and indifferent iudges by bothe partes to be chosen wherby the faulte might appear where it was in dede and so they either excused or founde giltie D. Cox at lenght tolde them that their letter shulde be considered off and an answere shulde be geuen them the fridaie after On fridaie the 30 off Auguste bothe partes mette The Pastor accompanied with the Ministers and elders spake this vnto them It seemeth very fonde that arbytrers shuld be apointed to take vpp strife that maie come hereafter as your letter signifieth And furthermore ye write yff anie offence be taken or geuen whiche semethe as strange for this worde yff importethe a dowte so that yff ye dowte it is but follie to apointe arbitres fynally to excuse your departure yow call them vnlerned whiche iudge it a schisme but saithe he terme it as yow lifte yet can yow not let men to think And yff arbitres shuld pronounce it to be none yet mennes opinions will be diâ—â—â—s Now â—heâ—fore your answere shall be that iff anie man be offended either with any priuate maÌ„ or publiquely let him or them complaine to vs or yff they refuse vs to the Magistrat As for Arbitres we will appoint none Then spake whittingham and saied that it was to him no small wonder that men of suche lerninge and wisedome shuld so shrink in a moste equall requeste and so withowte all reason to cauill where no matter was offred For as concerninge saithe he the firste pointe it was not vnknowen to them that at that time thorough their occasion their was no small contention and that seinge they had geuen such offence it coulde not be but that mennes mindes were moued And therfore to th ende that contention shulde growe no farther Arbytres were very necessary who neded not to deliberate as he saied off thinges to come whiche were vncerteine â–ª but as the letter truly purporteth off iniuries longe agoo begonne yet continued and here after not like to be ended excepte some good meane were vsed to staie their slanderous letters and false reportes to the vtter perishinge and lose off mennes Good names And where ye seeme to be ofended that the letter shulde call them vnlerned whiche terme oure departure a schisme yow omitt saide D. Coxe the 2. pointe whiche is off no small importaunce to whom he answered that he thought he did them a pleasure in omittinge thinges of so small value notwithstandinge he woulde obaie his will but saithe he as touchinge this worde vnlernedly it was not vnaduisedly placed For either they be withowte lerninge and therfore maie be so called in dede or yff they beare the name off lerninge yet in this they shewed their vnskilfulnes for as muche as euery departure from a congregation was not a schisme nether were anie that departed for iuste causes schismatikes as we saith he will proue vnto yow yff yow will take oure reasonable and moste equall offre Naie saithe the pastor Arbitres in this point can litle availe for be it they iudged it none yet mennes thoughts are free and we knowe that all men be not off one mynde in sacraments and predestination shulde men therfore take arbitres Also saith he maister Caluin and Bullinger are against yow To this was answered that thoughtes yff they were not grownded vpon Goddes worde were euell neither was this controuersie off like force withe the matter off the Sacraments and predestination notwithstanding woulde to God that not onely the difference in those articles but also in all other whiche be off waight and importaunce might be decided by the authoritie off Goddes worde and arbytrement off godly lerned men But men maie iustly suspecte your cause to be nought whiche refuse the iudgments off the wise and godly And where yow saie that Caluin and Bullinger are againste vs yow abuse your selff and there names for we knowe bothe what they and other wryte as touchinge this matter Then the Pastor asked what schisma was but a cuttinge off from the body and that it was Caluins definition To this Whittingham answered that he woulde vndertake firste to proue that definition to be false and secondly to be nonone off Caluins definition for yff euery cuttinge off from the body shulde be a schisme then yow and all other whiche once had sworne to the pope and now haue refused him are schismatiques Then the pastor added from a churche well reformed Answere was made that a churche well reformed muste be builded vppon the doctrine off the Prophetes and Apostles the vnitie wheroff S. Paule comprehendeth in theis wordes one god one faithe one baptisme not beggerly ceremomies and obscurations although that sundry causes besides moued them to departe Then Maister Treherren asked whither the donatists were not schismatiques Yes saith Whittingham and also heretiques but yow are deceiued yff yow thinke that they seperated them selues for ceremonies It is manifest said Treherren that the churches off Asia were excommunicate as schismatiques for that they kepte not Easter at the same time that the Romaine churche did And it is no lesse euident said Whitthingham that Ireneus and other godly men aswell off that time as sithens haue sharply reproued and condemned Pope Victor for the same Here D. Coxe put Whittingham in remembraunce that he had not answered to the faultes off the letter Whittingham tolde him that as touchinge that poore worde yff he marueled howe it coulde Minister anie cauillation seinge the text ioininge therto was so plaine whiche declarethe bothe the offences by yow geuen and by vs taken And also your consciences beare yow witnes the thinge to be moste true excepte a man will be wilfully blinde and finde a knot in a rushe so that that worde yf mente not that we do dowte who were oppressed with infinit wronges but iff they woulde dissemble so farre that they mâ—ght seeme to dowte theroff yet at the leaste they woulde abide the tryall theroff before theis Arbitres But here the disputation brake vp with this plaine and finall answere that arbitres they shuld haue none and that yff they founde themselues greued they shulde seeke remedy where they thought Good and he the Pastor withe the reste off the congregation woulde answere them The nexte daie the Pastour D. Coxe maister parry and maister Asheley sent for Whittingham Thomas Cole Iohn Fox William Kethe Roger harte Iohn Hilton with certeine other demandinge off them what shulde be the cause off their departure Whittingham made answere that the daie before they had declared sufficiently and yet woulde farther shewe reasons yff they would permit the controuersie to Arbytrement And to the intent they shulde not counterfait ignorance amonge other theis were some causes firste their breach off promes established with inuocation off goddes name 2. Their ordreles thrustinge themselues in to the churche 3. Takinge awaie the order off discipline established before their comminge and placinge no other 4. The accusasion off maister Knox their godly Minister off Treason and seekinge his bloude 5. Their
