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PETITION

FOR THE

  P BRR§YI;!,}J£E3

Vvhercin you have thefe pleas for
Przlacy,difcuflcd, and aufvvcrcd.

'2. The pretended Antiquity of Preface).-
.2. T he qmtlit} of fame men who have hint Prelatet, 4: Mar.
tjrt and Champion: for the Truth.
.3 , The pretended-peaceahle and prgfpereue time: we hate: hed
-weder Pralatiaell Government. '1 '
 The ofence that nutn}arefaid,wilIt4k_e,4t the ahelijhing
efit.
5. The pretended univerfloll 4&3]? of the Chrifiian world.
#6. The pretended ftetahleet e of it to the policy of their State.
7. The pretended difltgreeing effuchpvha defire another G o.
vernaent.
~8.‘The continuance ofitfer amm]Age: without an] eltmztionl
.9. Sez/erallargmnente to [heme the vnlawfnlnefle eff:-elae].

E x o p 3 1. ;,6. T
"If the fcrvant {hall fay,I love my Mallcr,I will not
fgoe out free : Then,his Ma Peer {hall bring him to the
dore-poll, and ‘(hall bore his Eare through with an
Awle,and he ‘(hall ferve him for ever.

Printed in the ycarc: M D C X I. I.

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-  7*a2i1!«[23et_ne‘."notht'ng flrange , that oct-
j ~ _ miafl ‘fa? “many ‘Petitions agazttfl
 .;’/fl   _P1'-clacy,-~ from all the part: of the
"  ; : .1<_;gaome ,’-‘fame one [boa/d fet
T ' "  Wforthgand appetaref-lor.z"t ‘5 .' -zfpge con.
ficler, how many Papifts_ Md Po‘pi‘fhly4affc'&cd
A for many yeares fauna’ peace and eafe -vncler the
jhaddotv thereof: How many memhers of the Prav-
   laticall Hierarchy doe feele their Founa’atz'on$*
‘   lhahee. t-4”é.th€i?-:1¥q’€‘;. 5141614 5 a tH’,’P’. .c”"‘.‘”1
I 1 VV'oi7ldly-fnen ‘daefeare the yohe of (‘huff , and
' flaunne to he hrottqht vnder the oheolience of ‘the
gafpel! 5 WM how many there he that aremtjta-
ken with the conceit of the externaflpontpe a”dg/0-
eyofthe Church ,' of the governzng of the Church
h} the rule: of humane-policy , ana’ of the clan-
gets which may enfae zpon alterations. Wee know
‘that even Baal had the men of the Cit] who pleaded
fofhim : ‘That cztrfed Icrichofimfld d'L‘07’7' W175
' Hie] the Bethelite : That many cryed out, great is
V _ Diana ;and that the mine of Babylon,a1t Oflghl 4
matter of Halela ‘ah to ihefgodty, Whvéjmdfl 1: '13:!
the hloucl of‘Prop ets,anda Saznts,t: eazaz e' 
lamented hy the Marchari/tls ofthe Earthywd ./ “E I’:
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  as L53 1:’-ved deliciaufly ma be5r.T/we Prélaty was

of lategranme to fat}: Cjreame e in tbi;Ki}zgdame,
that it were a wonder, if 1'; aaldizot finifome to

up-bald it 5 zmdyet to furl: [nfdem-y,tImt it men 5;
;po72der,z'fat this op,9ortanit},it [bauld notfafl. Wee

doefor our partsfinde oarfélve: éaaizd ', _ 50th to
mzme, amlczz/1-vpaizaflmen to éeniife, and to o5-
ferve the zvoizdérfefl zparke of'§od,' left bappilj they

éefbundfigbtingagainjl Gad  andalfi; to remove V

fiaméliiflg blacks out of the way‘, ,tbat the peak: he
not.bii2a’ered or difcauraggd iIzprayig% and 
tianiizg for 4 ‘lvfbrmation ,_ which 1'4‘ all that Q
cimtd at, £3 tbajéfbllowing gages, 5 % ' 

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  THE h
PRE LAT ICALL
WET; Tf03\(,

M    TO THE h ~
HONOR ABLE.
~ THE t
Qtigbts, Gtigcnt, (9*c,'

The hmtzéle ‘Petition of; at,

H um 31?’. Sfifzvv I-fa. t

' '-   A1‘ whereas there bath of

  " late at-Petition fubfcribcd by.
";t;1 I  many ( who pretend to be
M V Inhabitants of this City) bin
dtIi‘vcrcd,rtceivcd,and read in this HONORA-

 

mu; Houjiagainfi the 4nc:.a;tt,prej2nt,and by 

Law t cflabliflmcd Covcrnmcne of the
Chutch,and that not fo much for the Re-
formation of Bifltopmas for the utter Tub».

v-crfion and extirpation bf.Epifcopacyit.
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felfetwe whole names beuncler rewritten;
to lhew there be many, and thofe‘ of the
better fort of the lnhabitantswof this city,
otherwife and better mjnded,d»o“hunibl _
reprefent unto this Honourable Houle,
thefe confiderations following,

I, That Epifcopacy is as ancient as
Chrifiianity it Ielfein thisllgingdotne, A
;iI_.That Bifhops,’werAc the chiefe in litu-
ments in the“ - Reformation of this
Church againfi Popery, and afteLrwards
the molt eminent Martyrs for the’ ‘Prate-'
{lam Religiamand fince,thc bell and ablcfl:
Champions for the defence of it.

’ Ill. That fince,the Reformationghe
times have bin very peaeeable,happy,and
glorious,notwith (landing Epifcopellgoér
vernmentin the Church, and therefore
that this government can be no caufe of
our‘unhappineITe. “ ' I

IV» We conceive, that not onely many leer-3
ned,but divers other Godly perjgns would
be much -lficandalled and troubled in
Confctencc, if the government of Eptfcp my
cmm'v_ed by them to be an A poliolical in-4
ll.Ltu€10n,zv:re altercdiqrni/inc: r/jgre isfo much

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care m]:en,that no mmvflaould bee ofended
int/ie /eaflceremonfiwc hope there willbc
fomc,thac {uch mcns Confcienee: may not
bcp1=c{{?:d upo.n,in amattcrb of an higher

nature 'aad confcqucncqcf pcciall y confi-

; dcring that this gm/crnmcnt by Epifco-

pacy,is‘not,oneIy'lavvfulland convenient
for ccliHcation,but likcwifc {marble and :-
greeable to the Civil! policy andGoVecr—n-_-A
men: of:thisié.Sratc.~~ e b «

V. Thatthisgovcrnmcnteis l‘awfull,b it
appcarcs by the immcd1atc,‘un.1v'cr{all and
confiant prezfhee 0/all the C/Jrzgzezn World
gnoundedvpon.Scrip£ure,from t c Apofllcs
timcxofl Ihislaflr Age -, for above 1 500,

gate: tagetbegitl bcigg uitcrlyh iizcrcgiiblcg
1.,no,ti o 1 c,.t acncw 0 cc urc "
ferfolgbg a :imc,{hould not difcovcr by
God: word this government to be unlaw-
efull,ifit;had bin (0 : To which may bcc

added, that the mofilearncd Pfotcfianrs _

even in thofc very Cburchcs.vvhic—b now
arc notgovcrncd by Bifheps , doc not
only hold tbc government by Epifcopacy
to belawfull, but with» that they them-b
{elves might injoy it, _ b

Again}-

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Againe, that the Government 9} Epgfcopacj
is not onely lawfull, but convenient for
Edification, or as much,or more condu-
cing toPiety and devotion then anyether
it appearcs, becaufe na modcfl men denya: that

m'1:primz'ti"ue none: were mofifamousfar Pie- A

y, C anflzng, and Perfcrmmnce ifl tbe Fdifib,
notwithfiandingaméefrequent L6: mom
crudl perfe cutions, then ermr have been

fince, and yet it is confeifed, that the

Church in thofe times was govertfd by
Bifhops. ’
Laltly : That the Government of the

* Church by E ifCOP2Cy>iS mofi futahle ta

fa great analteramu, and venturing up-

the frame an form ofths Civill govern-
ment here in this Kin dome, itappcarcs
by the happy écflouri ing unionof them
both,for to long a time togethengwheras
no man can give usanrafl'uranee,how any
Church government hefides this (wheref
we have had To long an experience.) will
{u it: and agree with the Cirvi/I policy of this
State : And we conceive it may he of
datngeroas coiffcquence, for men of fgtlcd
Farm.-m to bag; ml tbcir efizter, 5) making

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‘5ii;3t:tiew- forme of cov¢ramém;wbereot
neither _we,nor ouraancefirors have had any
try.all,or experience gefpccially confidcring
that»tho{e,vv,ho would have Epifcopacy to
be aboliflaed, have not yet agreed, not (as

a weare verily per{waded)ever will orcan .1-

gree upon any-other " ommon formeof
govern ment tofncceed tn the meme of it,
as appearcs by the many diiferenteand con,
trary draughts , iand"pilat_formes they have
made and publilhed , according to the {e-
verall humogs and fe<?cs ofthofe that made
thcm,vsz_hereas,{ceing every great alteration‘
in _a Church 01: State, mull needs be dange-

rous, it isejnlt and reafonablre that vvliofoeé -

cover would introduce a new formc in Read
ofan old ronejhould be obliged to demon?

, firateand make it evidently appeare afore-

hand : ‘that.th°e Govicrntnent hoevivould in-_
troduce, is proportionably [0 much better,
then that he would abolifla, as may recom-
penjeethc loffe we may fuflainc, '85 may be
worthy of the hazard we muftrun, in abo-.

liflaing-the one, and in introducing and for-i F

iing ofthe, other. But this we are confidcnt~
will never bee done, in regardof this partia-
cular, B And

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And therefore our humble and earnefi re:
queft to this Honourable baufe is, that aswell
in this confideration, as all the other afore-y
faid, we may Pull injoy that Government,
which moft probably holds its inflitution
from the Apofl1'e:,6t molt certainly its plan-
tation with our Cbgjfiian faith it jé/fa in this
Kingtlome,where it hath ever {ince flouri-y
{had and continued for many ages,without

any interruption or alteration, whereby it ’
s Elainly appearegthat as it is themoft excel-l

nt government in it {elfe ’: {o it is the mall:
fittable, moi’: agreeable-,'& every vvay«mol’t
proportionable to the Civil! conllitutions
and temper of this State : and therefore we
pray and hope will alwaies be_‘coatinu'¢d,_8¢
prefervecl in it and by it, notwithfiaindingt
the abufes and corruptions,vvhich in lo-
long trad: of time through the errors or ne-
gligence of men,have crept into it, -which-
abufes and corruption: beeing allof them
(what and how many {oever they may be)
but metrely accidentall to Epifcopacy ;_we
conceive and hope, there may be a Refor-
mation of the one, without deltruétion of
the other, ‘which is the humble Suit of etc.

