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REASONS

TENDING TQ

Iawfillnefle and inexpedia
cncjp of all Dioccfan Epifco-_
pacy ( even the mofi .
% moderate.)

eTOGETHERVVITH

fame needfilll points fuddenly

V e {uggefied confidering the
: 4_ feafom .  

Vntillby the good providence of Q

God a more full and mature difcourfe
may bee “prepared and pu-blqifhed ( if
neede {'0 require) by fame

better hand. .

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And more then thcfc,oArlfuch as are necclrarlly mg: U ad In

them ,4 m  fiibflatitiéll in the? olutwardi gfvcrnmént of‘

the Church. 3  A ‘A

2   sana:y~*rc;:eea1=se:%ipm+ea¢é1a$;ia*é’[§1£‘inc1y to
owne this pofition, as I or. 4;-17”l.Tt'7»aI71Jf7J4/1P?“ 70“

in rememéranee afmy ‘ways: in 'Ch'r1:/fl,“ £25» I teac/win all the _

Clmrclm. By which place it féemcs, thaf Paul did teach
‘f unto, and in all the Churches, ‘ t111ifbrmel)r§=‘lnd~~~~al@ _  ‘
tainegwaym orprafiiqallmurlésinclniif A A I " M ~
direfiionlfrdm Chri£l$3fi51d’p¢fTfiifli’!fgtbs   A
lover and bcfidcs_,:tl1'ofe mentioned in thisfipl "
{Timer/9] lhould more , plainly lhjcw unto the'C'
.wJhichewhea;c;‘%ca¢u1ld tmgya bye bun   .   ‘
.7Whi£:h are llhéfc nidrc«fi:antlycxp1je{{égl,  _ 
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":thy;t1‘a‘?ath¢"'wtQt¢:let:1nt‘Epifl1é rd himgfliafi H¢’v"r1ré%7at./<.i4q:v   

bow to merry /9iv1f°?l,’f3'liI1lllt/9? C/wrdzoffiod :  there or‘d' ‘Kc;
.«,likc he‘ doth ;t_l,1¢;rc teach, him p0i§1t“£«__0f:_ ovcmment, afwcll
ya-Sr *ptah91f.tl1inl $97 And 1 75!”! 5-21.  A

tbofl: ri¢le.r"bL-[gore 5
fi¢nnmenc*ame.ngfi‘od1.trtbin =)Wit119§m>a:=ia14't 

in%‘thceco~nc1;1fior1eoffthelfipifi 6. !LTim.6l " ”

i all me hceha,d ,b¢f9r¢faideWitblléflbi  .

4 A  4 cf? éiaié /Jlin» oéfvrw f
wen lgim‘ (7/iz%..” touching Clllgrclyngjci. *

~1§:14m ¢;~binds  
4 F arse to keen  

that commandment (a'- 46- l¢°“‘m“l3a§mFnt5«2 tb.E..".}Vl9¥d A

    

ebcilnxglxauc. ,r¢{i«¢?,*év§*J ?‘lPrP‘Q§¢§‘3a,L&»;f;r;l¥il,fi13§    so ah;

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 -which‘ V’ the the :f1litdf§Tr(3f“'DTiQf¢e3 '
fitn»tf;I.f,p1{coQaeie‘ iZh§mfCIVcS,;“ oelnot deny to beAnncWl;e1;-ggi
(food *concern1ngl*thef Cornnxandeinents toucliing Difeiag ; T

pIii1t7h;andegove=rnnient ztfiévéll asv ofirine,’ V , v - it

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33%., ~Ic’ise'granted by all, thétfpmefub[iiantia1ltpe,rts';-of 
Ghurthhgovemment t are éxpre£’t'7.n;.in the N tew;»Tcfiarnen~t,t 

asfdeoPthe.;0flicers ind fornc of » the Miniffleriall du—:;j*
ties and tfomethings of their calling, Etfic (q!e4lig'4 :;

Whenccml inferrc, that therefore all are fet downer; font  
415 aW€r¢=7tl1e’Scripture a mle defcfiive, timper-£e&_:and ina-

¢ffé&u:iIl”"for the ~ehd<' for which; it ..Wl‘itte“n-; iwhiéh
wasto‘ male‘ the man ofiGodp‘erf2»£l(nac go {‘om.¢,;bm_-),%w to ;-...%';n
wjerygqodmrkgiz !Zr"z"m.3.1 7;efp_ecially to the work ofGo-9
Verning the Houfe of God; which his” one of his chiefefi
workcs,xTim.;.x6.  , 3 v ~ in e  _;
  -B *.:4lofE:" ietendowne a fornje of Government

for the Iewi " Churchyil much more hath~Chri1ifor ether,

G‘_hrifiiannC-hutch, Heé.3.2.    e  e

 Hjce     tflaufi: .“ hponr whoa:

flichidcflthé Govcrnement is laid, Efa}. 9, Agfatt/‘a___;_ 28;
at 3; Andbfiin 'morcfai§h£nU;thcnr9W(vfit, c;O;.u.1d b.=_=-. in

allhthingsitntoue ingthc hou12o£Gpd.i;qhiehas his churchg;