in ministers and Elders whiche is described for other offenders and to be donne towardes them rather with more seueritie Now folowith the Discipline reformed and confirmed by the authoritie off the churche and magistrate IT is moste cumlie and godly that Christian people resorte together in place and tyme therunto by common consent appointed yff the persecution off the vngodly will suffer the same and they themselues haue no vrgent cause to the contrary there to heare the pure doctrine off Gods worde taught and them selues openly with their presence and voice to declare the consent off their hartes to the same and to confesse with their mouthe agreablely their belieff and faith vpon god and his holy worde according to the scriptures The congregation thus assembled is a particuler visible churche such as maye be in diuers places off the worlde verye manye And all theis particuler churches ioyned together not in place for that is not possible but by the coniunction off true doctrine and faithe in the same do make one whole churche in this worlde And the electe off God that be in this whole churche and euery parte theroff with all the elect that hath byn from the beginninge off the worlde and shall be to the ende theroff doo altogether make that holy catholike and Apostolike churche the spouse off oure sauiour christe wchiche he hathe purified to him selff in his blood wheroff mention is made in the creede I beleue one holie Catholike and Apostolike churche But at this present oure consideration muste be off the visible and particuler churche The signes and notes off a visible churche are thies Firste true and goldly doctrine Secondly the right ministration and vse off the Sacramentes and common praier Thirdly honest and godly liffe yff not in the whole multitude yet in manie off them fourthly discipline that is the correction off vices but the 2. firste notes are suche as withowt the whiche no forme off anie godly visible churche can possibly be Wherfore they be the principall and chieff notes And therfore we define a particuler churche visible to be the congregation off Christen men whither they be fewe or many assemblinge together in place and time conuenient to heare Christes true Doctrine taught to vse his holy Sacramentes rightly and to make their common praier together in the whiche their appearethe a studie off honest aÌ„d godlye liffe and which hathe in it a godly discipline that is to saye ordinaunces and decrees Ecclesiasticall for the preseruation off comely order and for the correction off vices Off the doctrine off the churche which is the first note The Doctrine whiche we holde and professe in oure church is the same that is taught in the canonicall bookes off the holie bible conteininge the olde testamente and the newe in the whiche is conteined the true and liuelie worde off god and the doctrine off helthe bothe as concerninge faithe and godly liffe at full sufficient for the saluation off all the faithfull that vnfainedly beleue therin The summe off the whiche as concerninge faithe is briefly and truly comprehended in the 3. creeds the common creede commonly called the creed off the Apostells the Nicene creed and the crede off Athanasius And as concerninge godly liffe in the ten commaundementes written in the xx chapter off Exodus Off the Sacramentes and common praier the second note We obserue ad kepe the forme and order off the ministraon off the sacramentes and common praier as it is set foorh by the authoritie off the blessed kinge Edwarde off famous memorye in the laste booke off the English seruice Wheroff notwithstanding in the respecte off tymes and places and other circumstances certeine rites and ceremonies appointed in the sayed booke as thinges in different maie be left owte as we at this present doo The times and houres for the teachinge and hearing off goddes worde and the ministration off the sacramenâ—es and and saying and hearing of the coÌ„mon praier such as be nowe vsed or shall heare afâ—er by common coÌ„sent be thought moste meete to be vsed are to be kept and obserued off all men not hauing lauful cause to the contrary Off the Ministers off the worde Sacra ments and common praier It is thought expedient for the churche at this present to haue 2. Ministers or teachers off the worde elected off dotrine and godly liffe such as the rule off the scripture dothe requyre as muche as maie be And that the sayde 2. Ministers and teachers off the worde shall in all things and points be off like authorite and neither off them superior or inferior to other Item that the saied 2. Ministers shall by themselues or fit persons by them and the Seniors in the name off the whole congregation to be appointed when necessarie cause shall so requyre preach the ordinarie Sermons on wensdaies thursdayes and sondaies before noone and after noone instruct and Heare the examination off the youthe in the Catechisme on sondaye in the after noone at the howre accustomed and shall by them selues or other appointed persons as is afore sayed Minister the Sacramentes dewly saye the common prayers distinctly viset and comfort the sick specially at their last tyme and howre off deathe bury the dead comely and obserue all other comely rites and vges in the churche directing all their behauiour actes and life according to the rule off off their vocation set foorth in the holie scriptures Item that sixe either fewer or more as the habilitie off the churche wilâ— beare such as be godly and haue nede off the helpe off the churche be appointed by the Ministers and Seniors in the name off the whole congregation Wheroff 4. to be well lerned who shall reade and expownde the chapters and shall helpe the two ministers off the worde when nede shall require in the doctrine off the worde Catechisinge off youthe Ministringe off the Sacramentes sainge off common praier and the other two or moo shall ayde also the sayed ministers Seniors and Deacons in visitinge off the sick and seinge to strangers and in callinge off the congregation when nede shall be and in all other necessarie and comelie thinges and rytes to be done in the churche Notwithstandinge anie other godly and lerned men whiche lyue off them selues and be not burthenus to the churche maye helpe the Ministers off the worde in the aboue named Ecclesiastical functions iff they themselues so will and be ther vnto called by the saied ministers and Seniors Item for the further instruction off youâ—he and seruants it is thought good that besides the examination off children in the Catechisme ordinarely vsed the said children and seruants with the whole congregation shulde be all presente at oure ordinarie sermon to be made purposely for them on sondayes at afternoone so lernedly that it be yet for their capacitie most plaine and with all possible perspecuâ—tie and that one tenor off Christian doctrine from the beginninge to the ende be obserued and kepte in
Senators for a place or churche wherin they and all their country men might haue gods worde truly preached and the Sacraments sincerely ministred in their naturall tonge who ientlie promised his furtherance and that he also woulde move the whole Senate theroff the whiche he did accordingly And the 14. daie off the same monethe yt was graunted that they shulde haue libertie to preache and minister the Sacraments in that churche which the freÌ„che men had the freÌ„che one daie and the Englishe an other daie and vpoÌ„ the Sundaie to chuse also theÌ„ houres as they coulde agree amonge them selues but yt was with this commandement that the Englishe shulde not discent from the frenchmen in doctrine or ceremonyes least they shulde thereby minister occasion off offence and willed farther that before they entred their churche they shulde approue and subscribe the same confession off faith that the frenche men had then presented and abowte to put in printe to the whiche all the afore named and others whiche were by this time come thither did subscribe When the churche was in this sorte graunted they consulted amonge themselues what order off seruice they shulde vse for they were not so stricly bownde as was tolde them to the ceremonies off the frenche by the Magistrats but that iff the one allowed off the other it was sufficient At lenght the englishe order was perused and this by generall consente was concluded that the answeringe alowde after the Minister shulde not be vsed the letanye surplice and many other thinges also omitted for that in those reformed churches suche thinges woulde seeme more then strange It was farther agreed vppon that the Minister in place off the Englishe Confession shulde vse an other bothe