...prelates have assumed to themselves,' whilst maintaining' the golden reins of discipline,' and demanding ' a general synod of the most grave, pious, learned and judicious divines to consider all things necessary for the peace and good government of the Church'. So convinced was...

...November, 1641, in which Parliament had said to the king, " The better to effect the intended reformation, we desire there may be a General Synod of the most...this island ; assisted with some from foreign parts, pro4* fessing the same religion with us, who may consider of all things necessary for the peace and...

...innovations, and take away the monuments of idolatry. 185. And the better to effect the intended reformation, we desire there may be a general synod of the most grave, pious, learned and judicious divines of thig island; assisted with some from foreign parts, professing the same religion with us, who may consider...

...episcopacy, the Remonstrance proposed no new form of church government, except in a vague appeal to a general synod of the ' most grave, pious, learned and judicious divines.' Thus it was either a confession that all the good work of the Parliament hud been thrown away, or else...

...that order which the law enjoins according to the Word of God," a synod of divines was to be called, " assisted with some from foreign parts professing the same religion with us, who should represent the result THE GRAND REMONSTRANCE. 259 unto the Parliament, to be then allowed and...

...was to follow a fallen monarchy. In the Grand Remonstrance of the winter of 1641, the Commons desired a general synod of the most grave, pious, learned, and judicious divines of this island, to consider all things necessary for the peace and good government of the church. It was not until...

...was to follow a fallen monarchy. In the Grand Remonstrance of the winter of 1641, the Commons desired a general synod of the most grave, pious, learned, and judicious divines of this island, to consider all things necessary for the peace and good government of the church. It was not until...

...felt. Among the articles of the Grand Remonstrance of Dec. 1641 had been one desiring a convention of 'a General Synod of the most grave, pious, learned, and judicious divines of this island, assisted by some from foreign parts,' to consider of all things relating to the Church and report thereon to...

...innovations, and take away the monuments of idolatry. 185. And the better to effect the intended reformation, we desire there may be a general synod of the most...may consider of all things necessary for the peace aiid good government of the Church, and represent the results of their consultations unto the Parliament,...

...discussion. Those who carried the Grand Remonstrance designed a reformation of the church by means of a general synod of " the most grave, pious, learned, and judicious divines of this island, assisted by some from foreign parts." They were to draw up a scheme which was to be presented to Parliament...