A70969:12
The reasons presented by the Dissenting Brethren against certain propositions concerning presbyterial government and…The reasons presented by the Dissenting Brethren against certain propositions concerning presbyteriall government and…
The reasons presented by the Dissenting Brethren against certain propositions concerning presbyterial government and the proofs of them voted by the Assembly of Divines, sitting by authority of Parliament, at Westminster : together with the Answer of the Assembly of Divines to those reasons of dissent.The reasons presented by the Dissenting Brethren against certain propositions concerning presbyteriall government and the proofs of them voted by the Assembly of Divines, sitting by authority of Parliament, at Westminster : together with the Answer of the Assembly of Divines to those reasons of dissent.
London: printed by T.R. and E.M. for Humphrey Harward, 1648
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
October 11. 1644. The honourable Committee met again, At which the sub-Committee presented the Propositions they had prepared, declaring they had further to bring in concerning Classes and Synods. And what might be the way of accommodation for the dissenting brethren to enjoy Congregations amongst us, according to their principles. All which (though they had met many days) was not as then perfected.
October 11. 1644. The honourable Committee met againe, At which the sub-Committee presented the Propositions they had prepared, declaring they had further to bring in concerning Classes and Synods. And what might be the way of accommodation for the dissenting brethren to enjoy Congregations amongst us, according to their principles. All which (though they had met many dayes) was not as then perfected.
Therefore the honourable Committee did remit back to the said sub-Committee the Propositions then brought in, to be further explained, and as much, as might to be perfected against ⟨p. 3⟩the next meeting, adjourning that Committee until Tuesday October 15.
Therefore the honourable Committee did remit back to the said sub-Committee the Propositions then brought in, to be further explained, and as much, as might to be perfected against ⟨p. 3⟩the next meeting, adjourning that Committee untill Tuesday October 15.
When these Propositions that follow, were brought in by the sub-Committee, as containing both a fuller explication, and the best way to accommodate their own and their brethren's principles in a practic way (which was the end of that honourable Committee) both for Congregations, and Synods, and the government thereof.