The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…

V. No unnecessary Oath, Covenant, Subscription, Profession or Promise, shall be made necessary to Communion or Ministry; such being Engines of Division and Persecution; (what promises are necessary, is further to be opened) nor is Re-ordination or Re-baptizing to be forced on the truly Ordained and Baptized.

VI. The just Ordainers must needs be the discerning Judges whom they shall Ordain to the Ministry as such: And the Magistrate is Judge whom he shall approve and maintain as public Teachers; and whom to tolerate, as tolerable: And every man is a discerning Judge to whom he shall trust the Pastoral care of his own-Soul, as he doth what Physician he shall use for his Life; to which Self-love and Self-government, do Authorize, and Oblige him; and no erring judgment of Superiors can disoblige him; much less every Patrons Choice.

VI. The just Ordainers must needs be the discerning Iudges whom they shall Ordain to the Ministry as such: And the Magistrate is Iudge whom he shall approve and maintain as publick Teachers; and whom to tolerate, as tolerable: And every man is a discerning Iudge to whom he shall trust the Pastoral care of his own-Soul, as he doth what Physician he shall use for his Life; to which Self-love and Self-government, do Authorize, and Oblige him; and no erring judgment of Superiors can disoblige him; much less every Patrons Choice.

VII. Truly Ordained and Called Ministers, must Preach to their Flocks, though they have no other Licence; and are by Office Authorized to choose their Subject, due Method, and Word: And if a Form of Liturgy in Prayers, Praise, Psalms, be imposed by Agreement or Authority, (that all the Church be not left at utter uncertainty what worship they meet to offer to God, till it be passed out of the Minister's mouth) let it be agreeable to Scripture-direction in Matter, Method, and Words; blameless, orderly, and without just cause of suspicion or offence; and let it not be made a snare for Contention and Division, by the rigorous urging of needless things; nor worthy men be silenced and cast out, that cannot Declare, Assent, and Consent to all things contained in it, and prescribed by it, by fallible men; nor for every omission or abbreviation, through scruple or necessitated hast; or for not officiating in a Surplice: And let the Canons 6. 7. 8. 9. and others that