A true copy of a Letter from divers Ministers about Colchester in the County of ESSEX, To the Assembly of Divines, against a TOLERATION.  
Reverend and Beloved Brethren,  
THe glory of God, the sense of the Churches miseries, the remembrance of our holy Covenant, the discharge of our consciences to God, this present Age and future generations, have caused us in these few Lines to contend and witness together with our Brethren, against a Toleration of Independency, so much pleaded for, so much endeavoured; which sad Experience teacheth us for the present, and right Reason convinceth us, will prove for the future, the Mother of Contention, the Root of Schism, the backdoor to heresy, the Nullity of Church-government, the plain Breach of Covenant with God and Man, the very undoing of our several Congregations and Ministeries, destructive to the peace and union of the Kingdoms, and full of Scandal, if not dangerous to the other Reformed Churches. We further conceive in all humility, the several Reasons proposed by our dear Brethren of London in their affectionate Letter, to be so important and rational, that we subscribe unto them with our hearts, as to this also with our hands, with all due acknowledgement of your great zeal and patience in the Lord's work. Our hearts are engaged with you, our tears and prayers are for you, that a blessed Reformation may be endeavoured against an intolerable Toleration, remaining  
Your most affectionate Brethren in the Lord. From Colchester and the parts adjacent, Febr. 11. 1645. Subscribed with Seventy three hands.   

Printed at London by John Field. March 7. 1645.