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             Proposals tender'd to the consideration of both Houses of Parliament for uniting the Protestant interest for the present, and preventing divisions for the future together with the declaration of K. Charles II, concerning ecclesiastical affairs, and some proposals of terms of union between the Church of England and dissenters / long since published by the Reverend Dean of S. Pauls.
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             Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
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           PROPOSALS
           Tender'd
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           Both
           HOUSES
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           For
           Uniting
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           for
           the
           Present
           ;
           And
           preventing
           Divisions
           for
           the
           Future
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           the
           DECLARATION
           OF
           K.
           CHARLES
           II.
           Concerning
           Ecclesiastical
           Affairs
           .
        
         
           And
           some
           Proposals
           of
           TERMS
           of
           UNION
           BETWEEN
           THE
           Church
           of
           England
           AND
           DISSENTERS
           ,
           Long
           since
           published
           By
           the
           Reverend
           Dean
           of
           S.
           Pauls
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Clark
          
           ,
           and
           sold
           by
           the
           Book-sellers
           of
           London
           and
           Westminster
           ,
           M
           DC
           LXXX
           IX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Humble
           and
           Modest
           PROPOSALS
           For
           Uniting
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           .
        
         
           I
           Doubt
           not
           but
           every
           Pious
           and
           Sober
           Protestant
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           heartily
           troubled
           to
           observe
           those
           passionate
           Differences
           and
           unchristian
           Dissentions
           which
           daily
           increase
           among
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           are
           united
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Doctrin
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           reformed
           from
           the
           Errors
           and
           Superstitions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           :
           Upon
           the
           due
           Consideration
           of
           which
           ,
           every
           one
           who
           wisheth
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           he
           lives
           in
           ,
           ought
           to
           consider
           what
           should
           be
           the
           Occasion
           of
           those
           unhappy
           and
           ruinous
           Divisions
           we
           have
           so
           long
           suffered
           under
           ,
           and
           to
           offer
           probable
           means
           for
           composing
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           their
           first
           Rise
           ,
           
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           they
           ow
           their
           Original
           to
           the
           
             different
             manner
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             the
             establishing
             of
             the
             Orders
             which
             each
             Church
             did
             think
             fit
             and
             convenient
             for
             it self
             ,
          
           (
           as
           the
           Reverend
           and
           Pious
           Mr.
           Hooker
           acquaints
           us
           )
           
             which
             were
             so
             peremptorily
             established
             under
             that
             high
             commanding
             Form
             ,
             which
             rendered
             them
             to
             the
             People
             as
             things
             everlastingly
             required
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             that
             Lord
             of
             Lords
             ,
             against
             whose
             Statutes
             there
             is
             no
             Exception
             to
             be
             taken
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             one
             Church
             could
             not
             but
             accuse
             and
             
             condemn
             another
             of
             Disobedience
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           in
           those
           things
           where
           manifest
           Difference
           was
           between
           them
           :
           
             Whereas
             the
             self-same
             Orders
             allowed
             ,
             but
             yet
             established
             in
             more
             wary
             and
             suspense
             manner
             ,
             as
             being
             to
             stand
             in
             Force
             till
             God
             should
             give
             the
             Opportunity
             of
             some
             General
             Conference
             what
             might
             be
             best
             for
             them
             afterwards
             to
             do
             ;
             This
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             had
             both
             prevented
             all
             occasion
             of
             just
             dislike
             which
             others
             might
             take
             ,
             and
             reserved
             a
             greater
             Liberty
             unto
             the
             Authors
             themselves
             of
             entring
             into
             farther
             Consultation
             afterwards
             ;
             which
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             necessary
             ,
             they
             could
             easily
             now
             admit
             ,
             without
             some
             fear
             of
             Derogation
             from
             their
             Credit
             :
          
           And
           
             therefore
             that
             which
             once
             they
             had
             done
             ,
             they
             became
             for
             ever
             after
             resolute
             to
             maintain
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           shortness
           of
           that
           time
           wherein
           our
           first
           Reformation
           continued
           under
           Edward
           the
           Sixth
           ;
           and
           the
           Persecution
           in
           Queen
           
           Mary's
           reign
           ,
           which
           forced
           many
           Pious
           and
           Learned
           Clergymen
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           flee
           into
           Foreign
           Countries
           (
           as
           
             Zurick
             ,
             Embden
             ,
             Basil
             ,
             Strasburg
             ,
             Frankford
             ,
             Geneva
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           their
           Religion
           and
           Lives
           ,
           where
           they
           frequently
           conversed
           with
           those
           Eminent
           Divines
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           great
           Reformers
           there
           ;
           't
           is
           no
           Wonder
           that
           some
           of
           them
           should
           return
           better
           pleased
           with
           their
           Discipline
           than
           their
           own
           ,
           especially
           considering
           that
           several
           of
           them
           had
           intimate
           Acquaintance
           and
           Conversation
           with
           one
           of
           the
           Reformers
           ,
           whom
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           Hooker
           thought
           
             incomparably
             the
             wisest
             Man
             Man
             that
             ever
             the
             French
             Church
             did
             enjoy
             since
             the
             Hour
             it
             enjoyed
             him
             .
          
           
           In
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           ,
           King
           Iames
           ,
           and
           K.
           Charles
           the
           First
           's
           Reigns
           ,
           't
           is
           well
           known
           how
           our
           Differences
           increased
           ,
           until
           that
           unhappy
           War
           broke
           out
           ;
           by
           which
           the
           Non-conforming
           Interest
           prevailed
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Presbyterian
           Discipline
           was
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           fixed
           as
           the
           established
           Form
           of
           Government
           in
           this
           Nation
           ;
           our
           Universities
           ,
           Preachers
           ,
           Writings
           ,
           Education
           ,
           &c.
           were
           generally
           modelled
           thereto
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           ,
           the
           greatest
           number
           of
           the
           trading
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           several
           of
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           of
           the
           Nobility
           (
           observing
           the
           Precepts
           and
           Practices
           ,
           Lifes
           and
           Deaths
           of
           many
           of
           that
           Clergy
           to
           be
           Pious
           and
           Exemplary
           (
           joyned
           with
           them
           of
           this
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           Perswasion
           .
        
         
         
           Since
           which
           time
           ,
           it
           pleasing
           God
           to
           restore
           King
           Charles
           II.
           the
           Parliament
           thought
           it
           convenient
           to
           establish
           the
           same
           Discipline
           which
           our
           first
           Reformers
           judged
           prudential
           ,
           and
           that
           (
           as
           the
           Dissenters
           do
           complain
           )
           upon
           stricter
           Subscriptions
           than
           formerly
           ,
           not
           abating
           or
           laying
           aside
           any
           of
           those
           Ceremonies
           which
           have
           been
           matters
           of
           dispute
           and
           contention
           betwixt
           them
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ever
           since
           our
           blessed
           Reformation
           from
           Popery
           and
           Superstition
           :
           Upon
           which
           account
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           Non-conforming
           Divines
           laid
           down
           their
           Livings
           ,
           and
           the
           old
           Controversies
           began
           afresh
           to
           be
           revived
           ;
           and
           so
           are
           like
           to
           be
           continued
           ,
           until
           we
           be
           either
           ruined
           by
           Popery
           ,
           or
           healed
           by
           Moderation
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           Salve
           to
           cure
           the
           Churches
           Wounds
           ,
           and
           that
           admirable
           Remedy
           formerly
           proposed
           to
           the
           wisdom
           of
           Superiours
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           ;
           
           who
           having
           highly
           commended
           the
           
             prudence
             and
             temper
             of
             the
             French
             Churches
             in
             composing
             their
             publick
             Forms
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             so
             far
             from
             inserting
             any
             thing
             controversial
             into
             them
             ,
             that
             Papists
             themselves
             would
             use
             them
             .
          
           And
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             the
             same
             temper
             was
             used
             by
             our
             Reformers
             in
             the
             composing
             our
             Liturgy
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Papists
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             had
             an
             especial
             Eye
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             only
             Party
             then
             appearing
             ;
             whom
             they
             desired
             to
             draw
             into
             their
             Communion
             ,
             by
             coming
             as
             near
             them
             as
             they
             well
             and
             safely
             could
             .
             And
             certainly
             those
             holy
             Men
             who
             did
             seek
             by
             any
             means
             to
             draw
             in
             others
             at
             such
             a
             distance
             from
             their
             Principles
             as
             the
             Papists
             were
             ,
             did
             never
             intend
             by
             what
             they
             did
             for
             that
             end
             ,
             to
             exclude
             any
             truly
             tender
             Consciences
             from
             their
             Communion
             .
             That
             which
             they
             laid
             as
             a
             Bait
             for
             them
             ,
             was
             never
             intended
             by
             them
             as
             a
             Hook
             for
             those
             of
             their
             own
             Profession
             .
             But
             the
             same
             or
             greater
             Reason
             which
             made
             them
             at
             that
             time
             yield
             so
             far
             to
             them
             then
             ,
             would
             now
             have
             perswaded
             them
             to
             alter
             and
             lay
             aside
             those
             things
             which
             yield
             matter
             of
             offence
             to
             any
             of
             the
             same
             Profession
             with
             themselves
             now
             :
             For
             surely
             none
             will
             be
             so
             uncharitable
             toward
             those
             ;
             of
             his
             own
             Profession
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             think
             there
             is
             as
             much
             reason
             to
             yield
             in
             compliance
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             with
             the
             Papists
             .
             And
             it
             cannot
             but
             be
             looked
             upon
             as
             a
             Token
             of
             God's
             severe
             displeasure
             against
             us
             ,
             if
             any
             ,
             though
             unreasonable
             Proposals
             of
             Peace
             between
             us
             and
             the
             Papists
             ,
             should
             meet
             with
             such
             entertainment
             among
             many
             ,
             and
             yet
             any
             fair
             offers
             of
             Vnion
             and
             Accomodation
             among
             our selves
             be
             so
             coldly
             embraced
             and
             entertained
             .
          
           Thus
           far
           our
           Reverend
           and
           Learned
           
           Dean
           of
           Pauls
           delivered
           his
           Opinion
           as
           to
           these
           matters
           of
           Dispute
           near
           thirty
           Years
           a-gone
           ,
           before
           the
           Laws
           were
           established
           against
           Dissenters
           .
           And
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             unreasonableness
             of
             Separation
          
           ,
           (
           wrote
           twenty
           years
           after
           the
           former
           )
           He
           hath
           given
           the
           World
           such
           a
           Testimony
           of
           his
           real
           Kindness
           to
           Dissenters
           ,
           (
           notwithstanding
           his
           hard
           usuage
           from
           them
           )
           and
           of
           his
           sincere
           and
           hearty
           desire
           to
           heal
           our
           unhappy
           Breaches
           ,
           and
           unite
           our
           unchristian
           Divisions
           ,
           as
           will
           for
           ever
           consecrate
           his
           Memory
           to
           posterity
           .
           Upon
           these
           and
           some
           other
           like
           Considerations
           ,
           I
           should
           humbly
           propose
           to
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           this
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           some
           probable
           means
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           our
           present
           Differences
           ,
           and
           to
           Unite
           us
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           that
           so
           we
           may
           become
           a
           flourishing
           Nation
           ,
           free
           from
           the
           Factions
           and
           Divisions
           of
           former
           Ages
           .
        
         
           
             Proposals
             for
             our
             present
             Vniting
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             I
             Humbly
             propose
             ,
             that
             the
             Ceremonies
             at
             present
             enjoyned
             by
             Law
             ,
             might
             be
             left
             to
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             Clergy
             to
             use
             or
             lay
             aside
             ,
             and
             that
             ,
             because
             the
             Dissenters
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             are
             perswaded
             that
             their
             conformity
             to
             them
             would
             be
             sinful
             ;
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             hath
             declared
             at
             several
             times
             that
             they
             are
             things
             indifferent
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             changed
             .
             Upon
             our
             first
             Reformation
             in
             the
             account
             she
             hath
             given
             of
             Ceremonies
             ,
             why
             some
             be
             abolished
             ,
             and
             some
             retained
             ,
             She
             saith
             thus
             ,
             That
             
               as
               those
               Ceremonies
               were
               taken
               away
               which
               were
               most
               abused
               ,
               and
               did
               burthen
               Mens
               Consciences
               without
               any
               cause
               ;
               so
               the
               other
               that
               remain
               are
               retained
               for
               Discipline
               and
               Order
               ,
               which
               (
               upon
               just
               causes
               may
               be
               altered
               ,
               and
               changed
               .
            
             Again
             ,
             since
             his
             Majesties
             Restauration
             ,
             in
             her
             Preface
             to
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             
             are
             these
             Words
             ,
             
               That
               the
               particular
               Forms
               of
               Divine
               Worship
               ,
               and
               the
               Rites
               and
               Ceremonies
               appointed
               to
               be
               used
               ,
               being
               things
               in
               their
               own
               Nature
               indifferent
               and
               alterable
               ,
               and
               so
               acknowledged
               ;
               it
               is
               but
               reasonable
               that
               upon
               weighty
               and
               important
               Considerations
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               various
               exigency
               of
               times
               and
               occasions
               ,
               such
               changes
               should
               be
               made
               therein
               ,
               as
               to
               those
               that
               are
               in
               place
               of
               Authority
               ,
               should
               
               from
               time
               to
               time
               seem
               either
               necessary
               or
               expedient
               .
               Accordingly
               we
               find
               that
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               several
               Princes
               of
               Blessed
               Memory
               since
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               the
               Church
               upon
               just
               and
               weighty
               Considerations
               her
               thereunto
               moving
               ,
               hath
               yielded
               to
               make
               such
               Alterations
               in
               some
               some
               particulars
               ,
               as
               in
               their
               respective
               times
               were
               thought
               convenient
               .
            
             Thus
             far
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             And
             of
             late
             I
             find
             that
             a
             very
             eminent
             Member
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Reverend
             Dean
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             hath
             aequainted
             us
             in
             a
             publick
             Sermon
             Preached
             by
             him
             at
             the
             
             Yorkshire-Feast
             ,
             
               That
               though
               it
               was
               not
               for
               private
               Persons
               to
               undertake
               in
               matters
               of
               publick
               concernment
               ,
               yet
               he
               thought
               he
               had
               no
               cause
               to
               doubt
               but
               the
               Governours
               of
               our
               Church
               (
               notwithstanding
               all
               the
               advantages
               of
               Authority
               and
               Reason
               too
               ,
               as
               they
               thought
               ,
            
             
             
               on
               their
               side
               )
               were
               Persons
               of
               that
               Piety
               and
               Prudence
               ,
               that
               for
               Peace
               sake
               ,
               and
               in
               order
               to
               a
               firm
               Vnion
               amongst
               Protestants
               ,
               they
               would
               be
               content
               ,
               if
               that
               would
               do
               it
               ,
               not
               to
               insist
               upon
               little
               things
               ,
               but
               to
               yield
               them
               up
               ,
               whether
               to
               the
               infirmity
               or
               importunity
               ,
               or
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               in
               some
               very
               few
               things
               ,
               to
               the
               plausible
               exceptions
               of
               those
               who
               differed
               from
               them
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Reverend
             Dr.
             Sherlock
             ,
             in
             a
             Sermon
             lately
             preached
             before
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             hath
             likewise
             most
             charitably
             and
             piously
             declared
             his
             Thoughts
             about
             these
             matters
             of
             difference
             in
             the
             following
             Words
             .
          
