
           excommunication
           ,
           or
           non-communion
           ,
           and
           the
           bare
           preaching
           of
           Gods
           Word
           to
           obstinate
           Hereticks
           ,
           Papists
           ,
           Schismaticks
           ,
           (
           who
           will
           
             *
          
           contemn
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           excommunicate
           all
           other
           churches
           dissenting
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           hereticall
           ,
           schismaticall
           ,
           as
           fast
           as
           they
           excommunicate
           or
           discommon
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           propagate
           ,
           perpetuate
           their
           heresies
           ,
           schismes
           ,
           without
           redresse
           )
           being
           unable
           to
           suppresse
           such
           peremptory
           offendors
           ,
           without
           the
           temporall
           Magistrates
           sword
           of
           justice
           added
           to
           them
           ;
           Who
           having
           a
           lawfull
           jurisdiction
           derived
           to
           them
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             *
          
           
             to
             punish
             and
             suppresse
             all
             evill
             doers
             ,
          
           without
           distinction
           ,
           have
           doubtlesse
           an
           unquestionable
           authority
           to
           punish
           obstinate
           Heretickes
           ,
           Schismaticks
           ,
           false
           Teachers
           ,
           with
           temporall
           censures
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           greatest
           malefactors
           ,
           sinning
           against
           the
           Word
           and
           Truth
           of
           God
           ,
           disturbing
           the
           peace
           of
           Church
           ,
           State
           ,
           seducing
           and
           destroying
           peoples
           soules
           ;
           a
           far
           greater
           crime
           then
           to
           murder
           their
           bodies
           ,
           or
           rob
           them
           of
           their
           estates
           .
           In
           briefe
           ,
           all
           Protestant
           Churches
           whatsoever
           ,
           in
           their
           publike
           
             *
          
           
             Confessions
          
           acknowledge
           ,
           
             that
             the
             care
             of
             preserving
             ,
             propagating
             true
             Religion
             ;
             of
             suppressing
             ,
             extirpating
             heresies
             ,
             errours
             ,
             schismes
             ,
             superstition
             ,
             idolatry
             ,
             and
             the
             fautors
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             temporall
             punishments
             and
             censures
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             doth
             principally
             belong
             to
             Christian
             Magistrates
             ,
             Kings
             ,
             Princes
             :
          
           (
           Which
           duty
           they
           can
           in
           no
           sort
           execute
           ,
           if
           now
           (
           with
           the
           
             Anabaptists
             )
          
           ou
           deny
           them
           this
           most
           just
           coercive
           power
           :
           )
           That
           all
           lawfull
           civill
           Magistrates
           and
           Powers
           whatsoever
           ,
           though
           instituted
           by
           men
           ,
           are
           even
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           expresly
           resolved
           ,
           
             to
             be
             the
          
           
             *
          
           
             Ordinances
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             just
             commands
             ,
          
           Lawes
           ,
           Edicts
           ,
           (
           not
           repugnant
           to
           Gods
           Word
           )
           
             readily
             to
             be
             obeyed
             and
             submitted
             to
             ,
             EVEN
             FOR
             CONSCIENCE
             ,
          
           and
           FOR
           THE
           LORDS
           SAKE
           ,
           
             under
             paine
             of
             sinne
             and
             condemnation
             :
          
           Therefore
           what
           ever
           our
           pious
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           supreme
           power
           ,
           by
           advice
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           after
           much
           Fasting
           ,
           Prayer
           ,
           Disputes
           ,
           Advice
           ,
           and
           serious
           consultation
           ,
           shall
           order
           ,
           decree
           touching
           Church-government
           or
           discipline
           ,
           as
           most
           consonant
           and
           not
           repugnant
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           ought
           in
           point
           of
           conscience
           to
           be
           submitted
           to
           by
           Independents
           and
           all
           others
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           Government
           ,
           Discipline
           ,
           Ordinance
           approved
           of
           by
           God
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           Heretickes
           ,
           false
           Teachers
           ,
           Schismaticks
           obstinately
           refuse
           conformity
           after
           due
           admonition
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           means
           used
           to
           reclaim
           them
           the
           
             Poets
             Divinity
          
           and
           
             Policy
          
           must
           then
           take
           place
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           Eclcesiasticall
           as
           civill
           and
           naturall
           maladies
           :
           
             
               
                 *
              
               Cuncta
               prius
               tentanda
               ,
               sed
               immedicabile
               vulnus
            
             
               Ense
               rescidendum
               est
               ,
               ne
               pars
               syncera
               trahatur
               .
            
          
        
         
           Deut.
           12.
           8.
           
        
         
           Ye
           shall
           not
           doe
           after
           the
           things
           that
           we
           doe
           here
           this
           day
           ,
           every
           man
           whatsoever
           is
           right
           in
           his
           owne
           eyes
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A91196e-250
           
             *
             Gal.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             a
             Reply
             of
             two
             of
             the
             brethren
             to
             A.
             S.
             p.
             66.
             
          
           
             b
             Luk.
             ●
             .
             37.
             