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THE  
P ET I T I O N
FOR THE TREL/i'TESi
Briefly Examined.

EB whof e names are under-
written, to flmv there ée
man} and t/Iofe of tbe éet-
terfbrt aftbe Ifl/Jaéitaizfis
oftbit (.‘itie,otherm'fe and
eéctter minded, doe bumél}
reprefe/2t zgizto this“ H oI2ovt‘~
méle H oufe , thefe Confi-
demtiozzs. %
How much better thefe Petitioners are than
the former, let not their own judgements, but
their work determine. \/Vee will not examine

 

their mindes, what they think, but their confide- '

rations, what they puhlilh, which are:
1 . T/mt €_pz'fcapzm'e if :14’ amt’:-22t,a».r CI2rz'flz'zmz't-ie
itfelfe in tbzir Ki27ga’ome. L ‘ '
This is a confideration
farre about mull wee goe to Iearch all antiquitie,
before the flrengthiof this confiderati-on Cancome
‘ B 2 to

to gaine time by, how

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Anf.

Pet.

Anfi IQ

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in an. i4fi1_¢»_.s '.-The irnofii f  way~of de-3

tertnining, is to god’ tothat whiel1:.is_;n_o{tancie11t,
ethecertaine 1Hf&ll1blC‘l’ulC; ‘ " [   G’ V
2 ~ Hiftory tells us , that Chriitianitie came into

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D‘ Bmmnm England by S imoiz Z el0te5,and Iofepb ofArz°rmztkezz,,

an simoma who l1V€d in the times" of penning that Scrip-
Zeloten ve- '

‘We. Nmeb. Lture , which milfi be the rule of our Cl‘lI:I1'Cl1 go-

;,,_, 4_ vernment; put us not off therefore with the tuft

p at» Atina.

.fib"'W » I°f¢ of«yot_1r~antiqu1tie, hut giveus the gold. of divine
tbeufeuzi truth’ H i  i" ' i ‘ ‘

pbuinae ,4»   i t '* V ~"
Dar».

poflola 6pc/2 di/fvérfionem ex Galii: ‘in Brita;niam  2]}: ciircaienuum
3

. Eulqa Iota citcfuz ten are 1'': £12: te-nix Eoflrimm Cbrifli tmdidije ,
Bela ex A P I ,

akiovnu

liq’: quibufdam scriptwibxc pm: qgao; er Gilda»: nominat, afervergtp
(VII, Hing 503.1, 1.0.1-6 a'cazt; I‘. Vt.-xo¢.’xo".f;i1‘ ‘.’- :;‘sf""b‘ 
I . - “ y '. ’:-   fv:-:3  ‘i. .,.,; 

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3 I f wherefoever nlendbfiiisgmi  ell Eoffiilifiofii 
the Hiflory of Antiquitie’, --yotI_b'ring3'i’t to‘ 
the law fulneffe of your Biihops‘  Cofitrovetfig,

. you abufe the Reader; for: we lay that 3ifIiQp${ili-- A

iced are‘ anéie‘nt,; but fueh  ;~;h_¢;_ 
tures fpeake of, namely; 
Nm. Hifl. Congregations. St.‘1’zztW€1’ in his time had”fou’fi‘-
Butt. ‘ ‘

tied in Jrelafzd three-hundred fixty five Chur''ches,. \

Eu/3%’. " andordeined to many Bifhops. €afe&z'm tells 135 x

‘_ “_ ofonc Soticu5,.Bifl’10p of the Village of Commi-
1-p,.4,;.,,., 4, Had; Tfxeozloret of Mares Bifho of a finafltowne
gm“;-,,,,,;,, Called Solicbd 5 .7970?” of  epim‘ ‘Bi'{h®p'Of a
 ' -{mall tOVV!1cin_%f7'i¢’¢. What an'ti&}1Iit.ie relates
concerning the government of C hurches within
themfelvcs, and how fmaller Churches in villages

came to be under the power of Paflors of greater
‘Churches-in_ Cities, is very obfervable. Thusgwg

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'-frdfi whence the light-of the: Gofpell rpmng to

 But this cuflome afterwards grew to 212:” "9' "‘

 

i (9 ) e ~ i V e- that fare tum
   Ofthe (3l‘l11I'§ll€S-W35 um Pafiti, 5“
11k“ A-that   one7laody,.Wherc   Ecclefii: flout
togetler, and are helpfull eachto other : hence we  :"
have l'o'many'E-piltles of Churches and Teaclxers ubi ompga mi:
wmto-.otl1ers, which came neither front fub)eCti- ‘:;”rPff;:::"".
on or authoritie, but from love and d€fiI‘€ Of Cdi- I.;e;£},},4;, 1,,-Z:
fying‘; i but .be'c'aufe the light oftliet G01.‘ p¢.11z;fet up [unit to! li_::pz‘-
in {ome one Citie, by little and little did inii hten Scfiirmuz
the lellier Townes adjacent, therefoije thcgfe htir— doaionzad azi-
chcs- did acknowledge and reverence that Cirie, 
 28 their Mother 3 31-Id diclconliult Wlyththc qitadam profi-'
:0iflice'r‘s' thereof in controverfies. and ‘things pé‘r— 
taining t6 the Church 5 andif any thing were not edificfidi flu a
well done, they did admonifh and freely rebuke dio-29"; W‘
pne 'an'<1rher-,-,‘and- friendly fubjeét each to other. :94 m;:“:,'
frhpjé that -y,exce1d- in gifts Lordedt it not over 0- liqua Civitate

‘theirs, but  unto them’ shut thofe Ch’ur- “W/3» PW-

atim vicinu

:aug*h:;»wcrc~ ofgi-cat efieeme and honored acco‘r-" dale i.W~im'

‘LEVY; 25    NlC€‘He (301.11.-1'K-‘I'll: Wh€rC cc'c2lee§iaz:/ftlaulztiu
fome Chui-ch'es,.‘with'rheir Bi'{hops,are'made fub- gray: ,r1;v??70r.es‘_
je& by aLaw, anclcornpeld to obey {73me_otl1ei:,:‘t‘e‘ g_‘c’oI;'_¢.
one Church and her Bilhop. And in this agegflaarta i}7fi_g_-
namely the fecond Century, the Story fayth, It 
cannot be lhevved by the teftimony of any app1‘O- qmfi cozomue

ved Author,and that of for many Churchesas were Cbriflim 49'.

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planted by the «.Ap0ltles,. any one did arrogatc fi1- ,;’e‘§ff”§ft§,,f
I '.  fie qwfiflr

mun agnoficbant, 5:; «pm gogfimido just: _1gerbu.m D95 tab/ervata, boo fccuj
14 ca’ feguenfi in Jegem aims»: in Nlceno conczho.a’.c_.Magd;burg. Cent. 1 . c.7-

B 3, periority

mi!‘/kbjeiiiioxe i

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jperiority over others, . bydivine or 
authoritie, neither (Kiel other Chmches acknow-

- ledge,or honor anyone of them as fupei-101', wlzgfe
Bifhopihould have power to appoint C€'1‘Cm0~.

nies or make Decrees, to which all ihouldbe

qt - The Conflitmion of Diocefan Bifhops in Eng.
land, was firftvin imitation of the Heafhens, who

had, their Arch-Plamins, and Flamins, in fiead

. whcreofthat the Chriilians might gaine the e to
:hi};i:a‘§§;;,_ their Raeli-gion; the Scare of the Arch-Flam’ W Of
Pbig. when L05fld072, TOT‘,  

“"’:‘{‘t;‘§'."" feas of three Archbiihops, and of the Flamins in.-
‘ « - to the-Jess ofiiiflmo

ps: iand one ‘Z3:-vatm Bifhop of
Wilzthcfler, -had allsthe‘ poifefifions‘ of the Pagani-

Flaminsfiven twelve iniles compaiie round about
the C itie con '

which were conteined thisrty-two Villages;
_ 5 _ The Chrifi
fe‘;"“’I "1"" up_ of_ many Pa.ri{‘hes,till-the yearcii 67.25 ‘Pblidofé
' '4 '9' V trgzl teftifiess therefore 1-)ioceiEt'n Bifhops can-
not
Suppofe Bilhopswere fo ancient, as you pre-
Yfllda yet they may be Antichrifhan, becaufe the
Scripture tellsus, that Antichrift began toivork
in the Apollles time.   , ‘ ' V p
p,;, 2, T hat Bifhaps were the chief: izzffruwnerztsj in
  the refornptat-z°a22 of the Church agdiqfl Popery.
An/. 1. That fame good men fhould /not fee theevill
of Epifcopacy in the darknefle ofPopery,it is no
marvaile.

If their places were therefore good, becaufc the

' FUCK

er, were changeti into the

erd upon him and his Clergie,‘ int

ian world knew no Diocefes 

fo ancient as Chriliianirie in Eizgland.) I A

ifien  inflzrumcnts of rcforniatibng  now”
their places :are‘ naught; becaufe they are Inlets,
and =inftruments of fo much corrupting Innova-
tion.   c T i I

‘Moi! of the Biflttops then were the'_' chiefe‘ hin-
derers of the reformation,‘ witnefle A/Iartizz Batter
in a {beech of his to King E dmard, Your Majeltie

. (faitl1he)doth fee, that this refioring againe the

r few among them which doejunderfiatid t‘he"power de

Kin dome of Chrilhwhiclrwe .require,yea, which _
the alvation ofus all requireth,tnay in no wife be
expected to come of theBifl_1ops,feei’ng rherebe To

Alartya Bubceg
. . . , O C rt-
and proper offices'rao=f this Kmgdome,and very ma« ,2,'_'i‘,gi . ;. 1,

ny of them by all meanes (which pofliblyp they
can and dare) either oppofe thenrfelves againfl: it, A
or defer and hinder it-' to
I-I'ad'not King Eabard, though young,‘ -let his 4
heart for Reformation more thznthe’befl~of the
Bifhopsgit had never proceeded fo Parre as it did,
wI'1en‘=Cr4nmer and ‘Kid/e} prelled him to permit
his Sifler the Lady» diary to have Maire ‘in her
hou{;._._, the King .’havin§- heard‘ what they could
fi1y,a1‘éply'ed out of~the- . criptu_res pfo fully , that
they were inforeed to give placeto his replication,
and grant the fame to be true. Then they ‘after
long debating with his Ma}el1ie in this manner, ,
lhboured politiquely in another fort, and alledged
Wfiatdallgers the denying thereof might bringto»
his GI‘3C€a ‘What breach of amitie on the B‘ti1pe- ‘_
tours part, what troubles, what unkindnefles, and
what occafionsj fundry; vvayes it would inforce so
unt-o whom-the King anfwered , willing them to
~‘ con~

