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6 in the lat age, through many difficulties, an againt much oppoition, from thoe in upreme authority: He made bare his holy arm; and carried on the work gloriouly, like himelf: his right hand getting him the victory, until the Idolatry of Rome, and her cured Mas were dahed;——— hopeful Reformation was in ome meaure ettled and a found Confeion of Faith was agreed upon by the Lords of the Congregation. The people o God, according to the laudable cutom of other ancient Churches, the Protetants in France and Holland, and the renowned princes of Germany, did carry on the work, in an innocent elf-defenive war, which the Lord did abundantly bles. When our land and church were thus contending for that begun Reformation, thee in authority did till oppoe the work: And there were not wanting, men from among ourelves, men of prelatical pirits, who, with ome other time-erving courtiers, did not a little undermine the building. And we doating too much upon found Parliaments, and lawfully contitute General Aemblies, fell from our firt love, to elf-eeking, ecret-banding, and little-fearing the oath of God.

Afterwards, our work in public was too much in equetration of etates, fining and imprioning, more than in a compaionate mournfulnes of pirit towards thoe whom we aw to oppoe the work. In our Aemblies, we were more bent to et up a tate oppoite to a tate: more upon forms, citations, leading of witnees, upenions from benefices, than piritually to peruade, and work upon the concience, with the meeknes and gentlenes of Chrit. The glory and royalty of our princely Redeemer and King was trampled on, as any might have een in our Aemblies. What way the army, and the word, and the countenance of nobles and officers eemed to way, that way were