A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D.…A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D.…

urging subscription, and conformity, ⟨p. 110⟩stick not to say the Authority sinneth in not removing some of these things. Now if they grieve for sinning against their consciences, God give it may be to repentance not to be repented of: but yet this not so as the well-affected (of whom the Parliament speaketh) are grieved, by other mens unconscionable dealing. They are commanded, forsooth; But who procured that command? who should procure the ceasing of that same? And is it sufficient for Fathers in God to say they are commanded by man to undo the ministers, and vex the people of God? Bishop Grindal was commanded to suppress the exercise which was called Prophesying: yet he constantly refused to execute such a command. Tempora mutantur, & nos mutamur in illis. But the Prelates, (saith the Rej▪) proceed•d not against them, because they were painful, and fruitful ministers. As if the Parliament were to be so interpreted, or rather derided! or any but the Devil of Hell would profess such a cause of such proceeding? Wherefore then? Least their error should be still suffered, and the ministry of others contemned. It seemeth then that in the Rej: his opinion the Parliament in condemning these proceedings, went about to maintain dangerous error, and to bring conforming Ministers into contempt. But not to speak of his taking the question for granted, viz: which the Ministers held a dangerous error) the Parliamentary way of making void the Canons might have freed the pretended error from all danger, and left no ministers in contemptible conformity, unless some would contemn Christian liberty as having by custom their ears nailed ⟨p. 111⟩to the door of servitude.

urging subscription, and conformity, ⟨p. 110⟩stick not to say the Authority sinneth in not remeoving some of theis things. Now if they grieve for sinning against their consciēces, God give it may be to repētance not to be repended of: but yet this not so as the wel-affected (of whom the Parliament speaketh) are grieved, by other mens vnconscionable dealing. They are commaunded, fo•sooth; But who procured that commaund? who should procure the ceasing of that same? And is it sufficiēt for Fathers in God to say they are cō maunded by man to vndoe the ministers, and vex the people of God? Bishop Grindal was cōmaunded to suppresse the exerrise which was called Prophecying: yet he constantly refused to execute such a commaund. Tempora mutantur, & nos mutamur in illis. But the Prelates, (sayth the Rej) proceedd not against them, because they were painfull, and fruitfull ministers. As if the Parliamēt were to be so interpreted, or rather derided! or any but the Devill of Hell would professe such a cause of such proceeding? Wherefore then? Least their errour should be still suffered, and the ministry of others contemned. It seemeth then that in the Rej: his opinion the Parliament in condemning theis proceedings, went about to mainteine dangerous errour, and to bring conforming Ministers into contempt. But not to speake of his taking the question for graunted, viz: which the Ministers held a dangerous errour) the Parliamentary way of making voyd the Canons might have freed the praetended errour from all danger, and left no ministers in contemptible conformity, vnlesse some would contemne Christian liberty as having by custome their eares nayed