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wcavnjust charge wee are the more deepely sencible
of, because it hath beene (if not made &
managed yet) heightened & more confidently
& credibly divulged by the coNon & vulgar
reports of the seuerall returnes of the cofiaittee
chosen by the House of Deputies of the last
Generall Court, for the discouery of the causes
of Gods controuersys w_h the land, and the
votes of the majo rpart of the house therevpon,
concluding, determining, & declaring that declension
fiom the primitive foundation worke,
innovation in doctrine & worship, opinion &
practise, & invasion of the rights, liberties, &
priuiledges of churches; an vsurpation of a
lordly & praelatticall power ouer Gods haeritage,
a subvertion of gospell order, & all this wa' a
dangerous tendencie to the vtter devastation
of these churches, turning the pleasant gardens
of Christ into a wildernesse, & the inevitable &
total extirpation of the principles & pillars of
the congregationall way; that these are the
leven, the corrupting gangreens, the infecting
spreading plague, the provoaking images of
jealousy set vp before the Lord, the accursed