off more effecte and also framed accordinge to the state and time And the same ended the people to singe a psalme in meetre in a plaine tune as was and is accustomed in the frenche dutche Italian Spanishe and Skottishe churches that don the minister to praye for â—hassistance off gods holie spirite and so to proceade to the sermon After the sermon a generall praier for all estates and for oure countrie of Englande was also deuised at th ende off whiche praier was ioined the lords praier and a rehersall off tharticâ—es off oure belieff whiche ended the people to singe and other psalme as afore Then the minister pronouncinge his blessinge The peace off god c. or some other off like effecte the people to departe And as touchinge the ministration off the Sacraments sundrie things were also by common consente omâ—tted as superstiâ—ious and superfluous After that the congregation had thus concluded and agreed and had chosen their minister and Deacons to serue for a time they entred their churche the 29. off the same monethe Then was it thought good amonge themselues that forthwith they shulde aduertise their countrie men and betheren dispersed off this singuler benefit the like wheroff coulde nowhere else as yet be obtained and to perswade hem all worldly respectes put aparte to repaier thither that they might altogether with one mouthe and one harte bothe lameÌ„te their foremer wickednes and also be thankfull to their mercifull father that had geuen them suche a churche in a strange lande wherein they might heare gods worde truly preached the Sacraments rightly ministred and Discipline vsed which in their owne countrie coulde neuer be obtained And to this effecte were letters directed to Strausburgh Zurick Densbrugh and Emden in the 2. off Auguste And for that it was thought the churche coulde not longe contynewe in good order withowte discipline there was also a brieff forme deuised declaringe the necessitie the causes and the order theroff wherunto all those that were present subscribed shewinge therby that they were ready and willinge to submitt themselues to the same accordinge to the rule prescribed in gods holie word at whiche time it was determined by the congregation that all suche as shulde come after shulde doo the like before they were admitted as members off that churche Here followethe the generall letter sente from the congregation off Franckforde to Strausbourge Zurick Wezeil Emden c. Grace mercy and peace in Christ our Lord c. We dowte not dearely beloued but yow haue harde aswell by letter as by reporte off the excellent graces and mercy whiche oure good god and heauenly father hathe shewed vnto oure litle congregation in this citie off Franckford for that he hathe not onely made the Magistrats and commons very fauorable towards vs and louinge but also hathe geuen them hartes with muche compassion to tender vs in so muche that euerie man helpethe vs no man is againste vs muche loue no grudge glad to please lothe to annoie vs yea and to declare this good will not to be off the meane sorte nor so small as oure brethern haue felte otherwere they haue graunted that thinge whiche amonge others and in other cities we coulde not obtaine nor durste allmoste hope for For what greater treasure or sweeter comforte can a Christian man desier then to haue a churche wherin he maie serue god in puritie off faithe and integritie off lyfe whiche thinge yff we wishe for let vs not refuse it seinge where we woulde we coulde not there obtaine it And here yet it is graunted in so ample wise that beinge subiecte to no blemishe no nor so muche as the euell off suspition froÌ„ the whiche fewe churches are free we maie preache minister and vse Discipline to the true settinge forthe off gods glorie and good ensample to others And for our partes we haue not bene negligente as touchinge the execution off the sayed benefit graunted For the 29. of Iuly we had god be thanked â— sermons to oure singuler comforte and great ioye off all godly men heere Wherfore brethern seinge your haue indured the paine off persecution with vs we thought it likewise oure dewties to make your partakers off oure consolation that altogether we maie geue thanks to oure louinge father who is more tender ouer vs then the mother ouer hir childe nether suffreth vs to be temped aboue that we maie beare but euen to the issue off the tentation geuethe prosperous successe trustinge by gods grace that he whiche hathe geuen yow that gifte not onely to beleue in Christe but also to suffer for his sake will so directe your hartes that no respecte off commoditie there nor yet feare of burthen here maie once moue yow to shrink from your vocatioÌ„ whiche is in one faithe one ministration one tonge and one consente to serue god in his churche What more manifeste signe what plainer declaration what worde more expresse and lyuely can we haue off dewtie and vocation theâ— when god speakethe in oure hartes by faithe guidethe vs owte off perille throughe his grace and nowe laste of all offrethe vs a restinge place of his exceading mercy Yow remeÌ„ber that before we haue reasoned together in hope to obtaine a churche and shall we nowe drawe
churche Amonge other thinges they added this that we had geuen them a cause to complaine off vs to the magistrats but that for oure sakes they worlde not do it Afterward some of them departed and sate downe in priuate mennes places neither woulde they suffer so muche as to be called by the name off pastors and Elders Then one in the name off the whole hauinge fullie shewed before that there was no iuste cause geuen theÌ„ by the churche so to forsake their ministerie did afterward in the name of the whole churche verie earnestly desier theÌ„ that they woulde not in suche manner forsake and leaue the churche that had deserued no suche thinge at their hands This was with moste eâ—rneste and effectuall wordes required off them thre or foure tymes in the name off the whole churche but they remained willfull and obstinate in their purpos not so muche as once suffringe themselues to be called by the name off pastors and elders Then at the lenght it was shewed vnto them in the name off the whole churche that the churche woulde not admit that their forsakinge of their ministerie but would stil take and esteme them for their pastor and Elders And when one in the name off the churche did accuse the pastor and Chambers to be suche as had abused the churche leauinge it and forsakinge it in suche manner withowte anie cause or reason shewed and did in the name off the churche desier them to make answere vnto him concerninge this their dede they vtterlie refused the same But horne who then was Pastor hastely takinge a penne wrote to this purpos in a pece of paper in his owne name and in the name off the elders Where as we are vrged and pressed by one in the name off the churche to make answere we generally answere that when so euer we shal be ordinarelie demaunded before the churche or them whiche the churche shall apointe we will then answere or if we shall be called before the ciuill magistrate we will ther answeare other answeare then this they woulde geue none to anie off the questioÌ„s whiche we had proposed in all oure names of the churche and they assigned this writinge by puttinge to their names where as in dede this was not onelie to answere nothinge at all but also to preteÌ„d a cloaked cause of answeringe nothinge at all Moreouer they were desired in the name of the churche that they woulde deliuer to the churche the letters signed withe their owne haÌ„des by whiche they had shewed their renounsall and denyinge of the ministerie or if they woulde not do that that theÌ„ against a certeine daie they woulde grauÌ„te and giue to the churche a coppie therof But neither woulde they geue