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         Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
      
       
         
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             Wit and loyalty reviv'd in a collection of some smart satyrs in verse and prose on the late times / by Mr. Abraham Cowley, Sir J. Berkenhead, and the ingenious author of Hudibras, &c.
             Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
             Birkenhead, John, Sir, 1616-1679.
             Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
          
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             For W. Davis,
             London printed :
             1682.
          
           
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             The puritan and papist, a satyr / by Mr. Abraham Cowley -- The assembly-man / written by Sir John Birkenhead in the year 1647 -- A proposal humbly offered for the farming of liberty of conscience / written in the year 1663 by the author of Hudibras.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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                 Wit
                 and
                 Loyalty
              
               REVIV'D
               ,
               In
               a
               Collection
               of
               some
               smart
               SATYRS
               In
               Verse
               and
               Prose
               on
               the
               late
               TIMES
               .
            
             
               By
               Mr.
               
                 Abraham
                 Cowley
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 J.
                 Berkenhead
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Ingenious
               Author
               of
               
                 Hudibras
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Victrix
                 Causa
              
               Deis
               
                 Placuit
                 sed
                 victa
                 Poetis
              
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               Printed
               ,
               for
               
                 W.
                 Davis
              
               .
               1682.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               PUBLISHER
               TO
               THE
               READER
               .
            
             
               I
               Have
               been
               often
               tempted
               to
               admire
               ,
               since
               the
               Publishing
               Mr.
               Cowley's
               Papers
               ,
               by
               what
               fate
               so
               excellent
               a
               Satyr
               upon
               the
               Times
               ,
               and
               so
               worthy
               the
               Author
               ,
               as
               the
               Puritan
               and
               Papist
               ,
               should
               escape
               the
               ingenious
               Publisher
               ,
               when
               at
               the
               same
               time
               his
               Copy
               upon
               Brutus
               ,
               and
               that
               upon
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Lincoln's
               enlargement
               from
               the
               Tower
               have
               met
               with
               the
               good
               fortune
               to
               have
               place
               there
               ,
               although
               they
               are
               in
               some
               sort
               ,
               Satyrs
               upon
               himself
               and
               so
               unworthy
               his
               Name
               ,
               and
               the
               good
               Company
               they
               appear
               in
               :
               that
               considering
               the
               Loyalty
               of
               their
               Arguments
               ,
               we
               might
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               have
               expected
               them
               in
               Mr.
               Waller's
               Works
               rather
               than
               Mr.
               Cowley's
               ;
               and
               from
               thence
               to
               have
               been
               purged
               by
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               later
               and
               more
               
                 correct
                 Editions
              
               of
               his
               Book
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Penegyrick
               to
               Oliver
               ,
               and
               the
               Elegy
               on
               his
               Death
               ,
               called
               the
               Storm
               .
               Both
               which
               seem
               ,
               in
               a
               manner
               ,
               to
               have
               inherited
               the
               Lot
               ,
               no
               less
               than
               the
               Guilt
               of
               the
               Usurper
               ,
               upon
               whom
               they
               were
               made
               :
               the
               former
               ,
               claiming
               the
               Laurel
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               wanted
               abetter
               Title
               to
               the
               crown
               :
               and
               the
               latter
               ,
               to
               have
               so
               insensibly
               disappeared
               on
               a
               sudden
               as
               if
               by
               a
               resembling
               fate
               ,
               it
               had
               been
               snatcht
               away
               in
               the
               same
               Storm
               in
               which
               the
               Tyrant
               himself
               was
               lost
               .
            