For as fo"r+=the civil! State iourfSaviouWr nnevheremeddled"

with it.  .  .\ .7

’ Neither canzilyisrueheafoni Bi: reindredh ‘Why '4
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flannldditnwth N win: Chm-nch,ina certain forms ofgo-
uemie;nient}’*.rathf:1‘fthei1edhrtifhthe _,Chrifii_aI1 Church». ‘

 V5; ‘W Ifit were notthus, there would be no unitie inthé‘

geuernement of the Churches, but infinite diuerfitie {No

eertainet-;ie,bnt Heifitation, ,and daily doubting, whether i
men were right or wrong ;No confiancie but continual}

mutabilitie 5 In call: of any errour committed; there

Wouldtbe no meanes, no hopes ofreétifyin them,ifthcre_
 no rule :4 Or rather no poflibilitie o doin erthcr,

right or wrong therein, otherwife then by con ormitie
noreitnconxformitie to the flippery 8: nnflable will ofsmgfi

4 ‘( ‘*4 3'7‘ *  
 :5 TBéCl'xAu1*cI1 ofGodpisphis’Hou&;Ki.n*gdmne,“Bodyu§
  is  to.    
thereof; whofi: office,“ honour, "' and.£tua.,pxop9£ry$bc1g_4
fore it mufl ncedcs beAto_give rules lawcsm. pbcezobfér-g

5. to~aeppdi=nt_offitcrs,d‘11d ~pIeI'crib¢.  pthéir dutigs; V

and thplepmanncrp of VpallA.thcir %admini£irafliCtB*p=inAAAhi§UW1i3‘
Hoqfes a Kingdoms; and ovcrphis‘  body; a~nd.nw

1  Apérmit the fame tofvanyp other plgafure or diihrcxionf

whacfoevcb  A  , A n 4  A p_ N p
7 Theénd "oAfGIhu chagovcrngmemzis  
pcrnatutall, viz. The edificaition of the body of

“ gracc untoppglory,Athcrcf'Ore%th¢ proper and-di.1‘€'&-mfiaflfly

thcrcunto A mutt bee ,fpii'itual1:_anpdp %fuperna;urAap1l.‘p and fo‘
mufi Bfeerthe abilitiasp to~tI’t&ariglw,ly rhpfe  thfi
blcfling upgn the fame. But none i$.1b@ep~m7dw.i%«pH¥d!

mcancs, nof furnifhvt}iI:h ~fuch:i«biIitics,n~or gi:vcfi1oh Hef} p

fing,~butpGod“alone who appointed that ¢n::1°.A A   Q‘ ~
3 All proper and _dirc& meancs ofgrace, arcalfoipmi

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per Péresppof Gods immediate worfbi ,which.nbnc. may
lawfully -appofintppiibfit-iG@d~pp A A A A
Church 'gdvr;'pn;n;ét (£0: t'hc?=m0fl5 part‘ bfmhaftiblianfialk)
is a proper and dipreflmitahes p of grace‘:  ispmadiffcfl

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in  particulirsmelétidnedp !Ab¢A:£ore  Ihb fimfl mafbm
AndAthercforcV none mayplpawfully appoinrthc  T

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fclvesi-doc grant afmuch. 4» Yea i'dine;of'ppmhbm‘doav~ky RIM
rhcifbapfis whcrepn to btéfild, ‘and-p_élii'€fi:fpillar iavhertby
to uphold their owns pifi:c">paay‘,A_ éfwcll W3 fundry 
pp A ;_ppertainAi~ngtoppChUft1f1 agowmmncmicomménpm
them withlusfiw A A A A A ' ' 

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fie, wadperpzmafly biudcxlmll 

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/fieqflfig, » A ¢ M  AA A
   "1!  V 9 mf ch; Ch1%m;hw_)1wichout%1imitdtiqncd ‘any
A nme:0r placp, nexthen hash he: himfclfg: at any ciméfinég

"ihmgatedr it, mt g1yen%authoyrityA 1:9 any other fo to doc, -

And iwitbout his%%auth9nity l1QW:Ci\n0rdarc¢a1;y man an.

% xempcco doeic I: It 15. a £0mmpnru1;:«in  xearon it, felfc,

;thanwhnfower%powA r;loQfqthAIiufib§ °it1}¢¥‘h¢‘{5m¢aor
gifrvfi‘/1 H-L  ’ LWhK+hWh}=®;cAhad~
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alter: Wham o“vcrml;1¢nthehath%oncc fit up, and fct ‘up

 

% that wfiibh r ~ eehvnevcr did, M and bind men  ,5 «thcnmay
% gghe” bothbind the confcicncc, where hee hath looiéd it, A
% ~31!‘  lobfc‘ it from that A whmumo he: hath.    1:5

% Mbrnmen

re can no fufficicnt rcafoén givcigwhy the Ago;

mnhfioh:l:{ncmau1oc,l4raz.;+:.I 2.. I   -
¢ dcvifitd‘ by Chrifi: himfelfe, fhoulcl giyc placp to

 anbthcr bfinncny nw: ,can it be Adtonnwithouc unfufl“cr-a.‘

-bin a=omumei1yqagain&%»Fhim.For what can itelfc impIy,bu1:
fan ixnpt1té.tion”b(_V {came weakncflé or. folly in him, or 
,wilfu1lncglc&4(iFq_ot contempt) of his fuprcmc authq-
xity in us. %  {

’ ;;  :4. "Chmch-govcrriihcntis-apart.bfCHi~ifis4 ixigciqmkc

in and Vovcri: his Church“,__and thjifore he n % her may
mp: will quit,’  lay down: ti;/c fa ,   .. untill hc. It-fig 11¢ if-.

