A pillar of gratitude humbly dedicated to the glory of God the honour of His Majesty, the renown of this present legal, loyal, full, and free Parliament : upon their restoring the church of England to the primitive government of episcopacy : and re-investing bishops into their pristine honour and authority.
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             A pillar of gratitude humbly dedicated to the glory of God the honour of His Majesty, the renown of this present legal, loyal, full, and free Parliament : upon their restoring the church of England to the primitive government of episcopacy : and re-investing bishops into their pristine honour and authority.
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           A
           Pillar
           of
           Gratitude
           HUMBLY
           DEDICATED
           To
           the
           GLORY
           of
           GOD
           ,
           The
           HONOUR
           Of
           His
           MAJESTY
           ,
           The
           RENOWN
           of
           this
           Present
           Legal
           ,
           Loyal
           ,
           Full
           ,
           and
           Free
           PARLIAMENT
           Upon
           Their
           Restoring
           the
           CHURCH
           of
           ENGLAND
           To
           the
           Primitive
           Government
           of
           EPISCOPACY
           ;
           And
           Re-investing
           Bishops
           Into
           Their
           Pristine
           Honour
           and
           Authority
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1661.
           
        
         
           
             Aarons
             Rod.
             BLESSED
             and
             FLORID
             .
             Num.
             17.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           
             Barren
             Fig-Tree
             .
             CURSED
             and
             WITHERED
             Mat.
             ●1
             .
             19.
             
          
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
         
           Luke
           17.
           14.
           
        
         
           Giving
           Thanks
           always
           for
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           Ephes
           .
           5.
           20.
           
        
         
           
             Nemo
             gratus
             malus
             :
             Nemo
             malus
             gratus
             .
          
           
             Perditissimum
             censuerunt
             Veteres
             quem
             ingratum
             dixerunt
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Andrew
             Crook
          
           at
           the
           Green-Dragon
           in
           St
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1661.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honorable
           and
           most
           Noble
           Princes
           ,
           Dukes
           ,
           Marquesses
           ,
           Earls
           ,
           Viscounts
           and
           Lords
           ,
           Barons
           and
           Peers
           ,
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ;
           Together
           with
           the
           other
           honorable
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Knights
           and
           Burgesses
           ,
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           THere
           shall
           need
           no
           other
           Apology
           for
           the
           erecting
           and
           thus
           dedicating
           this
           
             PILLAR
             of
             GRATITUDE
          
           ,
           than
           that
           ,
           which
           all
           Justice
           and
           Ingenuity
           do
           make
           ,
           for
           
             the
             Archbishops
             and
             Bishops
          
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           
             Orderly
             Clergy
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           Who
           must
           cease
           to
           be
           Christians
           and
           Men
           ,
           Religious
           and
           Rational
           ,
           just
           and
           ingenuous
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           not
           be
           highly
           sensible
           ,
           how
           much
           we
           are
           commanded
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           
             Laws
             of
             Gratitude
          
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           to
           express
           ,
           in
           some
           publique
           and
           solemn
           manner
           ,
           the
           humble
           sense
           of
           our
           thankful
           Hearts
           ,
           for
           that
           
             great
             Mercy
             ,
             signal
             Honor
          
           ,
           and
           
             eminent
             Favor
          
           ,
           which
           the
           good
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           Graciousness
           of
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           the
           Nobleness
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Generosity
           of
           the
           present
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           (
           yea
           ,
           we
           hope
           ,
           by
           the
           desire
           and
           consent
           of
           all
           wise
           ,
           sober
           ,
           and
           just
           men
           ,
           in
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           )
           hath
           restored
           ,
           as
           the
           
             other
             dignified
             Clergy
          
           to
           their
           respective
           Dignities
           ,
           so
           us
           ,
           the
           Archbishops
           and
           Bishops
           not
           onely
           to
           the
           exercise
           of
           our
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Jurisdiction
          
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           the
           
             ancient
             Honor
          
           (
           when
           his
           Majesty
           shall
           please
           to
           call
           us
           )
           of
           sitting
           ,
           consulting
           ,
           and
           voting
           in
           the
           House
           of
           
             Peers
             ;
             Senatus
             ,
             quo
             Sol
             augustiorem
             in
             orbe
             non
             vidit
          
           ;
           as
           the
           most
           learned
           Bishop
           Andrews
           writes
           in
           his
           
             Tortura
             Torti
          
           :
           A
           Court
           and
           Council
           ,
           in
           its
           full
           and
           free
           Constitution
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           exceeded
           ,
           hardly
           equalled
           in
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           for
           number
           ,
           and
           for
           grandeur
           ;
           for
           the
           conspicuity
           of
           its
           Wisdom
           ;
           for
           the
           majesty
           of
           its
           Presence
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Eminency
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           Antiquity
           ,
           of
           its
           Authority
           ;
           
           Agreeable
           to
           that
           of
           Fortescue
           ,
           cited
           by
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Coke
          
           in
           his
           Institutes
           ,
           l.
           4.
           c.
           1.
           
           
             Si
             Antiquitatem
             spectes
             ,
             est
             vetustissima
             ;
             si
             Dignitatem
             ,
             est
             honoratissima
             ;
             si
             Jurisdictionem
             ,
             est
             capacissima
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           do
           We
           the
           Bishops
           (
           with
           all
           our
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Clergy
           )
           more
           congratulate
           our
           own
           Reception
           ,
           to
           our
           pristine
           station
           ,
           after
           fifteen
           years
           absence
           ,
           than
           your
           LORDSHIPS
           safe
           Return
           ,
           after
           twelve
           years
           Banishment
           ,
           to
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           your
           native
           Right
           ,
           and
           hereditary
           Honor
           ,
           of
           sitting
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           Barons
           and
           Peers
           :
           And
           no
           less
           do
           we
           celebrate
           with
           joy
           the
           renewed
           priviledge
           of
           the
           free-born
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           sit
           and
           suffragate
           ,
           in
           their
           honorable
           House
           ,
           by
           their
           
             chosen
             Deputies
          
           ,
           the
           Knights
           and
           Burgesses
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           for
           many
           years
           been
           baffled
           with
           Tumults
           ,
           broken
           by
           Factions
           ,
           bastinadoed
           with
           Truncheons
           ,
           and
           beaten
           with
           Swords
           ;
           in
           order
           (
           forsooth
           )
           to
           preserve
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Above
           all
           (
           for
           in
           that
           one
           ,
           all
           your
           Honors
           ,
           all
           our
           civil
           Freedoms
           and
           temporal
           Happinesses
           are
           included
           )
           we
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           beyond
           all
           men
           ,
           have
           cause
           anew
           to
           solemnize
           this
           Day
           ,
           with
           
             (
             Faelix
             ,
             faustúmque
          
           )
           a
           peculiar
           joy
           and
           jubile
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           the
           Churches
           peace
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdoms
           prosperity
           ,
           the
           happy
           Return
           of
           his
           SACRED
           MAJESTY
           to
           his
           rightful
           Throne
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           to
           his
           proper
           Orb
           or
           Sphere
           ,
           after
           the
           dreadful
           Overthrow
           of
           our
           late
           Phaetons
           ;
           Who
           ,
           having
           set
           this
           English
           World
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           quenched
           the
           other
           two
           
             British
             Kingdoms
          
           of
           Scotland
           and
           Ireland
           with
           their
           blood
           ,
           ashes
           and
           ruines
           ,
           had
           this
           onely
           honor
           for
           their
           
             Epitaph
             (
             Magnis
             excidere
             ausis
          
           )
           That
           they
           justly
           fell
           from
           most
           
             audacious
             adventures
             ,
             arrogant
             usurpations
          
           ,
           and
           
             impudent
             impieties
          
           ;
           smitten
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           as
           with
           the
           Conscience
           of
           their
           own
           enormious
           wickednesses
           ,
           so
           with
           the
           Thunder
           and
           Lightning
           ,
           the
           terror
           and
           consternation
           of
           that
           
             divine
             vengeance
          
           ,
           which
           ,
           when
           they
           least
           dreamed
           of
           ,
           did
           wonderfully
           overtake
           them
           ;
           after
           they
           had
           a
           long
           time
           flattered
           themselves
           in
           Providences
           ;
           and
           ,
           by
           the
           delusion
           of
           Successes
           ,
           had
           blasphemed
           the
           most
           high
           ,
           holy
           ,
           and
           righteous
           God
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           such
           an
           one
           as
           themselves
           ;
           a
           lover
           of
           perfidy
           ,
           perjury
           ,
           and
           hypocrisie
           ;
           Which
           vengeance
           was
           also
           on
           the
           sudden
           executed
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           loyal
           Prayers
           and
           pious
           Impatiences
           of
           all
           his
           Majesties
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           so
           chiefly
           by
           the
           
           honest
           Policies
           and
           prudent
           Conduct
           of
           one
           wise
           and
           valiant
           General
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           Samson
           )
           caught
           those
           
             subtile
             Foxes
          
           ,
           and
           tied
           them
           tail
           to
           tail
           ;
           but
           without
           any
           other
           firebrands
           ,
           than
           themselves
           ;
           taking
           
             the
             crafty
          
           in
           their
           
             own
             devices
          
           ,
           and
           pulling
           down
           the
           proud
           from
           their
           seats
           of
           scorn
           and
           Tyranny
           :
           (
           May
           his
           heroick
           name
           be
           written
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Life
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           that
           of
           
             worldly
             Honor
          
           ,
           with
           an
           indeleble
           Character
           ;
           because
           he
           did
           not
           pervert
           to
           private
           ambition
           (
           as
           others
           had
           foolishly
           and
           falsly
           done
           )
           the
           rare
           opportunity
           of
           doing
           Actions
           of
           incomparable
           Loyalty
           to
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           of
           Love
           to
           his
           Country
           .
           )
        
         
           Those
           Scandals
           and
           Reproaches
           to
           all
           true
           Honor
           and
           Religion
           ,
           those
           pests
           and
           shame
           to
           all
           good
           Government
           ,
           being
           once
           gone
           with
           Judas
           to
           their
           own
           places
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           filled
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           with
           blood
           ,
           barbarity
           ,
           and
           confusion
           ,
           and
           the
           measure
           of
           their
           iniquity
           up
           to
           the
           brim
           ,
           by
           a
           wanton
           superfluity
           of
           folly
           and
           madness
           ,
           wickedness
           and
           hypocrisie
           ,
           at
           last
           this
           grand
           Theater
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Honor
           (
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           )
           was
           left
           free
           ,
           for
           the
           joyful
           Reception
           of
           its
           ancient
           Inhabitants
           ,
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           there
           to
           sit
           with
           Freedom
           and
           Honor
           ;
           never
           again
           (
           we
           hope
           and
           pray
           )
           to
           be
           divided
           ,
           scattered
           ,
           confounded
           and
           destroyed
           .
        
         
           Whose
           Piety
           and
           Justice
           not
           satisfied
           with
           their
           own
           Return
           to
           this
           Throne
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           this
           sanctuary
           of
           Religion
           ,
           this
           seat
           of
           Honor
           ,
           this
           Citadel
           of
           all
           legal
           and
           ingenuous
           Liberties
           ,
           are
           pleased
           still
           to
           express
           a
           sense
           of
           solitude
           ,
           until
           they
           had
           compleated
           
             (
             More
             majorum
          
           )
           after
           the
           ancient
           patern
           of
           
             English
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           their
           honorable
           society
           with
           the
           Archbishops
           and
           Bishops
           of
           England
           and
           Wales
           ;
           That
           so
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           other
           instances
           of
           true
           Honor
           ,
           they
           might
           not
           come
           short
           of
           the
           Piety
           and
           Prudence
           of
           their
           noble
           Ancestors
           ;
           who
           thought
           ,
           that
           a
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           without
           Bishops
           ,
           was
           as
           a
           City
           without
           a
           Temple
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           Temple
           without
           an
           Altar
           ,
           or
           as
           an
           Altar
           without
           a
           Sacrifice
           ;
           or
           as
           all
           these
           without
           a
           duly
           
             consecrated
             Priest
          
           ;
           or
           as
           he
           and
           they
           too
           would
           be
           without
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           the
           
             true
             God.
          
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           have
           we
           lived
           to
           see
           ,
           by
           merciful
           and
           
             miraculous
             Revolutions
          
           ,
           a
           
             plenary
             Restauration
          
           of
           the
           Majesty
           ,
           Honor
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           of
           this
           so
           renowned
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           both
           in
           their
           grand
           Epitomes
           of
           Parliament
           and
           Convocation
           ;
           also
           
           in
           their
           
             greater
             latitudes
          
           ,
           or
           diffusions
           ,
           to
           all
           Estates
           and
           degrees
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           just
           Concerns
           and
           Interests
           to
           which
           ,
           in
           Law
           or
           Religion
           ,
           in
           Prudence
           or
           Conscience
           ,
           they
           can
           pretend
           ;
           Which
           are
           all
           bound
           up
           in
           the
           Kings
           gracious
           ,
           free
           ,
           and
           royal
           Consent
           ,
           ratifying
           the
           joynt
           counsels
           and
           humble
           desires
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Commonalty
           ,
           unanimously
           represented
           to
           him
           ;
           as
           by
           the
           
             Lords
             Temporal
          
           and
           Commons
           ,
           so
           by
           the
           
             Lords
             Spiritual
          
           or
           Bishops
           ,
           now
           restored
           to
           their
           ancient
           Place
           and
           Honor
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           .
           (
           May
           this
           signal
           Mercy
           of
           God
           never
           be
           forgotten
           by
           us
           ;
           may
           this
           happy
           Union
           never
           be
           dissolved
           among
           us
           :
           may
           this
           great
           Blessing
           never
           be
           forfeited
           by
           us
           .
           )
        
         
           An
           
             high
             honor
          
           indeed
           ,
           yet
           ,
           withal
           ,
           a
           
             very
             heavy
          
           burden
           ,
           put
           upon
           us
           Bishops
           ;
           not
           onely
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           great
           Service
           and
           publique
           Duty
           ,
           which
           is
           on
           all
           hands
           expected
           from
           us
           ;
           And
           for
           that
           
             great
             account
          
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           required
           of
           us
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Talents
           ,
           Advantages
           ,
           and
           Opportunities
           given
           us
           ,
           to
           
             serve
             God
          
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           :
           (
           to
           which
           nothing
           can
           sufficiently
           enable
           us
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           Grace
           and
           Favor
           ,
           both
           divine
           and
           humane
           ,
           which
           hath
           thus
           prevented
           us
           :
           )
           But
           also
           ,
           as
           to
           
             that
             envy
          
           ,
           which
           must
           necessarily
           by
           this
           eminency
           be
           contracted
           ,
           from
           all
           those
           evil
           men
           ,
           who
           have
           
             evil
             eyes
          
           ,
           and
           
             evil
             wills
          
           and
           evil
           hearts
           ,
           not
           onely
           against
           Bishops
           and
           Episcopacy
           ,
           but
           also
           against
           the
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           against
           the
           pristine
           Renown
           and
           Flourishing
           of
           this
           Reformed
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           which
           was
           famous
           heretofore
           in
           all
           the
           Christian
           World
           abroad
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           reverenced
           at
           home
           ,
           by
           
             People
             ,
             Peers
          
           ,
           and
           
             sovereign
             Princes
          
           ,
           while
           its
           
             Diocesan
             Bishops
          
           were
           dignified
           with
           this
           publique
           and
           
             Parliamentary
             honor
          
           ;
           Which
           is
           not
           like
           that
           sad
           OTHER
           HOUSE
           ,
           a
           mushroom
           or
           gourd
           of
           Yesterday
           ,
           springing
           out
           of
           
             O.
             P.
          
           and
           withering
           with
           
             R.
             C.
          
           but
           it
           began
           with
           the
           first
           Originals
           of
           Parliaments
           ;
           and
           for
           many
           hundred
           of
           years
           continued
           ,
           without
           any
           violent
           interruption
           ,
           until
           these
           late
           Antimonarchical
           and
           
             Antiepiscopal
             Chasms
          
           and
           Concussions
           ,
           which
           shook
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           Hell
           it self
           ,
           to
           destroy
           both
           Kings
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           and
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           horrid
           conflicts
           of
           
             Innovation
             ,
             Schism
             ,
             Rebellion
          
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           with
           our
           well
           reformed
           Church
           ,
           our
           ancient
           
           Laws
           ,
           our
           setled
           Religion
           ,
           and
           our
           excellent
           Government
           ,
           the
           
             tail
             of
             the
             Dragon
          
           strove
           to
           
             cast
             down
             to
             the
             earth
          
           many
           Stars
           of
           the
           highest
           Spheres
           ,
           the
           greatest
           magnitude
           ,
           and
           divinest
           influence
           ,
           in
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           among
           them
           the
           most
           reverend
           and
           learned
           Bishops
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           even
           one
           and
           all
           ,
           at
           one
           sweeping
           Stroke
           ;
           who
           (
           with
           their
           famous
           Predecessors
           )
           for
           many
           Centuries
           of
           years
           ,
           had
           both
           sat
           in
           Parliaments
           ,
           as
           Peers
           ,
           and
           presided
           in
           the
           Church
           as
           Prelates
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           chief
           
             Fathers
             ,
             Stewards
          
           ,
           and
           Overseers
           in
           Christs
           Family
           ,
           or
           the
           Houshold
           of
           
             Faith
             ;
             Principal
             Governors
          
           or
           Presidents
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           Jurisdiction
           :
           Prime
           Members
           in
           all
           Synods
           and
           Convocations
           :
           The
           main
           Cisterns
           and
           Conduits
           of
           
             holy
             Orders
          
           :
           The
           grand
           Conservators
           of
           Ministerial
           Power
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           ;
           very
           ample
           and
           able
           Defenders
           (
           under
           God
           and
           the
           King
           )
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           Christian
           and
           Reformed
           ,
           in
           Truth
           and
           Faith
           ,
           in
           Peace
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           in
           good
           Government
           ,
           decent
           Order
           ,
           and
           legal
           Uniformity
           .
        
         
           By
           which
           
             publique
             influences
          
           of
           their
           judicious
           Preaching
           ,
           solid
           writing
           ,
           sober
           living
           ,
           grave
           counselling
           ,
           and
           prudent
           governing
           (
           set
           off
           with
           such
           eminent
           Honors
           ,
           fair
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           due
           Authority
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           by
           the
           munificence
           of
           Princes
           legally
           vested
           in
           )
           the
           Bishops
           of
           ENGLAND
           have
           ,
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           been
           in
           all
           Ages
           (
           according
           to
           the
           analogy
           and
           capacity
           of
           Times
           )
           as
           the
           fairest
           ,
           so
           the
           strongest
           Pillars
           in
           this
           Churches
           Fabrick
           :
           Like
           the
           goodly
           
             Cedar
             beams
          
           and
           
             costly
             stones
          
           which
           were
           laid
           in
           
             Solomons
             Temple
          
           :
           like
           the
           fruitfullest
           Figtrees
           ,
           Vines
           and
           Olives
           ,
           planted
           in
           the
           
             Garden
             of
             God
          
           ;
           flourishing
           and
           bearing
           fruits
           that
           were
           pleasing
           to
           God
           and
           good
           men
           ;
           until
           that
           wilde-fire
           came
           forth
           out
           of
           the
           thistles
           and
           brambles
           of
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           which
           sought
           to
           devour
           them
           root
           and
           branch
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           all
           things
           civil
           and
           sacred
           .
        
         
           Your
           valiant
           and
           noble
           Ancestors
           ,
           not
           more
           honorable
           for
           their
           being
           Peers
           or
           Members
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           than
           for
           their
           being
           
             generous
             Sons
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           Patrons
           of
           Learning
           and
           true
           Religion
           ,
           These
           were
           ever
           so
           impatient
           to
           carry
           on
           ,
           or
           conclude
           any
           publique
           Counsels
           or
           Determinations
           that
           were
           not
           
             sanguinary
             (
             Deo
             inconsulto
          
           )
           without
           first
           
             taking
             Counsel
             of
             God
          
           ,
           by
           his
           
             Priests
             ,
             Prophets
          
           ,
           and
           Seers
           ,
           (
           as
           David
           and
           the
           best
           Kings
           of
           Judah
           were
           wont
           to
           do
           ,
           in
           all
           great
           concerns
           ,
           
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           for
           War
           and
           Peace
           )
           that
           They
           thought
           nothing
           could
           be
           prudent
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           pious
           ;
           nor
           likely
           to
           be
           prosperous
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           correspond
           with
           the
           Church
           .
           They
           esteemed
           the
           Temple
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           and
           the
           Priests
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           be
           (
           as
           the
           Ark
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           Bearers
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Camp
           )
           not
           onely
           the
           center
           ,
           but
           the
           sanctuary
           and
           glory
           of
           both
           Court
           ,
           City
           ,
           and
           Country
           :
           That
           ,
           as
           the
           Body
           is
           without
           the
           Soul
           ,
           so
           are
           publique
           Counsels
           and
           Transactions
           in
           Christian
           States
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           without
           due
           regard
           to
           God
           ,
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           true
           Religion
           .
        
         
           With
           whose
           
             holy
             will
             ,
             minde
          
           ,
           and
           counsels
           ,
           no
           men
           can
           ,
           in
           any
           reason
           ,
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           better
           acquainted
           ,
           or
           more
           sincerely
           conform
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           more
           readily
           communicative
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           grave
           and
           
             learned
             Divines
          
           ;
           and
           among
           them
           those
           
             venerable
             Bishops
          
           and
           Fathers
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Power
           Evangelical
           ,
           are
           specially
           committed
           ,
           as
           to
           Gods
           chief
           
             Embassadors
             ,
             Christs
          
           eminent
           Deputies
           ,
           the
           Clergies
           principal
           Trustees
           ,
           and
           ,
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           the
           whole
           Churches
           general
           Representatives
           ;
           whose
           learned
           Gifts
           and
           Endowments
           are
           presumed
           to
           be
           most
           matured
           by
           Age
           ,
           subdued
           by
           Experience
           ,
           sanctified
           by
           Grace
           ,
           and
           intirely
           devoted
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           their
           Country
           ;
           upon
           whose
           respective
           Favors
           they
           wholly
           depend
           :
           To
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           Welfare
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           they
           cannot
           ,
           in
           prudence
           and
           conscience
           ,
           be
           less
           faithfully
           and
           constantly
           engaged
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           men
           :
           And
           in
           whose
           Interests
           (
           doubtless
           )
           they
           are
           much
           more
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           than
           any
           of
           those
           
             Democratick
             spirits
          
           ,
           or
           
             Pragmatick
             Sticklers
          
           ,
           among
           the
           Clergy
           or
           Laity
           ;
           who
           being
           of
           less
           years
           ,
           abilities
           ,
           and
           experience
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           possibly
           less
           contented
           ,
           are
           apter
           to
           be
           either
           covetously
           ,
           or
           ambitiously
           ,
           or
           enviously
           discomposed
           ;
           and
           so
           more
           subject
           to
           toss
           to
           and
           fro
           ;
           to
           move
           from
           one
           side
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           those
           weary
           men
           do
           ,
           who
           lie
           on
           
             hard
             beds
          
           :
           Easily
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           seen
           ,
           revolting
           from
           Kings
           and
           Bishops
           to
           Presbyterian
           and
           
             Independent
             Projects
          
           ,
           to
           popular
           and
           Plebeian
           Adherencies
           ;
           yea
           ,
           to
           Papal
           Arts
           and
           Ends
           :
           That
           by
           such
           Complacencies
           they
           may
           advance
           their
           own
           Estate
           or
           Reputation
           ,
           though
           with
           the
           ruine
           of
           Monarchy
           and
           Episcopacy
           ;
           which
           are
           the
           great
           Defensatives
           and
           Bulwarks
           against
           Sedition
           
           and
           Faction
           ,
           against
           Anarchy
           and
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           the
           
             Tumultuary
             Mutinies
          
           of
           some
           impetuous
           malecontents
           against
           Kings
           and
           Bishops
           have
           been
           to
           the
           detriment
           and
           dishonor
           both
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           recent
           memory
           of
           your
           ,
           and
           our
           late
           Troubles
           and
           Miseries
           will
           sufficiently
           tell
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           Gentlemen
           :
           As
           a
           
             just
             History
          
           of
           their
           
             Tragical
             Counsels
          
           and
           
             Tyrannical
             effects
          
           ,
           will
           for
           ever
           warn
           your
           amazed
           and
           almost
           incredulous
           Posterity
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           see
           the
           different
           ,
           yea
           ,
           destructive
           Fortunes
           of
           our
           Laws
           and
           Religion
           ,
           of
           our
           
             Kings
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ;
           of
           the
           
             sober
             Clergy
          
           ,
           &
           all
           degrees
           of
           honest
           men
           in
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           under
           an
           affected
           Novelty
           and
           Parity
           of
           
             Usurping
             Presbyters
          
           ,
           with
           some
           presumptuous
           People
           ,
           (
           whose
           dominion
           in
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           neither
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           nor
           your
           Forefathers
           ,
           ever
           knew
           in
           ENGLAND
           ,
           nor
           can
           ever
           bear
           )
           compared
           with
           that
           
             Paternal
             Government
          
           of
           learned
           ,
           godly
           ,
           and
           
             venerable
             Bishops
          
           ,
           counselled
           and
           assisted
           by
           their
           
             reverend
             Brethren
          
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ;
           in
           a
           way
           and
           form
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Government
           ,
           now
           happily
           restored
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           as
           most
           conform
           to
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ;
           ever
           approved
           by
           our
           Parliaments
           ,
           established
           by
           all
           our
           ancient
           Laws
           ,
           and
           duly
           subordinate
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           as
           
             Sovereign
             Lords
          
           ;
           who
           are
           owned
           by
           us
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Orthodox
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           to
           be
           ,
           under
           God
           ,
           the
           onely
           supreme
           Dispensers
           of
           all
           Juridical
           or
           Executive
           Power
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           :
           No
           way
           subject
           either
           to
           the
           Papal
           Triple
           Crown
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           hundred
           Eyes
           of
           any
           Presbyterian
           Class
           ,
           nor
           yet
           to
           the
           hundred
           Hands
           of
           any
           Independent
           Junto
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           
             Christian
             Care
          
           and
           Courage
           ,
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           of
           which
           Bishops
           (
           next
           after
           ,
           and
           ever
           since
           the
           Apostles
           and
           Apostolique
           men
           )
           Christianity
           it self
           was
           first
           planted
           in
           Britany
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           other
           Countries
           ;
           when
           the
           Crown
           of
           King
           Lucius
           ,
           above
           1500.
           years
           ago
           (
           first
           of
           any
           King
           in
           all
           the
           World
           )
           did
           wear
           the
           Cross
           ,
           as
           the
           noblest
           Gem
           and
           highest
           Ornament
           of
           his
           Royal
           Diadem
           .
        
         
           Accordingly
           we
           read
           of
           our
           British
           Bishops
           ,
           present
           at
           ancient
           Councils
           ;
           as
           that
           of
           Arles
           in
           France
           ,
           where
           Restitutus
           Bishop
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           Eboracus
           Bishop
           of
           Yorksate
           :
           So
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           Arminium
           ,
           about
           the
           year
           350.
           as
           
             Sulpicius
             Severus
          
           and
           others
           tell
           us
           .
        
         
         
           By
           a
           like
           Succession
           of
           
             holy
             Bishops
          
           ,
           and
           their
           subordinate
           Clergy
           ,
           was
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           its
           orderly
           Ministry
           ,
           preserved
           in
           Wales
           ,
           after
           many
           barbarous
           Invasions
           and
           Persecutions
           had
           almost
           desolated
           those
           first
           planted
           Churches
           of
           our
           Britany
           ;
           as
           venerable
           Bede
           and
           Guildas
           the
           wise
           tell
           us
           .
           By
           godly
           Bishops
           were
           the
           Saxons
           and
           Angles
           themselves
           at
           length
           converted
           ,
           both
           Kings
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           that
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           Saul
           ,
           they
           formerly
           persecuted
           ,
           and
           made
           such
           havock
           of
           .
        
         
           By
           grave
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           good
           Physitians
           ,
           was
           Christian
           Religion
           in
           its
           Fundamentals
           of
           Faith
           and
           good
           Manners
           kept
           alive
           ,
           to
           some
           degree
           of
           saving
           health
           and
           holy
           Order
           ,
           amidst
           the
           many
           distempers
           ,
           corruptions
           ,
           and
           deformities
           of
           those
           
             dark
             times
          
           ,
           which
           went
           before
           ,
           and
           followed
           after
           the
           
             Norman
             Conquest
          
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Superstructures
             ,
             Usurpations
          
           ,
           and
           Apostacies
           .
        
         
           By
           excellent
           Bishops
           were
           the
           Decays
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           Deformity
           of
           Religion
           (
           now
           above
           one
           hundred
           years
           past
           )
           duly
           repaired
           ,
           and
           
             orderly
             reformed
          
           ,
           from
           those
           Romish
           Dregs
           of
           Superstition
           ,
           which
           had
           spread
           upon
           the
           face
           of
           these
           Western
           Churches
           ,
           and
           sowred
           the
           Sanctity
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           sullied
           the
           Serenity
           of
           Christian
           purity
           and
           simplicity
           ,
           both
           in
           Faith
           and
           Manners
           .
        
