(211) thefe ;mirages, but even of theirs that fubmitted to Oliver himfelf; and yet Judge of the inferences that are raifed by our aceufers. Should I but recite the words of fubmiilìon of &&;íhapr to ufurpers, yea of GregorytheGreat and fuch of thehighefi note, it would beova ted>'..us to the Reader, who I doubt will think that I havebeen too long in this mt.: pleafant Hiftory already. 2. But this I mutt need add aid hhaminer, r. That it hathbeen the Ei (hops themfelves that have been the grandcaufe of our Church divifions and feparations: what advantage tkty have given the lepataciflsI (hewed before. I am fire in theCongregationwhere I once was teacher, and the Countrey about, nothing that ever came to pafs bathfò inclined the peo- ple to avoid the Prelates, as their own doing, efpecially the l lencing and reproaching their ancient teachers whom they knew longer and better than the Prelates did. 2. That it was a Parliament of Epifcopais and Eraflians, and not óf Presbyterians, who firft took up Armes in England againfl the King. 3. That the General, and chief Officers of the Parliaments firft Ar- my were fcaree anyof them at all Presbyterians, but Epifcopal by pro£ef- Pion, favingfome few Independants, 4. That theLord Lieutenantsof the feveral Counties, were almoftall Epifcopal, fave three Independents. g. The .MajorGenerals of the feveral By-armies in the Counties were altnoff all Epifcopal. 6. The Affemblyof Divines at WefßminJier were all fave eight or nine Conformable. 7. Mott of the Epifcopal menof my acquaintance took the Covenant, that could keeptheir places byit, or at their compofition. 8. I knew few of them that took not the engagement it felt, again(( King and house of Lords, meetly for liberty to travail about their bufinefs, when we that ranagreater hazard by refufing, never took it but many were call out of their Churches, and their government in the üniverlity Col for refufing it. Theseandmany more fuch unpieafant things, I have fullyproved elfewhere, being confirained by the falseaccufations of implacable men, tomention that which I had farrather (Hence. g. And whathand the Londoners, the Presbyterian Miniflers, and Gentlemen, and people had in bringing in the Kingwas.once known and acknowledged. And GeneralMonks Colonels and Captains werefomany of themPref- byterians, when they call out the Anabaptills, from among them in Sat- landandmarcht into England and reftored the King, that as I knewdivers of them to be fuch, fo far as I couldlearn fromothers, the chief strength of them were filch or fo inclined. t o. And though manyof the Parliament were fuppof-d Presbyterian# longafter, who. were Epifcopal at the raifingof the Army, yetcould not E. e 2 slay
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