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foresay_a six_o head_n by_o face_n they_o be_v master_n of_o king_n trinity_n st._n john_n jesus_n clare-hall_n and_o emmanuel_n itself_o i_o think_v i_o may_v add_v another_o of_o christ_n college_n i_o spare_v their_o name_n moreover_o in_o trinity_n college_n oxford_n there_o be_v but_o twelve_o fellow_n ten_o of_o which_o be_v turn_v out_o at_o the_o purgation_n and_o their_o place_n all_o supply_v by_o a_o like_a number_n from_o cambridge_n it_o be_v manifest_a then_o that_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o university_n be_v not_o well_o affect_v to_o episcopacy_n mr._n o._n may_v do_v well_o to_o ask_v mr._n talent_n whether_o he_o be_v well_o affect_v to_o episcopacy_n in_o 38_o or_o 40._o i_o may_v add_v that_o the_o king_n be_v and_o parliament_n army_n be_v no_o soon_o in_o the_o field_n but_o the_o scholar_n be_v up_o in_o the_o university_n and_o fight_v some_o for_o the_o king_n and_o some_o for_o the_o parliament_n and_o that_o with_o various_a success_n too_o from_o the_o whole_a than_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v that_o it_o be_v not_o impossible_a but_o that_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o 6_o of_o act_n may_v have_v be_v first_o contrive_v at_o cambridge_n in_o the_o year_n 1638._o the_o ferment_n which_o the_o whole_a nation_n and_o the_o university_n itself_o be_v then_o in_o may_v give_v a_o favourable_a opportunity_n and_o encouragement_n to_o the_o attempt_n it_o be_v too_o frequent_a and_o as_o it_o be_v natural_a unto_o most_o man_n to_o adore_v the_o rise_n sun_n the_o minister_n have_v labour_v to_o prove_v 9_o that_o the_o reformation_n in_o scotland_n be_v first_o cast_v into_o the_o presbyterian_a platform_n the_o contrary_a hereunto_o be_v full_o prove_v in_o that_o learned_a treatise_n entitle_v the_o fundamental_a charter_n of_o presbytery_n examine_v and_o disprove_v etc._n etc._n he_o mean_v the_o article_n in_o the_o claim_n of_o right_n apr._n 11._o 1689._o wherein_o prelacy_n be_v assert_v to_o be_v and_o to_o have_v be_v a_o great_a and_o insupportable_a grievance_n and_o trouble_n unto_o the_o scotch_a nation_n and_o contrary_a to_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o people_n ever_o since_o the_o reformation_n they_o have_v reform_v from_o popery_n by_o presbyter_n etc._n etc._n the_o author_n of_o the_o foresay_a treatise_n have_v at_o large_a and_o if_o the_o record_n to_o which_o he_o appeal_v be_v true_a as_o i_o think_v no_o doubt_n can_v be_v make_v of_o they_o by_o undeniable_a evidence_n overthrow_v all_o those_o pretence_n for_o presbytery_n mention_v in_o that_o article_n i_o will_v offer_v here_o a_o little_a out_o of_o that_o book_n unto_o the_o reader_n for_o a_o taste_n remit_v he_o to_o the_o treatise_n itself_o which_o if_o i_o be_o not_o mistake_v be_v worth_a any_o man_n peruse_v i_o be_o sure_a it_o give_v i_o infinite_a satisfaction_n he_o tell_v we_o then_o that_o there_o be_v many_o prelate_n who_o concur_v in_o that_o work_n sc_fw-la the_o reformation_n from_o propery_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o galloway_n and_o of_o argyle_n the_o abbot_n of_o lundoris_fw-la of_o culross_n of_o st._n colmes-inih_a of_o coldingham_n of_o st._n marry_o isle_n of_o aberbrothoick_a of_o kilwinning_n and_o of_o newbottle_n the_o prior_n of_o st._n andrews_n and_o the_o subperior_a fundament_n chart._n p._n 4._o he_o further_o show_v that_o not_o one_o martyr_n confessor_n or_o any_o that_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o the_o reformation_n in_o the_o year_n 1560_o declare_v for_o presbytery_n or_o against_o episcopacy_n pag._n 20._o not_o john_n knox_n himself_o pag._n 21._o but_o that_o superintendency_n be_v erect_v by_o knox_n p._n 35._o that_o knox_n compile_v the_o first_o book_n of_o discipline_n anno_fw-la 1560._o pag._n 36._o that_o in_o the_o year_n 1559._o the_o scot_n be_v deliver_v from_o the_o french_a slavery_n by_o the_o english_a assistance_n subscribe_v to_o the_o religious_a worship_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n this_n be_v take_v out_o of_o 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