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V V hieh warrantedfl th e Srortzfla Suhiefts ‘ A
hwfuiiy to take up Armes in defence ofthetr Religion and .:
t Liberty when they were in d¢0g€1‘- Ei<TT3&€d Out Of L i

the Manufcriptsof 0116 05 «f11€i1'‘Chi€F<? ‘
t - Ryoriners.

i   Ver_y'ufeful( anr”3€€f§fl71riyfar_tI2eife' prefix? ‘times.’

The times due require thatthepoints fol-‘
-igwjng bggrcffed upon the People, both ‘by the P-rea~. ~
‘_ch£15II'l publick, and by unde‘rPtanding,and V  
Wcllaaffcétcd pcrfons tinegrivate
conference.

   ‘cant? our chiefefl ;Adverfa»r‘ies  who are enemies to the
  . Go{'pe11ofCh,riPr, to the falvation of the peoples fouIes,.and

_,  _"' to the peace ofthi~s“Church and Kingdome) have tifiotn the «

t ; ;~,;',,_ A -gig , beginning advanced their ungodly and Antichriiftian courfeg
 ’«,A ‘J ..1 by lyes and perfecutiongby craft and cruelty, which hath

"3 "  beene their .moPr fuibtill and flrongcfl arguments; andnow;

t ~ ‘ " '  ( when as<‘by Excommunication them__1elves are given to.
Sathan, who,.has'beenea!yer andmurtherer from the beginning) they have put
away alI confiiience, countenance, and na'tum'1l affeftitou to their Countreyj; The

 
  

people therefore would be dealt with, that our Adverfaries fraudulent Iyes, and,
-crafty devifes be not bcleeved, nor their forces, and threatened violence be feared

by the peopie ofGod. Remember their hellifh ’Miaxime ;
1-‘lefferefi neyaeofizpcrof A;/xrorrm movglia ; If] cannot prevail: with God, I will

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2." T hatuhitie be eatnelily reconiinended, as that which Gi»e,,c,t;,,m“ai, the
egufe, and which being holden fall V,\'ith9veretv,, will make us inV'iiicil’3le - and oh
the coiitrary that divifions by all ineanes may be avoydeti, as that which liom the
beginning has beene principally intended, and inany waycs fougm f*(')r~by Oil;
’-‘H3-113‘»’3‘3 and VVhiCl1013C€ having place, wil1bring'uys'to a ce1'th)ine ruine, and

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malte it, of all pCOP.tClT10q contecnptiblc and iniflrable, expofing Om. {elves to thc .

wrath of Coclfor our perfidiotis dealing in his Covenant, to the mercilefle cruelty
of oat enemy, to tlie.-hiiling and reproach of all Nations about gus, and to bee a

griele to all the godly, who have beene continuallyin their prayers and prayfcs i-,9“

God for us all this time by papt.

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3. That it be Fr-equeiitly rémembred, haow the finger and power. of  and
 love and ‘mercy of :G:')d. y m:iiiy_atlii1ii'ablc evidences has beene inariithfl, and
m.th15 greats-\'orl<e of 1'.CzOl.tT1Zl{)t1On>A’{l'1'(ll1'OV\’ the Lord either by blowi.ng , 1, Pen, 31 1
the (l€\.’1CCS. of o:1tenemies,of _)'tl{lIf“1{{rg them backe upon themlelves, has turned
all their w1i'cdomC'unt0 5001131113 ¢> ‘3“f‘tl'.&\'e may have CCl11Cl(lCl1CCll1 time to
62101116,l)Cl€CV1Dg3.n(lf3.yjI1%\\r1tl‘lEl1Cl l‘QPl1L-‘ Lam; f_;_.,m W]; or d 41.”? Pm“ for m?
of  0 Lord 54/? W‘/'03tg?f for out - b y.

