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" ' leaft until they be upon rational evi-
:7?) Q7? dence difprove‘d by either Party)
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I. That all diﬁ‘oronoeoin the Church , ( exCept fuch as
ﬁrike at the vital: of Religion, and the very éeing of the

 
  

charm) are, with more agreeablenfs to principles of He- "
’ Iigion and right Roafon, and-with more‘likelyhood of per-

manenc] , and ﬁabilit] , to be €0.mede by accommodag
tion, then fupproﬂlon of diffenting Parties. ,

2. That in accommodation there mull be a Mutual can.”

dofcontion of the Parties accommodating, upOn fuch
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Cenditiom , as may. afford both. a [wing Bdrgm‘n.

. 3. That in Religious Difermm, fuch an accommodati-
an cannOtbe made without a 5.211» to the Co-nfciemiom
Principle: Of hotly Parties; neither of which can fave,
when their Confciences lofe.

4. , That ( in the Cafe in hand) \hOth the Epifcapm
ﬁrm, and Preybjteriam , (”differing in, no fundamental
before—mentioned)are- dilfenters capable-of being ad-
mitted to dccammoddtiun ; and feeing they do, upon plan--
ﬁble grounds, and. fuch as (in charity We are bound to,
believe) do really inﬂuence their Confciences, iulliﬁea
their feveral pretenﬁOns, ought to be accommodated with
allowance to bOth theirconfcientious Principles. . 7 a

5.‘ Thatu_(. to omit the feve’ral partitalar fetter: on both»
Fﬁdes, and their partimlar Plea, for them) in general, their
mfprfliw Plea: may be thus Rated. ‘ " ’

r'1 TheEptfcopAria» r: (Not haul-king Scriptttre)
, meaﬂs(a§.bi‘sgrand ‘ ' the‘ harmonious. ,Coﬂfmt of
Principle: fwaying Antiquity, as the hell Com-
his Con/time: ) J menmg upon the Record: of:

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Church affairs mentioned in.
Scripture; _ ‘
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bythe Epifaoparim, be neither contrary to the cﬂrrmt of
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ﬁimtiom of thi: Church : And'What‘ is expeﬁed from’the
Prerhjtcrimz , be neither evidently contrary to the Scrie
pmre, nor aliene from Antiquity , nor repugnant to the
Salem» League and Cot/moot; all their pleas from prin-
ciples‘of Confoimce, for keeping up their-mutual diﬁance,
are out‘of doors. ‘ , . ,

7. That the plea-of the Epifcopol Port} l‘rbm- the COW"
ﬁitut‘iom of the Chorch,» is or" fuch a nature, as may, efpe.
ci‘ally where it isenOt inconjunétion with the former, ( the

ﬁrearm of Antiqm't} commentingupon Scripture ) be ,

_ voided at their own plealnres, the power of altering thofe
Conﬁituti—ons (eXCept where {o backed as beforefaid) be-
ihgby Law in the handsof the prefent Gammon of the
Church,that is them/elves, and [0 can oblige them no Fut-
ther then they will be obliged. L _ -

8. That the ,le‘Of the Prerhyterian party from the
Covenant, obligeth them no farther in point of Confcicoce,
..,__then it Prands in conjunélion with the word of-God,and the
Example of the heﬂ' reformed Churches,.ahd(by confequence)
that they may,falwi Confciomz'h, {ubmit to any Terms
of accommodation, which are no: repugnant to them.

9'. That (in eﬂ‘e&)‘the limitations of the reformation
engaged for in the Comm-2m; to the wordof God, and the
example of the half reformed Churche: , are coincident.
FOr’hOW can it be judged, what Church is hotter or, worfe
jog-farmed, but by the word of Gad-.9 : I

‘ to. That if the ommplo of the hcﬁ? reformed Charo-her,
be inﬁﬁed upon as a Diﬂo‘oﬂ limitation :» yet, it being not ‘
exiprEﬂ‘ed in the comm what particular Churches" the
impofersof the Covenant judged. moﬂ Reformed ,‘nor in-
timated what notion of. Reformation it is, from whence
they inﬁnuate forne Churches to be more , and fome left

Reform-oi, (whether that which relates barely to the. fo-

p‘aro‘tio‘n from Rome,i.or that which relates to the deg-roe: of
pretended improvement of one Proteﬂont Church beyond
another-,in point of reformation, though they all hand

equally diitant from Rome) it follows , that it is atthe
choice of the [@‘Ut’ﬂﬂﬁlfrl to modell their reformation. ac»:
- - A 3; ~ 7 cording

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cording to wkicbmrion they pleafe : or rather, that it is. ‘ . !

their duty to reform according to that which an} Prater 3

ﬂan: Church hath attained to", beyond the raj}, no: i

cfpouﬁng the whole frame and conﬁitution of arr] Faith“? l

lar Cir/arch in grofs as their example, but picking that 4

which feems molt agreeable to Scripture, Antiquity,- and y ‘

right Reafon out ofall. , . , r _ l
I I. That, fuppoﬁnga redmﬁ'ion of Epifcopac‘j t0 the ,

Terms hereafter fpeciﬁed, it doth actually ceafe to be that; x ‘

Prelac] which is abjuredin the Covenant, and (in effeﬁ) '

falls in with a Scriptural Treréjterie 3 and ( by confe-

quence) relaxeth the Confaience of the Covenamer to a 3 .,

liberty of fair compliance with it. , .3 “ it ~ .. ,’
12. That however , ( {eeing the «Covenant limits the

endeavours of the Commuter inthis , afwell as Other par-

ticulars, to his place and calling; and referves the rights

of Stipream Authority in King and Parliament , which

multbe underﬂood with reference to matters Eccleﬁa/li- ‘

cal, as well as Civil ) no private perfon or perfons can be .j

obliged to reform againﬁ the will of that Aarbpriry, with- i

outtan apparent exceeding the duty of their place: and

Callingr,,..: and (by .confequence ) that it is the duty of ,

every [oveaanter , to endeavour by humble applications

to his Majeﬂy,‘ and the Parliament, to procure the belt

Term-s that he can for the refOrmation of the Church,

and when he hath done his utmoﬁ that way, he is {upen-

fededin that obligation , by a moral impofrililit} , being

nOtin acapacity lawfully. to aft any further 5 except it ~ 3

be thought furtherincumbcnt upon him to make a poﬁtiw, l

or ( at leal‘t ) negativéfeparation from the Clmrcb, becaufe ' '

noc c‘onﬁituted as he delires : which principle , how far it

comes under the condemnation of Schi/m (abjured in”

the fame Article, as deeply as Prtlaq) will admitaferi-

ous ﬂair/limo, and in the deciﬁon of it, mutt needs touch

clofe upon the ﬂare of the (hellion between the Papgﬂ;

on the onegand the Browaiﬂ: on the other lide, and amon-

. cerning the julliﬁablenefs of the Eagliﬂy Church inits con-

{litution before thefe times, and fo cannOt fafely be moved

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' II» Secondljiupon thefe Pbﬂ’ul‘am, if? grant’edJ affert, .

