.Cbap. VIH. The H IST 0 R Y of tlJe Pu Rl"f AN'S. :r8g " to whom twenty of the king's nomination ihould be added, and fame K. Charles r.· " from the church of Scotland, to determine what form of church go- ~· " vernment ibould be efiablifhed afterwards -" 'Then follows a fcourge · for the army; "-'Ihat an flfetlual courje Jhould be taken to fupprtfs the " opinions of the anti-trinitarians, ariam, jocinians, arminians, indepen- ·" dents, ·b1•owmjls, antinomians, anabaptifls, .Jeparatzfts, jeekers; ancl i1t "general, all blafpbemy, herejj•, Jchifm, and ot!>er dotlrines contrary to the "' known principles of chrijiianity, whether concerning faith, worjhip, con- .•, ~~erfation, or the power of godlmifs, or which may be deflrutlive,to order ·•• and government, or to the peace qf the church and kingdom." In return for thefe conceflions ''the Jcots engaged to raife an army to " deliver his maje!ly out of captivity, to aif<::Jt his right to the militia, . " the great fea t, the negative voice in parliament ; and in a word, to re– " fi:ore him to his throne with honour and freedom ;" which occafioned a fecond civil war the next year. As foon as hi> majefiy arrived in the Jjle if Wight from H ampton King's c~>!Court, he fer:~t .a letter to the fpeaker of the houfe of lords, to be cejfions from communicated to the commons, wit!~ the following concefi]ons on ~}~e of, his part, very inconfiH:ent with the treaty lafi mentioned. - " For the Ru1ih~·. ~• abolilhing archbiihops, bilhops, &c. his majefiy clearly profe!feth, that p. 88o. "' he cannot confen t to it either as a chri.ftian or a king; for the .ftrfi he Rapm, " avows, that he is fatisfied in his judgment, that this order was placed in P· 4:6°· " ' the church by the apofl:les themfelves, and ever fince their time has " continued in all chriftian churches throughout the world till this lafi: " century; and in this church, in all times of change and reformation, " it has been upheld, by the wifdom of his ancefiors, as the great preferver " of doB:rine, difcipline, and order in the fervice of God. As a king, " at his coronation he not only fwore to maintain this order, but his ·« majefiy and his prcdcceifors, in their confirmations of the great charter, •• hav~ infeparably woven the rights of the church into the liberty of the « fubject; aBd yet he is willing that it be provided, that particular biil1ops " perform the feveral duties of their callings, both b)l their pcrfonal re- " fidence, and frequ ent preaching; that in their perfonal exercife no ~·act of jurifdiction, or ordination, be without confent of their preiby- " ters; and will confent, that in all things their powers be fo limited, that " they may not be grievous to the tender confciences of others; his ma- •• jefl:y fees no reafon why he alone, and thofe of his judgment, !hould be -•• preifed to a violation of theirs. " Nor can his majefiy {;Onfent to the alienation of church-lands be. « caufe it cannot be denied to be the fin ofjacrilege; as alfo, that it' fub· "'' verts the intentions of fo many pious donors, who have laid a heavy ·~-< curfe upon all fuch profane ·yiolations. And be!ides, his majefty be-: () o 2 I' lieves
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