them the letters whiche they had in their bosome neither woulde promisse any copie to the churche who moste earnestlie required the same off theÌ„ At the laste the pastor and elders departed some certeine fewe folowinge theÌ„ but the multitude remained and so farrforthe as they coulde remember committed to writinge the actes off that daie and the summe off those letters by whiche the Pastor and Elders had willingly put them selues from the ministerie aÌ„d for witnesse subscribed thereto with thirtie and there names The next daie after that is the 3. off February the Pastor and Elders beinge called off the churche by the Deacon to intreate off makinge peace they came together aÌ„d met But the Pastor and elders set them downe in priuate places Afterwardes the pastor because one speakinge in the congregation did not by and by so soone as he bad him holde his peace fayned that he woulde departe But when he perceyued that verie fewe folowed him and by some consailed he returned and suddanly placed himselff in the pastors place and called the elders to him whiche thinge before he had refused to do although he were by the whole churche verie instantly and ernestlie required therto Then he spake to this effecte we in dede saith he did displace oure selues from the ministerie not withstandinge absolutely and fullie we did it not but vnder this condition onely yff yow shulde proceade to deale in suche sorte as yow haue done against the olde aÌ„d receiued discipline Nowe then yff ye goo forwarde as yow haue appointed and purposed then will we wholie and alltogether displace oure selues from oure Ministeries but yff yow will obaie the olde discipline then will we continew pastor and elders as we are Answere was made that there was nothinge at all conteined in the olde discipline wherby they might medle with or proceed againste the pastor and elders iff parhapps they were founde faultie and in some offence Moreouer that there was nothinge put downe concerninge suche causes as in whiche the pastor and elders were an aduersarie parte and therfore it was desired that they woulde suffer the discipline in that behalff to be amended and to be made more perfect Nowe the pastor beinge offended as it shuld seeme with so free speeche woulde imÌ„ediatlie againe haue bin gone and rann euen to the churche dore but yet seinge but fewe folowinge him by the counsaile and aduise off certeine persons he returned and sat him selff downe in the pastors place with the seniors And in like sorte by and by againe vppon the suddaine he ranÌ„ for the thirde tyme but within a litle while after here turned and planted himselff in the pastors accustomed place Afterwards intretie was made with the pastor and elders in the name off the church that they would suffer Ashleis cause in whiche matter they themselues were founde at the lenght to be an aduersarie parte and the hearinge theroff to come before the churche And that the churche woulde yff Ashley were founde faultie verie sharply and seuerely punishe him and in this behalff aboundantly satisfie the pastor and Elders and all good men But the pastor and Elders would at no hande suffer that And as concerninge the amendinge off the discipline the pastor saide that he and the elders with certeine others by the authoritie off the church beinge ioined vnto them woulde yff the churche so thought good â–ª amende the discipline But answere was made vnto bothe in the name off the churche First that it was verie vniust that the churche shuld not be suffred to haue iudgement and determination For therby the authoritie and right off churche was wholie as it were taken from the churche To the seconde it was answered that sith suche ordinaunces and decrees were to be made as by whiche the Pastor and Elders shulde be hereafter deteined in dutie some off them also beinge already accused it shulde be vniuste dealing to admit them to the framinge and makinge off suche decrees And when they affirmed they would answere no other thinge and they were desired to suffer thos things to be coÌ„mitted to writinge whiche were done alreadie they woulde not agree but the pastor sayinge he was a colde made himself ready to departe aÌ„d goinge his waie a fewe folowinge him he
must vnderstand contrary to the olde discipline For where they coulde not iustâ—y finde faulte with those thiÌ„gs that the churche had done they made cauillation at the manner off doinge off things as an vnordinary manÌ„er And we answered as well manye other things grewe now by occasion off that matter as this chiefly in case Maister Chambers or anie other man either woulde or coulde shewe anie ordinarie waie in the olde discipline wherby the congregation or anie other might comâ— mence matter and proceade against him or againste a Senior or Seniors beinge accused or howe we might proceade ordinarely according to the olde discipline in causes wherin he aÌ„d the seniors were the one parte as they nowe were proued to be And yff Maister Horne or anie other man either woulde or coulde shewe the tytle or wordes in the ould Discipline wherin this ordinarie waie is set forthe and conteined Then we would confesse thvt we had gon amisse owt off the ordynary way and olde discipline But yff neither he nor anie other woulde or coulde shewe in deede that they would not be discontent at vs that reduced the congregation to their right authoritie and amended that olde discipline as athinge amisse or filled it vp as a thinge vnperfect and brought the matter to the hearinge off the churche as it ought to be And that they woulde at lenght geue ouer to vaunte them selues so off the order whiche they neuer had or to blame vs hereafter for proceading vnordinarely The summe off this answere we dyuyded in to certein Articles and sent them pryuately to Maister Horne to peruse requiring his answere to the same vnd also we sticked them vpon the puâ—pit in the churche where they remained a great many daies And where it was required in that same writinge that Maister Horne or the Seniors or some other man shulde make answere vnto thes matters there is no man yet hitherto that hather made anye answere either by worde or by writinge sauinge that Maister Horne fallinge to his olde generall answere saide he woulde make answere when he were ordinarely called or questioned withe for by this shift he thinkethe he vndoeth all dowtes at once where as in dede to answere after that sorte is to answere nothing at all but to pretend false causes to holde his tonge when he is able to shewe no reason for himselff For this was his meaninge that he is not ordinarely called nor questioned with all nor accused ordinarely sauinge onely before him selff and the Seniors as Iudges Where as they bothe in their geuinge ouer off their ministery and in the principall cause against maister Ashley were the aduersary parte so that by his iudgement there is no ordinary waie to medle against the pastor and Seniors excepte they call themselues to be hearers of their owne cause and their owne Iudges themselues For other ordinary waie against the pastor and Seniors in that olde discipline off theirs neither he nor anie other shall be hable to shewe After this when those 8. Persons which were appointed by the Churche to heare the variance betwene Maister Horne and Maister Chambers one thoneside and Maister Asley one the other side shulde proceade in the hearinge off that matter Maister Horne and Maister Chambers whiche had absented themselues nowe 11. daies from the churche were commaunded by the Magistrate the 12. off February for that daye they and certeyne others were seen with the Magistrate that they shuld in no wise comme at our church when we harde off yt we had maruell fyrste that the matter was comme to the Magistrats eare for Maister Horne and the reste testified