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. (m) s '
coatene-ithemfelves, for he wvouldg-iie efiig},~:fpe1a£v
his life, and - a-ll hehad, _£.ather than to -agree ‘arid?’
grant- to that hee-knewatobe agam&:mecru:h..,=
The which when the Bifhops heard, notvvithfianii
ding'th‘ey urged him fiil1=to:    i’vou1d:bty
no .meanes~have his nay. .-T ' — the  Kain V
feeingtlxeir infportunate fuité, in the ;*end his~ten- i
der heért burfling out into bitter weepin’g and

I fobhing, he defired them to be content, 3 iwhereét
f3§j‘Ej,'.'g; the._Bi-11rnops_Wept;as',£?a11-as1_1e_,- end aolmowlcdg ,-
P.6 ; 3 , edit.’ the good King had more Divinity in his litt-fefiné -
153% i get, than they had in their bodies. ,- e  ~ 

Pet. 4 3., 'BiflJops wer‘:‘e.nnp ieminegt €Jl!_Izz;7t}_r:«.‘- i :
A»/. 1. Qftnany Bi(_’h'ops ‘_there.:.w.eré fonieefiuya-Mar4:
s ‘ ryrs, but-Wh3.t'Bi{h0ps,werc.theyei-2 _,L<zm'r&6”V’VPOn.«

theeomming forth ofthe‘fixe'»’.i~Art7iCles in ?Kin ‘

He???) the eight his time,  Freely; and -of his mm
o accord , reflgne his -Bifhoprkrk, and wl1_enhe~:

ofi"his Rocket, ‘»fLldd§IIJzy7.‘  for  ~ ' 

ling his flaeulders‘ fo nghv; (as he
faid) of f0 heavi'e a burden,- and’ gBoried*ihttl1jci-

title of a fggandarn. H ooper was ,an0ther§‘*and heel .

dc Horprra. ncffe eit   -1* to odifcha " him ofthe~Bifl*1o'pfick,b'b;
elfle to difpence with‘-Eim of fuch--Cerenioniall ‘or-‘

5?;/1,0 ,0-,3 ders, as were required of lu'm. "A11_§)_sConte'rns' k ,

Ed». 5. Ceremonies, ,he'fait_h thus; Behold Iiow'fe3rfu1l_
a thing it is ,.- thou h the intent be never fo good,’
even to adorne and eautifieithe Infiituti-ons~,"'De-
crees, and Ordinances of God, withany device of
man , without. the appointnment, of ,God' in his’
VVord 5 yea,'n: is no leffe s abominable in tlierfighttg

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t>f'God,f theni-F 2 man Ihoulci acettfe him: oi~'i:gno.."’
‘ranccand fooliflsnefle. Speaking of the Supp}:-1-s¢,,,, gm,
of the L6rd,h‘e faith,T he outward- preparanigni phg rim; ‘
more fimple it is, the bctterit is, and the nearer ‘
the Itrfiicution of Chtifl and his Apoil-les. Ifyou
have Bread, Wine, a Table, and a fair: T able.
doth, beenot follicitous and carefiall for the ref},
feeing they are things brought in, not by Chrifi,
hutby Popes. He alfo fpeaketh expreifelyl againfl 5¢rm._Ii.Itpon
-kneeling at the Lords Supper, the Surpleffe, wit1i7""“"'    
all the i monuments, tokens, and. leavingss of Pa» Sérm-3. andfn
pifiry, and that Excommunication ihould not bee  °£
doneby the Bifhops alone, but by the Biihopmnd comxixand‘..
al*lthePari{h. ,  
‘ Ridle} alfo, when they put on. his Epifcopallllv-T016014
robes for his degradation, he vehemently inveigh»  
ed agguhfl that afiarcll-, calling it fooliih and'abo-‘-
minablc,ye1.too l'Eiif01'.a‘V;iCc inta play.

Biihop F4: m was another Martyr, and he was Mm» mu;
Ii) fbrongly fet againfttheir fuperflitious Ceremo-
nics,thztthey"macler'ar1.atricleagai11fl him for refit» ‘

A «:to»weanzwf re‘ .n  , s

filizgvuae  a;:§mm thatwere Martyrs,
cxccptfluavnar, and you fee what manner of men

‘theft wenqancl bythat little mile of their nontcon.
fimnity, . youmay-judgerh . -would have bceneas
forward‘ to the work of Re ormation asany. other,
halciizélley liveclfimin tlhgfe times. . . .

' '0mt'LBi is i M8 the: ' ..

neife ofrhei”tpk?ca;. tiigetl a§ey;?31 ikingg°;Jn V a

- {ecutorsofthc Mattyns;,aeB1qvrrat1ai=Gaa4aap-;.ar;

gucsth¢cvill.ofithm.plancs. ,
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3' ' Ifyouaccount fo highly of   t1ic»te’l’cimony of I

Martyrs -, heare what that famous. Malrtyr"/tht

;4a.ou1am. Lord Coélmm in Hair. 5 ~his—.time, faith, that

11;; §_'e‘m' t'he‘Pope is the great head of Ant‘ichrifi,the“Pri€f’t5

and Prelatesi anti Monkes the body, and, Friars-the

Pet. . yr: Andfirza were the hfl Cbamprllli.  ,tb£tf€-
fiuceafit. ' '. '~  . -   
'4»/2;. The rnoih ‘f2l'f!0U9r Charnpionsswe have had,-in

, ” " ' England for the truth, have  as have Ci!-
ther beene fully aegainfi Bifl‘lOp$,-~’.01' tha_t*havcrheld
Prcsbyters and Biflxops to be all one.  ‘ . r
Cit.=d°”‘ °‘b Doétor Isamc: was condemned for fayingrhus,
Xifiiféiny I will never beleeve, nor can ever bele_eve,that one

2;’; §cgc::%R¢. "may-l:'>ythe Law of God be Bifhop of two or three

,,,,,-,,,m,_ S ,6 Cities, yea of a whole Countrey; for that is con-

trary to the doétrine of 8. E4141, whowritingunito
Tim, comimandeth that. he fhould ordaine a Bi-
ibop-in every Towne.. . 1 _ e

- Mafier ‘1‘ind.¢flin=his *booke‘of- the obedience of

aChri{tian man, pag. 1:4. faith, As thou canit
heale no difeafe, except thou begin at the root, {'0
canll thou preach againfi no mifchiefe,except thou
begin at the Bifhops. Moreover, in his defence of
the Englifh tranflation, he faith, Thefe over—feers
which now we call Bifhops, after the Greek word,
were alwayes abiding in one place, to governcthe
Congregation there. r

‘ Doctor Rcyvaldr, as reat a Champion for the
»truth, as any of the Pr tcs, in his Letter to Sir

Fruit? Ktmvler, re uiring his rcfolution, whe-
ther the authority Biihops have amongft .  bee

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Gods owne ordinance, anfwereth negatively, and
.provct_h.,at large, by Writers old and new, that the \
now Archbiiho Doctor Banmft was in an errour
. preaching ot erwif . . to y _

‘l »Do§tpr,1='_:dke againft the Rhemifls upon Tim:
the; 1. , gaaifinneth, that albeit for order and {cem-
.vIy government, there was alwayes one principal],
to whomby lon ufe of the Church the name Bi-
fhopwas apply: -,yet in the Scripture a Bifhop 

- a1rElder,isof one, order and authority.

5' v -

r - Doétor W’/Il't!Jk€ff1l1 his anfwer to Campiaéi his Rem-4 CM!-
tcn reafons, fayes, thatjare dz’«uz‘:zo,~a 1)r¢51,yt¢',- and I °-WA
Brfhop 3¥€.:-bofih 0p€,2}I_1d_if »Acri:a were an heretilce
fog fayging.fo',Ie(9?7I¢. C€F§3il3'1YtW3$ a; kin to the fame
eherefie._y_~-_r A .v  Q
. , eWee m'ight_-produce, manyothers, as Do€tQ'.r‘
Hampbr} Hal14nd,§q4w_n,y Bale, _Fax,; Bradfofdfind
others, which ofneceflity we forbeare, to prcyzetit
«ted,iou,fne£fe,f O.nely one who himfelfe  Bi‘.
;{_h9_p,- and one of the chiefe Champioqsggiéinft
.P-apills, yet acknowledged Epitl'copac_y1not to be
by divine right-, for citingaplacelout of 4:)flin,
or aflirming that they oflicc of a Bifhop is above the
;olficc o’t_q,Pfie&_, after the names of honour which a
the cuflome of the Church hath now attained,
hee addes himfelfe, but not by the authority olrtwadafinze,
the Scripture; where alfo he contents to tl1at’.of'f’-‘-‘-3-“*1
Jerome , Let Biihops eunderflantl , that they are WM’
aboy‘e Priefls, rather ofcuftome, than ofanytrutllr
-or rigl1t.ofyChrills Infiitution ; and thjsrh_e_doth in
.o;_apofitton~ to. Harding. ,\ pleading filpcriority of
'B1fh°pS’ " 1.‘ ;.  V  ".   '.'.'- ;'}:_}a: =3‘ 3;-
-- -i .-. .; i ~ t lC 2. 5.‘.S’z;::e_

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5 . Since t}£r'.R efvrfizafivfi  fiflfl. 54116 53644? W’

.7 pmewe. mpg, 4»dg1vriov¢,ew0Mf¢”1Mdi#g;F*
fr/i:ppa_I/g0u£rlm3etf‘.'    - -’ * '

Towhon) have the ti_I)§I_CjS,b<°€t':€_fO 4.’ Indeeclfiié —
» _ll10f3$‘3hd_ their Creatures  in. V
. but how many
Miniflershave been eafi Outfrom all their-trreaneis -

-. l3°mP?9
hundreds of i faithlittll ‘laborious
_ of livelihood, themfelves and,thei_r familieslput to

.» lamentable extremitliesf -how many havebefen im-

rifoned and broughbto untimely ends there i.’
glow many have beetle driven otit of flieiriagarc
Countrey 1' What re roaches -and comemp: hath
beene call upon tho e that remaine *3 no reformed
Church in all the world can  «fitch lamenta-
ble miferies, that their M inifiers and people have
beetle put unto for  Confciences, and that in
things of as low a nature, asjn England caggg bi-¢

  lbewed. «

For that grofperity wee have had, ; no thanltés
‘=0 335096; _ the lower Biflaops wcmgas in Qgeen
Ehzéttbs time, the greater w_as.,our profpegjzy .,
But fince the Bilhops cw to that height (the 4
were lately in) out profiictity hath beene as muc
lelfcned ; witneffe tlieelamentableu complaints and
out-eryes ‘of the whole Kingdomce agaiafttlxc
miferies caufed bytthem 5, If the lower they were,
the more profpcrous we were, then if _ they were
riot at all, we may very well expe& more prolpe-
nty than ever. . .
, This Argument ofprof my is the fame,-that
Heathetts brought againfl hrifiians, one 5‘]umM-
{by agamlt whom Prudengau writ an, giiige to
- to o an

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nawfm Tl'fC"E1iflpc1‘B1‘J1f, ufed tliié argfimerat 

lfiwipped Ivpiten 42»/10.: tan. .‘fh‘i‘if~0?liCr. gor1s., so
" liléétivife the Heathen peffécufi)rst‘oFChriIilia11s\ u.

perfwadc‘ bcmti‘nuat-icle in the old Religion‘ »oF*fl1¢‘
Roman“; bctaufc thflf COmimon4wea'ltla- had
beene moi’:  flourifliina all the time they _vsi/or-_.
_ ’ I 'Wbilak. dc Eccl.
fed to" fay, when any evill liefélil ‘them: ’1\Téiirate‘°"""‘7“""6
wer,npt’Ibfo1tunate as’ weelwerewont ‘to’ Bee; be-V
ca1I_fé5we fuffer the 'C‘hriitia'ns, and “becaufe"~§ntee'
worflaippe. not out g0_dS”With thatfzeale‘ a*1s“_f‘or—' i

A merly.

