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the Ttédty, pcrfwading Cenformi.

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principal! "mcancs of a continucd
peace betwccne the
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‘  in their oatward eflate: and civil! liéertiee,
 out efjyeeially in their ooafcienoe: , that
.3” '-f t flreame: of teare: and frequent prayer: ham-V

V   . ' i . beene ancjefantlj pmreolfortb éefore Gadiae
.3W}]€J' ordinary and extraordinar} for afotll -deli'verag¢€c’.* 
bowfiae-ver the Lord /oat/o long éeenejilerztvto t/aeflzd complaint:

‘fizdfaite: of his fervantx, yet of late, a wide doore of hepe dark
,_gg_g¢e to be opened for the t rafting out of Epifropaoie, and the

letting in of our mac}: d%edli5ert7 , iv] weave: oft_be pre/int’ V
Tdrliament. o Tioie welt

opportanitie loath éeene well improa
wed b]“prtfll‘%g Petition: from all part: of their Iftngdome
bazthivlj prefeated to that high and honourable Court , for the

J utter gefirpatiou of the Prelaoie , which at an ill weed bat/1

_growzLc’_I3t;q/9, and/preadfarre to the prejudice ‘and darzger,&ot/J
of C/ootrc/a and State. At this time, .2/oere a an admiraéle eon-
carrenoe of providence: , in that .mItItiwde.r of la; Majefliee
mo/I lojall Sktéjefit oath in England and Ireland, doe with
ffarmoniue /vearftinefle petition for _t;’jJ;é plwcjking . daawtgewqft/gt“

V o tottering and rotten flame of that much /sated Iiierarefiy.

Hereteport , a Copie qf to/oefie enfoeing arjgttmentt occa_/ioaaliy

{Jamming to the band: of a" P rieud ' we/I-afefiedtmoto the oatofi "
of reforma1:ion,loe loatlo prefamedto make them paivlitke, hoping »

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(which bat}: lmmily have awmd  at}: baufi: jo  %’A4r1ia-
want datla were‘t/zgnfrcifiéfitbcggnitrd medium mdm'0om'.r of
“urfl tbafé %H’ort/:ie.r%," taojapqfe  mftb%VaIlpo}2¥i/Zv% inuwgatiatzx,

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between: the Kingdomgx. Now V it thbxmélj rqférrcd ta t

judgement ofa/I t/get; are iqdifiérent bemftcd, axdnat 5] ajféd 6}
pzrtialit], to conjidér,  'w/aetber the LEn‘g1i{h Epifaopacy 5: not
‘ o if}, and whether» Whrgma ping tbgregf,raoteL and érxmcb will
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9 Our defires nconeernin iunitie iii
4 Religion , and ¢utniFormitie of Cliureli-fl t

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o ‘  ti‘ fiferve peace in his‘Mafeflies=rv it   
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, (1 A “S we {hall not make any propofitioniab"out*
.  this 1al’tAttiClc ofeftahliifliing a firmc; and
. A happy pcace;But ‘that «which weiconceive
% ’ "to bee both expedientand A jhfl ;~;- 80 will
 M _ your Lord (hips, wee doubt not, ihiyont
; I’ he L 9'12‘. ' "wlfcdome confider, that fince that which
is fought, is not a ceflation of at-mes for a time, butpeaee
for ever; and not eace onely, but perfect ainityiand at
more neere union t en before, whichis of greatet‘cot1fe-4’
quence then all the former Articles; Itis no marv‘*e_11that“
acompofition, fo excellent, and fo powerful! to prelervo‘

  
   

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the whole 1124,“; in health againft-alrl inward atia¢n;pm~s,l

and in llrength againlt all contagion and wounds from
without, require many 1ngred1ents,Mof*wh1ch xfany one

be wanting. We mayon both fides pleafeour {elves For _
theprefent ‘with the fweet name of cage‘; and yet for not i
longtime enjoy peace it raft, ‘whxc hath in it not onely j A

fweetneffe and pleafure ,but alfo much moreprofit and mm.

