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Two papers of proposals concerning the discipline and ceremonies of the Church of England…
Two papers of proposals concerning the discipline and ceremonies of the Church of England humbly presented to His Majesty by the Reverend ministers of the Presbyterian persuasion.Two papers of proposals concerning the discipline and ceremonies of the Church of England humbly presented to His Majesty by the Reverend ministers of the Presbyterian perswasion.
London : s.n., 1661
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Two Papers OF PROPOSALS Concerning the DISCIPLINE and CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH of ENGLAND. Humbly Presented to His MAJESTY, By the Reverend MINISTERS of the PRESBYTERIAN PERSUASION.
Two Papers OF PROPOSALS Concerning the DISCIPLINE and CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH of ENGLAND. Humbly Presented to His MAJESTY, By the Reverend MINISTERS of the PRESBYTERIAN PERSWASION.
LONDON, Printed in the Year, 1661.
The First PAPER.
May it please Your most excellent Majesty,
WE Your Majesties loyal Subjects cannot but acknowledge it as a very great Mercy of God, that immediately after your wonderful and peaceable Restoration unto Your Throne and Government (for which we bless his Name) he hath stirred up your Royal Heart, as to a zealous Declaration against all Profaneness in the People, So to endeavour an happy composing of the Differences, and healing of the sad Breaches which are in the Church. And we shall, according to our bounden duty, become humble Suitors at the Throne of Grace, that the God of Peace who hath put such a thing as this into your Majesties Heart, will, by his heavenly wisdom and Holy Spirit, so assist You therein, and bring your Resolutions to so perfect an effect and issue, that all the people of these Kingdoms may have abundant cause to rise up and bless You, and bless God who hath delighted in You, to make You his Instrument in so happy a Work: That as Your glorious Progenitor, Henry the Seventh, was happy in uniting the two Houses of York and Lancaster, and your Grandfather King James (of blessed memory) in uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland; So this Honour may be reserved to your Majesty (as a radiant Jewel in your Crown) That by your Princely Wisdom and Christian Moderation, the hearts of the People may be united, and the unhappy differences and mis-understandings amongst Brethren in matters Ecclesiastical so composed, that the Lord may be One, and his Name One in the midst of your Dominions.