A27060:108
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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III. We humbly tender your Majesty our thanks for your gracious Concession of liberty as to the Cross and Surplice, and bowing at the Name Jesus, rather than Christ, or God: But we further humbly beseech your Majesty,
1. That this liberty in forbearing the Surplice may extend to Colleges and Cathedrals also, that it drive not thence all those that scruple it, and make those places receptive only for a party. And that the Youth of the Nation may have just liberty as well as ⟨p. 23⟩the Elder. If they be engaged in the Universities, and their Liberties there cut off in their beginning, they cannot afterwards be free▪ and many hopeful persons will be else diverted from the Service of the Church.
1. That this liberty in forbearing the Surplice may extend to Colledges and Cathedrals also, that it drive not thence all those that scruple it, and make those places receptive only for a party. And that the Youth of the Nation may have just liberty as well as ⟨p. 23⟩the Elder. If they be ingaged in the Universities, and their Liberties there cut off in their beginning, they cannot afterwards be free▪ and many hopeful persons will be else diverted from the Service of the Church.
2. That your Majesty will endeavour the repealing of all Laws and Canons by which these Ceremonies are imposed, that they may be left at full Liberty.