A Vindication of the Presbyteriall-Government and Ministry

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TOGETHER,
With an Exhortation, to all the Ministers, Elders, and People, within the Bounds of the Province of London, whether joyning with Us, or separating from Us.
Published, By the Ministers, and Elders, met together in a Provinciall Assembly , Novemb. 2 d . 1649.
Wherein, amongst other things, these ensuing particulars are contained:
Licensed, Entred, and Printed according to Order.
London , Printed for C. Meredith , at the Crane in Pauls Church-yard, 1650.
And therefore, We, Ministers and Elders met together, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Provincial Assembly of the Province of London, considering with our selves, what way we might be serviceable in this great work of Reformation, have thought it our duties to wipe off those foul aspersions, that are cast upon it, and upon those who have been active for it; and to dispel the mists and fogs, which have so long darkened the glorious Sun-shine of this blessed Reformation.