Chap. VIII. 7he HISTORY of the PuRITANS. 257 about di(cipline had occafioned fo many interruptions that it was a year K. Charles I. and half· before this work was finia1ed, but on Nov. z6. 1646. the pro-~ /ocutor returned thanks to the feveral committees, in the name of the affembly, for their great pains in perfeCting .the work ~ommitte.d to them. At the fame time Dr. Burges was appomted to get It tranfcnbed, in order to its being prefented to parliament, which was done Dec. 1 r. by the whole afTembly in a body, under the title of, the humble advice '!h,ey phrefent . . tt o t e parofthe qf/embly if divines and others, no~v by authortty of parlzament, Jit·Jiament. ti11g at Wefl:min!l:er, concerning a cOJifcjJion offaith. The houfe of com- MS. penes mons having voted the aifembly thanks, defired them to infert the proofs me. of the feveral articles in their proper places, and then to print fix hundred copies, and no more, for the perufal of the houfes. The reverend l\1r. Wi!fon, Mr. Byjie!d, and Mr. Cower, were appointed, Jan. 6. to be a R lh _comm!ttee to collect ~he ~criptures for confirmation ~f the iev~ml articles; T~e j';j 4!,.~· all whtch after examtnatwn by the afTembly were mferted m the mar- der mentionr gin. And then the whole confd}ion was committed once more to a re- o11~v 500 eo· view of the three committees, who made report to the aifembly of fuch t':~y's further amendments as they thought nece!Tary ; which being agreed to by exam. appen, the houfe it was fent to the prefs. May I r. 1647· Mr. B)'field, by or- Rufhw. der of the houfe of commons, delivered to the members the printed t'': rr copies of their co!iff!ffiim of faith with Jcripture notes, figned 4~02: • P· CHARLES H ERLE, CoRN. BuRGEs, ( HERBERT PALMER, s HENRY RoBOROUGH, ( AnoNrRAM BvF lELD, S Prolocutor; A.Jle!Jors, Scribes, A~d bec~ufe no more were to be given out at prefent, every member fub..: fcnbecl hts name to the receipt thereof. The houfe of commons began their examination of this confeilion Debates of May I 9· · :vhe~ they co~fidered the whole firft chapter article by article, the c~mmons but the dt0urbances. whtch arofe between the parliament and army inter- uponrt. rupted thm proce~dmg the whole fummer; but when thefe were quieted they refum~d their work, and OClober 2. ordered a chapter of the confeilion of faith at leaft to be debated every Wednefday, by which means they got through the whole before the end of March following; for at Rulhw. a conference wit~ the houfe of lords March 2z, 1647-8. the commons P· 1°35· prefented th.em With the conf1Jion offmth as pafTtd by their houfe, with fome alteratiOns: they agree~ with the afTembly in the doctrinal part of the confeffion, and orde~ed 1t to be publilhed, Jum: 20. 1648. for the VoL. li. L l - fatisfaetion
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