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A41268 Protestatio attestata coram Anthonio Luthero Armigero uno iusticiariorum pacis pro comitatu Essexiæ. ... = A protestation attested before Anthony Luther Esquire, one of the justices of the peace, for the county of Essex, vpon June 10. 1644. As the causes why the protesters could not heare in the publike assemblies of the Church of England, and so joyn in worship with that ministry. Fage, Robert. 1644 (1644) Wing F85B; ESTC R213685 1,795 2

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PROTESTATIO ATTESTATA Coram Anthonio Luthero Armigero uno Iusticiariorum Pacis pro Comitatu Essexiae UT Causae quare Protestantes hi non possent in publicis conventionibus Ecclesiae Anglicanae audire sic cum eodem Ministerio adorare CVm in secundo Articulo solennis Confaederationis et Compacti per nos accepti ad Gloriam DEI et exaltationem regni Domini nostri et salvatoris Jesu Christi et alias intentiones pias in eo expressas Invenimus Nos jurare Quòd absque respectu Personarum tentabimus extirpationem Papatiae Praelatiae id est Ecclesiasticanae gubernationis per Archi-Epis-chopos Cancellarios suos Commissarios Decanos Decanos-et-Capitulos Archi-Decanos et omnes alios Ecclesiasticos Ministros sub eandem Hierarchiam dependentes Nos metipsos tenemus obligatos mundo universo declarare Protestationemque facere Quòd non audemus ultra communicare cum aut saltem appropinquare sed renunciamus et abhorremus Ministerium Ecclesiae Anglicanae ut adhuc manet stabilitum nominatum Parsonae Vicarii et Curati vt qui sunt Anti-christiani et in ordinatione eorum dependent super Hierarchiam sacerdotium accepti unum ejusdem Hierarchiae ordinem Et ordinati per Pontifices vt Pontifices vt simiae deridentes Christum imitatione vana simulantes dare iis Spiritum Sanctum Et per juramentum Canonicae obedientiae exaltantes Pontifices super Christum qui declaravit Canones Ecclesiae suae immutabiliter in verbo ipsius Isto tamen juramento stant obligati obedire Canonibus nunc factis vel postea facturis Ut patrocinantes in praxi praeterita Cultum Idolatricum ac voluntarium Leiturgiae et Ceremoniarum ex diametro contrarium Libertati sanguine Christi acquisitae et Plurimi adversùs cognitionem Conscientiamque Vt magni profanatores Sacro Sancta Dei non distinguentes inter pretiosos et viles Vt rei sanguinum multorum magnam concelantes partem conciliorum Dei Vt viventes judaico papistico et extortionali stipendio Decimarum Oblationumque Vt ij qui si non primam institutionem suam renunciant grandes divisores inter nos et Scotiam sunt Vt qui sunt tam Anti-presbyteriales quàm Anti-Christiani Vt ij qui secundùm primitiva et Apostolica exemplaria suffragiis Ecclesiarum nunquam vocabantur In visceribus Domini nostri Iesu itaque rogamus quaesumus omnes illos Ministros Ecclesiae Anglicanae qui spiritum Christi habent ut primam vocationem vitamque eorum renunciantes à Deo expectarent vocationem rectam à se et populo ipsius secundùm Christi Testamentum vt sic iis communicemus in societate Christiana Dominusque ita benedicat et Ministrum Populumque Subscripta eodem die per Robertum Fagium juniorem et Thomam Reignoldum in presentia Anthonii Luther Armigeri Idem etiam Protestantes tunc appellationem faciebant Domo Honorabilissimo Communium Curiae Altissimi Parlementi An compelli debent ad Conventiones Ecclesiae Anglicanae contra Conscientiam ire Super quo Iusticiarius dedit eis libertatem frui conscientiis et Appellationem prosequi A PROTESTATION ATTESTED Before Anthony Luther Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Essex vpon Iune 10. 1644. As the causes why the Protesters could not heare in the publike Assemblies of the Church of England and so joyn in worship with that Ministry VVHereas in the second Article of the Solemn League and Covenant taken by us for the glory of GOD and the advancement of the Kingdom of our LORD SAVIOVR JESVS CHRIST and other the godly Ends therein expressed We find that we swear That we shall without respect of persons endeavour the extirpation of Popery Prelacy that is Church-government by Arch-Bishops Bishops their Chancellours Commissaries Deans Deans and Chapters Arch-Deacons and all other Ecclesiasticall Officers depending on that Hierarchy We hold our selves bound to declare and protest unto the whole World That wee dare noe longer joyn unto and communicate with but doe renounce and abhor the Ministry of the Church of England as it remains yet established and named Parsons Vicars and Curates As being Antichristian and in their Ordination depending upon the Hierarchy having taken priesthood one of the Orders thereof and having been ordained by Bishops as they were Bishops by their apish mockery of Christ as it were giving unto them the Holy Ghost And by their Oath of Canonicall obedience setting up Bishops above CHRIST who hath declared the Canons of his Church unalterably in his Word Yet by that Oath they stand bound to obey all Canons now made or hereafter to be made As maintaining in their former practice an Idolatrous will-worship of the Service and Ceremonies directly contrary to the liberty purchased by the bloud of Christ and many fem against knowledge and conscience As great Profaners of the holy things of God putting no difference between the precious and the vile As guilty of the blood of many concealing a great part of the councel of God As living by a Jewish Popish and extortionous maintenance of tythes and offerings As they who if they renounce not their former Call are great dividers between us Scotland being Anti-Presbyteriall as well as Anti-christian As they who were never called according to the Primitive and Apostolike examples by the Churches election We do therefore in the Bowels of the Lord Iesus earnestly intreat and beseech all those Ministers of the Church of England that have the Spirit of Christ that renouncing their former calling and life they would wait upon GOD for a right call from him and his people according to Christs Testament that so we may communicate with them in Christian Society And the LORD so blesse both Minister and people Subscribed the same day by ROBERT FAGE junior and THOMAS REIGNOLDS In the presence of ANTHONY LVTHER Esquire And the same PROTESTERS did likewise then appeal to the Honourable House of COMMONS the High Court of Parliament whether they ought to be compelled to goe to the Assemblies of England against their Consciences Whereupon the Justice gave them liberty to enjoy their Consciences and to prosecute their Appeale