The grand debate between the most reverend bishops and the Presbyterian divines appointed by…

Reply. We added [unprepared] as expository, or hinting to show the reason why sudden death is prayed against, and so to limit our prayers to that sudden death, which we are unprepared for; there being some ways of sudden death no more to be prayed against, than death it self simply considered may. When you say [from sudden death] is as good as [from dying suddenly] we confess it is. But not so good as [from dying suddenly, and unpreparedly: we hope you intend not to make any believe, that out turning the Adjective to an Adverb was our Reformation. And yet we wondered to hear this made a common jest upon us, as from those that had seen our papers: Would you have had us said [from sudden and unprepared death?] you would then have had more matter of just exception against the words [unprepared death] than now you have against dying ⟨p. 122⟩suddenly: A man may be well prepared to die suddenly by Martyrdom for Christ, or by War for his Prince, and many other ways.

Reply. We added [unprepared] as expository, or hinting to shew the reason why sudden death is prayed against, and so to limit our prayers to that sudden death, which we are unprepared for; there being some wayes of sudden death no more to be prayed against, than death it self simply considered may. When you say [from sudden death] is as good as [from dying suddenly] we confess it is. But not so good as [from dying suddenly, and unpreparedly: we hope you intend not to make any believe, that out turning the Adjective to an Adverb was our Reformation. And yet we wondred to hear this made a common jest upon us, as from those that had seen our papers: Would you have had us said [from sudden and unprepared death?] you would then have had more matter of just exception against the words [unprepared death] than now you have against dying