           
             
               We
               have
               reason
               to
               hope
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
             
               which
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Reformation
               took
               such
               prudent
               Care
               not
               to
               offend
               the
               Papists
               going
               farther
               from
               them
               ,
               than
               was
               necessary
               ;
               will
               ,
               whenever
               it
               is
               likely
               to
               do
               good
               ,
               condescend
               a
               great
               deal
               farther
               than
               it
               is
               necessary
               to
               reform
               ,
               to
               meet
               the
               Dissenter
               ;
               for
               while
               the
               external
               decency
               ,
               gravity
               ,
               and
               solemnity
               of
               Worship
               is
               secured
               ;
               no
               wise
               and
               good
               Man
               will
               think
               much
               to
               change
               a
               changeable
               Ceremony
               ,
               when
               it
               will
               heal
               the
               Breaches
               and
               Divisions
               of
               the
               Church
               .
               And
               let
               us
               all
               heartily
               pray
               to
               God
               that
               there
               may
               be
               this
               good
               and
               peaceable
               disposition
               of
               Mind
               in
               all
            
             Conformists
             ,
             and
             Non-conformists
             
               towards
               a
               happy
               re-union
               ;
               and
               all
               considering
               Men
               will
               think
               it
               time
               to
               lay
               aside
               such
               little
               Disputes
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               not
               meerly
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               nor
               any
               particular
               Sect
               of
               Protestants
               ,
               whose
               Ruin
               is
               aimed
               at
               ,
               but
               the
               whole
               Protestant
               Faith.
               
            
          
           
             And
             as
             a
             farther
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             readiness
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             our
             Divines
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Fathers
             of
             our
             Church
             to
             incourage
             so
             glorious
             a
             Work
             ,
             His
             Grace
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             and
             the
             
             rest
             of
             the
             petitioning
             Bishops
             ,
             did
             in
             their
             famous
             Petition
             (
             for
             which
             they
             were
             sent
             Prisoners
             to
             the
             Tower
             )
             assure
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             That
             they
             did
             not
             refuse
             to
             distribute
             and
             publish
             his
             Declaration
             for
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             
               from
               any
               want
               of
               due
               Tenderness
               to
               Dissenters
               ;
               in
               relation
               to
               whom
               they
               were
               willing
               to
               come
               to
               such
               a
               Temper
               ,
               as
               should
               be
               thought
               fit
               ,
               when
               that
               Matter
               should
               be
               considered
               and
               setled
               in
               Parliament
               and
               Convocation
               .
            
          
           
             And
             not
             long
             after
             another
             company
             of
             Bishops
             who
             were
             sent
             for
             by
             the
             late
             King
             Iames
             ,
             to
             give
             him
             their
             Advice
             ,
             (
             in
             (
             in
             several
             important
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Nation
             )
             among
             other
             things
             ,
             proposed
             ,
             
               That
               a
               Free
               Parliament
               should
               establish
               a
               due
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
             was
             to
             earnest
             to
             promote
             this
             so
             Christian
             Design
             ,
             that
             among
             those
             admirable
             Articles
             recommended
             by
             his
             Grace
             to
             all
             the
             Bishops
             within
             his
             Province
             ,
             (
             which
             were
             to
             be
             more
             fully
             insisted
             upon
             in
             their
             Addresses
             to
             the
             Clergy
             and
             People
             of
             their
             respective
             Diocesses
             )
             this
             was
             one
             :
          
           
             
               That
               they
               also
               walk
               in
               Wisdom
               towards
               those
               that
               are
               not
               of
               our
               Communion
               :
               And
               if
               there
               be
               in
               their
               Parishes
               any
               such
               ,
               that
               they
               neglect
               not
               frequently
               to
               confer
               with
               them
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Meekness
               ,
               seeking
               by
               all
               good
               Ways
               and
               Means
               to
               gain
               and
               win
               them
               over
               to
               our
               Communion
               :
               More
               especially
               that
               they
               have
               a
               very
               tender
               Regard
               to
               our
            
             Brethren
             the
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             ;
             
               that
               upon
               occasion
               offered
               ,
               they
               visit
               them
               at
               their
               Houses
               ,
               and
               receive
               them
               kindly
               at
               their
               own
               ,
               and
               treat
               them
               fairly
               wherever
               they
               meet
               them
               ;
               perswading
               them
               (
               if
               it
               may
               be
               )
               to
               a
               full
               compliance
               with
               our
            
             Church
             ,
             
               or
               at
               least
            
             ,
             that
             whereunto
             we
             have
             already
             attained
             ,
             we
             may
             all
             walk
             by
             the
             same
             Rule
             and
             mind
             the
             same
             thing
             .
             
               And
               in
               order
               hereunto
               ,
               that
               they
               take
               all
               Opportunities
               of
               Assuring
               and
               Convincing
               them
               ,
               that
               the
            
             Bishops
             of
             this
             Church
             
               are
               really
               and
               sincerely
               irreconcilable
               to
               the
               Errors
               ,
               Superstitions
               ,
               Idolatries
               and
               Tyrannies
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             .
          
           
             
               And
               that
               they
               warmly
               and
               most
               affectionately
               exhort
               them
               ,
               to
               joyn
               with
               us
               in
               Daily
               Fervent
               Prayer
               to
               the
               God
               of
               Peace
               ,
               for
               an
               Vniversal
               Blessed
               Vnion
               of
               all
               the
               Reformed
               Churches
               both
               at
               home
               and
               abroad
               ,
               against
               our
               common
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               they
               who
               do
               confess
               the
               Holy
               Name
               of
               our
               Dear
               Lord
               ,
               and
               do
               agree
               in
               the
               Truth
               of
               his
               Holy
               Word
               ,
               may
               also
               meet
               in
               one
               Holy
               Communion
               ,
               and
               live
               in
               perfect
               Vnity
               and
               Godly
               Love.
               
            
          
           
           
             Now
             seeing
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             once
             and
             again
             declared
             her
             excellent
             temper
             and
             moderation
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             Peace
             and
             Unity
             (
             the
             great
             end
             and
             design
             of
             all
             Church-government
             )
             we
             have
             little
             reason
             to
             question
             her
             readiness
             (
             
               at
               such
               a
               time
               as
               this
               is
            
             )
             to
             comply
             with
             so
             modest
             a
             Proposal
             ,
             as
             a
             liberty
             of
             using
             or
             refusing
             those
             Ceremonies
             ,
             which
             she
             saith
             ,
             
               In
               their
               own
               nature
               are
               indifferent
               and
               alterable
               ,
               and
               upon
               weighty
               and
               important
               considerations
               ,
               may
               be
               changed
               ,
            
             &c.
             or
             to
             grant
             her
             consent
             to
             such
             a
             Subscription
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             those
             Articles
             which
             concern
             the
             Government
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             are
             proposed
             by
             the
             Learned
             Dean
             of
             S.
             Paul's
             ,
             in
             the
             Appendix
             ;
             especially
             considering
             that
             by
             this
             condescention
             of
             hers
             ,
             she
             will
             certainly
             bring
             into
             her
             Communion
             a
             great
             number
             of
             pious
             ,
             moderate
             ,
             and
             more
             considerative
             Non-conformists
             :
             Which
             will
             not
             only
             add
             strength
             to
             her self
             ,
             but
             give
             a
             great
             joy
             and
             content
             to
             all
             those
             who
             have
             wish'd
             well
             to
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Unity
             ,
             and
             prosperity
             of
             this
             our
             Church
             and
             Nation
             ;
             To
             which
             end
             it
             would
             not
             be
             amiss
             that
             a
             strict
             Injunction
             should
             be
             laid
             on
             the
             Clergy
             and
             People
             to
             forbear
             all
             harsh
             and
             unchristian
             Language
             one
             towards
             another
             ,
             and
             to
             observe
             the
             Apostles
             Rule
             ,
             
               of
               not
               judging
               one
               another
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             I
             would
             likewise
             humbly
             propose
             ,
             That
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             might
             be
             indulged
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             provided
             they
             neither
             Preached
             ,
             wrote
             ,
             nor
             discours'd
             against
             the
             Doctrine
             or
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             as
             by
             Law
             established
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             because
             Charity
             ,
             which
             is
             kind
             ,
             and
             thinks
             no
             evil
             ,
             would
             oblige
             a
             sober
             and
             indifferent
             person
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             reason
             of
             their
             Separation
             from
             our
             Church
             ,
             did
             chiefly
             proceed
             from
             a
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             (
             impressed
             upon
             them
             by
             the
             force
             of
             their
             Education
             ,
             Study
             ,
             Conversation
             ,
             &c.
             )
             lest
             in
             complying
             with
             the
             present
             established
             Form
             of
             Worship
             ,
             they
             should
             sin
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             wound
             the
             peace
             of
             their
             own
             Souls
             :
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             their
             own
             present
             quiet
             and
             interest
             must
             necessarily
             have
             obliged
             ▪
             them
             to
             a
             Compliance
             ,
             they
             having
             been
             under
             a
             continual
             danger
             and
             hazard
             of
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             Laws
             established
             against
             them
             ;
             whereby
             they
             have
             been
             not
             only
             deprived
             of
             that
             Maintenance
             which
             by
             the
             countenance
             of
             Authority
             they
             might
             otherwise
             have
             expected
             and
             publickly
             enjoyed
             ,
             but
             exposed
             to
             many
             wants
             ,
             difficulties
             ,
             and
             sufferings
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Proposals
             for
             preventing
             future
             Divisions
             .
          
           
             I
             humbly
             propose
             to
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             this
             present
             Parliament
             ,
             That
             an
             ACT
             might
             be
             passed
             ,
             whereby
             every
             person
             (
             after
             a
             limited
             term
             of
             years
             )
             intending
             to
             take
             holy
             Orders
             should
             be
             incapacitated
             for
             any
             Church-preferment
             ,
             or
             for
             a
             License
             to
             preach
             in
             private
             Congregations
             ;
             who
             could
             not
             give
             a
             satisfactory
             account
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Diocess
             where
             he
             intended
             to
             settle
             ,
             of
             his
             proficiency
             and
             ability
             in
             Church-History
             and
             Primitive
             Learning
             ,
             whereby
             he
             might
             be
             able
             to
             give
             a
             clear
             and
             plain
             account
             of
             what
             Discipline
             and
             Order
             were
             used
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             nearest
             our
             Saviour's
             and
             the
             Apostles
             days
             ;
             when
             Differences
             and
             Errours
             in
             Doctrine
             or
             Church-government
             began
             first
             to
             arise
             ;
             with
             the
             Authors
             ,
             Occasion
             ,
             and
             Effects
             thereof
             .
             The
             Advantages
             which
             must
             necessarily
             attend
             the
             making
             of
             such
             a
             Law
             ,
             would
             be
             very
             great
             both
             to
             our
             interest
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             amongst
             which
             I
             beg
             leave
             to
             name
             the
             following
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             We
             might
             hereby
             (
             for
             the
             future
             )
             more
             assuredly
             hope
             for
             ,
             and
             expect
             Peace
             and
             Union
             amongst
             our
             Church-Men
             ,
             who
             having
             been
             all
             well
             acquainted
             with
             Primitive
             Learning
             and
             practice
             ,
             with
             the
             rise
             and
             growth
             of
             all
             Heresies
             ,
             Schisms
             ,
             and
             Divisions
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             fatal
             consequences
             which
             have
             attended
             them
             ;
             they
             would
             not
             more
             rationally
             than
             unanimously
             make
             choice
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Form
             of
             worship
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             but
             most
             heartily
             unite
             in
             their
             affections
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             endeavouring
             with
             all
             their
             strength
             and
             power
             to
             maintain
             the
             Church
             in
             Peace
             and
             Unity
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             By
             this
             means
             we
             might
             be
             assured
             to
             enjoy
             the
             most
             Learned
             Clergy
             that
             ever
             this
             Nation
             brought
             forth
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             only
             prove
             a
             great
             Bulwark
             against
             Popery
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             but
             Schism
             and
             Faction
             on
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             being
             to
             well
             accomplished
             for
             the
             Ministerial
             Function
             (
             before
             they
             enter
             into
             it
             )
             might
             much
             more
             assuredly
             engage
             the
             affection
             and
             hearts
             of
             their
             people
             ,
             by
             spending
             (
             in
             private
             )
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Week
             in
             instructing
             them
             in
             the
             Principles
             ,
             and
             encouraging
             them
             in
             the
             Practice
             of
             
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             a
             Duty
             ,
             alas
             ,
             too
             much
             neglected
             in
             our
             days
             !
          
           
             3.
             