_.Thatythe people be not troublectl).V’~_’l1f€f1}Edeyffieare of warres and riiinours
of warres, ans th1;]a.tthey,lU1i1_)’i{1°1t_l”1C1 3 3 dial . 0 d “«_.dowes_, nor moy_ed, 'W1tl11‘€-

 nce e t e never 0 ecious not CCCIVC Witt’ ~ . s _
monlira s j y y _ P. fith’C_l.oWpc!finnCS aS‘3f9111lf€S. butthat they
th€mf€lV¢S denounce VV3'_“'° 38”“ f 11 ' ’ h .‘ L A I ““ greatefl enemies, hib-

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mzttmgth¢m1'€1V€5_0b€d1€m1Y to C?  t (6.113 e:d‘er5 V‘ 10*“  at this timehath

. ft‘. .1 ..1._ mil Furnifhedlargely with co‘-.in.e a courage for 416 Good of this
Cl1UfCh 3nd*Ki1]odo1nc 7‘ I — l  l
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5.__ That it be iemembred what has beetle our manifold defeiliorg, in D“;-i_‘
‘ pline, Sacraments, Vlforfhip and Doiitine, throu%h the waiter1awti.i..,mOm1,

Aflhnblies, and through the ufu1'patioh of the Pre ates thefe many yea res by mg 5

and that a greater ‘mercy c__oiild not have beene fhewed to this Land, then a ‘Leg,
full, ai1d'nati_o‘nall*A_lTembly, fuch as that which was indié’tedL  his Mgjéfiig ,1
(,‘_[,,fr.§-,,,y,i,, 1-adding this Church of the Prelates ,‘ the atlthollrsétnd'€x,CCutio11;3i'siof ah
our "woes ; That they may beearnelt in »their prayers ..with God, that as he has
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alfo‘ be gracioully plealed toiiphelzi  owne vyorke, and” Illa-l(¢_,tl'1C Kings Majc-
lliea nurfing‘-fatlie'i' to thc.Church inthis Land...‘ _ i

6* That Miniliezrs ‘and_ Pf0f€ll‘O1'_S‘nl‘n3y acquaint tliemfclves with the afts oF
Ailembly, efpeci-ally that ag_iin_fi Epilcopacy, with the ProtePtat'ion and -Anfwers
to the Declaration made by the Commifhoner, and to the declinature of the AC»
fembly by the Bifliops, that from thele they may be able promptl

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the exceptions and 0D]C&loFlS of the adverfarres, and to remove t e fcruplcs of the

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iiipplieation~may he read in ‘P‘ellJllCl(C.. that the Commons may fee how falfly iwee
  are traduced, and how reafonable our delires are.

