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History af the . Irish Pxe& bytericw ** y Mf
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© iiim ^ n $ U 4 ifl the northern district , « ui » inon ^ l the ministers to . appeal before him , to answer for their coj ** diipt , in preaching praying and practising against thte Commonwealth *> f
England , anci in favour of % h $ vqgok family ? Upon this , sqepq of tha j % ^ Uytery fled , scy » $ aUsc ^ de ^ ja ^ d o (| m ^ were taken prisoners . Venables sept them a proposal , to { hfc effect j ^ thal if they would gJib wwter their hands , that they woulfll & | 0 » in their sern ^ ps , prayer ? or conferences , meddle . wjitfc
state i # attgr $ ,. any farther thaii w # 8 allowed £ y t ^ Go vernment , they naftgftt ; ^ t # n in pe ^ e ^ their several charg ^^ Ppr , dsGlifuyoig % o da this , if they would engage to rer ^ ove to Scotland in ten days , they should be freely allowed tq 4 <> so * * 0 t $ wl freiiig subjected tQ , any farther
inconvenience . Four ministers , Mr , J p lm Drys * daili , of Portstferry , ^ r , gautie , Mr . INiaif * * ami Mr- AJte ^ a ^ d ^ , hwog lit that time befj * brought prisoaers ta OolpQel Veaables , defended th ^ ir principle ^ and conduct wit h the most qoek ^ ummate ability an 4 address . *
la 1651 , diligent search heing ma& § after tfc&m , some flied and otlxers ^ # f $ taken prisoners ^ confined in C ^ rriclvfergus ^ a ^ d shortly a fter sent ofF to Scotlftpd ^ where th ^ y officiated £ < pg three years , Aboi ) Lt sexen remained
in Ireland , vi ^ . Thomas ^ eeWeg , ml * tiister ^ f Kirkdouald , Jatues Oordopj of Coinb ^ r , filbert Raipsay , of B ^ - gor , Anthony Kennedy , of Templepa-i triqk , Robert Cunningham , of Broa 4-r island , aud Patrick Acfair , of Caim- ? at
castle . Under gr ^ difficulties they continued to ejcejrci ^ e the ministerial fi « i ^ tions through the s ^ cqeeding yeay
1652 . d Th ^ universal reiusal by the niini ^ ter ^ of the 04 th c ^ le 4 tfcq . Engagement f which required them to be faithful-, t ^ the Cwi ippnw ^ aith oi l ^ nijiaqcj , w }{; haut king aqd house of JordSj is ^ ri uaeo n ^ QVcmrtifeie prool' of rity
their inflexiM $ iat ^ g . For they were urgetl te twe it by jwoauses ^ iniportunitiesaiid threats , and were reviled for refjusiijg to comply . The Coi ) irrnissiQne ? s haying desired ^ meeting ax » 4 c ojd ftrenjce with the Presb ytery m Biejfast ^ Qctober 21 st t 1 6 ^ 2 , a long tf $ Jwtff $ toofc pl ^ ce , bat , ' rTr » -rTT——?—r- >—v ? ' ¦ ' TTfTT-m— : —; 11 v ~ v . f —j r ; ' /; j v ; i ! ' > ' - ' " * hQyt Presb . P * 28 ^ .
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the ministers would not in the least recede from their principle , of re * fusing to recognize the present govern * meat as lawful , and to bind themselves by any < £ ath or subscription to ifc . Some weeks afterwards , the Commit
sioners proposed send ing some of them to Dublin , to appear before General Fleetwoad and the council of officers , in order to explain their conduct . The Pr­tery deputed Mr . Patrick Adair and Mr . Archibald Ferguson , and in ^ stiHicted them to adhere with resold
tioa to the principles maintained before tb ^ Cor ^ iuissiQners , These gen ^ tlemen replied to all the , questions put to them with great firmness nod integrity ; ^ nd in a few days were dhmiased ^ the court not having thought proper ta adapt aay resolution * r& the n ^
spectin ^ . ^ r - , The Commisgioaers not having been able to make any impression on tke ministers and people ,, a ^ nd finding that they constantly opposed tbeir mea * sures , determiiied qjj tr ^ naportiag them to the south of the kingdom . Accordingly in the' year 165 ^ baring
summoaed the ministers to appear at Carrickfergus , and to brin ^ with them the greatest and best part of their parishioners , that they might either take tha engagement , | ir assign sufficient reasons for refusing it , the design was suddenly abandoned , even while a ship was lying in the hay , ready to receive the ministers on board * in con *
sequence of the arrival © f intelligence from England , th&t Cromwell had raised the Parliament , dissolved the Commonwealth , and assumed the title of Lord Protector . There being aowf therefore , no Commonwealth tor which
10 swear fidelity , the ministers and people were dismissed * ^ The ministers opposed Cromwell as warmly as they , had the Common * wealjth . Henry Cramwell , the Lord Lieutenant , being much incensed at theiir conduc t wr <^ te th reatening letters to them , and sumiaoned two of
tlieir number , Mr . Hart and Mh Greg , to appear before him , and answer for { heir neglect of the fasts and thanks givings appointed by government . Having pteaded " that Iheir conscieaces did not allow them to comply with any power that was against the constitution a * id lawful magistracy of ? " Presb . Loy . p . 300 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1824, page 647, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2530/page/7/
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