             We
             may
             then
             hope
             for
             Preferments
             to
             answer
             every
             man's
             Merit
             ;
             One
             of
             the
             principal
             Reasons
             why
             we
             have
             more
             Clergy-men
             than
             Livings
             ,
             seeming
             to
             be
             this
             ,
             That
             a
             great
             number
             of
             ordinary
             Tradesmen
             and
             Farmers
             do
             send
             their
             Children
             to
             the
             Universities
             (
             being
             ambitious
             to
             make
             them
             Gentlemen
             )
             though
             they
             are
             unable
             to
             maintain
             them
             there
             above
             three
             or
             four
             Years
             ;
             in
             which
             time
             such
             Accomplishments
             are
             not
             to
             be
             attained
             as
             are
             required
             by
             this
             Proposal
             ;
             If
             therefore
             such
             a
             Law
             (
             as
             this
             )
             were
             once
             established
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             willing
             to
             bring
             them
             up
             to
             honest
             Professions
             and
             Trades
             ,
             much
             more
             suitable
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             Persons
             of
             better
             Estate
             and
             Quality
             would
             be
             encouraged
             to
             bring
             up
             their
             Children
             in
             the
             Universities
             ,
             and
             continue
             them
             there
             until
             they
             arrived
             to
             that
             pitch
             of
             Learning
             ,
             which
             would
             not
             only
             render
             them
             the
             Honour
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             but
             the
             Envy
             of
             Foreign
             Nations
             ,
             and
             also
             capacitate
             them
             for
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             a
             Preferment
             suitable
             to
             their
             Parents
             Charge
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             Pains
             and
             Industry
             ;
             especially
             if
             the
             King
             would
             appropriate
             the
             First-Fruits
             and
             Tenths
             of
             all
             Ecclesiastical
             Preferments
             ;
             or
             the
             Parliament
             should
             think
             fit
             to
             raise
             a
             sum
             of
             Mony
             for
             the
             purchasing
             Impropriations
             ,
             and
             endowing
             Livings
             with
             such
             a
             competency
             as
             might
             enable
             the
             Incumbents
             to
             provide
             comfortably
             for
             themselves
             and
             Families
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             up
             decent
             Hospitality
             in
             their
             Neighbourhood
             ,
             and
             would
             annex
             those
             Impropriations
             (
             when
             purchased
             )
             to
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Chapters
             of
             each
             Diocess
             ,
             who
             are
             to
             be
             presumed
             to
             be
             the
             most
             competent
             Judges
             of
             the
             Abilities
             of
             all
             Persons
             to
             be
             entrusted
             with
             the
             care
             of
             Souls
             :
             And
             for
             the
             more
             effectual
             Success
             of
             this
             important
             Affair
             ,
             let
             the
             Bishops
             be
             obliged
             every
             Year
             to
             call
             upon
             the
             Universities
             for
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             most
             Pious
             ,
             Learned
             and
             Industrious
             Persons
             in
             their
             several
             Colleges
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             I
             heartily
             wish
             that
             we
             might
             often
             and
             seriously
             remember
             our
             blessed
             Saviours
             Prediction
             ,
             that
             
               a
               Kingdom
               divided
               against
               it self
               ,
               cannot
               stand
            
             ;
             and
             likewise
             consider
             that
             fate
             which
             attended
             the
             Faction
             and
             Division
             of
             the
             Iews
             ;
             which
             grew
             to
             that
             height
             ,
             that
             they
             could
             not
             forbear
             destroying
             each
             other
             ,
             even
             when
             their
             declared
             Enemies
             the
             Romans
             were
             coming
             to
             besiege
             their
             City
             .
             
               From
               which
               ,
               good
               Lord
               deliver
               us
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           APPENDIX
           .
        
         
           
             His
             Majesty's
             Declaration
             to
             all
             His
             loving
             Subjects
             of
             His
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             and
             Dominion
             of
             Wales
             ,
             concerning
             Ecclesiastical
             Affairs
             .
          
           
             
               CHARLES
               R.
               
            
          
           
             HOW
             much
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             State
             is
             concerned
             in
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             how
             difficult
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             to
             preserve
             Order
             and
             Government
             in
             Civil
             ,
             whilest
             there
             is
             no
             Order
             or
             Government
             in
             Ecclesiastical
             Affairs
             ,
             is
             evident
             to
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             this
             little
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             Our
             own
             Dominions
             ,
             hath
             had
             so
             late
             experience
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             very
             well
             acquiesce
             in
             the
             Conclusion
             ,
             without
             enlarging
             Our self
             in
             Discourse
             upon
             it
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             Subject
             We
             have
             had
             frequent
             occasion
             to
             contemplate
             upon
             ,
             and
             to
             lament
             ,
             abroad
             as
             well
             as
             at
             Home
             .
          
           
             In
             Our
             Letter
             to
             the
             Speaker
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             from
             Breda
             ,
             We
             declared
             how
             much
             We
             desired
             the
             Advancement
             and
             Propagation
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ;
             That
             neither
             the
             unkindness
             of
             those
             of
             the
             same
             Faith
             towards
             Us
             ,
             nor
             the
             Civilities
             and
             Obligations
             from
             those
             of
             a
             contrary
             Profession
             (
             of
             both
             which
             We
             have
             had
             abundant
             evidence
             )
             could
             in
             the
             least
             degree
             startle
             Us
             ,
             or
             make
             Us
             swerve
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
             proposed
             to
             manifest
             Our
             Zeal
             and
             Affection
             for
             it
             ,
             to
             which
             we
             will
             not
             readily
             consent
             ,
             And
             We
             said
             then
             ,
             that
             We
             did
             hope
             in
             due
             time
             ,
             Our self
             to
             propose
             somewhat
             for
             the
             Propagation
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             will
             satisfie
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             We
             have
             always
             made
             it
             both
             Our
             Care
             and
             Our
             Study
             ,
             and
             have
             enough
             observed
             what
             is
             most
             like
             to
             bring
             Disadvantage
             to
             it
             .
             And
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             We
             do
             think
             Our Self
             the
             more
             competent
             to
             propose
             ,
             and
             with
             God's
             Assistance
             
             to
             determine
             many
             things
             now
             in
             difference
             ,
             from
             the
             time
             We
             have
             spent
             ,
             and
             the
             experience
             We
             have
             had
             in
             most
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             abroad
             ,
             in
             France
             ,
             in
             the
             Low-Countries
             ,
             and
             in
             Germany
             ,
             where
             We
             have
             had
             frequent
             Conferences
             ,
             with
             the
             most
             learned
             Men
             ,
             who
             have
             unanimously
             lamented
             the
             great
             Reproach
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             undergoes
             from
             the
             distempers
             and
             too
             notorious
             Schisms
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             in
             England
             :
             And
             as
             the
             most
             learned
             among
             them
             have
             always
             with
             great
             Submission
             and
             Reverence
             acknowledged
             and
             magnified
             the
             established
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             Countenance
             and
             Shelter
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             received
             from
             it
             ,
             before
             these
             unhappy
             times
             ;
             So
             many
             of
             them
             have
             with
             great
             Ingenuity
             and
             Sorrow
             confessed
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             too
             easily
             misled
             by
             mis-information
             and
             prejudice
             into
             some
             dis-esteem
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             too
             much
             complyed
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ;
             whereas
             they
             now
             acknowledg
             it
             to
             be
             the
             best
             Fence
             God
             hath
             yet
             raised
             against
             Popery
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             And
             We
             are
             perswaded
             they
             do
             with
             great
             Zeal
             wish
             it
             restored
             to
             its
             old
             Dignity
             and
             Veneration
             .
          
           
             When
             We
             were
             in
             Holland
             ,
             We
             were
             attended
             by
             many
             grave
             and
             learned
             Ministers
             from
             hence
             ,
             who
             were
             looked
             upon
             as
             the
             most
             able
             and
             principal
             Assertors
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             Opinions
             ,
             with
             whom
             We
             had
             as
             much
             Conference
             as
             the
             multitude
             of
             Affairs
             which
             were
             then
             upon
             Us
             would
             permit
             Us
             to
             have
             ;
             and
             to
             Our
             great
             Satisfaction
             and
             Comfort
             found
             them
             Persons
             full
             of
             Affection
             to
             Us
             ,
             of
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             and
             neither
             Enemies
             (
             as
             they
             have
             been
             given
             out
             to
             be
             )
             to
             Episcopacy
             or
             Liturgy
             ,
             but
             modestly
             to
             desire
             such
             Alterations
             in
             either
             ,
             as
             without
             shaking
             Foundations
             ,
             might
             best
             allay
             the
             present
             Distempers
             ,
             which
             the
             Indisposition
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             tenderness
             of
             some
             mens
             Consciences
             had
             contracted
             ;
             For
             the
             better
             doing
             whereof
             ,
             We
             did
             intend
             ,
             upon
             Our
             first
             arrival
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             to
             call
             a
             Synod
             of
             Divines
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             proper
             expedient
             to
             provide
             a
             proper
             Remedy
             for
             all
             those
             Differences
             and
             dis-satisfactions
             which
             had
             or
             should
             arise
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             We
             published
             in
             Our
             Declaration
             from
             Breda
             a
             Liberty
             to
             tender
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             Man
             should
             be
             disquieted
             or
             called
             in
             question
             for
             differences
             of
             Opinion
             in
             matter
             of
             Religion
             ,
             
             which
             do
             not
             disturb
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             that
             We
             shall
             be
             ready
             to
             consent
             to
             such
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             as
             upon
             mature
             deliberation
             shall
             be
             offered
             to
             Us
             ,
             for
             the
             full
             granting
             that
             Indulgence
             .
          
           
             Whilest
             We
             continued
             in
             this
             temper
             of
             mind
             and
             Resolution
             ,
             and
             have
             so
             far
             complyed
             with
             the
             perswasion
             of
             particular
             Persons
             ,
             and
             the
             distemper
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             contented
             with
             the
             exercise
             of
             Our
             Religion
             in
             Our
             own
             Chapel
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             constant
             practice
             and
             Laws
             established
             ,
             without
             enjoyning
             that
             practice
             ,
             and
             the
             observation
             of
             those
             Laws
             in
             the
             Churches
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             in
             which
             We
             have
             undergone
             the
             Censure
             of
             many
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             were
             without
             that
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Church
             which
             We
             ought
             to
             have
             ,
             and
             which
             by
             God's
             grace
             ,
             We
             shall
             always
             retain
             ;
             We
             have
             found
             Our Self
             not
             so
             candidly
             dealt
             with
             as
             We
             have
             deserved
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             are
             unquiet
             and
             restless
             Spirits
             ,
             who
             without
             abating
             any
             of
             their
             own
             distemper
             in
             recompence
             of
             the
             Moderation
             they
             find
             in
             Us
             ,
             continue
             their
             bitterness
             against
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             raise
             Jealousies
             of
             Us
             ,
             and
             to
             lessen
             Our
             Reputation
             by
             their
             Reproaches
             ,
             as
             if
             We
             were
             not
             true
             to
             the
             Professions
             VVe
             have
             made
             :
             And
             in
             ●●der
             thereunto
             ,
             they
             have
             very
             unseasonably
             caused
             to
             be
             Printed
             ,
             Published
             ,
             and
             Dispersed
             throughout
             the
             Kingdom
             a
             Declaration
             heretofore
             Printed
             in
             Our
             Name
             during
             the
             time
             of
             Our
             being
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             of
             which
             We
             shall
             say
             no
             more
             than
             that
             the
             Circumstances
             by
             which
             We
             were
             enforced
             to
             sign
             that
             Declaration
             ,
             are
             enough
             known
             to
             the
             World
             ;
             And
             that
             the
             worthiest
             and
             greatest
             part
             of
             that
             Nation
             did
             even
             then
             detest
             and
             abhorr
             the
             ill
             usage
             of
             Us
             in
             that
             Particular
             ,
             when
             the
             same
             Tyranny
             was
             exercised
             there
             by
             the
             Power
             of
             a
             few
             ill
             Men
             ,
             which
             at
             that
             time
             had
             spread
             it self
             over
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             therefore
             We
             had
             no
             reason
             to
             expect
             that
             We
             should
             at
             this
             Season
             ,
             when
             We
             are
             doing
             all
             We
             can
             to
             wipe
             out
             the
             Memory
             of
             all
             that
             hath
             been
             done
             amiss
             by
             other
             Men
             ,
             and
             ,
             We
             thank
             God
             ,
             have
             wiped
             it
             out
             of
             Our
             own
             remembrance
             ,
             have
             been
             Our Self
             assaulted
             with
             those
             Reproaches
             ;
             which
             We
             will
             likewise
             forget
             .
          
           
             Since
             the
             Printing
             this
             Declaration
             ,
             several
             seditious
             Pamphlets
             and
             Quaeries
             have
             been
             published
             and
             scattered
             abroad
             ,
             to
             infuse
             Dislike
             and
             Jealousies
             into
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             
             and
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             some
             who
             ought
             rather
             to
             have
             repented
             the
             former
             Mischief
             they
             have
             wrought
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             improve
             it
             ,
             have
             had
             the
             hardiness
             to
             publish
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             against
             which
             ,
             no
             Man
             with
             whom
             We
             have
             conferred
             hath
             excepted
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             reformed
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Discipline
             .
          
           
             This
             over-passionate
             and
             turbulent
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             and
             the
             Impatience
             We
             find
             in
             many
             for
             some
             speedy
             determination
             in
             these
             matters
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Minds
             of
             Men
             may
             be
             Composed
             ,
             and
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             established
             ,
             hath
             prevailed
             with
             Us
             to
             invert
             the
             method
             We
             had
             proposed
             to
             Our Self
             ,
             and
             even
             in
             order
             to
             the
             better
             calling
             and
             composing
             of
             a
             Synod
             (
             which
             the
             present
             Jealousies
             will
             hardly
             agree
             upon
             )
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             God's
             blessed
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             We
             daily
             invoke
             and
             supplicate
             ,
             to
             give
             some
             determination
             Our Self
             to
             the
             matters
             in
             difference
             ,
             until
             such
             a
             Synod
             may
             be
             called
             ,
             as
             may
             without
             Passion
             or
             Prejudice
             ,
             give
             us
             such
             farther
             assistance
             towards
             a
             perfect
             union
             of
             Affections
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             submission
             to
             Authority
             ,
             as
             is
             necessary
             :
             And
             We
             are
             the
             rather
             induced
             to
             take
             this
             upon
             Us
             ,
             by
             finding
             upon
             the
             full
             Conference
             We
             have
             had
             with
             the
             learned
             Men
             of
             several
             Perswasions
             ,
             that
             the
             Mischiefs
             ,
             under
             which
             both
             the
             Church
             and
             State
             do
             at
             present
             suffer
             ,
             do
             not
             result
             from
             any
             form'd
             Doctrine
             or
             Conclusion
             which
             either
             Party
             mainta●●
             〈◊〉
             avows
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             Passion
             and
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             Interest
             of
             particular
             Persons
             ,
             who
             contract
             greater
             prejudice
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             from
             those
             Affections
             ,
             than
             would
             naturally
             rise
             from
             their
             Opinions
             ;
             and
             those
             distempers
             must
             be
             in
             some
             degree
             allayed
             ,
             before
             the
             meeting
             in
             a
             Synod
             can
             be
             attended
             with
             better
             success
             ,
             than
             their
             meeting
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             and
             their
             discourses
             in
             Pulpits
             have
             hitherto
             been
             ;
             and
             till
             all
             thoughts
             of
             Victory
             are
             laid
             aside
             ,
             the
             humble
             and
             necessary
             thoughts
             for
             the
             Vindication
             of
             Truth
             cannot
             be
             enough
             entertained
             .
          
           
             We
             must
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             all
             those
             of
             either
             perswasion
             with
             whom
             We
             have
             conferred
             ,
             declare
             That
             the
             Professions
             and
             Desires
             of
             all
             for
             the
             advancement
             of
             Piety
             and
             true
             Godliness
             ,
             are
             the
             same
             ;
             their
             professions
             of
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             same
             ;
             of
             Affection
             and
             Duty
             to
             Us
             ,
             the
             same
             ;
             They
             all
             approve
             Episcopacy
             ;
             They
             all
             approve
             a
             set
             form
             of
             Liturgy
             ;
             and
             they
             all
             disprove
             and
             dislike
             the
             sin
             of
             Sacriledge
             ,
             and
             the
             alienation
             of
             the
             Revenue
             
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             And
             if
             upon
             these
             excellent
             Foundations
             ,
             in
             submission
             to
             which
             there
             is
             such
             a
             harmony
             of
             Affections
             ,
             any
             Superstructures
             should
             be
             raised
             ,
             to
             the
             shaking
             those
             Foundations
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             contracting
             and
             lessening
             the
             blessed
             gift
             of
             Charity
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             vital
             part
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             We
             shall
             think
             Our Self
             very
             unfortunate
             ,
             and
             even
             suspect
             that
             We
             are
             defective
             in
             that
             administration
             of
             Government
             ,
             with
             which
             God
             hath
             entrusted
             Us.
             
