PART II. Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter. 265 was angry with thole rath People whoever they were, who now reprinted it. 2. A Book of Dr. Cornelius Burge,, who (though he was for a moderate Epifcopacy ) had written to prove the Neceflrty of a Reformatation in Doctrine, Difcipline and Worfhip i whereas in ail out Treaty we ',ad tee, ver medled wich the Do&rine of the Church : Becaufe, though the molt part of the Bithops were taken to be Arminian, ( as they are called ) yet the Articles of Religion we took to be found and moderate, however Men do varioully interpret them. §rob. When we had received this Copy of the Declaration, we taw that it would not ferve to heal our Differences ; Therefore we told the Lord Chancel- lour ( with whomwe were to do all our Bufinefs Pill before it came as from us to the King ) that our Endeavours as to Concordwould all be fruftrare, if much were not altered in the Declaration ( I pats over all our Conferences with him, both now and at other times): In conclufion, we were to draw up our Thoughts of it inwriting; which the Brethren impofed on me to do. My judgment was,That all the Fruit of this our Treaty ( betides a little Reprival from intended Ejedtion) would be but the Satisfying our Confciences and Pofterity that we had done our Duty, and that it was not our Fault that we came not to the defired Concord or Coalition; and therefore teeing we had no ( confiderable) higher hopes, we fhould fpeak asplainly as Honefy and Confcience did requireus. But when Mr. Calamy and Dr. Reignolds had read my Paper, they weretroubled at the plainnefs of ir, and thought it would never be endured, and therefore defired force Alteration ; efpecially that I might leave out r. The Predidtion of the Evils which would fol- low oar NonAgreement, which the Court would interpret as a Threatning. z. The mentioning the Aggravations of Covenant-breaking and Perjury. I gave them my Reafons for palling it as it was. To bring this to pats more effectually they told the Earl of MancbeJEer ( with whomas our fore Friend we Pill confult- ed, and whom the Court ufed, to Communicate to us what theydefired ) : And he called the Earl of Anglefey and the Lord Hopis to the Confulration as' our Friends : And thefe three Lords, with Mr. Calmly and Dr. Reignolds, perufed all the Writing, and all with earneftnefs perfwaded me to the laid Alterations. I con- fersI thought thofe two Points material which they excepted againft, and would not have had them left out, and thereby made them think me too plain and in- pleating, as neverufed to the Language or Converfeof a Court: But it was not my unskilfulnefs in a more pleating Language , but my Reafon and Confcience ( upon forefight of the Iffue) which was the Caufe. But when they told me that it would not fo much as be received, and that I mull go with it my felt', for no body elfe would, I yielded to filch an Alteration as here followeth. It was only in the Preface that the Alteration was defined. I (hall therefore, that you may fee what it was, give it you as fire drawn up, and afterwards alter'd. Our Petition to the King, upon our Sight of the FFrff Draught of his Declaration. May it pleafe your Maje/y, 0 O great was the Comfort created inour Mindsby your Majefty's oft-expreffed J Refolution to become the effeetual Moderator in our Differences, and your felf to bring us together by procuring fuchmutualCondefcentions as areneceffary thereto, and alto byyour gracious Acceptanceof our Propofals,which your Maje- ` Pyheard andreceived not only without blame, but with Acknowledgment oftheir `Moderation, and as fach as would infer a Reconciliation between the differing Parties ; that we mutt needs fay, the leaf Abatement of our Hopes, is much the ' more unwelcome and grievous to us And it is no fmall Griefthatfrvpr izeth our ` Hearts, from the Complaints of the Students ejedted in the Univerfilies, and of faithful Minifters removed from their beloved Flocks; and denied fnlkitution, M m for
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