Chap. H. 'Ihe HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. 45 (4.) "That the apointed hour of meeting be ten in the morning; K. Charles I. « the afternoon to be referved for committees. ~. ( 5.) " That three of the members of the affembly be appointed w~ek- - " ly as chaplains, one to the houfe of lords, another to the hou{e of " commons, and a third to the committee of both kingdoms." The ufual method was to take it by turns, and every Friday the chaplains were appointed for the following week. (6.) " That all members of the affembly have liberty to be covered, " except the fcribes ; _" who fame time after had alfo this liberty indul– ged them, Befides thefe, the parliament on 'l'hurjday following fent them fame – further regulations. As, (1.) " That two afh/Jors be joined with the prolucutor, to fupply his R;gula-tiam , " place in cafe of abfence or ficknefs, (viz.) Dr. Cornelius Burges andJent thn'! by • " the reverend Mr. John White of Dorchefler. the ~arlza- - (2.) " That Jcribes be appointed, who are not to vote in the affem-men .- " bly, viz. the reverend Mr. Roborough and Mr. Byjie~d. (3-.) " That every member at his firft entrance into the afl"embly take. « the forementioned prote/fation. (4.) " That no refolution be given upon ·any queftion the £1me day " wherein it was firft propofed. _ (5.) " What any man undertakes to prove a:r a neceffary truth in re--– " ligion, he !hall make good from the holy fcriptures. (6.) "No man ihall proceed in any difpute, after the prolucu~ •~ tor has enjoined him filence, unlefs the affembly defire he may . " go on. (7.) " No man ihall be denied the liberty of entering his diffent from– ,._ the affembly; with his·. reafons for it, after the point has been debated; '' from whence it ihall be tranfmitted to parliament, when either houfe. " !hall require it. (8•) '' All things agreed upon , .and prepared for the parliament, !hall : ''be openly read and allowed in the afiembly, and then offered as · « their judgment, if the majority affent; provided that the opinions . " of the p~rfoMs diifentin~,. with their reafons, be annexed, if they " defire it, and the folution of thofe reafons by the affembly." The proceedings being thus fettl ed., the parliament fent the affembly . an order to review the XXXIX articles of the church; but before they . entered upon bufinefs, viz. July 7th. they petitioned the two houfes for . a Jail-, on a day when the reverend Mr. Bowles and Matth. Newcomen-. p_reached before .them. Upon which petition bi!hop Kennet paffes the fol- . · lowing_,;
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