A26983:271
A petition for peace with the reformation of the liturgy, as it was presented…
A petition for peace with the reformation of the liturgy, as it was presented to the right reverend bishops, by the divines appointed by His Majesties commission to treat with them about the alteration of it.
London printed : s.n., MDCLXI 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Give all the Churches able, holy, faithful Pastors, and cause 1them laboriously to preach, and rightly to divide the Word of truth, to feed thy People with Knowledge, and lead them in the way of Faith and Love, of Holiness and Peace, and to watch for their souls as those that must give account; over-seeing and ruling them, not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, not as being Lords over thy Heritage, but as the Servants of all, and Ensamples to the Flock: That when the chief Pastor shall appear, they may receive a Crown of Glory.
Give all the Churches able, holy, faithful Pastors, and cause 1them laboriously to preach, and rightly to divide the Word of truth, to féed thy People with Knowledge, and lead them in the way of Faith and Love, of Holiness and Peace, and to watch for their souls as those that must give account; over-seeing and ruling them, not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, not as being Lords over thy Heritage, but as the Servants of all, and Ensamples to the Flock: That when the chief Pastor shall appear, they may receive a Crown of Glory.