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"ii-NM ‘5-’Vice—o‘erent - Or whether we OU°ht to obe the Kin , for God hath Oivcn him
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.1 H .a power, and authority to command and governe : Or whether we ought to tender
1''’  “unto Czefizr thatwhich is C.efK.‘/aria‘, for that we delire to doe molt chearefiilly : O1‘
"’ "vi . ° *vhether we ought to feare the King, for he islet «over us to doe Juflice,’ and we
F ‘ "ought not only to feare him; but allo be afl:raid lell any hurtwfhould Come unto
‘V5; mgr him, as the people were affraid of Dazed,‘ 2 S4m.18.3. Neitheris the queliion
R whether honourfhould be given unto evill and wicked Superiours, for as our Ad-.
I go  y  “verfaties by moving {itch qnelfions at this time under pretext sf duty, doe wrong-
K ‘,4,  and difhonour to the Kings gracious Majeliie : lo weprofefie in the generall, that
’  ;3§<~ ‘the wicltedneile of man cannot make voide Gods ordinance : and therefore a_l-i
ii ‘ ' J  though we had fioward and wicked Superiours,yet obedience and honour is to be  
l ‘:=,»i‘i‘s:~‘§:3,,,—..givei1 unto them as Kings being let up ofGo§; as it were in his wrath, Ho .1 3.1 '1.
L ]erem.27.I7. Neither IS the queflion Wl1CthE1’__VVc ought abfolute obedience unto
. 1' evill Ma jePcratess,“for'our ‘Adverfai-ies doe not aliirme  whatfoever be their judge-
ments andpra éiiles) that Maloiiz mzzlo, Ci” ad mczlzzm cf} o6ea.’z‘;;m’zzm, that we xmiii,
obey an evill man in an evill thing; but that Kings are to be obeyed in to farre a R
their commandements , are not contra ry unto Gods comm:Lnden'j.ents ’: and iFCod _
"command one thing and they command the ‘contrary, in this caie it is better to’ lo-
bey God then man, A614. 1 9. Neither is the queliion after the invalion oifthe K'ii‘i
C which is the divelliih and difpitefull calnmny of the difnatured enemies)’ ofithis
"Church and Kingdome, againfl which our confciences, and all our aciions are ‘as
inany witnellies, as is at large expreli inout information for England ) but the que-
’iii'on is meerely and {imply about our owne ull defence ' and iafetie ; and “in this
' cafe alib we mnli put a difference betwixt the King relident in the kingdome, and
by opening his cares to both partyes rightly informed ; and thc‘King farre from its
in another kingdome hearing the one party and miilinformed iagainfl the other :
betwixt the King, as a King proceeding royally according to the Lawcs offlicy
kingdome againfl ‘Rebels, and the King as _a man eommin g (lpV‘Vl1CifrOI11il_llS '
Throne ( againii the Feet whereof the humble {applications of his Subjerfis lyeth ,
I yet unanfwered and matching fiirioufly towards his loyaill and well meaning
people : Betwixt a king who is ai’rranger to Religion, and tyed no fin‘ her but
' according to his.owne‘_plea{ii*re. to the proif'efl"or_s of Religion living in his Domini-
. ans, and our Kingprofefiing with usthe lame Rclig-iou,and obligetl by his Fathers
death, and his owne Oath to defend us his owne Subje.°ts, our ‘lives, 1{eligi~on~,L1j_
beertiesand Lawes. Againe, difieerence muli be put betwixt fomeiprilvate perii,,n.«;
' _takin'0 Armes For «grefilicance, and inferio'u.rJMag1{itates, Counlellouts, JllClgCS,N0-
" ‘bles,‘Peeres of the Land, Paliament‘—me'n, Barons, Burgeffes, and the whole .bogiiy
~ of a ltingdome , except fome few States -men, Couttiers , Papilis or,,popi_{};'1‘\,~i
affefted, and their adherents Pcanding to their owne defence : Betwixt Stilijcéig
ryfing and {landing out againli law a11d1'ealbn. that they may be fi‘ee.:l« fiom the
yoake of their obedience, and a people holding faPr~their Allegiaiice to their Soive-
raigne, and in all humility flipplicating for Religion and Julltice : Biem-ix: 3;.
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stains Religion tatifiedwhich hath beets: profeit fiiiee_the reformatiougand hath
not only beene, f0l.cf¥:n¢‘ily tufizvome; unto long -a goe by thexings Majcmg and the

whole Kingdotn both of old and oFlate,but allo commancl»;-.d;by the Kings Mg,‘ ‘

jefiie tosbc‘ ‘fworne  his Counfcllors and all the peopleas it was prdfcffcd t

the firfts '-- Bcltwixtsa pcoplcplcaditng Forchcirownc f3¥1.¢Y¢si. foollcryes ma" -’

vcntions, and a people fufpeading their Iudgementqand prafiife about th” gs
contravened till they be determined in a nationall Afiembly theorily eotnpbtent

and proper Indicatory and after determination reccvingy and flandigrig“ £01? the 3&3]
ofthat afiembly. f   i _ _ V I L V, i i