             
               Whether
               it
               were
               an
               Exeess
               of
               Modesty
               in
               Mr.
               Cowly
               that
               condemned
               it
               as
               an
               Abortive
               ,
               and
               so
               ,
               though
               it
               had
               appeared
               formerly
               in
               Print
               to
               have
               no
               place
               in
               his
               Collection
               ,
               but
               to
               take
               its
               fortune
               with
               the
               Blossoms
               and
               unripe
               follies
               of
               his
               Youth
               :
               Or
               whether
               it
               were
               an
               
                 Excess
                 of
                 good
                 Nature
              
               in
               him
               that
               sentenced
               it
               to
               suffer
               ,
               merely
               as
               it
               was
               a
               Satyr
               and
               so
               lookt
               upon
               as
               a
               piece
               of
               persecution
               ,
               and
               
               like
               Draco's
               Laws
               ,
               written
               in
               Blood
               ,
               as
               we
               find
               the
               best
               Natures
               inclined
               to
               check
               and
               be
               angry
               at
               themselves
               when
               once
               the
               fit
               of
               Choler
               is
               over
               ;
               I
               say
               whether
               of
               these
               were
               the
               cause
               of
               suppressing
               it
               I
               shall
               not
               now
               presume
               to
               examine
               .
            
             
               But
               because
               under
               the
               Color
               of
               doing
               Justice
               to
               the
               Satyre
               ,
               I
               may
               be
               thought
               to
               have
               done
               Wrong
               to
               Mr.
               Cowly
               ,
               and
               only
               to
               have
               borrowed
               his
               Name
               ;
               to
               enhance
               the
               value
               of
               what
               comes
               with
               it
               ,
               it
               s
               own
               recommendation
               .
               To
               remove
               such
               doubts
               ,
               I
               shall
               observe
               in
               its
               Justification
               ,
               that
               it
               first
               c●me
               out
               in
               the
               
                 Year
                 1643.
              
               what
               time
               he
               lay
               at
               St.
               Johns
               Colledge
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               Signed
               with
               
                 A.
                 C.
              
               though
               to
               make
               the
               Cypher
               plainer
               yet
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               when
               the
               Satyr
               is
               dully
               considered
               ,
               to
               those
               that
               can
               Judge
               aright
               ,
               it
               will
               spell
               his
               entire
               name
               at
               length
               .
               For
               as
               the
               Proportions
               ,
               the
               Posture
               or
               Design
               serue
               as
               never
               failing
               Marks
               to
               such
               as
               are
               curious
               to
               discern
               the
               m●st●rly
               Hand
               of
               the
               inimitable
               Titian
               ,
               or
               Vandike
               .
               So
               in
               the
               adm●red
               Pieces
               of
               our
               great
               Masters
               of
               Writing
               ,
               there
               want
               not
               the
               like
               
                 bold
                 strokes
              
               and
               life
               -
               
                 touches
                 
                   in
                   the
                
                 Style
              
               that
               evidently
               betray
               whose
               Originals
               they
               are
               .
               In
               so
               much
               as
               to
               convince
               any
               who
               are
               their
               Authors
               ,
               when
               they
               discover
               themselves
               by
               their
               
                 own
                 Light
              
               ,
               is
               altogether
               ,
               as
               needless
               is
               to
               hold
               a
               Candle
               to
               the
               Sunne
               .
               If
               we
               believe
               Horace
               in
               his
               Art
               of
               Poetry
               (
               surely
               in
               his
               own
               Art
               Horace
               is
               as
               much
               to
               be
               believed
               ,
               as
               Aristotle
               in
               Philosophy
               )
               he
               reckons
               ●●t
               amongst
               the
               Felicities
               of
               a
               good
               Style
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               be
               imitated
               when
               he
               says
               .
               
                 
                   Ex
                   noto
                   fictum
                   Carmen
                   sequar
                   ,
                   ut
                   sibi
                   quivis
                   .
                
                 
                   Sperat
                   idem
                   ,
                   sudat
                   multum
                   ,
                   frustraque
                   laboret
                   .
                
                 
                   Ausus
                   idem
                   —
                
              
            
             
               Which
               is
               finely
               render'd
               by
               the
               E.
               of
               Roscomon
               .
               
