A Copy of a remonstrance lately delivered in to the assembly

And furthermore, we having given in (as this Assembly knows) but two heads of dissenting reasons: The one against the Presbyterial government over many Congregations: The other against the subordination of Synods. By the success of the latter we see, that this Assembly can assume the liberty (if it so please) to reserve those we shall now present, unanswered, as they have done those our dissenting Reasons against subordination of Synods, although it contain a great and main part of that wherein we differ, as also is of all other, of the greatest moment, both to this Church and State, and hath been given in to this Assembly ten months since, and their votes concerning thes• ⟨p. 8⟩Subordinations, as long since presented to the Honourable Houses, but have not been answered by any reply brought in to this Assembly, and so not ready to have been sent up to the Honourable Houses.

And furthermore, we having given in (as this Assembly knows) but two heads of dissenting reasons: The one against the Presbyterial government over many Congregations: The other against the subordination of Synods. By the successe of the latter we see, that this Assembly can assume the liberty (if it so please) to reserve those we shall now present, unanswered, as they have done those our dissenting Reasons against subordination of Synods, although it contain a great and main part of that wherein we differ, as also is of all other, of the greatest moment, both to this Church and State, and hath been given in to this Assembly ten moneths since, and their votes concerning thes• ⟨p. 8⟩Subordinations, as long since presented to the Honorable Houses, but have not been answered by any reply brought in to this Assembly, and so not ready to have been sent up to the Honorable Houses.

And if These we might now bring in, should be undertaken to be answered by this Assembly, yet we still retain the sense of so much remediless prejudice, by being bound from replying again, as doth make us justly wary: we may for ever lie under whatever misinterpretations may happen, (suppose but through mistake of yours, or imperfection of our expression) without clearing our meaning, and we may be bound up from further urging or driving home that wherein the strength of any Argument lies, if the dint thereof should be avoided by some specious diversion. And although our former Reasons given in after dispute to both the Honourable Houses, according to their Order, were therefore not our own, but to be disposed of according to their appointment; yet what we should now give in, we conceive to be in our own power.