Tending tothe OF fame TR8 L 44 T I c/1LL% % AND .4 .:7\r 7' I 1 4 am » ERROVRS % ‘AND THE V OF THE THREE KINGOMAS WhichconccmsBoth. % Clearing of that part of the late LQNDNO N, " Printed for SAMUEL GELLIBKAND 3 333 thfi Brafmgfierpenr A4 in 1?A¢<4?S. ¢hu¥9h-yard» 364-3» "" . ,.. w~°°' \ . p\V‘\'m ‘; ‘:_ ‘ ‘ M _ " -*0“ .‘ W.‘ ‘V . .,u *.-.. e E f l w" " 'w‘C"‘*"‘ . “ \ » 3‘ 3'1’ mm; ‘W. --‘ .,;r r m.-. .‘.j V 9 ‘ ‘£1 ' H? '.¥j«£»“ . it u,’ at V ‘ L 4- W.‘ ‘.3... ‘ V .- ,v. ‘ um r‘ at‘ ‘ " , .W { :3 % % . - . . ‘J ‘ , » .35 ~' ‘ ‘ "LL "“‘ ""5." “M Tn “ ~‘ mg‘. .4’ "‘ .».‘ “E. "7 ' M 4 31”“ ‘ ‘I > \ ‘pa w‘ . '4 J‘ ‘ « V; . ~Ia"\”€.v M .’ _;,,. ~45 . +5’; 4 ‘ '4 ‘ .v : ‘ A J H ‘ 7 ‘ '« v " » ‘A H I.‘ ‘ , “ , ’ 1 ‘ r I '9, “V . "‘ 4"‘ " .‘ 4 ’“ ".5 “‘ .‘ ,4 ' A-.v. " ‘ , . I ~ ““-.4 ‘ v ‘MW ’ ‘ _ 5 . -V “ u , ‘ ‘ ‘W. ,‘ ‘N ‘ 5.. 4 V ‘ - ‘ . I. _ i‘\ w I . ,- n '. F 5‘ cczeivcri Tetliiirag to the Di{&0veryvoffo1neTm.. AWIWII ‘alld ./fntinonzian Enfours , and the Cleanflg of that PFWF of the late Cawmmt ofthc thrcelflngdomes which A A concernes; both. \ faddcfl thoughts in azhcfe Fad timers, namely _., haw Hm‘. am two weightyPoint$com4m¢ndccl"to‘cru: ~ M to Earocurafirfl a Rcformacicn, ‘and thcna Pacifi...r A , V A Acatton; Iavlmthc Baptifi was*1Ez2tix)thcSapiric of ~ ~* E/5”‘ ‘° P”°‘~‘W~"’ bfltha Lfikv my. to turn: the: ‘ * hearts of the Fathers wwarés the Children (thcrc”s aw’; Pacificatimn) and the difnbcdicm: to the wifdomc of tha,-:3 fufl,ther”sa;Kcf0rma:i.ot1. Now tfhcm amcwo forts ofmen thag %¢:> pofe 9.4 thorowwficforxnatioza, and thcrcfcmz hinder 5, Racionafl . ,1“ * ' ‘ . ., . ‘my. . “‘ .1" :‘. " ,g»7-in-,_ . v ‘ ua*;,~;_-fi,..‘i__,..‘ u s ‘ A A ‘ -4‘ AA and Chrifliau P».-a¢:ifi%catior1. The fin’: far: are gxxrried awaywich Prclaticall arroumthe fecond fort: am czwriedaway with ;An:im;.. miamrroum A _ A A ' A 3 ' A ; .35“-V..,§_ u»? 15:“. ,3 :31‘- 3E-‘ A 3- 2. >1 w ef_‘_~«} ’?W‘;*.’ 1-J K. 4 ac‘ V A 4 V 5-t2=)‘h . A . t For thtfirfllbf thelé, wc mull confidet haw they have Idolizcd l thgPtc1ates , and Canonizcd the Service-bookg or”'( ifyou will) " C21.!‘lOni2‘€d the Ptelatest and tldolized the Service -book. I hFirI-lfor the Ptelatmtlxey ate: tll‘r§s't‘i1T.€ known to be Ufi1r- pcts,land Seductrs ; now Ella’: Rluleh fish, That an Arm.-fem” ¢’Ufézr;p.m'an zit mtber. 4 cmfi of cazftefim therzl az gmzmdl fin‘ pref‘cript£o2z'$: It. is cettaine that the Ptlmitivt: Church hadlthe bclt.Di{‘cjplinc ,!‘:tnd thetcfhrc the tel-Eating ofthc Ptitnitivc Difcipline cannot be: dcnit&« tp be a Reformation, and the Reformatim aftlae C lmrch carmat éring ah;/Q:/¢ttiafi¢'i4pafi¢ the State ; becaulié C hriflc will blcflh his own Otdh. lmncc, and defend hismvta Difitiplinc by his awn power. H. A l 0éj.;But thg tghag hath {worn to-‘maintaine P-teléacy, and thé Mhinillers have {worn to ycclcl Ca_noni<;a1IV obcdliencc. Jfol. ThcLaw of“ Na tiotzsi-f'ra=n1es this Atnfwcr, InAomm'A1'.~arrAmemmt fimper exw';:'tm* azztljaritax Majprz}. ” IF you look up.o%nl the Church of Englmtd as a, Natianall Church", whicht‘ hath all the Rights ,, Privlltdgcs, and Immunitiesfl’ which by the Word of God are Conn-A A fcrted ulpon every true Church) confirmed unto it and fettlcld upon it by the-grand Charter of the Kings of Efigltmd,ic_is_cIear?and gig... dtmt, that neither the King not them iniflcts, can be obliged togive anything to the: Ptelatcs (by vcttuc of an Oath ) vvhichisdcnid unto the Ptelattés by Gods Word ,‘ (th.erc‘s -Azttlaarims cglfajorit) M 4 and thcgrand Chatter, t-hctt:’s Azzthorims C/7/Zzzjarzmrt : The words ofthe great Chttrtcrarc known , yet I will takethc paincsto tran- V fisribe them , fanccflmus ‘Dm C5?’ 134:: prtefiati (,‘/mrtaf co:«zfirma»w'- mm pro 220622: @'.bxrediéu: mgflri: inptrpctiam qubd Ecclcfi :1 Ang1;.. Jana libem fit ; ll 65” ba.6cat.lommm jam fim integrg fit" 1¢gg~,~m,,.,.g, ” fiigf :’l1a£_/2z:,(:é“c. aide’ ]l<[4g.Cla2zrt.c,1,,This is the Grant ofthe Kings 02‘ €z.;gl2z2ao£Twhich binds themgatnd their Hcites for ever, to pre- fetve all th»: Rlghts,Libcttics,and Ptiv~.iIcdgcs,(of and in the C hutch“ . A of_Em_glm2d ) wh3qhlvbe“Iong to a free C hutch, and without which 2. Chtttclz 4;anttot’ht~c §f'tccChutch. Now the Church of England clamor be a frcc: Church. if the Pmlaces l he lizflzcredrt to Izord it over’ the Minlficrs and%Pcoplcof God in England, andthcrcfotc-. the A King is bound accotdingtothe Grand Charter to extirpatc Prclacy thin Exglandg asthma hath altcady done in Scotlawd. We mutt bee" tthotc carefitll ofSpit1'tual1 thcntTcmpor»aIl liberty, we are very" . ll A tlcttdtrhfif ‘Wt.’ _‘p_crfona%l1 liberty of €V{'.‘R'y..Subjc& in particular ,» but». 1.... I " .§: A i( 3') - but WE mi-‘Q bfi mflfl "~':‘1"-‘(M A Ofthc liberty or itihe whoIcCoo1mL2fii-A ii my of true Prorcflams as they make one;rEccIefiafl-icafl body, mt‘ Society’ , and ifldoth not‘Iie%1'n thepowcr of any 0:33 or mom: members of that Body, ‘tofiavezzre azwyr rheoliber:y'ofthow§ioic % Siooiety or C~Ihurch,1 fiyChurch , for ailthciincérc Proreflaizitso who doc now cntér into this Nationali Covenant are 3 Nfa- taionall Church by venue of? this Covenant ; nay, an the Go; iveoamzers iniaii :31: three Kingdomcs are hereby made one Church, though they oannotiin perform meet Acollcéiively in one Congregation, butiin regard of their Mtzltitudesiiarc forced to meet: diflributivclyin feverall Congregations ‘;,i or am: Reprciéna H j tativcly, in fuoh Guides who are chofen Delegates orCommii"-4 fioz1er;~s,to propound, reafon, or‘ treat: inrhcii: behalf: in fomo GeoerailAfi'eimb1y5butthatbythc way. A A ‘ 9;. Vvc anfwcr farth"e1',ifa man havefinncdiiy gaking an unIawfi.iIi‘o 0ath,each Child (that hathlearnt his Catcchifmcvknowcs thatias i {bone as bee is conovi-nccd of his finnc,” he is bound tolrepent of’ it, andjoicannot be cngagodxn pom: ofconfcziencc to commit a fe--v io cond finnc rather then to repent of his former finne. Ii: wonfdbe: Prrangc iDivinity to affirms that a man is boundin confirience to finne, and forbid toirepcnc; whether it is better togoc min 2; finne, or repent of‘ afinne , wee A may fafcly ict them fudge , ...