264. J he LIFE of the L I B. I: x. No Man (hall be compelled to bow at the Name of Jefes, or fuffer in any degree for not doing it, without reproaching thofe who out of their Devotion ` continue that Ancient Ceremonyof the Church. 3. For theufe of the Surplice, which bath for fomany Ages been thought a molt decent Ornament for the Clergy inthe Adminiftration of Divine Service;_ and is in truth of a different falhion in the Churchof England, from what is ufed in the Church of Rome ; we are contented that Menbe left to their Liberty to do as they !hall think fir, without fuffering in the leaft degree for the wearing or not wearing it; provided that this Liberty do not extend to our own Chappel, Cathedral, or Collegiate Churches, or toany Colledge in either of our Univer- fities; where we would have the feveral Statutes and Cufoms obferved, which ` have been formerly. And becaufetome Men ( otherwife Pious and Learned) fay they cannot con- ` form to the Subfcription required by the Canon at the time of their Inftitution and Admiffron into Benefices, we are content ( fo they take the Oaths of Alle- ` glance and Supremacy) that they !hall receive, Inllitutiom and Indu&ion, and /hall be permitted to exercife their Fun&ion, and to enjoy the Profits- of their Livings, . without any other Subfcription,until it!hall be otherwife determined by a Synod called and confirmed byour Authority. In a word, we do again renew what we have formerly faid in our Declaration from Breda, for the Liberty of tender Confciences, that no Man fhall be difquie- ted or called in gaeftion for Difference ofOpinions in Matters of Religion,which do not difturb the Peaceof the Kingdom ; and if any have- been difturbed in that kind fenceour Arrival here, it bath not proceeded from any Dire&ion of ours. To conclude, and in this place to explain what we mentioned before , and faid in our Letter to the Houfe of Commons fromBreda, that we hoped in due time our felfto propofe fomewhat for the propagationof the Proteftant Religion, that will fatisfie the World that wehave always made it both our Care and our Rudy and have enough obferved what is molt like to bringdifadvantage toit : we do conjure all our Loving Subje&s to acquiefce in, and fubnìit to this our Deck- ' ration, concerning thofe differences whichhave fomuch difquieted the Nation at home, and given fuch Offence to the ,Proteftant Churches abroad, and brought ` fuch reproach upon the Proteftant Religion in general from the Enemies there- ` of, as if upon obfcure Notions of Faith and Fancy, it did admit the Pra&ice of ` Chriftian Duties and Obedience to be difcountenanced and fufpended, and in- troduce a Licenfe inOpinions and Manners to the prejudice of the Chrinian ` Faith: And let usall endeavour, and emulate each other in thofe Endeavours, to countenance and advance theProteftant Religion abroad,which will,bebeft done by fupporting the Dignity and Reverence due to thebell Reformed Protellant Church at home; and which beingonce freed from the Calamitiesand Reproach- ` es it bath undergonefrom thefe late ill times , will be the belt Ihelter for thole abroad, which will by that Countenance, both be the bettec prote&ed againft ' their Enemies and be the more eafily induced to compofe the Differencesamong! themfèlves, which give their Enemies more advantage againft them. And we hope and expect that all Men will henceforward forbear to vent any fuch Do-, ` Chine in the Pulpit , or to endeavour to workin loch manner upon the Affe&i- ons of the People, as may difpofethem to anill Opinionof us-and the Govern- `. ment, and to difturb the Peace of 'the Kingdom ; which if all Men will in their feveral Vocations endeavour to preferve with the fame Affe&ion and Zeal we our Pelfwill do, all our Good Subje&s will by God's Bid ing upon us enjoy as great a meafure pf Felicity, as this Nationhath ever done, and which we &aA conflantly labour to procure for them, as thegreaten bleffing God can bellow `upon us in this World. Note, That the two Papers which the King's_ Declaration publilheth Ms Offence againft, were r. A Declaration which the Scots drew' the King to publifh when they Crowned him in Scotland, difclaiming his Father's Wars and A&ions, in Language fo little tender of his, Father's Honour, that it was no wonder that the King was hardly drawn to it then, nor that Cromwell derided their Doings as Hypocritical, nor that the King was
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