Against the revolt to a foreign jurisdiction, which would be to England its perjury,…

THE Message on which this Epistle cometh to you is, to entreat you to Present this Treatise to the next Convocation, and to endeavour their public renunciation of Foreign Jurisdiction, and their censure of the Books that are written here for it. The Reasons of my request are,

THE Message on which this Epistle cometh to you is, to intreat you to Present this Treatise to the next Convocation, and to endeavour their publick renunciation of Foreign Jurisdiction, and their censure of the Books that are written here for it. The Reasons of my request are,

I. The Canons condemn them, that deny the Convocation to be the Church of England Representative: And they that have written for and promoted this Doctrine and Design, ⟨image 3⟩have not only been Chief Men in the Church, but have laboured to fasten their Doctrine on the Church, which yet before the time of Bishop Laud, the Church disclaimed and openly condemned; and took Foreign Bishops and Councils, for Brethren and a laudable means of Communion, while they did their proper work, but not by Jurisdiction to be the Governors of us, and all Christian Kings and Kingdoms as their Subjects. And who can be Ignorant, that when at the present the Papist Bishops are very Many to One Protestant Bishop, they will accordingly carry it by their Votes in Councils: And if the Major Vote be the Collegium Pastorum, that have the Chief Government in the Interval of Councils, we are now Subjects to the Bishops and Church of Rome: And if […] Roman Petrus Primus must call ⟨image 3⟩the next Council, (or there must be none till all Christian Kings agree to call it) the present College is like to be long the Universal Aristocracy.

I. The Canons condemn them, that deny the Convocation to be the Church of England Representative: And they that have written for and promoted this Doctrine and Design, ⟨image 3⟩