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LIFE
of
the
not
thefe
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befall 01]
and we have enough. And we
iuppofe tholes
that
think
the
Perlons inconfiderable in number and quality for whom we plead,
-will
not
themfèlves believe
that we
have done this
for Popular
Applaufe
:
This
were not
fo
much
to
feek
the Reward
of Hypocrites,'
as
to play the Game
of
Fools;
teeing
the
Applaufe
of
inconfiderable Men
can
be
but
inconfiderable andwetknoov
-our
felves
that
we are like thus to offend
thofe that
ate not
inconfiderable.
The
Lord
that
fearcheth hearts, doth know that it
is
not
fo much
the.aáoiding
of
Suffering to
our
felves
or any particular
Perfòns,
that
is
the end
of
our
Endeavours (though
this
were no ambitious end)
as
the
Peace
and Welfare
of
the
Church
and Kingdoms
under your Majefty's
Government:
We know that, fuppofing
them that
are for the
Ceremonies to be
as pious
and charitable
as
thereft,
it
cannot
fo
much
offendthem
that another Man
for
beareth
them,
as
it
muff offend
that
other to be forced to
ufe
them
:
and we know
that
confciencious
Men
will not
confent to
the
pra
&ice
of
things
in their Judgments unlawful
,
when thole
may yield
that
count
the
Mat.
ters but
indiff
rent.
And for the management of this
Treaty,
it
being
agreed at our
firft
meeting,
that nothing
be reported
as
the
Words or
Sence
of
either
Part,
but what
is
by
them
delivered
in
writing,
we humbly crave that your Majefty receive
no more
as
ours,
and
that
where
is
charged
on any particular Perfon, he. may
be
anfwelable
for
himfclf: And though the Reverend
Bilhops
trave
not
had time
to
confider
of
our
Additions to the
Liturgy,
and
of
our
Reply,
that
yet
they may
be
confidered
be-
fore a
Determination
be
made. And
though we
teem
to
have laboured
in
vain,
we
íiall
yet lay this
Work-
of
Reconciliation and Peace,
at
the
feet
of
your
Maje-
fty,
befeeching you
to
profecute
filch
a bleffed
Refolution
till it
attain
fuccefs.
We
muff needs believe,
that when your Majefty
took
our Content to
a
Liturgy,
to
he a
Foundationthat would infer our Concord,
you meant
not that we
fhould
have
no Concord, but by contenting
to
this
Liturgy
without
any confiderableAl-
teration. And when
you
comforted
us
with your Refolution
to
draw
us
together,
by
yielding
on both
fides
in what wecould, you meant not
that we
should be
the
Boar, and
they the
Bank
that muff not
Dir.
And when your Majefty commanded
us
by
your Letters Patents to treat about
fuch Alterations
as
are
['
needful
or
ex-
pedient
for giving Satisfadion to
tender Cónfèiences, and the
reboring
and con-
' tinuance of
Peace and
Unity ]
we
yell
allured that
it
was
not your fence
,
that
thofe tender Conlciences
were
to
be
forced to
pradife
all which they judged unlaw-
ful,
and
not
fo
much
as
a
Ceremony abated them
t Or
that our
Treaty
was
only
to convert either part to the
Opinion
of
the
other
;
and
that
all
our Hopes of Con-
cord or Liberty confifted only
in
Difputing,
the
Bifhops
into Nonconformity,
or
coming in every
Ceremony to their
minds.
Finally,
as
your
Majefty under God,
is
the
Protelion
whereto your
People
file,
and
as
the
fame Neceffìties
bill remain, which drew forth your
gracious Declara-
tion,
we
moll humbly and earnelily befeech'your Majefty
that
the
Benefits
of
the Cid Declaration may
be
continued to your People,
and in
particular
[
That
`none
be
punilhed
or
troubled for not
Ming
the Common Prayer, till
it be
effe-
&ually
reformed] and the Additions made
as
there
expreffed.
We
crave your Majefty's pardon
for
the
tedioufnefs
of
this
Addrefs,
and
fhali
wait in hope, that
fo
great
a
Calamity
of your People,
as
would follow
the
lofs
of
fo
many
able faithful
Minigers
as
rigorous Impofitions would
call out,
(hall
never
be
Recorded
in
the Hiliory
of
your
-
Reign
:
but that
there Impediments
of Con-
cord being forborn
,
your Kingdomsmay
flourilh
in
Piety and Peace,
and
this
may
be
the
fignal
Honour
ofyour
happy Government,
and your
Joy
in the Day
of
your
Accounts.
Which
is
the Prayer
_b'f'
Your Majelly's
Faithful and Obedient
Subjeda-