A second admonition to the parliament

if y• were so / then should they themselves deal for¹ us to her majesty / and cease that course they have gone. But we know because it most toucheth them / they must hate us. Wherefore we beseech your godly wisdoms to have consideration of the matter / and not to leave us in their danger / nor in danger of such justices & other / which be glad to have a quarrel to us for our conscience / which §30can find none in our lives / inditing us / fining us. &c. Now it is thus propounded unto you / if it seem strange & hard to you (as no doubt to them ye are not acquainted with the matter it will do / because they are better acquainted with another course / we beseech you to suffer / & to procure it to be further discussed by free conference among the learned men in this realm. There are many ⟨p. 62⟩well able to do it / & will be ready to do it / if they² were called upon / & so shall you have sufficient light. There be that say. It will be troublous to proceed in these things by public authority / & that it cannot be done. I would desire them y• say so ▪ to remember how troublous it is / and will be the while / to many good consciences / & how that God cannot but be highly displeased in y• mean time / & how y• he cannot but revenge this trouble §10/ that is raised against pore men his faithful servants. There are ye say this order cannot be throughout a realm / we cannot erect a consistory in every town / we cannot find in every town faithful men / & some p••ish hath small choice of any kind of men. Surely there would be somewhat thought of the uniting of small parishes in one. But yet there is no parish so small / but if it have need of Christ / and to be saved / then it hath need of Christs orders. And there is no subject §20