‘ 6_'. We conceive 154: my, learned andgaglypgy. Pet. .
f5_l’(wluld5¢ mucé‘/Eavddlzzcd and tronéled inane-

 ,  ‘I/1! government; éy gpzfioprcj aw‘, *4/_ 

a thin

mad. ~* ' .

We confeffe in things indifferent, that go'vcr- Azafr.
/nours incommanding, and all men in ipraétifing,
ought to bee very careful] in giving, offence 5  the
Scripture Iayes ‘downe Rules for eorderingi us in
§indi{’fer‘ent,whicl1 binde Governours afwell

as otiers. The Apoflles had as much ‘authority in

. the Church as‘ ever any fince, and yet they durit

ndifferenf-5   which-was offen-

  -not enjoyne 2 thing} _ _
neceffary to abftarn fromthat

lwhieh was ofehfive,

  five, but eountedir A
though in its owne nature

indifferent, as in the matter of. eating blood, - ‘lit’.

15, But in fueh things wherei mveare not atall left

tééiir liberty,‘ the Rules-’of'oflencel'tal<e no place -, i’ ‘

If any will bee offended for doing our duty , wee L

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I

‘ mull: noteherefore forbeare.

_, Thekeeping in ofniirhops inthefe times where. 2
mGod To clearly oppofes thernf heethe grea-
A “ t C 3 tell;

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tefi offence that[ ever was giygate the people of

E land,and~other reformed Chufche§,an'c1 ifgeefi

cia cl hardning iofdur advc t‘{,‘a'r_ics’t, even the Pitpifis' -

" theinfelves, tvhbgdoe ,e_;ctr’e:im1ytc<5ntend.f6t 
pi£copacy,to be jéré diizitzo, i sstitpefle .tha.r rBoc>,Igvo.,

  of Fr"'471ci]Z':a 2: S4z22'3,74;£€.‘.l‘21.;¢i,'cai11é§.)1pbZgg§g,gr;¢}
. .~.¢,t:..m.t Erifcqnk ;. ‘ande.r‘hac» Canon .0? the” .CoLint¢11?9€

vi: Epiffowt 2 T rent‘, IF anymag 111111" fay, that Bifh§)_pS.,qJreii‘1i§)C.
 nboyetPteshyte_rs,let_1fin1 be» 4:14:/;;m4.«  that;
~s.»:-am; you may fcc\ tthatta.s};st:s‘¢roL2;s Qfifcncc 4%-¢é>9!it~
fit~€0"6",-7"‘ der ‘what mifch1ev(‘>L'.s' inferences they mdiéefignx
¢¢u::.s¢g.=3- thence :, As thgtt the tMini{tets ofall Rcfomited‘
z>_omsfi.-is e{ti- ’ Cht1.rciieSf(t§‘ihcrc;_I3pifCf3P3£yis (lot) arc I10tt}'}1“-‘n
flsmavgifg Mtnt{te§s°‘andthesrlvténxficry .r<>..be.al.ro ether; H1‘:

at 1 It - .. .'s"s ""‘-.-. b  .  ..*~..‘ »v  t.
’,,,‘:’J-“,, 4;; vaiid, antitheir Ohutc. es tq be no‘true  urc_i‘ic.. ,5,‘
vinoquoad pr Wltfldrfi thatof I anfimgs, 4 cited by.-I{0£t1_/4; -, §§l;hc
".”"“"”“" Bifl:oppe.ohe1y may call and orc'iainc,EicIer's;'and
   - r f H‘ at a  3
j,m'(da{i2ouu whofoever in ca co necetty flit  ego: aloe J
l(»';P€"°’d" '(_T¢- by the Chu_rch and Prcsbyt,er_s', .hé_n1S13Q;Pr§s,by~..

(ya,-. cm‘- ' . ._,“ V o o o. n , -_ 0 2 1

M E“ 1, /,~‘,_ ter, and his whole M1ni_ftery:1s,;nva11,c}.»‘c Alib th,_a§
Rico.

of the 1’apifls5 cited by Gcraidim;  {3i§h.FhtQ5.&
b5o':uE,r-i./capo-C. The Pzzpift laying this foundation, tl1afBiIhQpS_
1”“ Pm“ ""' ate ;thoveP1'esbyters jure divine, doe i1tf¢rfe,'that
case 0- omm.2- - - ’

,._. ,,msuera«, :I.:a/zcflr h:‘td.no power of ord;1inin9,Mini{’gets, be-,

0-7“*<“"€'" ' f h as o ‘ o * v   - tr
mm“ "mp .c.1ue_c w 1 n Bifh p, _ but onelya Preshy_e..,, .
fitmiub Ec-

and by confequence, that there are no true 
¢l:fia(M't/- fiers in out Churches. And no ma_tvai1e,,if_P.a~

"“"°’““ pifts fayifo abroad, when our.late__ At'chptc1i4fé ifl

gn::'-mus ran
03 ‘Prchtcr, '

(9- uruatizlum cl? clue dud nia:{!¢rium.I/att.'Drfl>rrai. «tall H91. M. 9- . C Uiiiljarra
it] rain \I.atb¢nm rm: babuifli ponflotgm alm miniflns ardinandiaas xbnfiti! €93/ta’-3
pm, /ed dumxar pmbym (r peace-vfequus tulle: bodi: in Eccltfiic xoflriufe urani-
uflfa. G¢rard.d¢   ’ . ‘ . V _ ,1 ,

. ' ~ ‘ open

ro

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‘ 3 at home ‘called Reverend iMaEier cal-

9.7"’

2/5: Rafcall, and [aid of thofe Proteflant Chur.
ches, that they were no Churches, becaufe they

had no Bifho s-, now ‘whata fcandall this is, let

the world in ge. _ . ‘ =   .

' 7. 7124: Epzfiopacj :3 not omly lmficl, éur :mw- Pli-
nimtfir Edgfimzrm. r  

' What cd'ifiC3tiOn' have we by Bifhops, unlefle 47%! -
'edification‘ofAltars~,l Images, and Popery 2' but

. fbredification or foules by the Word, who are

greater enemies thereunto than Bilhops r Preach. ,
ihg twicea day is fnfficientto. put a conformable
Mmifler into their black Bill, ’ yea, -ttofufpend him
from his M'ini‘f’r.ry. In Carechifingthey forbid‘ any
further expofition than the giving the bare gran‘1- »
maticall fenle of their forme.‘ ndfor Prayer,

wherein the A oflle makes it a chiefe work of the A&.6.~  

Minifiers “o‘f"‘t e‘ ,Gofp'ell, :to ‘give ~rheml"elves'i to
Prayer, as wellas‘ the Minifirybf the Word, they  
will fuffer no other than reading in a bool<,and fay.
ing over the fifty fift Canon.

_. In other ,refortn,e_él"Chufches,’ ywherétare no Bi- 2. .

{hb”ps;, 'in‘every Congregation there is a prea.-_hing
Minifier, C but for England, where is now a fettled
maintenance for the Miniftery, and as many able
rnenasginan other place; yet there are divers
tlroufands og Congregations V without a preaching
Miniifery, and. forone Sermon they preach them- "
fH‘r’¢S$ft«hcy, hinder many hundreds. ' It is little "
 h‘h4"%tsP_fC1_:_*..,‘res doe-‘in’ this kinde. More of
 and 1”‘ K}°8C!9!1‘-[C .h3§h ‘appeared in; fome
°;"9,e.C.°”8‘C8‘t‘91B Where a Minlfier hath ’beene
‘ whom =

Pct/t.

Aflfmt.