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up 3_m_oM the fha nds of his‘ Father at the lafi day. E Cor; i5]

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di”ri:&‘ ‘t*r1eanes"%thereé>fA 3113,; ‘HD1655 i Ged@hi%mfe' fa; lhad
teem: obd"t0 aItex*the’4fairié?     "    '1 ’

Churches cob-A;

6 he Scripture tcfiifi of L

Tim. 6;. 14.. before mentioned,ratifying as well all mat- A
tens Qf difcipline or gouememcnt contained in that fhpi. A
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file: as‘0thp1‘ thiI,ig5_ : Ahde Whcréas: I:§f>h~ ‘4e.= '1; e.f"*“13.- _
YApO{fI'é‘I.éiith,‘ God ‘giitezr Paf’z‘or.?$ and .9" h‘ r: to /91.:
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p1:mee15:’V 3'“;   A w‘ée’5uha1te.fliMe;k§fi&M

their office,‘ W ‘y not ” 7alle other Hoflivces alfd :?r <A7I1&leif~t;hh

e (5ffi‘ces*bc” pcrpetijall why then is not their calling, Ingiiniw.

'fier'1a1'l duties; the manner foftlieirw ipe1'f0‘rmaxicie, f7anéj 1'11
bthcr neceifary eappurten’ar’xces of th’eir4 ofHccunalt’crarb»I§
alfo? * '

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   he Churehischriflé xifigaom;,goe  M

‘spourc, therefore there: is no reafon, eitherethauite 

”’Cht1'r’chfl1ould?takc-“u on hemtoe ehcnI~fii‘lfew3** 
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e to ereflc a gouernement i n and ouer the fame; belf M ed Him»-

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{'elfc,ml1Cl1IcflE to thruft butvthe goucrncment bjy him
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“fubfi‘a‘ntiall4s )then ma%y<they de0V%e’it'ineWfhO1u¢’. ~“fi“1‘,1df.{0‘

A iheymlgbht rc¥i‘n;oWvc Pa{_’c[ors Vfreaéhcrs 48c~c.* 31ndApuIz:»in1:é 1

their foome all the 1 orders of the pof2ifl1miniflery;!a.nd

not Nnewv Sacrgmcnts, and new Scripturesetoo?  \  
“ It I eheinfiitution of ‘any eed‘inine;o1f_diri'ance, Jthefirfi
;¥l1er‘thcrl§le arid f?mcafii1:e*o£»thAe rcfi to come 3(-

‘-ter-,~ unlefic  hjmfelfe  gplierwgliregtiggma sgiveeex;£'ee

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thtrcfoge; i£ea”g1y;egbu1Ega:riIé;vi;cé are bid: ta Iggke 101%: ,
firflfgpflimtiontoecorréfi ‘it’-»by :“ A “therefdre the firfl“ Chr'i...J 
339311 '[Ghm‘4c'h~gbvernmenue whichflhriflfiy ~.e_him:fe1fe 
hisfipbfllés erefiedg fémdihw H1115 add {hall doto the  .
oftheeworld 1 as ourperfefi pattern: to “walkeby-     Y
to A Other Dijrines, both Prdteflants eafld Papifls, dog 
ackilowledge thefime: ahd‘ oLtr‘1dv‘%:ri;?1rics ef15eciaIIjr,*= .
who freely grant our Thefis ( thbufih they di,f}"cx':frbrtx'ttsI%
in the Hypochefis.) How elfé will 1: A y prove their Epiil A
copal1GMovernmei1t to  unaltcfablehnd‘ Why clfc"wofiId%
theybindeeallemhn to fivearc   rievefto cdnT¢..11§to the‘ a1..V
tenir:f.of the fame .? ' ‘bucIupot’1"tbisgrou'nd‘ (asethcy
coul 'hea.rc.us  hand) :tha3l:i‘thciit:go%/em?ment1' was    "
pO'iniI¢d?= by. Ghrifl: find hikflpafilesg aridzzthercfme‘ »icr iel
unaltcrablc.     A‘ 4 % " A   .~ e 

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fir fl0m§;fl:4runethez21f§lv:: «mm    5:  aim

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TH: general! for the préfcnt {hall be tgkpn gs;p‘g:,&fiv4N.

K edaPPpa;r¢nte\; “upon fuppofition of ;tb¢"Wu,Ch:Qf  e 4% °‘‘
   9 L A twqfo,fimerpbfitiOns~  Now t0uching~.fli0caFm:  
PifC0£.3ci9 in pamzicular; hough, itwcres {tripped fofiall , 
“ civille Onewa;-mid ofificesfiand Wlaatfoéver A ember accidcne:
95‘:
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Dio celfagcf arid in by*.cml1{clquIcm twpflfimt  
Qphrrm s and dose all ut:la,ax,; mist to b.e:.dQnc.fm'- ; gmarnnntna:

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mlilimfelfégtfiufl un1avP£w11.l