         
           By
           worthy
           Bishops
           was
           our
           
             English
             Liturgy
          
           fitly
           composed
           ,
           our
           Bibles
           well
           translated
           ,
           our
           Reformation
           soberly
           compleated
           ,
           our
           Religion
           by
           Law
           and
           due
           Authority
           peaceably
           established
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           ,
           all
           was
           sealed
           and
           confirmed
           by
           many
           of
           those
           godly
           
             Bishops
             bonds
          
           and
           banishments
           ,
           by
           their
           Bloods
           and
           Martyrdoms
           .
        
         
           By
           our
           
             English
             Bishops
          
           ,
           how
           many
           
             rare
             Books
          
           have
           been
           written
           in
           all
           kinds
           of
           good
           Learning
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           Dogmatical
           ,
           Polemical
           ,
           and
           Practical
           ?
           How
           hath
           the
           Orthodox
           Faith
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           (
           yea
           ,
           of
           the
           
             true
             Catholick
             Church
          
           )
           been
           ,
           by
           our
           admirable
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           other
           
             Episcopal
             Divines
          
           ,
           valiantly
           maintained
           ,
           against
           all
           kinds
           of
           
             Heretical
             Novelties
          
           ,
           and
           Schismatical
           Machinations
           ,
           both
           forreign
           and
           domestick
           ?
           They
           have
           neither
           feared
           Rome
           ,
           nor
           flattered
           Geneva
           ,
           nor
           courted
           Amsterdam
           ;
           securing
           this
           Church
           ,
           at
           once
           ,
           against
           all
           Papal
           Policies
           ,
           Disciplinarian
           Devices
           ,
           and
           Popular
           Impostures
           .
        
         
         
           How
           many
           great
           and
           
             good
             Works
          
           of
           pious
           Munificence
           ,
           of
           durable
           Hospitality
           ,
           and
           useful
           Charity
           to
           Colledges
           ,
           Cathedrals
           ,
           and
           other
           Churches
           ,
           to
           Free-Schools
           ,
           to
           Hospitals
           ,
           and
           Alms-Houses
           ,
           have
           by
           our
           
             English
             Bishops
          
           been
           founded
           at
           their
           own
           Charges
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           by
           their
           grave
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           good
           Examples
           ?
           as
           our
           English
           Histories
           fully
           inform
           us
           .
        
         
           By
           some
           of
           our
           
             learned
             Bishops
          
           (
           as
           
             Anselm
             ,
             Bradwardine
          
           ,
           and
           others
           )
           the
           Glory
           of
           
             Gods
             Grace
          
           was
           notably
           maintained
           against
           the
           Pelagian
           pride
           and
           presumption
           :
           So
           was
           the
           Liberty
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           by
           the
           
             great
             head
          
           ,
           and
           greater
           heart
           ,
           of
           Robert
           Bishop
           of
           Lincoln
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           against
           the
           Papal
           Arrogancy
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           loyal
           and
           resolute
           Bishop
           of
           Carlile
           was
           the
           Sovereignty
           and
           Life
           of
           Richard
           the
           second
           ,
           King
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           in
           open
           Parliament
           vindicated
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           Law
           ,
           and
           Reason
           ,
           against
           the
           potent
           Usurpation
           of
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           .
           By
           a
           wise
           Bishop
           of
           Ely
           was
           that
           Counsel
           first
           given
           ,
           which
           united
           the
           
             two
             Roses
          
           ,
           and
           composed
           our
           long
           
             Civil
             Wars
          
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           by
           a
           
             worthy
             Bishop
          
           was
           that
           foundation
           of
           Union
           laid
           in
           a
           Marriage
           with
           a
           Daughter
           of
           Henry
           the
           seventh
           ,
           which
           in
           time
           brought
           both
           Kingdoms
           of
           ENGLAND
           and
           SCOTLAND
           under
           one
           Scepter
           and
           Monarch
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           mention
           these
           (
           few
           of
           many
           )
           instances
           of
           worthy
           and
           most
           deserving
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           (
           for
           I
           omit
           
             Cranmer
             ,
             Hooper
             ,
             Ridley
             ,
             Latimer
             ,
             Matthews
             ,
             Whitguift
             ,
             Bancroft
             ,
             Jewel
             ,
             Bilson
             ,
             Andrews
             ,
             King
             ,
          
           both
           the
           
             Abbots
             ,
             Davenant
             ,
             White
             ,
             Morton
             ,
             Babington
             ,
             Carlton
             ,
             Hall
             ,
          
           and
           others
           )
           nor
           yet
           do
           I
           reckon
           up
           the
           many
           late
           
             great
             Sufferers
          
           ,
           with
           much
           Christian
           patience
           ,
           courage
           ,
           and
           constancy
           (
           some
           of
           whom
           remain
           to
           this
           day
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           so
           mention
           those
           former
           (
           as
           I
           might
           with
           a
           particular
           emphasis
           to
           each
           )
           nor
           yet
           
             these
             later
             Bishops
          
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           here
           meant
           to
           plead
           the
           merits
           of
           Bishops
           or
           Episcopacy
           ,
           either
           before
           God
           or
           Man
           ;
           I
           know
           the
           
             best
             Bishops
          
           were
           sensible
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           but
           their
           Duty
           to
           God
           ,
           their
           Kings
           ,
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           their
           Country
           (
           of
           whom
           ,
           as
           of
           Parents
           ,
           none
           can
           merit
           ,
           few
           requite
           them
           ;
           )
           Nor
           is
           it
           for
           me
           to
           blazon
           their
           wel-known
           worth
           by
           any
           pomp
           of
           words
           ,
           when
           their
           greatest
           worth
           consisted
           in
           their
           modesty
           and
           humility
           ;
           as
           their
           greatest
           merit
           in
           their
           thinking
           they
           had
           none
           ,
           though
           their
           Works
           do
           at
           once
           
           
             praise
             them
             in
             the
             gates
          
           ,
           and
           follow
           them
           to
           Glory
           .
        
         
           Onely
           thus
           far
           I
           have
           ,
           with
           equal
           truth
           and
           modesty
           (
           yea
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           offence
           ,
           I
           hope
           )
           touched
           upon
           the
           wel-known
           Deserts
           of
           some
           of
           our
           
             English
             Bishops
          
           ;
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           to
           justifie
           this
           Honor
           and
           Favor
           ,
           which
           his
           
             gracious
             Majesty
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           and
           the
           generous
           Piety
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           hath
           now
           done
           to
           us
           Bishops
           ;
           and
           in
           US
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           Clergy
           ;
           and
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           this
           whole
           Church
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           ,
           to
           all
           Christendom
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           World
           :
           After
           the
           famous
           Examples
           of
           the
           first
           Christian
           Emperors
           and
           Christian
           Senators
           of
           Rome
           ,
           who
           assumed
           the
           chief
           Bishops
           of
           Churches
           in
           the
           Roman
           World
           ,
           into
           the
           Order
           and
           Honor
           of
           the
           Senators
           or
           Nobles
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           called
           Patricii
           ;
           (
           whence
           Saint
           Patrick
           ,
           Primate
           of
           IRELAND
           ,
           had
           his
           name
           ,
           even
           from
           that
           Honor
           ;
           as
           the
           most
           learned
           Lord
           Primate
           Ussher
           observes
           in
           his
           
             Antiquitates
             Hibernicae
          
           ;
           )
           That
           all
           men
           might
           see
           ,
           what
           esteem
           and
           love
           they
           then
           had
           for
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           as
           ,
           of
           all
           Religions
           ,
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           most
           deserving
           of
           Mankinde
           :
           Also
           ,
           what
           regard
           they
           had
           for
           the
           
             prime
             Preachers
          
           and
           Professors
           of
           it
           ;
           Among
           whom
           ,
           none
           were
           thought
           more
           worthy
           of
           
             double
             honor
          
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           
             ruled
             well
          
           ,
           and
           labored
           also
           in
           the
           Word
           and
           Doctrine
           ;
           as
           all
           true
           Bishops
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           yea
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           have
           so
           done
           ,
           and
           ever
           will
           ,
           as
           God
           enables
           them
           :
           There
           being
           nothing
           so
           desirable
           in
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           as
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           Work
           ;
           which
           seeks
           not
           our
           
             own
             things
          
           ,
           but
           the
           
             things
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           the
           publique
           Welfare
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           over
           which
           God
           doth
           set
           them
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           at
           
             once
             save
             their
             own
             Souls
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Souls
             of
             them
             that
             hear
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Furthermore
           ,
           my
           design
           ,
           in
           this
           brief
           Commemoration
           of
           excellent
           and
           deserving
           Bishops
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           your
           Honors
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           English
           World
           (
           if
           there
           needed
           further
           demonstrations
           than
           our
           late
           Miseries
           )
           How
           partial
           ,
           how
           oppressive
           ,
           how
           destructive
           to
           all
           good
           Learning
           ,
           and
           
             generous
             Piety
          
           ,
           in
           Church-men
           especially
           (
           many
           of
           whom
           ,
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           were
           Sons
           of
           noble
           and
           illustrious
           Families
           ;
           )
           How
           injurious
           also
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           to
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           to
           Kings
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           true
           Religion
           and
           sober
           Reformation
           ,
           those
           
             Popular
             Projects
          
           are
           ,
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           
           ever
           will
           be
           ;
           which
           ,
           with
           
             tumultuating
             Partiality
          
           ,
           Plebeian
           Sordidness
           ,
           and
           
             Mechanick
             Importunity
          
           ,
           shall
           seek
           to
           deprive
           the
           publique
           Wisdom
           and
           Counsels
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           of
           the
           light
           and
           influence
           of
           those
           
             greater
             Stars
          
           ,
           or
           the
           guidance
           and
           defence
           of
           those
           
             good
             Angels
          
           ,
           such
           as
           our
           
             English
             Bishops
          
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           ever
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           ever
           will
           be
           :
           Whose
           fatal
           Thrusting
           ,
           by
           head
           and
           shoulders
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           this
           Church
           ,
           was
           followed
           with
           such
           
             Stygian
             Darkness
          
           ,
           Hellish
           Horror
           ,
           and
           
             barbarous
             Confusion
          
           ,
           as
           cast
           out
           both
           
             Commons
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Kings
           ,
           from
           their
           Places
           ,
           Seats
           and
           Thrones
           ;
           supplying
           their
           and
           the
           Bishops
           places
           with
           such
           Associates
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           as
           were
           worse
           than
           any
           solitude
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           
             Kingly
             Majesty
          
           sitting
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           attended
           with
           ancient
           and
           honorable
           
             Peers
             ,
             Lords
             Spiritual
          
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           they
           brought
           into
           the
           Capitol
           ,
           or
           
             sacred
             Senate
          
           of
           this
           British
           Empire
           ,
           many
           ,
           that
           were
           not
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             noble
             blood
          
           ,
           nor
           yet
           men
           of
           noble
           Education
           ,
           or
           liberal
           Endowments
           ;
           but
           I●ms
           and
           
             Ohims
             ,
             Vultures
          
           and
           
             Harpies
             ,
             Satyres
          
           and
           
             unclean
             Beasts
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           how
           ever
           so
           impudently
           wicked
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           ashamed
           of
           no
           sin
           (
           no
           not
           of
           Sacriledge
           ,
           Perjury
           ,
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           Regicide
           )
           yet
           were
           infinitely
           discountenanced
           ,
           and
           blushed
           to
           see
           themselves
           in
           that
           
             august
             ,
             high
          
           ,
           and
           
             honorable
             place
          
           ;
           just
           as
           Owls
           and
           Bats
           got
           into
           an
           Eagles
           nest
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           being
           such
           pieces
           of
           mean
           Birth
           ,
           of
           mechanick
           Breeding
           ,
           and
           of
           monstrous
           Insolency
           ,
           as
           your selves
           and
           your
           forefathers
           might
           ,
           without
           any
           
             unjust
             brow
          
           ,
           have
           disdained
           (
           as
           Job
           speaks
           )
           to
           have
           set
           them
           with
           the
           
             Dogs
             of
             your
             Flocks
          
           :
           So
           that
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           Bishops
           again
           into
           your
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           a
           new
           Consecrating
           of
           it
           ,
           after
           it
           had
           been
           so
           lewdly
           polluted
           ,
           and
           
             horridly
             profaned
          
           ,
           by
           those
           Abaddons
           and
           Apollyons
           .
        
         
           This
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           this
           Favor
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           this
           Nobleness
           of
           the
           Peers
           ,
           and
           this
           Generosity
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           to
           the
           Bishops
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           is
           the
           more
           welcom
           ,
           remarkable
           ,
           and
           miraculous
           ,
           because
           they
           come
           as
           a
           glorious
           Light
           after
           a
           most
           
             dismal
             Darkness
          
           ;
           as
           the
           great
           Calm
           followed
           the
           Storm
           that
           Christ
           rebuked
           ;
           as
           a
           fair
           Port
           ,
           or
           firm
           Land
           ,
           after
           much
           tossing
           ,
           tempest
           ,
           and
           shipwrack
           ;
           as
           a
           
             gracious
             Rain
          
           after
           long
           Drought
           ;
           as
           the
           shadow
           of
           a
           great
           
           Rock
           in
           a
           
             weary
             Land
          
           :
           This
           Honor
           ,
           after
           Debasement
           ,
           is
           as
           King
           Pharaohs
           Preferments
           bestowed
           on
           Joseph
           ,
           or
           Evil-Merodack's
           lifting
           up
           the
           Head
           of
           Jehojakin
           ,
           after
           the
           squallor
           of
           their
           Prisons
           :
           As
           the
           
             fair
             Robes
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Angel
           commanded
           should
           be
           put
           upon
           Joshua
           the
           High-Priest
           ,
           after
           his
           
             filthy
             garments
          
           were
           taken
           off
           ;
           Or
           as
           King
           Nebuchadnezzar
           advancing
           Daniel
           from
           the
           Lions
           Den
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           three
           Confessors
           ,
           from
           the
           
             fiery
             Furnace
          
           ,
           to
           be
           Governors
           of
           Provinces
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           although
           all
           Estates
           and
           Degrees
           of
           worthy
           Men
           have
           suffered
           much
           in
           our
           late
           Tumults
           and
           Tragedies
           ,
           yet
           none
           more
           than
           the
           loyal
           and
           conformable
           Clergy
           ;
           and
           among
           them
           the
           
             reverend
             Bishops
          
           most
           of
           all
           ;
           being
           stripped
           at
           once
           of
           their
           Estates
           and
           Honors
           ,
           of
           all
           supports
           and
           encouragements
           (
           except
           those
           of
           a
           
             good
             Cause
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             good
             Conscience
          
           :
           )
           These
           ,
           as
           the
           highest
           branches
           of
           stately
           Trees
           ,
           when
           felled
           ;
           or
           as
           the
           tops
           of
           lofty
           Towers
           ,
           when
           overthrown
           (
           
             lapsu
             graviore
             cadunt
          
           )
           not
           only
           fall
           first
           themselves
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           greater
           stroke
           and
           bruise
           to
           others
           :
           whose
           sufferings
           were
           their
           greatest
           afflictions
           .
           Your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Gentlemen
           ,
           know
           too
           well
           ,
           that
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           or
           the
           
             State
             Ecclesiastical
          
           ,
           (
           if
           I
           may
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           peculiar
           Function
           ,
           their
           relation
           to
           ,
           and
           representation
           of
           the
           whole
           Clergy
           ,
           as
           chief
           Fathers
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           so
           stile
           them
           
             stilo
             veteri
          
           ,
           as
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Coke
          
           and
           other
           great
           Lawyers
           do
           ,
           without
           the
           offence
           of
           any
           
             Presbyterian
             Criticks
          
           :
           )
           The
           Exclusion
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           of
           them
           from
           all
           Parliamentary
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           all
           Synodical
           Councels
           ,
           was
           not
           onely
           their
           utter
           undoing
           ;
           but
           the
           first
           sad
           Presage
           or
           direful
           Omen
           of
           those
           after-subversions
           and
           confusions
           ,
           which
           made
           havock
           of
           all
           those
           ancient
           Laws
           and
           Constitutions
           ,
           by
           which
           no
           less
           the
           Coronets
           of
           our
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           the
           Crowns
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           than
           the
           Mitres
           of
           our
           Bishops
           ,
           were
           setled
           .
        
         
           This
           gap
           once
           made
           by
           
             Tumultuating
             Importunities
             ,
             Popular
             Threatnings
          
           ,
           and
           
             Petitionary
             Terrors
          
           ,
           much
           God
           knows
           against
           the
           Choice
           and
           Genius
           of
           his
           
             late
             Majesty
          
           of
           
             blessed
             memory
          
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           against
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           wisest
           and
           soberest
           ,
           the
           most
           and
           best
           Persons
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           Good
           God!
           what
           Iliades
           of
           Miseries
           ,
           what
           Storms
           of
           Violence
           ,
           what
           Deluges
           of
           Mischief
           ,
           what
           Oceans
           of
           Confusion
           ,
           followed
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ?
           The
           Tongues
           and
           Pens
           of
           some
           popular
           
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           were
           
             wantonly
             wicked
          
           and
           
             zealously
             cruel
          
           ,
           being
           once
           let
           loose
           against
           their
           Church
           Governors
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           how
           were
           all
           things
           soon
           set
           on
           fire
           ,
           even
           with
           the
           fire
           of
           Hell
           ?
           which
           burned
           to
           the
           very
           foundations
           of
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           being
           like
           Tophet
           ,
           or
           those
           
             everlasting
             burnings
          
           ,
           which
           nothing
           but
           a
           miraculous
           showre
           of
           divine
           Mercy
           could
           thus
           allay
           ,
           or
           quench
           .
        
         
           As
           no
           man
           did
           ,
           said
           ,
           wrote
           ,
           and
           suffered
           more
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           Bishops
           and
           this
           Church
           ,
           than
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           ;
           or
           with
           more
           Christian
           ,
           Heroick
           ,
           and
           Martyrly
           Courage
           :
           So
           (
           next
           that
           
             Royal
             Martyr
          
           )
           were
           these
           
             godly
             Confessors
          
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           other
           worthy
           Clergy-men
           ,
           who
           a
           long
           time
           stood
           in
           the
           breach
           ,
           till
           there
           was
           no
           remedy
           ;
           but
           Sin
           and
           Judgement
           brake
           in
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           Estates
           as
           a
           
             mighty
             Torrent
          
           ;
           In
           which
           many
           of
           them
           lost
           more
           then
           all
           they
           had
           :
           for
           the
           contagion
           of
           their
           calamities
           reached
           even
           to
           their
           Children
           ,
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Acquaintance
           ;
           the
           envy
           and
           fury
           of
           their
           Enemies
           seeking
           to
           exhaust
           all
           their
           Relations
           ,
           lest
           there
           should
           be
           any
           to
           relieve
           them
           with
           any
           thing
           but
           empty-handed
           pity
           .
        
         
           I
           knew
           some
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           
             first
             three
          
           (
           whom
           I
           cannot
           mention
           without
           Honor
           ,
           nor
           remember
           their
           Enemies
           Cruelty
           without
           Horror
           )
           who
           were
           in
           their
           
             old
             age
          
           reduced
           to
           live
           (
           in
           great
           part
           )
           as
           the
           Clergy
           did
           in
           
             Primitive
             Persecutions
             (
             ex
             Donis
             &
             Oblationibus
             )
          
           by
           Alms
           and
           charitable
           Contributions
           :
           So
           did
           the
           incomparable
           
             Lord
             Primate
          
           of
           Armagh
           ,
           Bishop
           Ussher
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           accomplished
           Bishop
           Brownrig
           :
           Nor
           was
           the
           excellently
           learned
           and
           very
           aged
           Bishop
           of
           Durham
           (
           Doctor
           Morton
           )
           far
           from
           being
           an
           Object
           of
           meer
           Charity
           :
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           equal
           shame
           and
           grief
           (
           mixed
           with
           just
           indignation
           )
           affects
           me
           ,
           when
           I
           read
           ,
           expressed
           in
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           the
           
             churlish
             ,
             Cainish
          
           ,
           and
           contemptuous
           Carriage
           of
           some
           men
           to
           the
           late
           venerable
           Bishop
           of
           Nor●●ch
           ,
           Doctor
           Hall
           ;
           whose
           admired
           eloquence
           and
           meekness
           was
           capable
           ,
           like
           Orpheus
           his
           Harp
           ,
           to
           have
           charmed
           all
           wilde
           Beasts
           ,
           except
           
             (
             bipedes
             Lupos
             )
             two-legged
             Wolves
             .
          
           I
           need
           not
           add
           to
           this
           Catalogue
           the
           acurate
           Doctor
           Prideaux
           ,
           late
           Bishop
           of
           
             Worcester
             (
             verus
             librorum
             helluo
          
           )
           who
           having
           first
           ,
           by
           indefatigable
           studies
           ,
           digested
           his
           excellent
           Library
           into
           his
           Minde
           ,
           was
           after
           forced
           again
           to
           devour
           all
           his
           Books
           with
           his
           Teeth
           ;
           turning
           them
           ,
           by
           a
           miraculous
           Faith
           and
           
           Patience
           ,
           into
           Bread
           for
           himself
           and
           his
           Children
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           left
           no
           Legacy
           ,
           but
           pious
           Poverty
           ,
           Gods
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           a
           Fathers
           Prayers
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           his
           
             last
             Will
          
           and
           Testament
           .
        
         
           
             Blessed
             God!
          
           Who
           will
           not
           learn
           ,
           yea
           ,
           covet
           to
           want
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           abound
           ,
           from
           these
           great
           Examples
           ?
           which
           are
           capable
           to
           render
           Indigence
           it self
           venerable
           ,
           Poverty
           desirable
           ,
           and
           Affliction
           lovely
           ?
           Since
           God
           never
           takes
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           World
           from
           so
           
             good
             men
          
           ,
           but
           as
           an
           indulgent
           Father
           he
           intends
           to
           give
           them
           better
           ;
           Physick
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           Food
           ;
           as
           he
           did
           to
           Job
           :
           at
           last
           he
           repairs
           them
           with
           Pearls
           for
           Pebbles
           ,
           and
           with
           eternal
           Treasures
           for
           temporary
           trash
           .
        
         
           How
           justly
           these
           Afflictions
           befel
           very
           
             worthy
             Bishops
          
           ,
           and
           other
           excellent
           Ministers
           ,
           then
           flourishing
           to
           a
           great
           number
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           ,
           their
           own
           Humility
           and
           Charity
           ,
           their
           Patience
           and
           Silence
           commands
           me
           ,
           neither
           to
           doubt
           nor
           dispute
           :
           It
           befits
           us
           all
           ,
           to
           
             give
             glory
          
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           take
           shame
           to
           our selves
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           of
           
             the
             Lords
             mercy
             that
             we
             are
             not
             utterly
             consumed
             ,
          
           that
           there
           is
           yet
           a
           Remnant
           that
           hath
           escaped
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           unjustly
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Hand
           of
           Man
           ,
           all
           these
           burdens
           of
           disgrace
           and
           indigence
           were
           cast
           upon
           such
           venerable
           Persons
           in
           their
           old
           age
           and
           infirmity
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           sober
           and
           equanimous
           World
           to
           judge
           ;
           when
           much
           evil
           was
           ,
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           no
           malicious
           evil
           of
           fact
           was
           ever
           proved
           against
           one
           of
           ten
           of
           them
           :
           They
           were
           all
           condemned
           ,
           but
           never
           tried
           ;
           deprived
           of
           their
           Ecclesiastical
           Rights
           in
           Law
           ,
           but
           not
           according
           to
           any
           known
           Law
           of
           God
           or
           Man
           :
           Their
           
             great
             offence
          
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           think
           
             themselves
             wiser
          
           than
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           That
           they
           would
           not
           divide
           what
           God
           had
           joined
           together
           ,
           Religion
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           to
           
             fear
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             honor
             the
             King
          
           ;
           That
           they
           chose
           suffering
           rather
           than
           sinning
           ;
           That
           they
           were
           not
           willing
           to
           have
           themselves
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Clergy
           and
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           and
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           forced
           to
           truckle
           under
           
             the
             Iron
             Bedstead
          
           of
           Presbytery
           ;
           or
           to
           tremble
           under
           the
           
             Wooden
             Ferula
          
           of
           
             Ruling
             Lay-Elders
          
           ,
           either
           Dependents
           or
           Independents
           ;
           whose
           insolency
           was
           more
           intolerable
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           an
           handmaid
           which
           was
           become
           heir
           
           to
           
             her
             Mistriss
          
           :
           The
           unpardonable
           sin
           of
           those
           
             Reverend
             Fathers
          
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           chose
           rather
           to
           obey
           God
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           according
           to
           known
           Laws
           ,
           than
           to
           flatter
           or
           humor
           any
           
             Popular
             Faction
          
           ,
           how
           potent
           or
           prevalent
           soever
           ;
           still
           esteeming
           true
           piety
           and
           virtue
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           adversity
           ,
           to
           be
           more
           amiable
           ,
           than
           the
           most
           
             prosperous
             Impiety
          
           ,
           or
           triumphant
           Hypocrisie
           :
           As
           the
           three
           innocent
           persons
           were
           less
           hurt
           by
           the
           Fire
           ,
           than
           those
           who
           cast
           them
           into
           the
           Furnace
           ;
           these
           were
           consumed
           ,
           the
           other
           not
           singed
           .
        
         
           As
           no
           doubt
           those
           
             great
             Sufferers
          
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           willingly
           forgave
           their
           Persecutors
           ,
           and
           committed
           their
           Cause
           to
           
             Gods
             Pleading
          
           ,
           having
           no
           other
           care
           but
           this
           ,
           not
           to
           suffer
           as
           
             evil
             doers
          
           ,
           or
           as
           busie
           bodies
           ,
           or
           as
           perturbers
           of
           Church
           or
           State
           :
           So
           they
           now
           greatly
           rejoyce
           in
           
             their
             past
             afflictions
          
           ;
           not
           onely
           for
           the
           good
           which
           they
           and
           others
           may
           have
           gained
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           
             gracious
             end
          
           which
           the
           LORD
           hath
           (
           
             as
             we
             hope
          
           )
           now
           put
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           also
           for
           those
           great
           and
           glorious
           Advantages
           ,
           which
           their
           former
           ,
           many
           ,
           long
           ,
           and
           sore
           calamities
           do
           now
           give
           ,
           to
           the
           present
           conspicuity
           of
           his
           
             Majesties
             goodness
          
           ,
           to
           the
           splendor
           of
           your
           Lordships
           
             noble
             favors
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           generosity
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           :
           Thus
           ,
           by
           a
           most
           magnificent
           and
           
             illustrious
             Opportunity
          
           ,
           to
           express
           
             His
             Munificence
          
           and
           
             Your
             Kindness
          
           to
           the
           
             dejected
             Bishops
          
           ,
           to
           the
           oppressed
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           almost
           desolated
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           suitable
           to
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           respect
           far
           exceeding
           ,
           the
           pristine
           Examples
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Royal
           ,
           your
           Lordships
           and
           other
           Gentlemens
           loyal
           and
           religious
           Ancestors
           ;
           who
           were
           so
           far
           from
           casting
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           or
           chief
           Pilots
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
             over-board
          
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           thought
           themselves
           safer
           from
           shipwrack
           ,
           than
           when
           they
           were
           embarqued
           in
           the
           same
           Ship
           with
           Saint
           Paul
           and
           his
           pious
           Companions
           .
        