                 
                   Begin
                   with
                   Truth
                   ,
                   then
                   give
                   invention
                   scope
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   if
                   your
                   Style
                   be
                   Natural
                   and
                   smooth
                   ,
                
                 
                   All
                   men
                   will
                   try
                   ,
                   and
                   hope
                   to
                   Write
                   as
                   well
                   ;
                
                 
                   And
                   (
                   not
                   without
                   much
                   pains
                   )
                   be
                   undeceiv'd
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               Now
               if
               this
               be
               justly
               esteemed
               a
               Master-Piece
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               that
               what
               it
               delivers
               comes
               the
               nearest
               to
               our
               understandinge
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               as
               it
               is
               removed
               the
               farthest
               from
               our
               imitation
               ,
               I
               am
               very
               well
               assured
               ,
               I
               shall
               be
               acquitted
               from
               all
               suspition
               of
               cheating
               the
               world
               with
               any
               thing
               under
               Mr.
               Cowley's
               Name
               which
               hath
               no
               Title
               to
               it
               ,
               since
               his
               Style
               is
               no
               less
               difficult
               to
               Counterfeit
               ,
               than
               it
               is
               easie
               to
               conceive
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               think
               it
               any
               reproach
               to
               Mr.
               Cowly
               for
               him
               to
               walk
               abroad
               into
               the
               world
               in
               good
               company
               ;
               the
               other
               two
               Gentlemen
               being
               ,
               both
               of
               them
               celebrated
               Wits
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Loyal
               party
               engag'd
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               interest
               ,
               and
               active
               in
               the
               same
               Cause
               with
               himself
               .
               And
               it
               is
               no
               new
               thing
               for
               Wits
               and
               Cavaliers
               ,
               to
               find
               out
               one
               another
               and
               associat
               together
               Indeed
               they
               were
               men
               whose
               Mirth
               was
               so
               innocent
               ,
               whose
               Wit
               so
               regular
               ,
               and
               whose
               Conversation
               so
               entertaining
               and
               agreeable
               as
               I
               cannot
               but
               persuade
               my self
               ,
               that
               they
               themselves
               would
               have
               made
               choice
               of
               no
               other
               Company
               when
               they
               were
               Living
               ,
               as
               the
               Reader
               can
               embrace
               no
               better
               ,
               amongst
               the
               Dead
               .
            
             
               The
               Puritan
               and
               the
               Papist
               ,
               a
               Satyr
               first
               published
               in
               the
               year
               1643.
               by
               Mr.
               Cowley
               .
            
             
               The
               Character
               of
               the
               Assembly-man
               ,
               first
               printed
               in
               the
               year
               1648.
               by
               Sir
               
                 J.
                 Berkenhead
              
               .
            
             
               Proposals
               for
               farming
               out
               
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               first
               published
               in
               the
               year
               1663.
               by
               the
               ingenious
               Author
               of
               Hudibras
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   THE
                   PURITAN
                   AND
                   THE
                   PAPIST
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   SATYR
                   ,
                
                 
                   By
                   Mr.
                   
                     Abraham
                     Cowley
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   LONDON
                   Printed
                   for
                   
                     W.
                     Davis
                  
                   ,
                   1681
                   /
                   2.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                 
                   THE
                   PURITAN
                   AND
                   THE
                   PAPIST
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   SATYR
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     SO
                     two
                     rude
                     Waves
                     ,
                     by
                     Storms
                     together
                     thrown
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Roar
                     at
                     each
                     other
                     ,
                     Fight
                     ,
                     and
                     then
                     grow
                     One.
                  
                   
                     Religion
                     is
                     a
                     Circle
                     ;
                     men
                     contend
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     Run
                     the
                     Round
                     in
                     dispute
                     without
                     end
                     .
                  
                   
                     Now
                     in
                     a
                     Circle
                     who
                     go
                     contrary
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Must
                     ,
                     at
                     the
                     last
                     ,
                     meet
                     of
                     necessity
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       Roman
                       Cath'lique
                    
                     to
                     advance
                     the
                     Cause
                  
                   
                     Allows
                     a
                     Lye
                     ,
                     and
                     calls
                     it
                     
                       Pia
                       Fraus
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Puritan
                     approves
                     and
                     does
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dislikes
                     nought
                     in
                     it
                     but
                     the
                     
                       Latin
                       name
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     He
                     flows
                     with
                     his
                     devises
                     ,
                     and
                     dares
                     Lye
                  
                   
                     In
                     very
                     deed
                     ,
                     in
                     truth
                     ,
                     and
                     verity
                     .
                     