          
           
             We
             need
             not
             profess
             the
             high
             Affection
             and
             Esteem
             we
             have
             for
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             as
             it
             is
             established
             by
             Law
             ;
             the
             Reverence
             to
             which
             hath
             supported
             us
             with
             Gods
             Blessing
             ,
             against
             many
             temptations
             ;
             nor
             do
             We
             think
             that
             Reverence
             in
             the
             least
             degree
             diminished
             by
             Our
             Condescentions
             ,
             not
             peremptorily
             to
             insist
             on
             some
             particulars
             of
             Ceremony
             ,
             which
             ,
             however
             introduced
             by
             the
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
             ;
             and
             Order
             of
             former
             times
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             so
             agreeable
             to
             the
             present
             ,
             but
             may
             even
             lessen
             that
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
             ,
             for
             the
             improvement
             whereof
             they
             might
             happily
             be
             first
             introduced
             ,
             and
             consequently
             may
             well
             be
             dispensed
             with
             ;
             and
             We
             hope
             this
             charitable
             compliance
             of
             Ours
             will
             dispose
             the
             Minds
             of
             all
             Men
             to
             a
             chearful
             submission
             to
             that
             Authority
             ,
             the
             preservation
             whereof
             is
             so
             necessary
             for
             the
             Unity
             and
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             will
             acknowledge
             the
             support
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Authority
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             best
             support
             of
             Religion
             ,
             by
             being
             the
             best
             means
             to
             contain
             the
             Minds
             of
             Men
             within
             the
             Rules
             of
             Government
             :
             And
             they
             who
             would
             restrain
             the
             exercise
             of
             that
             holy
             Function
             within
             the
             Rules
             which
             were
             observed
             in
             the
             Primitive
             times
             ,
             must
             remember
             and
             consider
             ,
             that
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Power
             being
             in
             those
             blessed
             times
             always
             subordinate
             and
             subject
             to
             the
             Civil
             ;
             it
             was
             likewise
             proportioned
             to
             such
             an
             extent
             of
             Jurisdiction
             as
             was
             most
             agreeable
             to
             that
             ;
             And
             as
             the
             Sanctity
             and
             Simplicity
             ,
             and
             Resignation
             of
             that
             Age
             ,
             did
             then
             refer
             many
             things
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             which
             the
             policy
             of
             succeeding
             Ages
             would
             not
             admit
             ,
             at
             least
             did
             otherwise
             provide
             for
             ;
             so
             it
             can
             be
             no
             reproach
             to
             Primitive
             Episcopacy
             ,
             if
             where
             there
             have
             been
             great
             alterations
             in
             the
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             from
             what
             was
             then
             ,
             there
             have
             been
             likewise
             some
             difference
             and
             alteration
             in
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             the
             Essence
             and
             Foundation
             being
             still
             preserved
             .
             And
             upon
             this
             ground
             ,
             without
             taking
             upon
             Us
             to
             censure
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             
             Church
             in
             other
             Countries
             ,
             where
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             State
             is
             different
             from
             what
             it
             is
             here
             ,
             or
             enlarging
             Our Self
             upon
             the
             Reasons
             why
             ,
             whilst
             there
             was
             an
             Imagination
             of
             erecting
             a
             Democratical
             Government
             here
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             willing
             to
             continue
             an
             Aristocratical
             Government
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             It
             shall
             suffice
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             since
             by
             the
             wonderful
             Blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Hearts
             of
             this
             whole
             Nation
             are
             returned
             to
             an
             obedience
             to
             Monarchick
             Government
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             very
             reasonable
             to
             support
             that
             Government
             in
             the
             Church
             which
             is
             established
             by
             Law
             ,
             and
             with
             which
             the
             Monarchy
             hath
             flourished
             through
             so
             many
             Ages
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             in
             truth
             as
             ancient
             in
             this
             Island
             as
             the
             Christian
             Monarchy
             thereof
             ;
             and
             which
             hath
             always
             in
             some
             respects
             or
             degrees
             been
             enlarged
             or
             restrained
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             thought
             most
             conducing
             to
             the
             Peace
             and
             Happiness
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             therefore
             We
             have
             not
             the
             least
             doubt
             but
             that
             the
             present
             Bishops
             will
             think
             the
             present
             Concessions
             now
             made
             by
             Us
             to
             allay
             the
             present
             Distempers
             ,
             very
             just
             and
             reasonable
             ,
             and
             will
             very
             chearfully
             conform
             themselves
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             We
             do
             in
             the
             first
             place
             Declare
             Our
             purpose
             and
             Resolution
             is
             and
             shall
             be
             ,
             to
             promote
             the
             Power
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             to
             encourage
             the
             exercises
             of
             Religion
             ,
             both
             publick
             and
             private
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             care
             that
             the
             Lord's
             Day
             be
             applied
             to
             holy
             Exercises
             ,
             without
             unnecessary
             divertisments
             ;
             and
             that
             insufficient
             ,
             negligent
             ,
             and
             scandalous
             Ministers
             be
             not
             permitted
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             And
             that
             as
             the
             present
             Bishops
             are
             known
             to
             be
             Men
             of
             great
             and
             exemplar
             Piety
             in
             their
             Lives
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             manifested
             in
             their
             notorious
             and
             unexampled
             Sufferings
             during
             these
             late
             Distempers
             ;
             and
             of
             great
             and
             known
             sufficiency
             of
             Learning
             ;
             so
             We
             shall
             take
             special
             Care
             ,
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             prefer
             no
             Men
             to
             that
             Office
             and
             Charge
             ,
             but
             Men
             of
             Learning
             ,
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             Piety
             ,
             who
             may
             be
             themselves
             the
             best
             examples
             to
             those
             who
             are
             to
             be
             Governed
             by
             them
             ;
             And
             We
             shall
             expect
             ,
             and
             provide
             the
             best
             We
             can
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishops
             be
             frequent
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             do
             very
             often
             Preach
             themselves
             in
             some
             Church
             of
             their
             Diocess
             ,
             except
             they
             be
             hindred
             by
             Sickness
             ,
             or
             other
             bodily
             Infirmities
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             justifiable
             occasion
             ,
             which
             shall
             not
             be
             thought
             justifiable
             if
             it
             be
             requent
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             Because
             the
             Diocesses
             ,
             especially
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             are
             thought
             to
             be
             of
             too
             large
             extent
             :
             We
             will
             appoint
             such
             a
             Number
             of
             Suffragan
             Bishops
             in
             every
             Diocess
             as
             shall
             be
             sufficient
             for
             the
             due
             performance
             of
             their
             work
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             No
             Bishop
             shall
             Ordain
             ,
             or
             exercise
             any
             part
             of
             Jurisdiction
             which
             appertains
             to
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             without
             the
             advice
             and
             assistance
             of
             the
             Presbyters
             ;
             And
             no
             Chancellors
             ,
             Commissaries
             ,
             or
             Officials
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
             shall
             exercise
             any
             Act
             of
             Spiritual
             Jurisdiction
             in
             these
             cases
             (
             viz.
             )
             Excommunication
             ,
             Absolution
             ,
             or
             wherein
             any
             of
             the
             Ministry
             are
             concerned
             ,
             with
             reference
             to
             their
             Pastoral
             charge
             .
             However
             Our
             intent
             and
             meaning
             is
             to
             uphold
             and
             maintein
             the
             Profession
             of
             the
             Civil
             Law
             so
             far
             and
             in
             such
             matters
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             of
             use
             and
             practice
             within
             Our
             Kingdoms
             and
             Dominions
             ;
             Albeit
             as
             to
             Excommunication
             ,
             Our
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             is
             ,
             that
             no
             Chancellor
             ,
             Commissary
             ,
             or
             Official
             shall
             Decree
             any
             Sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             or
             Absolution
             ,
             or
             be
             Judges
             in
             those
             things
             wherein
             any
             of
             the
             Ministry
             are
             concerned
             ,
             as
             is
             aforesaid
             .
             Nor
             shall
             the
             Arch-Deacon
             exercise
             any
             Jurisdiction
             without
             the
             advice
             and
             assistance
             of
             six
             Ministers
             of
             his
             Arch-Deaconcy
             ,
             whereof
             three
             to
             be
             nominated
             by
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             three
             by
             the
             election
             of
             the
             major
             part
             of
             the
             Presbyters
             within
             the
             Arch-Deaconry
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             To
             the
             end
             that
             the
             Deans
             and
             Chapters
             may
             be
             the
             better
             fitted
             to
             afford
             Counsel
             and
             Assistance
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             both
             in
             Ordination
             and
             the
             other
             Offices
             mentioned
             before
             ;
             We
             will
             take
             care
             that
             those
             Preferments
             be
             given
             to
             the
             most
             Learned
             and
             Pious
             Presbyters
             of
             the
             Diocess
             ;
             And
             moreover
             that
             an
             equal
             number
             (
             to
             those
             of
             the
             Chapter
             )
             of
             the
             most
             learned
             ,
             pious
             ,
             and
             discreet
             Presbyters
             of
             the
             same
             Diocess
             ,
             annually
             chosen
             by
             the
             major
             vote
             of
             all
             the
             Presbyters
             of
             that
             Diocess
             present
             at
             such
             Elections
             ,
             shall
             be
             always
             advising
             and
             assisting
             ,
             together
             with
             those
             of
             the
             Chapter
             ,
             in
             all
             Ordinations
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             part
             of
             Jurisdiction
             which
             appertains
             to
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             at
             all
             other
             solemn
             and
             important
             Actions
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             wherein
             any
             of
             the
             Ministry
             are
             concerned
             :
             Provided
             that
             at
             all
             such
             Meetings
             ,
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Ministers
             so
             elected
             ,
             and
             those
             present
             of
             the
             Chapter
             shall
             be
             equal
             ,
             and
             not
             exceed
             one
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             make
             the
             numbers
             equal
             ,
             the
             Juniors
             of
             the
             exceeding
             
             number
             be
             withdrawn
             that
             the
             most
             ancient
             may
             take
             place
             :
             nor
             shall
             any
             Suffragan
             Bishop
             ordain
             or
             exercise
             the
             fore-mentioned
             Offices
             and
             acts
             of
             Spiritual
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             advice
             and
             assistance
             of
             a
             sufficient
             number
             of
             the
             most
             judicious
             and
             pious
             Presbyters
             annually
             chosen
             as
             aforesaid
             within
             his
             Precincts
             :
             And
             Our
             Will
             is
             that
             the
             great
             work
             of
             Ordination
             be
             constantly
             and
             solemnly
             performed
             by
             the
             Bishop
             and
             his
             aforesaid
             Presbytery
             ,
             at
             the
             four
             set
             times
             and
             seasons
             appointed
             by
             the
             Church
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             We
             will
             take
             care
             that
             Confirmation
             be
             rightly
             and
             solemnly
             performed
             ,
             by
             the
             Information
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             Minister
             of
             the
             place
             ;
             who
             shall
             admit
             none
             to
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             till
             they
             have
             made
             a
             credible
             Profession
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             and
             promised
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ;
             according
             as
             is
             expressed
             in
             the
             Considerations
             of
             the
             Rubrick
             before
             the
             Catechism
             ;
             And
             that
             all
             possible
             diligence
             be
             used
             for
             the
             Instruction
             and
             Reformation
             of
             scandalous
             Offenders
             ,
             whom
             the
             Minister
             shall
             not
             suffer
             to
             partake
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Table
             ,
             until
             they
             have
             openly
             declared
             themselves
             to
             have
             truly
             repented
             and
             amended
             their
             former
             naughty
             Lives
             ,
             as
             is
             partly
             exprest
             in
             the
             Rubrick
             ,
             and
             more
             fully
             in
             the
             Canons
             ;
             Provided
             there
             be
             place
             for
             due
             Appeals
             to
             Superiour
             Powers
             .
             But
             besides
             the
             Suffragans
             and
             their
             Presbytery
             ,
             every
             Rural
             Dean
             (
             those
             Deans
             ,
             as
             heretofore
             ,
             to
             be
             nominated
             by
             the
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Diocess
             )
             together
             with
             three
             or
             four
             Ministers
             of
             that
             Deanery
             ,
             chosen
             by
             the
             major
             part
             of
             all
             the
             Ministers
             within
             the
             same
             ,
             shall
             meet
             once
             in
             every
             Month
             ,
             to
             receive
             such
             Complaints
             as
             shall
             be
             presented
             to
             them
             by
             the
             Ministers
             or
             Church-Wardens
             of
             the
             respective
             Parishes
             ;
             and
             also
             to
             compose
             all
             such
             differences
             betwixt
             Party
             and
             Party
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             referred
             unto
             them
             by
             way
             of
             Arbitration
             ,
             and
             to
             convince
             Offenders
             ,
             and
             reform
             all
             such
             things
             as
             they
             find
             amiss
             by
             their
             Pastoral
             Reproofs
             and
             Admonitions
             ,
             if
             they
             may
             be
             so
             Reformed
             :
             And
             such
             Matters
             as
             they
             cannot
             by
             this
             Pastoral
             and
             Perswasive
             way
             compose
             and
             reform
             ,
             are
             by
             them
             to
             be
             prepared
             for
             ,
             and
             presented
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ;
             at
             which
             Meeting
             any
             other
             Ministers
             of
             that
             Deanery
             ,
             may
             ,
             if
             they
             please
             ,
             be
             present
             and
             assist
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             the
             Rural
             Dean
             and
             his
             Assistants
             are
             in
             their
             respective
             Divisions
             to
             see
             that
             the
             Children
             and
             younger
             sort
             be
             carefully
             instructed
             by
             the
             respective
             