         
           Your
           Lordships
           and
           the
           other
           worthy
           Gentlemen
           well
           know
           (
           as
           I
           touched
           )
           that
           Bishops
           in
           England
           have
           ever
           been
           contemporary
           with
           Parliaments
           time
           out
           of
           minde
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           in
           all
           Christian
           Empires
           and
           
             Kingdoms
             ,
             Germany
             ,
             France
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             Sweden
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
             Hungary
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           present
           and
           assistant
           in
           all
           
             their
             Diets
          
           and
           National
           Conventions
           :
           So
           that
           our
           former
           Kings
           (
           according
           to
           their
           Coronation
           Oaths
           )
           and
           Parliaments
           (
           according
           to
           Law
           )
           did
           constantly
           indeed
           preserve
           Bishops
           
           in
           those
           ancient
           places
           and
           priviledges
           ,
           Immunities
           and
           Honors
           ,
           where
           they
           found
           them
           :
           But
           You
           ,
           the
           present
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           (
           concurrent
           with
           his
           Majesties
           Goodness
           )
           have
           the
           singular
           Glory
           and
           Happiness
           to
           restore
           them
           to
           those
           ancient
           Dignities
           ,
           which
           they
           never
           forfeited
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           never
           before
           deprived
           of
           ;
           till
           their
           legal
           and
           deserved
           Honor
           was
           become
           their
           Sin
           and
           Crime
           ;
           till
           their
           good
           Manors
           made
           them
           guilty
           ;
           and
           their
           Revenues
           were
           counted
           their
           Delinquency
           :
           lastly
           ,
           till
           their
           having
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Jurisdiction
           was
           ground
           enough
           to
           devest
           them
           of
           all
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           all
           Order
           and
           Government
           .
           It
           is
           the
           singular
           Honor
           of
           this
           
             compleat
             Parliament
          
           ,
           which
           sits
           ,
           as
           it
           began
           ,
           with
           all
           that
           fulness
           of
           Authority
           and
           Liberty
           (
           which
           is
           the
           life
           and
           soul
           ,
           the
           crown
           and
           glory
           of
           such
           august
           Assemblies
           )
           
             to
             repair
             those
             breaches
          
           which
           were
           made
           by
           the
           free
           Votes
           (
           as
           it
           seems
           )
           of
           but
           a
           
             few
             Lords
          
           and
           Commons
           ,
           compared
           to
           the
           integral
           numbers
           of
           either
           House
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           very
           
             tumultuating
             ,
             broken
          
           ,
           and
           boisterous
           Times
           :
           whose
           imperious
           and
           impetuous
           Fury
           would
           not
           be
           satiated
           or
           stayed
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           destroyed
           in
           new
           ways
           of
           Judicature
           (
           without
           any
           former
           president
           or
           future
           parallel
           ,
           we
           hope
           )
           first
           a
           prime
           Counsellor
           of
           State
           ,
           next
           the
           
             chief
             Bishop
          
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           lastly
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           in
           the
           World
           :
           So
           fatal
           and
           unhappy
           it
           is
           for
           men
           ,
           either
           to
           neglect
           
             Gods
             ends
          
           ,
           or
           to
           vary
           from
           his
           means
           ,
           to
           use
           the
           Devils
           engines
           for
           Gods
           edifice
           ;
           doing
           real
           evil
           ,
           that
           imaginary
           good
           may
           come
           thereby
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           the
           
             blessed
             God
          
           hath
           
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             Judgements
             remembred
             Mercy
             :
             HE
             ,
             HE
             ,
          
           hath
           commanded
           the
           Whales
           ,
           which
           had
           devoured
           our
           Jonah's
           (
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           other
           dignified
           Clergy
           of
           England
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           Cathedral
           Churches
           ,
           Honors
           ,
           and
           Revenues
           )
           to
           cast
           them
           up
           again
           upon
           
             dry
             Land
          
           :
           HE
           ,
           HE
           ,
           hath
           sent
           his
           
             good
             Angels
          
           ,
           even
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           faithful
           Forerunner
           (
           who
           are
           in
           this
           respect
           as
           Angels
           or
           Messengers
           of
           God
           )
           to
           stop
           
             those
             Lions
          
           mouths
           ,
           who
           thought
           they
           had
           us
           all
           alive
           between
           their
           Teeth
           ;
           breaking
           our
           bones
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           more
           securely
           eat
           our
           flesh
           .
        
         
           
             He
             ,
             he
          
           ,
           hath
           stirred
           up
           the
           Heart
           of
           
             our
             gracious
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           with
           this
           loyal
           Parliament
           (
           as
           he
           did
           the
           Hearts
           of
           Cyrus
           and
           Darius
           ,
           Kings
           of
           the
           East
           )
           to
           
             turn
             the
             Captivity
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           England
           ;
           to
           make
           our
           latter
           
           end
           better
           than
           our
           beginning
           ,
           no
           less
           for
           
             inward
             Graces
          
           (
           which
           we
           hope
           and
           pray
           )
           than
           for
           outward
           Mercies
           ;
           as
           he
           did
           to
           holy
           and
           patient
           Job
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           is
           so
           miraculous
           ,
           and
           the
           Favor
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           is
           so
           remarkable
           to
           us
           ,
           That
           many
           of
           those
           
             ambiguous
             friends
          
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           to
           Episcopacy
           ,
           who
           formerly
           stood
           ,
           as
           
             Jobs
             miserable
             Comforters
          
           ,
           afar
           off
           ,
           amazed
           to
           see
           ,
           that
           (
           amidst
           Christians
           ,
           and
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           zealous
           Pretenders
           to
           Reformation
           )
           such
           eminent
           Learning
           ,
           such
           powerful
           Eloquence
           ,
           such
           venerable
           Years
           ,
           such
           admirable
           Piety
           ,
           such
           oracular
           Prudence
           ,
           such
           splendid
           Virtues
           ,
           such
           useful
           Abilities
           ,
           and
           such
           deserved
           Honors
           ,
           as
           were
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           late
           Learned
           and
           Reformed
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           should
           be
           forced
           to
           
             embrace
             the
             Dunghil
          
           ,
           to
           be
           trampled
           upon
           ,
           terrified
           ,
           scorned
           ,
           and
           cast
           out
           ,
           as
           the
           
             off-scouring
             of
             all
             things
          
           ,
           by
           men
           some
           of
           them
           
             viler
             than
             the
             earth
          
           ;
           who
           certainly
           would
           not
           have
           used
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           much
           better
           ,
           had
           they
           appeared
           among
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           indeed
           they
           were
           ,
           Bishops
           or
           
             chief
             Pastors
          
           and
           Shepherds
           of
           the
           Churches
           :
           Even
           those
           
             dubious
             Spectators
          
           of
           the
           late
           Trials
           and
           
             cruel
             Mockings
          
           ,
           put
           upon
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           do
           now
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           turn
           their
           Amazement
           of
           Horror
           to
           an
           Extasie
           and
           Jubile
           of
           Joy
           ;
           while
           they
           see
           what
           a
           Wonderful
           Change
           God
           hath
           made
           ,
           commanding
           
             dry
             bones
          
           to
           live
           ,
           giving
           beauty
           for
           ashes
           ,
           and
           
             the
             oyl
             of
             gladness
          
           for
           the
           garment
           of
           Heaviness
           ;
           rebuking
           at
           once
           
             the
             Raging
             of
             the
             Sea
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             madness
             of
             the
             People
          
           ;
           which
           nothing
           but
           Omnipotent
           Goodness
           can
           tame
           ,
           or
           set
           bounds
           unto
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           now
           done
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           Many
           of
           those
           wary
           Christians
           ,
           and
           
             superpolitick
             Professors
          
           ,
           who
           heretosore
           were
           afraid
           ,
           lest
           ,
           by
           their
           compassionate
           and
           kinde
           Aspect
           ,
           they
           should
           adopt
           the
           unjust
           Calamities
           of
           godly
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           other
           Worthy
           Church-men
           ;
           These
           (
           now
           )
           begin
           to
           look
           serenely
           ,
           and
           without
           sqinting
           ,
           on
           the
           
             Episcopal
             Dignity
          
           ;
           they
           speak
           reverently
           of
           ,
           and
           kindly
           to
           ,
           the
           venerable
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           industrious
           Episcopal
           Clergy
           ;
           They
           behave
           themselves
           with
           
             filial
             Respects
          
           to
           their
           Mother
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           speaking
           comfortably
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           telling
           her
           ,
           That
           her
           Warfare
           is
           accomplished
           ;
           assuring
           us
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Worthy
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           That
           our
           Troubles
           are
           
           finished
           ,
           if
           our
           Hearts
           be
           refined
           ,
           our
           Lusts
           mortified
           ,
           our
           Passions
           conquered
           ,
           and
           our
           Lives
           amended
           ;
           That
           the
           former
           Terrors
           ,
           Afllictions
           ,
           and
           sad
           Desolations
           ,
           shall
           be
           requited
           with
           
             double
             Honor
          
           ,
           if
           we
           all
           unanimously
           return
           with
           
             double
             Diligence
          
           to
           do
           our
           Duties
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           That
           those
           vast
           Ruines
           ,
           which
           Schism
           ,
           Sacriledge
           ,
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           other
           crying
           sins
           have
           made
           ,
           shall
           be
           abundantly
           repaired
           ,
           by
           the
           Justice
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Munificence
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           People
           of
           ENGLAND
           ;
           who
           have
           lived
           to
           see
           all
           the
           Vizars
           and
           Masks
           of
           Angels
           of
           Light
           ,
           now
           quite
           taken
           off
           from
           the
           Faces
           of
           those
           Satans
           ;
           who
           ,
           under
           the
           clamors
           of
           violent
           Non-conformity
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           colours
           of
           illegal
           ,
           unreasonable
           ,
           and
           
             deforming
             Reformations
          
           ,
           are
           found
           the
           greatest
           Adversaries
           to
           Law
           and
           Justice
           ,
           to
           true
           Reason
           and
           sober
           Religion
           ,
           to
           necessary
           Order
           and
           good
           Government
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           solid
           Foundations
           and
           onely
           Pillars
           of
           publique
           Peace
           ,
           of
           sober
           and
           lasting
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           God
           himself
           (
           I
           say
           )
           hath
           at
           last
           pleaded
           ,
           by
           the
           seasonable
           Intervention
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Cause
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           against
           all
           its
           cruel
           Calumniators
           and
           causless
           Adversaries
           ,
           whose
           late
           sacrilegious
           Depredations
           ,
           dreadful
           Oppressions
           ,
           and
           endless
           Vastations
           ,
           sprang
           first
           from
           the
           root
           of
           scrupulous
           ,
           or
           sullen
           ,
           or
           scandalous
           Non-conformity
           to
           the
           Laws
           :
           At
           length
           they
           all
           nestled
           themselves
           under
           the
           popular
           Shadow
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           spreading
           Branches
           of
           an
           Anti-episcopal
           ,
           novel
           ,
           illegal
           and
           Headless
           Presbytery
           :
           At
           last
           they
           brought
           forth
           those
           
             bitter
             fruits
          
           and
           
             sowre
             Grapes
          
           ,
           which
           
             set
             all
             our
             teeth
             on
             edge
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Anarchy
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           the
           Waste
           and
           Ruine
           ,
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Royal
             Munificence
          
           and
           Favor
           of
           his
           present
           Majesty
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           former
           Insolencies
           and
           Calamities
           that
           befel
           this
           Church
           and
           Clergy
           ,
           as
           by
           so
           many
           
             black
             foils
          
           and
           
             dark
             shadows
          
           ,
           the
           
             more
             set
             off
          
           ,
           to
           be
           (
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           )
           so
           great
           ,
           so
           unwonted
           ,
           so
           wonderful
           ,
           so
           kingly
           ,
           so
           christian
           ,
           so
           divine
           ,
           so
           proportionable
           (
           in
           this
           point
           )
           for
           gratitude
           and
           munificence
           ,
           to
           Gods
           extraordinary
           Providences
           ,
           oft
           preserving
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           restoring
           his
           Majesty
           to
           his
           Kingdoms
           ;
           That
           no
           instance
           in
           any
           Age
           or
           History
           can
           parallel
           it
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           thing
           be
           said
           worthy
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           this
           :
           It
           is
           an
           act
           of
           magnificent
           Piety
           ,
           worthy
           of
           such
           a
           King
           
           and
           the
           
             Son
             of
             such
             a
             Father
          
           ;
           The
           Father
           chose
           to
           lose
           all
           his
           Crowns
           ,
           Estate
           ,
           and
           Life
           ,
           rather
           than
           rob
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           :
           The
           Son
           ,
           when
           God
           had
           restored
           all
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           
             lawful
             Cesar
          
           ,
           takes
           care
           to
           restore
           all
           to
           God
           that
           is
           his
           and
           his
           Churches
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           take
           a
           more
           leasurely
           and
           
             exact
             view
          
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Bounty
           and
           Justice
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           ;
           For
           its
           Dimensions
           ,
           like
           those
           of
           the
           Pyramids
           and
           Colosses
           (
           which
           were
           among
           the
           Wonders
           of
           the
           World
           )
           merit
           more
           than
           a
           transient
           Aspect
           .
        
         
           When
           his
           Majesties
           own
           
             Royal
             Estate
          
           ,
           by
           long
           Usurpation
           and
           Banishment
           ,
           had
           been
           wholly
           detained
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           much
           exhausted
           ;
           when
           he
           was
           now
           under
           the
           necessity
           of
           many
           and
           great
           Expences
           ,
           publique
           and
           private
           ,
           for
           the
           Payment
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Navy
          
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Disbanding
           of
           his
           Armies
           (
           now
           His
           ,
           by
           a
           most
           happy
           Revolt
           ,
           and
           
             loyal
             Apostacy
          
           ;
           )
           When
           He
           had
           Power
           ,
           as
           He
           pleased
           ,
           to
           recruit
           his
           Estate
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           the
           Majesty
           of
           his
           Kingdoms
           ;
           When
           not
           more
           his
           own
           ,
           than
           his
           Friends
           Exigencies
           pressed
           him
           (
           as
           
             sharp
             hunger
          
           doth
           mighty
           Eagles
           ,
           or
           Lions
           ,
           to
           fall
           upon
           any
           prey
           that
           comes
           next
           to
           hand
           ;
           )
           When
           there
           wanted
           not
           some
           
             back
             Friends
          
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           who
           wrapping
           up
           Sacriledge
           (
           like
           Goliah's
           Sword
           in
           the
           
             linen
             cloth
          
           )
           in
           the
           
             soft
             covering
          
           and
           shew
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           were
           ready
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           Royal
           Present
           to
           his
           Majesty
           of
           
             John
             Baptists
          
           Head
           in
           a
           Silver
           Charger
           ,
           perswading
           him
           to
           fill
           his
           Exchequer
           by
           robbing
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           When
           his
           
             Martyr'd
             Father
          
           and
           Family
           ,
           his
           own
           Person
           and
           the
           Crown
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           had
           suffered
           so
           much
           ,
           upon
           no
           account
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           their
           Christian
           Piety
           and
           Justice
           ,
           Courage
           and
           Constancy
           ,
           to
           defend
           ,
           as
           
             nursing
             Fathers
          
           ,
           the
           Church
           and
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           in
           their
           just
           Rights
           ,
           Endowments
           and
           Enjoyments
           :
           When
           there
           was
           indeed
           such
           a
           
             grateful
             Compensation
          
           due
           to
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Crown
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           as
           was
           almost
           capable
           to
           Christen
           even
           Sacriledge
           it self
           ,
           and
           to
           wash
           ,
           to
           some
           degree
           of
           Whiteness
           ,
           that
           Borborites
           ,
           or
           Blackmore
           ,
           about
           which
           some
           have
           spent
           so
           much
           labor
           in
           vain
           .
        
         
           Yet
           then
           ,
           even
           then
           ,
           after
           so
           
             many
             merits
          
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           both
           active
           and
           passive
           ,
           toward
           the
           Church
           and
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           amidst
           such
           streights
           and
           exigents
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           
           Family
           ,
           Relations
           ,
           Crowns
           and
           Kingdoms
           ;
           How
           hath
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           a
           most
           Princely
           Piety
           ,
           abhorred
           to
           make
           necessity
           any
           plea
           or
           excuse
           for
           Sacriledge
           ?
           He
           had
           rather
           still
           hunger
           (
           with
           David
           and
           his
           Men
           )
           than
           take
           the
           Shew-bread
           of
           Gods
           House
           ,
           without
           the
           Priests
           consent
           and
           free
           gift
           :
           He
           chose
           rather
           still
           to
           want
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           supplied
           out
           of
           
             Gods
             Exchequer
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Churches
             Treasury
          
           ,
           by
           any
           sacrilegious
           Rapine
           ,
           or
           other
           
             sine
             Projects
          
           of
           the
           Devil
           ;
           which
           more
           than
           once
           did
           offer
           to
           his
           Majesty
           a
           Sacrifice
           out
           of
           their
           Rapine
           ,
           and
           a
           burnt-offering
           out
           of
           their
           Church-Robbery
           ,
           even
           a
           Present
           of
           
             five
             hundred
             thousand
             Pounds
          
           ,
           to
           confirm
           the
           
             late
             illegal
             Sales
          
           of
           Church
           Lands
           for
           ninety
           nine
           Years
           ;
           and
           yet
           (
           that
           you
           may
           see
           what
           
             good
             Bargains
          
           they
           had
           )
           the
           Purchasers
           mean
           while
           to
           pay
           the
           old
           Rents
           to
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           :
           But
           his
           Majesty
           abhorred
           to
           taste
           of
           any
           fruit
           which
           came
           from
           so
           
             evil
             ,
             bitter
          
           ,
           and
           accursed
           a
           root
           as
           Sacriledge
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           thus
           ,
           hath
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           pious
           and
           Princely
           Disposition
           (
           conform
           to
           his
           Fathers
           Christian
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           by
           your
           Lordships
           and
           other
           noble
           Persons
           high
           Comprobation
           of
           his
           so
           just
           and
           
             holy
             Restitutions
          
           to
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           )
           kept
           his
           Person
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           his
           Name
           and
           Family
           ,
           his
           Crown
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           unspotted
           from
           this
           great
           offence
           ,
           from
           this
           giantly
           and
           impudent
           sin
           of
           Sacriledge
           ,
           which
           at
           once
           
             fights
             against
          
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           against
           the
           Charity
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           the
           Equity
           of
           the
           living
           ;
           
             robbing
             God
          
           and
           Man
           ,
           while
           it
           pretends
           to
           
             reform
             Religion
          
           ;
           just
           as
           those
           Cheats
           ,
           who
           pick
           Mens
           Pockets
           ,
           or
           cut
           Mens
           Purses
           ,
           while
           they
           smile
           in
           their
           Faces
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           Wonder
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Majesties
           eternal
           Honor
           (
           as
           a
           
             Son
             worthy
          
           ,
           in
           
             this
             glory
          
           ,
           of
           such
           a
           
             glorious
             Father
          
           )
           do
           we
           owe
           the
           plenary
           Restitution
           ,
           full
           Collation
           ,
           and
           free
           Fruition
           of
           the
           Churches
           Dignities
           ,
           Honors
           ,
           and
           Revenues
           ,
           which
           are
           seldom
           retrograde
           ,
           when
           once
           alienated
           by
           any
           way
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           
             (
             Vestigia
             nulla
             retrorsum
             :
          
           )
           It
           is
           a
           rare
           sight
           to
           see
           Restitution
           made
           ,
           but
           as
           welcom
           certainly
           to
           God
           ,
           good
           Angels
           ,
           and
           good
           Men
           ,
           as
           the
           Return
           of
           a
           true
           Penitent
           ,
           such
           as
           Zacheus
           ,
           whose
           Repentance
           was
           evidenced
           by
           his
           Restitution
           of
           what
           he
           had
           unjustly
           gotten
           .
        
         
           To
           his
           
             Royal
             Bounty
          
           (
           next
           under
           God
           )
           we
           Bishops
           are
           obliged
           
           for
           our
           Spiritualties
           and
           Temporalties
           ;
           That
           we
           are
           ,
           at
           the
           Honorable
           Motion
           and
           Desire
           of
           the
           
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           admitted
           again
           to
           put
           on
           the
           Robes
           of
           Bishops
           ancient
           Honors
           ;
           and
           enabled
           to
           sit
           (
           when
           his
           Majesty
           pleaseth
           to
           summon
           us
           )
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Palace
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           the
           Source
           and
           Center
           of
           all
           our
           Laws
           and
           Civil
           Justice
           :
           That
           we
           may
           there
           appear
           among
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           not
           pilled
           and
           stripped
           of
           our
           Churches
           remaining
           Patrimonies
           ;
           not
           confined
           to
           
             arbitrary
             Pensions
          
           and
           
             uncertain
             Stipends
          
           ;
           which
           
             Eleemosynary
             Dependances
          
           are
           weak
           and
           narrow
           foundations
           of
           Episcopal
           Honor
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           of
           any
           
             Ministerial
             Dignity
          
           or
           Authority
           ;
           (
           nothing
           being
           more
           uncomely
           and
           inconsistent
           ,
           than
           teaching
           and
           begging
           ,
           than
           craving
           and
           reproving
           ;
           as
           the
           
             Cynick
             Philosophers
          
           were
           wont
           to
           make
           themselves
           ridiculously
           severe
           ,
           and
           supercilious
           Beggars
           .
           )
           But
           we
           are
           restored
           (
           
             in
             solidum
             &
             ex
             asse
          
           )
           to
           the
           full
           and
           free
           Possession
           of
           the
           Churches
           ancient
           Patrimony
           ,
           and
           Inheritance
           ,
           which
           is
           
             Gods
             Portion
          
           :
           And
           this
           
             in
             a
             way
          
           so
           far
           from
           any
           
             Simonaical
             Compact
          
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           thought
           of
           so
           sordid
           a
           way
           of
           Merchandizing
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           never
           presumed
           to
           knock
           at
           the
           Door
           of
           his
           Majesties
           
             Royal
             Brest
          
           or
           Heart
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           thus
           ,
           hath
           our
           great
           and
           
             gracious
             King
          
           (
           as
           those
           famous
           
             Eastern
             Emperors
          
           )
           not
           onely
           commanded
           to
           rebuild
           the
           Temple
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           to
           restore
           the
           Vessels
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           belonged
           to
           the
           Sanctuary
           ;
           Thus
           hath
           our
           David
           redeemed
           out
           of
           the
           jaw
           of
           the
           Lyon
           and
           paw
           of
           the
           Bear
           that
           Kid
           and
           Lamb
           which
           they
           had
           ravished
           from
           Christs
           Fold
           ,
           from
           this
           Church
           ,
           yea
           ,
           from
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           the
           great
           Bishop
           and
           Shepherd
           of
           our
           Souls
           ;
           to
           whom
           we
           owe
           our selves
           and
           all
           that
           we
           have
           ;
           to
           whose
           Service
           and
           Honour
           no
           grateful
           Consecrations
           and
           pious
           Retributions
           can
           be
           too
           much
           ,
           or
           can
           seem
           so
           to
           any
           men
           ,
           but
           to
           Judasses
           ,
           covetous
           traitors
           ,
           and
           
             ingrateful
             wretches
          
           .
           Doubtless
           so
           great
           a
           justice
           and
           so
           generous
           a
           charity
           cannot
           go
           unrewarded
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           be
           eternally
           admired
           by
           all
           good
           men
           and
           true
           Christians
           :
           The
           shewing
           so
           great
           mercy
           to
           the
           poor
           Church
           and
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           which
           is
           indeed
           done
           to
           Christ
           ,
           will
           be
           a
           means
           to
           
             cover
             many
             insirmities
          
           ,
           and
           to
           lengthen
           (
           we
           hope
           and
           pray
           )
           the
           Tranquility
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Kingdomes
           :
           Nor
           can
           any
           loyal
           Subjects
           let
           that
           King
           want
           what
           is
           necessary
           for
           the
           publick
           Peace
           ,
           and
           comely
           for
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           
           who
           hath
           so
           large
           an
           heart
           and
           so
           liberal
           hand
           toward
           God
           and
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           (
           Right
           Honourable
           and
           Worthy
           Senators
           )
           nothing
           so
           much
           to
           say
           in
           this
           
             Essay
             of
             Gratitude
          
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           to
           Your Selves
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           
             abruptly
             silent
          
           ,
           and
           to
           stand
           still
           a
           while
           filled
           with
           admiration
           and
           astonishment
           :
           What
           King
           or
           Emperour
           since
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           ,
           and
           Charles
           the
           Great
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           last
           ,
           who
           laid
           down
           his
           Life
           for
           the
           Liberties
           of
           his
           Church
           and
           Kingdoms
           )
           ever
           did
           the
           like
           act
           of
           Honour
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Munisicence
           to
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           to
           the
           Clergie
           ,
           to
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           say
           )
           to
           God
           himself
           !
           to
           whom
           nothing
           can
           be
           given
           but
           of
           his
           
             own
             Munificence
          
           ;
           as
           David
           modestly
           and
           truely
           expresseth
           his
           and
           the
           Princes
           liberality
           to
           the
           Temple
           .
           Thus
           to
           redeem
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           ,
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           from
           that
           
             ugly
             sin
          
           and
           shame
           of
           sacriledge
           ,
           wherewith
           some
           cruel
           and
           covetous
           men
           ,
           by
           their
           violent
           illegal
           and
           unreasonable
           courses
           ,
           had
           sought
           to
           engage
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           to
           damne
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lay
           )
           you
           and
           your
           posterity
           :
           Other
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           of
           this
           Renowned
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           also
           many
           
             pious
             Lords
          
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           have
           consecrated
           many
           things
           to
           God
           and
           his
           Church
           ;
           but
           his
           
             present
             Majesty
          
           hath
           at
           once
           restored
           all
           ;
           thereby
           shewing
           himself
           to
           be
           both
           
             Charles
             le
             bon
             ,
             &
             le
             grand
          
           ;
           A
           great
           and
           good
           Christian
           King.
           
        
         
           If
           I
           ;
           or
           We
           (
           for
           I
           still
           presume
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           grateful
           and
           similary
           sense
           of
           my
           Reverend
           Fathers
           and
           Brethren
           the
           
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Worthy
           Clergy-men
           )
           if
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           We
           may
           with
           your
           patience
           speak
           any
           more
           ,
           or
           indeed
           were
           able
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           suitable
           to
           this
           so
           rare
           ,
           so
           religious
           ,
           and
           so
           transcendent
           a
           subject
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           free
           and
           speedy
           restoring
           to
           the
           Bishops
           and
           other
           Church-men
           their
           ancient
           Honours
           ,
           Dignities
           ,
           and
           Revenues
           ,
           by
           your
           Lordships
           advice
           and
           assent
           ,
           with
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           It
           must
           be
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Quid
             retribuemus
             Domino
          
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           Dominis
           ?
           What
           shall
           We
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           return
           to
           the
           LORD
           our
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           our
           Lord
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           to
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Gentry
           of
           England
           ,
           or
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Commons
           now
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ?
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           Gentlemen
           ,
           
           not
           what
           we
           would
           say
           ,
           but
           what
           we
           would
           do
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           should
           do
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           we
           resolve
           to
           do
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           be
           assisted
           with
           Gods
           graces
           ,
           and
           favoured
           with
           your
           Christian
           Prayers
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           As
           to
           God
           ,
           We
           do
           
             wholly
             devote
          
           our selves
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           advantages
           we
           have
           by
           his
           
             renewed
             mercies
          
           ,
           to
           advance
           his
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           in
           the
           faithful
           discharge
           of
           our
           duties
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           by
           preaching
           ,
           praying
           ,
           writing
           ,
           living
           ,
           and
           governing
           (
           our
           selves
           we
           mean
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           others
           )
           so
           as
           becomes
           Primitive
           and
           
             Apostolick
             Bishops
          
           ;
           so
           as
           is
           on
           all
           hands
           highly
           deserved
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           justly
           expected
           from
           us
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           places
           and
           abilities
           .
        
         
           As
           it
           will
           be
           easier
           for
           us
           at
           the
           great
           
             day
             of
             account
          
           to
           have
           wanted
           
             these
             honourable
             Priviledges
          
           than
           to
           have
           abused
           them
           ;
           so
           we
           had
           much
           rather
           not
           enjoy
           them
           at
           all
           ,
           than
           not
           have
           hearts
           to
           use
           them
           aright
           ,
           as
           prime
           Professors
           and
           Patterns
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           Followers
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           and
           his
           
             blessed
             Apostles
          
           ,
           in
           all
           Piety
           ,
           
             Prudence
             ,
             Sanctity
             ,
             Charity
             ,
             Sincerity
             .
          