                  
                   
                     He
                     whines
                     ,
                     and
                     sighs
                     out
                     Lies
                     ,
                     with
                     so
                     much
                     ruth
                     ,
                  
                   
                     As
                     if
                     he
                     griev'd
                     ,
                     'cause
                     he
                     could
                     ne'er
                     speak
                     truth
                     .
                  
                   
                     Lies
                     have
                     possest
                     the
                     Press
                     so
                     ,
                     as
                     their
                     due
                     ,
                  
                   
                     'T
                     will
                     scarce
                     I
                     fear
                     ,
                     henceforth
                     Print
                     Bibles
                     true
                     .
                  
                   
                     Lies
                     for
                     their
                     next
                     Strong
                     Fort
                     ha'th
                     '
                     Pulpit
                     chose
                     ,
                  
                   
                     There
                     they
                     throng
                     out
                     at
                     '
                     th
                     Preachers
                     Mouth
                     ,
                     and
                     Nose
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     how
                     ee'r
                     gross
                     ,
                     are
                     certain
                     to
                     beguile
                  
                   
                     The
                     poor
                     Book-turners
                     of
                     the
                     
                       middle
                       Isle
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     to
                     th'
                     Almightie's
                     self
                     they
                     have
                     been
                     bold
                  
                   
                     To
                     lye
                     ,
                     and
                     their
                     blasphemous
                     Minister
                     told
                     ,
                  
                   
                     They
                     might
                     say
                     false
                     to
                     God
                     ;
                     for
                     if
                     they
                     were
                  
                   
                     Beaten
                     ,
                     he
                     knew
                     't
                     not
                     ,
                     for
                     he
                     was
                     not
                     there
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     But
                     God
                     ,
                     who
                     their
                     great
                     
                       thank
                       fulness
                    
                     did
                     see
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Rewards
                     them
                     straight
                     with
                     another
                     Vict'rie
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Just
                     such
                     an
                     one
                     as
                     Brainford
                     ;
                     and
                     san's
                     doubt
                     
                  
                   
                     Will
                     weary
                     er
                     't
                     be
                     long
                     their
                     gratitude
                     out
                     .
                  
                   
                     Not
                     all
                     the
                     Legends
                     of
                     the
                     Saints
                     of
                     old
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Not
                     vast
                     Baronius
                     ,
                     nor
                     sly
                     Surius
                     ,
                     hold
                  
                   
                     Such
                     plenty
                     of
                     apparent
                     Lies
                     ,
                     as
                     are
                  
                   
                     In
                     your
                     own
                     
                       Author
                       ,
                       Jo.
                       Browne
                       Cleric
                       .
                       Par.
                    
                  
                   
                     Besides
                     what
                     your
                     small
                     Poets
                     ,
                     said
                     or
                     writ
                     ;
                  
                   
                     
                       Brookes
                       ,
                       Strode
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Baron
                     of
                     the
                     Saw-pit
                     :
                  
                   
                     With
                     many
                     a
                     
                       Mental
                       Reservation
                    
                     .
                     
                  
                   
                     You
                     'll
                     maintain
                     
                       Liberty
                       ,
                       Reserv'd
                    
                     [
                     your
                     owne
                     .
                     ]
                  
                   
                     For
                     th'publique
                     good
                     the
                     sums
                     rais'd
                     you
                     'll
                     disburse
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Reserv'd
                     ,
                     [
                     The
                     greater
                     part
                     for
                     your
                     own
                     Purse
                     .
                     ]
                  
                   
                     You
                     'll
                     root
                     the
                     Cavaliers
                     out
                     ,
                     every
                     man
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Faith
                     ,
                     let
                     it
                     be
                     reserv'd
                     here
                     ;
                     
                       [
                       If
                       ye
                       can
                       .
                    
                     ]
                  
                   
                     You
                     'l
                     make
                     our
                     gracious
                     CHARLES
                     ,
                     a
                     
                       Glorious
                       King
                    
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Reserv'd
                     [
                     in
                     
                       Heav'n
                       ,
                    
                     ]
                     for
                     thither
                     ye
                     would
                     bring
                  
                   
                     His
                     Royal
                     Head
                     ;
                     the
                     only
                     secure
                     Roome
                  
                   
                     For
                     Kings
                     ,
                     where
                     such
                     as
                     you
                     ,
                     will
                     never
                     come
                     .
                  
