The sentence from scripture and reason against arch-bishops and bishops with their curats. I. That they are in their doctrine and practice abominable. II. That their governement is an abomination. III. That their service is a profanation, so provoking in Gods eyes, that He will have all removed out of his sight. IV. That newtrality is most detestable, and commands a curse from God and good men. V. That the two waies of governement, the presabiteriall and independent, are but in shew two; they go crosse a little, but they will bend each to other till they shall both meete in one church-way. ... Presented to the Assembly of Divines. Dialogue, arguing that arch-bishops, bishops, curates, neuters, are to be cut-off by the law of God Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A96899 of text R210001 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E47_18). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A96899 Wing W3501 Thomason E47_18 ESTC R210001 99868843 99868843 154515 2240950322

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A96899) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 154515) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 8:E47[18]) The sentence from scripture and reason against arch-bishops and bishops with their curats. I. That they are in their doctrine and practice abominable. II. That their governement is an abomination. III. That their service is a profanation, so provoking in Gods eyes, that He will have all removed out of his sight. IV. That newtrality is most detestable, and commands a curse from God and good men. V. That the two waies of governement, the presabiteriall and independent, are but in shew two; they go crosse a little, but they will bend each to other till they shall both meete in one church-way. ... Presented to the Assembly of Divines. Dialogue, arguing that arch-bishops, bishops, curates, neuters, are to be cut-off by the law of God Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675. [1+] p. s.n.], [London : Printed in the yeare, Anno Dom. 1644. Attributed to Ezekias Woodward. Also published in 1644 with title: A dialogue, arguing that arch-bishops, bishops, curates, neuters, are to be cut-off by the law of God (Wing 3486). Annotation on Thomason copy: "This is a new title to a booke formerly called a dialogue arguing that", with a caret indicating that annotation is to be inserted before the word arch-bishops in title; "by Eze: Woodward"; "May. 14th.". Fragment: title page only. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Church of England -- Government -- Early works to 1800. Church polity -- Early works to 1800. A96899 R210001 (Thomason E47_18). civilwar no The sentence from scripture and reason against arch-bishops and bishops with their curats.: I. That they are in their doctrine and practice Woodward, Ezekias 1644 1 319 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE SENTENCE FROM SCRIPTVRE AND REASON , AGAINST ARCH-BISHOPS and Bishops with their Curats .

I. That they are , in their Doctrine and Practises , Abominable . II. That their Governement is an Abomination . III. That their Service is a Profanation , so provoking in Gods eyes , that He will have all removed out of His sight . IV. That Newtrality is most detestable , and commands a curse from God and good Men . V. That the two waies of Governement , the Presabiteriall and Independent , are but in shew two ; they go crosse a little , but they will bend each to other till they shall both meete in one Church-way .

Wherein , they , who walke with a right foot , stand charged to watch-over each other in their way ; To give an account of their way ; To beare each others burthen ; To supply each others wants , To pertake of each others graces , To doe all things as becommeth a Communion of Saints , alwaies doing or receiving good . This is the excellent way , as disagreeing with our Times , and waies , as new wine and old bottles .

Therefore the Reader will see his engagement here , to walke after inward gratious principles , rather then to swerve after outward priviledges . He may consider also whether the Enquiry be , what way of Governement is fittest for select and choice congregations , culled out two or three from amidst thousands : or what way of Governement is meet for those thousands in Israell .

Presented to the , Assembly of DIVINES .

An high way there and away , it shall be called the way of Holinesse , the uncleane shall be not passe over it .

Isa. 35. 8.

Printed in the yeare , Anno Dom. 1644.