3.;-afl ; 5;»;  l Bcaaufci. la: being  mjpmcd l the: higlilfllagld;
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I '.€fiH£1‘,:£in. l llInDpD¢l§H3?.%ll:’l%isl1mi£la<n*
Ffo1'c~.faid. V ' l .,. 
5 In all the New Tcftamcnt, a Bilbop ind van Elder or
Presbyter arclconfounded as being two names of one
and the fame office , as ‘H51. 10. 17,-2.3. I Timg. 1,7,
21:. my;,«l7;*~~Ph~2t:rr:*t;~l   ml 1nall<c“a'*B1I  
fllops oflice difiinfi in kind: from, and {upcriour Lint
    

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lyggbutarto mauy,~lllalcoxnlpab3r;aa YSp&!ety;‘l.llwHfigMa1afixalIyl
called the Church, T as cflfz‘. 6. 6. and 14., 23. dqd» xj~:r.1,
2, 3., CMdttb_ I3. 17. 1 .Car'. 5. 4.. I Tim. 4.14. thcrcfogjc
it is unlawful] for any one by his olficc to claim: or Acx--:

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A to: "¢f-1-x=1r» oflge {kidding  rely “?u§:c?Ia1(riaa)u“;,—' gndfiotflgp
himny 7di::ine  Qrdiqancqalififivhifihfiirfi aitibg fro    '13.?‘
u“pp11':;fi1p fitidh'f0f~ €h¢?tm£—l¥ oM!l'1é'+* ” l  4 V

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oucly yum Mmlma; we hiiré the concurrent" Ecanfexxt of”

V A rsymodctnc Protcfiznts both %forraigfie:1fi‘&

éomcflickc, School:-mcgaftnd other RQpi{la“?D;v§;1e$s, pm}, ii

7! he~P1We§‘cafl§hié:£I1§ cWiII;”Mart rsflmg j”ffiréFori_1“ie£i

% %Qhu¥ch¢%:&"*l§1fiW~15S:&thttfifirlvéés  an fame  "bet!

V" 4 uplicldcm -I:§it.Iga4  Ifingdniriacs or States, both bug ”

‘'1 - 0WW° %V!1dA0‘h§fs§ 3AKa!3d *1?-fl;1.)!."@f~ th¢ cfiabliH1:d.I..awe¢

aqd tmviolated cuflomcsofour Lind, with other pra”&i-<
IE6 and proceedings amongfl us here,‘ conpcrxaipg  £3
ind izhhiai ofifiaes fromtime to .tim:e‘=;conI'o:iam:4 gtaeggunté;

agiftimc {Ewe may more iclzirga rovedg" A v ‘~ 

. r’  5  The mcmiomi Wei: -fin de¢~’(3 ?B‘i'flaop‘s~“a§"% 

£rumP1:¢sbycw9,V%is 1161: until! abaut -_three1b»undged-*

after Ghrifi ;~,. which f«al‘fO'é T6meA;b{7f~the«4BiIhbps 

péirtie dqc  dcny. Andyct evefiA%t{iefi 5A(fbt*. bhgfigfthaii
dothf appcarc“ )  they - had no authority‘ * over" “’othe’z‘;: 
nmers, hm ruled the A Church omely  .with~  thexiwa
‘.&|.”l““”£.  _\ u  H. _,g- hwy ~<‘ ’§fi"~ ~ ~ I M‘ ',w'="*

3‘.  , IN‘

~m;wuh8&uc »   "   n,arcaP"¢‘¢*l*;$”F}fi¢"§ifl1d' ‘M

  

Rotfific unIa'wfuI“I,~as”no d~c>“ujbc it‘ is,  A *~"ca,‘nnb.!:* 10'-_j-‘
"cei'an~EpiIi:opaciebmelawfM       “
batter groua?adaA%Vthun;tI‘m¢, ‘and? in ;a proper   A A I ‘%

on,!hcre~ being no ‘other difl'cren‘ce bctwficrfe thcmfiul
q1;..gu«“$a»wm, that that is thy grater.  ..th.¢

   

irojitian. 

Note;

ding law, and as due by ri

‘full in the Church.  

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.f'W‘ .fl'?:fl.""‘.“P~.‘£i’aI.(.r mic 5/1m;vfifp::yaf fttséytery)
L uéatlz mi! fclfe ¢mlatvft4l1,y rind al/'acf43:t_au:dbz1«;y_
.<,  gem:  and tbernefare" not to ~66 4dz»itt,u!.;   i

  c]:Rta'b?iiP8tha£§tI1£ gt-arndf.ii{i:apa'Eyiii-6hs'E»wiiai.b&ibg:)»
"3 ihbuld bee parted andypullieddownc fo1oiW*s'a‘sthmat

thciiiiflgopsiflaotlldi have ‘nothing left‘ them, bi1tio1'1cly‘,(as,~

  

{¢;niq;.yha\3c:y proje§tcd,) firfl 3; good bemf1§fi¢;ciwith:cnre;o£

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cqnélysvcry. fm111T‘D1OAC€{€8~; Thirdly, the.namqBi1hop
.p;cp1iatf1j to§th¢mf€1¥¢S,y= Forthly, .t_o. oxtdainc Minificrsin
theirbioccfcs, but not without concurrence of other Mi».