                   
                     To
                     keep
                     th'Estates
                     o'th'Subjects
                     you
                     pretend
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Reserv'd
                     [
                     in
                     your
                     own
                     Trunkes
                     ]
                     You
                     will
                     defend
                  
                   
                     The
                     Church
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     your
                     Protestation
                     ;
                  
                   
                     But
                     that
                     's
                     New-England
                     ,
                     by
                     a
                     small
                     Reservation
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Pow'r
                     of
                     
                       Dispensing
                       Oaths
                    
                     the
                     Papists
                     claime
                     ;
                     
                  
                   
                     Case
                     hath
                     got
                     leave
                     
                       of
                       God
                    
                     to
                     do
                     the
                     same
                     .
                  
                   
                     For
                     you
                     do
                     hate
                     all
                     Swearing
                     so
                     ,
                     that
                     when
                  
                   
                     You
                     've
                     Sworn
                     an
                     Oath
                     ,
                     ye
                     break
                     it
                     streight
                     agen
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     Curse
                     upon
                     you
                     !
                     which
                     hurts
                     most
                     these
                     Nations
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       Cavaliers
                       Swearing
                    
                     ,
                     or
                     your
                     Protestations
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     ,
                     though
                     Oaths
                     be
                     by
                     you
                     so
                     much
                     abhorr'd
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Y'allow
                     
                       God
                       damn
                       me
                    
                     in
                     the
                     
                       Puritan
                       Lord.
                    
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     keep
                     the
                     Bible
                     from
                     Lay-men
                     ,
                     but
                     ye
                  
                   
                     Avoid
                     this
                     ,
                     for
                     ye
                     have
                     no
                     Layety
                     .
                  
                   
                     They
                     ,
                     in
                     a
                     forraigu
                     and
                     ,
                     
                       unknown
                       Tongue
                    
                     pray
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     You
                     in
                     an
                     
                       unknown
                       Sence
                    
                     your
                     prayers
                     say
                     :
                  
                   
                     So
                     that
                     this
                     difference
                     'twixt
                     ye
                     does
                     ensue
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Fools
                     understand
                     not
                     them
                     ,
                     not
                     
                       Wise
                       men
                       you
                    
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     an
                     unprofitable
                     zeal
                     have
                     got
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     
                       Invocating
                       Saints
                    
                     that
                     
                       hear
                       them
                       not
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     'T
                     were
                     well
                     you
                     did
                     so
                     ,
                     nought
                     may
                     more
                     be
                     fear'd
                  
                   
                     In
                     your
                     fond
                     Prayers
                     ,
                     than
                     that
                     they
                     
                       should
                       be
                       heard
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     To
                     them
                     your
                     Non-sence
                     well
                     enough
                     might
                     pass
                     ,
                  
                   
                     They'd
                     ne'er
                     see
                     that
                     i'
                     th'
                     
                       Divine
                       Looking-Glass
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     ,
                     whether
                     you
                     'd
                     worship
                     Saints
                     is
                     not
                     known
                     ,
                  
                   
                     For
                     y'have
                     as
                     yet
                     of
                     your
                     Religion
                     none
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     by
                     good-works
                     think
                     to
                     be
                     justifi'd
                     ,
                  
                   
                     You
                     into
                     the
                     same
                     Error
                     deeper
                     slide
                     ;
                  
                   
                     You
                     think
                     by
                     Works
                     too
                     justifi'd
                     to
                     be
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     And
                     those
                     
                       ill
                       Works
                       ;
                       Lies
                       ,
                       Treason
                       ,
                       Perjurie
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     But
                     oh
                     !
                     your
                     Faith
                     is
                     mighty
                     ;
                     that
                     hath
                     been
                     ,
                  
                   
                     As
                     true
                     Faith
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     ,
                     of
                     things
                     unseen
                     .
                  
