His Majesties enlargement of concessions in his last answer touching episcopacy, sent to his two Houses of Parliament, 21 Octob. 1648. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) 1648 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A78781 Wing C2303 Thomason 669.f.13[31] ESTC R211012 99869754 99869754 162926

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A78781) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162926) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f13[31]) His Majesties enlargement of concessions in his last answer touching episcopacy, sent to his two Houses of Parliament, 21 Octob. 1648. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Richard Lowndes, London : 1648. With engraving of royal seal at head of document. The king consents to the abolition of archbishops, deans, &c., all but bishops. Church government to remain unchanged for 3 years, episcopal rule being suspended. He consents to the propositions concerning the great officers, the Great Seal, the City, and the Court of Wards, 100,000 pounds per annum compensation being paid -- Cf. Steele. Annotation on Thomason copy: "8ber [i.e. October] ye 27th". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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His Majeſties Enlargement of Conceſsions in His laſt Anſwer touching Epiſcopacy, Sent to His two Houſes of Parliament, 21 Octob. 1648. 1. HE hath particularly Conſented to the Aboliſhing of Arch-biſhops, Chauncellours, Deanes and Chapters, &c. and the whole Hierarchy ſave Biſhops. 2. VVhereas He did formerly Conſent to confirme the Forme of Church Government for three yeares; He hath now expreſly Conſented that no other ſhall be uſed, And the exerciſe of Epiſcopall Government ſhall be wholly ſuſpended during that time. 3. VVhereas Epiſcopall jurisdiction (if no other had been agreed on in the mean time) might have riſen up after the three years. He hath now expreſſed His Conſent, That none ſhall be exerciſed after that time (other then Ordination, which is reſtrained to the Councell and Aſſiſtance of Presbyters) but ſuch, and in ſuch manner as ſhall be agreed by Him, and His two Houſes, whereby, untill ſuch Agreement (or if it be not otherwiſe agreed) Epiſcopall jurisdiction is wholly laide aſide.
His Majeſty alſo this day Conſented to the following Propoſitions. 1. TO that for Nomination of the great Officers of the Kingdome, &c. As is deſired in the Propoſition. The Nomination of them to be by both Houſes, during the Terme of ten years. 2. To that concerning the City of London as is deſired in the Propoſition. 3. To that concerning the Great Seal, &c. as is deſired in the Propoſition. 4. To that concerning the Court of VVards, &c. as is deſired in the Propoſition. A recompence being aſſured to His Majeſty of one hundred thouſand pounds per Annum to Him, His Heires and Succeſſors.
Newport, 21 Octob. 1648.

HIs Majeſty conceives, That His former Anſwers to your Propoſitions concerning the Church, would have given more ſatisfaction to His two Houſes, then is expreſſed in your Papers of the ſixteenth and ſeventeenth of this inſtant, containing in them (if conſidered in their full extent). Conceſſions of the moſt materiall things deſired. And therefore, as well for a Declaration of His clear intentions by thoſe former Anſwers, as for a further and finall Anſwer to the ſaid Prepoſition and Paper of the 17. His Majeſty ſaith as followeth.

That albeit, for the reaſons expreſſed in His former Paper, He cannot conſent to a Bill, and the Ordinance for Aboliſhing Biſhops: Yet for the ſatisfaction of His two Houſes, and ſetling the publique Peace, He will conſent to a Bill for the taking away of all Arch-biſhops, Chauncellours, and Commiſſaries, Deanes, and Sub-deanes, Deanes and Chapters, Arch-deacons, Canons and Prebendaries, and all Chaunters, Chancellours, Treſurers, Sub-Treſurers, Succenters, and Sacriſts, and all Vicars Chorall, and Choriſters, old Vicars and new Vicars of any Cathedrall or Collegiat Church, and all other their under Officers out of the Church of England, and Dominion of Wales, and out of the Church of Ireland.

And further, His Majeſty will Conſent to ſuſpend the exerciſe of all Epiſcopall Government for the ſpace of three yeares; and hath Conſented, and will Conſent to confirme the Form of Church Government now preſented to Him for the ſaid three yeares; And that no other ſhall be uſed during that time. In which time His Majeſty continues His deſire; That a Conſultation may be had with the Aſſembly of Divines at Weſtminſter, (twenty of His own nomination being added) To the end, that His Majeſty and His two Houſes may within thoſe three yeares informe themſelves of the practice of the Primitive Church in Point of Epiſcopacy, and may accordingly agree in limiting the Biſhops to the Councell and Aſſiſtance of Presbyters, and in the exerciſe of their Juriſdiction and increaſing their number if it be thought fit.

And His Majeſty will Conſent, that in caſe no Settlement ſhall be agreed on within the ſaid three years, Then after the ſaid time, the power of Ordination ſhall not be exerciſed by Biſhops without the Councell, and Aſſiſtance of Presbyters. And that no other Epiſcopal Juriſdiction ſhall be exerciſed by Biſhops, but ſuch, and in ſuch manner as ſhall be agreed on by His Majeſty and His two Houſes of Parliament.

And His Majeſty doth proſeſſe, That, if in that time He be Convinced, that the Function of Biſhops is not agreeable to the Word of God, or that Chriſt Commanded any other Government, He will moſt chearfully imbrace that, and take away Epiſcopacy; But untill He be ſo Convinced, He believes Himſelf bound in Conſcience, as it is above expreſſed.

The reſt of His Majeſties Anſwer to the Propoſition concerning Religion, as it was this day delivered by Him to the Commiſsioners to be tranſmitted, is the ſame as that of the ninth inſtant. His Majeſty profeſsing that this now was the furtheſt that He could goe in Conſcience.

LONDON, Printed for RICHARD LOWNDES, 1648.