           It
           argued
           some
           greatness
           of
           mind
           in
           some
           of
           our
           Bishops
           ,
           for
           these
           many
           years
           to
           have
           lived
           contentedly
           without
           these
           temporal
           and
           secular
           advantages
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           sunk
           and
           desponded
           under
           so
           long
           and
           importune
           adversities
           ;
           but
           it
           will
           be
           more
           of
           Christian
           Magnanimity
           to
           enjoy
           them
           wisely
           and
           worthily
           ,
           to
           overcome
           the
           temptation
           of
           prosperity
           ,
           to
           use
           them
           not
           to
           pride
           and
           luxury
           ,
           but
           to
           humble
           and
           holy
           industry
           ;
           to
           discreet
           hospitality
           ,
           to
           cheerful
           charity
           ;
           to
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ;
           who
           hath
           promised
           to
           honour
           those
           that
           honour
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           adde
           all
           these
           things
           to
           those
           that
           first
           seek
           his
           Kingdome
           and
           the
           righteousness
           thereof
           :
           Doubtless
           nothing
           will
           be
           wanting
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           not
           wanting
           to
           God
           ,
           his
           Church
           ,
           our selves
           and
           our
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           are
           sober
           men
           ,
           void
           of
           depraved
           opinions
           ,
           and
           debauched
           practices
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           In
           reference
           to
           his
           
             gracious
             Majesty
          
           our
           resolutions
           are
           ,
           That
           none
           of
           his
           Subjects
           shall
           more
           imitate
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           your
           Lordships
           give
           us
           leave
           )
           cheerfully
           emulate
           your
           and
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           Love
           and
           Fidelity
           to
           his
           Majesties
           safety
           ,
           peace
           ,
           and
           happiness
           temporal
           and
           eternal
           ,
           than
           
             we
             his
             Bishops
          
           ,
           who
           of
           all
           
           men
           may
           least
           
             be
             traytors
          
           to
           his
           Honour
           ,
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           Soul
           ;
           who
           having
           dealt
           so
           
             bountifully
             with
             us
          
           ,
           cannot
           but
           expect
           from
           us
           those
           
             honest
             and
             faithful
             things
          
           which
           are
           most
           worthy
           of
           his
           Munificence
           and
           our
           Integrity
           ;
           So
           as
           may
           most
           conduce
           to
           his
           Majesties
           welfare
           and
           the
           publick
           peace
           .
           The
           first
           we
           should
           basely
           betray
           ,
           together
           with
           our
           own
           Souls
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           cease
           daily
           to
           pray
           for
           his
           Majesties
           happiness
           ;
           if
           we
           should
           fail
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           
             whole
             truth
          
           of
           God
           to
           him
           and
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           Lastly
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           serve
           ,
           sooth
           ,
           or
           
             silently
             flatter
          
           any
           
             known
             sin
          
           in
           our selves
           ,
           or
           any
           others
           whatsoever
           ;
           and
           least
           of
           all
           in
           those
           ,
           whose
           sins
           must
           needs
           be
           as
           most
           conspicuous
           and
           exemplary
           ,
           so
           most
           contagious
           and
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           (
           of
           
             publick
             peace
          
           )
           we
           shall
           best
           serve
           and
           secure
           by
           well
           and
           wisely
           ordering
           (
           as
           
             Spiritual
             Captains
          
           and
           Colonels
           of
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Militia
          
           )
           that
           Army
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           great
           company
           of
           Preachers
           in
           England
           and
           Wales
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           less
           then
           
             ten
             thousand
          
           men
           effectivè
           ;
           whose
           number
           is
           great
           ,
           and
           their
           influence
           with
           their
           activity
           much
           greater
           ,
           being
           mustred
           and
           in
           
             spiritual
             armes
          
           at
           least
           once
           every
           week
           ;
           where
           getting
           upon
           the
           
             higher
             ground
          
           ,
           and
           being
           as
           in
           Christs
           stead
           ,
           they
           cannot
           but
           have
           a
           very
           great
           stroke
           on
           mens
           (
           and
           
             more
             on
             womens
          
           )
           ears
           ,
           hearts
           ,
           and
           purses
           :
           These
           had
           need
           be
           well
           disciplined
           and
           governed
           under
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           according
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           this
           Church
           ;
           which
           must
           be
           their
           and
           
             all
             our
          
           rules
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           and
           we
           must
           serve
           God
           and
           the
           King
           ;
           as
           with
           truth
           and
           holiness
           ,
           so
           with
           
             decency
             ,
             order
          
           ,
           and
           uniformity
           :
           Neither
           excentrick
           nor
           erratick
           from
           our
           proper
           Spheres
           ,
           nor
           yet
           defective
           or
           deformed
           in
           them
           :
           The
           managing
           of
           which
           great
           Concern
           being
           by
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Laws
           chiefly
           committed
           to
           us
           Bishops
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           most
           
             our
             sin
          
           and
           shame
           to
           be
           wanting
           in
           our
           duty
           ;
           If
           any
           man
           blame
           us
           for
           doing
           what
           is
           lawful
           and
           just
           ,
           yea
           necessary
           for
           the
           publick
           peace
           ,
           they
           must
           withal
           
             blame
             the
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           most
           
             egregious
             folly
          
           think
           themselves
           wiser
           than
           the
           
             publick
             wisdom
          
           ,
           the
           Laws
           and
           Laws-makers
           ;
           in
           which
           their
           own
           consent
           is
           included
           ,
           and
           from
           which
           no
           man
           may
           lightly
           be
           a
           Renegado
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           As
           to
           your
           Nobleness
           ,
           no
           men
           shall
           more
           study
           your
           Lordships
           
             true
             honour
          
           and
           eternal
           happiness
           ,
           the
           only
           
           sufficient
           requital
           of
           your
           meritorious
           love
           and
           favour
           to
           us
           ▪
           who
           have
           accepted
           ,
           yea
           restored
           us
           Bishops
           to
           be
           Partakers
           of
           your
           honour
           ,
           Auditors
           of
           your
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           Spectators
           of
           your
           noblest
           Conversation
           ,
           in
           that
           place
           where
           every
           one
           studies
           to
           put
           on
           the
           
             best
             appearance
          
           ;
           We
           and
           our
           Successors
           must
           for
           ever
           be
           
             faithful
             Counsellors
          
           ,
           Friends
           and
           Servants
           to
           your
           Lordships
           and
           your
           Noble
           Posterity
           ;
           who
           possibly
           will
           bear
           from
           our
           age
           ,
           place
           and
           quality
           ,
           with
           greater
           patience
           ,
           civility
           ,
           and
           acceptance
           ,
           than
           from
           other
           Ministers
           ,
           those
           
             discreet
             monitions
             ,
             seasonable
             intimations
          
           ,
           and
           
             wholsome
             counsels
          
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           sometimes
           most
           necessary
           for
           you
           and
           them
           :
           It
           will
           always
           best
           become
           us
           rather
           to
           offend
           you
           by
           telling
           you
           the
           truth
           in
           a
           decent
           manner
           ,
           than
           to
           betray
           you
           to
           those
           sinful
           infirmities
           or
           passions
           which
           are
           your
           greatest
           enemies
           ,
           next
           to
           your
           flatterers
           .
        
         
           No
           men
           shall
           be
           more
           ashamed
           than
           we
           ,
           to
           see
           our selves
           
             sit
             in
             Parliament
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Congregation
             of
             Princes
          
           ,
           or
           
             mortal
             Gods
          
           )
           if
           we
           should
           not
           behave
           our selves
           in
           all
           respects
           answerable
           to
           your
           
             Illustrious
             Society
          
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           great
           merits
           towards
           us
           :
           As
           we
           are
           below
           the
           
             Objects
             of
             your
             Lordships
             Envy
          
           ,
           so
           we
           will
           study
           to
           be
           above
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           not
           to
           deserve
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           to
           fear
           )
           
             your
             anger
          
           ;
           Nor
           shall
           you
           either
           love
           virtue
           ,
           or
           your
           own
           souls
           ,
           or
           your
           God
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           if
           you
           either
           hate
           or
           despise
           us
           ,
           who
           intend
           (
           by
           Gods
           help
           )
           to
           perfect
           that
           in
           our selves
           and
           all
           others
           (
           as
           far
           as
           our
           good
           counsel
           ,
           example
           ,
           and
           lawful
           authority
           will
           extend
           )
           which
           some
           men
           have
           so
           long
           ,
           so
           lowdly
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           vain
           pretended
           to
           in
           point
           of
           true
           Reformation
           both
           private
           and
           publick
           ;
           Not
           in
           
             fine
             fancies
             ,
             superficial
             formalities
          
           ,
           and
           
             popular
             vaporings
          
           ,
           but
           in
           solidly
           great
           ,
           and
           really
           good
           actions
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           
             power
             of
             godliness
          
           doth
           consist
           ;
           being
           offended
           at
           no
           mens
           
             sinful
             deformities
          
           and
           defects
           ,
           either
           personal
           or
           political
           ,
           more
           than
           our
           own
           :
           What
           is
           wanting
           in
           any
           of
           us
           as
           to
           
             high
             blood
          
           and
           extraction
           ,
           as
           to
           Civil
           Grandeur
           and
           Estate
           ,
           shall
           (
           by
           Gods
           help
           )
           be
           made
           up
           in
           that
           modest
           wisdom
           ,
           sober
           learning
           ,
           hearty
           loyalty
           ,
           and
           unfeigned
           Religion
           ,
           which
           may
           most
           counterpoise
           your
           other
           accomplishments
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           confess
           your
           Lordships
           much
           overweigh
           us
           :
           Indeed
           nothing
           can
           buoy
           up
           Episcopacy
           ,
           or
           recover
           the
           true
           honour
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           to
           a
           fixation
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           the
           primitive
           great
           and
           
             good
             examples
          
           of
           Bishops
           and
           the
           Episcopal
           Clergy
           ;
           as
           the
           excellently
           
           Learned
           and
           Pious
           Doctor
           Hammond
           now
           dying
           declared
           his
           judgment
           ;
           when
           leaving
           the
           world
           and
           all
           his
           justly
           deserved
           preferments
           on
           earth
           ,
           he
           left
           us
           a
           most
           rare
           and
           imitable
           example
           of
           very
           great
           abilities
           set
           forth
           with
           greater
           industry
           ,
           and
           most
           set
           off
           with
           greatest
           humility
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           can
           but
           live
           above
           those
           diminutions
           ,
           which
           set
           us
           
             below
             our selves
          
           ,
           our
           
             holy
             calling
          
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           favour
           ,
           and
           your
           
             honourable
             Society
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           nothing
           concerned
           in
           those
           other
           petty
           and
           
             plebeian
             objections
          
           ,
           which
           the
           pride
           or
           envy
           of
           some
           
             mechanick
             spirits
          
           are
           prone
           to
           make
           against
           our
           persons
           or
           profession
           ,
           since
           our
           Originals
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           were
           as
           honest
           and
           unspotted
           as
           any
           mens
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           noble
           and
           illustrious
           ;
           Our
           education
           hath
           been
           studious
           and
           ingenious
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           ample
           and
           conspicuous
           ;
           Our
           conversation
           though
           more
           obscure
           and
           in
           the
           shade
           ,
           yet
           not
           vain
           ,
           not
           vicious
           ,
           nor
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           so
           sun-burnt
           and
           tann'd
           as
           others
           :
           We
           have
           from
           our
           youth
           been
           devoted
           and
           trained
           up
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           to
           His
           Majesties
           and
           the
           Churches
           service
           ,
           by
           such
           pious
           ,
           frugal
           ,
           and
           learned
           retirements
           ,
           as
           most
           redeemed
           us
           from
           those
           luxuries
           and
           superfluities
           to
           which
           others
           are
           exposed
           :
           We
           humbly
           and
           willingly
           owne
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           vapour
           of
           
             that
             great
             Orator
          
           ,
           (
           
             Omnia
             nostra
             incrementa
          
           (
           
             non
             nobis
             ,
             sed
          
           )
           
             Deo
             ,
             Regi
             ,
             Senatui
             debemus
          
           ;
           )
           All
           our
           advancements
           ,
           not
           to
           our selves
           (
           as
           he
           said
           )
           but
           to
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           the
           Kings
           bounty
           ,
           your
           Lordships
           and
           our
           Countries
           favour
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           our
           single
           persons
           ,
           families
           ,
           relations
           ,
           reputations
           ,
           estates
           or
           merits
           ,
           are
           too
           small
           and
           narrow
           a
           Basis
           or
           bottom
           upon
           which
           to
           erect
           and
           settle
           this
           great
           
             Pyramide
             ,
             Pillar
          
           ,
           or
           Obelisk
           of
           publick
           or
           
             Parliamentary
             Honour
          
           ;
           which
           in
           all
           
             true
             proportions
          
           is
           to
           be
           founded
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           and
           your
           
             just
             zeal
          
           ,
           for
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           for
           this
           Churches
           welfare
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           ancient
           
             dignity
             of
             Episcopacy
          
           :
           As
           our
           private
           comfort
           can
           only
           be
           fixed
           ,
           so
           this
           publick
           honour
           must
           chiefly
           be
           ascribed
           to
           and
           placed
           upon
           the
           latitude
           of
           his
           Majesties
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           the
           sanctity
           of
           your
           vertues
           ;
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           love
           you
           have
           to
           
             true
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           the
           esteem
           you
           bear
           to
           good
           Learning
           ;
           also
           upon
           your
           care
           of
           this
           Churches
           flourishing
           ,
           together
           with
           this
           Kingdoms
           peace
           :
           To
           these
           great
           and
           good
           ends
           we
           are
           willingly
           made
           publick
           Servants
           ;
           to
           these
           some
           of
           us
           have
           sacrificed
           all
           our
           former
           happy
           tranquility
           
           and
           sweet
           retiredness
           ,
           rather
           than
           be
           wanting
           to
           that
           duty
           which
           was
           not
           calmly
           required
           ,
           but
           
             importunely
             exacted
          
           from
           us
           ;
           when
           more
           than
           once
           seriously
           deprecating
           the
           burthen
           of
           this
           employment
           ,
           we
           were
           absolutely
           commanded
           to
           obedience
           ,
           rather
           than
           seem
           to
           withdraw
           our
           shoulders
           from
           the
           burthen
           ;
           which
           no
           man
           will
           envy
           ,
           but
           he
           whose
           ignorant
           ambition
           least
           understands
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           least
           capable
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           sacred
           duty
           ,
           so
           of
           the
           necessary
           policy
           and
           reason
           of
           Episcopacy
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           most
           certain
           that
           we
           cannot
           be
           without
           a
           King
           (
           as
           the
           Cappadocians
           pleaded
           to
           the
           Romanes
           when
           they
           offered
           them
           their
           popular
           liberty
           )
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           very
           miserable
           ;
           which
           we
           have
           lately
           felt
           :
           Nor
           can
           our
           Kings
           want
           wise
           Counsellours
           of
           State
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           Pilots
           can
           their
           Card
           or
           Compass
           ;
           Nor
           can
           these
           well
           want
           the
           counsel
           and
           assistance
           of
           learned
           and
           religious
           Church-men
           ,
           grave
           and
           reverend
           Bishops
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           the
           
             Mariners
             Compass
          
           can
           be
           without
           the
           Magnetick
           Needle
           or
           Director
           ;
           and
           this
           upon
           a
           double
           reason
           :
           First
           ,
           worthy
           Bishops
           are
           the
           fittest
           persons
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           repress
           the
           falsity
           ,
           scandal
           ,
           and
           immorality
           of
           Ministers
           
             evil
             doctrines
          
           and
           lives
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           as
           
             stinking
             carrion
          
           or
           
             dead
             horses
          
           in
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           the
           poyson
           and
           abhorrence
           of
           all
           passengers
           ;
           
             publicae
             pestes
             Ecclesiae
             &
             Reipublicae
          
           ,
           the
           most
           infecting
           and
           killing
           plagues
           to
           Church
           and
           Countrey
           :
           )
           But
           also
           they
           serve
           to
           restrain
           and
           bridle
           the
           
             vulgar
             petulancy
          
           and
           
             popular
             rudeness
          
           of
           some
           
             factions
             Preachers
             tongues
          
           ;
           which
           are
           sometimes
           ,
           as
           the
           hearts
           and
           censors
           of
           
             Korah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           ,
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           full
           of
           
             strange
             fire
          
           ;
           or
           as
           
             Sheba's
             trumpet
          
           founding
           faction
           and
           sedition
           ;
           then
           most
           of
           all
           when
           they
           would
           seem
           most
           zealous
           in
           their
           Sermons
           and
           Prayers
           ;
           infusing
           poyson
           into
           wine
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           diffuse
           the
           venome
           of
           I
           know
           not
           what
           novell
           and
           
             fanciful
             Inventions
          
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           festring
           those
           scratches
           which
           they
           first
           make
           ,
           and
           then
           would
           seem
           to
           lick
           them
           whole
           ;
           sometimes
           venoming
           even
           
             sound
             parts
          
           by
           their
           very
           
             fasting
             spittle
          
           :
           So
           over
           -
           clamouring
           for
           truth
           and
           holiness
           ,
           (
           which
           all
           good
           Bishops
           and
           Presbyters
           desire
           more
           soberly
           than
           themselves
           ,
           )
           that
           they
           are
           deaf
           to
           peace
           and
           order
           ,
           to
           obedience
           and
           subjection
           ,
           to
           law
           and
           government
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           fools
           or
           knaves
           will
           oppose
           :
           Certainly
           no
           men
           are
           so
           sit
           to
           encounter
           the
           fraud
           and
           folly
           of
           these
           deceitful
           workers
           ,
           and
           to
           confute
           the
           popular
           Sophistry
           
           of
           these
           crafty
           and
           
             crazy
             Ministers
          
           ,
           as
           grave
           ,
           learned
           ,
           wise
           ,
           and
           
             godly
             Bishops
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           past
           the
           froth
           of
           juvenile
           fancies
           and
           
             popular
             flashes
          
           ,
           know
           what
           best
           besits
           solid
           
             preaching
             ,
             sober
             praying
          
           ,
           holy
           living
           ,
           and
           discreet
           governing
           .
        
         
           Besides
           this
           ,
           pious
           and
           prudent
           Bishops
           are
           of
           all
           men
           living
           the
           fittest
           persons
           gently
           to
           attemper
           with
           Christian
           wisdome
           ,
           meekness
           and
           moderation
           ,
           those
           vehemencies
           ,
           rigors
           ,
           animosities
           and
           severities
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           height
           of
           mens
           
             over-boyling
             passions
          
           and
           rougher
           spirits
           are
           prone
           to
           raise
           the
           
             secular
             policies
          
           ,
           counsels
           and
           resolutions
           of
           those
           who
           are
           most
           exalted
           with
           
             worldly
             honours
          
           ,
           and
           leavened
           with
           opulent
           Estates
           :
           Many
           times
           great
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Persons
           of
           Eminent
           Honours
           do
           not
           more
           want
           than
           welcome
           those
           calm
           counsels
           and
           gentle
           mitigations
           which
           Bishops
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           persons
           seasonably
           and
           
             wisely
             suggest
          
           to
           them
           ;
           as
           David
           did
           the
           prudent
           and
           humble
           intercession
           of
           Abigail
           ,
           when
           she
           gently
           disarmed
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           angry
           Souldiers
           ,
           diverting
           them
           from
           that
           exorbitant
           and
           
             cruel
             revenge
          
           to
           which
           a
           military
           fierceness
           and
           just
           disdain
           of
           Nabal's
           Ingratitude
           and
           Indignity
           had
           transported
           him
           and
           them
           :
           Or
           as
           Theodosius
           the
           Emperour
           did
           kindly
           and
           thankfully
           entertain
           the
           religious
           and
           resolute
           ,
           but
           
             respective
             reproofs
          
           of
           St
           Ambrose
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Millain
           ,
           whom
           he
           reverenced
           as
           a
           Father
           ,
           and
           highly
           commended
           for
           that
           his
           freedom
           and
           fidelity
           to
           him
           ;
           which
           he
           said
           best
           became
           the
           Bishops
           or
           Prelates
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           to
           
             fear
             God
          
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           
             flatter
             any
             man.
          
           
        
         
           The
           great
           work
           of
           your
           Lordships
           Honour
           and
           Wisdom
           (
           with
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           )
           properly
           is
           ,
           to
           see
           ,
           
             Nè
             Leges
             Angliae
             temerè
             mutentur
             :
             Nè
             Coronae
             Majestas
             minuatur
             :
             Nè
             virtuti
             desit
             honoris
             praemium
             :
          
           That
           the
           good
           old
           Laws
           ,
           Customes
           ,
           and
           Constitutions
           of
           England
           be
           not
           lightly
           changed
           :
           That
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           be
           not
           diminished
           ;
           (
           for
           
             in
             uno
             Caesare
             res
             est
             publica
             ,
          
           we
           can
           have
           no
           Common
           weal
           ,
           but
           
             common
             woe
          
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           not
           a
           King
           clothed
           with
           that
           sacred
           and
           
             inviolable
             Majesty
          
           which
           is
           necessary
           for
           the
           publick
           welfare
           and
           safety
           :
           )
           Lastly
           ,
           It
           is
           among
           your
           Lordships
           and
           the
           Parliaments
           noblest
           cares
           and
           designs
           ,
           That
           no
           
             deserving
             vertue
          
           or
           
             ingenuous
             faculty
          
           ,
           which
           serves
           the
           publick
           welfare
           ,
           should
           despair
           of
           
             publick
             rewards
          
           ;
           and
           least
           of
           all
           ,
           
             learned
             Piety
          
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           noble
           and
           
             sacred
             Study
             of
             Divinity
          
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           
           the
           Sun
           or
           the
           greater
           light
           ,
           the
           author
           of
           that
           day
           ,
           which
           shines
           on
           our
           Souls
           ,
           to
           
             shew
             us
             the
             way
             to
             heaven
             and
             eternity
          
           ;
           whereas
           all
           other
           arts
           and
           sciences
           are
           but
           as
           the
           Moon
           and
           Stars
           to
           guide
           us
           in
           the
           momentary
           affairs
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           the
           twilight
           state
           of
           a
           Christian
           :
           Lest
           while
           the
           judicious
           Lawyers
           honest
           skill
           and
           commendable
           practice
           in
           our
           Common
           or
           Civil
           Laws
           ;
           or
           while
           the
           discreet
           valour
           of
           good
           Souldiers
           ;
           or
           the
           wholesome
           study
           of
           Physick
           ;
           or
           
             meer
             riches
          
           by
           any
           
             honest
             trade
             accumulated
          
           ;
           while
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           any
           ,
           or
           all
           these
           are
           admitted
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           knock
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           porch
           ,
           yea
           and
           to
           repose
           themselves
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           Honour
           ,
           only
           the
           Learning
           and
           Religion
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           the
           desert
           and
           industry
           of
           Divines
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           great
           Studiers
           and
           Interpreters
           of
           Gods
           Law
           ,
           the
           faithful
           dispensers
           of
           heavenly
           things
           ;
           these
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           should
           ,
           to
           the
           shame
           and
           reproach
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           be
           excluded
           from
           all
           
             temporal
             rewards
          
           and
           
             Honorary
             Encouragements
          
           :
           After
           the
           method
           of
           the
           
             Apostate
             Julians
          
           envy
           and
           mockery
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           the
           rewards
           of
           the
           world
           to
           come
           might
           serve
           their
           turns
           ,
           when
           he
           took
           from
           the
           Christian
           
             Orthodox
             Bishops
          
           and
           Clergy
           those
           large
           
             donations
             ,
             immunities
          
           and
           dignities
           which
           Constantine
           the
           great
           and
           other
           
             godly
             Emperours
          
           had
           endowed
           them
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           withal
           .
        
         
           The
           Justice
           and
           Nobleness
           of
           this
           Parliament
           hath
           sufficiently
           shewed
           to
           all
           the
           world
           how
           far
           
             your
             Honours
          
           are
           from
           the
           Schism
           and
           Sacriledge
           of
           either
           depriving
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           (
           which
           it
           enjoyed
           in
           all
           ages
           since
           it
           was
           Christian
           ;
           )
           or
           of
           
             denying
             Bishops
          
           those
           Honours
           which
           the
           piety
           of
           your
           Progenitors
           was
           more
           ambitious
           to
           confer
           on
           them
           ,
           than
           they
           were
           to
           receive
           them
           :
           The
           modest
           humility
           of
           ancient
           Bishops
           (
           when
           most
           worthy
           )
           thought
           themselves
           (
           as
           we
           have
           cause
           to
           do
           )
           less
           worthy
           of
           such
           
             high
             honour
          
           ,
           walking
           (
           as
           
             Ammianus
             Marcellian
          
           tells
           us
           )
           with
           grave
           steps
           ,
           modest
           looks
           ,
           and
           mortified
           behaviour
           :
           But
           the
           generous
           piety
           of
           this
           ,
           as
           other
           Christian
           Nations
           ,
           thought
           ,
           that
           they
           then
           honoured
           God
           and
           their
           
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           when
           (
           as
           Cornelius
           to
           St
           Peter
           )
           they
           expressed
           their
           high
           respect
           and
           honour
           to
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Church
           as
           to
           
             spiritual
             Fathers
          
           ;
           whose
           paternal
           benediction
           and
           peace
           in
           Christs
           Name
           as
           they
           oft
           desired
           with
           great
           devotion
           
           and
           respect
           ,
           so
           they
           ever
           judged
           Episcopal
           Presidency
           and
           Authority
           to
           be
           most
           suitable
           to
           the
           plethorick
           and
           sturdy
           temper
           of
           the
           people
           of
           England
           ,
           whose
           
             high
             spirits
          
           abhorre
           
             all
             levelling
          
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           impatient
           to
           be
           governed
           by
           their
           equalls
           or
           inferiours
           ,
           as
           water
           is
           to
           be
           kept
           within
           its
           
             own
             bounds
          
           .
        
         
           And
           even
           now
           the
           wisdom
           of
           your
           Lordships
           and
           the
           Honourable
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           concurrent
           with
           
             his
             Majesties
          
           goodness
           in
           the
           restitution
           of
           Episcopacy
           and
           Bishops
           to
           their
           
             pristine
             honour
          
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           must
           not
           in
           any
           reason
           be
           looked
           upon
           by
           us
           ,
           or
           
             any
             wise
             men
          
           ,
           as
           any
           
             partiality
             of
             favour
          
           to
           so
           few
           ,
           and
           to
           so
           inconsiderable
           persons
           as
           we
           are
           ;
           No
           ,
           doubtless
           your
           great
           and
           publick
           designs
           are
           in
           order
           to
           promote
           Gods
           glory
           ;
           to
           advance
           his
           Majesties
           service
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           most
           effectually
           the
           peace
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           by
           adorning
           them
           with
           
             such
             Bishops
          
           ,
           and
           these
           with
           
             such
             authority
          
           as
           is
           most
           consonant
           to
           our
           ancient
           Laws
           and
           Constitutions
           ,
           to
           Catholick
           and
           Primitive
           Patterns
           ,
           to
           the
           Apostolick
           ,
           that
           is
           Christs
           ,
           Institution
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           who
           is
           the
           God
           of
           Order
           ;
           Besides
           ,
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           true
           Principles
           and
           those
           necessary
           proportions
           which
           must
           be
           observed
           in
           all
           political
           order
           ,
           and
           publick
           government
           ,
           for
           superiority
           and
           subordination
           ;
           all
           which
           are
           only
           to
           be
           perfectly
           seen
           ,
           used
           and
           enjoyed
           in
           this
           Episcopal
           Eminency
           or
           
             Autoritative
             Presidency
          
           .
        