' ’ the'P‘nelates haveput into places

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whom they have filenccd or depi°ived, i than in all

the Bifhops f;amiiies:-itiEngiand ; coukigdd;
ly Minifier indure eefucha Pari{h_as' Lamheth is, if
hee had fuch power to reform: as the Arch-Pie-F
l.’.1tCl'121£l. ’ i   A A-

;When the Parliament hath examined what men’
, it will appeare
what edification people have had by their means ;
what places have beene more miferably provided
for in all the Kingdome, -than thofe that Prelatest
and Cathedralls have had the difpofing of. Nei-

_ ther hath this beene thorough fome particular per-

ionall corruptions, but the whole Kingdome can-
Wilncire, how generally this hath been: ever fincc.
I11: tcfoxtuation-, and if thiS.bee.your edification,-.
W.9C bcfeech the. Lord in mercy to deliver us
froin it. i L _
‘8._. £fifce;¢c]_:': and agmuilc to :6: civil
policy axdgouernmcnf aftbs Stag. F _ , A . .
_ _vwaa: isby divine  vi: agrecableto
all Statess and what is 

’ ‘  canaotbeagree--.

able to an Chriflian g'avemment.. .  

| * "Wee lee by, our neighbours howl agreeable it,
hath bcenxoecivilli V . v.cmu1ent;;—hath itnoteadan-.
ggreito  ' A
t em 6" e

Priefise in Eaiiiltcsaboyc

 

MM» the hits. lo m“i“°’
" “' ‘,ve‘.No  gventmcm.
7-iciour  Li:  3»: Batfimau¢siga°diC¢m-»

man

into mnfiiiion amcmgitj
Wcnont  experience; -hon}, i

thc'Prelat:si_iane1 that have flopped, 

courlie aELaw,. andlifted ' hemfdves zboveit-

 

 

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I

ma IJ‘3'\f;‘b1it :th§y‘fcekc to "rule againfi V elvh¢f; 34*

:_\pp’¢é‘1'-¢s_ by their Commiflipn’, whichhh they hm;

‘got for the high Commiflion. hInJtl1c‘cop’p_v whére— =

0f_th¢{E: are tlfcir words ;, 'l"ha~t you. our {aid Com‘.
miffioners, and every ofyou § (hall -diligently and
faithfullycxecute thisrmr Commiflion, and;erc1-y
puft and-bm'ncl1*thcreof,1 in manneifiand &)rmca-
forcfaxd, anal according co’-themae meaning chm‘-_¢.
of;no.pr’vi§11{€anding any appelhlation, provocation;
pr'i v iicdgc, or (cx¢mprh10n,fiin« that bc11at~lFc”,t0~ bémcf,
m -dc , _'pr.chtcndcd'()r«"aIle’dgcd— by’ any p¢rf6_I‘1, (ft
pértons,‘ refidcnt ‘or-dwe1*tiv)g' in any pliiée 5-‘ or pfif
ccs , cxgmpg , or ‘not exempt , Within ithtgfé‘ our
RealmesOf~_Epg’and, and Ireland, and;DQ‘mini’01'i
efWale:,_2my’-o_11r“§Lawes,Statutc§, 1’roc11m“”at.ions:
or other Grants Pnviledges , or Ordinances‘ 
whichbeh orhmay   ecme"coa'tr‘:ry to *tl'iE* premiifds
nmmaana; .     M     ~   L  .« Q 
 - King‘ ?h'l7t°p‘lzEeh11sbahd of Qtgecn MAY), thou ght;
if fa incmfiftem with Civil! government by thg
Nobility ,' that u;x3u**hi§»‘*de'ath-bed calI‘ing"his?
fonnc‘ u;nt(')’ him  he ga

you in;¢e11d>t!é)5ru7}c‘b'y}"'f)11rNobles. keeps your  

Bi fl10p§10W , éitid ifiidu Wbuld "1‘uI’e'by“yr)ur 
fhips, kcepc your Nobles, loxv. \/Vhat dif%urbh.m”c_"c$
in C iviH‘Srates this power bf’ Pt‘c1:2t'c'S' Wifhhh Kings

-haghim 14¢.’ gm» E§ngli]7y” ,R'e*C0i'ds" dde ;'fi1tfiv:icnr?y‘
t-cfil'fi5;';;';w~h§ChinO U-ue*Eng1ifl1h*fpiritcan rcxdc Qt ,.
rclarc vvitho11t‘a Qfzclned f}5irir._ /1.14-"7¢‘r?1‘%_h3":4i'iI , in‘

’ hie I-Iifi-jry t*eI1'§ usof thé 'g'i7c”2t' '}5r)ufc'1' that Peter '

»B1fl}c$pioFuviMheffer, add: Pitt?’ Rffall, tfH6B§ ihfips
Qvufén-,7With“Orher adherents, hadwith K. H. 3._
~*- D  Great.

’ ve"him’ this éounfcll ’; ‘If Grimflmo

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Grqgtzeqmghimfiwére nude; :.£i13.t-i- byndmif

fe1l;the.r‘Kings;hca.rt..W.a5 ~,tufi£i€~h?fi‘=‘9—“.1’ She’ Weller‘

h&s,_.ggd,_t1]c_L1¢a_1'.ts of them. from..l1im5.>2nd;

 fijwntanlongfi them. 3-r3U4fh3’t  3113?;
{said cqimlwof the fotefziid BiIshop'tand Ins feiv

1 . K‘   [oh    Kin‘ 3; Father: .‘=lOi.fi:t ~fi1‘H: the

°'i§§’¢r‘&§ Ba-ions, aftcrg that left ;V0t'”«W‘); and
afrer.t.ha-t other Lands sa.1f.<> , and in the end walled:
all  trcafute, t and the Kingdome for a ‘lone tignc:
  quiet’.  I110  COI1Ili‘Cil' 3110 ’,
England that was the «Prince of Provir.ces,=be-

came Tijibutar . Moreover , through their wic-- '

ked counfell, aith the Stoty,at this‘ prefenee, teat

pcqnrbationot feemed is to hangover-the Read me ;' - i

_ igif it had not beene for their coun‘fe1l,znd if that

true juflicc and judgement mighthave beene ad-i

miniflrcd unto the Kings fubjeéls, tltefe t\1m};Its-
d never beene flirted , an

d the Kin might have
had his Land,;unsv.ai1ed, and his trea ureunconfu-

med. The {aid Bilhop impioufly telst-he Nobles ,“ i

that the King right-well might ‘call unto him what
for_reir.ers and flrangers he lifted ,by whom he
might be able to bridlehis proud;  rebellion s~
fubj.Cfls,and Q tokeepc themzin ant. and good ‘or-
der : Whereupon the Nobles int gre3t.pertutba-
tion departed. promifing amonga‘ themfelvcs i in
this Cale, which touched the {kite of the _WhO1€.

Rezlme, they would confltant lye joy netogether, .C_.-:
ven unto death. . - . v -

. The teat divifions in -the
ptefent y. after-Caaflantinc: ti
the Bifhops. which the Hifio
doe plentifully [CfiifiC3_

Common»-VVealth,
me , were made by
rians of ghofe.-times
 ”   This

‘E.

f. at they are now; as ’.'

;(33Qi

‘ 'Fh'is:is~ ‘ziotvout :j’udgement"za‘lon"e  what’ g

 Tindall faith in his booke‘of'=€hrifl3ian'i"ioa

Bcdicncegtwoe unto the Realmes whe're‘=Bifh'ops' \

are ofthe Kingi Councell; as profitablé are they

verily unto theefiealmes with their Counfellsg, as-
Wolves unto the fheep, or the Faxes unto the geefe.
In France the Reformed Churches not under _Bi~ - *
fl10ps,' are-as“. 00:1 and fiithfull fubjeéts unto their ‘ '
Prince; and oacknosvledged byehi-mfeife ; thought‘ ‘
ofanothet Religion , as any hee hath. Hence it-apt-‘ v
' pcares, that that governmentwhich is'not'gPre'I;ztie-" 
Call,gt;1ay.fl'and with the peace and civil! 'ordet  _' _'

a State as well as it. ‘= -‘

‘ .   9; I 774: £5713‘ govcrrmtnt it lawfufi, tppearc: by the *
immediate and_tonfl¢nt—pr48ice ofall the Chriflian wiorll ‘ 
grnmded upon S criytwe from the Apofller time E 0' Q
#21‘: /4]! gage ~, fir abovcafifreeu lmzdmh ye-aft: 41 tv-{

gather. 1 A  - ~
” To that ‘vvhich they fay,its grounded upon Scri-

pture,~wee.fl12ll:{pcak afterwards, but to E: that _ A
this was the raétice ofallthe Chriflian wot d for ,g

fi&eenel1un;i red yeairese, is .0 bold aflerti . Wee‘
finde in Hifiorfy thatithe; Church ofsrat band was
not governed (by Bifhops till between: foure or
five hundrcdyeares after*ChriI’c , although it had

flouriflaediin the Chritkian Religion two orthree . 

hundred. yeares before. ' '

4 Weeanfvver as before , its true indeed ,' that  
alltimes for fiiteenc hundred yearesthere w“ereB’i_-'_ - '
{hops , but. inthis time oftbe “Apoflles and ‘pre- _

fently after, Bifhops were much difierent from

D 2»  I. Then

*3.

   Tehehttliclhewere Pa1fo.l1i2ll;not.Diocefim ‘

le..':2'el5"<.3§‘1:i.1'.#$. 91:¢itim€i.Wl1§t1 .EPi{C°P“C=Y‘*b"§5“l‘ ,1

_g V ‘:9 ,-fpme .,l1¢:,ig,ht.e, yet tlme..ele&ipn of.Bi-*

 

4 ‘ sw:as~bytl1e;»yh¢21e.Chnrc‘hl;1?ut?t3$5‘l9‘£’5 ll}

"--Qo“§62‘.'  y(.o  .-.  ;‘ L» -:' L‘  «.  " C J‘-"" ’. ‘v
. 3 ._.~. Tl)c.f€. W35 not 'that,fupe1j1ontne of thenflo vet
-other M_ini,~l‘tcr$,?;S,tl1€fr¢ is now.‘ ' . A ' “ * '

(X

. 4." Tlmey cha,lle'flgeTcl.  the po Fnfcr. Col‘ Ordi.nati?_ 5%

e  gag! g:;u;c1ace;ngmes;:o.ethcm{c1ve's
Oe'_:"."..‘;  ‘..I’. /4 ~_’.‘-:..~—'- ‘

I Thcfit 500%; Wee undertake now to l'hcw‘«your

briefly , l3C.C3l1,f€ ere long you {hall llqvé themdiff

Cuffed IIJOIC largely upoa another occ afidh   ”
 ‘ A

fgtialll Tmynes
tellifies ; and accfording to Eufelziux, Churches
whereinw‘e

_ re Bifhops, were called Ra_rifl1es,li5;34>
44. 85~..4. qr. _2s.;l. .:..c.' 5,‘.. 4 * ' ' ‘

. lgnagitlf-) faith ., . E-lvetly Chu
COm031m,l0,I} Tdbtle, 2nd:ev.e

I gmmd I’l25lld.

