. 'I'he HISTORY of the PuaiTANs. VoL. II. King " we are not all of that opinion; but we de lire, that there may be no Charles li, er 1 r · 11. 1 (b · ll d 1660, " a~ n~r canon wr or .agatnn t 1em, . emg a O\~e by our opponents ~· as tndlfferent), as there IS no canon agatoil: any particular geil:ure in fing- " ing pfalms, and yet there is an uninterrupted unity." For particular ceremonies. 1. « We humbly crave, that there may be liberty to receive the Lord's « fupper either kneeling, jlanding, orfitting. 2. That the obfervation of « holy days of human inil:itution may be left indifferent. 3· We thank u your majeil:y for liberty as to the crqfs in baptijin, the forp!ice, and bo1v– .. ing at the name of Jifzts; but we pray, that this liberty may extend to « colleges and cathedrals for the benefit of youth as well as elder per– " fans, and that the canons which impofe thefe ceremonies may be re– " pealed. " We thank your majeil:y for your gracious conceilion of the forbear– " ance of fubfcription; though we do not diifent from the doetrinal arti– « cles of the church of England; nor do we fcruple the oaths of allegi– « ance and fupremacy, nor would we have the door left open for papifl:s " and heretics to come in. " But we take the liberty to reprefent to your majell:y, that notwith– ,, fianding your gracious conccilions, our minifiers' cannot procure injli– ,, tution without renouncing their ordination by prejbyters, or being re– " ordained, nor without fubfcription and the oaths of canonical obedience. " And we are apprehenfive that your majefl:y's indulgence does not extend « to the abatement of re-ordination, or fubfcription, or the oath of ea– " noni cal obedience. We therefore earnefily crave, that your majeil:y '' will declare your pleafure, r. That ordination and infl:itution, and in– •' duet-ion, may be conferred without the faid fubfcription and oath. c< :2. That none may be urged to be re-ordained, or denied in'fiitution for " want of ordination by prelates, that have been ordained by prefbyters, " 3· That none may forfeit their prefentation or benefice for not read– " ing thofe articles of the thirty-nine, that relate to government and ce– " remonies," · Opinion of However if the king's declaration, without any amendments, had ~affomechurch· fed into a law, it would have prevented in a great meafure the feparatwn t;tcn % 0 "J7- that followed; but neither the court, nor minill:ry intended it, if they ~~fo:. "a· could fl:and their ground upon the foot of the old efiabliihment. A ~eKennet, p. verend prelate of the church of England confetfes, " that this decl~ratton 2 46. " has in it a fpirit of true wifdom and charity, above any one public con- " feffion
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