honour,then all the Triumphs on earth. A t 
As we accompt it no lellethcn ufurpstion  prfumpti .. 1

on for one. Kingdome or Church, a were it never Io‘migl1t§)h‘.‘
e and glorious, to , give 1a'w.es and rnles»of'reformationmv
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iianothcr fivcé and ind: cndcnt Church andiKingdomci,w¢i'c

' wit -ncvcrfo moans; -ivill libcrty and A confcicncc*b¢ingfo

tender and delicate thatthcy cannot endure to bcfltouchcd.

oi/but by fuch as they are wedded unto, and havc lawfull au-

thority ovcr them; So havc"we_ not bccnc fo forgetfiill of
our felvcx, who aréthclelfcij, and ofEngl;md,which is the
A greater iKi;ngdomc, asm fu1fctll_«aoy‘.L[uchoqrrogantand prc- l
iixmptuous thoughts to enter into our mmdcAs,our waycs
alfo are witoeffcs ofthc contrarygtgainft the malicious,wl}0
do: not" cxprclfc what wee age, or have home; but doe lhll
dcvifc what may bcfcwcll for a éornmonlcombuliion: Yet
-Charity is no prelum tio-n~,u aindthc common duty ofCha- T
r;iotyA bindcth gll Chrilhans at all times ,both_ to pray and pro-

‘ fcs thszirliclclii-c that all others wcrc not only almoff, but all-i

..togc.tl1:;.f_ig:h as_..tl1<;m{clvcs except their affliétions and di-? .
lh*c'lTc7s‘,-,a‘i1A;dbcfidoqoxiamou Cl1arity,.wM_o are bound as (;‘om-
,Inil.lfli»Z5ii'é'r$i11iia fpcciall duty to pré>pouhd eheibéfl 85 Lcadiclt
.mca‘i;¢$i'fot fctling of a firmc puacc. A3 wcc lovc notito
be curious in 'anot‘her.Comi1"1on- wealth, n.or»to play the Bi-
QIQ.  .i@'_dl10tl1€r Dioccflc; So may we not boo caralcffc and
i1¢$,i°ai.=,ivt.in;%:hat which qonccrncthiibothNatiotm    V
  Woe. doe all know and profi:fl'cgtl1atRc1igion is not only A
the niéam: to {crvc('3od. i and to féwc out ow nc foulcs. But
that it_ is alfo the balk and foundation) ofKiugchmc’s and the: --2
cfiafitgsa and: §t.)hc‘. ftrongpll biaiid to tygfubicéts unto thciif
Priricfiiii trup loyalxio, and to knit thcir h,cart_slouc to ano-
th_cr.iuiit1fu;:»; unity,-, Nothing [0 powcrfull to divide the
héarts ofipéoplc, as div ifion in religion; nothing lo flronfg i

i iitoginyiro them as unity in Rclig_ion:and thogreatcr zcalc in

H ipublikc \k:orfl1ip‘of§_o , % o 4 irayei,prcalching,‘admin*iffcra-

’difFcrcnt‘ R czlig, iousthc’ grc:at<:r divifiop_,but _th;e morc,z.ea1e
iqozio Ricliigtiofiui thoi Ihor: fiirmc union. 1 n the Paradifoofi
nafiuric the diiriirfityj of Howlers andihcrbcs is plcafantiaudv” l
ufcfull. Butln \ o  '_  §Cl1urch,d*ifl5*:.'r:I'1tapddoor:-3A
itrary Rclig‘ ow " 1* flint and hurt{ull.lt"is tbemforcco‘
bcc wiifhédithér tllcrc wer¢d no iCOl1f€fl_iOI,l(?f, faith, (Doc! A

 
   

forms ofCatcfiKfi1 ET§fffbr aIil“£hé’pai‘ts ofilic

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. tiofillbf Sacra“ fi1ents,;8(ci.a‘nd' One Forme iafT;ChurchGo+vem-L
ment in al-lithe Chufichesf of his. ;Iv1aj’icl’cies rDo1‘nin+ic}:fi"s“’,r
'rhiSWOU1d i i '5-5 i i  V . r i " . '  I  33.

