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140 Memoir of<br />

ready at least to offer our just apologie & de-<br />

fence for for the remooval of that black cloud<br />

of calumnie wch is t_ereby drawne ouer the<br />

churches & the ministry ; much rather & gladly<br />

would wee haue borne & buried in sile_ce the<br />

whole, had wee binn only privately &, _erson-<br />

ally concerned therein, or had it issued only as<br />

an abortive motion, w%ut any abiding effect<br />

or influence vpon the spiritts of men, or the<br />

present state of affaires in these churches; but<br />

seeing it is farr otherwise, wee thought it our<br />

duty humbly to offer our present sence thereof,<br />

& to craue an expedient for the clearing of our<br />

churches & elders, & alI concerned, from the<br />

high & heavy imputations therein. As to sence<br />

of it wee soberly say,<br />

_. That it peremptorily & possitively pre-<br />

sumes the whole charge, w%ut proofe by any<br />

one instance, of those hethrodo.x & corrupt<br />

principles & practises, & w%ut putting any<br />

differenc betweene churches & churches, &<br />

elders & elders, but insinuating the charge in.<br />

deffinitely vpon all.<br />

2. Vpon this presumption it concludeth

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