             Ministers
             of
             every
             Parish
             ,
             in
             the
             Grounds
             of
             Christian
             Religon
             ,
             and
             be
             able
             to
             give
             a
             good
             account
             of
             their
             Faith
             and
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             their
             Christian
             Conversation
             conformable
             thereunto
             ,
             before
             they
             be
             confirmed
             by
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             or
             admitted
             to
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             No
             Bishop
             shall
             exercise
             any
             Arbitrary
             Power
             ,
             or
             do
             or
             impose
             any
             thing
             upon
             the
             Clergy
             or
             the
             People
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             according
             to
             the
             known
             Law
             of
             the
             Land.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             We
             are
             very
             glad
             to
             find
             ,
             that
             all
             with
             whom
             we
             have
             conferred
             ,
             do
             in
             their
             Judgments
             approve
             a
             Liturgy
             ,
             or
             set
             Form
             of
             Publick
             Worship
             ,
             to
             be
             Lawful
             ;
             which
             in
             Our
             Judgment
             ,
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             Unity
             and
             Uniformity
             ,
             We
             conceive
             to
             be
             very
             necessary
             :
             And
             though
             we
             do
             esteem
             the
             Liturgy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             conteined
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Common
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             by
             Law
             established
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             best
             We
             have
             seen
             ;
             And
             We
             believe
             that
             We
             have
             seen
             all
             that
             are
             extant
             and
             used
             in
             this
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             well
             know
             what
             Reverence
             most
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             the
             most
             Learned
             Men
             in
             those
             Churches
             have
             for
             it
             ;
             Yet
             since
             We
             find
             some
             exceptions
             made
             against
             several
             things
             therein
             .
             We
             will
             appoint
             an
             equal
             number
             of
             Learned
             Divines
             of
             both
             Perswasions
             ,
             to
             re-view
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             such
             alterations
             as
             shall
             be
             thought
             most
             necessary
             ;
             and
             some
             additional
             Forms
             (
             in
             the
             Scripture
             phrase
             ,
             as
             near
             as
             may
             be
             )
             suited
             unto
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             several
             parts
             of
             Worship
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             be
             left
             to
             the
             Ministers
             choice
             to
             use
             one
             or
             other
             at
             his
             discretion
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             and
             till
             this
             be
             done
             ,
             although
             We
             do
             heartily
             wish
             and
             desire
             ,
             that
             the
             Ministers
             in
             their
             several
             Churches
             ,
             because
             they
             dislike
             some
             Clauses
             and
             Expressions
             ,
             would
             not
             totally
             lay
             aside
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Book
             of
             Common
             Prayer
             ,
             but
             read
             those
             parts
             against
             which
             there
             can
             be
             no
             exception
             ;
             which
             would
             be
             the
             best
             instance
             of
             declining
             those
             marks
             of
             Distinction
             ,
             which
             We
             so
             much
             labour
             and
             desire
             to
             remove
             ;
             Yet
             in
             Compassion
             to
             divers
             of
             Our
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             scruple
             the
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             now
             it
             is
             .
             Our
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             is
             ,
             that
             none
             be
             punished
             or
             troubled
             for
             not
             using
             it
             ,
             until
             it
             be
             reviewed
             ,
             and
             effectually
             Reformed
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             Concerning
             Ceremonies
             ,
             which
             have
             administred
             so
             much
             matter
             of
             difference
             and
             contention
             ,
             and
             which
             
             have
             been
             introduced
             by
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Authority
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             for
             edification
             ,
             and
             the
             improvement
             of
             Piety
             :
             We
             shall
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             that
             We
             have
             the
             more
             esteem
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             Reverence
             for
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             having
             been
             present
             in
             many
             of
             those
             Churches
             where
             they
             are
             most
             abolished
             ,
             or
             discountenanced
             ;
             And
             it
             cannot
             be
             doubted
             ,
             but
             that
             ,
             as
             the
             Universal
             Church
             cannot
             introduce
             one
             Ceremony
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             contrary
             to
             God's
             Word
             expressed
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             so
             every
             National
             Church
             ,
             with
             the
             Approbation
             and
             Consent
             of
             the
             Sovereign
             Power
             ,
             may
             ,
             and
             hath
             always
             introduced
             such
             particular
             Ceremonies
             ,
             as
             in
             that
             conjuncture
             of
             time
             are
             thought
             most
             proper
             for
             edification
             and
             the
             necessary
             improvement
             of
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
             in
             the
             People
             ,
             though
             the
             necessary
             practice
             thereof
             cannot
             be
             deduced
             from
             Scripture
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             before
             was
             ,
             and
             in
             it self
             is
             indifferent
             ,
             ceases
             to
             be
             indifferent
             ,
             after
             it
             is
             once
             established
             by
             Law
             :
             And
             therefore
             Our
             present
             Consideration
             and
             Work
             is
             ,
             to
             gratifie
             the
             private
             Consciences
             of
             those
             who
             are
             grieved
             with
             the
             use
             of
             some
             Ceremonies
             ,
             by
             indulging
             to
             ,
             and
             dispensing
             with
             their
             omitting
             those
             Ceremonies
             ;
             not
             utterly
             to
             abolish
             any
             which
             are
             Established
             by
             Law
             ,
             (
             if
             any
             are
             practised
             contrary
             to
             Law
             ,
             the
             same
             shall
             cease
             )
             which
             would
             be
             unjust
             ,
             and
             of
             ill
             example
             ;
             and
             to
             impose
             upon
             the
             Conscience
             of
             some
             ,
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             Conscience
             of
             others
             ,
             which
             is
             otherwise
             provided
             for
             .
             As
             it
             could
             not
             be
             reasonable
             that
             men
             should
             expect
             ,
             that
             We
             should
             Our Self
             decline
             ,
             or
             enjoyn
             others
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             to
             receive
             the
             Blessed
             Sacrament
             upon
             Our
             Knees
             ,
             which
             in
             Our
             Conscience
             is
             the
             most
             humble
             ,
             most
             devout
             ,
             and
             most
             agreeable
             Posture
             for
             that
             Holy
             Duty
             ,
             because
             some
             other
             men
             ,
             upon
             reasons
             best
             ,
             if
             not
             only
             known
             to
             themselves
             ,
             choose
             rather
             to
             do
             it
             fitting
             or
             standing
             :
             We
             shall
             leave
             all
             decisions
             and
             determinations
             of
             that
             kind
             ,
             if
             they
             shall
             be
             thought
             necessary
             for
             a
             perfect
             and
             entire
             Unity
             and
             Uniformity
             throughout
             the
             Nation
             ,
             to
             the
             advice
             of
             a
             National
             Synod
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             duly
             called
             ,
             after
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             and
             a
             mutual
             Conversation
             between
             persons
             of
             different
             perswasions
             ,
             hath
             mollified
             those
             distempers
             ,
             abated
             those
             sharpnesses
             ,
             and
             extinguished
             those
             jealousies
             which
             make
             men
             unfit
             for
             those
             Consultations
             ;
             And
             upon
             such
             advice
             ,
             We
             shall
             use
             Our
             best
             endeavor
             that
             such
             Laws
             may
             be
             established
             ,
             
             as
             may
             best
             provide
             for
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             State.
             Provided
             that
             none
             shall
             be
             denied
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             though
             they
             do
             not
             use
             the
             gesture
             of
             kneeling
             in
             the
             Act
             of
             receiving
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             out
             of
             Compassion
             and
             Compliance
             towards
             those
             who
             would
             forbear
             the
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
             ,
             We
             are
             content
             that
             no
             Man
             shall
             be
             compelled
             to
             use
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             suffer
             for
             not
             doing
             it
             :
             But
             if
             any
             Parent
             desire
             to
             have
             his
             Child
             Christned
             according
             to
             the
             Form
             used
             ,
             and
             the
             Minister
             will
             not
             use
             the
             Sign
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             lawful
             for
             that
             Parent
             to
             procure
             another
             Minister
             to
             do
             it
             :
             And
             if
             the
             proper
             Minister
             shall
             refuse
             to
             omit
             that
             Ceremony
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             lawful
             for
             the
             Parent
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             have
             his
             Child
             so
             Baptised
             ,
             to
             procure
             another
             Minister
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             who
             will
             do
             it
             according
             to
             his
             desire
             .
          
           
             No
             Man
             shall
             be
             compelled
             to
             bow
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             JESUS
             ,
             or
             suffer
             in
             any
             degree
             for
             not
             doing
             it
             ,
             without
             reproaching
             those
             who
             out
             of
             their
             Devotion
             continue
             that
             ancient
             Ceremony
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Surplice
             ,
             we
             are
             contented
             that
             all
             Men
             be
             left
             to
             their
             Liberty
             to
             do
             as
             they
             shall
             think
             fit
             ,
             without
             suffering
             in
             the
             least
             degree
             for
             wearing
             ,
             or
             not
             wearing
             it
             ;
             Provided
             ,
             that
             this
             liberty
             do
             not
             extend
             to
             Our
             own
             Chappel
             ,
             Cathedral
             ,
             or
             Collegiate
             Churches
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             Colledge
             in
             either
             of
             Our
             Universities
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             several
             Statutes
             and
             Customs
             for
             the
             use
             thereof
             in
             the
             said
             places
             ,
             be
             there
             observed
             as
             formerly
             .
          
           
             And
             because
             some
             Men
             ,
             otherwise
             pious
             and
             learned
             ,
             say
             ,
             They
             cannot
             conform
             unto
             the
             Subscription
             required
             by
             the
             Canon
             ,
             nor
             take
             the
             Oath
             of
             Canonical
             Obedience
             ;
             We
             are
             content
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             Our
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             ,
             (
             so
             they
             take
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Allegiance
             and
             Supremacy
             )
             that
             they
             shall
             receive
             Ordination
             ,
             Institution
             ,
             and
             Induction
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             permitted
             to
             exercise
             their
             Function
             ,
             and
             to
             enjoy
             the
             Profits
             of
             their
             Livings
             ,
             without
             the
             said
             Subscription
             or
             Oath
             of
             Canonical
             Obedience
             :
             And
             moreover
             ,
             That
             no
             Persons
             in
             the
             Universities
             shall
             for
             the
             want
             of
             such
             Subscription
             be
             hindred
             in
             the
             taking
             of
             their
             Degrees
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             That
             none
             be
             judged
             to
             forfeit
             his
             Presentation
             or
             Benefice
             ,
             or
             be
             deprived
             of
             it
             ,
             upon
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             Thirteenth
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             Chapter
             the
             twelth
             ,
             so
             he
             read
             and
             declare
             
             his
             assent
             to
             all
             the
             Articles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             which
             only
             concern
             the
             Confession
             of
             the
             true
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             comprised
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Articles
             in
             the
             said
             Statute
             mentioned
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             We
             do
             again
             renew
             what
             we
             have
             formerly
             said
             in
             Our
             Declaration
             from
             Breda
             ,
             for
             the
             liberty
             of
             tender
             Consciences
             ,
             that
             no
             Man
             shall
             be
             disquieted
             or
             called
             in
             question
             for
             differences
             of
             Opinion
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             which
             do
             not
             disturb
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             have
             been
             disturbed
             in
             that
             kind
             since
             our
             arrival
             here
             ,
             it
             hath
             not
             proceeded
             from
             any
             direction
             of
             Ours
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             place
             to
             explain
             what
             We
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             and
             said
             in
             Our
             Letter
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             from
             Breda
             ,
             That
             We
             hoped
             in
             due
             time
             ,
             Our Self
             to
             propose
             somewhat
             for
             the
             Propagation
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             that
             will
             satisfie
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             We
             have
             always
             made
             it
             both
             Our
             Care
             and
             Our
             Study
             ,
             and
             have
             enough
             observed
             what
             is
             most
             like
             to
             bring
             disadvantage
             to
             it
             :
             We
             do
             conjure
             all
             Our
             Loving
             Subjects
             to
             acquiesce
             in
             ,
             and
             submit
             this
             Our
             Declaration
             concerning
             those
             differences
             which
             have
             so
             much
             disquieted
             the
             Nation
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             given
             such
             offence
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Churches
             abroad
             ,
             and
             brought
             such
             reproach
             upon
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             in
             general
             ,
             from
             the
             Enemies
             thereof
             ;
             as
             if
             upon
             obscure
             notions
             of
             Faith
             and
             Fancy
             ,
             it
             did
             admit
             the
             practice
             of
             Christian
             Duties
             and
             Obedience
             to
             be
             discountenanced
             and
             suspended
             ,
             and
             introduce
             a
             Licence
             in
             Opinions
             and
             Manners
             ,
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith.
             And
             let
             Us
             all
             endeavour
             ,
             and
             emulate
             each
             other
             in
             those
             endeavours
             ,
             to
             countenance
             and
             advance
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             abroad
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             best
             done
             by
             supporting
             the
             Dignity
             and
             Reverence
             due
             to
             the
             best
             Reformed
             Protestant
             Church
             at
             home
             ;
             and
             which
             being
             once
             freed
             from
             the
             Calumnies
             and
             Reproaches
             it
             hath
             undergone
             from
             these
             late
             ill
             times
             ,
             will
             be
             the
             best
             shelter
             for
             those
             abroad
             ,
             which
             will
             by
             that
             Countenance
             both
             be
             the
             better
             Protected
             against
             their
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             be
             the
             more
             easily
             induced
             to
             compose
             the
             differences
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             which
             give
             their
             Enemies
             more
             advantage
             against
             them
             :
             And
             We
             hope
             and
             expect
             that
             all
             Men
             will
             henceforward
             forbear
             to
             vent
             any
             such
             Doctrine
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             or
             to
             endeavour
             to
             work
             in
             such
             manner
             upon
             the
             Affections
             of
             the
             
             People
             ,
             as
             may
             dispose
             them
             to
             an
             ill
             Opinion
             of
             Us
             and
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             to
             disturb
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             Which
             if
             all
             Men
             will
             in
             their
             several
             Vocations
             endeavour
             to
             preserve
             with
             the
             same
             Affection
             and
             Zeal
             We
             Our Self
             will
             do
             ;
             all
             Our
             good
             Subjects
             will
             by
             Gods
             Blessing
             upon
             Us
             enjoy
             as
             great
             a
             measure
             of
             Felicity
             ,
             as
             this
             Nation
             hath
             ever
             done
             ,
             and
             which
             We
             shall
             constantly
             Labour
             to
             procure
             for
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             greatest
             Blessing
             God
             can
             bestow
             upon
             Us
             in
             this
             World.
             
          
           
             
               Given
               at
               our
               Court
               at
               Whitehall
               
                 this
                 Twenty
                 fifth
                 day
                 of
                 October
                 .
                 1660.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Reverend
             Dean
             of
             Pauls
             his
             Proposals
             or
             Terms
             of
             Vnion
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             and
             the
             Dissenters
             :
             Taken
             out
             of
             his
             Preface
             to
             the
             Vnreasonableness
             of
             Separation
             ,
             
               Pag.
               81
               ,
               82
               ,
               83
               ,
               84
               ,
               85
               ,
               86
               ,
               87
               ,
               88
               ,
               89
               ,
               90
               ,
               91
               ,
               92
               ,
               93
               ,
               94.
               
