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A82229 A declaration of the Protestant clergie of the city of Dublin, shewing the reasons why they cannot consent to the taking away of the Book of common prayer, and comply with the Directory. Presented to the Honourable Commissioners for the Parliament of England, July 9. 1647. 1647 (1647) Wing D756; Thomason E399_27; ESTC R201727 4,044 8

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the Church of Ireland and when they were received they were not received in any acknowledged subordination to the Church of England but for manifestation of our agreement with that Church in the confession of the same Christian Faith and the Doctrine of the Sacraments as is expressed in the first Canon Hence it is besides that our Canons were not imposed by the Church of England nay when somewhat highly the Clergie was invited to submit to the Book of English Canons the Convocation utterly refused the same and framed a new Booke of Canons for the Church of Ireland Should wee therefore receive or admit of any other forme without the Authority of this Church we should be held and esteemed before God and the world guilty of unconscionably betraying of the Liberty of the free Nationall Church of Ireland VII The Book of Common-Prayer hath been in use in this Church from the beginning of the Reformation wee have preached for it and recommended it to the people as a forme of Gods publike Worhip and Service the people of God in this City for the most part generally doe love it have been edified by it are loath to part from it and earnestly desire the continuance of it Now should we consent to the taking of it away and receive or use any other forme not established by Law we should not avoid the guilt of sin it being all one to destroy that which is well built as to build that which a man once destroyed which in the Apostles judgement Gal. 2.8 renders a man a transgressor And withall wee should as matters stand give great offence and scandall to the consciences of our brethren and so sin against them who deserve better at our hand and for whom Christ dyed VIII Lastly that reason given by the Uuniversity of Oxford in this point is not to be forgotten that by our leaving of the Booke of Common-Prayer and receiving any other Former we should condemne the Church and State for the penalties and censures against Recusants and justifie them in their accusations and imputations of injustice and tyranny wherwith they boldly charge both our Churches of England and Ireland The premisses considered as we hope your Honours discern hereby that we have not lightly or obstinately or out of faction or any spirit of opposition for borne the exercise of our Ministery since your Honours injunction so we do now with all humility present these our fervent Petitions to your Honours 1. That you would be pleased in pitty and compassion to the Protestants of this City and to us the Ministers who else by your Injunction aforesaid are indangered to be exposed to banishment losse of estate and of present subsistence with our wives and families to restore us to our Churches Ministery and exercise thereof by permitting of us to use the Booke of Common Prayer in our severall Cathedral and Parish Churches as formerly we used the same before your Injunction aforesaid and to grant us your Protection therein till such time as further order be taken by a Convocation of the Clergie and an act of Parliament in this Kingdome and in the meane time we shall endeavour to demeane our selves in the whole course of our Ministerie with such Christian faithfulnesse and moderation as that wee shall by the help of God give no just occasion of offence 2. That in case your Honors shal be pleased to grant this Petition which we hope you will if after our stay and residence here we or any of us shall by the imposall of any thing against our consciences be forced hereafter to depart the Kingdome we may then respectively have free passes and convenient time to remove our persons families and goods 3. That during the time of our residence here wee may enjoy the profits benefits and meanes of our severall Church-livings for our subsistence which are due or allotted to us by the Law of the Land and Acts of State 4. That whereas the monethly fast observed hitherto by command of authority on a Friday was grounded upon the horrid Rebellion of the Irish Papists begun and the danger we were all in as on that day wherein the Rebells came to this City to surprize it and the evening of that day was the time wherein that bloody treachery and conspiracie was disovered that we may be permitted still to keep the monethly Fast on that day being a day of preparation for the monethly Communion according to our custome these five yeares past And we shall ever pray c. Delivered the 9. day of July 1647. Subscribed as followeth Ed. Laonensis Jer. Margetson Ben. Culme Ambr. Anngier In. Sybald Godf. Rhodes Hen. Hall Ios War Io. Brookbank Gilbert Deane Dud. Bo●well Rob. Parry Ioan. Creighton Can. Edw. Syng Rob. Dickson Rand. Ince Henry Byrch Rich. Powell