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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties gracious Me&s;&s;age to the Convocation, &s;ent by the Earl of <HI>Nottingham.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>HIS Maje&s;ty has Summoned this Convocation, not only becau&s;e 'tis u&s;ual upon holding of a Parliament, but out of a pious Zeal to do every thing that may tend to the be&s;t E&s;tabli&s;hment of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> which is &s;o eminent a part of the Reformation, and is certainly the be&s;t &s;uited to the Con&s;titution of this Government; and therefore does mo&s;t &s;ignally de&s;erve, and &s;hall always have both His Favour and Pro|tection; and he doubts not, but that you will a&s;&s;i&s;t Him in promoting the Welfare of it, &s;o that no Prejudices, with which &s;ome Men may have labor|ed to po&s;&s;e&s;s you, &s;hall di&s;appoint His good Intentions, or deprive the Church of any Benefit from your Con&s;ultations. His Maje&s;ty therefore expects that the things that &s;hall be propo&s;ed, &s;hall be calmly and impartially con&s;idered by you, and a&s;&s;ures you, that he will offer nothing to you but what &s;hall be for the Honour, Peace, and Advantage both of the Prote&s;tant Religion in general, and particularly of the Church of <HI>England.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Humble Addre&s;s of the Bi&s;hops and Clergy of the Pro|vince of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> in Convocation a&s;sembled, in thanks to His Maje&s;ty for His Gracious Me&s;&s;age.</HEAD>
<P>WE Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Loyal and mo&s;t Dutiful Subjects, the Bi&s;hops and Clergy of the Province of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> in Convocation A&s;&s;embled, having received a mo&s;t Gracious Me&s;&s;age from Your Maje&s;ty, by the Earl of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> hold our &s;elves bound in Duty and Gratitude to return our mo&s;t humble acknowledgments for the &s;ame: and for the Pious Zeal and Care Your Maje&s;ty is plea&s;ed to expre&s;s therein for the Honour, Peace, Advantage, and E&s;tabli&s;hment of the Church of <HI>England.</HI> Whereby, we doubt not, the Intere&s;t of the Prote&s;tant Religion in all other Prote&s;tant Churches, which is dear to Us, will be the better &s;ecured under the influence of Your Maje&s;ties Govern|ment and Protection. And we crave leave to a&s;&s;ure Your Maje&s;ty, that in pur|&s;uance of that Tru&s;t and Confidence You repo&s;e in us, we will con&s;ider what&s;oever &s;hall be offered to us from Your Maje&s;ty, without prejudice, and with all calmne&s;s and impartiality: And that we will con&s;tantly pay the Fide|lity and Allegiance, which we have all &s;worn to Your Maje&s;ty and the Queen, whom we pray God to continue long, and happily to Reign over us.</P>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Gracious An&s;wer to the Addre&s;s of the Bi&s;hops and Glergy, deliver'd by the Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Lon|don,</HI> Pre&s;ident of the Convocation.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Take this Addre&s;s very kindly from the Convocation; You may depend upon it, that all I have promi&s;ed, and all that I can do for the Service of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> I will do: And I give you this new A&s;&s;urance, that I will improve all Occa&s;ions and Opportunities for its Service.</P>
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<P>Printed at <HI>London,</HI> and Re-printed at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> 1689.</P>
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