[. 73 ] May it pleafeyour Majejfy, ' I have been too long filent, _and am afraid by ·' my filence I have neglected the Duty of the place · !-it bath pleafed God to call me to, .and your Ma– ' jefiy to place me in. But now I humbly crave ' leave I may difcharge my Confcience toward 'God, and my Duty to your rvtajefiy: And there.. ·' fore I befeech you freely to give-me leave ro de– ' liver my felf, and then let your i\1a·jefiy do with 'me what you pleafe. , Your Majefty hath pro– , pounded a Toleration of Religion. I befeech · 'you take into conGderation what your Act is, 'what the confequence may be. By your Aet you ' labour to fet up the mofi and Heret.~- c cal DoCtrine of the Church of Rome, the·Whore ·' ofBabylon: How hateful it \~ill be toGod, and J ' grievous tO your good SubjeCts the Profeffors of 1 'the Gofpel, that your Majefiy who hath often ~ Difputed and Learnedly Written againlt thofe 'Hereticks, ibouJd now {hew your felf a Patron ' of thofe wicked Doctrines, which your Pen , ~ hath told the World, and your Confcience tells 'your fe lf, are Superflitious, Idolatrous, and De- ' tefiable. And hereunto I add, what you have ' done in fending the Prince into Spain, without ' tbe corifent ofyour Council, and Privity andAp- ~ probation of your People : And though you have ' a Charge and Interefi in the Prince as Son of 'your Flen1, yet have the people a greater as Son ·'of the Kingdom, upon whom next after your 'Majeity are their Eyes fixed and their welfare ,' depends. And fo tenderly is his going appre- ~ hended, as ( believe it ) however hi's return · · · 'may • • .... •
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