' [1.] That/the Ep'ifcopariﬂn party may with fﬂftty of 1'1“?”“1‘91;
Confeiwce confent to the Reduflion of Epifcopac] to the gill-$3?“
Modellof his Majeﬂierdeclaration comernixg Eccleﬁaﬁi- Party.
cal Afairx, feeingit is demonltrable, that wherein that
modell varies from the former Ufage: of Epifcopacy in

A, this~Nation,. it tomes nearerto the praétice of Pure Ami.
quitjf For, '
( I.) That the antient Bi/lvap: were confhmt'
7’rmcher3, “appears by their Homilies,’yet ex- ~
rant. ' ' '

(2.) That-they had their Cborepi/copi,which in his
1Majeﬂie: model! are Suffragan Bill'opyjsevident
by many Tef’cimonies produced in this cafe, and al«
lowed by the h-ighel‘t E pi] co pariam. '

‘ (3 .) That they had a Golledge of ‘?reré}tm who

» joined with them in all aéfs of ordiémtion, and fa-

m'fdiélion, is clear by the mention of argumﬂuviwy in

' , the-Apaﬂle T4145; I Tim.4. 14-. in the work of

impoﬁtion of hand: o, and the frequent conjunétion
of the Bijbap, and his wwﬁm'rm in Igmztim the

. great Patron of Epifcopacyﬁn thofe claufes where

l he requires fubieaion from the people to Eccleﬁ—

' aﬁical Jurifdit‘tion ; of which manyinl‘tances heﬁdes

thefe might be produced. TmmWéUXWI, 7&3 Emma'-

691,19 7'9; agaaﬁtma'q, 8e 70‘ giant/{2mm qul'v aperi—

CJ-nexov Comma; 'cm éﬂmm’wqm w”: 99'th mau'pgtr

MEphel'. Tmm'osen 793' amU'KO’WC'I’y 29.7079 wwﬁmﬁm'

Ad‘Magnel'. Ts?) Enna-iuo'orqnmyaépén' 1', :9 «paﬁunefp. 8613

l _ E‘a'iv mwoimm, it; Cwéd‘aav 9% égm'm'm. Ad Philid.

mem’Wol 757: c’ymo'u'vrgn, Swim :9 7g: wetoﬁungiga.

11 Ad Trall. Hating 785 c’mnw'vrcp a’MAsSrei'Ts, r5; InaE’; Kev

s 1 7 .96: 797 Ham}, :9 wivrgeaﬁuneipw": 7:5; Ame-ohm. Ad

/ ' - ’Smyr-nxé'c; ' j ' i _ - " ‘ ' ,

' . 1 1 ,1 (4.) That‘they defrggted'their' power to any other

' ' perfom to net in their nameS=,lEemsmoﬁ improbable.

» Nay there-isza palfage in Ignatius, which nor oh?

1 , 'fcurelyintimate5,that (evenin the unwary ab-

7' ‘ fcence '

J 3%

m.‘

Pii'nﬁiPlﬁ-‘Si »

farm: 'of/ Ah-cam'mbdation; ’

fence of them/Imp) his feat was mid, or fupplyed .
( which is moil probable) by none or the P7216}-
terie alone. For he {ends commendations to his
' ‘ Church in Smyrna, when he was 'upon his? Jonrne
t0 Romeﬂiith this Claufe, 77m cEW’ €1.43? mmih't‘x'eﬁg
7c; Kudq),tto'v@ cit/Tia; 14:96; thso‘c Exmamm’ca, That]
he had left them under the owl} Epifco'pal inﬁnit‘im
of f'cfm Cbrifz‘ [Igm 6p. ad. Roman”;

(5.) Thatiffuchdekgmim be {uppofed agreea-
hle-to the Primitive patter yet (to be fare) there
35’ net one fomﬁep of a ""pzj-Clmmd/or or Cam-
7771112176}, exerciﬁng Eccleﬁizfﬁc’al jwrisdiﬂion in all
Antiquity. / ' ' ' .

(6.) Theft cmﬁrmntionﬂ, Mimi/ﬂan to, and fufpm- ~'

' tion from theLordr Sn;}ier,€nteckiﬁng and com- '
poﬁrzg of Parochial difcrencu, are Works in ”which
"the Biz/for: of parrimldr Church: are moﬁ dire-
Elly concerned, and therefore aremoﬁ rationally
to be joyrcd with the Biﬂabp andx.‘Pre.s£_tjterie in-all ‘
fuchnels as concern their», may be concluded nor
repugnant to he]? Jntiqm'ty, till the perfon that
quellion's inihew quﬁcienr evidence. from it for a
Contrarypraﬂice then we have yet feen. '

(7.) AndLaﬁlthat-tBi/Imp: didnot in the Pri-
mitivetimes a3 aréitrarilj, but according‘to rule,
the acknowleged antic»: Canon: (among'the Pa-

, . trons of Epifcapue} ('at lcaﬂ: ) whom we-have now
to do withall) evxden‘ce. ‘ " ' " '

' - i All which are the fubﬁ-aneeof. the platé-forméhld by his v

'Majrﬂy, and much confonant to the. model contrived
by his R0141, Father, whofe knowledge in the nature of

, Primitive .Eptfcopacyno;,man can ticubr, who: hath read ”
his Immeddifcanrfe;nponthat fubjeé’t; andrthofe appro- t

ved by moﬂ Epifcopal men, then in being; To that I ac-
countmyaﬂcrﬁlOH ﬁxmthlli fart, at leaf}; .f . . '
" ,But (‘2...) The Epifcopdl 98¥t-Y,,.wméws (fﬂé‘viwmkiwtia)

. ‘cOndcxfcendin their; ”farther particulars upon, their own»

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Term: of A:co%modariw..

