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<DATE>2008-03-03</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080212.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE My LORDS, of His Maje&s;ty's Commi&s;&s;ion ECCLESIASTICAL.</HEAD>
<P>I Mo&s;t humbly Intreat your Lord&s;hips Favourable Interpretation, of what I now Write, That &s;ince your Lord&s;hips, are re&s;olved to Pro|ceed again&s;t tho&s;e, who have not complyed with the Kings Com|mand, in Reading His <HI>Declaration.</HI> It is ab&s;olutely impo&s;&s;ible, for me to Serve His Maje&s;ty any longer, in this Commi&s;&s;ion: I beg leave to tell your Lord&s;hips, that tho I my Self, did &s;ubmit in that particular, yet I will never be any way <HI>In&s;trumental,</HI> in <HI>Puni&s;hing</HI> tho&s;e, my <HI>Brethren,</HI> that did not. For, as I call <HI>God to Witne&s;s,</HI> that what I did, was meerly in a <HI>Principal of Con&s;cience</HI>: So I am fully &s;atisfied, that their forbearance, was upon the &s;ame <HI>Principle.</HI> I have no Rea&s;on to think otherwi&s;e of the whole Body of our Clergy, who upon all Occa&s;ions, have &s;ignaliz'd their <HI>Loyalty to the Crown</HI>; and their Zealous Affections to His <HI>Pre&s;ent Maje&s;ty's P<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="over-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">r&s;on,</HI> in the wor&s;t of Times. Now my Lords, the &s;afety of the whole Church of <HI>England,</HI> &s;eeming to be exceedingly concerned in this Pro&s;ecu|tion: I mu&s;t declare, I cannot with a &s;afe <HI>Con&s;cience, Sit</HI> or <HI>Judge</HI> in this Cau&s;e, upon &s;o many <HI>Pious</HI> and <HI>Excellent</HI> Men, with whom (if it be God's Will) it rather becomes me to <HI>Suffer,</HI> then to be in the lea&s;t, Oc|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4 letters">on to their <HI>Sufferings.</HI> I therefore, earne&s;tly reque&s;t your Lord&s;hips, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">terceed with His Maje&s;ty, that I may be Graciou&s;ly di&s;mi&s;&s;ed, from any <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span">her Attendance at your Board: And to a&s;&s;ure him, that I am &s;till rea|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> to Sacrifice, what ever I have to His Service, but my <HI>Con&s;cience</HI> and <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">ligion.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>My Lords,</SALUTE> <SIGNED>I am Your Lord&s;hips, Mo&s;t Faithful, and Obedient Servant, Roche&s;ter.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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