222 The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuR I TANS• Vot. II. K. Charles I. " fiition , herefy, fchifm, profanenefs, and whatfoever elfe was found ~" contrary to found doet_rine ; and ~t the fame time to prefcrve and defend - '.' th~ perfon and authority of the kmz ; they therefore defired, fince the " whole kingdom was now in a manner reduced to the obed ience of the " parli ament, tbat all fiparate congregations may be Jupprefled; that all "jitcb;eparatijls 'U:.'ho conform not to the public difcipline may be declared l' againjl, that no perjon dijaf!eCled to the prejbyterial government {et fortb " by parliament, may be employed in any place of public trujl; that the " houfe will endeavour to remove all jealoufies between them and the " Scots, and hafl:en their propofitions to the king, for a fafe an well " grou nded peace." And 0 ,., feT his remonfirance was fupported by the whole ]cots nation, who act. conded by tbe ed in concert with their englijh brethren, as appears by a letter of thanks fcots. to the lord mayor, aldermen, and common council, from the general Rufhw6 • affembl y, dated J une IO. 1646. within a mon th after the delivery of ·P· 3o · fl. h I d h . . the remona rance: t e etter commen s t .ea· couragwus appearance again ft fecl:s and fectaries ; their firm adherence to the covenant, and their maintaining the preibyterial government to be the government of 'Jiftts Cbrift. I t befeeches them to go on boldly in the work they bad begun, till the three kingdoms were un ited in one faith and wodhip. At the fame time they directed letters to the parliament, befeeching them alfo, in the bowels of Jefus Chri11, to give to him the glory tha t is due to his name, by an immediate eflabli!hing of all his ordinances in their full in– tegrity and power, according to the covenant. Nor did they forget to encourage the a.Jlembly at Wtjlminfler to proceed in their zeal again!1: feCl:aries, and to fiand boldly fo r the fceptcr of Jefus Chrifi: again!1: the encroachmen ts of earthly powers. Thefe letters were printed and dif– perfed over the whole kingdom. Parliament's The wife parliament received the lord mayor and his brethren, with anfwer. marks of great refpeCl: and civility; for neither theJcotsnor englijh prefby– ter ian s were to be difgufied, while the priz e was in their hauds, for which both had been contending; bu t the majority of the commons were difpleafed with the remonfl:rance and the high manner of enforcing it, as aiming, by an united force, to efiablilh a fovereign defpotic power in th_e church, with an uniformity, to which themfclves, and many of thetr frie nds were unwilling to fubmit; however they difmiiTed the petitioners I ndepen· dents oppo[e it. with a promife to take the particulars into confideration. But the independents and feCl:arians in the army being alarmed at the impending fiorm, procured a counter petition from the city with great numbers of hands, " applauding the labours and fucceiTes of the par~ia· " ment in the caufe of liberty, and praying them to go on with managwg ' ' the affairs qf t~e ki'!gdom according to their wifdoms, and not fuffer " the
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