         
           That
           so
           the
           
             Church
             of
          
           ENGLAND
           may
           still
           enjoy
           (
           as
           it
           hath
           ,
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           equal
           with
           any
           Church
           in
           any
           age
           since
           the
           Apostles
           dayes
           )
           Its
           Ignatiusses
           ,
           Its
           Polycarps
           ,
           Its
           Polycratesses
           ,
           Its
           Irenaeusses
           ,
           Its
           Cyprians
           ,
           Its
           Ambroses
           ,
           It
           s
           Austins
           ,
           Its
           Chrysostomes
           ,
           Its
           Epiphaniusses
           ,
           Its
           Basils
           ,
           It
           s
           Gregories
           ;
           That
           is
           ,
           an
           
             holy
             succession
          
           of
           
             Evangelical
             Bishops
          
           of
           the
           same
           spirits
           and
           proportions
           with
           those
           elder
           and
           our
           later
           ones
           ,
           for
           learning
           ,
           piety
           ,
           prudence
           ,
           eloquence
           ,
           industry
           ,
           courage
           and
           constancy
           in
           the
           true
           faith
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           That
           neither
           the
           Romanists
           on
           one
           side
           may
           quarrel
           with
           ,
           nor
           the
           Schismaticks
           on
           the
           other
           side
           invade
           and
           prostrate
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
          
           ENGLAND
           ,
           upon
           the
           oft
           (
           but
           in
           vain
           )
           objected
           account
           of
           
             Schismatical
             interrupting
          
           or
           intercluding
           the
           Apostolick
           succession
           of
           Bishops
           ;
           and
           therein
           varying
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Episcopacy
           ,
           from
           it self
           as
           much
           as
           from
           all
           ancient
           and
           Catholick
           Churches
           :
           to
           the
           infinite
           scandal
           of
           all
           good
           Christians
           and
           learned
           men
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           
           and
           abroad
           ;
           Many
           of
           whom
           do
           doubt
           ,
           (
           and
           upon
           greater
           grounds
           than
           most
           of
           those
           vulgar
           scruples
           with
           which
           many
           please
           themselves
           to
           sight
           against
           ,
           and
           scratch
           at
           least
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           )
           of
           the
           real
           validity
           of
           all
           Ministerial
           power
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           ;
           and
           so
           of
           all
           
             mysterious
             dispensations
          
           ,
           and
           
             sacramental
             Consecrations
          
           where
           Bishops
           are
           wanting
           ,
           not
           by
           
             unavoidable
             necessity
          
           ,
           which
           is
           its
           
             own
             Apology
          
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           
             Presbyterian
             petulancy
             ,
             Schismatical
             Envy
          
           ,
           and
           
             Democratical
             Insolency
          
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           ambitious
           to
           ordain
           and
           rule
           in
           common
           ,
           that
           it
           giddily
           runs
           upon
           the
           rocks
           of
           Anarchy
           and
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           Although
           we
           and
           all
           the
           soberly
           learned
           world
           must
           highly
           commend
           his
           Majesties
           Piety
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           together
           with
           this
           Parliaments
           ,
           for
           their
           restoring
           
             Catholick
             Episcopacy
          
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           the
           great
           support
           of
           this
           Churches
           and
           Kingdoms
           peace
           :
           And
           although
           we
           do
           justly
           esteem
           the
           honour
           and
           favour
           by
           God
           and
           man
           herein
           conferred
           on
           us
           ;
           yet
           we
           so
           much
           preferre
           the
           publick
           good
           before
           any
           personal
           enjoyments
           or
           private
           interests
           ,
           as
           
             freely
             to
             declare
          
           to
           your
           Lordships
           and
           all
           the
           
             English
             world
          
           ,
           That
           we
           are
           so
           little
           devoted
           to
           the
           meer
           Honour
           or
           Profit
           of
           our
           places
           ,
           and
           see
           so
           little
           cause
           to
           be
           greatly
           delighted
           in
           this
           
             burthen
             full
             of
             business
             ,
             envy
          
           and
           importunity
           ,
           That
           if
           any
           men
           of
           other
           Principles
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           
             Forms
             of
             Church-Government
          
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           several
           new
           models
           and
           inventions
           ,
           (
           which
           as
           
             Childrens
             Babies
          
           are
           almost
           as
           soon
           broken
           and
           defaced
           as
           they
           are
           made
           and
           adorned
           ,
           )
           be
           able
           to
           do
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdome
           better
           service
           than
           the
           Episcopal
           Order
           ,
           Presidency
           ,
           and
           Authority
           with
           which
           we
           are
           now
           invested
           ;
           Or
           if
           the
           wisdom
           of
           his
           Majesty
           and
           his
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           by
           any
           good
           experience
           have
           ever
           found
           them
           (
           and
           accordingly
           should
           judge
           them
           )
           more
           proper
           to
           attain
           
             His
             Majesties
          
           and
           
             Your
             great
             designs
          
           for
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           in
           
             Gods
             Name
          
           let
           these
           new
           Masters
           and
           their
           new
           Models
           take
           our
           places
           ,
           and
           share
           our
           Bishopricks
           once
           again
           among
           them
           :
           Let
           them
           by
           some
           new
           and
           better
           experiments
           of
           their
           art
           and
           office
           expiate
           the
           former
           prodigies
           of
           their
           rude
           actions
           and
           desperate
           essays
           ,
           which
           had
           almost
           destroyed
           all
           that
           was
           sacred
           and
           civil
           among
           us
           :
           Let
           not
           our
           personal
           and
           private
           Concerns
           be
           put
           into
           the
           Balance
           
           against
           the
           publick
           interest
           ;
           We
           willingly
           recede
           ,
           we
           disrobe
           ,
           we
           degrade
           our selves
           ,
           we
           will
           (
           as
           far
           as
           we
           can
           by
           the
           ancient
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           )
           submit
           to
           those
           new
           Presbyterian
           and
           Independent
           Projects
           and
           Projectors
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           upon
           due
           advice
           with
           his
           Parliament
           shall
           discern
           them
           to
           have
           a
           better
           
             Call
             from
             God
          
           and
           man
           ,
           better
           skill
           or
           will
           to
           do
           
             Gods
             work
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           service
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           publick
           welfare
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           in
           them
           more
           conform
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           to
           principles
           of
           right
           reason
           ,
           to
           perfect
           rules
           of
           Politie
           ,
           to
           the
           necessary
           grounds
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           the
           harmony
           of
           
             good
             order
          
           ,
           to
           the
           universal
           practice
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           the
           ancient
           Laws
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           temper
           and
           constitution
           of
           the
           
             English
             people
          
           :
           All
           which
           are
           highly
           and
           justly
           prejudiced
           against
           any
           novelty
           ,
           and
           wholly
           conformed
           to
           
             Episcopal
             Antiquity
          
           ;
           Unanimously
           confirming
           his
           Majesties
           and
           this
           Parliaments
           Wisdom
           ,
           in
           re-establishing
           of
           that
           to
           which
           no
           
             new
             form
          
           is
           to
           be
           compared
           ,
           much
           less
           preferred
           .
        
         
           Your
           Lordships
           and
           all
           the
           
             English
             world
          
           have
           already
           tryed
           for
           some
           years
           (
           full
           sore
           against
           the
           wills
           of
           the
           most
           and
           best
           men
           )
           what
           the
           
             rigid
             Presbyterian
          
           or
           
             Aërian
             designs
          
           are
           ;
           what
           the
           plebeian
           practices
           of
           some
           Ministers
           and
           people
           are
           ;
           You
           have
           found
           and
           felt
           of
           what
           metal
           those
           
             new
             Masters
          
           and
           their
           Lay-Elders
           are
           ;
           who
           ,
           as
           Acephalists
           or
           
             Polycephalists
             ,
             headless
          
           or
           
             many-headed
             creatures
          
           affect
           to
           rule
           all
           ,
           first
           without
           Bishops
           ,
           next
           without
           Kings
           ,
           at
           length
           without
           Parliaments
           ,
           at
           last
           without
           people
           ,
           by
           a
           meer
           stratocracy
           of
           Military
           Myrmydons
           or
           Mamelukes
           ;
           when
           indeed
           they
           are
           in
           all
           their
           forms
           and
           figures
           found
           not
           more
           unfit
           
             for
             government
          
           ,
           than
           most
           unwelcome
           (
           under
           that
           notion
           )
           to
           the
           
             Commons
             ,
             Gentry
          
           ,
           and
           Nobility
           of
           England
           ;
           besides
           ,
           most
           unsafe
           for
           this
           or
           
             any
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           and
           wholly
           inconsistent
           with
           this
           
             Churches
             National
             Unity
          
           ;
           which
           (
           as
           St
           Jerome
           observes
           )
           will
           soon
           run
           into
           as
           
             many
             Schisms
          
           as
           there
           are
           Parishes
           and
           Preachers
           ;
           Out
           of
           the
           spawne
           of
           Schism
           fedition
           will
           soon
           rise
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           those
           egges
           such
           Crocodiles
           will
           grow
           ,
           as
           will
           swallow
           up
           Kings
           and
           Kingdomes
           .
        
         
           Not
           that
           any
           men
           more
           highly
           esteem
           
             sober
             Presbyters
          
           or
           
             good
             Ministers
          
           ,
           yea
           and
           other
           Church-Officers
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Law
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           in
           a
           
             due
             subordination
          
           to
           and
           orderly
           conjunction
           with
           Bishops
           ,
           than
           we
           do
           ;
           We
           shall
           ever
           advise
           with
           them
           as
           with
           
           friends
           ,
           tender
           them
           as
           sons
           ,
           and
           love
           them
           as
           brethren
           :
           But
           we
           cannot
           allow
           ,
           nor
           can
           either
           the
           King
           or
           people
           of
           England
           bear
           that
           malipertness
           of
           
             Antiepiscopal
             Presbytery
          
           which
           hath
           of
           late
           ,
           like
           Reuben
           ,
           by
           a
           most
           
             inordinate
             lust
          
           ,
           ascended
           to
           its
           Fathers
           bed
           ,
           and
           against
           all
           Law
           ,
           usurped
           all
           Episcopal
           Authority
           in
           Ordination
           ,
           Censures
           ,
           and
           Jurisdictions
           ;
           Whose
           strength
           ,
           we
           see
           ,
           was
           soon
           powred
           out
           
             like
             water
          
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           gathered
           up
           ;
           exposing
           ,
           as
           it self
           to
           contempt
           ,
           so
           the
           whole
           Church
           to
           confusion
           .
        
         
           Antiepiscopal
           or
           Headless
           Presbytery
           had
           indeed
           at
           first
           such
           a
           great
           belly
           or
           tympany
           in
           some
           mens
           high
           pretensions
           and
           rare
           expectations
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           would
           bring
           forth
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             Magnum
             Jovis
             incrementum
          
           ,
           some
           prodigie
           of
           piety
           ;
           (
           
             Jam
             nova
             progenies
             coelo
             demittitur
             alto
          
           )
           some
           rare
           and
           heavenly
           off-spring
           was
           coming
           ;
           No
           less
           than
           Christs
           
             Kingdom
             ,
             Throne
             ,
             Scepter
          
           and
           Discipline
           was
           voted
           ,
           resolved
           and
           expected
           :
           It
           was
           further
           attended
           ,
           when
           it
           drew
           neer
           the
           time
           of
           its
           travel
           and
           all
           our
           pains
           ,
           with
           a
           strange
           and
           new
           Nurse-keeper
           ,
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
          
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           sent
           for
           so
           many
           hundred
           miles
           out
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           which
           brought
           with
           it
           such
           swadling
           clothes
           as
           were
           thought
           fitter
           for
           that
           
             lusty
             babe
          
           than
           all
           the
           sacred
           bands
           of
           Baptism
           and
           Confirmation
           ;
           (
           which
           Leaguer
           bands
           certainly
           could
           bind
           no
           man
           that
           is
           in
           his
           wits
           beyond
           or
           against
           his
           duty
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           his
           Country
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           the
           
             green
             withes
          
           could
           bind
           Sampson
           to
           his
           hurt
           .
           )
        
         
           For
           fear
           of
           miscarrying
           in
           the
           birth
           (
           for
           its
           Dam
           had
           
             hard
             labour
          
           )
           it
           had
           the
           help
           of
           a
           Man-midwife
           ,
           who
           looked
           like
           a
           Mahometan
           ,
           a
           military
           and
           
             armed
             hand
          
           ;
           a
           means
           never
           used
           (
           God
           knows
           )
           in
           the
           true
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Concerns
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           nor
           after
           its
           gladiatory
           methods
           ;
           the
           Gospel
           being
           first
           planted
           by
           Fishermen
           ,
           and
           watered
           by
           the
           blood
           of
           its
           prime
           Preachers
           and
           Professors
           :
           Yet
           after
           all
           this
           
             Parado
             Presbytery
          
           proved
           a
           kind
           of
           untimely
           birth
           ,
           a
           most
           
             unblest
             abortive
          
           ;
           and
           although
           it
           was
           not
           still-born
           ,
           but
           cryed
           aloud
           for
           a
           while
           with
           a
           strong
           and
           terrible
           voice
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           by
           a
           merciful
           providence
           (
           as
           Monsters
           commonly
           are
           )
           short-lived
           ,
           sucking
           blood
           instead
           of
           milk
           for
           its
           infant
           nourishment
           :
           Neither
           the
           English
           soil
           ,
           nor
           air
           ,
           nor
           geny
           was
           for
           this
           upstart
           ,
           pert
           and
           
             presumptuous
             Presbytery
          
           ,
           
           which
           instead
           of
           the
           venerable
           gray
           head
           of
           primitive
           and
           
             paternal
             Episcopacy
          
           ,
           had
           got
           a
           new
           
             long
             tail
          
           of
           popular
           ruling
           Lay-Elders
           ;
           but
           it
           soon
           gave
           up
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           being
           never
           Christned
           ,
           for
           it
           naturally
           abhorred
           
             Creed
             ,
             Ten
             Commandments
          
           ,
           and
           
             Lords
             Prayer
          
           ,
           it
           was
           over-laid
           (
           as
           was
           thought
           )
           and
           almost
           smothered
           to
           death
           by
           its
           
             Puny
             Independency
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           nurse
           was
           oppressed
           by
           its
           nursling
           ,
           by
           a
           sate
           as
           new
           and
           unheard
           of
           as
           it self
           was
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           This
           stripling
           also
           (
           even
           Independency
           )
           was
           another
           by-blow
           of
           Church-Government
           ,
           a
           new
           but
           illegitimate
           brood
           ,
           begotten
           between
           fancy
           and
           faction
           ,
           schism
           and
           rebellion
           ,
           seeking
           to
           reduce
           Church-Government
           from
           its
           (
           
             toga
             virilis
          
           )
           manly
           ,
           magistratick
           ,
           and
           politick
           Constitution
           ,
           besitting
           well-grown
           ,
           great
           and
           National
           Churches
           ,
           to
           its
           hanging
           sleeves
           or
           swadling
           clouts
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           two
           
             spurious
             Progenies
          
           ,
           having
           neither
           
             lawful
             father
          
           nor
           
             honest
             mother
          
           ,
           neither
           the
           advice
           of
           a
           
             National
             Synod
          
           ,
           nor
           any
           
             Royal
             Assent
          
           ,
           and
           so
           neither
           Civil
           nor
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           to
           naturalize
           or
           enfranchise
           them
           ,
           while
           they
           were
           both
           eagerly
           conspiring
           and
           fiercely
           strugling
           against
           Legal
           and
           
             Catholick
             Episcopacy
          
           ,
           they
           
             made
             a
             shift
          
           to
           strangle
           each
           other
           ;
           both
           pretending
           to
           be
           the
           eldest
           son
           ,
           the
           very
           Esau
           ,
           the
           only
           and
           
             primitive
             Church-Government
          
           ,
           of
           Christs
           Institution
           ,
           his
           
             entire
             Scepter
          
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           neither
           of
           them
           was
           by
           wise
           men
           believed
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           since
           both
           could
           not
           be
           so
           :
           And
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           neither
           the
           one
           nor
           the
           other
           was
           ever
           known
           or
           used
           in
           this
           or
           any
           true
           Church
           of
           Christ
           for
           
             fifteen
             hundred
             years
          
           after
           Christ
           ,
           unless
           all
           the
           Histories
           and
           Examples
           of
           the
           Church
           have
           conspired
           to
           deceive
           us
           and
           themselves
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           Jews
           and
           Turks
           can
           imagine
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           (
           Presbytery
           )
           had
           a
           redder
           face
           ,
           rougher
           hands
           ,
           longer
           nails
           ,
           and
           a
           fiercer
           voice
           ,
           like
           Esau
           :
           The
           second
           of
           Independency
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           Church-Democracy
           ,
           or
           common
           
             peoples
             Ecclesiastical
             Politie
          
           ,
           first
           pretending
           to
           crown
           Christ
           as
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           then
           really
           to
           mock
           and
           crucifie
           him
           ,
           parting
           his
           garments
           among
           them
           ,
           breaking
           his
           bones
           ,
           and
           nayling
           him
           to
           the
           cross
           of
           
             popular
             Dependence
          
           ,
           as
           the
           root
           of
           all
           Ministerial
           Authority
           and
           Maintenance
           ,
           which
           is
           indeed
           but
           a
           dry
           tree
           and
           dead
           trunk
           :
           )
           This
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           was
           at
           first
           smoother
           
           skinn'd
           and
           softer
           voiced
           ,
           like
           Jacob
           ;
           but
           it
           soon
           supplanted
           by
           notable
           disguises
           and
           vulgar
           insinuations
           its
           
             elder
             brother
          
           and
           its
           angry
           
             rival
             Presbytery
          
           .
        
         
           At
           last
           (
           
             Post
             varios
             casus
             ,
             post
             tot
             discrimina
             rerum
          
           )
           after
           several
           risques
           and
           hazards
           run
           by
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           the
           Divine
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           to
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           decided
           the
           controversie
           between
           these
           dividers
           and
           destroyers
           ,
           opening
           a
           door
           for
           the
           happy
           return
           of
           
             ancient
             Monarchy
          
           to
           its
           just
           Supremacy
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           also
           of
           
             venerable
             Episcopacy
          
           to
           its
           pristine
           Office
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           ,
           loyally
           subordinate
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           religiously
           servient
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           holy
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           ancient
           and
           
             excellent
             Government
          
           if
           any
           thing
           be
           found
           ,
           in
           the
           decurrence
           of
           time
           ,
           or
           degeneracy
           of
           men
           and
           manners
           ,
           inconvenient
           to
           the
           publick
           welfare
           ,
           either
           as
           to
           its
           constitution
           or
           execution
           ,
           we
           humbly
           crave
           of
           his
           Majesties
           goodness
           and
           
             this
             Parliaments
          
           wisdom
           ,
           that
           both
           we
           and
           it
           may
           be
           so
           reformed
           and
           regulated
           in
           all
           points
           ,
           not
           by
           Tumults
           and
           Armies
           ,
           but
           Parliamentary
           Counsels
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           most
           conforme
           to
           Scriptural
           rules
           ,
           primitive
           ends
           and
           uses
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           the
           present
           times
           and
           manners
           of
           men
           will
           best
           bear
           ;
           which
           concession
           is
           sufficient
           to
           appease
           the
           gripes
           and
           wamblings
           of
           any
           ,
           who
           either
           could
           take
           ,
           or
           would
           keep
           their
           Covanant
           with
           any
           shew
           of
           good
           conscience
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           guided
           by
           
             Reason
             ,
             Law
          
           ,
           and
           Scriptures
           ,
           the
           speediest
           and
           easiest
           way
           of
           reforming
           Government
           lying
           in
           good
           Governours
           :
           For
           we
           are
           not
           so
           straight-laced
           in
           point
           of
           Episcopacy
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           it
           may
           not
           admit
           
             prudent
             regulations
          
           and
           variations
           ;
           yet
           so
           as
           the
           main
           spiritual
           power
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Order
           be
           preserved
           and
           improved
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           primitive
           pattern
           and
           Catholick
           custom
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           sacred
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           inviolable
           ,
           unless
           
             insuperable
             impediments
          
           give
           a
           
             temporary
             dispensation
          
           ;
           rather
           submitting
           to
           providence
           than
           changing
           the
           principle
           ,
           or
           subverting
           the
           order
           ,
           so
           divinely
           constituted
           ,
           so
           universally
           established
           ,
           and
           so
           highly
           blessed
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           a
           right
           
             Evangelical
             Episcopacy
          
           ,
           such
           as
           for
           the
           main
           ever
           hath
           been
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           now
           is
           according
           to
           Law
           re-established
           in
           ENGLAND
           ,
           such
           as
           we
           are
           most
           ambitious
           
           to
           adorn
           and
           exercise
           ;
           if
           this
           be
           found
           (
           as
           no
           doubt
           it
           will
           )
           most
           consonant
           to
           right
           reason
           ,
           to
           all
           rules
           and
           grounds
           of
           true
           politie
           ;
           to
           the
           just
           proportions
           of
           good
           Order
           and
           measures
           of
           Government
           ;
           yea
           ,
           to
           the
           ancient
           models
           and
           methods
           of
           Church-Government
           ,
           which
           are
           set
           forth
           by
           God
           himself
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           among
           the
           
             Jewish
             Priesthood
          
           ,
           and
           by
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           among
           his
           12
           Apostles
           ,
           with
           the
           70
           Disciples
           ;
           and
           these
           followed
           as
           divine
           patterns
           or
           originals
           by
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ever
           since
           the
           Apostles
           dayes
           ,
           as
           all
           
             Fathers
             ,
             Councils
          
           ,
           and
           Histories
           of
           the
           Church
           do
           evidently
           assure
           us
           :
           O
           let
           not
           (
           we
           beseech
           you
           )
           this
           ancient
           ,
           fruitful
           ,
           goodly
           and
           venerable
           Cedar
           of
           Episcopacy
           be
           blasted
           or
           baffled
           ,
           or
           blown
           down
           by
           the
           
             profane
             breath
          
           of
           some
           popular
           Preachers
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           fury
           of
           giddy
           ,
           heady
           and
           ignorant
           people
           ;
           Let
           not
           its
           ample
           boughs
           be
           broken
           ,
           its
           useful
           bark
           be
           pilled
           ,
           or
           it
           s
           far
           extended
           roots
           be
           extirpated
           by
           the
           petulancy
           and
           rudeness
           of
           any
           unruly
           and
           insolent
           spirits
           ,
           since
           in
           its
           
             leaves
             ,
             shadow
          
           ,
           and
           fruits
           ,
           there
           hath
           been
           and
           still
           is
           so
           great
           a
           blessing
           for
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           as
           is
           evident
           in
           these
           necessary
           Offices
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           for
           holy
           Ordination
           ,
           or
           conferring
           of
           due
           and
           undoubtedly
           compleat
           Ministerial
           power
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           derived
           from
           Christ
           sent
           by
           his
           Father
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           Apostles
           sent
           by
           Christ
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           for
           Confirmation
           or
           solemn
           benediction
           of
           the
           Cathecumens
           ,
           who
           in
           their
           Infancy
           were
           baptized
           ;
           that
           when
           come
           to
           years
           of
           discretion
           ,
           and
           well
           instructed
           in
           Christian
           Principles
           ,
           they
           may
           seriously
           reflect
           upon
           ,
           personally
           owne
           ,
           and
           solemnly
           assume
           upon
           
             their
             consciences
          
           the
           keeping
           of
           their
           
             Baptismal
             Vow
          
           ,
           that
           only
           
             sacred
             Covenant
          
           ,
           which
           is
           sufficient
           for
           any
           honest
           Christian
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           for
           the
           due
           examination
           ,
           detection
           ,
           reprehension
           ,
           and
           suppression
           of
           
             Errors
             ,
             Hereses
          
           ,
           and
           Schisms
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           for
           the
           autoritative
           reproof
           and
           reformation
           of
           Immorality
           ,
           Idleness
           ,
           Faction
           ,
           and
           Disorder
           among
           the
           Clergy
           and
           other
           Christians
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           for
           the
           encouraging
           and
           preserving
           of
           truth
           ,
           peace
           ,
           holiness
           ,
           and
           order
           among
           all
           under
           their
           care
           and
           inspection
           :
           All
           which
           good
           works
           are
           to
           be
           done
           by
           such
           Ecclesiastical
           Monitions
           and
           Censures
           ,
           as
           are
           by
           Christ
           ,
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           
             Kings
             Authority
          
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           
           Bishops
           or
           Church-Magistrates
           ,
           furnished
           with
           spiritual
           ,
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Legal
           Power
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           for
           the
           giving
           more
           eminent
           ,
           remarkable
           ,
           and
           autoritative
           examples
           in
           all
           Christian
           graces
           and
           vertues
           ,
           proportionable
           to
           their
           places
           ,
           estates
           ,
           and
           dignities
           ;
           for
           the
           encouragement
           of
           piety
           ,
           and
           discountenancing
           of
           profaneness
           :
           The
           weight
           and
           emphasis
           of
           examples
           consisting
           most
           in
           the
           eminency
           of
           the
           person
           ,
           and
           dignity
           of
           his
           place
           ,
           which
           make
           them
           as
           Dominical
           Letters
           ,
           or
           Capital
           Figures
           ,
           of
           greater
           note
           ,
           name
           and
           influence
           .
        
         
           These
           so
           peculiar
           duties
           ,
           proper
           offices
           and
           uses
           of
           Bishops
           (
           as
           Church-men
           )
           may
           very
           well
           seem
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           say
           below
           your
           
             Lordships
             eminent
             dignity
          
           ,
           (
           since
           Gods
           glory
           and
           Christs
           honour
           are
           stamped
           upon
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           )
           less
           suitable
           to
           your
           many
           secular
           Employments
           ;
           And
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           are
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           )
           much
           above
           most
           
             Lay-mens
             abilities
          
           ;
           as
           they
           were
           ever
           judged
           by
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Christ
          
           above
           the
           ordinary
           capacities
           of
           
             meer
             Presbyters
          
           ,
           or
           inferiour
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           have
           indeed
           the
           same
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           Ministerial
           or
           Liturgical
           power
           and
           authority
           as
           to
           
             doctrine
             ,
             consecration
             ,
             devotion
             ,
             parochial
             inspection
          
           and
           direction
           ,
           derived
           to
           them
           by
           and
           from
           the
           respective
           Bishops
           :
           But
           not
           the
           same
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             political
             ,
             ordinative
          
           and
           presidential
           power
           in
           point
           of
           the
           Churches
           National
           Politie
           ,
           or
           more
           publick
           Government
           ;
           which
           
             St
             Jerome
          
           requires
           ,
           and
           ownes
           as
           (
           
             exors
             &
             necessaria
             potestas
             Episcoporum
          
           )
           as
           a
           principal
           and
           eminent
           power
           necessary
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           specially
           residing
           in
           Bishops
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           in
           the
           beginning
           or
           infancy
           of
           Churches
           (
           as
           many
           learned
           men
           have
           observed
           )
           the
           powers
           or
           offices
           of
           
             Deacon
             ,
             Presbyter
             ,
             Bishop
          
           ,
           and
           Apostle
           might
           (
           possibly
           )
           be
           resident
           in
           ,
           and
           exercised
           by
           one
           man
           ,
           where
           there
           was
           but
           an
           handful
           or
           little
           flock
           of
           two
           or
           three
           gathered
           together
           in
           Christs
           name
           ;
           But
           when
           Beleivers
           and
           Congregations
           ,
           and
           so
           their
           
             Pastors
             multiplied
          
           ,
           then
           there
           was
           a
           necessity
           of
           politie
           ,
           order
           and
           wisdom
           to
           distinguish
           and
           rank
           these
           offices
           and
           Officers
           into
           several
           politick
           distributions
           ,
           or
           
             helps
             of
             Government
          
           ;
           some
           to
           be
           the
           flocks
           ,
           others
           to
           be
           the
           Pastors
           ;
           some
           to
           be
           only
           as
           Presbyters
           ,
           praying
           ,
           preaching
           ,
           baptizing
           ,
           consecrating
           and
           blessing
           the
           people
           ;
           others
           as
           Presidents
           or
           Bishops
           ruling
           
           over
           the
           many
           Presbyters
           and
           people
           too
           within
           their
           inspection
           ;
           others
           as
           Deacons
           servient
           to
           Bishops
           ,
           Presbyters
           and
           people
           :
           And
           all
           this
           to
           keep
           such
           an
           orderly
           unity
           ,
           as
           may
           best
           avoid
           Schismatical
           Confusions
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           as
           an
           Army
           with
           Banners
           ,
           where
           are
           the
           Ensigns
           of
           Office
           and
           Authority
           ,
           the
           directives
           of
           orderly
           motion
           ,
           the
           centers
           of
           union
           ,
           and
           the
           securers
           of
           the
           common
           safety
           ,
           by
           wise
           commands
           and
           ready
           obedience
           .
        
         
           Nor
           may
           the
           sameness
           of
           the
           Names
           ,
           or
           of
           Naturals
           ,
           Morals
           ,
           or
           Religion
           ,
           as
           to
           faith
           ,
           gifts
           and
           graces
           ;
           nor
           the
           community
           of
           some
           Christian
           Priviledges
           ,
           duties
           ,
           or
           offices
           of
           charity
           ,
           these
           may
           not
           be
           pleaded
           against
           the
           primitive
           distinction
           of
           Eminent
           Honour
           and
           Authority
           among
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           all
           priority
           and
           superiority
           may
           be
           denyed
           among
           men
           in
           respect
           of
           
             Civil
             Magistracy
          
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Nature
           ,
           Parentage
           ,
           City
           ,
           Trade
           and
           Country
           ;
           or
           among
           Souldiers
           of
           the
           same
           Army
           ;
           or
           Scholars
           of
           the
           same
           Colledge
           and
           University
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           sure
           that
           over-seeing
           ,
           presidential
           and
           gubernative
           power
           ,
           which
           shall
           authoritatively
           look
           to
           the
           Eutaxie
           ,
           good
           order
           and
           unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           such
           as
           was
           in
           the
           prime
           and
           secondary
           Apostles
           ;
           the
           first
           as
           Oeconomical
           ,
           the
           second
           as
           Metropolitical
           ,
           or
           Diocesan
           Bishops
           ;
           such
           as
           was
           committed
           to
           Timothy
           and
           Titus
           ,
           and
           exercised
           by
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           Evangelists
           or
           Preachers
           ,
           but
           as
           Presidents
           and
           Prelates
           ;
           this
           power
           cannot
           be
           either
           regularly
           ,
           or
           prudently
           ,
           or
           safely
           in
           England
           committed
           to
           any
           hands
           ,
           but
           to
           those
           venerable
           Clergy-men
           whom
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Laws
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           constitute
           as
           Governours
           over
           others
           ,
           and
           from
           whom
           they
           may
           have
           an
           account
           of
           all
           :
           Nor
           can
           it
           be
           in
           better
           or
           safer
           hands
           than
           those
           of
           learned
           ,
           wise
           ,
           grave
           and
           godly
           Bishops
           ,
           assisted
           by
           such
           sober
           Presbyters
           ,
           or
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Laws
           shall
           either
           appoint
           ,
           or
           permit
           them
           to
           call
           to
           their
           counsel
           and
           assistance
           in
           their
           Ordinations
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           exercise
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Censures
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           Not
           by
           way
           of
           a
           Consistorian
           negative
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           alter
           and
           unhinge
           the
           whole
           Government
           ,
           turning
           wine
           into
           water
           ,
           and
           making
           way
           for
           all
           factions
           to
           breed
           even
           in
           the
           Nest
           of
           Church-Government
           ;
           but
           by
           such
           publick
           presence
           and
           venerable
           conspicuity
           of
           
           many
           learned
           and
           wise
           Counsellors
           ,
           as
           may
           best
           avoid
           any
           mistakes
           or
           errors
           ,
           and
           most
           contribute
           ,
           by
           their
           being
           witnesses
           of
           all
           transactions
           ,
           to
           that
           authority
           which
           is
           necessary
           to
           convince
           men
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           to
           convert
           them
           from
           the
           error
           of
           their
           ways
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           themselves
           condemned
           by
           the
           censure
           ,
           not
           of
           one
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           many
           worthy
           and
           impartial
           men
           .
        