~.....-——-gm‘ mndxtm ‘ere Iwantzarw : Hcc that hath {worn ra{hiy;;; mufl repent deliberately, and not pcrfoarmc his oath wickedly af--» car he is conviuccd“of'thc finfulncffc ofhis 0at§1_'_;i' for after conviai- on, ici's~— ay greater fihnc to keep his oath, then it was before oonvii-aion to cake thc oath,bcciaufc the firfi wasai raflm finnc; an&“’ a fiznne of’ ignorance and w*cakncfl“c_,thc fecond is a deliberate fifine‘ againfl judgement and confcziencc; A A‘ ~ Wcinccd nocin thcfc times difputc the point ivahethcr the Pr:-v latcsbc ofan cg./fntic/brg/fian Order, itis fufficicmthat they "are: of‘ the J4;2ti'chrifli“” Fafféan, For tho Rrclaios in ’E:;g!rmd are confl-:~ dorate with the Paipifisiza England, Ireland ; I might add: Spgirw i and Imzjgandthc”Prciatcs“have engaged their owne iivcsjand for--' 3-m:'1”é:si,thc lives and fortunes ofall their Hierarchyf as they cailiic fromithe Deane to the Appariror, my, the Jim and fortunes‘ of all the Prclacicallipartmto promote-the blackeanid bloody DE- i * figne ofthe Who}: .idW$5f019r!£/?ianE'451iafi' ; fochatnowwc arc pun’ A3,_ “ A iupomi A (4) % upcm thcfé flraightsgthat cirhcr we muf-Front gm: Prclacy A, r Wm‘ - can_zm: rAom:out Pop7etfy_, and xfwedo not root out Poperyfiha Pa» pifls will root out ProtePtAant1fi‘ne, that %1s,tzjAuc% ChraH1a,nity;. um... Iaffc then We will lofe, our Rc~:ligiora,and out Civil} right freely m cxcrcifé our Rciigimn, Vunlcffe we willgo over to thc% Amzi-Jchrifiiu A an party, or which is worfé,profi:IATc Chrifl, 4‘and iérvc An%ti-chrifi, we are conxpciltd to prom’: againfl the Prclamcall» Hierarchy , and m endeavour to take: it away mot and bra nah, Bjfl1opH.¢1Z made atoms high a clainmand I be:-fcrcvchc and hispamy wm repent in Ba’-= ‘A flzapx , faith he ,,, mwfi 59 mm af an "Uppe2pshave of A A A lat: A }i:ate‘A§%mpoVf€-3 on Pritxccsmtad tzhciar pec:p1c,is Affic yoke 'o§“Ghrifi. iSur%c4 A A Tam if Prcsbytcrs flmuld ufé-the 111 me fpeéchcs 1:0 P.-rinses wfiich rim“ Martyrcd Samts rifled to their Heathen pcx{"écutors;}'t5ia Woul thaw: A accwurfcd them oFv:a'eafcm_, but it fecmes Biifh OPSAmaf/u1{é~t’hcm,, .and-A mzalvmiq as bold with Iiingsgas Ua1mtz':ai.4m% and 77rdi4ufldid %%%wiz7h m. fem»; bag: fiimops cgvmnoz §bcaccuf:d dfihcafon, bccaufi-Athcy are in your cpxmon Supcvrxom tovall Pnnc=i.pa1iAty and Pwwcr; «or as _'j’&rAe- mic Tgylovr hath ‘it, _Tl2eB.gA[/‘Mp i.r.z'»mf Fee2‘w’eflé',m% émampaméla z:7r¢.A.= ¢ tbor:'t]_.azm{ at!/Me wlgwlrr Dina 3¢2%r«e’.36z’.r Kaéjtéh, in Regimirzc Spirj .1; Mali : E-pijfiropatyvafi'3:r:%cd,p, :2 I 3,. and 214.. and the fame M aflct“ T@)’lam~ mnfl rm“,‘5that- 0f'é./i.m£*rofi*- to -tihw gram: advantage of thc. Bjifhops, Pflfie new maamzwdw r¢gc°.'fla'¢e fimsr otilwx cammdxmtar, Ame.» M ma Rmfforiéw fixixfzxfidi d'z'c:mmr,and the {heap a R‘: delivered to. B22- ]/9a}u,cz.r M 13;;/era}/zfizd are mm’: their Sy;éjeE?.r_,p. 2 1 3 . Another man A wcflld 1mV¢>ffiid 130 more-, but that: thc: {bccpc or pcoplurarc ma... A dcr.tl1VcirRcvfi‘ors, forfbordinary Pa;Hoursvarcvufua1Iy¢:~nrituled; but thcfie Fafiors for Prclacy nmzfl in fitted of Fccdirag the flwepv féerd thc pridmand cm. culhhc tyranny Mofthc Px"¢~*!ar«es. 1 know Dow fior Hazllya-nd feremjrffa A1”irimitivc Cozxfificmzc, A mc,ntioncd,which%m'cfbylmi m by Interpolation; wimt~fl'c thO{c. Canwonsgwhich tbs:-y call xhe (muons ofthc Apofllésg and witncflh. thofcflpoflolicall Conflirutions, aschey rcrmc thcsm , under the A mam¢%of”Suint Clement, Nay, Maflcr 72:2}/low will advenmrwc 35: farm "as tlwedccmtall EpilUcs,anébu%j1d$ much? upon I:hc ¢ionfir«%4 maticms offiaint 1x'¢mécrt,aVndASain: Malchux ratified by miracles, V Saint Clmmts Epifi he re f§aA¥n: [4mc.r,cranfla;a:d by R;;finz.«.r;I need‘ fay nothing ofafl. Diam}jz7m,,Dvrat£-via: and zhcVrcfl..A Maficr Taflarx Boolwis exceedingly cxryed. up, anxdit is “publiflwd by his: Maicfika A command,ut: truly Ifircnathing new min, but what flinkzzs caf VA 1’rzlm*imllPupmr}; his argumcntdrawncwfwm Epifkopall confir-— A Marian,» a:'awjig2mtiam,- C/:ranfmaN‘an,i$r1Aew,;becaufE*:newly‘-Atmnflatéd A «om;ofVPopifl1A.uth¢:rs, and ifth¢: Prclacical1~ party had nAot‘Vbcem~ % A pofling cowmdks Roma 3‘? ha durfl AnoVt~'hravc urged in. he givinga of A the Holyfllmfl by im:poflti»on ofchc«A%po‘fl1cs;h$arid.s,wasA 13¢3K%,Ai1§iti%h M Maflcr AATog?1ar_.for a lkdirauculous gift,bu: an ordinary %gVr1aAc¢1, which j mxfinary gram is to bat: R3.“ conf¢rxcd,up‘on the hyrch; vbucjfi: AAcannm§~ glamnprc tend tc-reduce Epitltopa E0 the ~ wt they r:a1cc,{1bmc fcrgcdVtcfl4inaonics fur ’?’f§n1iCiVL: tcfiimontcs: witm-fTmhofE~ paffagcs Mfgimtim formerly-4» g V (.6 ) . caunotbaconfcrredby Presbyters, chcpruforeic §ép3%ncccH°arypthath% t;hcx¢fl1ouId%bcB*i{11ops , Prclatcs, in thcflhurch to confcrrc this? p pgmccof'Configning or Gonfirmation. The Minifieryof thcSpi- rir ( which has faith) is the ordinaryflflicc of giving the Holy- Ghoft by Impofition of hands, is proper and peculiar to Pre- Iatcssrcad his Epifcopacy a{I'crccdfi'omp._2.8. to 3 5. He wouid have A new baptized people to be brought some Bilhop, that by Impafi.» ‘ zjim of/oz: Immzxglmy ma} oémiwe :6: Holy Q'l:>ofi,,Mdj7a /Mm mfioppé, I maid: afw/mt wm pwamring afiw Baptgfmcp . 