the 2. off February by their owne hand writinge that they would neuer open it to the Magistrate and secondarely seinge Maister Horne and Maister Chambers coulde by no meanes be intreated to come to the churche yt semed awonder that yt was commaunded by the Magistrats that they shulde not come as though they had byne desyrous to come whiche in dede neded not Therfore the moste parte thought that that commaundement was obtained by their owne sute at the Magistrates hands bothe that such persons as knewe not the matter shuld be perswaded that yt was longe off the Magistrats commaundement that they did not their offices in the Church Where as before this Commaundement was geuen they had off a purposed frowardnes absented themselues now allready more then ten dayes from the congregation And also besides that the congregation might not proceade agaynst them seinge the Magistrate commaunded them that they shulde not appeere And this was the very let in dede why the congregation proceaded not in hearinge and determining off the varyance betweene Maister Horne and Chambers off the one partie and Ashley on the other And in this they burthen vs maliciously with owte cause As thoughe we woulde haue Ashley ridd from Iudgment off that matter and as though that were the onely thinge whiche was sought in oure contention where as in deede yt was longe off them that his cause was not determined Wetherfore hauing knowledge off this matter for feare least we shulde be falsely accused as though we had vttered yt to the Magistrate and had seemed first to haue accused our brethern vnto the Magistrate whiche we might not abide to do assembled together in the churche the 13. off Februar and there was openly recited in writing this that folowith Forasmuche as oure contention is alreadie bruted abroad not onely through this citie but also come to the Magistrats eare for we heare saie that maister Horne and maister Chamber were commaunded by the magistrat yester daie that is the 12. off Febr. that they shulde in no wise come at the congregation till the magistrate had fuller knowledge off the maâ—ter we professe that neither Maister Horne nor Maister Chamber nor no man els was complained vpon to the magistrate by vs or any off vs or by oure meanes but that we sought rather by all diligent endeauor that the matter shuld not come abroade but that all matters might haue byn secretly agreed amonge oure selues and that we woulde all men shulde vnderstand by this oure writinge This done those that knewe themselues to be of an vpright coÌ„scieÌ„ce in this behalf were reqâ—â—red to set their handes to that writinge and so there were 37 hands subscribed as appearethe in the actes off the 13. off Febru And were Maister Horne and Maister Chamber beinge so often desyred by all instant means off the congregation that they woulde be content to haue all maâ—ters pacified amonge â—e by brotherly communication did neuer suffer them selues to be â—alked with all off anie matter leaste they shuld afterward alleadge to suche as knewe not the matter that they did it off force bicause off the magistraies commaundement whiche forbad them to come to the congregation All the tyme wherin they absented them selues and contemned so manie desires and intreties off the churche to haue met vpon agrement makinge before anie commaundement was
geuen them off the magistrate whiche commaundement notwithstandinge maie seeme that they at lenght for the causes before mentioned procured themselues was recorded amonge the Acts off that 13. off Febru and confirmed by the testimonies off 37. names subscribed as in the acte appâ—arethe more at large The 14 off Febru those 8. whiche were appointed the â— off Febru by the congregation to amende the discipline presented the booke off the Discipline to the congregation agayne and the congregation allowed it And those matters that were altered or augmented in the discipline were such as specially perteined to those causes wherin the pastor and seniors were the one parte and howe it muste be proceaded against the pastor and seniors in case anie off them were accused For concerninge theis thinges there was neuer a worde in the olde discipline And where in the olde discipline there was no certeine mention howe the churche shulde be gouerned and seinge maister Horne and other had now vtterly forsaken the congregation who in leauinge there offices had drauen awaie with them the moste parte off them that were appoynted preachers and disposinge off the churche monie were more largely and more trulie set forthe and expressed For where maister Chamber had authoritie to gather all godly mennes almese for the poore off the congregation confirmed vnto him as he him selff required in writinge signed by the pastor and seniors and certeine other off the chieff men off the churche with their owne hands and had exercised the same gathering nowe a yere and half that he alone shulde receiue all he alone distribute and be accomptable to no maÌ„ and he alone to be priuie to the mony that matter were he neuer so faithfull a man semeth verie suspitious to him and â—urtefuâ—l to the churche yff he shulde dye suddanly as the state off man is casuall And the example also shulde seeme pernitious to the churche least parhapp an other man off small fidelitie shuld by the same reason drawe all the churche mony in to his owne onely handes And for as muche as the Deacons vnto whom the charge off the churche monie semeth to apperteine by the worde of God and by the example off all rightâ—y instituted churches in oure congregation had not a mite to bestowe for their were made Deacons honest men in dede but yet such as for their poueritie semed not fit men to whom the common mony shuld be coÌ„mitted and by that coulour Maister Chamber thought he might with owte controlinge receiue all the coÌ„mon monye in his owne handes alone The congregation thought good to haue a deaconshipp appointed more vprightly according to the rule described in the Actes off the Apostles and the example off other Godly instituted churches and to the intent the Church mony might be medled with all by the Deacons with owte all suspition it is prouided in the amendinge off the discipline that suche men shulde be chosen Deacons as be not onely off a most aproued Good fidelitie but also suche as were able hansomly to liue off their owne withowte anie nede off the Churches Almes And in dede this seemed to be nowe so muche the more necessary for that many complained some that the almes whiche they receyued before priuatlie off priuate frinds was taken vpp by the waye sythens Maister Chamber began to gather as in dede Maister Horne then Pastor threatned openly owte off the pulpit in his Sermon sayinge that he woulde stoppe all mennes vents as he termed it and receiptes Againe some complaine that they coulde haue nought at Maister Chambers hande but after beseching and vnreasonable longe delais some that they coulde haue nothing with owte bytter vpbraidâ— and some that they could obtaine nothing off gyfte but onely off loane and other some that they coulde gett nought at all So that nowe it semed requisite off necessytie to seeke some remedie for theis misheues All whiche complaints we shall be constrained off extreame necessitie to put in to one seuerall peece off worke touching the whole matter and communicatinge it to good men And concerning the Discipline seinge there was no certeine expresse waye in the olde disciplyne how the congregation shuld be gouerned neither coulde anie longe quietnes indure so longe as Maister Horne had the gouernement by that discipline And seing nowe Maister Horne and Maister Chambers haue vtterlie forsaken the Churche not onely themselues but also haue drawen awaie with them many other and of them the most parte