It [the queflion then is whether in this cafe and matters foftandiug betwixt [hc
"' King and the Kingdome, a defenlive warre belawfull;or whetherthéaipcofilc
“ ought to defend themfelves againfi extreame violence and oppreiifionbrgnggw
K utter ruine upon the Church and Khigdofm, upon thcmfelves and their pol_ier.ty Per
51 That it is lawfull for us to take arrnesfor our own defence agai:-gilt fuch unjuft . '
violence is manifefi,w'z..e i i a
From the mircafonablcneffe and ahftlrdity offuch Court Parazi_tcs, as for their
own: bafe ends ma-intaine the abfolute ‘foveraiguty and unllmittcd power, of
authoritie,to the great hurt both of Princes and People, by loofing all the bonds
of civill focietics,while Princes againit the {lrongefl bands of Oathes and Lawcs,
may doe what they pleafe to the mine of Religion,the lives and libertiesof Come} a
or of all the fubjeéts, and the people {hall do: nothing but flee, which is imp oi’-y
fible, or lhlfer themfizlves to be maiiacred and cut off. s
' From that Lyne and order of fubordimtion, wherein the Magifirare is}placed.L§
under God the great Sup::riour,ai~.d the Subjefts are placed un er God the great, -Q. .
and uhderthe Magifltratc the leiiersuperiour, when the Magiftrate commandet 
‘contrary to God,and goeth without his order and line, efpecially for ‘farm as to» c -
invade by Armesif they obey nor,.the Subjeéis keeping of their owne lync and~ ;
order, and ‘defending themtfelves, isnot difobedience to the Magifirare, but-e ‘~‘- -
0b¢dlC!1C¢ 10 G*3diWh° ( lfl this point to long as the Wgiflratc runneth= this» -
courfe)tbccommeth their immediate Su-periour, and as_,under the M-agiitrate,
they ought to deferid themfelves againfl all invafion ‘Rom without, {o in this.
abufe of Gods ordinance thcy ought to defeiid themfclves agair.{-to all violence--
ffOm Wfiihlfl s0thCTWirC_ tiny C10: fifing againfl  and thcif (Suing foulcg 
An infiriour Oflicer ought to keep: his own: flat-ion in the Army. even whet‘!
his Captaine goethioutoi hislyne and order, and taketh part with the chem"
- and in this cafe is bound no lelfe then before under his Collonell or Gencrall. tr.
‘ fight for himfelfe,and the fafetic of the whole Army againfl his own: Captain:
It were againli fence and reafon, tofay thathe mufil give hisaneck to the {wort
of his Capt-aine without tegardtotheGenerall, thewhole Army and his ow «-
life. Y-ea,every fouldier ought to-defend the whole Army againfl; the Gsneriil‘
- himfelligif hetume an enemy. . ‘ ' s

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leaft by the {hield for defence, if not by the fwordrfor invafion:
§\ ciples of policy ; Princes principally are for the people and defence ,. and not the
3%. people principally for them ;thc fafety and good of the people is.-the fupream Law;
ti Magifltacie the inferiour and fizbordinate Law ; The ’ people maketht the Magi-

\:" (irate, but the Magiiirate malteth not the people; The Magiflrate cannot be with-

out the people , The body of the Ma giflrate is mortall, the body ofthe people, time

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‘L cie and government to preierve 1"ubje..‘tion to the Prince, to the prefervation ofthei

‘EB Common-Wealth, or to expofe the publick wherein every mans peribn , fiunily

1 and private efiate is contained, to be a prey to the fury of the Prince, rather then
by all our power to defend and prei? rve the Common—wealth. » y p -  

5. i From the fubordination of powers appointed by God; For the Einie law and-

order that appointeth us to obey the S upream M‘;1giih°ate, rather then his-De'puty

, [ thjeMinifler of God for’. thy good. wherefbref wee mult needs  fdbjeftnot only  i
it 1' ll _ [R for wrathybut f'or’corrl'Cience fake : But on the contrary , tyranny and unjjul_} vio-- :

not the Minifiers of Godfor our goodgneither can wee in this ‘be fubjcft to them _ ,
? for confcience lake :for the wholecourfe. of the A poltles argunient runneth zigainft A. -

‘ exclude it fi'om the Apoliles argum'ent1. admitting the refifiance thereof to  laW- ,

. From the end of Magillracy; . the Lord hath ordained.MagiHra‘tes to be his._
‘3 Miniliersfor the good of his people, whence have proceeded thefe common prin-p

ll : and therefore itwere a direft overturning of all the Foundationt of poli- -

and Inferiours, "appointeth us allbto obey Cod rather than man. ; and the lame

Law and Order that biddeth us def:-nd thesupream Magifirate againlt‘ the unjult

invafion of his Deputy and Inferiours, commandeth us alfo to derend'God3 right-

and to preierve the peoples peace againfl the unjull invaiion of the S upream Ma-

gifirate, who can be thought no lefl’e iiibordinate to God , then his Tnferiour or.-

Vice-gerent is to him.

i 6. From the Covenant betwixt the people and God ; for the people and Ma---
0,:

gifirateia-re joyntly bound in Covetfant with God for obferving and prefervint,

the Commandements of the firlt and Fecond Tableras maybe feen.-in the books of
Sazmizel; Kzbrghand Chrome/e.r: And as the fa ult oF the people would not eitcufe the
. 'Magilh‘ates’ negligenccgfl) the fault ofthe King would not excufe the people ifthey
zefilt not his violence preiling them againli the Covenant of" God; ThisaArgu-»

men: is Rrongly preiled by found andrehgious Politicians.