1.Be acceptable to GodA~l 1Ili,ghtic*,Wl‘)O delighteth to fee V

 .' his people walkingr.in'truth and unity,& \”zvho‘wouldl‘lookc

upon this 1_/lmsd with the grcaten complacencie that ‘Wiesel
were all ofone heart and one foule in matters of Religion.
' ; e 2. This uniity:,in’Re1igion will preferveour peace,&:prc+- r
vent many divifions ‘..8DdltI'OUblCS.; 0 f old ( as Bedaz recor-.-
deth) the difference about theti1n®.0fobIerving,pf Eafier,
(ialthoughl: no great matter in religion; and..:.a~l.thgpghojplrdfi+
vets inggpendent Ki'ng.clomes,)had- troubled their peace,i£? i--"9
the Wife: fort had not brought“ them to an uniformitie,
wherein they were lb zealous that they would not {offer it»
much as one {mall Iflm¢d,whi'c'hidi&'ered fromr the relt,1_:o be
A unconforzneg  ‘.".j  5 f V t V ’   V of 1 r  Q 1 V i
M s 3‘. His Ma feficie anclhis Succeflionrsiin their: government
lhall he ealed ofinuch trouble which arifeth ftomrdifi?:re12.—
V ces ot;r%lReligia1-‘i,ata11d hath Abeene very. grievous unto Kings
%anclEi1‘l“iperoL1rs,a3£'ag,.’béim wiiiietneffeth in. his ;.booke chap.
i I 2.of‘the life Of.‘ C'0nfl4nt3ne~; ;l'cdi1‘ion'éega_ttcn in t'l.’76k“6‘/7I£?"C]0
qfGc'd(li1itl'1 C onfiazntine )fé‘c mm‘./9 to grzzée ta canminem it
more trouble and {aitter-neg}-, it/am anjrwarrc oar 6jatlfl't€/«hr. A   .1  
A 4. Since by divine lprovlidence:his"iMztfefty isiliing of ‘\
divcrskirmgdomesgiti fhalbe in content both to hinafelfcg 
to his-Nobles and Command to Illhis .pCDp1C,W11Cl1lol:7i$M Ma-A
jeftyfl1allin‘perfon vifitezany ofhis ki11gdo1nes.eTlm?tKir1g.
Court and P eo p1e;1nay lwithoutvall feruple ofconlcienuce be
‘p'.11‘tal,*'.Cl‘$ oft‘-one and the lZ1111e-form: of divine w0rlhip,and '
l,1i¢s,Majelly V?/itl1,*fiiSC urt ma‘y.comoc to the rpnbllike allengg ‘
hlyioljthe p¢:0plt.‘;_, anil §:'fx7e(E1od with ‘them, accordir1gi1t_o V x
tl'1epra&ife [Of the good Kings of _ «dab; As on the 0; it 
part; di__fE:z'e11ce in formes oEDivine;worl”hip,,disaideth be;
;t~we:€§iVxe§tl1e King and‘ the People; . r r A;  ‘ M %
 '3 5". ;'Tlhisr fhall be a great c.o111fo}'t7.to all hie ~15/la)’ ¢_P:it‘-S Such»
A j_e‘:€'tsp»Wl1en they travellllabroafcl from their ow lT1¢»Q0l1l;lU‘_¥a
to any ’;<orl1:.r ylace in his Maj efiics Domlni‘on§,~7wAh,et1aer for
K h I A J A ” % co1nm::r<;e;.:'

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A Eéinmeice} gr Whatfoe_&er negotiatiot't and ageing‘ That“
i _s theys may withlconfidences refort to the publiqué worlliilf,

as if they were at home, and in-their ownc parilh Chum

and {ball fatisfie many doubts, and remove in-any .cxccp:i..   %
ons,Iealoufies and Scandals which arife upon reforting to; s V
i_difl7erevnt formes of worlhips ~ i it  0'