such as were appointed preachers and readers off the Scriptures so as they might plainely appeere to seke nothinge ells but that the congregation beinge destitute off preaching and reading as thoughe it coulde not stand withe owt those men shulde be vtterlie broken vpp the congregation was off necessitie enforced to deuise and prouide for some certeine waie for the gouerning off the churche wherby the congregation might be set at a fyrme and a constant quietnes After this 14. off Februar preachers off the frenche and Flemishe Churches and Maistâ—r Valeran pullain came to the congregation with the Magistrats Edicte The meaninge off the edicte was that Maâ—ster Horne Maister Chambers Maister Isaac and the reste off the Seniors shulde be restored into their former full authoritie and that Maister Horne shulde do the office off pastor and they off Seniors in our churche till the Magistrates might haue the hearing and determining off the matter more at large And yt was commaunded that all suche men as had anie thing to saie against Maister Horne and the reste shulde exhibit the same to the Magistrate in writing Maister Horne the decre beinge red consulting first with some off his complices as in a newe matter that he neuer knewe before said to this effecte that he was ready to obeie the honorable Magistrate as conâ—cerninge other functions belonginge to the Pastor that is to saie consultations with the Seniors and administration off discipline but he woulde not medle with preaching bicause his ministerie was infamed by some men he coulde not do yt with owt the offence off himselff and off many Answere was made in the Churches name for that the honorable Magistrate had sent the Seniors againe to the Churche the churche was glad off it For they were all sory for their departure and nowe were verie ioyous off their comminge againe Concerninge Maister Horne for so muche as he refused the chiefeste parte off the Pastors office wherin he hathe behaued himselff well yff in anye thinge well that is in the office off preachinge Againe where he woulde take vppon him that parte wherin he is iustly reprehended as wantinge discretion and sobernes therin that is the administration off Ecclesiasticall discipline with the Seniors he ouer shoteth him selff in bothe thes pointes Therfore in as muche as he exempteth himself from that office wherin he might profit the congregation the congregagatioÌ„ in like case will not admit him to that office wherin he bothe ill behaued him selff before as the congregation yff nede
manner obiecte before the Magistrate and that often prouertie to a great manye off oures nowe in exile as a most highe reproche What then Are they banished and poore willingly or parforce Were they not and might they not yff they set more by goodes then godlynesse be richer And whens haue they this pouertie whiche ye Maister Horne and maister ChaÌ„bers caste so tauntingly in their teeth And whence haue ye this plentye wherby ye looke so high againste your brethern Surely yow ought to haue aduised your selff seinge ye carry the common purse before ye had so rashly and so vndiscreetly published theis words vnto the right honorable Magistrate with the reproche off your selff and off your countrie men In dede we woulde haue suffred theis as common reproches to be buried in perpetuall silence iff it semed not otherwise meete to the right honorable magistrate whose authoritie we obeyinge as yf becomethe vs shall answere particulerly vnto all the particuler chapters off your assertions To the preface WHere Maister Horne and Maister Chambers desire licence to saie and vnsaie to put too and take fro to subscribe and reuoke to dâ—o and vndoo all as they think good them selues â–ª they seeme to require their owne right for they desier no other then that they haue byn vsed hitherto to doo as it is moste euidentâ—y knowen almost to all the whole congrâ—gation â–ª notwithstaÌ„ding this albeit it is againste S Paules rule who denieth it to be his propertie to saie yea and nay nether haue we anye more merueil that the same Maister Horne and Maister Chambers think the olde Discipline is to be reteined still as a thinge that bothe hathe permitted them free libertie to doo yeâ— hitherto what they woulde at their owne pleasure and shewethe no waye howe to amende those matters that they haue don a mâ—sse a great while And yet bicause we haue prouided by the authorâ—tie bothe off the magistrat and off the congregation that the like shall not happen hereafter they accuse vs off innouation forsoothe Where they make cauillation aboute discâ—pline to be amended and not to be newe made and accuse vs as though we haue done against the magistrates commaundement We answere that all occasions off oure olde controuersies were taken awaye by the magistrates commaundement the laste off February â–ª but the olde Discipline as a thing not perfect nor indifferent hathe byn the speciall cause off our controuersies in dede Therfore we affirme that it was taken awaye by that commaundemente and power geuen to the congregation to make an other as it is declared in the plaine wordes off the same commaundement Furthermore for as muche as we haue kepte still the greateste parte off the olde discipline whiche semed indifferent as it apeareth euidently in the booke off oure discipline let them call it seinge it so pleaseth them the amendinge off the olde discipline in asmuche as to amende is nothinge ells than to correcte that which is amisse to put owte that is euell and to put in that is wantinge Therfore whither they call it oure newe made discipline or the olde amended we will not striue with them abowte that matter seinge we geue them leaue to speak at their pleasure Onely we declaâ—e that we haue done nothinge against the magistrates commaundement in that behalff Obiection to the title off the Discipline IN the tytle and entrance vnto their Discipline we reproue this as plaine false in thaâ— they saye the booke off their discipline was collected by 15. men appointed do doo the same by the congregation and the authoritie off the Magistrate and so exhibited afterwarde vnto oure congregation by the same â—5 men For it was bothe collected before the matter was committed vnto them and confirmed before hande by many mennes handes subscribed Touchinge the 42. Whiche approued this discipline and confirmed it by subscribinge this we maie alleadge there are 24. off theÌ„ whiche lyue off other mennes liberalitie and almes so as they maye seeme rather to followe other mennes wills and to be inclined to their pleasures specially seinge so large and ample promises aswell to liue at libertie as to haue their slender liuinge releued haue byn made to this intent Maister Horne and Maister Chambers denie the booke off discipline to be collected by the 15 men bycause they beinge appointed off the 15. haue labored by all means that nothinge shulde be donne for the settinge off the congregation at a quyet staye And when they perceiued that they could not hinder it they came not with the reste the 2. laste daies accordinge to appointmeÌ„t so as by that meanes some of the iuste noÌ„ber off 15. men shulde be wantinge was not the booke therfore bothe Lawfully collected and lawfully exhibited to the congregation bycause 2. or 3. off the appointed men withdrew themselues againste right and equitie What shulde be determined in anie affaires yff the matter shuld tarie till alltogether not one except shulde agree throughly in all pointes Where they saie the booke was collected before this matter was committed to the 15. men is it a plaine slaunder Maister Horne and Maister Chambers might be iustly ashamed to cast pouertie in oure bretherns teeth nowe in exile and that before the Magistrate and to lye so openly that 24. off oure