                   
                     At
                     
                       Wor'ster
                       ,
                       Brainford
                    
                     and
                     Edg-hill
                     ,
                     we
                     see
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Only
                     by
                     Faith
                     y'have
                     got
                     the
                     Victory
                     .
                  
                   
                     Such
                     is
                     your
                     Faith
                     ,
                     and
                     some
                     such
                     unseen
                     way
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       publique
                       Faith
                    
                     at
                     last
                     your
                     debts
                     will
                     pay
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     hold
                     free-will
                     (
                     that
                     nought
                     thier
                     Souls
                     may
                     ▪
                     bind
                     )
                  
                   
                     As
                     the
                     great
                     Priviledge
                     of
                     all
                     Mankind
                     .
                  
                   
                     You
                     're
                     here
                     more
                     mod'rate
                     ,
                     for
                     't
                     is
                     your
                     intent
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     To
                     make
                     't
                     a
                     Priv'ledg
                     ,
                     but
                     of
                     Parliament
                     .
                  
                   
                     They
                     forbid
                     Priests
                     to
                     marry
                     ;
                     you
                     worse
                     do
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Their
                     marriage
                     you
                     allow
                     ,
                     yet
                     punish
                     too
                     :
                  
                   
                     For
                     you
                     'd
                     make
                     Priests
                     so
                     poor
                     ,
                     that
                     upon
                     all
                  
                   
                     Who
                     marry
                     ,
                     scorn
                     and
                     beggery
                     must
                     fall
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     a
                     bold
                     pow'r
                     o'er
                     sacred
                     Scriptures
                     take
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Blot
                     out
                     some
                     Clauses
                     ,
                     and
                     some
                     new
                     ones
                     make
                     .
                  
                   
                     Your
                     great
                     
                       Lord
                       Jesuite
                       Brookes
                    
                     publiquely
                     said
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       (
                       Brookes
                    
                     whom
                     too
                     
                       little
                       learning
                    
                     hath
                     made
                     Mad
                     )
                  
                   
                     That
                     to
                     correct
                     the
                     Creed
                     ye
                     should
                     do
                     well
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     blot
                     out
                     
                       Christs
                       descending
                       into
                       Hell.
                    
                  
                   
                     Repent
                     wild
                     man
                     ,
                     or
                     you
                     'll
                     ne'er
                     change
                     ,
                     I
                     fear
                     ,
                  
                   
                     The
                     sentence
                     of
                     your
                     
                       own
                       descending
                       there
                    
                     :
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Yet
                     modestly
                     they
                     use
                     the
                     Creed
                     ,
                     for
                     they
                  
                   
                     Would
                     take
                     the
                     
                       Lord's
                       Pray'r
                       Root
                       and
                       Branch
                    
                     away
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     wisely
                     said
                     a
                     Levite
                     of
                     our
                     nation
                     ,
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       Lord's
                       Pray'r
                    
                     was
                     a
                     
                       Popish
                       Innovation
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Take
                     heed
                     ,
                     you
                     'll
                     grant
                     ere
                     long
                     it
                     should
                     be
                     said
                     ,
                  
                   
                     An
                     't
                     be
                     but
                     to
                     desire
                     your
                     
                       Daily
                       Bread.
                    
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     keep
                     the
                     
                       people
                       ,
                       ignorant
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     you
                     .
                  
                   
                     Keep
                     both
                     the
                     people
                     ,
                     and
                     your selves
                     so
                     too
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     They
                     
                       blind
                       obedienee
                    
                     and
                     
                       blind
                       duty
                    
                     teach
                     ;
                  
                   
                     You
                     
                       blind
                       Rebellion
                    
                     and
                     
                       blind
                       faction
                    
                     preach
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nor
                     can
                     I
                     blame
                     you
                     much
                     ,
                     that
                     ye
                     advance
                  
                   
                     That
                     which
                     can
                     onely
                     save
                     ye
                     ,
                     Ignorance
                     ;
                  
                   
                   
                     Though
                     Heaven
                     be
                     praised
                     ,
                     t'
                     has
                     oft
                     been
                     proved
                     well
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Ignorance
                     is
                     not
                     Invincible
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     such
                     bold
                     lies
                     to
                     God
                     himself
                     ye
                     vaunt
                     ,
                  
                   
                     As
                     if
                     you
                     'd
                     fain
                     keep
                     him
                     too
                     ,
                     Ignorant
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Limbus
                     and
                     Purgatory
                     they
                     believe
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     For
                     
                       lesser
                       Sinners
                    
                     ,
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     I
                     conceive
                     .
                  