            
          
           
             
               IS
               there
               nothing
               to
               be
               done
               for
               Dissenting
               Protestants
               ,
               who
               agree
               with
               us
               in
               all
               Doctrinal
               Articles
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               and
               only
               scruple
               the
               use
               of
               a
               few
               Ceremonies
               ,
               and
               some
               late
               Impositions
               ?
               Shall
               these
               Differences
               still
               be
               continued
               ,
               when
               they
               may
               be
               so
               easily
               removed
               ?
               and
               so
               many
               Useful
               Men
               be
               Encouraged
               ,
               and
               taken
               into
               the
               Constitution
               ?
               Do
               we
               value
               a
               few
               indifferent
               Ceremonies
               ,
               and
               some
               late
               Declarations
               ,
               and
               doubtful
               Expressions
               ,
               beyond
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               Mens
               Consciences
               ,
               and
               the
               Peace
               and
               Stability
               of
               this
               Church
               ?
            
          
           
             As
             to
             this
             material
             Question
             ,
             I
             shall
             crave
             leave
             to
             deliver
             my
             Opinion
             freely
             and
             impartially
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
          
           
             I.
             With
             respect
             to
             the
             Case
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             the
             Terms
             of
             whose
             Union
             with
             us
             ,
             is
             acknowledged
             by
             our
             Brethren
             to
             be
             so
             much
             easier
             than
             their
             own
             .
             But
             these
             are
             of
             two
             sorts
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Some
               allow
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Liturgy
               ,
               but
               say
               they
               cannot
               joyn
               in
               Communion
               with
               us
               ,
               because
               the
               participation
               of
               the
               Sacraments
               hath
               such
               Rites
               and
               Ceremonies
               annexed
               to
               it
               ,
               which
               they
               think
               unlawful
               ;
               and
               therefore
               till
               these
               be
               removed
               ,
               or
               left
               indifferent
               ,
               they
               dare
               not
               joyn
               with
               us
               in
               Baptism
               or
               the
               Lord's
               Supper
               ;
               because
               in
               the
               one
               the
               Cross
               is
               used
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               other
               Kneeling
               is
               required
               .
               As
               to
               these
               I
               answer
               ,
            
          
           
             (
             1.
             )
             Upon
             the
             most
             diligent
             Search
             I
             could
             make
             into
             these
             things
             ,
             I
             find
             no
             good
             ground
             for
             any
             scruple
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             as
             to
             to
             the
             use
             of
             these
             Ceremonies
             ;
             and
             as
             little
             as
             any
             as
             to
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             used
             in
             our
             Church
             ;
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             noise
             that
             hath
             been
             made
             about
             its
             being
             a
             
               New
               Sacrament
            
             ,
             and
             I
             knew
             not
             what
             ;
             but
             of
             this
             at
             large
             in
             the
             following
             Treatise
             .
          
           
           
             (
             2.
             )
             I
             see
             no
             ground
             for
             the
             Peoples
             Separation
             from
             other
             Acts
             of
             Communion
             ,
             on
             the
             account
             of
             some
             Rites
             they
             suspect
             to
             be
             unlawful
             :
             And
             especially
             when
             the
             use
             of
             such
             Rites
             is
             none
             of
             their
             own
             Act
             ,
             as
             the
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
             is
             not
             ;
             and
             when
             such
             an
             Explication
             is
             annexed
             concerning
             the
             intention
             of
             Kneeling
             at
             
               the
               Lord's
               Supper
            
             ,
             as
             is
             in
             the
             Rubrick
             after
             the
             Communion
             .
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             because
             the
             use
             of
             Sacraments
             in
             a
             
               Christian
               Church
            
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             most
             free
             from
             all
             Exceptions
             ,
             and
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             Administred
             ,
             as
             rather
             to
             invite
             than
             discourage
             scrupulous
             Persons
             from
             joyning
             in
             them
             :
             I
             do
             think
             it
             would
             be
             a
             part
             of
             Christian
             Wisdom
             and
             Condescention
             in
             the
             Governors
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             to
             remove
             those
             Bars
             from
             a
             freedom
             in
             joyning
             in
             full
             Communion
             with
             us
             .
             Which
             may
             be
             done
             ,
             either
             by
             wholly
             taking
             away
             the
             
               Sign
               of
               the
               Cross
            
             ;
             or
             if
             that
             may
             give
             offence
             to
             others
             ,
             by
             confining
             the
             use
             of
             it
             to
             the
             publick
             Administration
             of
             Baptism
             ;
             or
             by
             leaving
             it
             indifferent
             ,
             as
             the
             Parents
             desire
             it
             .
             As
             to
             
               Kneeling
               at
               the
               Lord's
               Supper
            
             ,
             since
             some
             Posture
             is
             necessary
             ,
             and
             many
             Devout
             People
             scruple
             any
             other
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Primitive
               Church
            
             did
             in
             Ancient
             times
             receive
             it
             in
             the
             Posture
             of
             Adoration
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             to
             take
             this
             away
             ,
             even
             in
             Parochial
             Churches
             ;
             provided
             that
             those
             who
             scruple
             Kneelling
             ,
             do
             receive
             it
             with
             the
             least
             Offence
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             rather
             Standing
             than
             Sitting
             ,
             because
             the
             former
             is
             most
             agreeable
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             Neighbour-Reformed
             Churches
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Surplice
             in
             
               Parochial
               Churches
            
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             of
             that
             consequ●nce
             as
             to
             bear
             a
             Dispute
             one
             way
             or
             other
             ;
             and
             as
             to
             
               Cathedr●l
               Churches
            
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             necessity
             of
             alteration
             .
             But
             there
             is
             another
             thing
             which
             seems
             to
             be
             of
             late
             much
             scrupled
             in
             Baptism
             ,
             viz.
             
               The
               Use
               of
               God
               fathers
               and
               God-mothers
               Exc●●●ing
               the
               Parents
               .
            
             Although
             I
             do
             not
             question
             ,
             but
             the
             Practice
             of
             our
             Church
             may
             be
             justified
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             have
             done
             it
             towards
             the
             end
             of
             the
             following
             Treatise
             ,
             )
             yet
             I
             see
             no
             necessity
             of
             adhering
             〈◊〉
             strictly
             to
             the
             Canon
             herein
             ,
             but
             that
             a
             little
             alteration
             may
             ●revent
             these
             Scruples
             ,
             either
             by
             permitting
             the
             Parents
             to
             joyn
             with
             the
             Sponsors
             ;
             or
             by
             the
             Parents
             publickly
             desiring
             the
             Sponsors
             to
             represent
             them
             in
             offering
             the
             Child
             to
             Baptism
             ;
             or
             which
             seems
             most
             agreeable
             to
             Reason
             ,
             that
             the
             Parents
             offer
             the
             Child
             to
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Sponsors
             perform
             the
             Covenanting
             part
             ;
             representing
             the
             Child
             ;
             and
             the
             Charge
             after
             Baptism
             be
             given
             in
             common
             to
             the
             Parents
             and
             Sponsors
             .
          
           
           
             These
             things
             being
             allowed
             ,
             I
             see
             no
             obstruction
             remaining
             as
             to
             a
             full
             Union
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             such
             Dissenters
             with
             us
             ,
             in
             all
             Acts
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             and
             
               Christian
               Communion
            
             ,
             as
             do
             not
             reject
             all
             Communion
             with
             us
             as
             unlawful
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             But
             because
             there
             are
             many
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             are
             become
             zealous
             Protestants
             ,
             
               and
               plead
               much
               their
               Communion
               with
               us
               in
               Faith
               and
               Doctrine
               ,
               although
               they
               cannot
               joyn
               with
               us
               in
               Worship
               ,
               because
               they
               deny
               the
               Lawfulness
               of
               Liturgies
               ,
               and
               the
               right
               Constitution
               of
               our
               Churches
            
             ;
             their
             case
             deserves
             some
             consideration
             ,
             whether
             and
             how
             far
             they
             are
             capable
             of
             being
             made
             serviceable
             to
             the
             common
             Interest
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             support
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             among
             us
             .
          
           
             To
             their
             Case
             I
             answer
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             That
             a
             general
             
               unlimited
               Toleration
            
             to
             
               Dissenting
               Protestants
            
             ,
             will
             soon
             bring
             Confusion
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             Popery
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             shewed
             already
             ;
             and
             a
             Suspension
             of
             all
             the
             Penal
             Laws
             that
             relate
             to
             Dissenters
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             with
             a
             
               boundless
               Toleration
            
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             If
             any
             present
             Favours
             be
             granted
             to
             such
             ,
             in
             consideration
             of
             our
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             their
             Conjunction
             with
             the
             Papists
             ,
             for
             a
             
               general
               Toleration
            
             ,
             (
             for
             if
             ever
             the
             Papists
             obtain
             it
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             under
             their
             Name
             :
             )
             If
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             such
             Favour
             be
             thought
             fit
             to
             be
             shewed
             them
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             with
             such
             Restrictions
             and
             Limitations
             as
             may
             prevent
             the
             Mischief
             which
             may
             easily
             follow
             upon
             it
             :
             For
             all
             such
             Meetings
             are
             a
             perpetual
             Reproach
             to
             our
             Churches
             ,
             by
             their
             declaring
             ,
             That
             
               our
               Churches
               are
               no
               true
               Churches
               ;
               that
               our
               manner
               of
               Worship
               is
               unlawful
               ;
               and
               that
               our
               Church-Government
               is
               Antichristian
               ;
               and
               that
               on
               these
               accounts
               they
               separate
               from
               us
               ,
               and
               Worship
               God
               by
               themselves
               .
            
             But
             if
             such
             an
             Indulgence
             be
             thought
             fit
             to
             be
             granted
             ,
             I
             humbly
             offer
             these
             things
             to
             Consideration
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             none
             be
             permitted
             to
             enjoy
             the
             priviledge
             of
             it
             ,
             who
             do
             not
             declare
             ,
             
               That
               they
               do
               hold
               Communion
               with
               our
               Churches
               to
               be
               Unlawful
               .
            
             For
             it
             seems
             unreasonable
             to
             allow
             it
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             Countenance
             to
             endless
             and
             causeless
             Separations
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             all
             who
             enjoy
             it
             ,
             besides
             taking
             the
             Test
             against
             Popery
             ,
             do
             subscribe
             the
             
               Thirty
               Six
               Articles
            
             of
             our
             faith
             ,
             because
             the
             pretence
             of
             this
             Liberty
             ,
             is
             joyning
             with
             us
             in
             Points
             of
             Faith
             ;
             and
             this
             may
             more
             probably
             prevent
             Papists
             getting
             in
             amongst
             them
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             That
             all
             such
             as
             enjoy
             it
             ,
             must
             declare
             the
             particular
             Congregations
             they
             are
             of
             and
             enter
             their
             Names
             before
             such
             Commissioners
             as
             shall
             be
             Authorized
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             that
             so
             this
             may
             be
             no
             pretence
             for
             Idle
             ,
             Loose
             ,
             and
             Prophane
             Persons
             ,
             never
             going
             to
             any
             Church
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             both
             Preachers
             and
             Congregations
             be
             liable
             to
             severe
             Penalties
             ,
             if
             they
             use
             any
             bitter
             or
             reproachful
             words
             ,
             either
             in
             Sermons
             or
             Writings
             ,
             against
             the
             Established
             Constitution
             of
             our
             Churches
             ;
             because
             they
             desire
             only
             the
             freedom
             of
             their
             own
             Consciences
             ;
             and
             the
             using
             this
             Liberty
             ,
             will
             discover
             it
             is
             not
             Conscience
             ,
             but
             a
             turbulent
             ,
             factious
             Humour
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             separate
             from
             our
             Communion
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             all
             Indulged
             Persons
             be
             particularly
             obliged
             to
             pay
             all
             legal
             Duties
             to
             the
             Parochial
             Churches
             ,
             (
             lest
             meer
             Covetousness
             tempt
             Men
             to
             run
             among
             them
             )
             and
             no
             Persons
             so
             Indulged
             ,
             be
             capable
             of
             any
             Publick
             Office.
             It
             not
             being
             reasonable
             that
             such
             should
             be
             trusted
             with
             Government
             ,
             who
             look
             upon
             the
             Worship
             established
             by
             Law
             as
             Unlawful
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             no
             other
             Penalty
             be
             laid
             on
             such
             indulged
             Persons
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             
               Twelve
               Pence
            
             a
             Sunday
             for
             their
             absence
             from
             their
             
               Parochial
               Churches
            
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             duly
             Collected
             for
             the
             Use
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             cannot
             be
             complained
             of
             as
             any
             heavy
             Burthen
             ,
             considering
             the
             Liberty
             they
             do
             enjoy
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             That
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             as
             Visitors
             appointed
             by
             Law
             ,
             have
             an
             exact
             Account
             given
             to
             them
             ,
             of
             the
             Rule
             of
             their
             Worship
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             the
             Persons
             belonging
             to
             the
             indulged
             Congregations
             ,
             with
             their
             Qualities
             and
             Places
             of
             Abode
             ;
             and
             that
             none
             be
             admitted
             a
             Member
             of
             any
             such
             Congregation
             without
             acquainting
             their
             Visitor
             with
             it
             ,
             that
             so
             means
             may
             be
             used
             to
             prevent
             their
             leaving
             our
             Communion
             ,
             by
             giving
             satisfaction
             to
             their
             scruples
             .
             This
             Power
             of
             the
             Bishops
             cannot
             be
             scrupled
             by
             them
             ,
             since
             herein
             they
             are
             considered
             as
             Commissioners
             appointed
             by
             Law.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             That
             no
             indulged
             Persons
             presume
             under
             severe
             Penalties
             to
             breed
             up
             Scholars
             ,
             or
             to
             teach
             Gentlemens
             Sons
             University-Learning
             ;
             because
             this
             may
             be
             justly
             looked
             on
             as
             a
             design
             to
             propagate
             Schism
             to
             Posterity
             ,
             and
             to
             lay
             a
             Foundation
             for
             the
             disturbance
             of
             
               future
               Generations
            
             .
          
           
             II.
             As
             to
             the
             Case
             of
             the
             
               ejected
               Ministers
            
             ,
             I
             have
             these
             things
             to
             offer
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             bare
             Subscription
             of
             the
             
               Thirty
               six
               Articles
            
             concerning
             
               Doctrinal
               Points
            
             ,
             be
             not
             allowed
             as
             sufficient
             to
             qualifie
             any
             Man
             
             for
             a
             Living
             ,
             or
             any
             Church-preferment
             ,
             for
             these
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Any
             Lay-man
             upon
             these
             Terms
             may
             not
             only
             be
             capable
             of
             a
             Living
             ,
             but
             may
             take
             upon
             him
             to
             
               Administer
               the
               Sacraments
            
             ;
             which
             was
             never
             allowed
             in
             any
             well-constituted
             Church
             in
             the
             
               Christian
               World.
            