9,4. A And he concludes that it was the éeliqfir afClériflem’omé Mot tEe 0!} G’/ha]? WM éy ma ordinary 21/fiiiz/feéygivczz tofait/bfofpeopip afier Boptif'me,bucponc1y by Apoflolicafl or Epifizopdl (mnfignation and-. impofition ofhands, in the fame 34. page. But icwcrc worth ch,e- V while, to enquire what this E" pi{Z:opa1liCon{§gna:ion is whieh the man contends for, it bclongs hc faiithpta tlive a7'aIz”mz;ry afice ofeA'pa.. ; file//9ip,azn ofice aéawé Prexéjtarxgéwt «rm afi9'ce_ta :33‘ continued in t/be Clmrcb, and therefore there mm}? .5epPr:lam in the C‘l.mrcla, that» chis fo ncceffary an office may be: performed, pag. 35.. But yet}. mufl rum :4 grcatmany leaves before has will acquaint you withf tho fizcrct, and therefore to favo you a labour, I will point you to» A the places you mufi obfctvooux: of him, that there 13- an rlme~f22,ld C/Srsffmotian; the firfl is in Baptifmc, A wherein the Pricfi doth can- p. A figne t/aefizrc/m.-Ad of the oléw”/d with ojrztmamt ix thefirme afa Croflé (for he tells you, that Con/{gmzri is ufcd in Antiquity For an} fig»-‘ mg with time froflix or azm¢.a:l:ng,pa. 206.) and this may,by the leave: andfavour of"chc Bifl1op,be done by a Pricfl or vPresbytcr; But this Chrifmc: or cgmtmwzt waft‘ ée campafid and canficmted 6} the Bi» fbap, and fcccht: from the Bifhop by the Dcoconsfor the ufE:‘of'HaH Churchcs, Chrifmga corgfifiam 42:5 Epg/Zwpa, pag; 107.. Cazfébrwtxmi abEpzyE:'apo,pag. 2608. But you mot} conceive: thacprhis pChrifmc in theyfiom-head is a ceremony ofBaprifinc, and not of Confirmation; forfonfixrnation is peculiar to ch:-oPreIa.rcr,pag. 206. And Llnéiiorn V 01? C;hrifn1:t:ion4is cfpocially to bcoufcd in Confirmation after Bap-» «gifi-ne,Sacrumwm4m (‘lyrifmatis iis” the ufuall word for Confirfination; V A; gpagp..2o5p., Bcbald o%mw Sacmmmtfar to m»i%‘%A4cr Pr;e.fi‘den:,% arzd 'zh_a:the Prcsbyxcrs did’; ahallenge the whple Authority and reférve it.t0 thcmfélvcsg where». as thcyvwere new Prcsbyccrywi:bou.t their Prefident ; Qrgd mm.- gmtm ammkaofizé 'e.4?etcc€fl:9ri£;z.rfflE}flm afl, m_j mm coézmmglia ¢-p,-p3ter;¢}am Iimpaflgi mtzzmfiéi -ver2.s1ic;e74t1%rcJé»}'tcr£ :% Thcfé age %C}przL-. may wg5fd$§“4%an%d whAa:»is chart hereto prove that a B,i{hop,P_mvofl, A % P,1I'Cfid€flC i$~»Ind;pend.ent upon a Presbytery P1‘./I r. T¢f)'la¢J7' urgas a. grcatnzanypaffagcs out:of'cheA&s of1EvcraliCa.uncc1s; but who. everdc:nycdthatBifl1ops did magnific ghcirownc Authority P or, who thart U is Vwifi:-. wouA1.dMi;makc chm! Iuiigfis their ownc» caufe A 3 ml in is ridicuious to endeavour to prove 1,xrhatxn*asthe.Vcp7g/’z‘;mtg pmjf&5fi»'afPVrim§tiwClarfimdame out _of:he,AC%ano.nsof C ouvxicels ; and no fay:-hax;provinci__a11Counccls are nude. Catlmlikc by adop... tiong a11d~in{'e—rti,ngchcmint.othe Cede bf;/3: (‘at/Juli.-fig C/mrci?» is rm out-1I}'3ca}<:¢c the Iciiaigzcs rzhcmfclvcs, filld yetflthcfé are %Mr«. Tajlomvx, ¢rx;~£:s7ijc;f{2ox3%s,4p_ag.%; 34, And I wondcxjmtxzghthat Mr. 17“ aylour bath 7% fe;%vIi%ct%1e.%.forchpgd to aflirmc that he can {i ndr: no prcsbyters Ajoyningl @i*:hérAin.,Coz-xgxjiayiwfficn or F_a&, in power orAcxcrci1?: wi:h.Bj{h_aps,& but‘ that-qCcn{°ur§s am appropriat%ed co Biflnops. I-Ice {intakes more‘ * I-mhagqputppic: when heTf2;ith_:hAaf;g; thcfiianons efCc_umccIs wcre.con.._ firmed by IEcu1.a1- Authority, as appcares in th c~Im—perialiL Confii-¢_.A m:{zie13s_, pag. 23 5.; Land. then fmnV1,all‘% his. ailcgations he may in- deed iI3fCIf€,thi5 .concIufion,that prelatcs were%.efi.abJiflacd between. ahrec. anclfou-re hundrtdyeaxes aficm‘ Chrifi by flzcular Authorin, ; H but: w;ha:$%is, t:11istc>%«%:hcpoin:in hand, t1_ame1y,£:::> {haw the cq..~..~fi4n;... gg'a£3:§[é,cy?7 ;PArimi::z'm1 C:larifi‘e2;2do27ze%m§‘ “or to {haw that Prclacic is. »4¥a;!mDi?&*i?zs£V,§’ ;BJ,1§bcgauf§ T€7{¢flW._h§th laid {Q mLA1,<:b weigh c, , s ‘ 4 I ‘ ‘ 9‘ V 7 I ‘ . " EA‘ M) W upon the ancient Canons étshc calls them) let ttsalfyml willfis“ A whatls that Lancnxcall gowct conferred upon Bilh ops; The am--- A cltnt Eanons (Faith he) aflbrting the Billwps powcr invlqagaitiam tmnjitrmz fpcake in moi’: large and comprchenfiw: tcsrmts, ;9‘ e-1’-n -5}lé2«.a:a*;w éftalow Exam, 7/53)’ /Ma'Z/fpfll-17fi’?“'t0' dos W/mt they lgfl , their Pam-r 2.: as large at their Wall, pag. 2 33 . Behold an Arbitrary G010 vttnment; Bilhops may doc what they lift in the dcttrrnining of all conttoverfics which concern hutch affsltts, and judging ofall -taullcs that are of Ettlefiallicall cognizance; Now thafe things? l « which-chrijfiinnzty { as it prefcindsvfrom tht-lateral’: of the Chm- monwealth) /Mt/9 z'.sttradm‘ed,.rtl! them m2£ ml’ the camfls: emergent fmm them, the B33/ho; :1»: fiedge of; fizch as are cmfi: affair/J, cflfimén ;__fir,4tiaar afsmrnmentt Mid Sacramental/s, Szthardiwtian of iygferihmv £5/ergy ta tllreirfupericmr, ¢'26':lKfi£.‘4_"t”J', irregularities, Qzrdcw Hiemrchim H411,‘ 1€%£te.: maul cs7*emwi¢.f, Litmrgics and pzthiike farmer oPmyer 3 fifiyexfktzhm hf Clmrcb tueflhlx, Qrtmmmtx mdgaadst, receiving metal dzffiaflxzg of the ‘1°¢zti'z';7zaig7 aft/5:.» Chm-ch, and vvhstfoevct is of the?‘ fame cottfidcration, p. t 37. Ham's amylc power indccd,thr: hilltop A may do: what he plcsfizs in all that": and thelikc mattets,l'ot he is in the .languagc of the Icfulceswr Saptriawr, and therefore Mr. Tayr-» Jaw tallies oftlac Suhordimztiazz ofthe z'tz_fem’axar Clergy to their Sxtpem rimr, thc Billlop mull be aCl{fl0WlCClgs‘.’d,‘9.S Lewztzm was called, 6 2£d.Vc3:»' *2-"ll: Emcmwlazg, the Canon .0!