A34501:11
A Copy of a remonstrance lately delivered in to the assembly
A Copy of a remonstrance lately delivered in to the assembly by Thomas Goodwin, Jerem. Burroughs, William Greenhill, William Bridge, Philip Nigh, Sidrach Simson, and William Carter declaring the grounds and reasons of their declining to bring into the assembly their model of church-government.A Copy of a remonstrance lately delivered in to the assembly by Thomas Goodwin, Ierem. Burroughs, William Greenhill, William Bridge, Philip Nie, Sidrach Simson, and William Carter declaring the grounds and reasons of their declining to bring into the assembly their modell of church-government.
London : s.n., 1645
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How willing and ready we have been from the beginning of the Discussions in this Reverend Assembly, to make known whatever we hold, concerning Church government, as we have had public testimony in this Assembly, so we have manifold instances and evidences of it; Witness that constant, free, and open expressing our selves upon all occasions, and in all questions propounded to the debate, with offers to give an open Account at any time, in what ever should be asked us by any Brother. Our proffering divers times to bring in Propositions, stated to our sense for the dispute, and when we were made a Committee to that purpose, in the point of Ordination, and did bring our Judgements concerning it for a dispute, It was laid aside. And at another time, when we ourselves brought in papers, giving the state of the question, about that extraordinary way of Ordination, which were read, and returned back unto us, it being publicly professed that that was not an allowed way and course of this Assembly, for any of the Brethren to bring in papers, unless they were made a Committee by the Assembly it self. And so we were prevented of doing the like for time to come.
HOw willing and ready we have been from the beginning of the Discussions in this Reverend Assembly, to make known whatever we hold, concerning Church government, as we have had publique testimony in this Assembly, so we have manifold instances and evidences of it; Witnesse that constant, free, and open expressing our selves upon all occasions, and in all questions propounded to the debate, with offers to give an open Account at any time, in what ever should be asked us by any Brother. Our profferring divers times to bring in Propositions, stated to our sense for the dispute, and when we were made a Committee to that purpose, in the point of Ordination, and did bring our Judgements concerning it for a dispute, It was laid aside. And at another time, when we ourselves brought in papers, giving the state of the question, about that extraordinary way of Ordination, which were read, and returned back unto us, it being publiquely professed that that was not an allowed way and course of this Assembly, for any of the Brethren to bring in papers, unlesse they were made a Committee by the Assembly it self. And so we were prevented of doing the like for time to come.