~ (1.) T0 the reformation of Deans, Chapter-3,. and

Cathedral dependentein this manner or the like, as ﬁnal! -

feem m0ﬁ"-advi{eable to his'Mejeﬁy and the Parish.

1mm. “ ' '

._ ‘ I I. By annexing to every Cathedral dignity a
Cure of fault, in, or near the Metropolis of the Diaeeﬁr
where the Cathedral is, (efpecially where the Legal main:
temmcc of a Church is moi‘t inconﬁa’eméle, and mail oiiall,
where it is imprepriete to the Cathedral ufez) and this Cure -
tobe difchargedby the Dignimr} in perfumexcept in cafe
of neceéifat'jt-.hinderance. It being apparent, that whatever .

’ foorl’teps of fucllaaCollegittte Societj of fDmm and Chap-
terr, are to be found in Aegean], inform us that the ori-
ginal of them was from the convenient {i‘tuation Of the
Nag/thawing Taﬂar: to the .Epifcopalfeat t0 alﬁﬁ thc
Biﬂyop upon alloccaﬁons, without damage to theirﬂocks,
when thofe thatlivedT at remoter diﬁance could nor «be
called inns often as he needed them without inconveni- ‘
ence. ’
> 2.‘ Byereﬁing aﬁanding Preréjterk'conﬁﬂing
of fuch Miniﬂere,having Curerf Soul: within or near the
. place of the ‘29;ka "Mme, at the chOice of the gene-
rality of the Miniﬁry of the Diocefs (the Dignitezrie: of

. i _‘the*Catlaedreln0t being included in the number; except f0

‘ chofen) for the Conﬂanthﬁﬁance of the Bi/bop in 'ordi-
amt} aé‘ttqf jurifdiftion which require nor, or in fu’ch ex. ,
traardinmy, as will not permit the debt} requiﬁte tothe ’
orderly fummoning of remoter Preséjtere: There being
no clear footﬂep in Antiquity for the eonﬁitution 'of,
a [cleft feciet} of Pretéjter: t0 afﬁﬁ the Bilbopfex-
\cluﬁvely to "the rei‘t of their brethen) who ,arebare-
ly 'entituled to that Digﬁit)’ by; being. entiteled to
a revenue annexed to the Mot/tar Claim/9 -, :.a relati-
on which till abour. Conﬂemtitte: time'~(.atlealt) had no
\bein . A ' ' .

' g 3. By levelling all'fuch ptivviled e: and im-

mtmitie: a‘s hinder the reformation "of Cat edml depen-

dents, and rendring them obnoxious to the {mem-
‘ B {petition

See‘eades Ju-
ﬁiﬁcation of "
, the Church
of England
Bus 1 t.

, Term if Accommddriont.
“fpeEt-ion with the oﬂ‘icers' and members of 'Perocbidl

. Clincher. - ‘

p 4.133; taking away [:1 araliti‘er of ﬁlth Ecclcﬁgﬁi.
cal dignitier, which hinder the Digm'mric: from attending
the‘Services, which their original foundation had refpet‘t
limo.“ - - ‘ , , i ..

V i '5‘. By reducing the vdﬂ' revenue: of fome Bi-

ﬂroprick: to a more moderate proportion, and afﬁgning the
farpldﬂage of them, asan addition to the maintenance of
Sufmgan Iii/hops, and {or the bearing of the incidmtdl
charge: of fuch as are fain to attend the «fair: of the
Church uponoccaﬁonall callsfar from their homes to
Synod: or Other‘Clmrcla Conventiom; and Other fuch ufes-
It being apparent, that till Cathedral Churches were ém‘lt,
they could nOt be magma, or priviledged, and (-by con-
fequence )' that in thethree laPt particulars,to plead Primi-
tiveAntiquity againf’t What is propOunded, involves a {elf-
contradi&ion. ' ‘

(2.) They may alfo,upon their own Principle:,cOn- -
:defcend to aan for the ratifying of Ordination in thefe’

late Years conferred ’by Prer‘bjterr, without exacting a » . 3

Submi‘ﬂion to re-ardimztien in thofe who Scruple it.
For, . ‘ ' -
I. That the Biﬁcp: hand: are neceﬂ'ary to Ordi-
nation, Othetfwife then upon the accOunt of Bodeﬁﬂﬂiclal"
canﬁimior for order: fake, will be hard to evidence from
Scripture or pure Antigua! -.- g , —

2. That Ordaining of Preréj-tcr: by ‘Prcréjterc, by
the Biﬂaapxlicence, (as in the cafe of the antize‘nt Cbarepif-
copi) andin the neceffary abfence, or want of Bifhops
( as Axguﬂinc and Amérofe teﬁiﬁe concerning the pra-
ctice in Egypt,and particularly at Alexandria) hath been of
great Antiq‘uitjin the Church : and 'certainly if leave or
abfcnce of thegiﬂrop render it lawful for Prer'éyterr ﬂame
to ordain, it will follow that there is a radical and fmdd-
mental-power of Ordination in Prcréjterr, for elfe a Bi-
my: leave or abfmce might as well impower a weer Lm’cle
to give orders,-which was only reﬂrained for, Order: fake,

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" 3. That Arab 3-. Bancroft and the tell of his”
Brethren ,who admitted the Scotti/h Bijbop: to confecrati-
on, required met their re-bm'innt'z'an .-~ and'furely they were ,
not ignorant of what plen’: lay againlt it. from Anti-
~ mt . - . '
:7 } 4,Thatin the judgemientofmo or tlareelatelearned Ptofﬂr-
Prelntes,the greatcft, if not only, blame with which Pm- »{Izagb,3£mf1-
:bjterinﬂ, Ordination can be charged in Englnlnd, is, that it 3% $030:
was done jot/aifmnticall}. But it will be very hard to ’
prove,that (according to the fenfe of Antiqnit} 0711i.
nntz‘onis ea nomine null, becaule performed by peirlons un-