         
           An
           Help
           ,
           Ornament
           ,
           and
           Honour
           in
           Church-Government
           which
           really
           for
           our
           own
           part
           ,
           we
           earnestly
           desire
           ,
           and
           ambitiously
           embrace
           ,
           as
           that
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           which
           
             Ignatius
             ,
             Cyprian
          
           ,
           and
           others
           so
           magnifie
           ,
           that
           
             Fraternal
             Consess
          
           ,
           and
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Council
          
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           only
           be
           witnesses
           of
           our
           publick
           actions
           ,
           but
           assistants
           in
           all
           such
           publick
           dispatches
           ,
           as
           are
           not
           safely
           committed
           to
           any
           one
           man
           ,
           nor
           can
           discreetly
           be
           managed
           by
           him
           without
           contracting
           too
           much
           envy
           ,
           anger
           and
           odium
           upon
           him
           ;
           which
           sense
           ,
           we
           believe
           ,
           is
           common
           with
           all
           our
           
             Worthy
             Brethren
          
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           no
           
             wise
             Bishop
          
           can
           affect
           an
           
             arbitrary
             power
          
           ,
           or
           an
           absolute
           and
           sole
           Dominion
           ;
           Nor
           are
           we
           willing
           to
           be
           thus
           either
           exposed
           to
           others
           calumnies
           ,
           or
           betrayed
           to
           our selves
           ;
           because
           we
           know
           our selves
           to
           be
           but
           men
           ,
           and
           subject
           to
           the
           
             same
             infirmities
          
           with
           other
           sinful
           Mortals
           :
           Nor
           can
           we
           be
           so
           happy
           as
           when
           we
           are
           both
           compassed
           ,
           encouraged
           ,
           and
           supported
           with
           our
           aged
           ,
           learned
           ,
           and
           reverend
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           every
           way
           as
           able
           and
           deserving
           as
           our selves
           .
        
         
           Thus
           sortified
           and
           assisted
           ,
           we
           may
           ,
           by
           Gods
           help
           ,
           be
           capable
           (
           without
           too
           great
           burthen
           )
           to
           discharge
           the
           proper
           duties
           and
           offices
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           both
           in
           and
           out
           of
           Parliaments
           ;
           which
           is
           to
           see
           ,
           (
           
             Nè
             quid
             detrimenti
             patiatur
             Religio
             ,
             Ecclesia
             ,
             vera
             Reformatio
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           That
           our
           Religion
           ,
           as
           Christian
           ,
           as
           well
           Reformed
           ,
           and
           as
           by
           Law
           duly
           established
           ,
           suffer
           no
           detriment
           ,
           diminution
           ,
           or
           debauchery
           ;
           no
           
             Apostacy
             ,
             Schism
          
           ,
           or
           Division
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           Discipline
           ,
           or
           Devotion
           ,
           in
           Sanctity
           ,
           Solemnity
           ,
           or
           Uniformity
           ,
           either
           by
           profaneness
           ,
           petulancy
           ,
           or
           faction
           :
           What
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           other
           Gentlemen
           of
           other
           civil
           Employments
           cannot
           so
           well
           observe
           to
           be
           amiss
           in
           Church
           or
           Church-men
           ,
           we
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           publick
           Watch-men
           ,
           and
           Over-seers
           ,
           may
           best
           inform
           you
           of
           ;
           what
           we
           cannot
           am●nd
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           luxuriancy
           or
           obstinacy
           of
           some
           
             refractory
             spirits
          
           ,
           your
           eminent
           authority
           may
           command
           and
           
           curb
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           publick
           wisdom
           and
           power
           ,
           safety
           and
           honour
           do
           concenter
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           great
           merits
           of
           the
           Honourable
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           of
           all
           the
           ingenuous
           Gentry
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Religious
           and
           Loyal
           People
           of
           England
           towards
           us
           the
           Bishops
           of
           this
           Church
           ;
           We
           shall
           chuse
           rather
           to
           dye
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           again
           degraded
           by
           the
           folly
           and
           fury
           of
           Schismatical
           envy
           and
           malice
           ,
           than
           not
           to
           make
           good
           by
           our
           actions
           their
           good
           esteem
           of
           us
           ,
           or
           to
           forfeit
           by
           any
           fault
           of
           ours
           their
           ready
           suffrages
           for
           us
           ;
           We
           shall
           never
           think
           any
           thing
           added
           to
           us
           by
           this
           great
           favour
           and
           honour
           shewed
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           find
           in
           them
           mighty
           spurs
           and
           goads
           to
           provoke
           us
           more
           to
           our
           duties
           of
           
             sound
             preaching
             ,
             sober
             praying
          
           ,
           discreet
           governing
           ,
           and
           
             holy
             living
          
           ;
           which
           are
           the
           
             solid
             honours
          
           of
           all
           good
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           true
           Ministers
           ;
           As
           they
           are
           the
           debts
           also
           which
           we
           indispensibly
           owe
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           least
           Member
           of
           it
           :
           What
           may
           possibly
           be
           wanting
           in
           the
           
             frequency
             ,
             number
          
           and
           tale
           of
           our
           Sermons
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           age
           and
           infirmity
           ,
           shall
           be
           made
           up
           in
           their
           weight
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           preach
           at
           all
           ,
           we
           will
           study
           to
           live
           over
           the
           best
           of
           our
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           to
           preach
           by
           our
           examples
           ,
           when
           we
           cannot
           by
           our
           words
           .
        
         
           God
           forbid
           we
           should
           suddenly
           forget
           those
           
             late
             horrid
          
           and
           
             long
             conflagrations
          
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           the
           good
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           Kings
           favour
           ,
           and
           this
           Parliaments
           assistance
           ,
           hath
           snatched
           us
           ,
           and
           this
           whole
           Church
           ;
           yea
           ,
           God
           forbid
           ,
           that
           we
           the
           Bishops
           and
           all
           the
           Clergy
           of
           ENGLAND
           should
           not
           come
           out
           of
           this
           
             fiery
             furnace
          
           more
           purged
           and
           prepared
           for
           our
           Masters
           Service
           ;
           yea
           ,
           God
           forbid
           ,
           that
           after
           such
           a
           deluge
           ,
           and
           deliverance
           as
           this
           ,
           we
           should
           so
           forget
           God
           ,
           or
           our selves
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           drunk
           with
           that
           
             wine
             of
             Consolation
          
           and
           
             cup
             of
             Salvation
          
           ,
           which
           our
           Merciful
           God
           ,
           our
           Gracious
           King
           ,
           your
           Noble
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           our
           Loving
           Country-men
           ,
           the
           Commons
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           have
           now
           put
           into
           our
           hands
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           very
           sensible
           how
           great
           stimulations
           are
           put
           upon
           us
           as
           Christians
           ,
           Ministers
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           to
           all
           Piety
           ,
           Industry
           ,
           Prudence
           ,
           Virtue
           and
           true
           honour
           ;
           which
           we
           know
           do
           not
           consist
           in
           being
           either
           so
           eager
           for
           
             small
             circumstances
          
           ,
           and
           outward
           Ceremonies
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           remiss
           in
           its
           necessary
           
           Morals
           and
           Substantials
           ;
           (
           as
           if
           one
           should
           put
           on
           
             fine
             clothes
          
           ,
           while
           he
           starves
           
             his
             body
          
           ;
           )
           Nor
           yet
           in
           being
           so
           zealous
           for
           the
           Essentials
           only
           of
           faith
           and
           duties
           ,
           as
           rudely
           to
           neglect
           those
           
             reverential
             solemnities
          
           and
           
             decent
             circumstantials
          
           ,
           which
           preserve
           (
           as
           the
           bark
           or
           rinde
           doth
           the
           Tree
           )
           the
           Churches
           good
           order
           ,
           peace
           ,
           and
           unity
           .
        
         
           We
           profess
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           we
           owne
           God
           alone
           in
           his
           holy
           Word
           (
           which
           we
           call
           the
           Scriptures
           )
           to
           be
           the
           sole
           Institutor
           of
           his
           own
           necessary
           Worship
           and
           indispensable
           Service
           ;
           who
           alone
           knows
           what
           will
           best
           please
           him
           ,
           and
           profit
           us
           :
           We
           think
           (
           as
           we
           are
           taught
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           )
           that
           nothing
           is
           necessary
           and
           
             essential
             ,
             moral
          
           or
           mysterious
           ,
           as
           any
           means
           to
           obtain
           ,
           conferre
           ,
           or
           increase
           grace
           ,
           or
           to
           please
           God
           ,
           which
           himself
           hath
           not
           in
           his
           Word
           prescribed
           ,
           either
           by
           special
           mandate
           or
           general
           direction
           ,
           and
           necessary
           consequence
           .
        
         
           Yet
           we
           believe
           also
           (
           as
           all
           
             Learned
             men
          
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           do
           agree
           )
           That
           the
           
             indulgence
             of
             God
          
           hath
           left
           free
           to
           the
           prudence
           and
           authority
           of
           every
           National
           Church
           ,
           Christian
           Politie
           ,
           and
           Community
           ,
           the
           particular
           appointing
           ,
           ordering
           and
           regulating
           of
           all
           those
           general
           and
           common
           circumstances
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           nature
           or
           civility
           necessary
           ,
           as
           
             time
             ,
             place
             ,
             method
             ,
             manner
             ,
             measure
             ,
             vesture
          
           and
           gesture
           ,
           (
           all
           which
           are
           as
           unseparable
           from
           all
           publick
           actions
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           as
           our
           skins
           are
           from
           our
           bodies
           )
           according
           as
           shall
           seem
           to
           the
           
             supreme
             wisdom
          
           and
           authority
           of
           
             that
             Church
          
           ,
           most
           for
           its
           
             publick
             decency
          
           and
           solemnity
           ,
           for
           good
           order
           and
           edification
           ;
           Of
           all
           which
           in
           their
           
             particular
             instances
          
           and
           usages
           ,
           every
           private
           Christian
           is
           Judge
           and
           Arbitrator
           in
           his
           closet-worship
           ;
           Also
           every
           chief
           Governour
           in
           his
           family
           ,
           where
           ,
           when
           ,
           how
           ,
           for
           matter
           ,
           method
           and
           manner
           ,
           also
           for
           measure
           of
           reading
           ,
           praying
           ,
           praising
           ,
           &c.
           when
           sitting
           ,
           standing
           or
           kneeling
           ;
           whether
           in
           sordid
           or
           decent
           habits
           ,
           becoming
           his
           presence
           and
           the
           sanctity
           of
           the
           duty
           ;
           And
           no
           less
           ,
           without
           all
           peradventure
           ,
           are
           they
           left
           to
           every
           
             chief
             Magistrate
          
           or
           Ruler
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           within
           his
           respective
           Dominions
           ,
           for
           the
           publick
           peace
           ,
           order
           ,
           decency
           ,
           uniformity
           ,
           and
           solemnity
           of
           Religion
           ,
           of
           which
           those
           are
           the
           proper
           Chusers
           ,
           Determiners
           ,
           and
           Judges
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           power
           is
           given
           by
           God
           ,
           either
           private
           or
           publick
           ;
           That
           Religion
           may
           not
           enterfeere
           with
           the
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           but
           conform
           to
           it
           in
           these
           
           things
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           protected
           by
           it
           in
           the
           main
           .
        
         
           Provided
           always
           ,
           that
           no
           such
           particular
           rite
           ,
           limited
           circumstance
           ,
           or
           
             Ecclesiastical
             ceremony
          
           thus
           chosen
           ,
           be
           otherwise
           imposed
           upon
           mens
           judgments
           and
           consciences
           ,
           either
           in
           opinion
           or
           use
           ,
           then
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           in
           its
           nature
           ,
           and
           Gods
           indulgence
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           mutable
           ,
           when
           good
           occasion
           ,
           or
           the
           chief
           end
           of
           things
           requires
           a
           change
           of
           them
           by
           lawful
           authority
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           still
           free
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           judgment
           of
           such
           as
           use
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           all
           other
           Churches
           who
           have
           not
           assumed
           the
           use
           of
           them
           :
           Not
           that
           any
           such
           external
           rite
           or
           ceremony
           of
           humane
           appointment
           can
           in
           it self
           be
           any
           
             necessary
             ,
             solid
          
           ,
           substantial
           ,
           and
           integral
           part
           of
           
             divine
             Worship
          
           ;
           or
           as
           any
           means
           instituted
           for
           grace
           ,
           to
           which
           a
           precept
           and
           promise
           divine
           is
           necessary
           :
           This
           efficacy
           no
           humane
           or
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           can
           create
           or
           give
           ;
           Nor
           doth
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           pretend
           to
           any
           such
           power
           or
           use
           in
           them
           ;
           although
           it
           may
           lawfully
           regulate
           all
           circumstances
           ,
           and
           discreetly
           use
           decent
           ceremonies
           as
           such
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           enjoyn
           them
           both
           as
           exercises
           of
           Sovereign
           Authority
           ,
           and
           as
           experiments
           of
           Subjects
           due
           obedience
           ;
           not
           upon
           any
           false
           and
           superstitious
           grounds
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           true
           and
           religious
           ,
           consonant
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           the
           indulgence
           of
           God
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           Nor
           hath
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ever
           otherwise
           esteemed
           ,
           or
           imposed
           those
           things
           of
           particular
           
             circumstances
             ,
             rites
          
           and
           ceremonies
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           so
           long
           as
           chips
           and
           shavings
           ,
           the
           casie
           fewel
           of
           so
           much
           flame
           and
           contention
           ;
           but
           hath
           oft
           declared
           its
           judgment
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           according
           to
           Gods
           truth
           ;
           its
           choice
           and
           injunction
           of
           them
           to
           be
           according
           to
           that
           liberty
           and
           authority
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           every
           National
           Church
           within
           its
           politie
           and
           precinct
           ,
           so
           to
           use
           and
           impose
           them
           on
           its
           own
           members
           ,
           without
           prejudging
           other
           Churches
           their
           like
           liberty
           ;
           Not
           at
           all
           as
           things
           pleasing
           of
           themselves
           or
           displeasing
           to
           God
           :
           He
           must
           needs
           be
           an
           infant
           in
           understanding
           ,
           who
           fancies
           God
           is
           scared
           with
           white
           ,
           or
           pleased
           with
           black
           garments
           in
           his
           publick
           worship
           ;
           that
           the
           historick
           sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           addes
           to
           or
           diminisheth
           ought
           from
           Baptism
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           is
           offended
           at
           our
           kneeling
           ,
           or
           better
           pleased
           with
           our
           sitting
           or
           standing
           before
           him
           in
           an
           act
           of
           so
           holy
           a
           celebration
           ,
           and
           humble
           veneration
           ,
           as
           that
           is
           of
           the
           Lords
           
           Supper
           :
           But
           all
           these
           and
           the
           like
           are
           allowed
           as
           lawful
           experiments
           ,
           either
           of
           Christian
           prudence
           and
           discretion
           in
           the
           choice
           ,
           or
           of
           obedience
           and
           subjection
           in
           the
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           agreeably
           to
           the
           lawful
           commands
           of
           our
           superiors
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           wisely
           directing
           and
           limiting
           us
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           avoid
           those
           factions
           which
           easily
           arise
           from
           the
           least
           open
           variety
           or
           difference
           in
           Religion
           ,
           when
           once
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           affected
           ,
           and
           is
           made
           a
           badge
           of
           parties
           or
           sides
           among
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           The
           duty
           of
           Magistrates
           or
           
             Christian
             Princes
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Bishops
           and
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Governours
          
           ,
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           is
           ,
           in
           
             publick
             solemnities
          
           of
           Religion
           to
           take
           care
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           be
           so
           done
           in
           uniformity
           ,
           order
           ,
           and
           decency
           ,
           as
           is
           necessary
           for
           
             publick
             peace
          
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           think
           best
           becomes
           the
           sanctity
           of
           true
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Majesty
           also
           of
           that
           God
           whom
           we
           ought
           to
           worship
           and
           serve
           with
           all
           reverence
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           beauty
           of
           holiness
           ,
           both
           outward
           and
           inward
           ,
           without
           any
           imposing
           upon
           the
           judgment
           ,
           beyond
           the
           nature
           and
           indifferency
           of
           such
           things
           ;
           or
           upon
           the
           practice
           farther
           than
           the
           God
           of
           order
           ,
           decency
           ,
           and
           peace
           ,
           hath
           permitted
           .
        
         
           As
           we
           and
           all
           
             this
             Church
          
           have
           seen
           and
           felt
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           these
           things
           the
           
             outragious
             zeal
          
           and
           precipitancy
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           who
           first
           pretending
           much
           to
           boggle
           at
           and
           to
           be
           grievously
           scandalized
           with
           a
           few
           such
           things
           of
           outward
           rite
           ,
           individuared
           circumstance
           ,
           and
           
             prescribed
             ceremony
          
           (
           to
           which
           conformity
           was
           by
           Law
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           
             publick
             wisdom
          
           and
           authority
           required
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           )
           have
           in
           the
           pursuit
           and
           sequel
           of
           their
           actions
           ,
           or
           passions
           rather
           ,
           evidently
           declared
           themselves
           to
           be
           enemies
           even
           to
           all
           order
           and
           politie
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Liturgy
           and
           Episcopacy
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           friends
           to
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           private
           fortunes
           ,
           novel
           fancies
           ,
           and
           partial
           factions
           ,
           guided
           by
           no
           known
           Law
           of
           God
           or
           man
           ;
           and
           offended
           with
           nothing
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           see
           themselves
           in
           that
           place
           and
           power
           ,
           which
           may
           force
           all
           men
           to
           conform
           to
           their
           own
           posts
           ,
           lusts
           and
           designs
           ;
           which
           themselves
           followed
           not
           by
           the
           
             true
             footsteps
          
           and
           sent
           of
           Law
           and
           Justice
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Religion
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           sensible
           view
           and
           successes
           of
           providences
           ,
           as
           they
           variously
           sprang
           up
           ,
           and
           appeared
           either
           for
           good
           or
           evil
           :
           Which
           sort
           of
           deformed
           and
           deforming
           Non-conformists
           we
           leave
           to
           be
           punished
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           their
           own
           evil
           manners
           ,
           but
           
           also
           by
           the
           just
           abhorrencies
           of
           God
           and
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           to
           whom
           their
           folly
           and
           fury
           is
           now
           sufficiently
           manifest
           .
        
         
           So
           we
           are
           neither
           ignorant
           nor
           insensible
           of
           other
           mens
           continued
           dis-satisfactions
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           who
           ,
           under
           the
           old
           title
           of
           Non-conformity
           (
           formerly
           much
           modester
           indeed
           ,
           than
           of
           later
           times
           ,
           being
           not
           only
           civil
           to
           
             setled
             Episcopacy
          
           ,
           and
           devout
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           but
           abhorring
           all
           Separation
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           )
           have
           heretofore
           ,
           and
           still
           do
           earnestly
           plead
           their
           own
           and
           other
           mens
           weak
           minds
           ,
           and
           scrupulous
           or
           tender
           consciences
           ,
           as
           very
           jealous
           (
           forsooth
           )
           of
           sinning
           there
           (
           in
           the
           use
           of
           some
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           )
           where
           the
           publick
           wisdom
           and
           piety
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           grounded
           on
           many
           learned
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           the
           majority
           of
           united
           suffrages
           according
           to
           their
           consciences
           ,
           sees
           no
           sin
           ,
           ownes
           no
           sin
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           openly
           declares
           against
           any
           sin
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Churches
           Injunctions
           and
           Intentions
           .
        
         
           Mean
           time
           while
           these
           milder
           Non-conformists
           tell
           us
           they
           dare
           not
           obey
           
             lawful
             authority
          
           in
           things
           thus
           dubious
           to
           their
           private
           dimness
           ;
           yet
           both
           they
           and
           others
           dare
           (
           even
           doubtingly
           )
           disobey
           an
           undoubted
           lawful
           authority
           ,
           meerly
           upon
           such
           private
           doubts
           and
           scruples
           ,
           in
           so
           small
           and
           clear
           matters
           ;
           rather
           suspecting
           a
           whole
           Reformed
           Church
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           Prophets
           in
           their
           majority
           and
           representation
           ,
           of
           errour
           and
           mistakes
           ,
           even
           to
           sin
           and
           superstition
           ,
           than
           their
           own
           private
           ,
           and
           possibly
           prejudiced
           ,
           yea
           and
           sactiously
           interessed
           opinions
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           specious
           coverings
           and
           pleadings
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           weak
           and
           tender
           in
           point
           of
           conformity
           to
           things
           so
           oft
           and
           fully
           declared
           to
           be
           indifferent
           in
           their
           nature
           ,
           and
           only
           limited
           in
           their
           honest
           and
           decent
           use
           :
           however
           they
           may
           deserve
           
             Christian
             charity
             ,
             compassion
          
           ,
           and
           tenderness
           from
           us
           ,
           as
           to
           some
           mens
           good
           meanings
           and
           
             harmless
             conversations
          
           ;
           yet
           they
           are
           (
           now
           at
           last
           )
           found
           too
           narrow
           to
           palliate
           or
           hide
           those
           
             dreadful
             disorders
          
           ,
           and
           cruel
           designs
           ,
           which
           some
           mens
           counsels
           and
           actions
           have
           of
           late
           years
           been
           guilty
           of
           ,
           if
           either
           Gods
           or
           Mans
           Laws
           may
           be
           judges
           ,
           which
           do
           command
           only
           passive
           obedience
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           ,
           such
           a
           conformity
           to
           Christs
           example
           ,
           as
           where
           they
           cannot
           actively
           obey
           ,
           there
           patiently
           and
           silently
           to
           suffer
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           Non-conformity
           in
           some
           calmer
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           
           mens
           softer
           tempers
           ,
           seemed
           to
           have
           something
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           was
           an
           object
           of
           Christian
           pity
           ,
           and
           discreet
           charity
           ,
           while
           it
           modestly
           (
           and
           we
           hope
           sincerely
           )
           pleaded
           tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           fear
           of
           sinning
           ,
           because
           of
           doubting
           ;
           and
           this
           many
           times
           more
           in
           respect
           of
           lothness
           to
           offend
           others
           ,
           then
           out
           of
           any
           great
           scrupulosity
           in
           themselves
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           nature
           and
           use
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           or
           their
           own
           liberty
           ,
           or
           the
           publique
           authority
           ;
           while
           Non-conformity
           dissented
           without
           Separation
           ,
           Schism
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           yea
           without
           tumult
           and
           rebellion
           ,
           with
           some
           shew
           also
           of
           Learning
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           Meekness
           and
           Moderation
           ;
           while
           it
           professed
           patience
           ,
           &
           with
           humility
           to
           bear
           that
           cross
           which
           its
           own
           weakness
           or
           tenderness
           ,
           more
           than
           any
           unjust
           rigour
           of
           the
           law
           ,
           had
           laid
           upon
           it
           ,
           using
           no
           other
           Arms
           offensive
           or
           defensive
           ,
           than
           those
           of
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           Prayers
           and
           tears
           :
           To
           these
           sober
           Non-conformists
           ,
           both
           our
           Princes
           ,
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           our
           
             best
             Bishops
          
           have
           shewed
           as
           much
           moderation
           and
           tenderness
           as
           was
           consistent
           with
           the
           publick
           peace
           and
           safety
           :
           Nor
           have
           we
           thoughts
           of
           less
           candor
           and
           Christian
           Gentleness
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           rude
           ,
           nay
           rebellious
           Non-conformity
           hath
           in
           this
           last
           Twenty
           years
           appeared
           as
           compleatly
           armed
           (
           capapè
           )
           as
           Goliah
           of
           Gath
           ,
           in
           
             buffe
             coats
          
           ,
           clad
           back
           and
           brest
           with
           iron
           and
           steel
           ,
           openly
           defying
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           for
           its
           excellent
           Liturgy
           ,
           and
           antient
           Episcopacy
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           its
           few
           innocent
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           which
           were
           stated
           ,
           enjoyned
           ,
           and
           used
           by
           so
           many
           holy
           and
           learned
           men
           in
           this
           Church
           ,
           without
           any
           sin
           ,
           superstition
           ,
           or
           scruple
           ;
           since
           it
           hath
           (
           now
           at
           last
           )
           factiously
           breathed
           out
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           in
           the
           face
           of
           this
           whole
           Reformed
           Church
           ,
           against
           all
           Godly
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           gracious
           Princes
           ,
           yea
           against
           all
           Monarchy
           at
           last
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Episcopacy
           established
           by
           Law
           ;
           since
           it
           hath
           (
           like
           Jehu
           )
           furiously
           and
           openly
           marched
           with
           an
           high
           hand
           into
           ENGLAND
           ,
           under
           the
           banner
           of
           a
           novel
           Exotick
           and
           Illegal
           Covenant
           ,
           yea
           and
           still
           menaceth
           the
           English
           and
           all
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           if
           it
           could
           get
           power
           ,
           and
           keep
           it
           answerable
           to
           its
           vast
           and
           insatiable
           ambition
           ;
           since
           it
           hath
           been
           laden
           with
           the
           Sacrilegious
           spoils
           and
           ruines
           of
           so
           many
           goodly
           Churches
           &
           worthy
           Churchmen
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           besmeared
           with
           the
           blood
           and
           gore
           of
           its
           Brethren
           and
           Fathers
           (
           that
           I
           say
           not
           ,
           of
           its
           Kings
           :
           )
           In
           earnest
           this
           pittiless
           and
           
           
             pittiful
             Non-conformity
          
           ,
           which
           pretends
           to
           be
           so
           tender
           conscienced
           as
           to
           the
           gnats
           of
           a
           few
           circumstances
           ,
           (
           regulated
           only
           for
           order
           and
           decency
           by
           the
           publick
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           lawfull
           autority
           )
           and
           as
           to
           one
           or
           two
           ancient
           ceremonies
           used
           in
           the
           pure
           primitive
           and
           persecuted
           times
           ,
           without
           any
           notion
           or
           thought
           of
           superstition
           ,
           meerly
           as
           apt
           
             emblems
             ,
             memorative
          
           figures
           ,
           or
           historical
           tokens
           of
           what
           is
           most
           true
           and
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           ;
           or
           as
           particularly
           acts
           and
           humble
           expressions
           of
           some
           
             general
             duty
          
           ,
           and
           devotional
           reverence
           to
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           its
           nature
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           most
           lawfull
           ,
           as
           uncovering
           the
           head
           ,
           bowing
           the
           knee
           and
           body
           ,
           undoubtedly
           are
           ;
           and
           yet
           (
           on
           the
           other
           side
           )
           since
           this
           so
           
             soft-souled
             ,
             tender-sensed
          
           ,
           and
           
             narrow-guled
             Non-conformity
          
           ,
           was
           so
           wide
           throated
           ,
           as
           to
           swallow
           down
           
             great
             Camels
          
           without
           chewing
           ,
           sins
           of
           
             prodigious
             magnitudes
          
           ;
           since
           it
           hath
           shewed
           it self
           so
           heavy
           and
           harsh
           handed
           ,
           so
           violent
           and
           fierce
           spirited
           ,
           so
           severe
           and
           impatient
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           precisely
           obeyed
           by
           others
           ,
           when
           it
           had
           once
           usurped
           a
           power
           ;
           Truly
           it
           is
           justly
           become
           a
           very
           
             effroiable
             phantosme
          
           ,
           as
           dreadfull
           and
           dangerous
           a
           Spectre
           to
           all
           wise
           Kings
           ,
           to
           all
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           sober
           Christians
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           appeared
           to
           Brutus
           before
           the
           Pharsalian
           field
           .
        