C]p.I.x.Ep- _ f_*“.~_‘ V ._ ‘;,', - I,
47-9'-°*’- , A0€L¢§?54fl’5ai£h,Thebounds ofa Chu tell were
110! §.F.3.1."~=1' «$31811 8. J33 Chop might :c all ‘together ; thfi.
W110 €;mU1Ufll_d¢,ab0ut the zffaytes {)'Fit. , 
,,,,,W,E,,g,. 4 _F°,’~_tlT€,§¢€Q=@d\;;Thefc Bifild swérechefen by.

by the whole Church. Arnbrafie aith~,T31at-.is—truly

iffld C€f_C3ifllYI8 divine Ele£tion-ofa Bi{hop,whiCh
I W .3” am 1$by the whole Church. ’

,,,,,,,,,-J,‘,,,,,;,-_ _lP/ftive _t¢lls,us;’, that Ludmicutfthé lécond com‘-*

man‘ by his I.'ettcrs,‘that tlxe-Romans fhould
Choofe their owne Bifhop, not looking for firm-

,;s.nQw-théyf 

fhopstwcre Pavochiall nét D‘io~.  2
CCf1[l.§wfO1';tl)€l‘e were. Bifhgp-3 of Villages :and' l
3. as -80z2mcn «in his feventh bookcs

tell, flxduld hive hef «
ry .CYhur,c«l'i heel Bl:-.‘_ '

gets °

 

 

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13¢‘? "71I1;*$y7f9*+*$%b€£°¢g°4to%fla¢% %-C?n-
'Z€n§;- = '   ,'~‘~_;’ ,= ’if;’}!f§’? . "’['_‘ .“;?*‘."‘:';' f’ $3-'=*j;~;1%:e%‘ [gr ’
  ~;g»; gr  ea 
' ' ” . ' ‘  ‘f 1“ » ''’‘‘ ’   = "-- ‘
     
. 3*» ‘T  =Y=@£% ngv
mg chofcnkof no_ne ;?A._nd't11%;:‘Bxfl1opM_a1rlmu.n"a1xy .
§a~wfuIl>Ele&ion'7 iichfifen in ~ Tpr1'mt’e5bfi s'he7rCa-

  monsé ,0r Prebcgndaricsr onciyf, ’Witl§out:'rlKf;‘kHd#-

lecige 0ft_‘h¢ pedp‘1e‘;:‘ ‘..’:-xx '§=.";""-‘f <. ‘.-:;i"_:u.L £311: ';°s>'§:
 i‘Por'the‘ t11'u"d .-‘They ‘had not %‘%fape§viot~jtie"'é3ver
other Miniflcrs, a‘sthefyl1ave._nosv.  ‘ '  it‘ E
P _The Helvgtian Con’ efi'..§‘. ‘t‘2;’h,aEh't%l1efe<wbrd§;
iEqL1:a;Il‘_' poW'e_r:~.'is‘ %gtv‘e"n tp-~a‘l1«‘M1:':‘iflezi*9 Offlie .

é 'Ch'{1rCh' {from'"tL* e ~bég_r'i'nn'ii1e;- hd 6néi7p?££3rrcd

himrexrc Befofe anothéf   igvihgmqyérar ‘m_{der=,

fomc onefdii cailtihcm togérhc1f,Ipropoundc_d the
‘lmrteljs that were t0 lcrqnfilked  gégrllcrcd
   % .—.   = i : ‘;'.‘-.)-. %  ’
 Theihdmbur of a "Bifi1dp‘beifig ita1aan.. from m; ,,,,,,c,,,,,,.
»te{E «if the.Minifiers,and given’ to one,W'.%s‘th‘e "firifi
fi.e‘r0Pap.1cy; % 5 3 ' 

 ower of Oriiiiiation beIong;cd’Ii_Ii:évi'i{éto 1’rcf-
Bytcrs‘,_fi)r beficles’th_é evidence of  rp:guy:e4;»«vrhe%
thi1‘d'C‘a'rxOn of thé Gounccll of = xtbagé fa es ;

The Biilidp giving the blcfling ,1ct all the-E dcrs
these prefcnt lay on their hands. * A f   '   

;'Fh;.ttjth_ey had hot the pozvcrof 'Chuté‘h can-; _ . I

futcs to them (Elves, Cyprian {'1it11,t,{ut the P‘res'by- C_yp,(p. 14.
tcrs and other Church O‘AEficLe?rs have a s well power

‘;..n:'!- Y-

. ‘ '
L ' A € { I

 4"'.5r0/E (fund ’

t"o.;atbfo1ve,ast1_rc Biflmop. find m andth'er-p1_ace , EN,‘ -
. F01‘ 3S’'1'tlICh 3? ’2ibfOlutiO&r'bcI'O%ng;s4'1xfitb, alblilflnc ~ ‘
t— b   V -%r~  ~

 doc it.~
‘ And  

’ 

, Andlzugdineeit'1i¢lpet1ieI1?U§1‘t€°f’’l?3°lb“ 
my mote an: ame’c1,”,t~ tti*at?hc be’_txc\ommU1}1C3t¢Cl’;l2Y  

the whd1e’Cburol1:v3{-T‘ f’*_’Hf “T , e_   V V  
, . .1crn_gpe ,‘ The: Elders‘ li:§vefj1tat,'eref1;’ '11} Qtll¢¥._; C9211.‘
lures '0'ftl1e Church,’ and the C hutch. it {€lf¢l1'fl,C3F?
 t ° ati0m~ ‘ ‘ < e e 
’C9.{1:'iJ[c1;]:rnilt7c-thcrebe fiieh difference bCtW§€fl¢. <_>U,1"
mnaops and the former ,why_c1_oyou‘aga1n<3b¥1ng
their antiquity; your _repet1t10n leads tens‘ it} out
anf,¢§r.go,come“,agzit}e totluerfame tlungg may
not all fee how egtegtoufly y0_u fL‘€l<_€ (O. €,CC1V€
the Reader with great words, In pretcndmg (ha?
-Diocefm Bifluops were of f0 lpnt%_ftan¢d,_1,1_1,g, hbfif
.caufeBifh<_>ps were; feeby f 115 d€C€lf'a_l10W
dangetotts 1t 1; totake wor_d$>t‘ha_§ §1l'§C9f11.m01} f0
.m3""7f ‘l,‘“‘§'s‘ '2 3“d,l3PP‘°P”“__‘e, thclm .t°-fa ~3-’t»‘C“r'
l21‘»‘,‘lf 1t ence Fame   Ch? 3PP‘0PY.13U0“ 0 3 $331116 ‘
or title, xt wil It fflfc y

foone challenge the tiling

. andrthekeeplngupthe name after ‘it been a-,

bufed ,w.illkeepeup the thing it felfie,  ltlfrCre-
re no matvaxle though merfcontedd‘ fo__mu,ch
for keeping the name of Bifhops. We finde in the

notes ofthe emifts upon that place , I Tim. 6.
u. no. T ntend much for the keeping/then
old tetmes , let us keep our -forefathers7Wor" s, ‘fry

they, andwee (hall eafily keep Ourloldl faith‘; let
them.-la Amendment , let us fay ' naneé , let them
flay the tdslSupper,lct us ythe Maire, let
them fay_the[Communion Table, let us fay ‘the
Altar, let them fa Elders‘, Minifiers , Iet'us fay
Prielt , let. them ay Superii1tend‘ent“,' letus fay
Bifhop, &c.;’1They and-.—_wec’all litvecxperiencc

' what

i

\

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7  __ _ __,,

’.»:b:.-5.’-T“(271—)  

\

«mm  “,I.1é;lA,I;t $’f.h3a".1e an q>i"z_:i:.~<>f

> theft Rlicmi as havc =’be¢nc 1-atL:ly, 1 jg: n1any,;.otw Grit
men ,. they ‘began. to al,tc,;c-.  formr. language a
but told yoga: fi.rf_{,,  meant V «no -..-hu to by, ash:
words'¢.md names they upon.tbiD,g9s.a£1d {now
in this,.contrpverf1¢.gbour Epifeopacyfihcir clziefc
Pfcva {ling Argyxmcng ., is t.hG Very » wot.-,LBilhOp’.1,
w_lj1ich&V,c_a‘tckno‘wicd_g¢- to ,.b<:,a' .SCm'ture_ word‘ ,
butanpplicdfo as the ,doc , f{)\'a/:‘CCf_ta 1r[]c kind of
fi§p,crior'Cfli’c.cr int 1:: Minilhty of their ownc dc.-
vxfing , . when God gi\'csj:.;q a,lL;§Mini«£t¢rs or the
Cofpcll 5, this %we, fly; hath .— much-;evxl1 in it , and
the retainingof it ,.in t1xis,fer;£'c ,,fis. very:dange-’-
rous.   V. A . % .- . : .  T   
 .;:.Ieo. T he m0:9.:le4rncd1!t9t€fl4'~93 1'" "fife —C’"*J't*W
Jrloiah war are not gwcfntd 6,, §iflJ,.9p.¢,~ ;1qc;nat,op,cl},Imld
-£5€g0:v¢r»me.nrt.o.~6e lmfidl 5 ‘ 6»; 1?iIb%;?&lm;-«T thymu-
 ‘7"‘3°._??’f")!i¢.A:f’ ,, %‘-'I- elf? % 1,5’  .;" 5.7’ 1;
Thhis zboldlyfzid, but weknow thcqu~iItie'con«‘
tray to be true , both by their writings and by
.th0;{'e that have lived amongflz thcrn. Grrdriifa in
whém  may thcgmind of,%rth¢»~Rcbrmed
Cl1ur§hes.;.as.n1uch as" In any, fiutih ; Vficc doc not
vacknozvlcdgeiany inequality of vjurifdiétion that
.B1{hops havcover Prcsbytcrs jure tdirivo ,- f'ceinq'

-the contrary may be gathered out of Scripnrrs, is
-frqm A8. 2o. 17. 18. and divers 0thcr'p}aces by

him cited. He alfo brx7n9;s%thea tcfiimony Of 19‘

rogue, Amérofe, .41;/1;», seam», %1>ri»-413»: , Fhryroef
./M10: , Theodora, Occuapepgius ,: and. Thtnplvyldgs‘

.-and anfw_c-(rs thc contrary L_Af9,'Wm¢0‘5‘*9f 3‘m"'

"Wee  €l#4wi¢rvI’a1f9.!*Ih9 ‘ 3i111¥‘kW. F"°%"““‘4,‘,§f

, éwcte better for the’ Churches , if they were alle-

a25»(23) %;AA
“fIhé%aéf8ra1éd.Ohd1flucs; fad-e£hus.~:.:.That inthc _L
fiflfi beglmhi-ng. of f(3'iat1rcl1€5a:fh_‘3fF‘W¢T°'“0   ‘
(fu_chBnhop’si‘as wc,ne~xafit1wards.1nit1tuted , tp. %
'wifa.{'uch asquo Jan‘! W3,Y¢§0V€i° 3113 C1¢.1';€Y 2 {li1Ch7 I;
‘éf&‘il1hl1e‘, wc1;e‘not infl;itut_cdfby*(3'hrifkLand.l1is A-vs % '
:p0'IHe'ss5« a‘1ad'bcc2N3f'e% ,t'hat: is fbeft which is firfi-,2 it ‘

 

