Keywords: Assertion of Liberty of Conscience by the Independents of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, 1644.jpg Artwork Creator John Rogers Herbert Assertion of Liberty of Conscience by the Independents of the Westminster Assembly of Divines en Вестминсте� ская ассамблея богословов 1847 Oil on canvas Size cm 54 7 85 1 A meeting of the Westminster Assembly on 21 Febuary 1644 Philip Nye a member of the independent party argues that the form of church government advocated by the presbyterians under which local congregations submit to higher assemblies of elders was thrice over pernicious to civil states and kingdoms He was immediately cryed down according to Robert Baillie who kept a journal of the proceedings The painting depicts many individuals who were not members of the Assembly because when issues of particular interest were debated non-members would attend as spectators Josias Shute however died before the Assembly met Annotations are based on a key for an engraving by Samuel Bellin which is nearly identical to the painting It is found in the front matter of cite journal Pears Thomas C Jr Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society 21 2/3 June and September 1943 Also see cite journal Pears Thomas C Jr Herbert's Painting of the Assembly of Divines Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society 21 2/3 June and September 1943 111-113 cite journal Ward Rowland S The Story of a Painting - A Review The Presbyterian Banner February 2008 7 http //www pcea org au/component/docman/doc_download/53-01-february-2008-issue Itemid 99 page 7 cite book De Witt John R Jus Divinum The Westminster Assembly and the Divine Right of Church Government 1969 J H Kok Kampen Netherlands 31994 112 PD-art-100-1923 Uploaded with UploadWizard Westminster Abbey in art Puritanism History of Christianity in England Church of England History of Scotland Calvinism John Rogers Herbert 1644 in London 1644 in Christianity Westminster Assembly Oliver Cromwell Samuel Rutherford 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