          
           
             *
             I
             pray
             informe
             me
             why
             an
             whole
             Parliament
             and
             Assembly
             of
             godly
             Christians
             and
             Divines
             ,
             wherein
             are
             many
             of
             your
             owne
             chiefe
             Independent
             Ministers
             ,
             members
             ,
             should
             be
             more
             secular
             ,
             unclean
             ,
             filthy
             ,
             or
             unable
             to
             make
             a
             spirituall
             extraction
             of
             Church-government
             ,
             then
             one
             of
             your
             Independent
             Churches
             or
             Conventicles
             ?
          
           
             c
             A
             Reply
             to
             A.
             S.
             p.
             85.
             
          
           
             d
             Page
             42.
             to
             65.
             
          
           
             e
             Pro.
             2●●●6
             cap.
             30.
             1●
             .
             ●●●
             65.
             5.
             
             〈◊〉
             .
             18.
             10.
             to
             16.
             
          
           
             f
             1
             Chron.
             13.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Act.
             15.
             22
             ,
             23
             &c.
             
          
           
             g
             Eccles.
             4.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             :
          
           
             h
             Pro.
             11.
             14
             
          
           
             i
             1
             Chro.
             13
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             &c.
             28.
             
             〈◊〉
             29.
             2
             Chro.
             ●
             .
             5
             &
             6.
             
             &
             7.
             c.
             23
             2
             ,
             3.
             c.
             30.
             10.
             to
             27.
             c.
             31
             ●
             .
             ●isth
             .
             9
             ,
             20.
             
             〈◊〉
             31.
             
             Ezra
             3.
             1.
             c.
             10.
             1.
             
             &c
             ,
             ●eh
             .
             8.
             1
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             They
             should
             ●owell
             to
             define
             ,
             1.
             
             Of
             how
             many
             members
             ,
             every
             Independent
             Congregation
             should
             consist
             ?
             2.
             
             Within
             what
             precincts
             they
             should
             live
             ?
             3.
             
             What
             set
             stipends
             they
             shall
             allow
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             raised
             when
             ascertained
             ?
             4.
             
             When
             and
             where
             their
             Churches
             should
             assemble
             ?
             5.
             
             Who
             shall
             prescribe
             extraordinary
             〈◊〉
             of
             fasting
             or
             thansgiving
             to
             them
             upon
             just
             occasions
             ?
             6.
             
             Who
             shall
             rectifie
             their
             Church-covenants
             ,
             Discipline
             ,
             Censures
             ,
             Government
             ,
             if
             erronious
             or
             unjust
             ?
             7.
             
             Shew
             us
             a
             sufficient
             satisfactory
             Commission
             from
             Gods
             Word
             for
             all
             they
             doe
             or
             desire
             ,
             before
             they
             gather
             any
             Churches
             .
          
           
             *
             Reply
             of
             two
             of
             the
             Brethren
             64
             ,
             65
             ,
             66
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             11.
             12.
             13.
             cap.
             3.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             12.
             51.
             52.
             53.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             3
             
             ;
             4
             A
             proplaesse
             which
             concerns
             our
             present
             times
             .
          
           
             †
             Gal.
             5
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             c.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             14.
             
             Act.
             15.
             39.
             
             ●
             Thes.
             2.
             11.
             
             Rom.
             1.
             29.
             31
             c.
             16.
             17.
             1
             
             Tim
             6.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Tit.
             3
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             Reply
             of
             two
             of
             the
             brethren
             pag.
             52.
             ●0
             61.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Tim
             4
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             1
             Chro.
             13.
             1
             to
             7.
             2
             Chro.
             5.
             
             
               &
               6
               ,
               &
            
             7.
             c.
             15.
             8.
             to
             16
             c.
             30.
             1
             to
             7.
             c.
             31.
             1.
             c.
             34.
             31
             ,
             32
             ,
             33
             ,
             34.
             
             Ezra
             7.
             26.
             cap.
             10.
             1
             to
             7.
             
             Esth.
             9.
             20.
             to
             32.
             
          
           
             †
             25.
             H.
             8
             c.
             19
             21.
             37.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             17
             ,
             26.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             1
             27.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             16.
             28.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             10.
             1.
             E.
             6.
             c.
             2.
             1.
             Eliz.
             6.
             c.
             1
             ,
             2.
             8.
             Eliz.
             c.
             1.
             31.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             10
             ,
             14.
             32.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             22
             ,
             24
             ,
             28.
             33.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             29
             ,
             34.
             
             &
             35.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             17.
             19.
             35.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Reply
             of
             two
             of
             the
             brethren
             p.
             52.
             to
             69.
             
          
           
             *
             As
             one
             and
             the
             same
             City
             ,
             Kingdom
             ,
             Nation
             ,
             encreased
             with
             new
             houses
             ,
             parishes
             ,
             streets
             ,
             territories
             ,
             and
             generations
             of
             people
             ,
             continue
             still
             but
             one
             and
             the
             self-same
             City
             ,
             Kingdom
             ,
             Nation
             :
             So
             the
             first
             Christian
             Church
             planted
             in
             any
             City
             ,
             Kingdome
             ,
             Nation
             ,
             when
             spread
             over
             all
             that
             City
             ,
             Kingdome
             ,
             Nation
             ,
             and
             distributed
             into
             severall
             particular
             congregations
             ,
             continues
             but
             one
             and
             the
             self-same
             generall
             Church
             of
             which
             all
             particular
             Churches
             are
             members
             ,
             and
             not
             Independent
             absolute
             in
             themselves
             ,
             divided
             from
             ,
             or
             vnsubjected
             to
             the
             intire
             common
             nationall
             Church
             .
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             12
             ,
             to
             22.
             