,;6.The nainesoFiHerefics,and Seé’ts,of Puritants,Confor-

miillts, Sepatati{ls.which rent the bowels both. of Church  °

Kiiigd 0mC,l are a tnatterof much {tumbling to the people,

 t._ ,8: dirninilh the glory. _Qfl)i$M3j€fllCS raigne;fliall no more
be heard 5 But as the Lordisone his Name {hall be one, and ’ ‘

the nallltiiyfil--ithfi people one in all his Majelties Dominions.
»-7.l>api’fls.and Recufantsl {hall clefpaire of fucceffe to have

: their religion let up againe,rind {hall either conforine them.
{elves or get them hence, and irreligious men Ila 311 haw; a

great fcandall removed out ofthcir way; which {hall bea

meane of igreat fafetie and fecurity, one ofmany bleflings

both to King and people. I azzmperfamdcd (faith C'onj}4u—
tine as E ufibiur recordeth in his life, 1. 2.c.6; , )m~;~., 141,1,
,.;5jf 5; mm} dcfirrr, , to bind all the term." warflaippcrs of-'(;gd 5;
,;;,wc0mman6Hand of concord, all Ila:  ‘of Empire
wauld rqwicklyi» mm: tlmnfi lm-L: to their piam ortlimmcri.
8.This unity of religion {hall make Miniflers to build the

Church with both thc_:ir7hancis,wliiles now the one liarid‘ ‘s V
W holden outin oppofition a ' tilt the other party. An d th -11
«wine the man‘!

‘,d'ing‘0funpto _ . I
gficationi, and Ptudies of,Devotion and praéticall Divinity.

and : unplea ant‘ labours of writi n g and re ..
table controverfiésa into treatifes ofMorti-

This unity  Religion is la thing to defireable, that all
;;fQ“und,Dis{iiies and Politicians are for 1t‘,iWh%‘.‘l';,G itlmay be
 eafily obtained and brought about; And as we conccjvefi,

% J.‘ fpious 6: profitable a workc to_be worthyoftlicbcft confi.
r Ycleration, So are we earncli: in recommending itto your

Lordlhips,that it may be brought before his Majefly& gm,

91’ arliatrient, as tliatwhich doth highly concernchis Majc.-.. V

flies honour, and the Wrllof all his Dotninions,and which

i <Wi¢h9"‘~§9E€i9-S of Csnfsicsccs fismsrh apt wcly to be  

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';3'oHible,but £15" ease‘ Worke. But bécaufe the fii7a7tteiE' is of

a great weighgand of large extent,and therefore willrrequire

a large time. Gut defire is, that for the prelent fomc ccoutfe .

ma as be taken for an uniformitie in Government. l i "m
I . Bccaufe there can be {mall hope of unity in Religion;
which is the chick: bond of peace and humane focletie, nu-3

lc-He firit there be one forme of Ecclefiafticall government;   %
2 . Becauie diiference in this point hath beene the main:
caufe of all other differences betweenthe two Nations fincef

thereformation of Relivion. t -l i

3. Becaufe ( althoug it ought not to be 10 )  figjd ici

true in experience, that Church-men through their corrup-
tion are more hotand greater zelotsabout government then
about matters more fubiiantralh their worldly drgmttes and

wealth being herein concerned, as Emfmm rendered this
reafon of the animofitie of the Church of Ram: againll:  
nber, fceking after Reformation, that he. medled with the ~

Popes crowne and the Monkes bellies. A r r

4. Itis obferved by Politicians, and we have found it in
experience, that Church-men doe not only beats with diffe-
rent Religions, and fuffer divifions both in Church and‘ po-
licie to rife and grow ; But due alfo finment and cherifh the

A contrary‘fa&i0ns that they themfelves may firow bigge, and
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{well toa iagreatneffe, while both {ides have eir depeudance»

upon them5flT1§ihave»thcir thoughts bufied about other mat» a

ters then about  Church-governmenit, andthe Ambition;
pompe,ancl other corrupttons of Church Govemours. r