.der a Scbzfme. Nay our own Mafon dc. Miﬁiﬂ. Angl. See validity/
prchs thatSc/zifme in the Confecmtor doth net It}!!! theCon- "f‘GWth'
' fecrntipn of Bifbepr, out of Antiquity; and ( though he be 101“!” Mini"
no, friﬁnd to Ordination by mecr Preréyter: in England, {ES-SJ“
{hot-1gb he iuﬁiﬁelt in forrnign Chamber, yet) there is par Ebnrlbes by
mtipim both, as to this cafcdmean fcifmatical confecrati— Radafom'
on Of Bifhops, and ordination-of Presbyters. ‘
_ (3 ,) They may alfo, without wrong to their Princi-
P1“, give eOnfent to a more negnlnr eleﬁion and {gun}! ,
conﬂitntian of Sjﬁ6d1,WththEhI_heimprCfSOfSOWEVdigﬂ .
2 Authority are the ordinary Legal original of Church-Con-
ﬁitutio‘ns, and. thofe in whom (' by rep'refentation, as, the
:- whole 5001] of the People in an Hanfe of Common; ) the
Whack 50d] of IMO-[erg] do choof¢th¢anrthey Will be
governed by. And under this head,_it is {uppofed, No
cogent tea-[on from Scripture or Antiqnitj can be given,
Whythey may n0t confent to thefe regnlnﬁpn': following,
orthelike. ‘ _ - ,t-
i. , I. That all men/456m. of Cone/ocﬂlion (£35391: (ht
- Bi/bnp himfelf, Whole claime by verme .05 his. Qﬁicggis not
' denyecl to he. of great Antiqni-t}, if " theanthority of
nnticnt Cannot]: be allowed) being bntfrgréytgrkgmay
. lubmit Loan gqn’nl'elpﬁimwith the Clerk; of. Cén'vdédtion
exempt (whimlthink cannmbepmved‘) there by any
fontﬁeps in pure ﬂntiqnit] priviledgingon; ‘P£e5bygej: be!-
yond another without elcﬂion to ﬁt in aSYQngalldmakc
Lewis for-:heChurch, ' ~ - - - i'

- '- B 2 ‘ 2.. That

,to

' feem' belt to Authority.

Term: of Attbmmodatim.
/ 2' 2. That if Cathedrtzl‘mméersﬁt as repi'efen-ters

/ (of diﬁinél Collegiate éodies'tl‘tcy belong to -, either the

number of' them be’leﬂ'ened, or the"‘nurnber of Clark:
Elcfliwe beaugmented tooverballan-ce them 3 it {eem-

. ing unequal,” that the Clerk; who repre‘fent the whale

C'lérggflhould b‘e lyable tobe outv0ted by the number of
tjhole3'Who3 whatever burth’ensthey lay uponxtheir bre.

~ thren andth’e Churches under ~them,are by the path/Hedge
_of their [can] little concerned in them themfelves.

3’.“ That feeing the late diffolution' of Government

_ hath expofed Us to {0 many Stbi/m: in the Church; and '
' "f ‘fa‘mmm the-sitateﬁndthe animoﬁties occaﬁoned by them

arre’y‘etit'oo'ﬂagtant amongus 3 {0 that it may-rationally be .
fuppofed, out mutual heats may hinder us frOm all recon-'

fci.liation by the debates and concluﬁons of a [Synod con-

I’tituted sf meer Native: 3‘ there be fome courfe taken (as
in’the synodof Dart) to tallin the alﬁﬁanceof fome
formigm Reformed Die-Jinn, by way- of advice, not
je‘r‘ifdz'ﬂiw 3 who‘being‘ unintereﬁed- in our quarrels,
may be able to fuggefl better expedients for our accom-
modation, t then our palﬁon and prejudice will ‘fuﬁ'er us to

4 lighten our felves; This propofal is bottomed upon the j ,

ufe the‘amitn‘r: made of Gwen! Co-ungily, which-feeing

‘ We cannot “now have, it feems‘ but equal, that when like

‘ Muff: call forformigne'advice,the.fame tour/e be folloWed
as 'near as'it may;

. 4." That canvaﬁng for voites by Apparitors, &c.

3 Bi Forbidden", and-the prefent way offummoning Miniﬂer:

to. fuch demon by Apparito‘r’: which ‘gives them advan—
tage {o to do", and opportunity to le‘avethofe unfutnmoned

_ whore. votes they. doubt of, may be changed into a publike '

proglhmatibﬁ {Mil Mar/(gt Town:, or- the. like, as {hall
. 5.: That-no Pro-xie mm be admitted, extept upon
fatif'made, that the :p‘erfons depﬂting thein Pro’xieyare
hindredfrom"givingtheir attendance by rfome neceﬁary.
impediment... ‘ ~ . '
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may net—neéeﬂitate the Miniﬁers’tbat live at diﬁanﬂe
to an inconvenience in reference to their L'ordxvdaj'lni
bow: : and in fuchplac'ei'as are near the Center of every
Diocefr,,that 'jl/[z'niﬂerr from all parts may attend them
with lefs inconvenience. - .