             Ep●●
             .
             2.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             c.
             1.
             3
             ,
             to
             17.
             
             Acts
             2.
             47.
             
          
           
             *
             Matth
             7.
             12.
             
             〈◊〉
             c.
             6.
             31.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             34.
             1.
             to
             11.
             
             Psal.
             120.
             3
             Psal.
             42.
             1
             ,
             2.
             Psal.
             27
             :
             4.
             
          
           
             †
             2
             Chro.
             6.
             30.
             
             Ier
             17.
             19.
             20.
             
             Act.
             1.
             24
             
          
           
             *
             M●●●
             .
             26.
             20
             to
             32.
             
             Mark
             14.
             10
             ,
             &c.
             Luke
             22.
             3.
             to
             24.
             
             Iohn
             6.
             70
             ,
             71.
             
          
           
             †
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             17.
             to
             34.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             3.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Moses
            
             the
             chief
             temporal
             Magistrate
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             together
             with
             
               David
               ,
               Solomon
               ,
            
             and
             other
             godly
             kings
             ,
             did
             by
             Gods
             owne
             direction
             ,
             and
             approbation
             ,
             direct
             ,
             order
             ,
             and
             settle
             all
             particulars
             in
             and
             about
             the
             Altar
             ,
             Tabernacle
             ,
             Arke
             ,
             Temple
             ,
             consecrating
             both
             them
             and
             the
             Priests
             too
             ,
             appointing
             all
             Officers
             about
             them
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             courses
             of
             the
             Priests
             ,
             Singers
             ;
             &
             that
             by
             cōmon
             advice
             of
             the
             Princes
             ,
             Captains
             ,
             Elders
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             &
             not
             by
             the
             votes
             or
             directions
             of
             the
             Priests
             ,
             who
             had
             no
             ruling
             voice
             herein
             :
             which
             authority
             being
             no where
             revoked
             nor
             denied
             Christian
             Princes
             ,
             Magistrates
             ,
             Parliaments
             ,
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             they
             no
             doubt
             enjoy
             it
             still
             .
             And
             therefore
             these
             Ministers
             who
             thus
             erect
             new
             Churches
             usurp
             on
             their
             authority
             .
          
           
             *
             De
             Anno
             civili
             ,
             &c
             Pr●satio
             p.
             6.
             ●
             &c
             18.
             p
             83
             ,
             84
             And
             D
             jure
             Natura
             &
             Gent●um
             l.
             4.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             Reply
             to
             A.
             S.
             p
             70
             ,
             71.
             
          
           
             *
             Mat.
             10.
             17
             ,
             18
             Mar.
             9.
             10
             ,
             13
             Acts
             4.
             16.
             to
             23.
             c.
             5.
             17.
             to
             the
             end
             .
          
           
             *
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             19
             ,
             20.
             2
             Cor.
             6.
             14.
             to
             18.
             
             Rom.
             16.
             17.
             
             Tit.
             3.
             10
             ,
             11.
             2
             Ioh.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             †
             Reply
             of
             two
             of
             the
             brethren
             p.
             51.
             to
             63.
             
          
           
             *
             Matt.
             10.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             21.
             c.
             26.
             47
             ,
             to
             74.
             c.
             27.
             1
             ,
             to
             60.
             
             Acts
             4.
             1
             ,
             to
             24
             c.
             5
             17
             ,
             to
             40.
             c.
             6.
             12
             ,
             13.
             c.
             9.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
               c.
            
             11.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             c.
             16.
             20
             ,
             to
             40.
             c.
             18.
             12.
             &c.
             c.
             23
             ,
             &
             24
             &
             25
             ,
             &
             26
             ,
             &
             27.
             rightly
             understood
             .
          
           
             *
             Iustinian
             .
             Codic
             .
             l.
             1.
             Tit.
             8.
             10.
             and
             our
             Lawes
             against
             Iesuits
             ,
             Priests
             and
             Recusants
             .
          
           
             †
             See
             the
             Harmony
             of
             Confessions
             sect.
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             58.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Ier.
             30.
             19.
             c.
             〈◊〉
             .
             33.
             
             Isa
             30.
             
             ●
             ,
             10.
             2
             Tim.
             4
             ▪
             3
             ,
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Rom.
             13.
             1
             ,
             〈◊〉
             7.
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             Tit.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             Harmony
             of
             Confessions
             Sect.
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             Rom.
             13.
             1
             ,
             to
             8.
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             Tit.
             ●
             ,
             1
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             ●
             Pet.
             2.
             10
             ,
             11
             Iude
             8
             ,
             9
             
          
           
             *
             Ovid
             Me
             〈…〉