5 . None of all the Reformed Churches, although in Na-{ d
’ tions £arrc clil-’cant one from another, and under divers Prin-5

cesiand Magiltratesfiare at fogreata di&'eren_ce in Church-'
govern1n6~n_tastl1eI‘etwo Kmgdomes be, whtch or are in‘ one
1fland,aud inder one Monarch, which made King fame: of

happy mom tie to labour to bring them under one forme of -

_('3overmne t. V , or
 But finceta1ltheiquel‘tionis,_ whether of the two Church-

govennments {hall have place in both Nations ( for {weed

i knew. 92 third Ems 2.1’ eorcrhmcnt aft :8 Natiaaall 5432!‘; r
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tiiftinfitfiom thcfe tifio ) Wedoe not“:   fjrofiomatd V
theforme of Government’ of the Church of7Scat[d3d,e as at r
 ttcmefor the Church of Englanal, butsdtoe only reprcfent "

an all’ modefiy theie few confiderationst according to the

  malt eolmmitted unto us. ~

 1. The Government ofuthe Chut*ch=0f'~.S'catlam1 is the
fame with the government of all the Reformed Churches,
zmdhathtbvmiby them univerfaily received , 8: pra6’ti{cd,with
the rcfbmmtion of the doéhjinc and worfhip {from which
fo farre as we depart, we dif-—joync_our {elves as flarre from
thcm,and doc lofe fo much hoof our hmnonie with them.
Whence ittls, that from other Reformed Churches, it hath
bccne wtitteuro the Church of Scatlamdg T/mt it was agreat
gi_fl of God;/ant they lead érong/at together into Scotlmzd the pur-
rit] of Rrlitgitan, and difcipltzze, we/aereéj the do éfriarc £4 flzfily

kept, p»ra}£ng and écféec/.Jin them fin tot kgcpe tlaryé mo t=agr- t

I/yer, auhéeing ajfured, t'/vat»-z:f the one fall; the 0t;J£’7‘ cannot long

and. Vpon the other part, the government of the Church
of Efingldnd was not changed with the doctrine at the time
heft ‘Refoirmation,. The Pope wast-c}e_&ed_,huthioflietiairchy
was retained , which hath rrbeener‘ ‘at ground-of caloufie rand‘
ifufpition to the Reformed Churches, of continuall contcn-’
rion in the Church of 1:‘ nglmd thefe 8o.« yeares paft, ‘fince
the beginning of tmgeenel Elizabeth her reigne .and of hopes

and expectation to the Church:of"1Qme, for (faith C’0ntz.rn\.

in his Politicks, lié. z,c4p.»1 8 to ) lVerc all nglarul once érvugiat

_  to approve of Biflbapx, ittweraed/1'6 to ‘reduce it to the (‘burali of

Rum. vBut whatone Princethath begun, and by rcafono of

the “times, or of other hinderanccs could‘ not promote or o
perfect ;_ another, raifed up tbythe mercy of God , may bring ‘Y

to patfez according tothe example of‘ good Iajialglike‘ unto

Whom there was no king before him, twhieb ’ we heartily,
r jwifh maybe verified of Kitrge~€Istm‘7le:.t  A A

.1. The Church of Scotla. al hath becne continuahll'y,and A

many fundry wayestvcxed, and difquietcd L by-~ the j Bifhops
of Eigglavd. _ ~ A t   A  t    

  3.: By: the seeuteall are rsfilsfie "i*9z<§fi?§é9n ‘OF .*h°

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  '5; Prelate§ in England, with »foiné”of that-ttfafiiétnim
iSEbt!and, both before thecommingr of l’KingIa,m:into Eng.
land, which we are ready to make rnanifelt, and firicelllhxs
comming; Till at laft 5a kind of Epifcopacy was rm-_.&¢5
there By the Fewer of the» Prelates: of England, againfl: the
confe ‘t ion 0 faith, the Covenant and aéts of the National}.