inf V gym‘ ifglylyn agfld I-,l3y,;h¢ir aidvicea-nld :afli3a‘nceTtoa5or-

i°i§1..y? ; .¥‘9i3§'F!‘.’§:{iJ"jw f i '
h1I¢5.~»S1x¥i« :a..Aj‘?‘di»m

A. ‘I . A A auiy.m.n A ,  ism: qfiéffitmé
VI Aflérpblics .or.pubi iquc nicsecihgiof
Pr9§bytcrie§.~c1aIfe5s 8cc-  *9.b.¢f0Onfiant M<3d¢ratora:§ 
' .  ' E;  on ;;;1?9&1 :7   ‘A ogdmfimmlhl 
y  x;;,;.q“,°.~:!1=e.vs~ae1m;z;ativ3gv¢»xo:s 42goub16s<b*:“a':t‘   ‘ff   an
cafiingyy voycc ', wben things come to be voted, y}!..b'fi1y:;:q
have thcfc prebeminenccs fisticd uponthcm as by a (tan.
ht unto their oflic'c., A I fay
though they were flri ped ofa l the ref}, yea and .ofmany
of thefi: too if you wifi, yet cannot fuch anoficc bC1aW:

 

   

5.x‘<:+K?}l]:1« Bccaufé it in. éincw Miniflry,ya new fianding
ofiice which Chrifty nbtordainedhbuc dcviyfcdb mans
will alone, and introduced by his  will," my éich is
unlawfull upbn prcfuppofall of things dclivcrcd, gnu in

‘part confirmed before.-

    4 This_°fi€edsvifed_by man rohbcxlgmbie qr

ldfcthc

‘.

was 4

ibflicers

h (x7t)* 

ofliécrs-o1'dained by God (if notthe Church alfo )W‘0f‘ .

thofE}’"priviIhcdgVcs whércwith he hath inveflcd them; A-A-yca,

itadvanccthic1_'clfi:_hovcr thcniM,%v§rhi;hq}:_io doc, is injuflicc’

hand ufurpation. A » A h h 4 7
w 3 Itmakeththe Bifhop with his affiflantsiMo7f:o£w:hmco-
’m?v, that is, To bee unwarréintably bufic inothcrmcns
Dloccffe, While as they takchupon them to order matters
C by way of authorhityh ) in other;Churches:hhthe1i their
ownc, which neither by thcmfélvcs‘; nor their C0mmi(fi-
oners doe freely joyne with them inthefame.   V ' «A -V 
< ‘_' 4 By fuch an office ,-the Bifhop1?Tatla:fi~( ifnot his affi-
flants alfo) eithcflr mufi nccds heglcft his owngmkeg
Whilcs hee  "Without: {calling from~God) nccdlcfly L:hu~fics
himfélfc with looking unto other n1e“ns.""0hx‘ elfémufl
commit the caire thcrcof(at 1eafiin‘parn)to othcrsfizlxich
hcflaouldnotdoc.  A A ” “h * ~ ~

in 5 .Alfohthcrhy,althoughhthecohdvition-offah1ih;v7§w.hhh1oth

cminenbmen that: ;c‘ h A. the gremfl bengncfitcs; wwn~dhChar1~y‘
thc‘7gre':1’I:cflrh Cmdit""ht“.;tz¢?GomflMy9‘, I ’”izvhd“ifi Tikclihcmd
may hbccomctthcir ufuallh affiflants ,‘ _and whp(fomc of
them it may hrhbmcjarc :highcnough. h«h‘cady, yet the rcfi of
thc..minifiers (with their ‘Churches ) {hall bcckcpt und;€l.T
the hatchcs‘Pci11,_ their condition in régard of miniflériall
power not being much amended,” V M “ V’ ‘I  A -

, ; f6‘  It will’ l1i’ndcr(at"hIca{tihn pafi)the Bringing in‘ ofthe
“Vtruchgoasregtncmeint cf"Chrifi, ‘and a% perfefi rgformation of
th6‘IChui'ch, now \ivhi1ei.t‘;tiiay h-bedobtcined in all likgzly-»
 which ought: not to be d'one.  ‘ ‘ ‘ A A ” Ah " ‘

 12 me. be ihidgthathhhic  no’newMinifleny,bntan high: A

crdcgrcc of the fame n1ix1iftcrieonc1y,hy¢t( befidcs all 07-:
_ther exceptiéms) thisis as unlawfull as the other. h.I‘7‘_'0«!’r=}I7-
Jmhuhchfas Our" Saviour condcmncs, and ‘forbids 1n hlfi 19117-

A  ; filch " fickizfg and acccEt‘ing'oflprehcmincncc, ‘ofné

AC 1!
‘o {them over another‘ 3*‘ they eihng all‘ ofhthohfamc Officcs
andvfo of cuall power and authority,  Ittlshas

 Vito;   ‘minifierycsiu "uh: {Qhurchg as to
4 I  I B3 mike-1

(  V e A

4 make new degrees ofthe fime nxhfifierie which God had:
A not made;