company that subscribed lyue off other mennes almes And yff so manye poore men haue forsaken Maister purse bearer Chambers is it not a plaine matter that they haue byn euell intreated at Chambers hande before tyme But where they gather that the poore men seeme to haue folowed other mennes myndes in subscribinge to the Discipline rather then their owne it is fondly gathered in asmuche as on the contrary parte it is moste true that they whiche were they poore men folowid not Chambers when he ranne a Waye with the bagge regarded their conscience more then the lyuinge forsomuche as bothe they and all other might be certeinly assured that they shulde moste greuously offend not onely the purse bearer Chambers but allso two or there other off the richer sorte off oure congregation But howe muche more iustly might we returne this accusatioÌ„ which they falsely bend againste oures vpon M. Horne and M. Chamb. and manye other off their nomber whiche haue folowed Chamb. in runninge awaye from the congregation bycause he caried and shewed them a well stuffed powche as it were a standard to followe â–ª for neither Maister Chambers nor Maister Horne durst euer haue departed from the congregation as they haue done but vppon truste off the powche which the one hathe allwayes borne and the other hath byn euer an vnseparable waiter vppon where so euer it were caried and and yet in the meane while this gaye fellowe Horne from alofte contemneth so great a company off his countrie men as beggers and caitiues in comparison off himselff But in case there be so many amonge vs that liue off other mennes almes as Maister Horne and Maister Chambers do reason And seinge Maister
as tyme and occasion shall serue Concerninge the Article off contribution when the treasure off the churche faileth it perteineth to the ministers and Deacons to trauell by the waie off exhortation with the riche to helpe in that nede withowte anie further compulsion Concerninge the Article off sendinge off common letters for the relieff off the congregation That there be no mention made off anye parte theroff in the booke off discipline but that the ministerie with all possible secrecie vse such pollicies and means as maie beste serue to the relieff and mainteinance off the congregation Concerninge the Article off makinge off lawes that they be made by the ministerie and bodie off the congregation beinge called together for that purpose And iff the ministerie or anie off them refuse to be present beinge by the bodie off the congregation required therunto whithowte iuste cause by them or him alleaged that then after a dewe time geuen for the hearinge off the cause yff they bringe not in good reason and iuste cause off suche refusall Then to be depriued by the same from their or his ministerie and newe to be chosen Concerninge the article off the election off Ministers That a scrutenie be had euerie yere at the tyme off election for the examination off the Ministers off the worde wherin shal be by the appointmente off the congregation six or eight graue and wise men whiche shall heare what faults be alleadged against the same Minister And yff the faults be waightie and worthie off open correction to signifie the same to thâ— congregation that the offenders or offender maie be corrected or depriued accordingly Yff the offences be lesser then that they ought to be published then the saide ministers or minister offendinge to be monished off his faulte accordinge to the discretion off the Scrutiners Concerninge the Article off Testamentes That no man by order in this congregation shall be forced to Register his Testamente but that their be eight or 10. graue wise substantiall and honeste men chosen by the congregation owte off whiche nomber the Testator shall haue his choise or yff he omit the thinge his executours shall haue the choise to take 2. off the saied 8. or 10. besides suche as are made wittnesses whom the executers withâ—in a monethe after the death off the Testator shall make priuie to the Testamente and that the same two beinge required therunto shall faithfully declare vnto euery partie comprehended in the will so muche off the will as shall particulerly appertaine to euery off them and shall keepe secrete all the reste off the will or Testament as they shall proteste before God and the congregation vppon there consciences at the time off their election And nowe in case it shall seeme good vnto all your wisedomes as well off the Ministerie and bodie off the congregation off the one part as off the dissentinge brethern off the other part That we shall by oure mediation proceede anye further accordinge vnto this forme off reconciliation whiche is here described We doo hartely require yow that signifinge your mindes vnto vs with as conueniente spede as ye maie ye will also appoint owte on either parte 2. Discreet and sober persons louers off peace and concorde whiche by conference with other two off vs whom we shall appointe may drawe theis Articles afore written into such a forme as they maie be conueniently anexed to the reste off your Discipline The 29. September 1557. Your lovinge bâ—ethern and countrie Thomas VVrothe Frances Knollys Roger Parker Iohn Abell Henry Knollys Iohn Browne Fran. willforde Iohn Turner Edwin Sandes Thomas Eaton Ricard Springham The answere off the churche to this offre or the effect off the same We cannot allowe this waie off reconciliation offred to oure churche by oure countrie men for as muche as we shulde condemne oure selues as euell doers and oure doinges vngodly and vnreasonable but we are assured we haue not done in oure discipline anie thinge contrary to goddes worde and good reason The last off Septemb. Dauid VVhithead Iohn Hales Thomas Sorby Iohn Pedder Vhomas Ashley Henry Parry Richard Beesley Robart Crowley Thomas wattes Richard Rogers VVilliam Rawlinges Robart Beste Richart Luddington Edmond Haries The copie off the letters off request sentfoorth for relieff off the poore by Maister Sutton 25. Iuly 1557. To all them that beare an vnfayned Reuerence and zeele vnto the eternall Testament off Iesus Christe ioyned withe the charitable and syncere bowells off mercie towardes the poore Grace Mercie and Peace from God the Father by the same oure Lorde Iesus Christe his sonne the common and onely Sauiour off the worlde IT is not like that the brute of the coÌ„trouersie which hathe nowe at the ende off six monethes continued in this Enshe churche at Franckford is vnknoweÌ„ to strangers it is more like that so manie beinge priuie therto it is caried and spread to farre abroad and moste like by the fruites springinge theroff that it hath byn vntruly reported by the willfull authors and stubburne mainteiners off it not onely to the infamie reproche and discredit off the bodie off this churche and to the intent to stopp all relieff from the poore members off the same but also that their vncharitable and leude behauiours shulde not come to light For it is well knowen that diuerse charitable men albeit their persons and names be neither knowen nor desired to be knowen were before the beginninge off this controuersie verie liberall in sendinge their charitie to the vse off this whole congregation vniuersally and some were beneficiall to sundrie members off the same particulerlie whiche sithe that time to oure knowledge they haue left vndone vtterlie We the Ministers off the churche hopinge that theis men the authors and mainteners off this controuersie would in time haue knowen their faults and made satisfaction to the churche as it becomethe christen men to doo did not onelie with pacience suffer their slaunderous talke and vnquiet demenour but also beare with their vniuste dealinge and as much as in vs laye studied to couer their faultie doinges Neuertheles seinge no likelyhood off their amendment but moste manifeste proffes off their malice this poore congregation rather dailie encreasinge then in anie parte abatinge and thereby the pouertie theroff continually augmentinge we thought it oure bownden dewtie in conscience no longer to hide the matter but thus off necessitie constrained to disclose it so as seinge they will not be as they ought to be they maie at leaste be knowen as they be And thus we doo not for anie malice that we beare to anye mannes person as god the sercher off all hartes knoweth but that the truth beinge knowen such good people as through vntrue reporte haue byn perswaded to withdrawe their good mindes and fauor from this poore congregation might vnderstande that withowte iuste cause they haue so longe done it and hereafter be the more willinge to renewe their charitie in the relieuinge off this poore church off Christe