         
           If
           Non-conformity
           ever
           had
           heretofore
           any
           tolerably
           
             good
             Cause
          
           ,
           as
           to
           it
           s
           well
           meaning
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           gone
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           meekly
           riding
           on
           an
           Asse
           ,
           as
           Christ
           did
           to
           Jerusalem
           ;
           yet
           't
           is
           now
           quite
           marred
           and
           deformed
           by
           the
           ill
           managing
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           those
           violent
           and
           intolerable
           methods
           of
           tumultuary
           and
           armed
           proceedings
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           which
           would
           make
           even
           Christianity
           it self
           not
           only
           unwelcome
           ,
           but
           most
           unlawful
           ,
           namely
           to
           bring
           it
           in
           by
           fraud
           and
           force
           ,
           or
           to
           present
           it
           to
           Soveraign
           Kings
           and
           Kingdomes
           on
           the
           Swords
           point
           ,
           as
           the
           Spaniards
           do
           Baptisme
           to
           the
           poor
           West-Indians
           with
           their
           poyniards
           in
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           water
           on
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           For
           although
           Non-conformity
           (
           which
           is
           still
           made
           the
           Ball
           of
           difference
           and
           badge
           of
           dissention
           ,
           even
           among
           those
           who
           agree
           in
           Doctrine
           and
           Morals
           ,
           yea
           in
           Devotionals
           and
           Politicals
           ,
           in
           Liturgy
           and
           Episcopacy
           ,
           for
           the
           main
           )
           sometime
           affected
           the
           voice
           of
           a
           Lamb
           ,
           when
           it
           durst
           not
           roare
           as
           a
           Lyon
           ,
           yet
           we
           see
           it
           hath
           the
           teeth
           ,
           tail
           ,
           and
           sting
           of
           a
           Dragon
           ;
           it
           seemed
           indeed
           at
           first
           to
           appear
           in
           
             sheeps
             clothing
          
           ,
           but
           it
           hath
           too
           much
           of
           the
           
           
             ravening
             wolf
          
           in
           it
           ;
           So
           ill
           it
           becomes
           warlike
           or
           
             Martial
             Non-conformity
          
           ,
           which
           hath
           shewed
           such
           horns
           and
           hoofs
           wherewith
           it
           hath
           sorely
           pushed
           ,
           goared
           ,
           and
           wounded
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           now
           to
           boast
           of
           its
           dove
           like
           innocency
           ,
           or
           to
           pretend
           to
           great
           tenderness
           or
           nicity
           of
           conscience
           ,
           and
           to
           demand
           any
           unsafe
           and
           illegal
           Liberty
           ;
           when
           the
           English
           and
           Christian
           world
           sees
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           beasts
           in
           Daniels
           visions
           ,
           were
           not
           more
           fell
           ,
           haughty
           ,
           cruel
           ,
           insolent
           and
           outragious
           ,
           then
           that
           rustical
           Non-conformity
           hath
           been
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           sober
           Christians
           dissenting
           from
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           King
           that
           sate
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           to
           the
           meanest
           Subject
           that
           ground
           at
           the
           Mill
           ;
           who
           is
           there
           that
           did
           not
           flatter
           its
           folly
           ,
           but
           hath
           felt
           its
           imperious
           rigor
           !
           Nor
           did
           it
           ever
           excercise
           that
           tenderness
           to
           others
           consciences
           ,
           which
           it
           so
           clamourously
           importuned
           for
           it self
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           better
           then
           were
           it
           for
           the
           popular
           patrons
           of
           ,
           and
           pleaders
           for
           such
           factious
           ,
           seditious
           ,
           and
           unsafe
           Non-conformity
           ,
           (
           who
           still
           resolve
           to
           be
           great
           but
           weak
           sticklers
           against
           any
           sober
           and
           
             legal
             conformity
          
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           )
           How
           much
           more
           (
           I
           say
           )
           becoming
           of
           them
           were
           it
           ,
           now
           at
           last
           to
           humble
           themselves
           before
           God
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           ;
           to
           deprecate
           the
           just
           jealousie
           and
           heavy
           displeasure
           of
           God
           and
           man
           which
           some
           of
           that
           Sect
           have
           deserved
           and
           suffered
           ;
           to
           expiate
           their
           
             former
             menaces
          
           and
           later
           extravagances
           by
           some
           publick
           recantation
           and
           
             ingenuous
             repentance
          
           ,
           which
           may
           undeceive
           the
           poor
           people
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           so
           long
           scared
           and
           deluded
           with
           I
           know
           not
           what
           bugg-bears
           of
           their
           own
           and
           other
           mens
           fancies
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           better
           were
           it
           for
           men
           of
           Learning
           and
           Conscience
           to
           make
           a
           narrower
           search
           into
           their
           own
           
             stale
             scruples
          
           and
           
             vulgar
             misapprehensions
          
           ;
           to
           compare
           the
           
             Churches
             honest
          
           declarations
           and
           injunctions
           with
           their
           sinister
           suspicions
           ,
           and
           probable
           delusions
           ;
           to
           dread
           (
           as
           much
           as
           they
           pretend
           to
           do
           any
           other
           mens
           positive
           )
           their
           own
           
             negative
             superstition
          
           ,
           which
           tends
           to
           Disobedience
           ,
           and
           ends
           in
           Rebellion
           ,
           against
           lawfull
           authority
           ;
           making
           by
           a
           great
           fatuity
           or
           arrogancy
           ,
           those
           things
           sin
           which
           God
           hath
           not
           made
           so
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           God
           of
           Order
           ,
           a
           friend
           to
           decency
           ,
           and
           no
           enemy
           either
           to
           ceremony
           ,
           uniformity
           or
           conformity
           ,
           consistent
           with
           truth
           and
           holiness
           ;
           but
           hath
           left
           all
           free
           to
           the
           wisdom
           ,
           choice
           ,
           and
           authority
           of
           every
           
           Church
           ,
           agreeable
           to
           the
           general
           tenor
           of
           his
           word
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           becoming
           them
           were
           it
           ,
           to
           give
           God
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           justice
           ,
           which
           hath
           thus
           at
           last
           discovered
           ,
           defeated
           ,
           and
           confuted
           ,
           even
           by
           their
           own
           practices
           ,
           their
           wild
           and
           wicked
           principles
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           punished
           the
           violent
           and
           inordinate
           practices
           of
           some
           railing
           and
           ranting
           Non-conformists
           ;
           from
           whose
           inordinate
           fury
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           not
           at
           last
           by
           a
           wonderful
           providence
           redeemed
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           we
           had
           been
           as
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorah
           ,
           a
           continued
           Akeldama
           ,
           or
           field
           of
           Blood
           ,
           Tyranny
           ,
           Anarchy
           ,
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           under
           either
           
             Presbyterian
             Dictators
          
           ,
           who
           would
           set
           up
           a
           petty
           Bishop
           in
           every
           Parish
           ,
           and
           binde
           them
           up
           in
           the
           bundles
           or
           fagots
           of
           their
           Classes
           ,
           that
           so
           united
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           better
           redeemed
           from
           their
           own
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           other
           mens
           contempt
           ;
           or
           under
           Independant-Tryers
           ,
           who
           set
           the
           people
           above
           the
           Priest
           ;
           or
           under
           self
           and
           all
           confounding
           Phanaticks
           ,
           who
           do
           all
           things
           both
           irrationally
           ,
           and
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           ,
           or
           rashly
           .
        
         
           But
           God
           hath
           pleaded
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           soundness
           of
           its
           Faith
           and
           Doctrine
           ;
           as
           to
           the
           Sanctity
           of
           its
           Morals
           ;
           as
           to
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           its
           Devotionals
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           the
           unblamable
           decency
           of
           its
           rituals
           ,
           and
           innocency
           of
           its
           Ceremonials
           so
           stated
           ,
           enjoyned
           ,
           and
           used
           as
           they
           were
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           not
           according
           to
           every
           mans
           fancy
           and
           humor
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           best
           sets
           forth
           the
           publick
           mind
           and
           meaning
           of
           this
           Reformed
           Church
           ,
           which
           hath
           ever
           so
           declared
           publickly
           against
           ,
           and
           so
           effectually
           cleared
           it self
           of
           ,
           and
           absolved
           all
           its
           Members
           from
           all
           Error
           ,
           Profaneness
           and
           Superstition
           (
           justly
           challenging
           ,
           and
           modestly
           using
           the
           Liberty
           ,
           Prudence
           ,
           and
           Authority
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           it
           ,
           for
           order
           ,
           peace
           ,
           and
           edification
           ,
           not
           for
           oppression
           ,
           destruction
           and
           confusion
           ,
           and
           this
           only
           over
           its
           own
           polity
           or
           communion
           )
           that
           in
           earnest
           it
           is
           now
           a
           great
           shame
           for
           men
           of
           Piety
           and
           Learning
           ,
           still
           to
           vex
           ,
           as
           Peninnah
           did
           Hannah
           ,
           and
           agitate
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           with
           the
           repetition
           of
           their
           needless
           Cavils
           ,
           and
           endless
           Objections
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           an
           hundred
           times
           fully
           answered
           ,
           and
           wherein
           themselves
           being
           satisfied
           ,
           they
           might
           with
           more
           ease
           and
           peace
           satisfie
           those
           whom
           they
           keep
           still
           raw
           and
           scrupulous
           by
           their
           own
           irresolutions
           .
        
         
         
           After
           all
           is
           said
           ,
           designed
           ,
           and
           done
           by
           us
           ,
           that
           can
           become
           good
           men
           ,
           sober
           Christians
           ,
           and
           worthy
           Bishops
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Reason
           and
           Religion
           ,
           Conscience
           and
           Subjection
           ,
           Charity
           and
           Discretion
           ,
           as
           to
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           which
           have
           of
           themselves
           so
           little
           to
           say
           for
           or
           against
           them
           ,
           being
           but
           relatively
           good
           or
           evil
           ,
           as
           the
           end
           is
           to
           which
           ,
           and
           the
           authority
           by
           which
           they
           are
           enjoyned
           ;
           yet
           we
           know
           our selves
           to
           be
           still
           
             severely
             warned
          
           and
           
             sharply
             alarmed
          
           by
           our
           own
           and
           the
           Churches
           enemies
           (
           on
           all
           sides
           )
           to
           be
           as
           most
           sincerely
           pious
           ,
           and
           constantly
           prudent
           in
           the
           main
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           so
           to
           do
           all
           things
           ,
           as
           with
           good
           
             Conscience
             ,
             Courage
          
           and
           Authority
           ,
           so
           with
           all
           Christian
           candor
           and
           paternal
           charity
           to
           all
           men
           ;
           especially
           toward
           such
           (
           for
           
             Christs
             sake
          
           )
           as
           are
           truly
           conscientious
           in
           all
           Moralities
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           lesser
           matters
           
             peaceably
             scrupulous
          
           and
           
             honestly
             unsatisfied
          
           ;
           yet
           are
           willing
           to
           be
           informed
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           main
           are
           conformed
           to
           the
           example
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           Kingdom
           consists
           not
           in
           meat
           and
           drink
           ,
           not
           in
           petty
           opinions
           and
           mutable
           shadows
           ;
           but
           in
           righteousness
           ,
           peace
           and
           holiness
           :
           Other
           things
           of
           Form
           and
           Ceremony
           we
           do
           not
           weigh
           by
           any
           private
           fancies
           for
           or
           against
           them
           ;
           but
           by
           publick
           authority
           commanding
           ,
           Gods
           Word
           permitting
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           peace
           requiring
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           point
           of
           
             tender
             Consciences
          
           so
           much
           pleaded
           ,
           we
           shall
           esteem
           none
           truly
           
             tender
             conscienced
          
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           any
           
             open
             sin
          
           or
           immorality
           ;
           or
           who
           approve
           and
           defend
           any
           prosaneness
           or
           impiety
           in
           ordinary
           speech
           ,
           much
           more
           in
           preaching
           and
           praying
           ;
           or
           who
           deny
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           or
           who
           despise
           the
           practice
           and
           custom
           of
           the
           Universal
           Church
           ;
           Or
           who
           refuse
           the
           obedience
           due
           to
           
             Civil
             Magistracy
          
           ;
           or
           who
           oppose
           the
           liberty
           and
           authority
           of
           
             this
             particular
             Church
          
           to
           regulate
           and
           govern
           its
           own
           politie
           agreeable
           to
           
             Gods
             Word
          
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           all
           other
           Churches
           .
        
         
           Our
           care
           shall
           be
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           spend
           much
           precious
           time
           in
           things
           that
           do
           not
           edifie
           ,
           nor
           to
           adde
           the
           weight
           of
           substance
           to
           feathers
           ,
           which
           are
           but
           ornaments
           ;
           so
           nor
           to
           expose
           Religion
           rude
           and
           bare
           ,
           naked
           and
           ridiculous
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           sacrifice
           the
           publick
           peace
           ,
           honour
           and
           wisdom
           to
           private
           petulancy
           and
           pertinacy
           :
           Yet
           still
           we
           shall
           make
           a
           great
           difference
           between
           the
           weak
           and
           the
           willful
           ,
           the
           superstitious
           
           and
           supercilious
           ,
           the
           scrupulous
           and
           scornful
           doubters
           and
           dissenters
           ;
           between
           the
           humble
           Professors
           and
           constant
           Practisers
           of
           true
           Religion
           in
           the
           main
           of
           Morals
           and
           Fiducials
           ,
           and
           the
           turbulent
           Praters
           or
           
             pragmatick
             agitators
          
           ,
           who
           love
           to
           swim
           against
           the
           stream
           of
           Authority
           ,
           against
           right
           Reason
           ,
           and
           true
           Religion
           ,
           established
           Laws
           ,
           and
           good
           Order
           ,
           setled
           Government
           and
           due
           Subjection
           :
           We
           shall
           first
           endeavour
           with
           meekness
           of
           wisdom
           to
           satisfie
           all
           sober
           and
           good
           men
           ,
           next
           we
           shall
           do
           as
           the
           Law
           commands
           against
           the
           malipert
           and
           obstinate
           wranglers
           ,
           who
           make
           no
           conscience
           to
           deny
           common
           Principles
           ,
           to
           swallow
           absurdities
           ,
           and
           reconcile
           contradictions
           between
           their
           own
           liberties
           challenged
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           rigid
           severities
           imposed
           by
           them
           upon
           others
           :
           There
           is
           no
           reason
           for
           them
           to
           complain
           ,
           if
           the
           same
           measure
           be
           measured
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           meted
           to
           others
           ,
           every
           way
           their
           equals
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           their
           betters
           :
           Nor
           shall
           they
           ever
           have
           so
           much
           cause
           to
           cry
           out
           of
           what
           they
           suffer
           ,
           as
           of
           what
           they
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           not
           averse
           from
           any
           discrect
           indulgence
           which
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Law
           shall
           see
           sit
           to
           grant
           to
           some
           persons
           for
           some
           time
           till
           better
           instructed
           ,
           and
           brought
           off
           from
           their
           prejudices
           ;
           we
           shall
           not
           envy
           ,
           or
           grudge
           ,
           or
           deny
           any
           honest
           man
           those
           dispensations
           and
           forbearances
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           our
           Charity
           to
           private
           Christians
           may
           not
           be
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           Churches
           peace
           and
           publick
           good
           ;
           to
           which
           we
           and
           all
           men
           owe
           the
           greatest
           charity
           ;
           and
           which
           may
           not
           under
           any
           flourishes
           of
           zealous
           praying
           and
           preaching
           ,
           or
           under
           any
           pretensions
           of
           private
           conscience
           ,
           be
           either
           undermined
           or
           overthrown
           ,
           what
           ever
           colours
           of
           Non-conformity
           or
           
             thorough
             Reformation
          
           men
           carry
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           there
           are
           many
           envious
           eyes
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           
             bitter
             tongues
          
           sharpned
           against
           us
           ;
           some
           quarrel
           that
           we
           are
           no
           better
           (
           though
           themselves
           be
           not
           very
           good
           )
           ;
           others
           are
           grieved
           that
           we
           are
           not
           worse
           :
           This
           
             impotent
             malice
          
           of
           unreasonable
           or
           
             uncharitable
             men
          
           is
           best
           silenced
           and
           confuted
           by
           our
           just
           and
           gentle
           demeanour
           toward
           all
           :
           And
           although
           we
           are
           not
           to
           be
           encouraged
           or
           over-awed
           with
           the
           weak
           words
           of
           men
           ,
           yet
           our
           care
           shall
           be
           ,
           that
           nothing
           be
           spoken
           of
           us
           bad
           ,
           but
           it
           shall
           be
           false
           :
           The
           
             rough
             tongues
          
           of
           our
           enemies
           shall
           
           be
           but
           as
           siles
           and
           whetstones
           to
           our
           Virtues
           ,
           as
           their
           
             rude
             hands
          
           have
           been
           the
           touchstone
           of
           our
           patience
           :
           This
           is
           the
           worst
           and
           
             only
             revenge
          
           we
           intend
           to
           take
           of
           all
           our
           causeless
           Adversaries
           ,
           either
           to
           perswade
           and
           win
           them
           to
           sobriety
           ,
           or
           to
           overcome
           and
           
             disarm
             them
          
           ,
           by
           our
           being
           or
           doing
           better
           then
           they
           deserve
           or
           desire
           .
        
         
           The
           injuries
           and
           indignities
           cast
           upon
           some
           of
           us
           heretofore
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           
             us
             now
          
           by
           the
           pride
           ,
           improbity
           ,
           or
           petulancy
           of
           any
           ,
           shall
           but
           give
           greater
           fervour
           to
           our
           industry
           ,
           prayers
           ,
           and
           charity
           .
           The
           former
           rigors
           used
           by
           some
           
             Tyrants
             ,
             Tryers
          
           ,
           and
           Inquisitors
           ,
           against
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Episcopal
             Clergy
          
           ,
           shall
           not
           carry
           us
           beyond
           the
           sober
           bounds
           of
           Gods
           and
           mans
           Law
           ,
           nor
           beyond
           that
           Law
           of
           
             Christian
             charity
          
           which
           is
           the
           bond
           of
           perfection
           ,
           and
           which
           commands
           us
           to
           
             let
             our
             Christian
             moderation
             be
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             our
             love
             even
             to
             our
             enemies
             .
          
           We
           will
           not
           less
           encourage
           true
           piety
           ,
           sanctity
           ,
           and
           sincerity
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           scandal
           and
           cruelty
           of
           some
           mens
           hypocrisie
           ;
           We
           have
           
             not
             so
             learned
             Christ
          
           ,
           in
           whose
           holy
           footsteps
           we
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           tread
           ,
           as
           the
           surest
           evidence
           that
           we
           succeed
           in
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           exercise
           his
           Authority
           .
        
         
           Those
           Ministers
           or
           people
           whose
           hearts
           most
           misgive
           them
           ,
           as
           fearing
           the
           return
           of
           
             hard
             measure
          
           from
           Bishops
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           great
           evil
           they
           have
           ,
           as
           Pseudo-Presbyters
           and
           Apostates
           ,
           done
           or
           designed
           against
           all
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           We
           cannot
           better
           Answer
           for
           their
           security
           ,
           than
           as
           Joseph
           did
           to
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           now
           advanced
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           in
           the
           power
           of
           his
           hand
           to
           hurt
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           their
           own
           jealous
           souls
           justly
           told
           them
           ,
           )
           when
           he
           replied
           ,
           (
           to
           their
           astonishment
           )
           
             I
             am
             Joseph
             ,
             whom
             ye
             sold
             into
             Aegypt
             ;
             Be
             not
             afraid
             ,
             I
             fear
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Thereby
           implying
           ,
           That
           he
           could
           not
           meditate
           or
           act
           any
           revenge
           ,
           (
           but
           that
           of
           Love
           )
           against
           his
           brethren
           ,
           who
           professed
           to
           own
           and
           serve
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           and
           whose
           mercy
           had
           now
           turned
           their
           intended
           mischief
           into
           good
           :
           Let
           our
           greatest
           enemies
           heretofore
           ,
           now
           repent
           of
           the
           evil
           they
           have
           done
           and
           designed
           against
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           against
           Bishops
           ;
           let
           them
           shew
           their
           repentance
           by
           living
           so
           as
           becomes
           good
           Christians
           ,
           and
           good
           Subjects
           .
           As
           the
           
             Lord
             liveth
          
           there
           shall
           not
           one
           
             hair
             of
             their
             head
          
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           by
           
             our
             means
          
           .
        
         
         
           We
           meditate
           the
           good
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           those
           that
           have
           been
           our
           deluded
           ,
           yea
           ,
           their
           own
           ,
           enemies
           ,
           and
           who
           will
           now
           be
           our
           friends
           and
           their
           own
           on
           any
           reasonable
           terms
           :
           As
           good
           Physitians
           we
           shall
           have
           special
           care
           of
           those
           who
           most
           need
           our
           help
           and
           cure
           :
           As
           Fathers
           we
           shall
           readily
           embrace
           those
           penitent
           
             prodigal
             Sons
          
           which
           return
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           that
           nothing
           will
           sooner
           end
           all
           unkind
           ,
           unjust
           ,
           and
           uncomfortable
           quarrels
           ,
           than
           the
           holy
           and
           unblamable
           lives
           of
           Us
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           the
           presence
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           shadows
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           will
           either
           cast
           out
           the
           
             evil
             spirits
          
           that
           yet
           remain
           in
           some
           men
           ,
           after
           all
           the
           miracles
           of
           
             Gods
             providences
          
           ,
           or
           else
           
             more
             torment
          
           them
           :
           Our
           Virtues
           and
           Graces
           shall
           be
           the
           only
           Revengers
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           be
           the
           sharpest
           Satyrs
           and
           severest
           reproaches
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           
             assured
             Victors
          
           of
           mens
           
             evil
             speeches
          
           and
           
             insolent
             carriages
          
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           
             holy
             integrity
          
           ,
           while
           we
           justifie
           his
           Majesties
           Wisdom
           ,
           with
           Your
           Honors
           Counsels
           and
           comprobation
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           none
           to
           fear
           or
           flatter
           ;
           whose
           evil
           designs
           under
           any
           popular
           and
           threed-bare
           quarrels
           against
           all
           
             Episcopacy
             ,
             Liturgy
          
           ,
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           are
           to
           overthrow
           both
           Law
           and
           Gospel
           ,
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           bringing
           all
           into
           Anarchy
           and
           confusion
           :
           We
           shall
           indeed
           highly
           urge
           conformity
           ,
           especially
           in
           our selves
           and
           all
           true
           
             Ministers
             ;
             Conformity
          
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           first
           to
           the
           
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Examples
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           his
           holy
           Apostles
           ,
           with
           all
           
             true
             Saints
          
           ;
           Next
           ,
           to
           those
           Canons
           and
           Laws
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           which
           bind
           Us
           and
           them
           most
           to
           loyalty
           and
           duty
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           We
           shall
           so
           far
           urge
           an
           external
           conformity
           in
           circumstantials
           and
           Ceremonies
           as
           shall
           be
           required
           of
           them
           and
           Us
           by
           Law
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           preserve
           decency
           ,
           reverence
           ,
           uniformity
           ,
           and
           solemnity
           in
           holy
           Duties
           ;
           also
           peace
           and
           unity
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           as
           free
           ,
           God
           knows
           ,
           from
           Superstition
           ,
           or
           Will-worship
           ,
           or
           unlawful
           humane
           Inventions
           ,
           as
           some
           other
           mens
           affected
           words
           and
           modes
           ,
           ceremonies
           and
           forms
           are
           in
           their
           eyes
           ,
           hands
           ,
           speeches
           and
           gesticulations
           .
        
         
           When
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           Your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           the
           Worthy
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           the
           sober
           English
           World
           ,
           shall
           see
           Us
           Bishops
           demeaning
           our selves
           as
           they
           would
           have
           Us
           ,
           and
           as
           you
           have
           deserved
           of
           Us
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           of
           great
           and
           good
           examples
           ,
           proportionable
           to
           our
           pious
           
           and
           venerable
           Predecessors
           before
           and
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           no
           doubt
           Your
           Lordships
           and
           all
           Worthy
           Persons
           will
           be
           as
           far
           from
           repenting
           of
           Your
           restoring
           Bishops
           to
           their
           government
           and
           jurisdiction
           ,
           also
           to
           their
           ancient
           honour
           and
           capacity
           of
           Sitting
           in
           the
           
             House
             of
             Peers
          
           ,
           and
           therein
           of
           restoring
           this
           Church
           and
           Christian
           Kingdom
           to
           their
           pristine
           honour
           ,
           peace
           ,
           and
           safety
           ,
           (
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           )
           as
           some
           others
           are
           from
           rejoycing
           or
           not
           repining
           at
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           the
           Kings
           benignity
           ,
           this
           Parliaments
           generosity
           and
           piety
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           policy
           and
           discretion
           ,
           in
           preferring
           the
           
             gray
             head
          
           of
           primitive
           and
           venerable
           Episcopacy
           before
           the
           
             beardless
             striplings
          
           of
           Presbytery
           and
           Independency
           ;
           with
           which
           
             new
             wines
          
           if
           any
           weak
           heads
           in
           England
           be
           still
           so
           in
           love
           ,
           as
           to
           chuse
           them
           before
           the
           
             old
             wine
          
           ,
           which
           is
           better
           ,
           certainly
           they
           will
           have
           this
           happiness
           in
           their
           
             unlucky
             errour
          
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           no
           learned
           and
           honest
           man
           to
           be
           their
           rival
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           things
           have
           seemingly
           or
           really
           been
           amiss
           in
           any
           of
           our
           Predecessors
           ,
           or
           our selves
           ,
           through
           humane
           frailty
           or
           passion
           ,
           (
           which
           easily
           besets
           the
           best
           of
           men
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           )
           as
           our
           desire
           is
           not
           to
           deny
           or
           dissemble
           them
           ,
           so
           truly
           they
           cannot
           now
           with
           any
           modesty
           be
           remembred
           or
           objected
           by
           these
           Adversaries
           against
           Us
           ,
           or
           any
           Bishops
           heretofore
           ,
           since
           the
           covetousness
           ,
           ambition
           ,
           pride
           ,
           tyranny
           ,
           cruelty
           ,
           and
           implacableness
           of
           some
           Anti-Episcopal
           and
           Anarchical
           spirits
           have
           been
           so
           excessively
           insolent
           and
           outragious
           ;
           even
           to
           a
           
             wantonness
             of
             wickedness
          
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           injastice
           ,
           far
           beyond
           the
           worst
           actions
           of
           the
           worst
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           since
           the
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           But
           whatever
           hath
           really
           been
           amiss
           ,
           our
           caution
           shall
           be
           to
           avoid
           or
           amend
           all
           faults
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           Your
           charity
           and
           Nobleness
           hath
           this
           day
           covered
           and
           forgot
           both
           their
           infirmities
           and
           any
           of
           our
           failings
           :
           What
           was
           eminent
           (
           as
           much
           was
           in
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           commendable
           in
           most
           of
           them
           )
           our
           endeavour
           shall
           be
           to
           imitate
           ,
           where
           we
           despair
           to
           exceed
           ;
           That
           while
           Your
           Lordships
           or
           others
           behold
           us
           either
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           or
           the
           Press
           ,
           or
           the
           Consistory
           ,
           you
           may
           not
           have
           much
           cause
           to
           deplore
           the
           absence
           of
           our
           
             famous
             Predecessors
          
           ,
           whom
           you
           cannot
           but
           love
           and
           admire
           (
           as
           we
           do
           )
           for
           their
           piety
           ,
           learning
           ,
           industry
           ,
           and
           charity
           .
           In
           sum
           ,
           we
           shall
           strive
           that
           
           neither
           Bishops
           nor
           Episcopacy
           shall
           be
           any
           burthen
           ,
           but
           a
           great
           blessing
           (
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           )
           to
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdome
           ,
           to
           King
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           the
           good
           and
           bad
           ,
           to
           encourage
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           to
           restrain
           and
           amend
           the
           latter
           .
        