             And
             such
             an
             allowance
             among
             us
             ,
             instead
             of
             setling
             and
             uniting
             us
             ,
             will
             immediately
             bring
             things
             into
             great
             confusion
             ,
             and
             give
             mighty
             advantage
             to
             the
             Papists
             against
             our
             Church
             .
             And
             we
             have
             reason
             to
             fear
             ,
             a
             Design
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             under
             a
             pretence
             of
             
               Union
               of
               Protestants
            
             ,
             tends
             to
             the
             Subversion
             of
             this
             Church
             ,
             and
             throwing
             all
             things
             into
             confusion
             ,
             which
             at
             last
             will
             end
             in
             Popery
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             This
             will
             bring
             a
             Faction
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             will
             more
             endanger
             it
             than
             External
             Opposition
             .
             For
             such
             Men
             will
             come
             in
             Triumphantly
             ,
             having
             beaten
             down
             Three
             of
             the
             
               Thirty
               Nine
               Articles
            
             ;
             and
             being
             in
             Legal
             Possession
             of
             their
             Places
             ,
             will
             be
             ready
             to
             defie
             and
             contemn
             those
             who
             submitted
             to
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             to
             glory
             in
             their
             Conquests
             ,
             and
             draw
             followers
             after
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             Victorious
             Confessors
             against
             Prelacy
             and
             Ceremonies
             .
             And
             can
             they
             imagine
             those
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             will
             see
             the
             Reputation
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             their
             own
             ,
             to
             suffer
             so
             much
             ,
             and
             not
             appear
             in
             their
             own
             Vindication
             ?
             Things
             are
             not
             come
             to
             that
             pass
             ,
             nor
             will
             they
             suddenly
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             Friends
             ,
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             will
             be
             either
             afraid
             ,
             or
             ashamed
             to
             own
             her
             Cause
             ,
             We
             do
             heartily
             and
             sincerely
             desire
             Union
             with
             our
             Brethren
             ,
             if
             it
             may
             be
             had
             on
             just
             and
             reasonable
             Terms
             ;
             but
             they
             must
             not
             think
             ,
             that
             we
             will
             give
             up
             the
             
               Cause
               of
               the
               Church
            
             for
             it
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             condemn
             its
             Constitution
             ,
             or
             make
             the
             
               Ceremonies
               unlawful
            
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             hitherto
             observed
             and
             practised
             in
             it
             .
             If
             any
             Expedient
             can
             be
             found
             out
             for
             the
             ease
             of
             other
             Mens
             Consciences
             ,
             without
             reflecting
             on
             our
             own
             ;
             if
             they
             can
             be
             taken
             in
             ,
             without
             reproach
             or
             dishonour
             to
             the
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             I
             hope
             no
             true
             Son
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             will
             oppose
             it
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Design
             be
             to
             bring
             them
             in
             as
             a
             Faction
             to
             bridle
             and
             controll
             the
             
               Episcopal
               Power
            
             ,
             by
             setting
             up
             
               forty
               Bishops
            
             in
             a
             Diocess
             against
             one
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             for
             them
             to
             trample
             upon
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             submit
             to
             its
             Order
             and
             Government
             upon
             fair
             and
             moderate
             terms
             ,
             let
             them
             not
             call
             this
             a
             Design
             of
             Union
             ,
             but
             the
             giving
             Law
             to
             a
             Party
             to
             oppose
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             And
             what
             the
             success
             of
             this
             will
             be
             ,
             let
             wise
             Men
             judge
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             if
             a
             Subscription
             to
             
               Thirty
               Six
               Articles
            
             were
             sufficient
             by
             the
             Statute
             
               13
               Eliz.
               c.
               12.
            
             
             I
             do
             not
             understand
             how
             by
             
             virtue
             of
             that
             Statute
             a
             Man
             is
             bound
             publickly
             to
             read
             the
             
               Thirty
               nine
               Articles
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               Testimonial
               of
               his
               Subscription
               ,
               on
               pain
               of
               being
               deprived
            
             ipso
             facto
             ,
             
               if
               he
               do
               not
            
             .
             For
             the
             L.
             Ch.
             I.
             Coke
             saith
             ,
             
             
               That
               Subscription
               to
               the
               39
               Articles
               is
               required
               by
               force
               of
               the
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               13
               Eliz
               :
               c.
               12.
               
            
             And
             he
             adds
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Delinquent
               is
               disabled
               and
               deprived
            
             ipso
             facto
             ;
             
               and
               that
               a
               conditional
               Subscription
               to
               them
               was
               not
               sufficient
               ,
               was
               resolved
               by
               all
               the
               Judges
               in
            
             England
             .
             But
             how
             a
             Man
             should
             be
             depriued
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             for
             not
             Subscribing
             ,
             and
             Reading
             the
             39
             Articles
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Cases
             mentioned
             in
             Coke
             ,
             and
             yet
             be
             required
             only
             to
             subscribe
             to
             36
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Statute
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             too
             hard
             for
             me
             to
             conceive
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             But
             notwithstanding
             this
             ,
             if
             any
             temper
             can
             be
             found
             out
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             manner
             of
             Subscription
             ,
             that
             may
             give
             ease
             to
             the
             scruples
             of
             our
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             secure
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             desired
             Union
             may
             be
             attained
             without
             that
             apparent
             danger
             of
             increasing
             the
             Factions
             among
             us
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             I
             suppose
             may
             be
             done
             ,
             by
             an
             absolute
             Subscription
             to
             all
             those
             Articles
             which
             concern
             
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               true
               Christian
               Faith
               ,
               and
               the
               Use
               of
               the
               Sacraments
            
             ;
             and
             a
             
               solemn
               Promise
               under
               their
               hand
               ,
               or
               Subscription
               of
               Peaceable
               Submission
               ,
            
             as
             to
             the
             rest
             ,
             so
             as
             not
             to
             oppose
             or
             contradict
             them
             ,
             either
             in
             Preaching
             or
             Writing
             ;
             upon
             the
             same
             Penalty
             as
             if
             they
             had
             not
             subscribed
             to
             the
             36.
             
             Which
             may
             be
             a
             more
             probable
             means
             to
             keep
             the
             Church
             in
             quiet
             ,
             than
             forcing
             a
             more
             rigorous
             Subscription
             upon
             them
             ,
             or
             leaving
             them
             at
             their
             full
             liberty
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             As
             to
             the
             other
             Subscription
             required
             ,
             
               1
               Jac.
            
             to
             the
             
               3
               Articles
            
             .
             The
             first
             is
             provided
             for
             by
             
               the
               Oaths
               of
               Allegiance
               and
               Supremacy
               .
            
             The
             Third
             is
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Subscription
             to
             the
             
               39
               Articles
            
             .
             And
             as
             to
             the
             second
             ,
             
               about
               the
               Book
               of
               Common-Prayer
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             It
             ought
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
          
           
             (
             1.
             )
             Whether
             ,
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             scrupulous
             ,
             some
             more
             doubtful
             and
             obscure
             passages
             may
             not
             yet
             be
             explained
             or
             amended
             ?
             Whether
             the
             
               New
               Translation
            
             of
             the
             Psalms
             were
             not
             fitter
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             at
             least
             in
             
               Parochial
               Churches
            
             ?
             Whether
             portions
             of
             
               Canonical
               Scripture
            
             were
             not
             better
             put
             in
             stead
             of
             
               Apocrypha
               Lessons
            
             ?
             Whether
             the
             Rubrick
             about
             
               Salvation
               of
               Infants
            
             ,
             might
             not
             be
             restored
             to
             its
             former
             place
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Office
               of
               Confirmation
            
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             present
             exceptions
             against
             it
             be
             removed
             ?
             Whether
             those
             expressions
             which
             suppose
             the
             strict
             exercise
             of
             Discipline
             ,
             in
             
               Burying
               the
               Dead
            
             ,
             were
             not
             better
             left
             at
             liberty
             in
             our
             present
             Case
             ?
             
             Such
             a
             Review
             made
             by
             Wise
             and
             
               Peaceable
               Men
            
             ,
             not
             given
             to
             Wrath
             and
             Disputing
             ,
             may
             be
             so
             far
             from
             being
             a
             dishonour
             to
             this
             Church
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             add
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             Upon
             such
             a
             Review
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             great
             reason
             that
             all
             Persons
             who
             Officiate
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             be
             not
             only
             tied
             to
             a
             constant
             Use
             of
             it
             in
             
               all
               publick
               Offices
            
             ,
             (
             as
             often
             as
             they
             administer
             them
             )
             which
             they
             ought
             in
             Person
             frequently
             to
             do
             ;
             but
             to
             declare
             at
             their
             first
             entrance
             upon
             a
             
               Parochial
               Charge
            
             ,
             their
             approbation
             of
             the
             Use
             of
             it
             ,
             after
             their
             own
             Reading
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             People
             may
             not
             suspect
             them
             to
             carry
             on
             a
             factious
             Design
             ,
             under
             an
             outward
             pretence
             of
             Conformity
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             the
             Church
             they
             live
             in
             .
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             Whether
             ,
             such
             a
             solemn
             Using
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             approbation
             and
             promise
             of
             the
             Use
             of
             it
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             sufficient
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             the
             late
             Form
             of
             declaring
             
               their
               Assent
               and
               Consent
            
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             so
             much
             scrupled
             by
             our
             Brethren
             ?
          
           
             These
             are
             all
             the
             things
             which
             appear
             to
             me
             reasonable
             to
             be
             allowed
             in
             order
             to
             an
             Union
             ,
             and
             which
             I
             suppose
             may
             be
             granted
             without
             detriment
             or
             dishonour
             to
             our
             Church
             .
             There
             are
             other
             things
             very
             desirable
             towards
             the
             happiness
             and
             flourishing
             of
             this
             Church
             ;
             as
             the
             exercise
             of
             Discipline
             in
             
               Parochial
               Churches
            
             ,
             in
             a
             due
             subordination
             
               to
               the
               Bishop
            
             ;
             the
             Reforming
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             as
             to
             Excommunication
             ,
             without
             prejudice
             to
             the
             excellent
             Profession
             of
             the
             
               Civil
               Law
            
             ;
             the
             Building
             of
             more
             Churches
             in
             great
             Parishes
             ,
             especially
             about
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ;
             the
             retrenching
             Pluralities
             ;
             the
             strictness
             and
             solemnity
             of
             Ordinations
             ;
             the
             making
             a
             Book
             of
             Canons
             suitable
             to
             this
             Age
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             Regulating
             the
             Conversations
             of
             the
             Clergy
             .
             Such
             things
             as
             these
             ,
             might
             facilitate
             our
             Union
             ,
             and
             make
             our
             Church
             in
             spight
             of
             all
             its
             Enemies
             become
             a
             
               Praise
               in
               the
               whole
               Earth
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Specimen
             of
             a
             Bill
             ,
             for
             Vniting
             Protestants
             ;
             being
             a
             rough
             Draught
             of
             such
             Terms
             ,
             as
             seem
             equal
             for
             the
             Conformist
             to
             grant
             ,
             and
             the
             Non-conformist
             to
             yield
             to
             ,
             for
             Peace
             sake
             ,
             Provided
             a
             good
             while
             ,
             and
             Published
             on
             purpose
             only
             for
             the
             farther
             ,
             better
             ,
             and
             more
             easie
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             WHereas
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             Jealousies
             risen
             about
             :
             Popery
             ,
             which
             makes
             it
             even
             necessary
             to
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             the
             Protestant
             Interest
             be
             united
             and
             strengthened
             by
             all
             Good
             and
             Lawful
             Means
             :
             And
             to
             this
             end
             ,
             there
             being
             this
             one
             proper
             Expedient
             ;
             
               to
               wit
            
             ;
             The
             removing
             the
             Occasion
             of
             Divisions
             ,
             which
             several
             persons
             do
             find
             to
             themselves
             in
             those
             late
             Injunctions
             ,
             which
             yet
             were
             intended
             to
             the
             same
             purpose
             of
             Concord
             in
             the
             Nation
             :
             Be
             it
             Enacted
             —
             That
             an
             Explanation
             of
             these
             Impositions
             ,
             and
             such
             Alleviations
             ,
             be
             allowed
             to
             the
             tenderly
             Considerate
             ,
             and
             peaceably
             Scrupulous
             ,
             as
             follow
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             
               Act
               of
               Uniformity
            
             ,
             By
             the
             
               Declaration
               of
               Assent
               and
               Consent
               to
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               every
               Thing
               contained
               in
               ,
               and
               prescribed
               by
               the
               two
               Books
               of
               Common
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               of
               Ordering
               Priests
               and
               Deacons
               ,
            
             we
             understand
             not
             ,
             that
             these
             Books
             are
             in
             every
             Minute
             particular
             ,
             infallible
             ,
             or
             free
             from
             that
             Defect
             ,
             which
             is
             incident
             to
             all
             Human
             Composure
             :
             But
             that
             they
             are
             in
             the
             main
             Contents
             ,
             to
             be
             sincerely
             approved
             and
             used
             .
             And
             we
             do
             therefore
             allow
             this
             Declaration
             to
             be
             sufficient
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             made
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Book
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Ordinary
               Constant
               Lords-Days-Service
            
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             Exceptions
             some
             may
             have
             against
             some
             Things
             in
             the
             By-Offices
             ,
             and
             
               Occasional
               Service
            
             ,
             the
             Rubrick
             ,
             and
             otherwise
             .
             And
             for
             the
             Ceremonies
             which
             are
             made
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             always
             ,
             and
             on
             all
             hands
             ,
             held
             to
             be
             only
             indifferent
             Things
             ,
             we
             think
             fit
             that
             they
             be
             left
             to
             the
             Consciences
             and
             prudence
             of
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             People
             ,
             every
             where
             (
             excepting
             the
             Cathedrals
             )
             to
             use
             them
             ,
             or
             forbear
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             judge
             it
             most
             meet
             for
             their
             own
             and
             others
             Edification
             ,
             provided
             that
             if
             any
             person
             will
             have
             his
             Child
             Baptized
             with
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             or
             stands
             upon
             any
             
             thing
             else
             ,
             hitherto
             required
             by
             the
             Service-Book
             ,
             if
             the
             Minister
             himself
             scruple
             the
             performance
             ,
             he
             shall
             permit
             another
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             same
             Act
             ,
             By
             those
             Words
             in
             the
             Subscription
             ,
             that
             
               It
               is
               not
               lawful
               to
               take
               Arms
               against
               the
            
             King
             ,
             
               upon
               any
               Pretence
               whatsoever
            
             ;
             we
             intend
             no
             new
             or
             strange
             Thing
             ,
             but
             the
             Rightful
             Maintenance
             only
             of
             the
             
             King's
             Authority
             against
             Rebellion
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             common
             determination
             of
             Learned
             Writers
             ,
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             Subjection
             to
             Princes
             .
             By
             the
             Words
             ,
             
               I
               abhor
               the
               Position
               of
               taking
               Arms
               by
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
            
             King
             ,
             
               against
               any
               Commissionated
               by
               Him
            
             ,
             we
             never
             thought
             of
             advancing
             the
             Arbitrary
             Commissions
             of
             the
             King
             above
             Law
             ;
             but
             by
             those
             
               Commissionated
               by
               Him
            
             ,
             we
             understand
             such
             as
             are
             Legally
             Commissionated
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Legal
             pursuit
             of
             such
             Commissions
             .
             By
             the
             Clause
             which
             follows
             ,
             that
             requires
             a
             Renunciation
             of
             all
             
               Endeavour
               of
               any
               Alteration
               of
               Government
               in
               the
               Church
               or
               State
               ,
            
             we
             never
             meant
             to
             deny
             any
             Free-born
             Subject
             his
             Right
             ,
             of
             Choosing
             Parliament-Men
             ,
             or
             Acting
             in
             in
             his
             place
             for
             the
             Common
             Good
             any
             way
             ,
             according
             to
             Law
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             shall
             Renounce
             all
             such
             Endeavour
             ,
             as
             is
             Seditious
             ,
             or
             not
             warranted
             by
             the
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             and
             particularly
             ,
             such
             an
             Endeavour
             as
             was
             Assumed
             in
             the
             late
             Times
             ,
             without
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             King
             :
             And
             for
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Subscription
             ,
             which
             is
             enjoyned
             but
             to
             the
             Year
             1682.
             
