Chap. IX. The F-11 -STOR Y of the PuRil'ANs. «a papifl:, or fecbry, may fwallow an oath with fuc.h a l.i~~.itation, "..the confcience of a good proteftant cannot but ftram at It. . 'To the fourth article. 297 but K. Charles I . !647· ~--...J They reply, " that the impofing the covenant in this article ma~ lay a .dgainjlthe '' neceility upon the fon to accufe the father, in cafe he be a ma!tgnant,fourtb arllcle . h . 1' . d 1. . . lb. P· 2o 3· " whtc ·IS contrary to re 1gi0n, nature, an mmamty; or It may open " a way for children that are fick of their fathers, to effeCt their unlawful " intentions, by accufing them of malignancy: befides the fubjeB:ing " ourfelves to an arbitrary puni01ment, at the foie pleafure of fuch uncer- " tain judges as may be deputed for that effeCt, is betraying the liberty " of the fubjeB:." OBJECTIONS to tbe fifth article. ·« We can't acknowledge the happinefs of fuch a peace, as in the article .dgainfl tht " is mentioned for no peace can be firm and well grounded unlefs theftftb artu/,. r: .o.· ' h . d 'l'b f 1• 1.' d Jb. P· 2e6. ·« re1peLLJVe aut onty, power, an 1 erty o {Ing, par 1ament, an " fubjetl:, be preferved full and entire, according to the known laws, "and refpeB:ive cuftoms of the kingdom, before the beginning of thefe '' di(hatl:ions." OBJECTIONS to the jixth article. ' ' They fay, "We are not fatisfied that the caufe if ourjoining i11 covenant .dgainjl tht "for the prqfecution if the late •war, wm the caufe of religion, liberty, andfixtbartzclt, "peace if the kingdom, or that the glory of God, and the honour if the lb. P· 207· " king, ·was concerned in it. And if it was, we are not fatisfied that it " ought to be fupported and carried on by fuch IIJeans as are defti- " tute of all warrant from the word of God, or the laws of the ''realm." In conclufion fay they, " Our hearts tremble to think that we lhouldThe wtclu– :: be required to. pra.y, that other chrijlian churches may be encouraged ~),Ji011• oz~r example to; om m the hke co•uenant tofree tbe!iifeh;esfrom tbe anticbrij: " !tan yoke, for we do not know any antichrifl:ian yoke we were under ; :' nor. do. we yet fee fuch good fruits of this covenant among ourfelves, a~> '~~ _mv.Jte us to pray, that other churches i11ould follow , our example; " os as If we il1ou!d pray, that the God of love and peace would take " away all love and peace, and fet the chriflian world in a combuftion · " that he would render the reformed religion odious to the worU ;. tha; VoL. 11. Q.. q " chrif-
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