Chap. VI. The HtlSTOR Y of the I'tiRil'ANs. 193 done them any injuflice, a!'ld as for the reil, they were the proper judges K. Charles I' of their own methods of proceeding. x645. The erafliam feeing how things were carried, referved themfelves for~' the houfe of commons, where they were fure to be joined by all the patrons era!tians. of the independents. The englijh and ftots commiffioners being no lefs folicitous about the event, gave their friends notice to be early in their places, hoping ~o.carry t~Je. que~ion before the houfe fhould ?e full.; b~t Whit! Mr. Glyn perce1vlllg their mtentwn, fpoke an hour to the pomt of JUS dt- mem. ~. ro6. •vinum; and after him Mr. Whitlock fiood up and enlarged upon the The claufe if fume argument, till the houfe was full, when the qudlion being put, it divi.ne rigi.Jt was carried in the ne 0 <>ative; and that the propofition of the affembly ~i! zn the 17 ' . . . o_; commons. fhould !l:and thus, that zt zs lawful and agreeable to the word if God, that the church be governed by congregational clr.jjical andjjnodical q/Jemblies. S 1 The di_fappoin:me~t of the Jc~ts commillioners and their friends at ~he 1ft~:;:1!;;rlo(s of th1s quefiwn m the houfe IS not to be expreffed ; they alarmed the /iament to citizens with the danger of the church, and prevailed with the common coun- admit it, cil to petition the parliament [Nov. 15.] that the presbyterian diji:ip!ine might be ejfablijhed, as the d!fl:ipline qf JifwChrijl; but the commons anfwered with a frown, that tbe citizens muj! have been mijinformed if the proaedings qftbe hol!fe, or elfe they would not have precipitated tbe judgment if parliament. Not difcouraged at this rebuke, they prevailed with the city minifters to petition, who when they came to the houfe were told by the fpeaker, they neednot ~oait for an an.fwer, but go home and look to the charges if their flveral congref¥1tiom; and immediately appointed a committee to enquire into the rife of thefe petitions. The preibyterian minijlers defp~iring of fuccefs with the commons, in– fiead of yielding to the times, refolved to apply to the houfe of lords, who received them civilly, and promifcu to take their requeft into confi– deration; but no advances being made in two months, they were out of all patien,e, and determined to renew their application; and to give it the greater weight, prevailed with the lord·117ayor and court of aldermen to join with them in prefenting an addrefs, which they did Jan. 16. ''for Voi.Pam. " a fpeedy fettlement of church government according to the covenant, N" 34· P• 3· " and that no toleration might be given to popery, prelacy, fuperfiition, « herefy, profanenefs, or any thing contrary to found dottrine, and that " all private affemblies might be refirained." The lords thanked them for their zeal, and recommended it to the city magiflrates to fupprefs all fuch unlawful affemblies; but the houfes were not to be moved as yet by fuch difagreeable importunity ; however this laid the foundation of thofe jealoufies and mifunderftandings between the city and parliament, which in the end proved t~e ruin of the pre!byterian caufe. yoL. Il, Cc But
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