                   
                     Malignants
                     only
                     ;
                     you
                     this
                     Trick
                     does
                     please
                     ,
                  
                   
                     For
                     the
                     same
                     Cause
                     ye've
                     made
                     new
                     Limbuses
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Where
                     we
                     may
                     lye
                     imprison'd
                     long
                     ere
                     we
                  
                   
                     A
                     Day
                     of
                     Judgment
                     in
                     your
                     Courts
                     shall
                     see
                     .
                  
                   
                     But
                     Pym
                     can
                     ,
                     like
                     the
                     Pope
                     ,
                     with
                     this
                     dispence
                     ;
                  
                   
                     And
                     for
                     a
                     Bribe
                     ,
                     deliver
                     Souls
                     from
                     thence
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Their
                     Councils
                     claim
                     Infallibility
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     Such
                     must
                     your
                     
                       Conventicle
                       Synod
                    
                     be
                     :
                  
                   
                     And
                     Teachers
                     from
                     all
                     parts
                     of
                     th'
                     Earth
                     ye
                     call
                     ,
                  
                   
                     To
                     make
                     't
                     a
                     
                       Council
                       ,
                       Occumenical
                    
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     sev'ral
                     times
                     appoint
                     from
                     
                       Meats
                       t'
                       abstain
                    
                     ;
                  
                   
                     You
                     now
                     for
                     the
                     Irish
                     Wars
                     ,
                     a
                     Fast
                     ordain
                     :
                  
                   
                     And
                     that
                     that
                     Kingdom
                     might
                     be
                     sure
                     to
                     Fast
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Ye
                     take
                     a
                     Course
                     to
                     Starve
                     them
                     all
                     at
                     last
                     .
                     
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     though
                     ye
                     keep
                     no
                     
                       Eves
                       ,
                       Fridays
                    
                     ,
                     nor
                     Lent
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       Not
                       to
                       dress
                       Meat
                    
                     on
                     Sundays
                     you
                     're
                     Content
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Then
                     you
                     Repeat
                     ,
                     Repeat
                     ,
                     and
                     Pray
                     ,
                     and
                     Pray
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Teeth
                     keep
                     Sabbath
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       Tongues
                       ,
                       Working
                       day
                    
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     preserve
                     Reliques
                     ;
                     you
                     have
                     few
                     or
                     none
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     Unless
                     the
                     Clo●
                     sent
                     to
                     
                       John
                       Pym
                    
                     by
                     one
                     .
                  
                   
                     Or
                     Holl●ses
                     Rich
                     Widdow
                     ,
                     She
                     who
                     carry'd
                  
                   
                     A
                     Relique
                     in
                     her
                     Wombe
                     ,
                     before
                     she
                     marry'd
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     in
                     
                       Succeeding
                       Peter
                    
                     take
                     a
                     Pride
                     ;
                     
                  
                   
                     So
                     do
                     you
                     ;
                     for
                     your
                     Master
                     ye've
                     deny'd
                     .
                  
                   
                     But
                     chiefly
                     
                       Peter's
                       Priviledge
                    
                     ye
                     choose
                     ,
                  
                   
                     At
                     your
                     own
                     wills
                     to
                     Bind
                     and
                     to
                     Unloose
                     .
                  
                   
                     He
                     was
                     a
                     Fisherman
                     ;
                     you
                     'll
                     be
                     so
                     too
                     ,
                  
                   
                     When
                     nothing
                     but
                     your
                     Ships
                     are
                     left
                     to
                     you
                     .
                  