certeine deuised construction The bread whither it ought to be made with leuen or withowte we thinke it not greatly to be striuen for althoughe we Iudge it more fit and consonant withe Christes institution to haue the bread at the commmunion whiche is vsed at the common table for why did the lorde vse vnleuened bread bicause that in that houre wherin he thought good to institute his holie supper not one man in all Iewrie vsed anie other Therfore it behoueth vs to restore the Iewishe feaste off vnleuened bread or ells must it be graunted that is better to vse the common and accustomed bread off all tables accordinge to the example off Christe notwithstandinge that the bread that he then tooke was vnleuened For off the practise off the primatiue churche whiche the Greek churche dothe yet in this behalff reteine we ouer passe to write off Furthermore knelinge at the verie receypt off the sacramente hathe in it a shewe off Oodly and Christian reuerence and might therfore in times paste be vsed with profit yet for all that bicause owte off this fountaine the detestable vse off bread worship did folowe and dothe yet in theis daies stick in many mindes it semethe to vs that it was iustlie abolished owte froÌ„ the congregations Therfore we do beseche the most Good and great God that it woulde please him to instructe bothe the Queens maiesties highnesse and also the Bishopps with such deuise as shall be moste nedefull for the perfect doinge owte off theis filthes and that at once In the meane time bicause theis thinges also are not suche as are in their owne nature Idolatrous we do Iudge that they ought so to be dealte with as we haue aduised in the thinges goinge next before It is demaunded off vs whether we allowe that baptisme whiche is administred by midwiues We answere that not onely we dissalowe that baptisme as the rest off thinges before spoken off but that we do iudge it also intollerable For it is a thinge that hathe risen aswell of ignorance of the verie vse of baptisme as the publique ministerie of the churche We Iudge therfore that the ministers are bownde sharply to rebuke this abuse muche lesse ought they to holde this false baptisme for good and firme The reason why the leened on oure side haue often declared And we are also readie when it shal be nedefull to declare It is also reported vnto vs that the kaies off bindinge and losinge are practised in certeine courtes off the Bishops neither by the sentences and iudgements off elders whiche office that churche hathe not yet receiued nor accordinge to the worde off God but the authoritie off certeine lawiers and other like whiche is more often times by the authoritie off some one man and that also for suche kinde off actions as are pure monie matters euen as the misuse off the same was in popery Wherto we answere that it semethe to vs almoste incredible that any such customes and examples beinge most peruerse shulde be vsed in that kingdome where as puritie and soundnes off doctrine is For the right off excommunication and byndinge off the offender shal be founde neuer to haue bin before the time of the Papistes in the power and hand off onâ— sole persone but did apperteine to all the whole eldershipp froÌ„ whiche also the people themselues were not rashlie shut owte Bicause this also the lawierlike hearinge off suites that appertaine to liuinges did fall to the Bishops charge altogether through abuse For that place wherin the Apostle talketh off daies men vmpires at Corinth is to no purpose where as the magistrate is a Christian nor did the Apostell euer thinke to burthen the Eldershipp with the hearing off suche meere ciuill causes And it is most certeine that the Bishopps off the elder age off the churche haue had the determining off such controuersies not for anie authoritie that they had therin but through the importunitie off suters and that as howsolders vmpires and daies men Also notwithstandinge amonge those men where this were shâ—wed vnto those did most wisely gouerne themselues whiche chose rather to folowe the example off Christ oure Sauiour who refused to be the vmpire in deuidinge off the patrimonie or els Iudge in the matter off adulterie when bothe the same were preferred vnto him Therfore yff in Englande anie thinge be done contrary to this surely we ought to thinke that by suche sentences and Iudgementes ther is not anie man before god any more bownde then by the popishe excommunications And we wische that this torment howse off conscieÌ„ces and lothsome prophanation off the Ecclesiasticall and meere spirituall iurisdiction might by the authoritie off the Queens Maiestie owte off hande be abolished no otherwise then the marringe off the very doctrine it selff And that Eldershippe and Deacons maie be restored and set vpp according to the worde off God and cannons off the pure churche whiche thinge yff it be not done verelie we are sore afraide that this onely thinge will be the beginÌ„inge off manie calamities whiche we would god would turne awaie from vs For it is moste certeine that the sonne off god will one daie from heauen roughly reuenge theis manifest abuses wherwith the consciences off oure brethern are troubled excepte spedely redresse be had therin In the meane whiles the thinges whiche are not well done by the one partie maie be well enoughe tollerated as we thinke by those men whiche beare the thinge whiche they can not change Yet thus farre as that they allowe not the thinge it selff for good but do onely redeeme their vniuste disquieting by patience But yff so be that they shal be forced not onely to tollerate this facion but also to approue this excommunication as lawfull and be constrained to aske vnlawfull absolution to assent to this manifest abuse we then exhorte them that they will rather suffer anie kinde off trouble then to do herin against their consciences But to what ende is all this For verilie we do promes oure selues muche better thinges then theis yea off all thinges the beste euen at this pinche especially off that Realme in whiche the restoringe off Christian Religion hathe byn sealed and confirmed with the bloud of so many excellent martirs also Onely we feare this leaste that which hathe befallen so many countries shuld happâ—n to Englande to wit leaste bycause the due frutes off repentance are not brought foorthe the angrie god shuld dooble oure darknesse the light of his gospel beinge first taken from vs Off this content are oure dailie preachings in oure congregations and verely we thinke the same ought to be done off aâ—â— Ministers off Gods worde especially in theis oure daies That they chiesty set forwardes this principle off the gospell whiche dothe apperteine to earnest amendment off lyffe For this point achiued vndowtedly the lorde shall geue bothe counsaile and zeale and all thinges els whiche do necessarely apperteine to the accompishement off the reparation off the churche