   

y affembllies oi’? the Church of Scotland, «

*2, The Prelates of England without the confent or
knowledgeof the'ChL1rch‘oflSrerlmad gave Epifcopall con-
i.‘ecrati:on to fome corrupt»Min1’fters of the Church of Scot»-
!ami,and fent them home to coniecrate otherée! «rliikeiwuntn
themfelvesr; And when fome great H1CU‘"hbilVCli*bCCl'-1C, for
their obltinacy in papi{iry,exeommunicated by the Church
of S ratland, they have bin ablolved from the ifententce by the
Prelates of L'nglmd : so that they have ufur l d the power‘
or that which ; in their owne opinion is the igheft Ordina-
tion, and of that which is indeed the higheli: point of Iurifl
diagon, v i   ;. L , »   t    f

3. They relied not here, but proceeded to change the
forme of Divine 3-tvorlhip,and for many yearestbrcd a great
dil‘turhance both to paltors and people, by five Articles of
conformity with the Church of England. i A l A i

4 Having in the former prevailed, and flooding theirlol -'
1§0l‘t=L1m"ti¢, and a rare concourfe of many powierfull has A s,
find heads ready to co-operate; They made {trough aliliaults
iu: on the Wwhole externall worfhip and doftrine of our
(2 urch, by enforcing uponns a popilh book: of Common

prayer, for making Shetland fir{‘t as the weaker, and there-- _” ,
after England conforrne to Rome; And uponthe cotifcienceeg ”

liherties.and goods of the people by a booke of Canons,
and Colnltitutions Eccleliallicall, cf-lzablilhing a tyralntiieall
power in the perfons of our Prelates, and abolifhinglrthe
whole difcipline and governmentof our Church, without
fo much as confulting with any presbytery, Syr1od,orel3fem-_g
blyina11theLand.i l A t  “ V   W
5. They procured Subfidies to be=lift‘ecl for iwarreragainlf

usyunder paine of deprivation to all ofthc clergy  flmuld *

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‘aygainfl us, as ienemics to God andthe King. M 4

 7;. They have received into-the Miniftery, and provided
plaeesfbr ihch of out Mimiters, as for their difobedienee to
the voyce ofiirthetmfembly, and their other faults and lean-

dais .i weredepofed in Scotla1sm’}And finally, They. have ‘left A

nothing undone,whichi might tend tothe overthrow of our
Church, not-only ofilateby the occafion of thefe troubles

’ 'Wh€i'C0_ff,ti1€y have beeneithcz authors, but of A old from that

opp0fition.whie11is~be.twe.ene Llpifcopall government, and‘
ti-'l€g0V¢'rl]m€l3t.,0f the.» Reformed Churches by aiiemblies.
Vpon the contrary,” The Chureh of-« Scotiand never hath n1o-
1c_Pc<:_d.t*11e1n:,_e1ti4herin the doxftnne, w_or{hip,. _ceremonies,A or
fi1fC1p¥1IflV6 oiitlieir §Iil1i11'c3;,i3_ntlhave11vc§:d qnileglyttl by» them ,
e t r» em e veswit uni err me, an won ave eene
g12iii‘to”enjoytheirowne liberties in peace,which yet; is,and
by. the helpe of God {hallo be our confiant dcfire; Yet: can
we not ecineeaie our mind es, but in our confcicmces and be»-
foreGod Inuit declare,not from any i31ncine{Te,or prcfnmptu-
one intentien to reformefingldnnbbut flvoni our. 1" ufl: fearcs and

‘apprTd1enfiernm»Thatieuriflaeforrmatiom whiezh haah*: icofi; us
fo deare, andis allour Wealith find glory,{hall ‘agdine be fpoi-. A

led, and defaced‘ from l:‘ngl;md;,Tl1at whatioeverepeace

 fl-ia11beagrecdupon,we cannotifee nor conceive the way

how om peaee ihalibe firmeand :dur.ab1e.i But our feared is,
that @211 w1f11,rnnne:into- a confufion againe, ere it belong, if‘
IEpi1,”eopacie;fl1a11be retained in E nglana! .; for the fame caufce
will not faile to produce the fame efli:&s. Their oppofition

.gg_ainfl:,, and hatred of the "government. of their; reformed

Churches ;;;e‘..The‘ir credit at Court, and newes A to ‘the King Ii-

ving ,En¢glmd’;t_Thcr opinion they have of7the.;ir owne ti
. greatlcarning, and of the glory oE'~their prelatiea11..Church.