1'25: dlfa agageragsta m; we

Lei!‘ iz1_p1'oceITe of t"i;me this petite Epifcopaeyd fliotild

“imdcgrees refiorctandgraiffi “P figatttiflfi S116 P3911‘ L0’

ffaid) orie errour nattlr

Erplacy. ‘And that for £h§‘5.f° ..1‘¢afo»nS§ \ -

 3 fiewfl “Are 5.; Beeaute(fupipofing-it»-to.ebe;th unlawful! as aflvréé?  
a I

y begetts another, “and aleifecven

tghrivethinto at greater, till it" co_mc§,toe icsheiglit  J

fulnefle. %  h. e ‘ .   » ~
  The i rather 7 beeaufe fb - t11i§.;.l¢H¢':I.'t EpifCOPfl¢y 3tl_1,f

grcaterflmllifiili  pamho =p0fl7efi5fnn=$ 
‘ may he ” 6% the fooner to recover it felfe againe. d A ‘ ‘ ‘

3. T is Ielrerbcinf adnntted but as an humane ordi- '
3

;nance,da;)1idtyct lawful muff ncedsfircnthezl the etitlefbf
the greater , which is an humane ordinance too. Fdr if
that haveright totbetint the Chturch, Why not‘ this alfo?
And if this bee ~«one1ytrcakfl‘ out becaufi: corruptedinthc
‘manner ofadmienifhution , whyénay, it not returner er a3-

‘ gainer hereafter ?( this degcm.-ra‘t.ing,and for the f5une‘rea—’~

{Q3 ebeinghexpulfcwci  whenrtboikz c¢rrruptiom"_are‘ne?ln0&

4 Andfo much the ri1ore;;~I:afiIy,4 endtvfllingly, 

‘tlumwby the incomming of the greater, in “propriety of V

f ech the Icfler {hall not at allbcthrufl out, or extingui.
ed, but rather by ccrtainttce, degrees {hall be hoyfed up;
and augmented to become the greater.t And for {hall he at
gayner, no loofér by the farmer.  ’  I x 1  g,
'5 Mofl ofall if any of the Iime perfons,t has formerly
have beene greater Bifhops, {hall be ared thins fn1a1}(un.r
lefle grace iinany ofthcm bee wondgrrully predominant)
their owne natural! prideandiambitinn,the~remenmtinhcu
of their former pom c, humour, and care, the confidera-4

tion of their prelent ow ebbe,f yet conceit of  ‘wowgo

t and

 

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and indignity they fhppofii they have received,eth¢

’ m,aITcei.o.f.weaIth. Which1_hav‘c i

  before-hand heaped together, .'thc revengcfull and c*fucl1':
m.inds.i thtir ec,Qntra¢~0redh and mpg eagcufipemede bpldncffg

 ‘W1 fifl=i-itidtrifihfé with i the%‘Trfi%h¥¢..iiibfe’tiHéit fricfidé arid
fhwrites; I fay all thcfe —ren1-a)'nin”gf‘and beiingnclxriihcdi

W in‘

with the hcmeyedeweséof ;tWheii~P«ri‘nices ~if'a\éh*(i*i=1r,L~iiii~fx‘:siiirijll {Cong
emakehthenxto reviveand flcurilh iagaine, .andTimt—hs end"  

perhaps to raife aulew fi01‘meagainf’c their oppofites ( if
not againfi Church and weingdgmeéi tgp _;a;her thengfiwg.

‘ I.‘

V thefto bé unm_.ifédr,‘o,reunrcv¢hg§d;  he he  A» A  i-+4»

.£iN5émle¢ us -tbinimehat iwecanltaike aw c6l1r{§~~4’% m hfmcc

‘ tudihedge  in,*+vthat:*thc5?’{I§a11h‘ 

gaine. For (bcfides all other exceptibns ‘om.
own: expe riencc, but more fully the experience of our
n¢ighbour;nat1on., may. jnfornxe us, theme‘ fu:chicourfci~e

4 C31?  i€ak¢%1i”1With Fhsma‘ W50 iarchaccufloimedew _hreak:-
a V

l§}iz;mr,e 4,  he  yiolateinH_r'%mfi:Tes and:
oat es“, contcmnc al pcnaltxes, and ovcrtopealIM,;;,gi;  
(‘crates at their owne pleafurc, and (againfi all oppo Iti-..
on )7to _c_io,mi~nce;7€ b9\;h_9V¢1'~ Chfltgfh 

‘x7ifej;:lth,;‘;a‘§h “of meexhey eve id9ne,;_untiIl§1i6w,iat M

waxin to W-heavic", they havcbegunne_ to ~f3i1]— J(Lh1gfi,
fed be 0 with their owneixraightl  “ A v V

tofitiqzé.

 

we attqr’ yamomzz afagz piabqfm zp2f;~§pm‘e and

A A ,1; 4%,-gg:l:h:reqf;fz3;4ttbi: time,f¢izi5le cfzoughg
A"  i; if me)?! 6:: mt; muting 4 to tlmmfélzws » M the
,. meam. 