         
           Which
           happy
           effects
           will
           easily
           be
           attained
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           If
           we
           may
           be
           guided
           and
           circumscribed
           by
           good
           Laws
           and
           Canons
           ;
           beyond
           or
           short
           of
           which
           no
           Presbyter
           or
           Bishop
           may
           go
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           any
           exemplary
           ceremony
           ,
           or
           
             affected
             novelty
          
           ,
           to
           a
           super-conformity
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           we
           may
           be
           defended
           in
           doing
           our
           duties
           by
           his
           Majesties
           just
           power
           ,
           without
           cramping
           or
           benumming
           the
           sinnews
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Jurisdiction
           by
           needless
           prohibitions
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           If
           we
           may
           be
           still
           assisted
           and
           adorned
           with
           your
           Lordships
           and
           the
           other
           Gentlemens
           love
           and
           favour
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           If
           we
           may
           be
           duly
           fortified
           by
           the
           desired
           counsel
           and
           meet
           assistance
           of
           our
           aged
           ,
           learned
           ,
           and
           reverend
           brethren
           of
           the
           Clergy
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           If
           we
           may
           be
           daily
           commended
           (
           as
           the
           Church-Liturgy
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           passages
           it
           is
           so
           unwelcome
           to
           many
           ,
           who
           love
           Church
           Lands
           better
           than
           they
           do
           the
           best
           Church
           men
           or
           Bishops
           ,
           more
           devoted
           to
           prey
           upon
           them
           than
           for
           them
           )
           to
           the
           
             marvellous
             workings
          
           of
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           by
           the
           prayers
           of
           all
           good
           Christians
           ,
           which
           we
           do
           not
           more
           want
           than
           passionately
           and
           humbly
           desire
           ;
           That
           since
           we
           (
           the
           Bishops
           of
           this
           Church
           )
           are
           again
           brought
           to
           this
           
             high
             mountain
          
           ,
           and
           thus
           transfigured
           ,
           our
           faces
           may
           so
           shine
           in
           good
           words
           and
           works
           ,
           that
           your
           Lordships
           and
           all
           this
           Church
           of
           England
           may
           glorifie
           our
           Father
           which
           is
           in
           heaven
           ;
           That
           we
           may
           abhor
           that
           Soloecism
           of
           (
           
             Honor
             sublimis
             &
             vita
             deformis
          
           )
           Lordly
           Titles
           and
           Peasantly
           actions
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           there
           is
           no
           greater
           sign
           of
           a
           thankful
           heart
           for
           mercies
           ,
           which
           our selves
           have
           received
           ,
           than
           a
           
             charitable
             sense
          
           of
           our
           
             Brethrens
             miseries
          
           ;
           that
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           Exaltation
           as
           Bishops
           ,
           to
           Estates
           and
           Honours
           ,
           we
           may
           not
           forget
           the
           depressions
           and
           afflictions
           of
           others
           ;
           Give
           leave
           to
           as
           many
           of
           us
           as
           are
           thus
           compassionate
           to
           present
           our
           supplication
           to
           your
           Honours
           (
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           )
           and
           by
           your
           mediation
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           A
           great
           one
           indeed
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           therefore
           worthy
           of
           so
           great
           an
           address
           to
           persons
           of
           large
           hearts
           and
           hands
           who
           
           are
           ready
           to
           answer
           great
           desires
           ,
           and
           to
           effect
           great
           designs
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           many
           of
           our
           poor
           Brethren
           ,
           the
           
             Clergy
             of
             England
          
           and
           Wales
           ,
           That
           there
           may
           be
           some
           
             effectual
             means
          
           used
           worthy
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Charity
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           His
           Two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           to
           relieve
           the
           meanness
           ,
           tenuity
           ,
           and
           incompetency
           of
           their
           
             scandalous
             livings
          
           ,
           which
           makes
           many
           of
           them
           as
           more
           needing
           ,
           so
           less
           capable
           of
           Discipline
           :
           Objects
           also
           of
           
             vulgar
             contempt
          
           ,
           depressing
           their
           spirits
           ,
           starving
           their
           studies
           ,
           discouraging
           them
           in
           their
           duties
           ,
           betraying
           them
           to
           sordidness
           of
           living
           ,
           exposing
           them
           to
           many
           temptations
           ;
           and
           lastly
           subjecting
           them
           to
           all
           
             popular
             servilities
             ,
             complacencies
          
           ,
           and
           dependancies
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           nests
           and
           brests
           ,
           the
           seminaries
           and
           nurseries
           of
           all
           faction
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           way
           to
           redeem
           them
           ,
           their
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           this
           Reformed
           Church
           ,
           from
           these
           burthens
           and
           chains
           ,
           that
           enter
           into
           the
           
             very
             souls
          
           of
           many
           ,
           at
           first
           
             ingenious
             Scholars
          
           ,
           and
           
             hopeful
             Ministers
          
           ,
           but
           by
           making
           
             small
             livings
          
           somwhat
           competent
           ;
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           set
           a
           
             great
             example
          
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           commanding
           augmentations
           to
           be
           allowed
           out
           of
           his
           own
           and
           the
           
             Churches
             impropriations
          
           .
           But
           this
           bounty
           cometh
           short
           of
           at
           least
           3000
           livings
           ,
           which
           still
           remain
           in
           ENGLAND
           and
           WALES
           ,
           as
           Flats
           or
           shallows
           in
           the
           Sea
           ;
           upon
           which
           ,
           when
           the
           necessities
           of
           many
           
             young
             men
          
           and
           
             hopeful
             Scholars
          
           once
           drive
           them
           ,
           they
           seldom
           ever
           get
           off
           ,
           without
           shipwrack
           of
           Morals
           or
           Intellectualls
           ;
           However
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           a
           stop
           and
           hinderance
           to
           the
           proficiency
           of
           their
           studies
           ,
           also
           to
           the
           authority
           and
           efficacy
           of
           their
           Ministry
           ,
           that
           they
           seldom
           or
           never
           make
           a
           
             Prosperous
             voyage
          
           ,
           ever
           conflicting
           with
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           conquered
           by
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           a
           meanness
           ,
           but
           an
           immorality
           of
           living
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           work
           worthy
           of
           His
           Majesties
           greatness
           and
           your
           goodness
           ,
           to
           apply
           (
           in
           Gods
           good
           time
           )
           some
           meet
           help
           to
           this
           crying
           Malady
           ,
           which
           first
           began
           by
           the
           Popes
           
             unhappy
             alienating
             of
             Tythes
          
           from
           the
           Incumbents
           or
           Rectors
           ,
           and
           annexing
           them
           as
           Impropriations
           to
           
             Religious
             Houses
          
           :
           The
           Remedies
           commended
           by
           wise
           men
           ,
           are
           ;
           First
           ,
           by
           uniting
           some
           
             small
             Livings
          
           that
           are
           near
           adjacent
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           abolishing
           some
           
             injurious
             Customs
          
           ,
           where
           wonted
           and
           overawed
           compositions
           deprive
           the
           Incumbents
           of
           the
           true
           value
           of
           what
           is
           their
           due
           :
           Thirdly
           ,
           by
           laying
           some
           
             Moderate
             Tax
          
           on
           dwelling
           Houses
           in
           Market
           Towns
           
           and
           Cities
           ,
           or
           in
           populous
           and
           trading
           Parishes
           ,
           as
           6
           d.
           or
           9
           d.
           or
           12
           d.
           in
           the
           pound
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           just
           value
           of
           their
           rents
           ,
           so
           as
           no
           house
           should
           be
           charged
           ,
           which
           is
           rented
           under
           Forty
           shillings
           a
           year
           ,
           nor
           any
           that
           
             paies
             tithes
          
           for
           lands
           in
           Ferme
           or
           in
           the
           
             owners
             hand
          
           .
        
         
           These
           helps
           may
           relieve
           some
           ,
           but
           because
           the
           Malady
           reacheth
           far
           beyond
           these
           proportions
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           so
           effectual
           as
           (
           when
           the
           Nation
           shall
           have
           peace
           and
           plenty
           )
           the
           raising
           of
           some
           
             publick
             stock
          
           of
           money
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           compleate
           this
           great
           and
           good
           work
           ,
           by
           a
           publick
           and
           Parliamentary
           bounty
           ,
           or
           a
           
             National
             charity
          
           ;
           by
           which
           bank
           or
           stock
           rightly
           managed
           and
           improved
           ,
           a
           good
           foundation
           may
           be
           laid
           for
           the
           buying
           in
           (
           not
           of
           all
           Impropriations
           ,
           which
           is
           too
           great
           a
           work
           to
           be
           compassed
           ,
           but
           )
           such
           a
           portion
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           may
           in
           most
           places
           make
           the
           Living
           or
           Vicaridge
           competent
           ,
           that
           is
           60
           l.
           or
           80
           l.
           or
           100
           
             l.
             per
             annum
          
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           dearness
           or
           cheapness
           of
           places
           doth
           advise
           ;
           Nor
           may
           it
           seem
           heavy
           to
           raise
           
             some
             Tax
             or
             Pay
             for
             Christs
             Soldiers
          
           (
           his
           Ministers
           )
           when
           so
           many
           Millions
           have
           been
           spent
           upon
           other
           Soldiers
           .
        
         
           If
           some
           such
           easie
           Tax
           or
           Subsidie
           ,
           as
           shall
           seem
           most
           proportionable
           in
           the
           wisdom
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           were
           given
           to
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           for
           this
           excellent
           end
           ,
           to
           be
           raised
           in
           four
           years
           ,
           and
           the
           matter
           
             publickly
             recommended
          
           by
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           besides
           the
           profit
           of
           the
           publick
           Contribution
           or
           Levy
           (
           in
           which
           our selves
           as
           Bishops
           would
           be
           exemplary
           according
           to
           our
           abilities
           )
           if
           it
           were
           well
           improved
           and
           imployed
           ,
           no
           doubt
           many
           
             private
             persons
          
           living
           and
           dying
           ,
           would
           liberally
           give
           to
           so
           noble
           and
           pious
           a
           work
           :
           Some
           Noblemen
           and
           Gentlemen
           would
           ,
           after
           His
           Majesties
           example
           ,
           for
           ever
           endow
           
             small
             Livings
          
           with
           some
           such
           portion
           out
           of
           their
           Impropriations
           ;
           especially
           if
           they
           could
           do
           it
           without
           charge
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           
             Statute
             of
             Mortmaine
          
           ,
           which
           might
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           intent
           and
           use
           ,
           be
           for
           a
           time
           repealed
           .
        
         
           But
           your
           piety
           and
           wisdom
           will
           best
           understand
           what
           ways
           are
           most
           proper
           to
           attain
           so
           great
           and
           good
           ends
           ,
           as
           would
           follow
           this
           excellent
           designe
           of
           augmenting
           
             small
             Livings
          
           ,
           and
           small
           Ministers
           too
           ;
           so
           much
           tending
           not
           only
           to
           the
           relief
           of
           many
           honest
           and
           able
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           make
           and
           keep
           them
           such
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           good
           of
           peoples
           Souls
           ,
           to
           the
           advancement
           
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           dignity
           of
           the
           Ministry
           to
           His
           Majesties
           honor
           ,
           to
           your
           Lordships
           great
           renown
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             lasting
             peace
          
           both
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           For
           we
           have
           found
           by
           our
           late
           experiences
           (
           wherein
           half
           a
           dozen
           pragmatick
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           but
           poorer
           Preachers
           in
           a
           County
           ,
           became
           the
           greatest
           Bontefeus
           or
           Incendiaries
           )
           That
           
             settled
             plenty
          
           ,
           at
           least
           
             honest
             competency
          
           binds
           Ministers
           most
           to
           the
           peace
           and
           good
           behaviour
           ;
           That
           the
           more
           the
           Clergy
           owe
           their
           maintenance
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           more
           observant
           they
           are
           to
           pay
           their
           obedience
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           less
           pragmatick
           and
           less
           popular
           ,
           as
           not
           so
           much
           depending
           on
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           so
           less
           studious
           in
           any
           sinister
           way
           to
           please
           them
           rather
           than
           their
           superiours
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           
             sharp
             necessities
          
           and
           poverty
           of
           some
           Ministers
           daily
           provokes
           them
           (
           if
           they
           be
           men
           of
           any
           
             quick
             parts
          
           and
           
             unmortified
             passions
          
           )
           to
           great
           inquietudes
           ,
           hoping
           by
           publick
           commotions
           to
           mend
           their
           private
           condition
           ;
           Then
           they
           quarrel
           most
           sharply
           with
           the
           Churches
           evil
           Constitutions
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           )
           when
           their
           own
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           livelyhood
           is
           not
           very
           good
           ;
           then
           they
           inveigh
           bitterly
           against
           
             innocent
             Ceremonies
          
           ,
           and
           all
           setled
           Orders
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           their
           substance
           or
           subsistence
           is
           most
           unsetled
           ,
           or
           too
           small
           for
           their
           minds
           and
           necessities
           ;
           every
           thing
           then
           is
           a
           burthen
           to
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           feel
           the
           galling
           burthen
           of
           poverty
           ;
           and
           they
           easily
           run
           to
           Arms
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           who
           already
           find
           that
           armed
           man
           upon
           them
           ,
           having
           much
           to
           get
           and
           little
           to
           lose
           in
           any
           Troubles
           :
           The
           want
           of
           oyling
           or
           greasing
           makes
           their
           wheels
           drive
           heavily
           ,
           or
           with
           a
           very
           querulous
           and
           ungrateful
           noise
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           to
           take
           fire
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           by
           popular
           arts
           to
           diffuse
           their
           sparks
           with
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           their
           discontents
           with
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           their
           abuses
           with
           their
           uses
           among
           the
           common
           people
           ;
           who
           like
           tinder
           or
           gun-powder
           are
           very
           prone
           to
           kindle
           against
           their
           Governors
           ;
           beleiving
           no
           men
           so
           fit
           to
           govern
           Church
           and
           State
           as
           themselves
           and
           their
           Minister
           ;
           though
           but
           a
           poor
           Vicar
           ,
           Curate
           ,
           or
           Lecturer
           ;
           having
           such
           narrow
           minds
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           comprehend
           or
           extend
           their
           thoughts
           to
           the
           Latitudes
           of
           publique
           Order
           and
           Government
           ;
           which
           are
           as
           necessary
           as
           those
           which
           they
           so
           much
           dote
           upon
           in
           their
           persons
           ,
           families
           ,
           and
           Parishes
           ,
           nor
           will
           they
           learn
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           own
           and
           others
           woes
           
           how
           much
           peace
           with
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           to
           boot
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           much
           goods
           ill
           gotten
           by
           sequestration
           and
           plunder
           ,
           though
           sanctified
           by
           preaching
           and
           praying
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           certain
           no
           men
           are
           more
           careless
           of
           conforming
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           or
           more
           prodigall
           of
           the
           publique
           peace
           ,
           then
           those
           Ministers
           and
           people
           who
           finde
           themselves
           in
           
             short
             pasture
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           venture
           to
           breake
           the
           sacred
           hedge
           ,
           and
           civil
           bounds
           which
           Gods
           and
           Mans
           Laws
           have
           set
           ;
           especially
           where
           they
           think
           the
           Fence
           is
           lowest
           and
           weakest
           ;
           (
           as
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           in
           Ecclesiasticall
           Cannons
           and
           Constitutions
           ;
           not
           seconded
           with
           
             Executive
             power
          
           ;
           )
           Against
           these
           an
           over
           scrupulous
           and
           restive
           spirit
           ,
           or
           a
           sturdie
           and
           bayardly
           conscience
           ,
           seting
           its
           brest
           or
           hinder
           part
           ,
           hopes
           to
           carry
           all
           before
           it
           ;
           that
           it
           may
           by
           popular
           extravagancie
           or
           partiall
           adherence
           ,
           advance
           either
           its
           uneasie
           estate
           ,
           or
           its
           small
           reputation
           to
           a
           faction
           ,
           side
           ,
           and
           party
           .
        
         
           Let
           there
           be
           fitting
           provender
           for
           the
           oxen
           which
           tread
           out
           the
           Corn
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           may
           justly
           exact
           labour
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           exercise
           the
           goad
           of
           just
           discipline
           on
           their
           neglect
           .
           If
           once
           the
           Livings
           of
           the
           Clergy
           were
           truly
           Livings
           ,
           or
           convenient
           livelyhoods
           ,
           we
           could
           with
           more
           prudent
           severity
           look
           that
           their
           labonr
           and
           lives
           should
           be
           exactly
           good
           ;
           not
           that
           poverty
           is
           a
           dispensation
           to
           impiety
           ;
           but
           good
           men
           are
           not
           easily
           found
           to
           accept
           of
           those
           small
           and
           scandalous
           Livings
           out
           of
           which
           those
           sorry
           or
           scandalous
           Ministers
           are
           ejected
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           so
           good
           and
           able
           as
           we
           could
           wish
           ,
           and
           yet
           better
           perhaps
           than
           none
           at
           all
           ;
           And
           although
           the
           small
           Living
           may
           be
           too
           good
           for
           them
           ,
           yet
           not
           good
           enough
           for
           a
           better
           man
           ;
           since
           the
           most
           
             learned
             piety
          
           is
           sensible
           of
           all
           humane
           necessities
           ,
           Virtue
           it self
           will
           be
           cold
           ,
           and
           Grace
           it self
           hungry
           and
           thirsty
           ;
           nor
           can
           any
           man
           of
           reason
           expect
           to
           have
           Religion
           live
           like
           a
           Camelion
           in
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           presented
           with
           all
           due
           respects
           this
           one
           Christian
           request
           to
           
             your
             Honours
          
           ,
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           many
           
             poor
             Ministers
          
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           souls
           of
           many
           poor
           people
           ,
           nay
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           your
           and
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           (
           whose
           work
           the
           poorest
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           (
           if
           able
           and
           honest
           )
           doth
           perform
           ,
           and
           so
           for
           Christs
           sake
           is
           worthy
           of
           his
           wages
           ,
           )
           and
           leaving
           it
           as
           a
           matter
           of
           great
           and
           publick
           importance
           to
           your
           pious
           and
           wise
           consideration
           in
           due
           time
           ,
           I
           cannot
           conclude
           better
           than
           as
           I
           began
           ,
           (
           that
           so
           I
           may
           compleat
           the
           circle
           of
           our
           
             grateful
             and
             just
             acknowledgments
          
           )
           
           with
           that
           
             eternal
             veneration
          
           ,
           praise
           ,
           honour
           and
           thanke
           ,
           which
           from
           my self
           ,
           and
           all
           my
           Reverend
           Brethren
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           sober
           Clergy
           ,
           are
           duly
           and
           humbly
           returned
           ,
           first
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           blessed
           God
           ,
           whose
           
             judgments
             are
             unsearchable
          
           ,
           and
           whose
           
             mercies
             are
             everlasting
             :
             Next
          
           ,
           To
           His
           most
           
             Gracoius
             Majesty
          
           ,
           for
           His
           munisicent
           and
           matchless
           goodness
           to
           the
           
             Bishops
             ,
             Clergy
          
           ,
           and
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           To
           Your
           most
           Noble
           Selves
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           of
           this
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           have
           thus
           taken
           away
           the
           sin
           ,
           reproach
           ,
           and
           scandal
           of
           
             Sacriledge
             ,
             Schism
          
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           which
           were
           by
           some
           unhappy
           men
           brought
           upon
           this
           sometime
           so
           famous
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           flourishing
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           For
           whose
           vindication
           and
           comfort
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           was
           not
           wanting
           in
           her
           greatest
           agonies
           and
           blackest
           afflictions
           publickly
           to
           compassionate
           her
           sighs
           and
           tears
           ,
           so
           he
           thought
           it
           his
           duty
           (
           upon
           a
           publick
           more
           than
           private
           sense
           )
           seriously
           to
           rejoyce
           ,
           and
           heartily
           to
           congratulate
           with
           her
           in
           this
           
             happy
             restauration
          
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           oft
           prayed
           for
           ,
           and
           now
           lived
           to
           see
           ;
           because
           he
           is
           perswaded
           in
           his
           conscience
           (
           if
           rightly
           managed
           with
           piety
           and
           charity
           )
           that
           it
           highly
           tends
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           to
           the
           asserting
           of
           our
           true
           Religion
           as
           Christian
           and
           Reformed
           ,
           to
           the
           establishment
           of
           the
           publick
           peace
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           to
           that
           just
           and
           
             ingenious
             compensation
          
           of
           good
           for
           long
           endured
           evil
           ,
           which
           is
           highly
           deserved
           and
           justly
           expected
           by
           this
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           all
           its
           genuine
           Children
           ;
           not
           only
           because
           it
           was
           once
           well
           reformed
           and
           most
           flourishing
           ,
           but
           also
           because
           it
           hath
           been
           so
           grievously
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           man
           ,
           most
           unjustly
           afflicted
           and
           deformed
           .
        
         
           For
           (
           without
           doubt
           )
           the
           pious
           Intentions
           ,
           and
           prudent
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           were
           such
           ,
           That
           nothing
           was
           ,
           or
           now
           is
           wanting
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           good
           Christian
           perfect
           to
           salvation
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           not
           wanting
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             grace
             of
             God
          
           offered
           to
           him
           in
           the
           Ministery
           of
           this
           Church
           ;
           Every
           
             saving
             truth
          
           being
           maintained
           by
           Her
           ;
           Nothing
           added
           to
           or
           diminished
           from
           the
           word
           of
           God
           as
           saving
           or
           necessary
           ;
           Every
           
             holy
             ,
             Duty
          
           ,
           every
           
             divine
             Institution
          
           ,
           every
           
             sacred
             Mystery
          
           ,
           every
           necessary
           part
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           every
           moral
           Vertue
           ,
           every
           Christian
           Grace
           ,
           every
           usefully-good
           Work
           ,
           is
           either
           
           celebrated
           ,
           or
           enjoined
           ,
           or
           taught
           or
           recommended
           to
           every
           Christian
           ,
           both
           in
           private
           and
           publique
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           station
           ;
           Nor
           may
           any
           Christian
           justly
           blame
           the
           Church
           for
           any
           defect
           ;
           but
           rather
           their
           own
           hearts
           for
           want
           of
           humility
           ,
           devotion
           and
           gratitude
           to
           God
           and
           men
           :
           There
           is
           holy
           sap
           and
           sweetness
           in
           all
           its
           Liturgical
           appointments
           ,
           if
           men
           were
           not
           surfeited
           with
           their
           own
           fancies
           ,
           prejudices
           and
           pride
           ;
           All
           things
           being
           set
           forth
           by
           the
           Church
           without
           the
           least
           tincture
           of
           any
           known
           Error
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           or
           Superstition
           in
           the
           substance
           of
           Religious
           Duties
           and
           Devotion
           ;
           The
           outward
           Form
           also
           ,
           or
           publique
           Reverence
           and
           Solemnity
           of
           Duties
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           than
           what
           (
           without
           question
           )
           is
           left
           by
           God
           to
           the
           
             Liberty
             ,
             Prudence
          
           and
           Authority
           of
           every
           Church
           and
           Christian
           Politie
           as
           most
           consonant
           .
           First
           ,
           To
           the
           Civility
           and
           Custome
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           that
           outward
           Veneration
           which
           is
           accordingly
           due
           to
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           :
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           the
           publick
           Solemnity
           and
           Decency
           of
           holy
           Duties
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           Fourthly
           ,
           To
           the
           ancient
           Use
           and
           Custome
           of
           the
           primitive
           and
           best
           Churches
           :
           Fiftly
           ,
           No
           where
           forbidden
           by
           Gods
           word
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           rule
           of
           right
           Reason
           :
           Sixthly
           ,
           But
           chosen
           ,
           used
           and
           imposed
           by
           this
           Church
           ,
           within
           its
           own
           Precincts
           and
           Politie
           only
           ,
           under
           no
           other
           Notion
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           is
           lawful
           and
           true
           .
           1.
           
           In
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           circumstantial
           ,
           as
           still
           necessary
           in
           their
           general
           adherency
           to
           all
           outward
           Actions
           of
           need
           :
           2dly
           .
           Yet
           as
           free
           and
           indifferent
           still
           in
           their
           nature
           ,
           although
           cast
           by
           authority
           in
           to
           meet
           Regulations
           ,
           as
           instances
           of
           our
           outward
           obedience
           in
           them
           to
           man
           for
           the
           Lords
           sake
           ,
           while
           they
           continue
           so
           appointed
           :
           3dly
           .
           Lawful
           in
           the
           divine
           
             Permission
             ,
             Commission
          
           ,
           and
           clear
           Approbation
           of
           the
           Churches
           Liberty
           and
           Authority
           in
           such
           things
           for
           publique
           order
           and
           decency
           .
           4thly
           .
           In
           the
           necessity
           of
           such
           visible
           Order
           ,
           Decency
           and
           Uniformity
           ,
           fixed
           by
           Supreme
           Wisdom
           and
           Authority
           ,
           as
           most
           conducing
           to
           the
           Churches
           outward
           peace
           ;
           to
           avoid
           Faction
           ,
           Schisms
           ,
           Sedition
           ,
           Fury
           ,
           Confusion
           ,
           fires
           that
           easily
           kindle
           from
           small
           sparks
           ,
           if
           left
           to
           vulgar
           spirits
           .
           5thly
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           all
           this
           pious
           and
           prudent
           Politie
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           managed
           by
           such
           apt
           Overseers
           ,
           and
           proper
           Governours
           ,
           as
           this
           and
           all
           ancient
           Churches
           ever
           used
           from
           the
           Apostles
           daies
           ▪
           under
           the
           Titles
           of
           
             Bishops
             ,
             Presidents
          
           and
           Fathers
           ;
           who
           are
           
           (
           according
           to
           our
           Law
           )
           chosen
           by
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           approved
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           confirmed
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           Supreme
           Governour
           ;
           inabled
           by
           Learning
           ,
           Matured
           by
           Experience
           ,
           Sanctified
           by
           Grace
           ,
           Consecrated
           by
           Prayer
           ,
           Devoted
           by
           Diligence
           ,
           Assisted
           by
           their
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           Regulated
           by
           setled
           Laws
           and
           Canons
           ,
           to
           do
           their
           duty
           ;
           so
           as
           God
           ,
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           men
           require
           of
           them
           in
           order
           to
           those
           great
           and
           eternal
           ends
           of
           saving
           
             their
             own
             and
             others
             souls
          
           ;
           besides
           the
           
             temporary
             blessings
          
           of
           the
           
             Churches
             unity
          
           and
           harmony
           ,
           as
           in
           Faith
           and
           Love
           ,
           so
           in
           Orderliness
           and
           Decency
           ,
           without
           which
           all
           Religion
           runs
           to
           
             Irreverence
             ,
             Faction
          
           and
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           The
           angry
           ,
           eager
           ,
           and
           obstinate
           Quarrels
           (
           then
           )
           which
           some
           waspish
           men
           have
           long
           maintained
           ,
           and
           still
           do
           ,
           against
           
             some
             mutable
             words
          
           and
           Phrases
           in
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           or
           against
           some
           little
           Rites
           ,
           and
           innocent
           ,
           yet
           few
           ,
           Ceremonies
           ,
           used
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           are
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           much
           more
           deserved
           by
           ,
           and
           due
           to
           ,
           their
           own
           distempered
           hearts
           ;
           and
           should
           in
           all
           justice
           now
           be
           turned
           against
           the
           
             factions
             ,
             proud
          
           and
           pertinacious
           humours
           and
           opinions
           of
           those
           men
           ,
           who
           had
           rather
           quite
           ruine
           such
           an
           Ancient
           ,
           Famous
           ,
           Reformed
           ,
           and
           sometime
           Flourishing
           Church
           ,
           than
           rightly
           understand
           Her
           words
           and
           meaning
           ,
           or
           give
           Her
           leave
           to
           interpret
           them
           ;
           or
           than
           deny
           themselves
           in
           those
           petty
           Points
           of
           
             Reputation
             ,
             Opinion
          
           and
           Prejudice
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           may
           be
           popularly
           advanced
           ,
           as
           beyond
           a
           convenient
           retreat
           ,
           so
           beyond
           that
           humility
           ,
           diseretion
           ,
           meekness
           ,
           peaceableness
           ,
           modesty
           and
           charity
           ,
           which
           best
           becomes
           those
           Presbyters
           and
           people
           ,
           who
           are
           afraid
           to
           contest
           with
           their
           Princes
           ,
           their
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           their
           Countries
           united
           Wisdom
           and
           Authority
           ,
           lest
           
             they
             be
             found
             fighters
             against
             the
             God
             of
             order
             and
             peace
          
           ;
           who
           ought
           not
           to
           take
           courage
           from
           the
           Kings
           patience
           ,
           or
           turn
           his
           Indulgence
           into
           wantonness
           :
           Nor
           have
           they
           any
           cause
           to
           be
           angry
           that
           they
           are
           not
           thought
           wiser
           
             than
             this
             whole
             Church
             and
             State
          
           ;
           or
           because
           they
           are
           not
           made
           Dictators
           to
           all
           
             Convocations
             ,
             Parliaments
          
           and
           Kings
           :
           Nor
           should
           they
           be
           so
           ashamed
           to
           come
           at
           last
           from
           fighting
           and
           domineering
           ,
           to
           petitioning
           and
           deprecating
           ;
           or
           from
           sinning
           against
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           to
           return
           to
           their
           duty
           ,
           to
           repent
           and
           recant
           the
           evils
           ,
           the
           errors
           and
           excesses
           of
           their
           ways
           ;
           which
           God
           hath
           wonderfully
           convinced
           and
           confuted
           by
           his
           former
           
           blessings
           on
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           his
           present
           blasting
           of
           their
           new
           Projects
           ;
           which
           have
           froth
           in
           their
           head
           ,
           and
           blood
           in
           their
           bottom
           ;
           as
           the
           water
           of
           those
           men
           ,
           who
           labour
           with
           the
           stone
           and
           Strangury
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           wounds
           from
           within
           .
        
         
           What
           now
           remains
           ,
           but
           the
           Authors
           particular
           craving
           ,
           and
           Your
           Lordships
           ,
           with
           the
           other
           Gentlemens
           ,
           vouchsafing
           pardon
           for
           the
           great
           presumption
           of
           such
           an
           Orator
           ?
           who
           ,
           conscious
           to
           his
           many
           defects
           ,
           hath
           adventured
           by
           this
           
             grateful
             Excess
          
           ,
           to
           put
           Your
           Lordships
           and
           them
           ,
           upon
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Your
           and
           Their
           Noble
           Patience
           ;
           thereby
           to
           give
           the
           world
           a
           further
           great
           experiment
           of
           that
           Gentleness
           and
           Candor
           ,
           which
           adds
           Lustre
           to
           all
           Your
           other
           Honourable
           and
           Heroick
           Virtues
           ;
           of
           which
           no
           men
           are
           more
           witnesses
           ,
           than
           
             the
             Bishops
          
           and
           Clergy
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ;
           not
           only
           as
           
             wondring
             Spectators
          
           ,
           but
           as
           
             thankfull
             Enjoyers
          
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .