*  This  our  Princes  were  fcnCble  of,  and  being  many  times  tmre
thwarted  in  theirDefigns  of  introducing  Pofery  and  Slavery  by  thofg
AflemMies,  than  by  Parliaments  j  they  either  endeavoured  to  have
thefaid.Affcmbiies,  wholly  in  their  own  Power,  fo  as  that  they
might  call,  pick,  o vera w  and  Diflblve  them,  how  and  when  they
pleafed,  zsKiu^  James  the  5,  and  King  Charles  L  frequently  ai-
tempced  by  the  influence  of  their  Bilhops  %  or  elft  to  abolifli  thera
Totally,  as  Ring  Charles  1.  did  bf  his  new  Model  of  Prelacy*
From  all  this  it  is  evident,  that  no  reafon  can  be  aflign'd,  why  our
Princes  have  been  fuch  Enemies  to  the  General  Allemblies  of  our
t  Church,  that  they  wou'd  either  have  them  wholly  laid  afide,  or  fo

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*  trade  any  Rdigious  loiiavadoiis  upoq  us,  or  to  maktTccls  of  thi
^  Chttreb  Co  overthrow  tte  Liberties  of  the  People,  by  the  flavifli
^  Dodrines  of  Noa-Refiftance  and  Paffif^e  Obedleocet  while  we  coa-
^  timfd  in  Pofieflion  ■  ■  of  ikdtt  a  free  aa4  popalftr  Gooftttition,
f  n  oor  Gencrai  Afleaili|l«es.