T hefe lal’t-‘mentioned particulars carry {0 much'eqai-
I] in the front of them, that it is‘ nor to be fuppOled,
any one Will think it needful' to appeal tothe practice
of theamiﬁht Chard: concerning them : or iﬂithey

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' fhoul-d, it-wiere‘no difﬁcult matter toderive ﬁnﬁicient _‘

countenance for them from the recOrd-s of dmimt Ceﬁnr
cillx.- . '6 ‘ , . ' ’
(4.) Nor is there any thing to {cruple their Con-
[tieme in the granting it, from Scripture, or pure Ar
ziquit}, but rather much to induce-them .the'reunto,in
cafe it be farther deﬁred, That an aéﬂmﬁbejmade of

all Eccleﬁaﬂiml Law: in force, and publifhed, that all ’
men may ltnowvwhen they are, or. are not obnoxious _
to Eccleﬁaﬁ‘iml Cenfukc: : and thofe'litigations occa~ '

ﬁoned by the difperﬁoh of them in [am-Sm} Booki-(too
many already, but likely to be 194]?!) multipljedﬁncafe
the Conteitof {Omeggrmt'C/mrrla—mm now in being,

hold/good; that, a great ' part of the .CamnjLam ‘l‘S'

ﬁill in force) no more‘tnrn; Eccleﬁa‘zﬂiml'Iudimtorié:
into/Court; of Common P1845. Andtha-t. m‘ﬂmrion A7“
title: ﬁpon which Clourék-Wardem are {worn torprel'ent,
be conﬁned both‘in number and quality/to fnch a prOpor-
'tion,.and nature, as they may fafely {wear to. _ .
(5..) _ Nor will it; to any one that econlidereth how
fevere the amiem a'ifciplitzé of the Church was, in cafes
' of Scandal-ﬁnd how indulgent: in' matters of Smupltﬁe
thought repugnant to their principles before mentioned,

if they be deﬁred to makethe yoke of Church ten-fares

heavier (for S candnlam Nou—ccnfaa'miﬂr to The. Law's of

>695), then fcrupulour Nonacmﬁgrmi ﬂ: tothe Laws of" the
Church, and take care that they be'execnt‘ed with a like

difference. , V _. , i ,
(6.) Nor WilllE be amatter of [onfcimce,if upon the

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r-pi‘ecedingConﬁderation, it be deﬁred, thatbare "mu-m
, formitj in ciﬂumﬂantialb, where it is no: ioynedwith

open contempt of authoritj,”20r an evident formatting of
Schifme and Fafiion, may notexpofe a Mimﬂer; ﬂam’m
and Livelyhood to fuch hazards as formerly. f

(7.) Bat rather, that the few Connor/crud Creemoxier'
be laid afide altogether, that they may be no more a."
Sbibéolerla or note of diltinetion, between Mim‘ﬁer

‘ and Mini/fer .- nor expole the moft confcientious per-{Otis '
- (who are the only perfons apt to fcruple in fuch cafes )

a prey to maliciom profecﬂtorr, who are upon all occaﬁons
aptto make the neglect of them an occaﬁon of difqui.
.ethng thofe Mini/2m, whofe doctrine difquiets'their
la .5-_ -
r (8.) And feeing the ﬂriﬂ aéferwrisn of the Lord:
#4}, in the performance of publike and private duties of
religiOn,is found by experience to COnduee "very much
to the promOtin‘g- of knowledge and pier} where it is To
Obfetved 5 am” nomnc: and liemtioﬂfmﬁ Where it is
negleﬁcd -, it is fappofed they need not fcruple, (though

\ poﬂibly‘nor upon the fame ground, which the Preréjteri-
- am plead (the morality of the (14],) yet (at halt)

:by an Eccleﬁaﬂical conﬂimtim ) to enjoin it. To be
lure. if Scripmre and Fathers, ( as {ome think) he
nor fo fevere, as to require a totall abﬁincnc’e from {ecular

_,imployment, and recreations on that day, yet there is

nothing in them againf’c the praétice of fuch an abﬁinence

' in order to religious ends.

‘ ' (9.) Itis hardly to beimagined, that confeienre canﬁnd
fo much in Scripmre or Antigua}, for the Juﬁiﬁ'cation
of thewhole'fmme of the‘Englif/B Liturgy; and the
form: of Ordination, &c, as that they fho'bld rationally
conclude it a Sin to make any alterations of mif-tmz—

‘ ﬂatiom or inconmniemexpreﬂimr, the main body and
abulke of them being preferved, which few quar.

rel at. a .
(10.) Laﬂly, the multitude of halyda}: (as they

are called) yet remaining, is under the fame difputa-
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blenel's, as to their foundation in pure Antiquity,and
fo may _ ( even with fafety to their principle: ) be [eff .

fened. 7-
1 have not mnltiplyed all thefe heads, as if I thought

it unpol’ﬁhle to ’ accommodate: the Presbyterians upon 2

any mﬁer Termr,‘ or becaufe Ithink it neceﬂ‘arythey‘
fhouldinﬁft upon werjpnnﬁillio of the-{e mpg/41:. Nay,
ﬁlm: of them may poﬂibly be already fuﬂiciently fetu-
red in Inn} for ought I, know, (who confefs my {elf
not much verfedin that kind of reading, ) and {o it
may be {uperﬂuous to deﬁre them. However, in safe
luch proviﬁon be alrcnd} mlzde, it werebUt meet, for
fatisfaétion of thofe who deﬁre it, that it be made ap-
pear Where, and how that proviﬁo’n is made ‘, and that
allurance be given, that fuch Laws {hall be better execu—
ted for thefuture then heretofore. Andi have this-
charity for the Preréjterinn Mini/fer}, thatl am per-
{waded fome very féw additions to the model, and concef-
lion: of the K ing: Declaration, and thofe‘bately ufe‘full to

~ render them praeticable, will reconcile the molt of them .

to their Brethren, and render them mof’t entirely one

with them. And What pity would it be to caf’c off {0' ~

eonﬁderablea number of learned, orthodox, penrmble and

powerful Preacher: from publike imployment in the '
Church, for n0t complying in the utmolt extremity to ‘
thofe things, which may be more fafely indulged by the -

'. profrﬂed principle: of their Gawrnarg'rhen they'can be

praétifed by their: ? And let it be feriouﬂy conﬁdered, ..