4112-4'['l_”;.” J l" Ecauf: thelfinnc ofthat calling, and offomé:
'    B chicfc crfons in that callin at the lezifl.
“ma now fgcmcfio   vc;growncAum;o:i:s      y  ta
 ullYlriP=»fi'-ifor;t l=l:fick1¢;l   

   

5 1 2 Gbd by his Splrit hath Iong Tfiitrcd up lthelllheagggf
of hié pegplc $0.: _ % % 4 l A
,of, efgccl111Y Oflatc; In a morn, thcn ordinary man-‘-“

— l 3 ~ Yea l,‘ and »rom¢’* for

  erexmge 

A waycs,a_nd are finkingdaily: And W
« done 5 is no hardy: _co

J

 4 Thelruinc ofthc lg:-cat Bifhop 0FRome, by com I13
tation of many learned men, is mere at hand, how t en
fhould thcfc lcflér Biihops be farrc from theirs, who as
Dioccfim Bifhops doc
A , how fllould ‘the   rivu...

lets hold out ; ifthc who Ac bo y fall. how lhould thc

.lbrahchcs Rand? M
5 Yea, they are lfallcn alrgadyin A
at rcmaincs to bc_
God them ‘that which is al-l
V ready

ray for the utfer rcmovall th’ei‘“h!-’

¢ ” V M ‘tollbéllccvgl ancl fhgpc folrllcvl
too 5 wllfchl cann°tb$§9pr¢.vai1e;&hnébcmaxm 4, A  

hold of him, or at the Icafi , with "
1 him. Ifthc maine Sea be dr ed u

ood part many "

  my    
may done : As Ham»: wifefiid to “him,” If ’hJ1ar2Ie‘;.mé‘
bea Jew ,4 before whom thou hafi begun to fall this

I A " 6 A The utter removall of the Prelaiées now, is no grea-
T ger,nor more ndifficnult a works then the Lord hath been:

wont to ‘doe -, No, not then he hath‘ been wont to ‘doe in

_ the like kind : They have beene cafl out of fundry King-

domes and States abroad as now with us, yea, and nearer

home in Scotland: N ay, our felves have had experience
of Gods power, in deliveringus from the authority and

tyranny‘ of"ihe Biflaop of Rome, from the gorbellied

Monkes and Fryars, and the maine body of Popifh fw-
pcrflition and herefie, and what then is this uncircumci-
fed ‘ Philifiine ?  meanethe Epifbopacie Whichiseven
already like Golizzbnoc rayling, vauntingéritiéhting. but;

Wr¢und°d=g5¢wv5M1§g3ws,..'a£,¢hs.§.%9stIn*9*“°

A ' . God feemes of late to ‘bcfiin a vcine ofworkin“ mi-
'rac es, and miracles forus, or wondcrsat the lea V was if
his hand being once in, he could now doe A nothing die:
every day almofi brings forth fome flran ething, _cy,,ery
manwee meet‘ with, can  ‘am: . eveht; as
if-God were about anew creation, and as if the new hea-
vens andtbheaearth were neere at hand; of whichi‘,

I0/an foretelleth. R""U.h . A A , 1
V 8, Yea, the mofl: of thofe wonders whilzh God hath

of late done amongh us , have beene not onely for us,
but alfo againfi them, as direfily tending to theia1‘d0Wn»-A

fall, V and to” the raifing and firengthning of our hopes  

againnft them : Doe wee not fee that God is gone; out 2.-
gainft them, aswa man of warrc, let: us march after A our

Captaine, andin the Name ofthe Lordyvoe  ficfiréya .

them. A

*0 V 9WceV

. WC V1   ' ' \

9’ WCC71T&VC_'tI1:I.t‘3f1‘1f¥ZinC¥C now {mm oLrr_ncighb9,1l~
ring Nation in mofipg; fcggr .fi'fl1‘1‘cfQin1aF1o9"Qdfjnhyg
Church, and utter extupatxon oFEpifcopac1e, 2;; Vinefo-1;=-e.-
mer times we neverihad, and if now negleéted, pcrhhfis
we never {hall have a ga:i*fl€- The A dQ¢,nQW Lpfifitioll, 13 6
fame thing with us, if wee will Joyne ‘Awith .thtm1,i ~¢Wh9
knowe,s oWl1at_fQ1*ce the, united humble; défiire_s,9fM%tw;o
Kningdonaesinitah honefith1iinsé.nnaav have I~ais1!:ai:gr£~%ei.9¢*§r
az1clij't1fiKi11g 9} A .d9i1bI€h‘?h01‘C113“.°:F=‘i gfilyé il7¥~“’£‘¢i~’;‘h.*h-V V

A to. Wee have the Petitionsjofthe m_o1ii¢peop1e%in,q1; A
Kingdonihe, that are bcff affefiéd, daily gogsrrninggfgpn
all  Liartws it were? :i%¥ie1?:°;'%?;.8t¢!%st  it §9MF={;!aB2&o9  
EB ¢°P3Ci¢ 3 why  ‘:4. ‘ Iii 9'“: n59~l"Ta3:FW .3,‘ $2  ., F1‘?Ii WI
nuniber encre,i1(eth ? S;1t» not :of.G.oci, itilatghagtlllit  -
wakened the fpirits of in1éia,J:intiiiiié.cle the ‘d 175 Fboriesvtto
Rand up, yen to“ march forward iinthc fancewof they cneg
mics, armed with open, inke, andpapcr, infiedd of powder
and {hot to pull them clownc.

I1” Wee have the help: ofthis;HonoL1r§1h1e:‘h_i‘_gM,?i

 

rfcmbly 0fPar1iamentaiiiWhofi=  » Pru§1~é,119e=,

-rage 5’ zeajle; théiriiffieéchés, Taxi ‘ a

‘\I\ A r¢’“:-
A \\ nnt‘”iIiéfinéc“t
ting, 'th£'iI"1fCadinCfl_?': to accept Pet'1tionsL§ t;of:hea,regrie»s
vaucesg to ball Ede advicc;3Cc.' in fzixidifr of'RéIi7gJioAh;,a§n‘cI
the Gofpeh and good of the Church, doe all flill invite us
to purfue all‘ honefi and juft requ’efis without biaife dc»-

  

“ffiaire.  

