Transcriber's Note The text includes a large number of marginal notes that are printed in small font and are sometimes unclear. They have been converted into footnotes or (if they comprise general descriptions of a passage) into sidenotes. A footnote may refer to the following, rather than preceding, word or phrase. If so the footnote anchor has been positioned accordingly. Many of the paragraphs are numbered according to a complex scheme. Only on one page are they indented. While the numbering has been retained the indenting has been removed. Apparent typographical errors, and inconsistencies in hyphenation, have been corrected. Superscripts and one word in spaced-out text have been rendered in ordinary font. Small capitals have been converted to ordinary capitals. Italics are indicated by _underscores_. Greek accents are often unclear and (apart from rough-breathing marks) have been omitted. The error noted at the end of the text has been incorporated. A VINDICATION OF THE Presbyteriall-Government, AND MINISTRY: 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. 2d. 1649. Wherein, amongst other things, these ensuing particulars are contained: 1. _That there is a Church-Government, by_ Divine Right. 2. _That the_ Magistrate, _is not the_ Fountain _of_ Church-Government. 3. _That the_ Presbyterial-Government, _is by_ Divine Right. 4. _The_ Inconveniencies _of the_ Congregationall-_way_. 5. _That the_ Ruling-Elder _is by_ Divine Right. 6. _That it is the will of_ Jesus Christ, _that all sorts of persons should give an account of their_ Faith, _to the_ Minister, _and_ Elders, _before admission to the_ Lords Supper; _together with_ Answers, _to the usuall_ Objections _made against it_. 7. Directions _to the_ Elders _for the right managing of their_ Office. 8. Directions _to such as are admitted to the_ Lords Supper, _for the right sanctifying of_ Gods Name, _in that_ Ordinance, & _for their carriage one towards another_. 9. Rules _to preserve_ People, _from the_ Errours _of these_ Times. 10. _That_ Separation _from our_ Churches, _is justly charged with_ Schisme. 11. _That_ Ministers _formerly ordained by_ Bishops, _need no new_ Ordination. 12. _The Necessity and usefulness of_ Catechizing. Licensed, Entred, and Printed according to Order. _London_, Printed for _C. Meredith_, at the _Crane_ in _Pauls_ Church-yard, 1650. [Illustration]