Whemcr if SLPmr, and St. Punk-and the tell of the
Apoﬂler, who dealtfo moderately in the ﬁr]; Synod-4t fei

rnfnlem, in aqueﬁion of as great or greater importance ‘ -
then any before mentioned, would, if they wereinow in
England, not very much condemn the vialenr principle: r.
and aﬁings of fome perfons, who profe-ls to fncceed them. .
«Surelyif to dream all thing: (lawfull ) to all mentbnt we

. may win fome,be an Apoﬂolical pmélice, and commend-

edin the/Scriptnr; to our imitation'as it is, that Principle}
that will nor allow men to become any-thing _( though my? ‘-
‘ i x 0. '1

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. ”\1

1M ‘ y , Term: of Accommodatim. “

folawlulupontheirOWn declared’grounds) to focom
ﬁderablea number of their coxfciemiom Bret/arm, 15n€i~

ther commendable. nor Apoﬂoliml. But it may be, the fault _

is on the othtrﬁde. It is not meet the Epi/coparian' {hould
(become all things) to them, and they comply in nothing

,withthem again. Very true; itisnor, vAndtherefore, ‘

in the next place, upon the former poﬂulam, as they refer
\ to the Pr'wéjtcrz‘an party,l proceed to Allen,
. 6110143 - A
:ela/tti/tltg, to ‘ “m“ ) y ‘ \ _ t _

the prgsbm- I: 1.] ( In reference to Church-Government.) .
rim; Party. ’1 . Admit ( at le‘aPt ﬁr: humane , as an Olﬁcer of
' - Eccleﬁaﬂiml conllitntion , or as deputedby the King:
Majeff] , and byvertue of his acknowledged Sugrmgacy)
, a ﬁnglc Per/0n to preﬁde over the Pméjreric , ot fuch or

fuch a convenient Precinct, as a Maﬂcr of a Colledge over ‘

his Pei/om. For though the Scripture do not { according

to their grounds) appoim’any fuc‘h Ofﬁcer, yet it dOth -
’ norforéid the Conftttmion of fuch an one bythe Charcb -

or Magzﬂmte for more regular manageryof affairs: and

' itis doubtfull (atleafrt ) whether fuch an'one were no:

admitted into the Church ( for the remed] of Schifme) as
ferome faith; before the deathof St. 70km .

2. It need n0t fcruple their Confcimm by' what

name (foit be a name of honour and reverence )~ he be

tailed; whether Fat/oer, or Preﬁdeﬂt , or Modemrqr, or "

Supersz'ntendmt,‘ or BMW). ‘ And if the Fat/our of Prin-
'ces to this Eccleﬁaﬂiml Title, add'another of Civil Dig-
nity, [know no: but they may without fcruple call him by

that Name 5‘ as when an Etzrldom (as lately it fell outin /

England, in a Nééle Family ) devolves upona, Miniﬂer,

of the Gafpel, I think, Rig/9t Hommuzéle‘, and Tour Lard-
fln'p, dorh neverthelefs belongto him,-becaufe he isa Mi—

l m’fz‘er. It appears not t‘o‘tme , but thelawfulnefs of the
Titles of. Maﬁa? ,- and—Father given to Mini/fen, is as
”difputable from thei‘Scripture, as that of My Lord.

‘ Though it little becomes Minil‘térs to- {trive for them ,. or

' ‘ r 'be oﬂ‘eh’ded with tho/fe that fcruple to giveth’etn.‘

Second!) , Thatthe Preréjitrimt: may (/4103 confci—

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3. Nor need it beal'fc’mp‘lo of Confcience, that
India erfon is continued in his Chair for Term of lifo,or-
‘qmm iio bone [a goﬂ'erir , and is net i-chofen anew , on
everyoc‘caﬁM of publick meeting. For in this the Son'-
‘pture ”I think ( as to any pOﬁtiye determination )‘is deep-iy
'ﬁicn‘t,’ and Antiqm‘t favours notthe later‘ conﬁitution at
all, as far asl und'eritandJ , ' ' H ' ' >
_ ' 4; If this Perfon have. large and'am-ple Revenue:
; beyond his Brethren, aliowcd‘ him, fuitable toa Governor ‘
‘ deputed by Ant/amt]; and‘to‘maintain the dignit} "of 19%: .
I r place,_&cg (thbnghitbcitrue, that too large In€0ﬂ7€fgito f
- Ofﬁcers of the Church, are but on}: of Ambition, and
‘temptottiom to fupercz'liom Lording and domineering over
a ‘ thenFlock) I think need-no: {care the Confcimce of any
’man from accommodation .3 feein‘g Script”; determines not
the man proportion’of Maintenance which the Gammon
'of th'e'Chm-ok’ may re aim, and no more : and‘( if alearn- M h
ed and’ leading man 0 that ﬁde which goes for Preréjtori- ,mfe’ﬂoggﬁf
\ om, fay truié) fo large ftimms in ijriomtime,and Farm: (ion; °
1nd Lands, were at the Bifbop: dij’pofozll‘, that fame of them '
complained‘ofthe éﬁrthmiof 'managing‘tlaom. And how '
much they allowed th‘emfelves, or] the Church allowed
'thembut oftthofe'vaﬂfnm‘ms;who canteil?’ ' .
‘ ' '5; Nor dorh the Cohi’titution‘ of Doom and _
Chapters, nor their, magma; ( as. they area kind of
collegiate pr'efcmm,pforttie encouragement of eminent
\ 'Diwi‘né}, an‘t’llin‘cafethengWérc {o ,mod‘eiiedjas'their inﬂu-
cn'cémight b’e“",l’efs* in new/tomcat ’nﬁirr ;;‘ farther then
“my are-elet‘ted bY‘ the“ Clergy, ﬁt faprfi )., offer any. vio-
-lence‘ to: the forement‘ioned promo; mammogram»
. LC'oﬁoiokce 3' For neither .SC,7‘5P??‘?€§ Antiquitj ,1.th Cow—
“ 'mnt,‘forhid70r Exclude _;fttch"‘S‘o("iotiq .oirtheir‘ momma”,
"audit-“that nOtion." ‘Yea‘iﬁ the late ;iftfim'es‘,;=’ityhe;n fdﬂ'lc {of
1110]: ih")o3$or '1};ny pleaded the Céiv‘énantj for ‘exﬁgirpdﬁ‘on of
them, *to‘ iuﬁiﬁc ~3aorilea‘ge_ 5 the “PM.” 41114 "Prcééﬁdf bf
”WWW: in ovairdsxﬁoﬁidnowe Perfwald'cid rob?—
!i‘ethhefriféMs tempt-mean th _4ifi_jio'le 2’ been] {e‘ft‘hcy
Y 1116621 hat'elyiin ai‘ﬁo'llcgidn‘caphrikj.” " ' ‘ '
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6; Nor-is it a. matter ofConﬁ'ience to thofe of that
judgment, who are not Ordained ahead], to fubmit to
.Ep‘ipral Ordination, whiles they admit a competent num. =
.ber of Pratbjter: to lay onhands with them, Nayfome of
.them-.( it feems) are [0 far {atisﬁed init ,thatfeeing the
Lawrequiresit‘of them, and diversof their people Epif.
cope/l} minded, 'fcruple the lizwfulmf: of their adminﬂra-
tiamwithOut it,,they do fubmit to fupeninduce it upon
theirformcr Ordination -, Nor need any one of Pméyte-

