Excerpt from The Seasonable Case of Submission to the Church-Government, as Now Re-Established by Law, Briefly Stated and Determined 1. That there may, and ought to be, a brotherly accommoda tion and concurrence in matters ofprafiice, which are undoubted duty, (alb'eit Brethren be of difierent judgments anent the con fiitution of Meetings, or capacity of perfonsthat act in thefe du ties grave and learned men have put it out of queition. Ir is; well known that in the Acmbly of Divines at, loml_on, accom modation was mainly laboured for (ind far carried on) between 'z'rnejgeriam and Independents. That they might concur in common Afiings for regulating the Church, with a referve of liberty of their iown feveral principles. The Independente thought the Prerejterianr had no judicial Authority in theft: Meetings? The Prcrbytiriam though accountingthis gm rout, yer, were willing, in common unqueflionable duties, to concur with them. Alfo, feveral'of the molt eminent hub] teriau in England, as Mr. Vin, Mr. Baxter and Others, 3 counting of un-preaching Elders, as of an humane device (is how the Office of a Bilhop is accounted of by main Brethren) Yer, not being able to attain toth'e eatercife ofpreshyterial'goj Vernment without the intermixture of thefc; yea, of them, double the number to preaching Presbyters in which give them an overfwgy/ing powerin the, nomirhltanding they did concurwith chemin ueftioriable duty. Is it'dor alfo well known, eh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.