And that if the Judgement should be given against th.e plaintiff it might in its consequences affect all the other clmrches of that province, as also that from suc]i a Judgement liowever partial there v/ould be no appeal eitlier to the Governor & Council in that province or to your Majesty and Privy Council here, because in the instructions given to your Governm* in reference to appeals, It is provided that in all appeals to the Government & Council there tlie sum appealed for do exceed the sum of XlOOstg: and in all appeals to your Majesty & Privy Council here the sum appealed for do exceed the sum of £300stg:

We are humbly of opinion that it was not your Majesty's intention that your Subjects sliould be excluded from the benefit of appeals in such cases where altlio' the matter in demand doth

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not exceed the value of JGIOO yet the loss sustained by the party doth in the consequences of it amoTuit to a much greater value and much less to such cases where a Judgment against one of your Clergy if there sliould be no appeal from it might be to the utter ruin of the Church established in those parts.

We do therefore with all humility submit to your Majesty's consideration whether your Majesty ofyoiu- tender regard to the rights of the Cliui-cli which have been always safe under your Royal protection and out of your pious concern to promote and encom-age the propagation of the Gospel of which your Majesty hath already given many & ample proofs to this Society will not be graciously pleased to explain the Instructions given to your Government in the plantations about Appeals in such mamier as that in causes relating immediately to the Cliurch an appeal may lie to youi- Governor k Council there and to your Majesty and Privy Council here without any restriction or limitation of the value or Sum appealed foi-.