I2fAnd which his (dhncfec the power and"goouincJiT,c 
God) the greatefi advantage of all the ref’: , houipdread
Soveraigne his native goodnefle and jufli.ce,_l together;
with his prefentmofi gratious concurrence withthem,

yand~incouragi~ng of them in their piroeeedings hitherto,
In this great Worke of Pxeformation" of the Ctiurch ; ,and; A

rcdreflédofthe common wealth. But fixgpofc that fomei
. n A r 4 of ““

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  <“'r7r).
of the I?yarIian1ent men and others otherwife eminent in
Kingdome were a 'S yetof aecontrary mindc,
beleeve they arernot formany as is pretended,‘ nor would
bee {'0 many as they are, if‘it were not for fame fafl
('tl1o":gI'; pecrlmpsl fecret) friezgdstof p

though I A

Witt EPiFC0PaCY-  

Me-t i_tt"vdre «cvo'u1'd”t1~t-pciitrof hlfinne and§:eke:1;c~Lo:-d, and .

;V-i-a,m;¢n;m.b1y‘com~pl~a'inea,randht1mb}yfl1e to them , .émd
bygqg £ontrth,ou1~ £‘trong:;i+eafo1ir9rr tog .~.cornvi”ncen them 3; and
i_ve,1Erge_ _23_dvieeé_to xlcounfell then1~,rr_ -who can ‘téffl how
E  A finch. are are 110w ;1ve11fi:,and; icéflvofitc iinhis’ _-bflufi..
ne-fl‘~é Lxiiéjr beéonie f?nv;oréb1e**na*y .éo’r%h 1511 and zealous in

v

“ 13 And afiaine fuppofe there were Iefl'e hope in refpefl:
of meaneswan otherxvi1e,thenindeede there is, {o that in
“t'113t%1‘¢gCt‘t*df we fliould be diffwaded from enterp;-ifing any
thirng, i yet coj1fide‘ring‘ on the one fide what God is able
tordtoe, and ha7t‘l1 beenewbxatto doe in an exigent for his”
people, fa7nd«o11rrt11e other fide the defpcrvattccondicipxye
that all of use are who have appeared in this holy’
warre agzginfi the Bifhcfips otfice,  y ea and alfo A offuch as
hgtwehot :-Lp”pe'ared For tl1en13..~(Foer~if7‘they‘get the vi€’cory

Wee are fure to fuffer n1or»e}‘hrot1gh theit*ircFuHand re-

1! vextgefiall ’:mirneI=srhez*e;{fter then hitherto) that iftrrwehrhwill

g

feaxéet. V ‘ ’

not, or cannot at.~::en1pt*' any thin

 with hope , ye: wee
mhvywfieit it l'c_:ai’c through A “ ‘A  M ‘

War! A

Q.

Po;/itiou 6.

.,—.———x

mere (here at Church ‘coizernehzéhtpartlmlarly ah;

oiiited‘ 5):“ God hat that thcflmzewcrc altogether ' 

rt  (10 the tchurehex hdifcretionflet were the Prep.
hyterian gavverncmezst the mlm to he: chofergthen
, the mo]! emade]rafe_hEpzfi‘a1g4cyV that my 6:: id:-vi:
fig. fl            e ,

’ 0

 A Orthe better gkecpiinghout of the A veatcr
A " V ' A Ffipifmpacy, and all the mifchiefes t ereof;
( If God would be fo mercifull that the fame might be

removed ) I161} it {hould by Edegrees windci it fclfc in

againe.  

:2. To prevent a vafitixhipatrity of the Miniflerie both

‘in power and wealthywhereby clfé, it will neceflhrily M

follow, that of thofé that are of the fame calling, lear-
ning and paints, Sac. A it-yet  {hall   y ( the

Apoflle faith) and others drunk:-," fomc {ha beLords,

others {hall bee as vaflhlls tothem : which is both againfte

reafon and religion tdo, *

3 To prevent the better all corruption in governcmcnt;
whenttit is in many equalls, rather then in one chiefe ,

and the moderator is chotfén from time to time anew,

then to be one and the fame continually, and that during

life. I it . “

4 AF or the better welfare of the flocke, efpeciall that

 part of which theBi{hop haththc cure; which ythis

_ meanest

   

meIa"nest elfc will ‘bet negleaod, add tbewor V

:0? pr?-acll? V

ing will be: laid afidc, orllelfe turned ovgr to the curat, A

whiles the Bifltopthimfclfc attends to ruling, and that of
other Churches then his owned, asa more honourable im.

’ ploymcnt, Which opinion and praetifc hath been: one

grcat'meaLncs to cgure, and colour to excuf: our Lordly
and idlcPrelatcs. i t

5. For hatter commoderation and correfplondcnce
with other ofthe belt reformed Chllrclfes (who embrace
the pure Presbytery, rather then the fame mixed with a
little Epifcopacy ) and [0 cm; greliater unity and fimitx
with than t W ” l ~ -

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