A Copy of a remonstrance lately delivered in to the assembly

And after all this, though the main parts of the Presbyterial government, had been then voted by the Assembly, and sent up to the Honourable Houses (as, namely, that about Ordination, and the Presbyterial government over many Congregations, as also concerning the Subordination of National, Provincial and Classical Assemblies) and there was not much remaining about Church-government, to be concluded in this Assembly: yet this Reverend Assembly requiring, (by occasion of a book published, that reflected on these proceedings, that we had no hand in, nor knowledge of) a whole Frame of Government, with the grounds and reasons thereof, to be brought in by us, and voted us hereto to be a Committee, we yielded our selves to be a Committee, to bring in part by part, in like manner as the Presbyterial Government was brought into the Assembly, and disputed: but that was not accepted. And then it being said, that there was something in Church-government, remaining undiscussed, and unresolved; and it being further alleged that the Assembly •ad not sent up all that which they had concluded, but meant to present an entire Frame and Body to the Honourable ⟨p. 7⟩Houses: And that we might take away all occasions of any such jealousies that we were unwilling to discover what we held (which were commonly in mens mouths abroad) we yielded to be a Committee, to bring in the whole to this Assembly, though upon all the fore-mentioned disadvantages, and were purposed and resolved amongst our selves so to do, and that in as convenient a time as a work of such a compass could, (in such a manner as was proposed by you) be dispatched by us. And as in the debate about making us a Committee, the Assembly would not declare (though pressed by us) what they would do with that Model, and those Reasons we should bring in; so the voting of what yet remained in Church-government, was hastened by you.

And after all this, though the main parts of the Presbyteriall government, had been then voted by the Assembly, and sent up to the Honorable Houses (as, namely, that about Ordination, and the Presbyteriall government over many Congregations, as also concerning the Subordination of Nationall, Provinciall and Classicall Assemblies) and there was not much remaining about Church-government, to be concluded in this Assembly: yet this Reverend Assembly requiring, (by occasion of a book published, that reflected on these proceedings, that we had no hand in, nor knowledge of) a whole Frame of Government, with the grounds and reasons thereof, to be brought in by us, and voted us heerto to be a Committee, we yeilded our selves to be a Committee, to bring in part by part, in like manner as the Presbyteriall Government was brought into the Assembly, and disputed: but that was not accepted. And then it being said, that there was something in Church-government, remaining undiscussed, and unresolved; and it being further alledged that the Assembly ad not sent up all that which they had concluded, but meant to present an entire Frame and Body to the Honorable