. joynedwith.thc iinall eitecme and difdaine of our.iC:hriPciain .

plicity ii The confanguinirie of their Hicrairehyiwith ~th]c~

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Will ftiliy be working,cfpecia11y now, when they are made

e <n¢.r=!Eirc. a9.éi£k;e!1«b§»!st  .n.9r1é9.atsh£fis9wdxantasc»i1zy»ie

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their.

ureh ammo, and their feare toAfa1l_be:foreus at Ia(t,n

(,§)“‘l"  ‘El

 their vihd'i&ivé air 6fltion'toe be aveB§edllu“"*fitaifarther

tprefent quarrcllaw_ ieh cannever he chang   by anylimita- i
tiona :. As_ on t_hecontrar1c:,thc caufe being ltilalien away, the
eflieéts w1ll ceafe, and thepoace {hall bee firms; It -would « a

, fceme that Limitations ,-Cautions,-andtTrienntall’l?ar1iamento

-meay do: much g f Butt» we lmowlthat flea-re ofperjt1rie,infarhy;
excotnmunication,and-the. power‘ of a Nationall aifemblyg
which was inscatlnml as terrible to; a ?~Bifl1op*as lat’ iPa.r“_lia-
mcnt, could not keep: ourmenvfromll rifingto be Prelatesf;
And after they l1adrife»ntoth‘eir grcatneliieg their Apologie to
was , Ubnditiancse alia,-, F390 tempera magi: quo‘acatztEnt'ia§I‘i,Wiait*I*1t~ii 
di,anfa pmripcramr qpmm animo, in perpcmum. abfer-vamli,“m:!- *
copra: 3 Thefe at/aer amt.-‘on.r or condition: were rather‘ accepted
affor the time, to prczrentazl! occafion qfjangling with theta»-
temtiom , that out cf any ep.érpa]é tawfirw thaw for com, Mtich
is tfpokcn and writtcnfor thellimitaationtlof Biihops, but
what good can their limitation doc to the ~C:h”utrch,t if Ordaiw
nation and Ecclcfiafiicall ~r t).t1'l'l_fd'X~&i0I1l fl1all+~depénd:<upn ‘~_
thcm,and~fl1all not be abfolutely into the hands of the afa-
ferrxblies of the Church; and if-it {hall not depend upon
them,what {hall their office be above other Paftors Pot‘ how
{hall their labours be Worthy Io large wages P What iervice.
can they doc to King, Church; or State»? Ram and Sjmina V

, maybe glad at the retaining of the name of Bilhops, more ~

then the ‘Reformed’ Churches which expect from us at this‘ a

time, fome matter ofrejoycing. »t~

. 3. The Reformed Churches doe hold without doubting;
their Church officers, Paitors, Doctors, Elders and”D'ca-
cons , and their Church govcrnrneneby «affc'tnbli‘es to-be
furpadiwino and perpetua»ll,aais- manifcfk in alltheir" Writlngsyg A A‘
 other part Epifcolpacic, astit dtilfer-etht from the

aofificc of Paflortislalmofi univerfally acknowledged, even» . %
by.thcB1fl:xopslthctmfelvcs and their adhe'ret)ts;to be but an A W

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humane ordinance eflablilhcd by law and cultomc for coon-t  

A Vehi¢nciel~iwithout warrant of Scr(1'ipture. “Which therefore» a,

  byhumane authoritie-mayi be alterc

great a conveniencieas is the hearty conjunfiinn with all 

ax'1d’aboli_Ih¢d:%UP°fl f0‘  ~

( 10:}  y

-s-gt,-‘Q Rcsggmad ~Chnrehes,t anti a durable gem‘ unite M5

Kingdiomegwhich have bin formerly “divided by this partie-
tion wal1.~ Wethercfore defire, That Imydiwimm and Ham.
n;zym,tConfeience and Convenience, yea the greater Cninve.
niencie withthe leFl’er,;and we may adde a_ convcniencieg.
lany4;_an ineorwenienciel,may;be comparcdfind equally weigh»-