' rim Principles, refufethe impoﬁtion of Epifcopal handy,

hecaufe the Scripture feerns to inveﬁ a Presbjteriewith it.
For Bi/bop includes Prerbjter, and he, (being. nor only:
Biﬂwp, but a Preslvjur )' withhisaﬂiﬁants, makea Pref..-
éjtcric, - , .
7. The want of’ ruling Elder: , which have been
pleaded for as neceﬂ'ary Ofﬁcers of the Church, need not
ﬂick with their Confciexcu , if the Church-Warden: were .
well chofen annually, and confcientious. in their ofﬁces ,
and encouraged by the Bi/b'op: {o to be. For who fees not .
that (mutate namine) a Church-Warden is a plain La},-

Eldcr, as the Over-[err of tlj'e‘poo'r is’ a Scripture-Deacon,
(adult as, to one part'ol' his ofﬁce, if the Epifcaparian be

‘n0t fatisﬁed that thatis all) and annual, or hot annual; '

where Scriptureis ﬁlent in determining, (hould make no

8. t Nor need they be d’iﬁu‘tb‘ed upon a. caufcim;
tiam account , if ( While «at o .furifdiﬂion run in his
name, with the exptefs eon/mt o. ' his Cler J or Preréjterie)
fuch as meerly relate to written of'Order, uppofe the tacit:

A unfair-t of the Preréjterie,__and (for expedition fake,.and'
'eafe to the Minif’cers aﬂiﬁant‘to him , whofeioccafions

would betoo muchintrenched upon , if in every fuch-

matter they fhould be Convened '1 run in the 35172012: mm: , '
b130,: ,For {nah a power, man be placed {omewhere, d“!

ringith‘e Internal: of; Prer6}terian-Aﬂcmélies, . even where
they arekttled molt to the mind “of. the Patron: of Pref;-

been? -,, and comes under the rule of the Apoﬂ'le , that all
" Ibizg: 62 dang 4:“!!th Md if! order. _' And if . any , ( extra

Con/eﬂxm

Terms‘ of AmMéJnionJ? é

Coxﬁjfum' Preréjteroram') whyinot inthe Eifbop, as well as;

any other ?

'Meﬂengerr, sec. necefiary for the carrying on'Of‘ Govern-

mam, be allowed, is To far from claihing with preiaymm
Principal“, that the only thing that they“ have tank to
complain of herein, is that they are too ofte-‘nnot {o‘ib'anaﬂg
as they fhould be; and that they are no: maintainedzont’:

of a publick puff: ( rather then "by occafrunal few)

which were the ’more’ likely way to inn/(e and-keep

them fo.
1.0. The ‘Prubﬂerimfonfcimce picks inc-quarrel at

the jurifdiﬁion which the Law placeth in the Bijbop and-.4

his Claancelior: , and Other Civilian! atting- tinder him in
cafes of. Teﬂamwt': and Marriage: , as being meerly af--
‘ fummm , things "annexedf to", and n0t>properly parts of
, Eccle mﬂica! .jurifdiéfian. _ . ' t *

, , . {2. J In reference to Lifting], habit ofMim‘ﬂerr, C c—
rcmam'er, and Feﬂiwzlr‘, 'Prérbjtéridn Principle: may ad-
mit,_aslfuppofe, ‘

‘ 1..The lawfulnefs of an impofed Form'of Prayer
(in Tkeﬁ )' and the conveniency of it in reference to the
eﬁxpial'pzrti offacre‘d adminiﬂ‘mtiomg-and (in 'ijotbe/i)

the lawfulnefs- and complcatnefso‘f the Form :ﬂ'aéh'fbed /

a in this Church , *inprefer'ence' to {uch ‘ Aﬁ‘mihiffratiom;
with very little alteration in any thing of moment.
. . .2, That divers other part: of the Kerouac/faili-
]Led-areeverygood‘, and edifying , and ( w‘ith liberty to
forbear {me ”ﬂag“ which are offenﬁve-éto ttheitjaipeople;
till they be amended ) may bewhen .requirediga prevailed
with to life {0 mach of it; as will‘detlajr’é themathilling‘,
upon this point, tob’reak withtheir rBrethren, 9130'! they
“know,that fameforms have Scriptu'ral warm»: -,3 and
( therein ) other formsa scripture/21 precedent, and (upon
that account) no»: nnlanul, farther then they contain
fomething anti-Scriptural in their compoﬁtion. “ -
~ 3. They are fenﬁble that it is the mind of the
Holijlaofl in the Scripture, thatall Sacred Duties, efpe-
‘ \ C 2, ' . cially

.‘9. That fomeander-Oﬁicew, a-sliNo-Mriaisandr

W1:

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ﬁe‘obfslrérsedsotmimdr " e.

