THat your Petitioners most thankfully acknowledgeing the wonderfull mercy of Almighty God, the wisdome and goodnesse of his Majesty, the constant endevours of your Honourable As­sembly, and the inestimable benefits which we have already received by your unwearied paines, in the enacting those many wholsome Lawes, for the maintaining of truth and peace amongst us, notwithstanding the daring insolencies, and desperate plots of the malignant party, from which being (by your vigilancies) delivered, we and the age to come are no lesse in thankful­nesse obliged to our mercifull God, than for those former deliverances, whose memories wee yearely celebrate, Are by those maine pledges of your undaunted pious resolutions, for a through Reformation in the Church and State, now at length imboldened to present to your gracious acceptance. This as a testimony of our readinesse to lay downe what you have redeemed, our lives and livelihoods in your ayde towards the perfecting so pious and blessed a worke, And humbly to beseech you to believe us in our particular grievances. But above all to goe on in your wonted zeale for the generall, especially for the advancement of Gods glory in settling his worship according to his Word. That able and painfull Ministers may bee incouraged and pla­ced in the roomes of scandalous and insufficient: All their unwarranted Orders and dignities taken away; The smaller Livings comfortably augmented with a strict meanes, for the recovery of their dues. The Universities throughly purged from Popery and Arminianisme, with their incroaching priviledges. And that their government may be ordered acording to the Lawes, and that Orthodoxall and prudent Governours be there in placed, to provide that purer Authours may be read to Students, and severer courses taken to prevent their future insolencies towards the Countrey, which at the last Assizes did violently breake forth upon their discontents (as we conceive and some of them did then expresse) because the Doctors and Heads of the University, were by the late Act left out of the Commission. That there may be a Synod of the most pious, zealous, and learned Divines. That Papists may be confined, their subtill conveyed estates, to avoid forfeiture may be prevented, and they speedily disarmed. That Wills and Testaments be proved, and Legacies recovered in temperall Courts. That the Bish [...]p of Ely's vast Jurisdiction may be limited, and his prejudiciall government taken away. That our County and Huntingtonshire may be reuni­ted under one Sheriffe as formerly. That sale of honour and office be prevented, Ill Counsellours removed, Delin­quents presently and deservedly punished, Ireland speedily and powerfully relieved, and for the timely prevention of many eminent dangers from thence and otherwise. That the Militia of the Kingdome be forthwith put in a war­like posture of defence.

In all which and other your future indevours herein for the good of the publicke; the safetie and honour of our King, and the glory of the King of Kings, according to the late Protestation hereby signified to have been most cheerefully taken by us, we shall be alwayes ready, willing to ayde and assist you, And continually pray, &c.