             Be
             it
             Enacted
             ,
             that
             it
             cease
             presently
             ,
             and
             be
             no
             longer
             enjoyned
             .
          
           
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             there
             is
             an
             Oath
             prescribed
             and
             required
             of
             all
             Non-conformists
             Preachers
             ,
             that
             reside
             in
             any
             Corporate
             Town
             ,
             by
             a
             certain
             Act
             of
             the
             former
             Parliament
             ,
             made
             at
             Oxford
             in
             the
             17
             th
             .
             Year
             of
             His
             now
             Majesties
             Reign
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             
               An
               Act
               for
               restraining
            
             Non-conformists
             ,
             
               from
               inhabiting
               Corporations
            
             :
             We
             do
             further
             declare
             ,
             That
             it
             shall
             suffice
             any
             Man
             ,
             for
             the
             Enjoyment
             of
             his
             Free
             born
             Liberty
             ,
             of
             Inhabiting
             where
             he
             thinks
             best
             ;
             and
             serve
             him
             also
             instead
             of
             the
             fore-mentioned
             Subscription
             ;
             to
             take
             that
             Oath
             in
             this
             form
             of
             Words
             following
             .
             I
             A.
             B.
             
               do
               swear
               ,
               That
               I
               hold
               it
               unlawful
               upon
               any
               pretence
               ,
               to
               take
               Arms
               against
               the
            
             King
             ,
             
               His
               Government
               or
               Laws
               :
               And
               that
               I
               disclaim
               that
               dangerous
               Position
               ,
               of
               taking
               Arms
               by
               his
               Authority
               ,
               against
               his
               Person
               ,
               or
               any
               Legally
               Commissionated
               by
               him
               ,
               in
               the
               Legal
               pursuit
               of
               such
               Commissions
               :
               And
               that
               I
               will
               not
               endeavour
               any
               Alteration
               of
               Government
               
               in
               the
               Church
               or
               State
               ,
               in
               any
               way
               or
               manner
               ,
               not
               warrantted
               by
               the
               Constitution
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               or
               any
               otherwise
               than
               by
               Act
               of
               Parliament
            
             :
             And
             as
             soon
             as
             any
             Man
             has
             taken
             the
             Oath
             thus
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             discharged
             of
             all
             penalty
             for
             his
             omission
             before
             .
          
           
             We
             do
             Declare
             moreover
             ,
             That
             whereas
             it
             is
             required
             also
             in
             the
             
               Act
               of
               Uniformity
            
             ,
             that
             every
             Minister
             who
             injoys
             any
             Living
             or
             Ecclesiastical
             preferment
             ,
             shall
             be
             Ordained
             by
             a
             Bishop
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             several
             persons
             of
             late
             ,
             who
             in
             case
             of
             Necessity
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             Bishops
             took
             Presbyterian-Orders
             :
             Our
             meaning
             is
             not
             in
             any
             wise
             to
             disgust
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             necessary
             for
             such
             to
             be
             Re-ordained
             to
             the
             Office
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             receive
             this
             Second
             imposition
             of
             Hands
             to
             the
             Exercise
             of
             their
             Office
             in
             the
             new
             charge
             ,
             unto
             which
             they
             are
             ,
             or
             shall
             be
             called
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Bishop
             shall
             frame
             his
             words
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             And
             whereas
             there
             is
             a
             Subscription
             also
             in
             the
             Canons
             ,
             and
             the
             Canonical-Oath
             of
             Obedience
             ,
             imposed
             on
             most
             Ministers
             by
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             that
             have
             given
             some
             of
             the
             greatest
             Occasion
             to
             Non-conformity
             heretofore
             ;
             which
             yet
             never
             passed
             into
             Law
             by
             any
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             :
             We
             do
             further
             Declare
             ,
             That
             nothing
             more
             of
             that
             kind
             shall
             be
             required
             of
             Ministers
             hence
             forward
             ,
             than
             was
             made
             and
             held
             necessary
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             the
             
               Thirteenth
               of
               Elizabeth
            
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             regard
             there
             hath
             been
             great
             Offence
             taken
             by
             Conscientious
             Ministers
             ,
             at
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             (
             or
             their
             Courts
             )
             commanding
             them
             to
             read
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             against
             some
             or
             other
             of
             their
             Parish
             ,
             for
             such
             faults
             as
             they
             think
             not
             at
             all
             worthy
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Censure
             :
             We
             declare
             it
             but
             a
             just
             Thing
             ,
             that
             every
             Minister
             be
             first
             satisfied
             in
             the
             Cause
             ,
             or
             else
             be
             exempted
             from
             the
             Execution
             of
             that
             Charge
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Bishop
             (
             or
             his
             Court
             )
             provide
             some
             other
             person
             that
             is
             satisfied
             about
             it
             ,
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             the
             intent
             that
             a
             free
             search
             after
             Truth
             may
             not
             be
             discouraged
             in
             the
             pursuit
             of
             Concord
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Scruples
             avoided
             upon
             that
             Account
             :
             We
             declare
             ,
             that
             though
             an
             Authentick
             Interpretation
             be
             required
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Substance
             of
             all
             Laws
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             Articles
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             (
             which
             are
             Theses
             for
             Agreement
             ,
             and
             not
             Laws
             )
             and
             the
             Homilies
             ,
             a
             Doctrinal
             Interpretation
             shall
             be
             held
             sufficient
             for
             an
             Assent
             or
             Subscription
             to
             them
             .
          
           
           
             And
             because
             the
             very
             Superintendency
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             that
             Subjection
             to
             them
             which
             is
             required
             by
             the
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             is
             ,
             or
             may
             be
             an
             hindrance
             to
             many
             sober
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             other
             Protestants
             ,
             of
             coming
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             are
             ready
             to
             consent
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             the
             Discipline
             or
             Government
             of
             it
             :
             We
             do
             declare
             ,
             That
             so
             long
             as
             any
             Person
             or
             Party
             do
             acknowledge
             the
             
             King's
             Supremacy
             ,
             as
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             obey
             their
             Ordinary
             ,
             or
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             
               in
               Licitis
               &
               Honestis
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             his
             Authority
             ,
             (
             committed
             to
             them
             for
             the
             Exercise
             of
             that
             External
             Regiment
             ,
             
               Circa
               Sacra
            
             ,
             which
             is
             granted
             by
             all
             our
             Divines
             to
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             in
             every
             Nation
             )
             it
             is
             enough
             for
             the
             owning
             
               Episcopal
               Iurisdiction
            
             (
             so
             far
             as
             they
             do
             own
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             Declaration
             of
             Assent
             and
             Consent
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             other
             part
             of
             Conformity
             ;
             )
             and
             shall
             serve
             them
             to
             all
             intents
             and
             purposes
             in
             Law
             ,
             no
             lets
             than
             a
             professed
             belief
             and
             acknowledgment
             of
             the
             immediate
             Divine
             Right
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Be
             it
             therefore
             Enacted
             by
             this
             present
             Parliament
             ,
             That
             if
             any
             Person
             be
             willing
             to
             Conform
             to
             the
             present
             Establishment
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             and
             her
             Service
             appointed
             according
             to
             these
             Explanations
             ,
             Alleviations
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             Lenitives
             ,
             or
             Cautions
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             admitted
             to
             any
             Ecclesiastical
             preferment
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             the
             use
             of
             his
             Ministry
             without
             any
             molestation
             :
             All
             Statutes
             ,
             Canons
             ,
             or
             Laws
             to
             the
             contrary
             notwithstanding
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             making
             this
             Act
             of
             better
             Signification
             to
             the
             Concerned
             ,
             and
             the
             prevention
             of
             that
             Scandal
             which
             is
             raised
             on
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             through
             the
             Covetousness
             of
             some
             ,
             in
             heaping
             up
             to
             themselves
             all
             the
             Preferments
             they
             can
             get
             ,
             when
             others
             have
             scarce
             Subsistence
             for
             their
             Families
             ,
             and
             the
             Souls
             of
             many
             People
             are
             thereby
             neglected
             :
             Be
             it
             farther
             Enacted
             ,
             that
             no
             Clergy-men
             for
             the
             three
             next
             years
             ensuing
             ,
             be
             suffered
             to
             enjoy
             any
             more
             than
             one
             Living
             or
             Cure
             of
             Souls
             ,
             and
             one
             Dignity
             ,
             (
             or
             other
             Ecclesiastical
             Preferment
             )
             at
             one
             time
             ;
             and
             that
             every
             Man
             (
             without
             Exception
             )
             that
             hath
             more
             than
             One
             of
             Either
             ,
             shall
             immediately
             give
             up
             the
             Rest
             to
             be
             distributed
             among
             those
             who
             shall
             be
             brought
             off
             from
             their
             Non-conformity
             ,
             upon
             the
             Terms
             of
             this
             Act
             ,
             into
             the
             Established
             Order
             .
             Which
             that
             they
             may
             also
             be
             obtained
             ,
             and
             possessed
             with
             a
             clean
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             that
             grievous
             Curruption
             of
             Simony
             
             may
             be
             Extirpate
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             :
             Be
             it
             Enacted
             moreover
             ,
             that
             every
             Patron
             that
             shall
             hence
             forward
             present
             his
             Clerk
             to
             any
             Living
             ,
             shall
             have
             the
             Oath
             ,
             called
             
               The
               Simonical
               Oath
            
             ,
             imposed
             on
             him
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             on
             the
             Incumbent
             :
             And
             if
             he
             refuses
             to
             take
             it
             ,
             that
             then
             the
             Bishop
             shall
             have
             immediate
             Power
             (
             taking
             only
             the
             same
             Oath
             )
             of
             Presentation
             in
             his
             Room
             .
          
           
             And
             forasmuch
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             some
             Ministers
             of
             a
             good
             Life
             ,
             that
             cannot
             (
             according
             to
             their
             Judgments
             )
             allow
             of
             our
             Parochial
             Churches
             ,
             nor
             a
             Book
             of
             Liturgy
             :
             But
             do
             choose
             to
             Worship
             God
             ,
             and
             Jesus
             Christ
             in
             the
             way
             of
             their
             gathered
             or
             separate
             Congregations
             ,
             and
             crave
             the
             Protection
             and
             Clemency
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             upon
             their
             Allegiance
             ,
             as
             other
             Subjects
             :
             Be
             it
             finally
             Enacted
             ,
             for
             the
             happiness
             and
             quiet
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             and
             the
             Reduction
             of
             these
             Men
             by
             other
             means
             than
             those
             which
             have
             hitherto
             proved
             unsuccessful
             ;
             That
             every
             Christian
             Subject
             throughout
             the
             Land
             ,
             that
             profess
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             Convict
             of
             Popery
             ,
             be
             Pardoned
             all
             Faults
             and
             Penalties
             ,
             incurred
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             any
             Fore-passed
             Non-conformity
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             ,
             during
             these
             Seven
             Years
             next
             ensuing
             ,
             be
             Prosecuted
             upon
             any
             Penal
             Law
             ,
             for
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             Religion
             ;
             They
             carrying
             themselves
             Innocently
             and
             Peaceably
             ,
             with
             submission
             to
             the
             Civil
             ,
             and
             without
             disturbance
             to
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Government
             ,
             now
             settled
             in
             the
             Nation
             :
             All
             Statutes
             to
             the
             contrary
             notwithstanding
             .
          
           
             
               In
               Short
               ,
            
             
               A
               Repeal
               of
               our
               Laws
               about
               Conformity
               unto
               the
               13
               th
               of
               Elizabeth
               ;
               Or
               ,
               a
               New
               
                 Act
                 of
                 Uniformity
              
               ;
               Or
               ,
               The
               
               King's
               Declaration
               concerning
               Ecclesiastical
               Affairs
               ,
               at
               his
               first
               coming
               in
               ,
               turn'd
               into
               a
               Law
               ,
               were
               Comprehension
               .
            
             
               His
               latter
               Declaration
               to
               all
               his
               Loving
               Subjects
               ,
               (
               some
               few
               things
               in
               both
               ,
               yet
               a
               little
               considered
               )
               made
               so
               ,
               were
               Indulgence
               .
            
             
               A
               Bill
               of
               Comprehension
               with
               Indulgence
               ,
               both
               together
               ,
               will
               do
               our
               Business
               .
               An
               Addition
               ,
               or
               Clause
               in
               it
               against
               Pluralities
               ,
               will
               do
               it
               with
               Supererogation
               .
            
             
               Deo
               Gloria
               .
            
          
        
      
       
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           Notes for div A61586-e110
           
             
             Hooker's
             Preface
             to
             his
             Ecclesiastical
             Polity
             ,
             printed
             anno
             1676.
             p.
             44
             ,
             45.
             
          
           
             
             Hooker's
             Preface
             to
             his
             Ecclesiastical
             Polity
             ,
             p.
             44.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Stillingfleet's
             Irenicu●
             p.
             122.123
             .
          
           
             Preface
             to
             the
             Common-Prayer
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Tillotson's
             Sermon
             ,
             Preached
             at
             the
             
             Yorkshire-Feast
             .
             An.
             1679.
             p.
             28.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Sherlock's
             Sermon
             ,
             Preached
             before
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             .
             Nov.
             1688.
             
          
        
         
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             Co.
             Inst.
             
               4.
               
               Part.
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               ,
               324