Ifa private man be bound by the Law of Nature to defend l1i1nfelf,Cxm«mar[e-- '
Mmme inculpam rutelz, againii the Princeor judge as a privilte man], invading;

him by violence ,, aldnot perfuing him Judrtially , and by ordenof Law 3 and
may ,ep¢n.v;o1en¢¢ with violence: And ifathafly woman" may defend her owne-

body that._it be not defilecl by the Adulterer (though his placebe never fo gtc.1;:')

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and Children ) and lervants may hold the hands of their 1?a“rents‘ {eekingto kill
them in their rage: If Mariners and Paffengers may -Fave themfelves by reliptihg
him who fitting at the l-leline will run the {hip againli the‘ro_cl<i , ‘ or by hindering
the Prince himfelf (not only by iitpplication of‘ mouth , but ‘alfo by iflrength of 7
hand) to tir.-ifgoverne the Ship to their certain {h-ipwracke 3 much more may the
wholebody defend itlelf againft any invalion vi-hatloever. ~ A p
p 8. From example of Scripture . I Szzm;4.45. C/)ro22.26,I7,I 8,19. 2 Kmg: 1 1.
1~S.am.z3. where David had, 600 men for his defence, and would have kept Kez"~
la:/'3 againll the King, neither himfelf, nor the High Prielh doubting of the law‘
fulntife thereof , s only fuipeeiing the treachery of the Kai/z'tJ_‘.‘ . Examples of the

  Reformed—Churc_hes in France, German}; the7I.oW Countries, Sweden, and the ex‘

ample ofour own Reforme rs.

* e 9. _From the exztmple not only of,eiPopiGr‘W‘rite'rs 3 5°but"al1'o of the Diivines of a 1

s the reformed Churches , even offuch as will be {irong pleaders for Monarchicall
Government,“ neither is [Wain againli us butfor us ; from the tefiiinoriy or the
moi’: judicious Lawyers and Lea rflcd men, Who had Written comm Mon4rckoma~
KIM}. A ‘a - I '4‘ ii “*'1‘_';v;.i ;

~I‘o_.‘ “Fromthe mutuall contraftbetw-ixt the King and the people , as may Ix
lecn in the Acts of Parliament, and order of Coronation. -  

I I . From the Acis of Parliame11t.ratifyi11g the aut»horityx>f the three Eflates, '
and from our own Eocleliafhcall and Civill Hiliory. ' '

12. From our Covenant latelyfworn and fubfcribed, binding us to defend :11:
Kings Majeliies perfon and authority in defence of the-true Religion , and to dc-
fendthe true Religion againli all perfons whofoever.   z r  

Oéjeff. It is objeéted , that although upon the Former and the like reafons it

cannot be denied, but it mull be lawfull in fome cafes for fubjeéis to defend them» " i

lelves by antes againli the injufir invafion or oppreflionof the Magilirate, yet to
the matters prelently debated betwixt the King and his people, they are neither
a 'fund:1mentalI-in3Religion . nor yetsof that importance,that wec,{'hould~enter into
a bloudy VVarre, which bringeth with it fo many certain evils , rancid whercof {he
event isfo uncertain, ‘ . s r ‘_ ,  
Anf 1 . No matters of Religion hath fo great weight in the inindscfs world}
men that they {hould hazard their wordly eliate for /1 thing of that k ind, (,‘,,[1,',
can-:6 for none of tlzefe tbz'2zg.r. Pcflm fayth, that the lliewgxhad certaine queflious
againli "I4"rzz4l of their ovvntliuperliition , and of one -Jefus , ‘Mao was dead‘ whom
Paul aiiirmed to be alive: If wee receit/e him, the Rhpznms J171'[[\l:QS§7?7€ and deflro} om‘
place and our C irie, has been a prevailingmaximein t:l1$31n~ll1d.s,.0§;‘vo1-dlyin/Q11,
Anfianz. The greatelt queliions in Religion doc carry 'ti'ometin%?e§-ta vcr y,fm31'
fhcw, witnes the ‘words of 55:02:41 15)“ and é,u.owa—z*@ ,’«I~'- and Jr; 3;i%~;,;,;@<"‘ ind 9,4/5‘,,.,@
wherein the difierence did {land betwixt the l‘lC[Ct_iCl<S and Qrtlio2loti\r~§l{dld:€1€5}»
. mmen; and eZeé7z' participzam , pro fignifyin g "vice, and fignifying in /ag;},$,§f  Whid;

vetted may be linall in appearance, butgreat in lixb-fiance.

