A Serious and faithful representation of the judgments of ministers of the Gospel within…A Serious and faithfull representation of the judgments of ministers of the Gospel within…

Instead therefore of joining in Consultation with you; We do earnestly entreat you in the name of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, whose Ambassadors we are, That you would commune with your own hearts, Consider the evil of your present ways, and turn from them; Remember from whence you are fallen, and repent and do your first works. You were once honourable and precious in the eyes of us and others of Gods servants, while you kept in Gods way, and within your own sphere; you had our hearts, our help, and our Prayers for success therein: But alas! you have eclipsed your own glory, and brought a Cloud over all your excellencies. You are now walking in by-paths of your own, wherein we dare not say,¹ The blessing of the Lord, be upon you, We bless you in the name of the Lord, nor bid you God speed, lest we be partakers of your evil deeds. Instead of preserving the Truth and purity of Religion and the Worship of God; we fear you are opening a door to desperate and damnable Errors and Heresies against the Truth of God, and to many licentious and wicked practises against the worship and ways of God. How is Religion made to stink by reason of your mis-carriages, and like to become a scorn and a reproach in all the Christian world? How are the faces of Gods faithful servants covered with shame, and their hearts filled with sorrow and grief […] thereof? How is the Golden ⟨p. 8⟩Cord of Government broken in sunder? the Honour and Authority of Magistracy laid in the dust? How hath the Parliament, which sustained the force and opposition of professed Enemies for many years, been made contemptible and torn in pieces by professed friends in one day?

Instead therefore of joyning in Consultation with you; We do earnestly intreat you in the name of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, whose Ambassadors we are, That you would commune with your own hearts, Consider the evil of your present wayes, and turn from them; Remember from whence you are fallen, and repent and do your first works. You were once honourable and precious in the eyes of us and others of Gods servants, while you kept in Gods way, and within your own spheare; you had our hearts, our help, and our Prayers for successe therein: But alas! you have eclipsed your own glory, and brought a Cloud over all your excellencies. You are now walking in by-paths of your own, wherein we dare not say,¹