‘ rule of the Ghurch; what hand we then to have Canom'cal~l Scripture for our rule? I cannot lland to reckon upall the fwelling Titles of the Pmlatcs. All pow- 4 tr (filth Mr.Taz}lam') is derived from Cl1ri[’c, nqw Kings are ;Cl1ArililS Vicsrsin his Rtgall power,but Bifhogs are Ghrifis Vlcars in his Sacerdotall and ptophtticall power, prrg. 245. Sure I am he 4 4 hath not {ct the Kings Throne very fall on this foundation,‘ for Cllflllfaltll, his Kingclomc Wasnoc mf this World, mull the King conclutlcficom hence, that he mull have no_VKing%dommli;n this world? And iris not very furs that Ptalatts are Chrllls View in his print}... ly Office, unltilt they will {any that they are pricfls alter the Order _A Adfciltfelcbftdecfy, or that Chrill had a changeable-and nu ttersnall _ptlC{fll‘l00(l, or finally arc willingthat Prelstcsl {hon-ld be crucified has Ghriflswas. But though Lotdwprclaccslhzwtlfuchpreheminencc, . y¢tMr.7".4gylatzr tells usltthat thePrcshyttr chahcngts an higher .l A power, hecaullzlththhokt oFOrdtt of Excommunicatlott in Smite- B 2% lands (I9) and afl‘;m5%hiAAm, chat: the AF rcsbyrbry doth cenA{'ure men for M urther; Tmafina, Wftchucrazffr, acct. N ay, thcythink vwtry .m':’z‘im mfg»; mm 20 Imam: it the m.als:;gu£tyVafadamnaéle ~/Irma, pagzgo N gay, ” they nmljjfigg all Caurrs‘ and Iudfcacorics bcfides thr;-Air (Wm, Ié. fiueAhe mm1Er%%bed thcfé two Iafl accufationz out offomc Icfixirc 5% Adihth r T2zyla:¢rthin4I~; %a,ny;a¢"cioz1 pgrfprmcd by us 1n.t.hc (hue. of imperfcfiémn co bcperfefily pure as It games from us? xsthcrc no» ‘ culpalzfle dcficét adhcrcnrcowourbcfl aéhons? and yet wc» doc not m,:conA1municacc any math for fuch dcfcfis. It may be Mr“Ta7!«mr A hath afarther rcach,amd chinks fame finncs are not mormll, but in their own nature wmialf. Twill not expatiarc any farther Ieflé % I follow him in hisdigrcflions _.A, but bccaufc hc: I?:ofi"cs ‘ {'0 much at Presbytcric wtc will axamina uwhctbcr them may not be n1nre% A faid for PmsbyteriallGovernment , than he or any othcrcan thy. againfi it. A A A ‘V Aggy. 1 ;. either Prelac;-as are Jcfi: out , or preaching Prcsbytem: but it is clcare and: evident that tlm Apofllc doth every where allow of preaching Prcsbyrcrs, thcrcfore thcPre1.at:cs are left out. I hope we may urge Pbilip.,.I. xmhough I know It was ufgcd by A':rz'm., tWé~~piace,isc1carc to .prov~cA “that: Izha Churgh dxci vcbcmconfifl ofi Saixu, Dmcam, and Prexéjtmr, and it is {"0 clear: than Epzpbanim who condcmncd .Aar:'m,% was forced toacknowlcdgc that there A was no Bifhop a.t_:hc firfl placcd inthac and orhcr tiihurchcs; S3; Harem: faichthc finmc,and Sagrm/£4 confcffcs that Epxpbanim is: mifiakcn more thcnoncc in thofé pofitmns which he layers down _'fi;,;(’(cad of%an{wers to the arguments cf e/furim, wide Samviam J». dim-rfgr4d.c4p. 22:. Ifa Bifhop hath {in great :1 power ,A as the;-P rc-- Ianicall mcn{51yAhc'hathA,A than we nccd onlyprovc thatin the Ian- gugtge of theApofl1¢ai Prc-sbAy.ter and a. Bifhop are both one, and af;hcmfoycthcyAarc o£cqua11 Authority. But: this you will Ray, is t%hc%hcrgfi%c0"f 4uJarim. Ianfwcr firfl, thacrcvcrmd Beam dam dgfmd g,/Icrixxxagainfl Epipbmaiu: in this point: Secondly, Icarncd A A 1}}-mI,jthough_a~Bifl1op,%dcfi:IIds c/farm: againfl Hardin_g;:Wha; iiith Biflwp fiwelg A is Aicw» fo horrible anlmcfiac to fiy, that by tha. A A $¢xip:ur¢s ;nf,God,a Bifhop and a P.'r.icf¥(or P rcsbytcr) arc all? A A M m1e;PThiArdly, Bifhop jewel ‘cites €br]fiflnme,Hi¢ram£,Aflguflinc, ‘,,ggg:6,g'aji3and1'aich,thc findmanAyx110r¢‘.h01yFathc1f9 togcchtr with ~ AA A f A 7 A ,% A A S_:“;.P.wJ_ %Inthm:»Apoflo1icallLiflof'4CbuxAchQfficcrs, I Tr'.m.3.%and l’Al.n5- 4 C I 3) o.-dimr dm mafia: illfim efi} ‘Prexéjterzm .2 But enough of that; tlpaffe no lurif'di&’lon, andherc wee {hall have out Ptclaticall mm citing thcDect'ctallEpil’tles thiclt andtthretfold , but ,D_,»'¢«,zr¢g*mm' dg tBevt¢£'cc[e £nPrawrm'a oblcrves that moi’: ofcho Dt:cttmll Epifiles which concern: Iurif'di&ioo wcrcwtittcn to Englil'hPrclates,aod thctcfotcthey are but fo mtny .;Catholzke complements, not Dool- m=1tlCalltRCl‘0lutl0I]S, as Mt aylar would have them: But you’l fgy A they cite many Fathers in this argument ; Fitl’t,wc know that man» my Fathers haVClcl‘1‘{.‘."(l in matters of‘ faith, and it is more likely they fhould ctr: it; matters of Foot % hecauléwc dOa.‘3-l‘t?ly upgn hum 3113 tellimotty fwhigh is very deccltfitll) for matter of Fa&. lfany one that is ttvetenced for Antiquity and Plaaty hathlbccn too crcdulous, and ' hath taken up lomc relations upon troll without due examimt... , tion, that one man may dccclve an hundred, and than ifwt: will reckon right, the htmdtcd cclltimomcs of luccet-ding Wrltarfi. is ‘virtually and in a ratiottall account, but the Tcllimony of that one wlmzm, upon wholétcttedit all their *Rclation's"doc depend. Secondly, A ll-tis well known that whcn the Fathersatc ln their Rhetoricall vclntgithcy ufc many hjvper$ala’: which will not hold woigh1twlth- out a gtaine or two offavourable allowance. I remember ffleramm excttulé, Kbataricxtifummfif in A woditmt declamatormmltparilttlwm {tag/5.» mm‘, Hieronfw. adv. Helvidiwmwludicious Rivet in his trafi de Putram c/13%:/.7aritizte.p/{g'.57. pallcs this grave cenlhrc, Ekaterina»- rm» éwzterdttm Patreit vgbemantimr aw! in exbarmtiomilws, 22:1 in Faztrarem allaramg it". they are apt to over-lafh in Favour ofothcrs, certainly-tthey are moo apt to exceed in favour of themfelves, or at leaf‘: tht:mtolflthcir own make and order. Thitdly 5 ,:hetFathcts fcldomc entred into a controvcrfie, bu": thty_ rarmt: too farrc from their Advctfm-y,and left the truth inthc middle between them andtlteir Advctfitty. Now tl1CFa.tl1€1'3 who lived in the timeof A fltxia: and fince ,; have in oppofition to Aerim extolled Bilhops V more highlythcn they ought. Fotxrthly, that ofleatnedCaf.mZwm lisivcry conlidt:rablc,theFa;thcrs handle fame things .J?:Jn»,~axn:at3"r, and fame t’3J:{fi949.b£J‘.