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Severall Petitions answered, that were put up by the Priests of WESTMORLAND.
Priest. TO the Right Worshipfull the Justices of the peace for the County of Westmor∣land.
Answ. Them that are right, deny all worships, and worship God, and ho∣nor the Lord, All honour and glory be gi∣ven unto the Lord. Now Man where is thy honour? Yet I honour all men in the Lord.
Priest. Obj. The humble Petition of divers Ministers, and other inhabitants in the said County, who earnestly desire the glory of God, and the peace of his Church, and this Commonwealth.
Answ. The Ministers of God never put up a Peti∣tion to an outward Magistrate to maintain the Church of God. Here you shew your Ministery is of man, and must be upheld by an earthly power: and here you shew that Church is carnal, and must be maintained by a carnall weapon, as the Jews did, which came against