eonGíleth of four Propofitions ( having firfl proved that all Presbyters have the power of Difcipline and Church-govern- ment :) the firft alloweth the Tingle Redor of the Parifh to take notice of the fcandalous reprove admonish and debar them from the Lords Table. The fecond is, that in every Ru- rall Danry, all the Pafiors within the Precin&, may by the Chorepifcopus or Suffragan , be every month Affembled in a Synod, and according to the Major part of their voices, he con- clude all matters that fhAil be brought into debate before them, as Excommunication 6-c. The third is, for a Diocefan Synod onceor Twicea year, where by the confent of the Major part of theRedors, all things might be concludedby the B ifhop or Superintendent, call him whether you will, or in his abfence, by one of the fuffragans, whom he deputes to be Moderator. The fourth is for Provincial andNational Synods in like fort. 8. And when I had perufed thefe papers (in M. S. ) I told him that yet one thing was left out,that the Episcopal par- ty would many of them flick at more then he, and that is, a Negative voice in Ordination in thePrefident, co which and the refl I propofed this for accommodation inbrief [ a. Let every particular or Parijb Church have a Bifhop and Presbyters to aff him, where poJbly they canbe had. 2. Let allthefe 4ffociate and theirfeveral Affociations have a flateaPrefident. 3. Let all men beat libertyfor the name, whether they will call him a Bithop, Pre- fident, Moderator, Superintendent, or the like. 4. e..4nd for the Negative voice in Ordination, let all iWinifters of the Affsciati- onagree that de fado they will not Ordainwithout him, but in Ca. fes of Neceffity ; but let every man be left free to his own Princi- ples on which he (ballground this praRice, andnot be bound to con- lent, that de ¡urea Negativevate is due to the Prefident. ] TheÍe terms did I propofe to the Bifhop for Accommodation, and in- treated bim to tell me plainly his judgement, whether they are fatisfadory and foficientfor the Epifcopal party co yield to for Peace and Communion ? and his anfwer was this [-They are fief ficient, andmoderate men will accept them, but others will not, as shave tryed : for many of them are c f fendedwithmefor propounding, fuch terms.] And thus this Reverend Bifhop and I were agreed for Peace in a quarter of an hour ( the truth of whch, I fo- leanly profefs :) and fo would all the Minifters and Chriflians Y y in
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