{Iccmcd IO baof equal! 11'ght,. and degree {and  '
'w}bcn“t'hat'difkinélmrderof. the 3BifhQps gftomt-he 
-IhestgytggswasLfir{i?i2ou;g}mhf‘n%;;:chc Bi1;1110psTx_v,¢rcL 4  
not t e o‘nar%c'[l1s'o the L rch; nof ad power ',
‘over the Ciergylicitfbnely Ib.mc<of¢hc:chicfe_ were if“
f‘3i>f@.fKF_O’ gm befioreiofhelise int: tlclgibérétnon and  1
compohn of_m.1ttegs. And leftyqu {hould thilnlée 
 M3? eb<::fthet’;t;!f&1§)ivinesr§ (‘the ‘Reformed ’ 
» are as mo "M " ', ‘take -‘W-fiat Vmrm ‘Pi'r)~ 7
 PM!‘-'stnhati$ ibmxerlyivrit ,s~anéi_0£,1a'g‘c3 0
{and What he hath writ, you ma9vi1'(&1!1‘iu;!j§9filt¥t§1'
 *5l'ru:Stac'c11efeQtrfi:anv-¢s3xarIc4i;‘;2[x1¢f;#£roaIr *3 vitiéi-e a-
 Itllth =‘aE'ainR E;§if¢91ba¢y:g1h§—34rh “-.';tIa'e'fZ:
 ;’ We ave .morc_ than; é35t’uid2int&y~prd-
  “w3gt;h5It§a2]teixdedBpxfcdp2a is fiotjdbve aizorgib.
P-.sw'=‘si» .. _fiI""4'?"¢*a1'x:“l1‘elri1'i- mnetlszsf
*°"' ‘““F“d1'd=99hdDd&6:§; aré 1&'¢r=iri’c4<sT s'»~1'rh‘u9«
A93: ‘ha’ Y0“ might‘ mt'fl-:m'er your fc1i§e’s“ii1-COT?’
qcmngg  the éréformcd Clxurches wvifh for your
g0\'emmm%; 'h¢«~faith-’,. w_é _v\r‘hb -B-cfve: riot ~t1_mt
'01'd°Y ‘Of Bilbo «:2.» fiahd t\0t‘i‘h nce3o€x’hem from
« the F-n.glt}b.-An for-his fpeceh-, when Bifimbp <1-‘lull:
I. book "m-defence of Bpifcopac -dame {"Ott_l7,'3.15i‘ {aid
-gV‘_V‘fi_1t wi_ltthislpoorc fetlbw Qé‘? ’l1_é"ha_t'h=’r)f*'3latC
=:rca¢ mmy Leaéxrjes -ag1iinfl:"-t‘l5e'§fix'per}ority ml
jurifdiélion of the Bilhops. 1 1. Againe,

_ _...—nj

   (29)
--*1:r.’i 'Jgnble“3“‘t7ra a-v’ammm~ 2 it} at’ La‘? 1% o
- Here “'youancpcac—' {he arrgurfletfr‘  Jif-

-againcgand cry’upyoar“grcat'*D‘ia::”a= , tftmcouccre

ning the Epifcopacy of the Primitivctimcs, we
hzvcfaiduznought before; The bringi V tfiis'ov'cr
.againc,with-Fo fairea gloffc, isbut to trceive the

.World. A A  ' '

—. ‘I2. Th!  g‘o-verzmtnt ofzbao C/Jflrthij  ca. 19”.‘

'n»d;flwn'floi»g uiaaaf

gag , 13* mo]? fumble‘ to the frame» oft-be ['z'7.'z‘ go-
..-wrnmertt in thin‘ -Kz'2gdo:m.t, 4 'are; by the’ lwppia

 fiif fo ling nine
tcgathtn. L ~ t ‘ o

Confidering what pcrfccutions anddifirafiions 44"f- I -‘

there‘ have been: in b‘oth<Kingdom‘s,by mcanes of
them, ncithc: we north: other Kingdom: have
Caufc to boafl much offiouriflli og %h‘aphpin’eIT¢‘.

What good hathbccn by the union of the 'Ki_ng«
dbmcgooannaot be attributed to’the ‘Palaces ;but
-what=¢wi{~l1ath.comt»bychc difunion , hath becn
appamntly by them-.

- I 3.1% man oangiw at'fla'dn‘c‘e, fmv mj~’C‘b:tr'chgv< ht.
wrmnmt befide: Ibis‘ willfute ml! git}: rlircivilpa-‘
lj:}af‘¢bzir‘Stzre:» ‘ : ‘

  Whatfo€V°1' W6 dtfire it! this kind“, is no other
then according to: dhe Word, and wet and you
may aflhrcoour fclvcso, that to long as wee walke
aécording to that rule, peace {hall be upon us,an‘d
upon thc.lErae1lfofGo‘ . -     - - - ’ i V

-. This isanraargtlmtmt, -Pagans have ufcd againft __ 2 _
0116 Chrifiians , we haveworlhipcd ouroGods'a‘ll 7'4} 1”?“
this‘ whilc,andifwc'b1=£ng in any new way of wor— 3%“ ‘f’
lhip; we know not whagthe iffuewill be, We: I °

An‘/fl.‘

%

Pet.

A-I.

Pet.

‘die

(30) »  
Wee are already fure thatEp'1fcop’al govern-

ment hath been a wofull trouble and difinrbance

to ours and other States, as hath been lhewed be-
fore. ‘ ’   '

1 4.1!’: conceive it may be of dangerous confeqrcence,

for rnen of fer led fortune: to hazard their ejlater, (97.

This feems to be athreatning claufe , as iffome

mifchievous thing were intended by the Epifcoa
pallparty, futeable to the expreliiou of one who
labouring to promote the petition ,urged it with

this argument, that there would be no living for
men in England , eunleffe they would fubfcribc
to it. i ' '
1 5. Tbafe who would have Epifcopocyabolifbed, barre
not yet ogreed , nor no sure are perfivadecl, ever can or

will agree upon any other common forrne of Govern-y
anent. ’

If Epifcopacy were gone,the agreement would V

be eafie 3 as we fee in Scotland, while Epifcopacy
was amongft them , there" was no fmall difagree-
ment‘, but fince the removal] thereof , they are
of on e heart and mind. '

' There is db government in any Reformed
Church,from which there are fo many rents, un-
der which there are ('0 many divifions , as that gov
yefiment of Epifcopacy which we have in Eng-

A .

Many men are afraid to difcover rhemfelves.
freely ,-for feare if Epifcopaey hold", it will be
hereafter revenged u :1 them, havinghad fo
much experience of t e cruelty ‘of mg; in‘ that
places whereas if it were. downc ,, they would be

111026.

(30
more free to {hew their opinions, and to clofe
with their brethren in the truth. i
Reformed Churches in all places doe agree,
and why fhould not we thinke there would be
agreement amongfl: us , if Epifeopacy were. re-
moved? .. ~ ~
g They who feeme molt to differ, yet they differ
not one from another fo much as they all differ
from Epifcopacy. They profeffe one to another,
that they can wallte as brethren together in en-

joyingcommunion one with another in peace and —

love. i »
You feeme to rejoyce in the {uppofall ofdil'—

fenfions between others, thinking therby to gaine
time , but that you may fee , there is not [0 val} a
difference arnongfl us as you think,in thefe things
wee are all agreed. a _ . l l I
Church difcipline is to be learned from the
plaine and perfea Word of God, and in fuch par-
ticular: as are common to ~theChurch with other

  Societies,is to be directed by the light of nature,

the Church obferving alwayes the general! rules

ofthe Word. . '   .
A particular Church co-nfilleth of {uch as in the

ufe of the ordinances of Chrufi, doeioyne toge-
ther in one body and fociety to walkein all the
wayes of Chriftg neither are there any other
members of a particular Church but fuch as in
profellion are beleevers and Saints. I

The Church may have no office not office-
bearers, hut fuel) as are by ‘divine appointment,

which are Elders or Deacons, or more particular-
E 7 13.’:

R

(39)

Iy,.Pafiors, Teachers, Elders; aad‘Deacons, 
which Chrift hath provided for all the‘necc£Iities..«

oft he Church.‘

Although the civill--and Ecclefiafticall govem.-,~
merit be different kinds of governments, yet<it=-is.»
a principall part of the civill Magiftrate , who is;

keeper of both Tables , to have a-care of the

Church , andto exercife his authoriatie for the
preferring of Religion , and for the peace and‘-
iafety of the Church: andewhere the Magifiratez
doth hisduty , it is a-fpeciaii blefling of God, , and,

he is to be obeyed in all things lawfull. \
Each particular Church hathher owne power

and authoritie , and theufe andbenefitof allthéi L

Ordinances of Chrifig neither isthene any thing
to be done without the exp:-cfl.c, ortacite «eon-.
feat of the Congregation, in matters-which
are proper andpeculiar toa pm"I:io‘nlar'Chutch,

whether in eiefiion or o'rdina‘tion~of—_ NEK1Hb€l'S5;_

gr in admitting or excommnniczating of memj
ers. - - M  ., -,
It is in many refpe&s expedient ’oo't.h~-£01: the
members of each Church , whether.Min‘iRe2s«ots
people, and for the tight'go'verriing and well-be.
ing of the particular Chunchesr in a Nation pro-‘
felling Chriikian Religion; that befides-their par-
ticular afletnblyes and Eldttflaips-, they eonveeac
by their Comrnifionera ,>NIitrii‘ters, and Elder:
in greater Affemblies, that matters that concerne
all the Churches within their bounds refptfiive,
may with command: advice and” oonfenn benagreed
upohfortheirgood and edifieationa ’ A   :i I
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e 16- 11 if “/3 434’ Nafonable‘, 2194: nvlaufiawy wogzd,
izztrodatc 4.m’W f Mme, fibula’ 5e obliged to demonfirm,
aforebmd, 1,14’ I/Vfgavernmem he wouldzhwr»oduce, ‘:49;

much better than the other, and able to feiompfnrc :5,

lofletbereaf,

.e ...Therc can be no ‘lofle ofau evil}, and therefore"

you need not call for a recompence either before
or after. , feeing Prelgcy is an evill , as wee have
proved;-ind flxallprove, ipis neither to be recom-
pcnfedgxor moderatcd,uor,re{erved, but p~refe‘nt-
ly and wholly to be taken away , what ever the
con fequencemay be. The prefence ofan errour.
hinskzrs men from forcing the trlithg. if tht: governs
meat be,~,fc_»s—the«p.re{ent hurcEulI,hnd’thc exercife
izuifchievous go; oghers 3 we need. not, we Ought
130: to {paste itetill wekuow what [hall come. in the

roome- 4 l      
..  ,fur,th_cr;we-z}l~~£ee aplatforme before us

améngthnurrbxahzenm   the reformed‘ Chur..che’s,o
which We conceive‘ vo.u1_d-give fatisfaflion in the

mainc, being -jaceordiu ‘g to the former fix Propo-»

fiti9ns,a,n.d. What alterat-.io¢_1~ is to be made in fuch
thiugs,whci¢§n;an¢ 2§.fa1'tudd:Church difers from
aaoshegthe fimemaybc cffeéied with more peace
than ghe Epifcopacy can be continued.

