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A78474	Certaine modest observations and considerations of the true Protestants of the Church of England· For their right choyce of church governours, and church ceremonies, together with the church liturgie, according to the word of God. Presented in all humility to the high and Honourable houses of Parliament to bee voted and enacted, and to maintaine against all opposers. With the good meanes to expedite the same. Leaving the authors iudgement to your wisedomes best considerations.		1641 (1641)	Wing C1706; Thomason E178_7; ESTC R1377	7,880	14

CERTAINE MODEST OBSERVATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS of the true Protestants of the Church of ENGLAND For their right choyce of Church Governours and Church Ceremonies together with the Church Liturgie according to the word of God Presented in all humility to the high and Honourable houses of PARLIAMENT to bee voted and enacted and to maintaine against all opposers With the good meanes to expedite the same Leaving the Authors Iudgement to your Wisedomes best Considerations LONDON Printed for IOHN THOMAS 1641. Certaine modest Observations and Considerations of the true Protestants Right in the just choyce of the Church Governours Church Ceremonies and Church Liturgy according to the Word for the Honourable Houses of Parliament to vote enact and maintaine against all oppositions The Authors best Iudgement left to their wise Considerations MOst Noble and Wise Senators of this famous and well hoped Parliament J have stood long musing upon the excellent Reports of your grave proceedings concerning the Church of England whether to forbeare or to present my plain and Rigid lines knowing that many hath writ and printed to your views divers Books some judiciall and some Phanaticall And seeing the necessity of some solid truth to be performed and judged of speedily without delay for the glory of God and good of this Church and State for setled Right and Government to be held in this our Nation which might not savour of Customes which oft-times prevailes and proves a Tyrant and well by some so called where it is maintained from undue and unjust beginnings and proceedings as in our Lord Bishops too plainly hath appeared amongst whom to have Lord Archbishops to be Overseers of Overseers is the most seeming groundlesse without reason and Religion Groundlesse because high Priests to the Iewes Christ and the Apostles over the Church Ministery is no true president for them to ground Archbishops by for in the Gospell it ceased and Christ Iesus was the high Priest yea and the onely Archbishop of our Soules by that Government he hath prescribed unto Bishops of his Church his Apostles after him which to plead custome for higher Government is an abuse to Christ and if there bee any substitute to Christ to take place of Archbishops it must be he whom is the Defender of the Faith of Christ our King and his high Councell to be Arch-Overseers for it is too plaine that such will oversee the Errors of their Brother Bishops nay more bring them to errours too I shall not need to repeat them This Parliament hath found examples too many The Second Consideration is to beat backe the feares of the learned and wise that thinke this Change is a Novelty of as great consequence as the late Innovations of our Church by the Bishops Let this satisfie if they feare God as I verily thinke some that spake it doth and will take satisfaction this change and Novelty is no further then to Renovate the old Truth of Gods revealed word to his people The other is an addition and so drawes in a curse to adde or diminash and sure these Honorable Houses have taken notice of the Protestants Testimony and redressed their Innovations in some part and there are many more growes upon us if not prevented betimes so many Sectaries labouring with Petitions to these Honourable Houses to support their owne opinions which would turne to a great confusion if this High Court of Parliament should not speedily Rectifie as well against the Papists and their Priests which are indeed the true accounted Puritanes worthy of that scornefull Nick-name in the world and farre more exceeding the Sect of the Brownists so called But they with others of multitude named to the number of 29. or 30. severall Sexes and Schismes besides Atheists whom I feare are too many amongst us which could wish every Sectary might have liberty to use their owne consciences and opinions as if there were no Rule of conscience I need not name them all take upon them no lesse then the Sword of the Spirit to defend their errors but it is of the evill Spirit the Prince of darknesse because indeed their severall ground worke to perswade them is like the Divels Logique that used Scripture to our Saviour Christ though falsely But him he could not deceive no more J hope shall they to us Protestants whose truth is Christ and we protesting for Christ are the more truly to be accounted Christians of Christ if we stand to make choice and to enact and maintaine the true sincerity of Protestants Religion in Preaching Prayers and Ceremonies The third Consideration I have partly knowne and considered your Honorable actions and good Resolutions crossed and hindered by strong hand both for the good intended to the Church and Common-wealth by their evill intentions to intercept you if they can And it is from that potent power of malice the Prince of darknesse aforesaid that sowes his tares among your Wheat that endeavours to crosse all good intentions by preventions of which J need not tell you his further manner of power in so great a troubled Government both in Church and Common-wealth as the like hath not bin seene or heard of in this state these hundred of yeares and therefore you must first seeke to vanquish him and all your foes and factious heads must be made higher by a pole then their bodies for how can the Sheepfold be quiet while yet amongst them there be some Woolves you have a great worke and a great many to rule and wrastle with so fight that you may conquer too and cut off those that rayse tumults and errors for if they get a head the Kingdome is divided Separations are the wound of a Crowne whereby neglected it will bleed to death J feare by it some quarrels and divisions at last You have begun well why stick yee upon Aristippus or Diotrephes who loveth to have the preheminence and worketh Kings unto it I feare to make more such as then will prove as bad to him and us as the Vine-plants did of good Noah's owne planting if the Protestants Councell which is your selves doe not order the planting of it An example appeares in the Archbishops c. The last Deputy of Ireland c. that is fled away and some no doubt at home that hopes of a Kings power to quit them de●e●vers of the King and others The 4. Consideration For which causes as your greatest danger amongst all Heresies and Schismes amongst us this greatly marvailed that they the Papists are not chiefly parted from Brittaines Court and else-where in this Kingdome not yet fully Banished nor disarmed for it is my poore opinion which I conceive under favour nor groundlesse to establish Christ in his Throne and his truth to be advanced in the Protestant Religion Religion is first the chiefe evill to avoid them that are open enemies to Protestants and yet under the name of Christians too and Iesuites of Jesus that so counterfeit the name and practice contrary to Jesus and