%{2:;!’»;,dfi.¢?1¢ prapafitafimfirmkmt -vial: Mfimé-tdznotllad G.Z\/}fl".a;£ .Amé.¢"ttB.«zflp4g. 8 SE“ 89.Now~that fame ofthc Fathers did];}Zf0p0;lff9;’:fi£Q‘ -:£.=:zfi:r*w%'re,t in hahdling the cauf‘: of Bifluops, is out A ofdotzlht, asndothersfimighc betafillydrawointo the (am; dlflimulq... .;~‘:~»ltm;, lmggood Barnahzx oncctwasl; hG‘;z!.tt,2. :3. And yjt-:1 mvetcnce V_‘l;t;lf* ‘ ; _ lAVI1tlqlil‘$y {*1}, A Antiquity as highly as Ttlzé mallreverendFatl1ersclcfircmce to m; vlerenccizl; lfionccrxmixzg the Catalogue 0fBlfl10ps,-Ecixiztguflinex V E pillle, TE 5 mag! gemiercfizm; Give me leave to beginwith Scripture, and Iwililflmw enough 5-u'c~oFAmlquity inthc clelle. They Prelalri~ ‘ callmcu mlkemuch of the Angclsin chel‘Rm/elation , much might A be llaldl, but I lthi-nl< this fuficient, theAngell of Epbag/Em was mm”. P~relal:e 3 far» all the Prcsbytcrs of Eplm.-jiulalrc‘ fliled“Bifl3op5,l, " 3,7;}7'a;.;a«y;-yg ls the ward, andlhad power of Governmencgivcn them bythe Holy Ghofl, if Wmlvezp import: Government, aschc Pm?-l V laticall mcnfiayic doth, read A£l.l2o.28.. Sc Hiaram proves fmm zhls place andthrcc more, that a Blllwpancl a Presbytcr are the A H famciln name and power. A When 8: Peter {peaks of that m'di...l mry power in which the Miniflcrs of the Gofpcl fuccecd tl1cgApn';)...'- filesmc calls hlmlélfr: a Prcsbytcr , and exhorts the Presby-ms in high language, m:,uo£;u.cn 83:moq§y»m,l1Pet.g».I. 2. and he would not" lmvethem (.3; mg,-zulscuemilora-:¢l»raZ»'y nailgaw, ‘V33. they might have; re-l plycd, had them been any hclatclsovcr them in thofcdayes, Alas," alas, the Prclates are-more likelylto Lord in over us and the people, give this counfill to rhcfrelatcs, they {land in morenlccd;loflr. ' I wonder that men?-that; havcrbecn bred in an l.1nivlcr{ity fhoulé A wplcdc and llcoffc at aCollegiate Government by alColledgc 05' Paflcmrs and aPrcfildem?.. Againe, I adznirctbatmen {hould fancie that to area a Presbytery, isllto list up a Governmcm whlcfi is more Prelaticalllthcn the Prclacy it félfc ; far in a Presbytery there is a Prlority.ofOrdcrin the P refidcnt to amid‘ confufion, but noPrclaticall Authority to avoid Tyranny , tlwrc :2: no almmfm-~ Diatraplm risen. Finally, wee utterly cllfavow the maintaining _ of the Independmgy af4Pr:.ré}t:ri¢l1 @b#rcl:~,.bccaufe was main. rain: the ulc of Synods to be lawfull and necellary, nor doc wee maintain an Jvwdepandwmcygf .S’}wadx , farytbe ward. .47; téwir Raid... It is - clear and evidcnpbythc light ol'n;m1rc, that the part mzafi ée z‘2zfm§:«— jefiiomra u'boj?: wijw command 1%: zazlaalcgall that M embers ofthls Con- gmgatlon mull be lhbjecfi mtheGuicles,Governours,&0vcrléers105 this C ongrcgatlon, at all tltm Members of this 3: tl1el‘Slflcr-Congrv V gallons am fubjs & tn the Pzxcsbyccry, many Presbytclrics ful:j::c"cllto a P rovinciall All}:-mbly,&: all the P mvinces of the Nation fubjcélc to a National! Synod,land theTSynod fubjetfic coythc holy Gholl fpealcing-- i A 2:2: xlmword; 3 is not here order, cqt_xity,dc:cencyf? Why do men then» (16) lltlhlkofAhharchy;" or drleaml OF a popular fiovemmemby the aha; ’ h my-hcaldcd multicuderg as if all {hould runnchimo ccnfufionwnd there fhoulcl be an ahfolute Parity, and no Order, or decency at all l if Prelacy be cxtirpatcd? Away with fuch vaincconlccitsl , it is evin- dcnt by wha”:hath been faid,t/mt diflamer will 6: oéferwal,fi*cmzdttw. fké, 6' fi:pm,flill;l But the grcag: objefiion is that Prclacywas at firfiinfllcucad to fupprcffc Schifmlts, and tbcrcforcif oncchelacy be excirpated, all manner of Scefis and Schifines will arl{'c.jn the Church :1 anfwer, wceknow by ("ad experience, that the Pirclxatcs h have beemethc Ring”-leadcrrafaizjnticbrawimScb:fw::2nd we know A by good experience, that the huréh and Kingdomc of.S’catIomd is A mam: firmly united unde.c_lthcP rcsbytcriall Eovcrnmcngthcn Eng- ldzédhaclhl been under the Prclaticall ; no {owner dotha Scfi or an Schifmatlquc P€€P“O,l.llZ in Scotl.. B1?fl1op”H".:z[£ acknovviedges aim: in d}o:h% appeare by the ciubfzrvations o£mzezz.w,an& zhctwo Eea,rx§e'd G4, fkw$am.¢,t§1at there Weft £m£or%e.r %EacZefimjf£c£im the Shurch of Md, and he is forccfi to confcffc that they were not omiy ;S’em’&res*?opx¢. is’, as M agifiratcs or Affiermen oflncoyporace Townes amc¥;”;Ci-?t7i*es*, ma Swziorc-:%EccZe;/$r‘m’,%0r Each/v}'{/?i££5 ‘ and his ‘lccmceit isaridicufmas to V dream that fuck men fa mmwmfi were but Church-wardensfiac is‘ glafl to addc,or "Vcfi my-men atthe highefifiz Y0 doth in efl'°::& grant the whole qucflion concerning Vcflry“-E1ders,‘ rem his Re to Sweé2ymxum,pdg.1 4.6mW"hat wil1theyfaLy»to' Cyprian: diGing9ti0¢n% v herwecnc Prcsbyters andsemims, when he compiaizm that Arm Pmsbytcrs were can fiaperciliousg taking upon them to due fo much széfqzw cmfiaszfi: Sem'amm?Ibe1eeveirw1H cmubic them to arafwcr that qucflion : but they win he more troubled m anfwer all chofc ‘ Aancimt Rccordfi whicharc prefl“cd¢ home by that learned Antiqttam " ry Salmafimu. Iwifl not euxcrintothécdifputc, Whether there be m twofbicfi power ofthc:%Keyes,pamff.cw%camcéowZév,andpazcfl:z:Dgfi¢ga plizsarm? or whetheric be a Pafiorall A6‘: to define m dctermfim my thing in Syxmds andflotnnccis ? or whether than be new difie- mace betwccne Paflorall reaching, and Synmdicafl teaching? whether a Lay-man being Eleéitcsci a Commifl»§on%cr to propound,‘ Rea{‘on,andVotcin a Synodgin the behalf: oflbme Congregation, be met a kind of Ecclcfiaflicail pcrfon, in regard of that Oflicc whycrwnm hcis elcé%:ed*and dcpuccd Rand finally, whcther ifa Whoiefoznc confiitution flmuld bWeAcarryed- zmcmecreed by”;-he Von: wffuch 3. perfbn, helping to makewtheméjcar ipd1'7t37i~1§l’fi ‘Synbda , tham% whoIcfomcDccrec dash rm: bind the people Ecckfiai%icaIiy in m. garrd ioftheAuzh%arityofti1cm wbocompoiéditw as weii as Mate»? A ,. M. 9‘ rialfy‘, or rather Morally,b'ccaufe the ma:tcmf'?che Decree is agree.» 