* farm: «of; Annamaria»; 1 _

cially. in 3‘01:me ﬂ'mélim, would be performed .with‘the
greateﬁ reverence -, and that God muf’t be gloriﬁed with the!
bnd}. 44 we]! a: thefpirit, -, :and therefore have Only a quar-
relgatovfueh Ceremonies as are only enjoyned upon the lac-a
countaqf ﬁgniﬁczm}, and‘do not “naturally ( as circum;
ﬁances requtﬁte to the Worflzip‘in hand ) emerge. from the
qmﬁr} thereof .(g’fOIrWlth fuch as thefe,~upon the grounds
mentioned, they are perfeétly friends. ‘ ,. ~ *
_ 4 They fo well know, that an unlimited [Mart]
of haéitr, givesa Temptation to Mini/fer: to cloath them-
ﬁlves a [a mode, and fo, many times to confOrm them.
{elves torthe common extrdwgmcies Qf rm decent faﬁiam ,
andthe-rebylofe that reputationgofgmwtj which ﬂiould .
adorn the ~Mm-iﬂcritzl funﬁi’anzin {the eyes of the world, .
and therefore cannor bt’tt judge-it agreeable to Striptwe,‘

that that liberty be reflrainedgby the en joyn'mg of grave

and. comely garments, and it is. believed, 'they‘for‘bea’r‘
{omeof' thofee'njoyned in th‘eLCanm itfelf ,- not from a
pyiﬂCipleOf' f4£¥im1rancl ﬁngalai‘itj , but onlythecanfe the ,
long difufc of them , hath rendred them fonlewhat im-
cough in the eyes offtheir people ; and they are unwilling
to” let orhers ( who upon font: accounts maydoit wit -
lefs offence )‘ rendegthem momfmﬁliarlbytheir: ufe; the,
ion: they ,takethemh'p .- :, only theyvfcruple theatre of: w}??-
mentspemliarb;npﬁpﬁriatedﬂdioine Seroie‘e,‘ as thinking
them proper to the-old Law, and abolﬂhed twi‘th'it. I "
Lat/fl], {1163’de(.nOtwithﬂzandin'gf their perfwaﬁon,
that me powctmn eaﬁhcgn make ‘any portion of time 13— ‘
trinﬁm'léyﬁ; Imbaﬂdﬂﬁrtﬂie vafervation of thofe; ermine-m:
56.491794}; oﬁstloetﬁ’bmbu that: tend to the keeping in re-
membranceihe Birtb,Cirmmciﬁ-ou, Baptifm,RJurre£H—
wand afcpyﬁm of our. bleﬂTed Saviour , and the defcend—
53g of ”the algal} (512.0%. as they do ‘OtherAnuiwrfarjtlmnlq.
mange appointed by. Pubtick Authority; {0 asno ob-

ligation bedeclared to-lieiupon: the Conference ' to. obferve

them, from'anyprmliar lao/ineﬁ: in t’ho'fe; more then in
70th?! dayes. -,,4 and Others .aboltﬂted' orle‘ft *indifferent'ly to,

 

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.. I. am very confident,'tihat Very few of‘ that Party Which '
‘ they call Treséjtcriagc , .. will ﬁnd themfelves concerned in
C anfcicm‘e to dtlpute the lawfulnefs ofnmny (if 4177]) of
the fore-mentioned Canoe/float ( as here Rated ) in order
to a friend]; accommodation. And am al-fo fo charitable to
thofe of the {oberer fort of Epifcoparians,as to think that
upon a public Declaration, that they can yield thus far ,
and intend not to {tart-new fcmple: , when-thefe here
mentioned are ﬁnished -, ’( which I perceive is the jealouﬁe,
that contributes much to the. continuing our diﬁances ,
whiles the rulingl’drt] are fufpitious that if once they
begin to abate , the Others for whole'fake they do it will
growimtreafonable in their demands ,' and think to make
ufe of one Conceﬂion,‘ as an Argument to prevail for arm-
ther in-inﬁm‘mm) they would advance nearer towards
them. And hereby ( unqueﬂionably )thofeBNthrm may,
\ either expe& to be gratiﬁed in their deﬁres, or rendet‘the
perfamrhxzt deny them before God and'the world,inexc’ufe+
able, if they would generally agree on the Terms 011' ~
which they will be fadsﬁed, and folemnly declare that
upon the Conceﬂionof them, they will acquie‘fce, wit’h- ..
out di.lturbing;..the peace" of theChnroh. Andindeedit
feems but reafonable that thisfhould be required of them; _
that fo their Governor: may be aﬂ’ured that they have no
- referee: in ambufmdo to diﬁurb‘themtafrelh, when the
Main bad} of their fcruples is disbanded and difmiﬁd the
, Field. Andi have taken this pains of purpofe , (not to
preferibe to the Reverend Father: and Bret/arm Of the one», _
or the other perfwaﬁon , my own conceptions as a jail: ,
ﬁandard or ballance by which the Article: of Accommoda-
tion malt necefiarily be meafu'red or weighed out :tbut) "
~partly, to excite them,bya kind of Pattern, how ,imperw- .
‘ feet foever, (drawn out of thofe Norions which by Books 7
or Dilcourfes l have taken up concerning the main» differ.
encesbetween them , and the Principles upon which they
are engaged to maintain their contrary Aﬂertions) to do‘ »
{omething more perfeft thernfel‘ves of the like nature :
And yard}, with all {ubmiﬂ'ion and reverence, to {etfbe-
- ‘oref .

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1mm of docommdoﬁon.
fore thofe in Pnhlike Authority, if the Tomi” thcmfclw:
will not, in what way the] may quickly put an end tothefe
ﬁri‘fes and diviﬁons -, to wit, by requiring them feverally
"(each‘ﬁde for themfelves ) to ﬂare the utmoﬂ of their
demand: and deﬁres, and the utmoﬁof the Conceﬂz‘om and
C ondc [motions which they Can with a fafc Confcimcc yield ‘
eachorher upon thofe demand: -, tOgether with the groundc

. upon which they can go nofarther ; taken from the Imb-

likel} oWncd Rotlcr and Principle: by which they will‘be
tryed in Concernments of this Nature : and (upon the
whole matter) make themfelves fhdger in the cafe, and
compound the difference {0 , as it may 2 offer leaﬂ' violence
to thofe Principle: of Con/cicm‘c on either hand. For cer-
tainly , what Perfons or-Parties foever {hall upon othcr
Principle: then thofe of Confcicncc , or farther then thofe
Principle: by which their Confcicncc is governed do require,
keep open ourwounds, and obﬁruét a Chroﬂicm and Cha-
rimhlc Accommodation; will ipfo fofﬂo, declare themfelves
guilty of a Schifmatical Dcﬁgn in the Church, for fame
bafe and unworthy ends, and jnﬁly expofe themfelves to
the jealouﬁe of the Magi/irate, as thofe that nurfea Prin-
.ciple of new diﬂhrhahm to the State upon that account, - ‘

 

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