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'Anfiv;3 . "There is a great miflaking about matters: ‘fundamentall in Religion,
  for if we call that fundamentall, the knowled e whereof is llcccfrafy to ffidvationj
a point may be fundamentall and neceffary toflae knowne,-at one time and in one
Church, which at another; time and in another Church is not thus neccffary : for-
although the foundation it lelfe be-necefliari-y for the edification of every foul, yet
of things. fundamentallsasnd neceflfaryp to falvation we inull udge "according to the
a different degrees and meafure of revelations. There is alfo a miliaking about the
{mailer} matters of Religion .:for ,asf1mp_1-¢ ignorance of fomc points a'nd—crrours
in othermatters, fo obllinacy in refilling the light, and in following darkneflera.

e ther then the known light in the linallell matters bringeth certaine damnation. It
was too audacioully enafted by the Councell of I("o;z_/fzmce , Non oé/fame Chri/?i
zeflztatiazte. The Church of Scorlezza’ having from the certain knowledge of the un ..
_l.3.wfuI11effc 0fEpj1a'¢opall Government (were it of never fo iinall moment,) abu-

  red it divers times, and fpued it out, wee..mul’c not return again to our vomit.

xizg/ia7.4. Though the queflion were about the name of a Bifhop to be retained
in._this Church, as the crafty without any warrant from authority doe give out,
and the fimple believe it, yet were it niofl important 9 for the quellion mull be t. - »_
ken either of the naked name, which noman is either fo filly or fo uncharitable,as
to imaoine lince we doe acknowledge it to be common to all the Minillers of the
Gofpcll, nor can the heart of any underllanding and loyall fubjecft harbour fo
dilloyall a thought as to think that the Kings M ajeliy will invode his ancient and
native Kingtlomc for the naked name of a Bilhop  or the queliio-n is about the
State and Officc fignified_by the name, which is to be a Palior without a particu-~
lat Flock , to be a Paliouriof Pa1"tours, and of all Flocks within the Diocelfe; to

i have the authority of, Ordination and Iurifdiflion ; to be a Lord of Pa rliamengt-2

COUllCCll) ConvehtionExchequenand Sellion, which either the Bilhop mull do or
- othicrwife he cannot ierve the Kin gs turnfas they tl~.'c’:felves lpeake;)he is willingly

a blinded that feeth not how materiall this is?for bcfides the {in in the oflicc it felf, it

bringeth with it the mine of all Religion,by dividing the City of the wal ‘and the

. Vineyard of her hedge-It is either ignorance or deception to fpeak ofcaveatsfor if
the Oflice be of Divine inllitution why {ho-uld it be ‘limited rather then one other it
Ofhce, or further then the Word ofGoddoth require? And if it be ofhumane in-~ t

flitution it ouglme rejcfied as a prelitmptuous ufurpation uponthe Kingdomc

0fChrif1 in app ng the cliieifeli Ofhce—bearers of his home without warrant

from himfelf; and an intolerablederogation to hisfull and periit wililome, as if

’ P llchad not accomplilhed his houfe with Oflices and Oflice-bearers > t butleft them
‘ ‘O the determination of man , ‘which not only in the myllery of Godlinefle ; but

, file in maters of Ecclefiaiiicall Government is enmity againll the vvifdome of

V  VVe have already experience of Caveats, and nowto hazard fhipwrack the

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J‘-ccond time by ~mak._ing fueh Pirats again to be our Pilots were defperat madnelfe,
[But the Proclamation tels us that there are other matters of difference then B.
pifcopacy; and therefore lafily, the quellion is now whether wee -{h'a1l‘hay¢ 3 free

‘Nationall Church, or any other Religion hereafter, but fuch as is or {hall be com-.

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