1 A “ abfiie to theV%%Word-OFG od? 4 Imufiiifinvave t§zef&; g_uc*Hio4nsM A and »diVers; mathersg, W8; paffc to :he next PreIatica.U cm'mm7_, VT%he%§x CancmiziMng mr» Moiizing ofthat S¢rvice—booke,which the mfmflj:Idic?i012$” Divirzcs afzhe Refofmed fihurchcs haw :€V€}.‘ mom upvimn as 22. ’.iE’2gmn:: £m';§<€&. A (15) 1-:,f_icyl_q16;m%Maf£"e~mofigers avam1o.zI%gA;(,_m1!$ no :Aei%iffi~%;c«%+t,hc:1,i~1- complianm math Rama, have 1‘2.;(.‘rEj been a.-% fi'ai%dtt0«fpe,aka;out in the rc~ignc~o:f C“a2;2-t.s;:zéb:¢r}»%;. anA%d‘caiE:V.éM/‘7J/Ia £2; V E,~¢glz]k,w§cng{fg Comma, emackliwgtozz,£fl>fazmmgw,a,ndi c>thc%rs.I need V 1'a;ynoxhingof:hc Im%m<%%o+fPoFe%Q0im—the4.. for thfi *»i;..‘0nfir1naaioz:a% ofthc Smcvicc. fbooke, you mjayfgecanough in B;*£/Paw; Motiveg 01' Carrferq C%an,fidemti«onsV3 Norntedl taI~EC_‘3)0E1Ce$f of tha Letter m” Kjng Afidmzrd. thfiiéa, mthe Papiihéof &.'W#Wfi!Z§%—aw4n;d % D¢wa¢.2f/aim’, A written by the advice of his €.l‘,ot;mte1l%,5 t-hcfitthings have bcenc largely :1nfificd' on byothcrs. But I would fainjhavc any. man prosw, that when mcnbegan cqcali u perm the Name «of Lhif.‘ Lord:a:t thefir~!.’: in the dayes ofEsvm,G:w.4.26.chat than timyv had» an Setwforme imw p:pI?:dfu.1:gon chum 5; Now c::1'tainly the Spirit of ffiupplication fines; thcAI'ccnfio1m;f the Lord Lzfm «is more pIe:nt.ifix11y,;poWg¢d form. upon the Church, ac thcrforc ifmen be farced to read: a Dcadwfoxjzm and pray by Books in sheik dayesoflighc and glory , there will fad wfi?e&s%a.nd% conféqucnccts Follow upon fuch a~rrgorc>u$ Impofition 8.1% mnfirain;._ It is cyidcnt~by_1amcr1mb.1e experience. tAha%£%id.i~vcrs Mi»- nifl crs of happy p:m:%sAand,exc¢«llk::nt,gifi:s bx the: ufr: of this: wand»- foVrmVcinthcScrvic;.c-Boolmhaveheme utterIy%dif'ablcd to pray afi- zigrag. Spirima1lmangm:r4 upon f§Icm%nc%v%, AA but; Lnncxpeficd mzcafions; theirparts‘hayc:b§:qz1c~dry¢d%up,Wa:nd waixzhc-red , their gifi:sb1afl:cd,$ zhcir fpirit%,{1.raimcd i1;a%fucha f'yea,rcffulIAma»nncr%,,w a5 ma_y. welfi &cs- me: any an £rjom.tying himfelfe coa Scrvim-‘Bcoke,a%nd% neg1c&ing~ mhof; P_an_:s3%and gifcs,;which Gad; hath out of his fmc [mums be... flovzcd 111901} zhixnfic-P: Gedppuniih his neglcflé and%u11thankfu1ncfl'e, after {ugh 3 rema‘rkc5ab1c~m3~nncr$ as%x-my make him Ann: example to “ pofi¢rity«% I prcf.zm¢ nog:ma%%n willdefcnd thmc>‘rd;erin thc'Comm 4 man ;%Pfray:cx Mmm‘3y_1‘idi€liIOl15.?aH2igCSii} ehat Tm.nfla}:ion hf Seefpture whieh {is retfained in the Coemmommayer. Back ;=wimefl5ezhatePa{Taege, e/f'*¢d.Eefi‘er ".4 FM]? afhhehe haves“ Wm‘ mighh; hmdeehhat fozf‘ hG.zzMt.. 5--me» Wheffi t/-'4}! meége azmie .43 _,“i?'»2!ii" eftbe flefb, which gerehamze is ehe reafomwhy the Peeiathsaii men have been Eh wnfiantfiy esbey... H5 W‘ thfi CDWHIIOII pcopie véhemhey have inveighed ageinfl ‘Keefe; . fure the common people have when ehie Tmnfiation foe thew/hm hf e@0>d,e and hioekedeupon zeafe as a fruit of"theflcfh whieh vmufd“ Wpolhxte and defile them, and ehereforekthecre is [0 litefie zealeinheiehcfh Goumeeys where they have had no other A fcrviemhen what issewrnw named in thus Service Book. Marenvemhey have in ehe Epifile for eeethéfx Sunday after Ehriflmaflqemday faifly jzfnothiafphemmnflyémfi Heretieaiiy eranfiated G’.e1eth;4. gjrflmit we rhi*axagw3 1Ele&‘§o%zm’fght " eeeeive the Adoption elm: Zwelcmgx to natural! Swmes, an errant conf- emdifiion, and as we ufeto call it, a. Ball, far noihnetumfl Srmne cm "heeefaid no he adopted, nor is any adopted forms we natural! fzmm-3; V Nothing bw:€‘3eneration% can make avmegn a. nammil fihn.”~ “New .m:zneblu: the Lord Xefus is the natural} Smmc of Gox-:2. “The-h“em*c Tranflacién is, Tlmt we mzgiat Wcez'?.'e r/we Adeptiaez af":.$’¢m:ze:_ .Now A e the adopted Sonnese ofGod areinthac_hvéryvc4r1E3oppoIedmhis etmmrallSeonnefpolcenhaf in the former verfegfiod hath feat forth his 0wmSoxrmee,, verf. 4.mhat is,his :1m,eueaHeeSnmhe:;h hue eneyugh of elmhth; Anfi the-y~m'rght havchfoiiowed ea ehetteeTeameflaei'm1 cf flaziweo 5» I 9. 20.. which erunues thus, The weeks afche flefh are A mezmifefi, &c.----- hatred, variancc,emulatiam,~;vxachfirifeJedition5, A. elaeerefiereg A and not as they readein their Epiflle for the I 4th Sumehay :zaf:er”Tr1'nit}r, Thedeeds of he the flefh are m%aniFePe, 3w. Hatred, ere. wimzce, xt.-mhle,wra.th ,{’:1'.ife, Tea ititms, .5 55%‘, in fiend aflfere/its our eflrminimz: cell us,ehac Herericks arepious and innment A anew, ma eherefhre mocpuniefhehle. They follow uh: Mefle hook in Tmnfla... htineg.Lm£1ehe1. 28. efiaeilethou thatkart fiellaf gmmgin flead efHeiIe ‘ thou that are/J{*;*la{yfmza:¢reai:eand fo Lzeh 1.48.» HM hath ffigaf“ dede«¢‘beehlawlineflE,in Head ofizhe lam: eflete; ashif the hleflhd Virgin A bad merited to be the Mother fiof God by her humilityemd low}; :- neffe ofminde ; the Word in the Origlinaile is wumémmfla hafldiwt hmm;pomm'yuu. Icarmo: omit their Tranflatian of I’fie!'m...