L 1 7,. Wee _-any flifl enjoy timt government , which
 proédly bald’: z';:sv'nfiiwz'r11fiom- the Apaflltr; .

 ~ Wee:ate.g1ad.ym1~.fuPpe& your caufe {oi farre,
hating norothcr chanza fandy foundation of to»-

babi1%cy.:,:2vy{j:ar:1u.evili is it that fo many t ou-
finds havtfinffétcdfuch fire things,‘ in foules and

bodies,'€incuftati:s,11b¢mics' and names , for Lmeerc

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pro'ha‘bilities , we bleffe God we have more to
fay for our caufe againft Epifeopacy than'proba-
blcs,and our reafons from Scripture are thcfc; t
The whole charge of all the affaires of the
Church of Ephefm was left to theElders*, A8: 20.
where Saint Paul tells them, that the hoIyvGho!t
had made them Overfeers over, tbattfloek whichi
_ t ey were mpdnm, and the Word G
judgement of al4,both to f.-.-ed and to rule.‘
~ hatfoever you make tobelong to’-‘Epifeo ah-‘L
cy,as Epifcopacy, is either matter.o£iurifdi&i‘on,'
or ordination. jurifdiaionsdoth not belong to the

Biflicp.-, for our Saviour Chriflc faith , Go
Church , which Church to ihterpret of one man,
is againft that place, becaufe hef

ai th,‘Wh2tt]‘o'wef
yet himle, againft the courfe of Scripture, becaufe
one man is never cald a Church, and againftcorm
mon fenfe, becaufe the word Church ,' there ‘fig-f
nifies an aflembly. And for. Ordination, the A-‘
poflle faith unto Timothy , The gift that it in thee,
which nut given thee hy Prophet} , with the lying on
of the hand: of the Prerhjterie, I Tim. 4.. 14..-t"h’crc.~
fore Ordination alfo belongs‘ unto ‘the Elders.-
3 - Wee finde no rules , nor infiruéiions in Scrip-

ture for the ordering of Bilhops , as difiinguilhed
from other Elders, Paftors, and Teachers, and
therefore we cannot beleevc, that there is any
fuch difiina office : jttdicettt ttohi: Iota, as Voetittt
y,,,;,.. uuf. fpeakes , let them thew us thofe places of Scrip-
defl>m‘-P‘?- ture, where is that peculiar Miniltery, and where
’ "('3' “' are thofe fpeciall in{h'u&i005 Whidl b¢10ngt0'th¢
Bifhops alone,and not unto other Paflors 2
x

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gaifies in the

e tell» the p

. who (as we have prove

t   ' ( as )

. : Wefindein the jndgemenltl of the Holy Ghofi,

that a Bilhop and Elder are all one , as appeates
M8: 20. ‘by Comparing the fevtnteenth verfe

with thetwenty eight 5 thofe that are called El-
ders in the {even teenth, are called Bilhops in the

twenty eight; which the Englzjh tra-nflates Over-

ficrs, and onely here. "‘ So Tim: 1. 5. com ared * E? ‘W ‘W
with the*7. where thofe who are faid to be , lders 
in thefift verfe», are each of them called a Bifhop Epiftopuqui 5.
in the feventhgotherwife therelhouldebe no force W‘ ""> ,
in the Particle, For. This is the arguing of the ,,':$?,',:',"
Apofile-, ordaine Elders, ver{.'5.if any be blame-limxu «ponc-
lefle, ~verC~6. for a Bilhop muff be‘blamelefl'e "“ “”""""’
vet‘-‘.7. . A t _ ‘ »’ quam tamenp1r-

. I fitula atrnoAa-
yninl fy nip difévteponit, qua enim a'urac'¢em be: /om ? flli corzjlitucndi fun: Prcsbytlri
qzéfiuufinc crimiuc , unius uxorzls ', quid Epifcoptm, cujmo ‘ium , Mteflmx, jurifdiflio
('2 grain dmfirt :2 Prflbjttrfia opmct qr: face critnine ,l mm axons uiram. Gerard. dc
minifierio Ecclefufiieo. . , .

One Bilhop no
Counties and hun
Apoftles times , there
every City, ‘Tim’: 1 .% 5.

w hath jutifdiaion overdiverfe 5.
dreds of Churches, but in the
were diverfe Bilhops in
Elders in every%City;,
d before) are the: fame

with -Bilhops , ‘Phil. 1'. I. Bzfbopx and Deacon:
at Pbilippi; It’scertaine in thefe places they were

not all Chrifiians ,» itis molt likely, very few of
them, and yet‘ thofefew had divers Bilho sfet

over them; other kind of Bifhops then the e the
Scripture knows not.” Yctintheletimes the El-
ders had extraordinary Gifts , as appeares jam:
the fift ," where the Apoffle féts down a rule for

zllChutches in thofe times, that when any was
fick,

_ ,g:re fu pofenraneof.-our 3'

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lick, the Elders Ihould anoint him with,,'oyile-',7

. and {'0 be fhould recover 5 if thcnEld'crs had ’th'e’_n
.rn’irachlo—usi gifts, and yettherewere divers _ 3
pointed for every Citie , then it cannot be con-

ceived, that now when Elders» have no {och extr:¢«
ordinary '£ts,yet that one {honld be fer overomaz
nyCo8n.t:c§,ii:-n1ay’h.e,’thot1fands of Qongregai-G

tions". " e - -

'The'Scri.ptnr_e acknowledgeth no fiueperioritiie
or.inferiority.b'e£ween Oflittxrswiafthefitmeékinde;

One A poflle was not over anoth‘er,rio'r'oné Eiiant

golifiover another 5- not one Prophet over anoi-
ther (indeedithe_Ser’ipture faith, the fpirits o£ the
Prophets are fubjea to the Prophets, bnta-this
fubjcéiion was inutna-ll ,f-:on_e_ not having _m’o'ce
power -over, another, th'an‘that «orh'er.ha?d'over

, him) neither is one Deacon over‘ anothefizkand

what coulor of reafon can be given, that one Pa-
flonr orffeacher Ihould hav_e:p‘ower‘ov«%‘:'«‘aiIo-
thgf? A - 5 . , 1 ~   ‘K ' ft ' 3  '»..,.‘,i.'

; There is no mention in Scripture ‘ofianytimagg
an Apoflle orfivangelifi , that did ‘;')er,forrne* any
work o£-'otfice>‘m any piaee; but in. his own: par-.«

titular Church; the Ajpofikes and .Em. elifisi, .

which are made di&in&otEce'rs'ia7th;e zythgofit-he
Ephcfiazzr. , had their Commiifion general} for all
places without any limitation gbuoin this lntiende

. Iof their-Commiflion, theyyhéve no feoccffours.

There was no place Iwhcrc‘ Apoftilcs or ‘t-Evangdo
lifts came , but they had the fame power, which
tflaops darc;arrog:a:e1to
them elves. It therefore they Ahccqed 

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11lesiand'Ev2hgeli{{s in the‘ lzrgenclfe of their, '
Commiflion, then their fi1cceflion.mu[t be of
thol'eP.aflots and Teaclm-rs,«vhom we finde__ the
holy Ghofl hath fet over ~p1rticnla: ycqag;-:34; 1'-

am. - . i .
‘f If Church—_Otlicers he not limited toféverzll 8
Congregation: , . then there is no limitation. by
aaysdivine infiitution, and if (0, then a Paflor
ma havemany, yea, all C /Jurcbes in the world
under him, and To the Popedome mull begun-
lsed at mofiinconvenient, and not afiainli any di-.
vine inftitution. If it fhould be {ii ,that though
one can overfee divers, yet it followes not that
he can ovettfee all. We anfwer, that no. man can
overfee divers, but  fubflitutes , and by fubRi-
cures he may-over{eeall,and ('0 the difference will
be onely in the inconvenience, and not in the
nnlawfii-h1e{l'e,which is in thenature ofthethinaé
You have here our Arguments, and if they
weighed without prejudice, furely you your.
Elves will-l-“dge-them to be more than proba bi-
 , Weihave not anfwered to every pa ifige
ofthis Betition 5 tfer~w'e find many tautologiesg,
Onely one paifage thereis more, which we .Can—-
not-piaffe by, to whiqh we anfwerlbtiefly .3 . and".
then we have done.   4 o _ .
' - 18, -Toafay, tbat»tl2:3'.goL'er22ment Z} Bzfbgm. oh  
bub coatiazaed mm} Ages without any alterattofi.
tCt,wh.’1t  3).

. Ifanyalteragion be made unto the bet
caufc hathany to eomplaine? ‘N14/1w PM0’ *5 "4
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zmliora tvanjire,/;An5mf’ZEp‘z'j1.'3iL ad ‘U d7é13¥;I£.isz
no flugneto~d1ange forthebetter. - A A 7'.  
If this government hath beene without 'any.
aiteration, then it is the fame every way H13}?-it;
was before the Reformation, ; and iffi), thenvit.
is the very fame which Antichrift had retainicd
many hundreds of yeares. Now we will. 
it to the confide;-ation of any indiiietemt man,
whither-he can think: in his eo’n£_’cience. tint it;
is  way probable 3 that Antichrifi tfhohhh
retaine the sgovernment of (79ri]i fo long in
the fimplicity and purity of it.- Is it not the
great defigne of Antichrifi: , ;to lifi _ ' bimfelfi
above Cbr"z°jf3 and his fgoflé _?   what!
nieanes could he more readily 'efEe& th1s,thzne
by corrupting the government P Had‘ hé 
power to doeit, feeing  manyiyedceszhe
did what hclificd inthc (Jburd ?~ All 
that flood in his way, he =lihth' corrupted; and
can it be thought , that he fhouid leave 
mcnt intire, accotdi to in{’titution,‘v'vhich was
molt oppofite to his ‘ Egtie P Pridefifid 
Eancy claufe men, above -é1l1t_=laings,§ to Ieeke to
ting govemment °tm?1e'r? their ‘iownc wiils.» 2 And
who ever fince the  of ' the .VVptid
fweld with _more pride and arrogavnoythanr Am
tichrifi hath done , 3whié_'ti‘é‘ppenres  his in-
terdiéhng of Kingdomes, 2nd. bringing Ptineesé
under his feet _.> But now we hopeGOD will

' ' {titre up the fpir1ts'oft'he'~Pria’ces0£»tl1e‘.Ea'tt31a

to cal} off, svnhindignation, ‘that. baftttbonfi
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and Babylonifh tyranny, they have lb long been
under; which ', both wee and all the
. and mail cry to heaven
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