o ed in the ballance without addingany weight ofprejuclice. e

4. The Churchof Scatbmd warranted_ by anthoritie hath
*abjnredrEpifcolpal_l :government, as having no ‘warrant in
s'cri1ptnre._ andby lolemne oath " and t:ovenant <_l.ilV€I'Si times
befhre, and now again: of tlate, ha,,th~-ellrahlilhed the govern-
ment of the Chburchby baflemblies ,; But nglami,neitlter i has
‘wing abjurecl the one, nor {worne the ot;her,~hath liberty
'?fro?tn alljbandsefaoythis kind to mal<e,ychoycetoF that which is
molt warrantable by tht‘; word Of God ; And lell it bee
»thoughtthat we havcywilfhlly bound our f:1ve5_,y0f late by
oath that we benot prciied with a change. We defire to he
conlidered, that our late oath was nothing but the renova.
‘tion of our former oathand Covenant, which did bind our
‘*Churchbefore, but was tranfigreffed of many by the meancs
of thePtela,tm.,  t. t "  A  

5 . If it {hall pleafe the Herd to move the Kings heart to
ehoofe this courfe. he fhall, in a better way then was proje-
éizetlficcoxnplifh the great and glorious Defigne,ywhicl'1 King
.1m-mgr had before his eyeseall his time, of the unity of.Religi-

on, and Chur'ch—-government in all his Dominions; His A

‘Croilwnes and Kingdomes {hall be free of tall afl'a ults and po-
licies of Church-men. Which, Whetherin the way of Ec.
lelefiaiticall ;'urifdi&ion and Church cenfure ; Or by emnw
plyingrwith the Pope, the greateli enemietof‘ Monarchie, or
by bringing Civill government into a confulion, or by taking
the fat; of the ficrifice to thtemfelvesmvhen the pee leare
pleafed with the Government, and when they are ‘ifpleau
fed‘, by transferring the hatred upon authoritie, which was

never wont to be done by an good States-men. All which
all bthefeywayeslhave procee ed from Bifhops feekmg their

l$_2vs'_r1o=er.<=.%Sry!¢.-tffc. rnvstftarta alftnblits» vrbicbaunlcifc owe   i .

rulegl

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ruled by Bifl1d;3s,haye bcene a. mag gram ‘to Monarchie~e'

and Majeflracie, both the one and the other being the ordi-l
‘nances of God : TheChurch {hall be peaceably governed b
common confent of Church-men in aliemblies ; 1 n Whic r

V . the Kings Majeltie hath alwayes that eminencie%whic"h is '

due unto the iupreme Magiilrate, and by which all hereiies,
errouts and ichiimes abounding under Epifcopall govern-
ment {hall be {u preffed, and the State and all civill matters
in Parliament, ouncell, and other inferiour Iudicatures go-
verned by civill men, and not by Church-men, who, being
out of their owne element, mull needs {titre and make tron-+

ble to themfelves, and the whole State, as wofull experience

hath taught. The worlce {hall he better done, and the means,

which did uphold their unprofitable pompe and %reatne{l"e,y
i

may fupply the wants of many preaching Mini ers to be

provided to places, And, without the fmallelt loffe or da-
mage to the Subjecls, may be a great increafe ofhis Maje-it t

[ties Revenues ; His Royall authoritic {hall be more deeply
rooted in the united hearts, and more flrongly guarded by

the joynt forces of his Subjerfts,as if they were all of one

Kingdome : And his greatnelll-: {hall be enlarged abroad by

becomrning the head of all the Proteitants in Europe,to the-

greater horrour of his enemies, and to the fowing of .grear-

neile to his pofierity and Royallfuecellion. All which wee ~

intreat may be reprefented unto his Majeflie, and the houfes
of Parliament, as the cxpreflion of our defires, and feares,
and as a teftimony of our fnthfitlneffe in acquiring our felves~

in the trufbcommitted. unto us ; but no wayes forgetting our ~
diiiance, or intending to paiie our bounds in preferibing, or «
fetting ydowne rules to their wifedome and authoritie, .
which we doe highly reverence and l1onour,and from which .r
only, asthe ropcr fountaine, the lawes and order of Refor-

mation in t is Church, _andiP01icic mull proceed for the.

minions.

I rnecrcr union and greater happinelfc of  }\_/lajefcies _2D_o”_:-«

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