‘w5 «£3. VT/fie] were not nhedmz} taehiseward, but the Hnly Ghhnfleedgelhcieres ehe: e0m;.rm*y,,andA {hi-th,*tI:vey eeéelled nae rzgmimfi his‘ eflward. em Geafpei M e . e e. V Wm. \ h ‘ 2 e V aw? (I334 A flat St Imfigfs day, theyATran{I.atc'.Lw3. I Q. I.“ T‘h<: _I;o1fd gzppafimwl 3 otberfézzem} mm’ twat, whereas the Aholy Ghofi iaitht the Lord _wppo‘a:’nted atber fez»;;:zy,,t%hmyLtake the boicc.%.n«;<~fi‘§: tofl%adde~tw”o1n*orc warm the holy Ghofl fpceizs of Now rh fawit 15 1:~l‘ii€ more inexcu... fabie becaufé them is a purer Tranflazican wf ch: §‘:3C:jipt:ur€S,pub.» Mhed byAuthm:ity, and yet the Px'e«§.me:s have fiifl retained thcfc greficcorrupcions. " A _ A A I wonder that they fhoznfid; aM»this wfiiie conmveat Each an intolerable difagreement "between the Tmn«flat'im1s9 X will give but mminfiance more, in the Pfafmes in the Cmrmnoz‘n~Pmycr—Book , €7’f:;zl. 58.8.»/vc read,_;’a let iédgmztiom «vex bz'mm<~;~:«z as $15 £/ding rim; zEs'r.zw,ir1 Read of thei7é~Awor%ds , Ifa flaazli twigs; %z%’:¢w»2 .«::2;m-yr as zvifij I %2vIb£r!wi¢zd éat/5 living and izzlrzk wmtl: ,”as you may fee by com... paring it with oursncw Tranfl.-ation; but ob-férva than icvis the ninth %vc,rf,: in th%eI\Icw-Tranflarion. Befides, them is no ficsnfe: in that ;I.iturgica11 Tranflation , Or wait your pm 5:: made lfuat mizt/9 ;£rar.w3,_A “L0 [at z'22d{gmzt~z'a.%z '.?J¢:’A:‘ Aim cwm my a thing that mm. The comm Aflmon pcciplc (hkmingwthac there isonly a d.irec9c0ry~for »Worfl1ip in-~ tended,as.appcars by the late Covcnanrjvconceivc that they [hall be deprived ofvvfm.tfacveris in the %Commom..Praycr«Book ; but they fhcauld confide: mhamhe @ommon- Prayer-Book concaincs things 01? very diiffcrjcnt nar:urcs,Crc:ed9,C%mnznandmcnts,Pfalms, Fraycrs, am. Now the Parfiament never intends to take away the Pfalmcs, %Commandvmemc%s$, or tholé parts. of Scripture which arc%caHc~d; Epi£H::~sahd Goifacls, butéthe people (Ball enjoy thefi: in; a more ,fa%imhfgI1;Traz1fl«ation in thcirflibles, and have them fami1ia«r1y ex- gomfrzdJcd zmfl powerfuliyapplyed «to their comfiticnoes by able: and A~+z.‘%on{i:%io%n%ab1cMiniflcys;fa;-%%thev1?ar1.ia%me‘m:daily fccks for fimla I10 V ;.i.n(h'uzsf?r the people , but the Prclates wouldnctvcraflow of'any“1"uch% Tmnflamion in the Service-.399/2', or finch an cxercifir as the cxpoun... _edmg of the Comznaxrdmenrs , gm. Tbq o'a.¢mted that M had W. H ~1?7¢¢%"*Z7ing. %Na.y,* AcHa:‘%Pa%r1iamez1c%A izltcrznds not to take away the §rcc:c.3s_., for choggh chcy be nocparcs of Scripture, yet becaufc the mm and flab£7t.-zjnceof churn was colleficd out of Scripture, the Qrceafs «(hall be retained; and thofe obfhure phrafiwwhich «xnight mw::Acafi'om,%a mifiakc, namely, the Dcfccm into Half, 35¢. {hail be ex... plaimid §agmeab1e tothc%‘Word of Goctand the Analogy of faith“ A =W¢0V£r;. We mam pa: a%‘g2*ca.c dcalmfdiffcrencc bet ween the Lords 1?m}w 6 I9) Ptayetmid Pmyers coxtapofed by man ;Tlae Paztliaimeazth wiiiatozjtzzlgr mam} tiw lemrdt prayer‘ , mMar?_f7ar!éid the ufié ofit; , and. if fame pttyttei (compoltti by men fubjcéttomiliakcs) which arcrhtiany ofthcmzl mthtt gt-vial w{f’«m t-ism ‘I’m,er.r;, be omittccl,thcrevvi_llbc no great ‘lfim;llt ct"thtm, tonfidcring fi}rPr_., that though there: are many Chri- fiécm pW1}'.t°7".$‘,, in tegatcl of the expreflions , yet thciwholcbody of “ them lmllll t“?‘%’»et' by the Prelaticall garty been dcfigneclta tm i.Ami.. t t:I:rr;_‘/film wfig namely to noutifh an tignotant lazy anidlkambitious Clergy , for the Ntm-Rtlidcnts by this mca.nes‘doe only pay fat 4 9!; Raatiing umtcf, and are allowed to late Non-Rcfidcntjs: Stmndly, that they were compoftdin times of iitig11otanAce,i fomht ' htl aflflinifitts almoli as ignorant as tthchcomxnion people ; Third- ly, that Godlmth now fiztnifhtd his -Cl‘lul"C;l1 withlmten,t;ofexcc1~ lmt parts and giFts,Wba are awe ta pray 4.: wall M preach zugpan all acm- ‘j?am,and it were as great pity to hinder thetxcrtilé ofthtfc mans gifts by making a. Pmyerfmf them, as 5} mwzégztga Sermmfor tlwm; the omits as gteata. flnatmtothtm anti dampto their Spirits as the other: and the State may as well forbid them to preach a Setmun, A of their own Pcudying, and tyt them to read Hemilies, ‘ as to forbid them to U12: a. prayer of their own compofing, and command them who are ttuIyI1:dici¢m:,Pm tiiicalzj: holy and .Exp¢?ifl¢e1¢t6£l{}'<€D¢2I0££t 9 to mad a. prayer nut oft, book, more like a Schools-»Boy then lilmw vttctid Paliours mftlm Church of Ghtilhi Nay , if an ingtniottt: School-«boy would bet afl-tamed to read a.Dcclmiation cmnpofctl by anothet,whtn he is calltd to pttfotmthat €3Xf.”£K'Clllt2,ll.lrc a. Minifltt 0f Chtili will bee more alhamcd to have a prayctmadt for him lay Bill)-opsQrfltch-~.Blfl10p9,Whc3nlthcA.rc-h~Shtpl1eard at Billmpwfhis Soul hath left him, A pattern ofpm)wr,a ruleiofpmyer, amd ct Spirit hf ‘ pmtytr to help hit zi}tfirmz't'ie.r,m:d £’1c‘fl3‘ him will‘) azlvilitiesfor tlbét great duty afpmjm It conccrmrs Nlinilit-ts in this point to imitate the A pofilcs, Az§l.5.;4. to give tiwmfilwex camtiflflallj to prayer , as well as to the Minillty oftht: Word ; qagg-:a'¢tccp71pt55v§&£v‘—iS thcfull explr.cf- list: ofthe holyflltoli in that p1act.,Can the Ptelatcs teach us to pmy better than the holy Ghtofl P-tNmrv the holyGhol?l teztchcth. US ,I,ic>tl: wkwzt am! lyawitlapraytg We know not what ta pttjfor, M WW 6 «mg/at, we are ignorant ofwmtter and manner 3 the holy Ghofl helps V out infirmitits in both, Ram. 8.2.£i.And ifthc: holy ghclflt d0'~‘hl 3f"‘t ltatclh fuchllhlalllfiantt to ordinatyChti;{li:a.ns 3 {me much more, £0» A l A " 1 Q 3 V A i iiaftotlrsi: l A (aw) . ”‘ ~ I%n:aursA «whom h‘e‘hath ¢:on1ma*ndedMmgiwA‘thcmfé1ve$AA*’~t0 prayer Q and% to whoAna'he ‘hath given mriccy oVf;PAa{%dralAV1 gifizs thatthey may difZ:haz*gc a11PafloralA1Adut%ies.w Chrifi hath Rent fomw: P4,/z‘¢mr.r,fz5wc A Teachcrsfor the perfefiiwg of the Saints, for the warkof the 2mm"- { flr}’,thatAthe Saints may ée 220 mm? Chldrem , fplzaf. 4. mg 2.14.. A ‘NUVV dothfiod find Paflours, {end then: For the Work of the ME?» niihty? and doth Ahec notinabie them fan‘ the Wmkof the M in «nifity? 01' isnot pmyarg Aawork of the Miniflry EA’ Xsmhe Paflaur {cut by God to pcrfecfi the Sainm, and Wm not Gad perfcét the APaflour for the pcrformance of pafimrafl duties? that the Saims~ maybeperfc&ed? Hath God 12-:-n: Pmours to inflrucfi the Saints ~Athat%thé Saintxway no [anger W alaildrw, and mufi the P afiours Hill ramming clféildrezz , and 6&3‘ ffit ta mg pmjaw om‘ aféaak, like very Acbiidrm? AA»wa.y? with fuch ridiculous and vaine com:c1'ccs.% But ifzhccommon people who have becn‘nurfEd upin ignoranccand 1E1pcrflicion,wAii1%not: partwith their old cuflmnes, and are re-folvcci mkecpthis ’Scrvi%cc+Bo0k,*1et it fbcc% than Aconfidcrmi whether the VA ,£_:gaen¢ mm’ A the ‘Pwiatm and time Rawmw Carholiqm-fixbje6?x,* IA mu H; i not fay Reéeix, Englifi and Irijh, new after New [2-"J:/5 Pmi ovarian, ” whom the Qgeen and the Bifhops have Pcirredup) are likely to A “plezafure the people in this particular?“ It is wwfl Imcwn that rim g:**e.aw Pralazam doe not like tlaia ammam-Pm)z¢r~%Baak_, they wm~ pofed onea great dame worfe,; azidflent it into Scotland; I min hperfwa4dedthcznoPc ignoxanflpeoplc would we their dmrcjfl 15/aamf rather t/Jo"-2:: receive tlmt Cowman» Prayer-Book w/hick wm few new Scatlma-d, and they mufl expefi that or a vvorfe, ifthe Bajkapx may fl.7.we%tbeir 'wz‘2Z. AA%Vnd.;,%4%fi1reAif the Qy_een‘may pre:vAai1e with due Bi»- %fl1ops,$ Gr‘ ti‘.-E fifixitx with 2*/be ,Q_;f§a¢&;2,tl1c%CoiI1m0fi¥ purple fh all not ‘§w;v;c,‘,n%o, "N01; that Cammon--Prayer~Bo%ok ( which was {ént mm AAASewl¢zud ) in Erzglzfll, the A mufl have it, or the vary Mafl», in AI.acAine,timris* pIaim"Em_gli ; nay_.,bc-Iirvc icgoodApc;-&ap1e, thcQg§m:a mad her party a%reA1ikely"“to .ta?kc:~.aw4y mt om) tbiw [ammw2~ ‘.?°m}m~- flwig, ha; mien Arlw Béfile alfi» ; ‘mid mt Almvevyou fiv mmb do‘ the Wafd of Gadjn E:-zglgfb. %Oh, but if the Ciiommon-P‘raycr~Booke bee Amken awaiy“, what Religion {hall Wm: have P Why fume, that Rehggion , jwhich Chrifland h.iAs Apofllcs had before there was my ‘flmamnmh. Pi*ayAcr—-Boczk, Forltbey Iefius nom~,and*~ Chr17Pri%ams had” zzozjm ffm‘ tAhcfi‘rI-I 300 A yccres_; jYeAu4rRc1igio11 is ’mamy hamdrccl ycercs 32) (21) A yeeresmafre a.ncic%ntA than this Cbq1mon»PrVaye4r.;B0okL,w the E-’"ri:m mitivc Religion is the o1d~RcIig,ion%4. Bee c0n:cm;%;heu\ with aVD}%.i-n rcrfiory, and if any man pray non-fenfé ,._b1afphgmy, 85¢. hce. {ham bee punifhcd for ma ob1%rvin%g% the pimm and prudent dire u9ziom Owen. N ” % VA Zwm, yctfortheis: fakes whoV»c0'in5p6fed;i%t, let tft Zn: limzmr-aély éwried. I need my no more ofthe Prclaticafl crmurs 5,, ail that thay-have to plead rmwsis the Law wfyche I.a;rad;, V and that is much infified on by fame. Firth I woxmdemhcy fhoum zmw comeltm pllead Im immmmm, who hmrc bragged fo vmuch that they were 1mD::w*»zaV, Aa_ndA givzgcm out that: thcy would nut hold? their Bifhopricks an,hm1rc, {if they Acould not pAmve_t;ham they hem nhemby; flifzzimf Rig}1¢§ S€COfld1j:'«y This cafe being propoundcd» £0; a great Lawycr. and Antviqmry. in L this Ki.:1gdome, it was rcfaived by him, That the Hzemrcla; ah-« jmfcd tin tb:_3.rCawmmt,%wa: waver efiarzéslzflfied Lawm :9 2¢glamd.Thi1'd§ 1y,thoughthcrc%wms a Pmlacy forged by the Gaxiozn-A-Law , and tha.tLaw too much receivedi:1time:of'Popcxy,yctby the fubmiflion But thdugh tlbis Fmm pri::fc¢1gib§1hd%V%i33r;,Ii‘¢ S érvice«-Back be a. Dead A of the @lcIgy in the 2 57-1‘ offlmrr the 3:11 ,_ that I..a;w was clcarely A abali{11cd,,4%and~Vé confcqucmly all Arch. ;B?ifl1a0p§,_ Bifhops , Arch-» D cag::ohns,&.:c.. depending‘ upon.chefi£utho7r;icy, andfi,dra‘wn from thfi grounds and rules ofthe Canonmlawgare abolifhed. Fourtfuly, the }f:ifh0ps~ havchadw power to eAxe,rcifeIurAifdi<9cion in*£ngZandby var... mcofthc High-» Commimombu: the AB: paffaed Aagainfii the exewcifc mf that powexin the High«Coxnmifl3onah‘at§1~¥m:detchcir:¢E3@"mmiHigj,A m,vc:3,d,and their Amhmfity mi" n:0nc:ecflFc;é7c.;“ Fif:ly,;h7at Statute @f* ;;>r§ovvi{o’s which may brag ofiwil nan-AVadvanvcag§:%; themfor by thatig. appmres that they warm {at ug to iimfbrm: tbapeapla of tbe«Lww of gad, and to make" Haj]w‘t4ix'm.rV,m2d Aimmymd 0t/Jar work; of C/3a;:r-1'57, and thisthey may do flwi1l~¢acco41fding :t0;their-~9;biIity. This; cafe be-. » hagpmpaundcdxtoagreatSta.x:¢fina;m wrhmhcr:thA€[,PY¢1atfi5, W50 Ehavc engagmithcimfclves in this Ant;ichrifi»i::‘ns;wL:m.¢A=, fl10l!H‘nQE~_ Ehavc a Icga%lh:ry%aH? His ¢a;nfwcr.;»:was%, W W’: A give L41’? to «W ..H“r€m $24; we (g'z7'z/an pelt to at gal:-,-cam. ¢*rH4I1A (.aSha=uh~ b¢acvfl~fl1cw'n%) 1';ait»h; mhe Brihops might give; Mm/kall%l4w -" MI} I10w,g_ it ffltmtfi may muféc fafi’w‘{%ZMarj7ia!l law. :Sur*c 3; Pre-Imam A¢rm’Q5,,a:,n a. ‘2m;clate.;@»on;fcdera:c%ww1’ch the . Ir?/7? Rfiéf/Wf $/W 5’Pm#??€/7’ ffifiiflfia may V A A A - (22 V) A ‘ 6 ' ‘may thankhimfclfeif hcgcft a_po1:,Aand