                   
                     He
                     went
                     to
                     Rome
                     ,
                     to
                     Rome
                     you
                     
                       Backward
                       Ride
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     (
                     Though
                     both
                     your
                     goings
                     are
                     by
                     some
                     denyed
                     .
                     )
                  
                   
                     Nor
                     is
                     't
                     a
                     Contradiction
                     ,
                     if
                     we
                     say
                     ,
                  
                   
                     You
                     go
                     to
                     Rome
                     the
                     
                       quite
                       Contrary
                       way
                    
                     ;
                  
                   
                     He
                     dy'd
                     o'
                     th'
                     Cross
                     ;
                     that
                     death
                     's
                     unusual
                     now
                     ;
                  
                   
                     The
                     Gallows
                     is
                     most
                     lik't
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     's
                     for
                     you
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     love
                     
                       Church
                       Musick
                    
                     ,
                     it
                     offends
                     your
                     sence
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     And
                     therefore
                     ye
                     have
                     sung
                     it
                     out
                     from
                     thence
                     ,
                  
                   
                   
                     Which
                     shews
                     ,
                     if
                     right
                     your
                     mind
                     be
                     understood
                     ,
                  
                   
                     You
                     hate
                     it
                     not
                     as
                     Musick
                     but
                     as
                     Good.
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Madness
                     makes
                     you
                     Sing
                     as
                     much
                     as
                     they
                  
                   
                     Dance
                     ,
                     who
                     are
                     bit
                     with
                     a
                     Tarantula
                     .
                  
                   
                     But
                     do
                     not
                     to
                     your selves
                     alas
                     appear
                     ,
                  
                   
                     The
                     most
                     
                       Religious
                       Traytors
                    
                     that
                     eer
                     '
                     were
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Because
                     your
                     Troopes
                     Singing
                     of
                     Psalmes
                     do
                     goe
                     ;
                  
                   
                     There
                     's
                     many
                     a
                     Traytor
                     has
                     marcht
                     Holborn
                     so
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nor
                     was
                     't
                     your
                     wit
                     this
                     holy
                     project
                     bore
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Tweed
                     and
                     the
                     Tyne
                     has
                     seen
                     those
                     Tricks
                     before
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     of
                     strange
                     Miracles
                     and
                     
                       Wonders
                       tell
                    
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     You
                     are
                     your selves
                     a
                     kind
                     of
                     Miracle
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Even
                     such
                     a
                     Miracle
                     as
                     in
                     writ
                     divine
                  
                   
                     We
                     read
                     o'
                     th'
                     Devils
                     hurrying
                     down
                     the
                     Swine
                     .
                  
                   
                     They
                     have
                     made
                     Images
                     to
                     speak
                     ,
                     't
                     is
                     said
                     ,
                  
                   
                     You
                     a
                     dull
                     Image
                     have
                     your
                     Speaker
                     made
                     ;
                  
                   
                     And
                     that
                     your
                     bounty
                     in
                     offerings
                     might
                     abound
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Y'have
                     to
                     that
                     Idol
                     giv'n
                     six
                     thousand
                     pound
                     ,
                  
                   
                     They
                     
                       drive
                       out
                    
                     Devils
                     they
                     fay
                     ;
                     here
                     ye
                     begin
                  
                   
                     To
                     differ
                     ,
                     I
                     confess
                     ;
                     you
                     
                       let
                       them
                       in
                    
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     maintain
                     Transubstantiation
                     ;
                     
                  
                   
                     You
                     by
                     a
                     
                       Contrary
                       Philosophers
                       stone
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     To
                     
                       Transubstantiate
                       Metalls
                    
                     have
                     the
                     skill
                     ;
                  
                   
                     And
                     turn
                     the
                     Kingdoms
                     Gold
                     to
                     Ir'n
                     and
                     Steel
                     .
                  
                   
                     I'
                     th'
                     Sacrament
                     ye
                     differ
                     but
                     't
                     is
                     noted
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Bread
                     must
                     be
                     
                       Flesh
                       ,
                       Wine
                       Blood
                    
                     ,
                     if
                     e'rt
                     be
                     voted
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     They
                     make
                     the
                     Pope
                     their
                     Head
                     ,
                     y'exalt
                     for
                     him
                  
                   
                     Primate
                     and
                     Metropolitane
                     ,
                     Master
                     Pym
                     ;
                     
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     White
                     ,
                     who
                     sits
                     i'
                     th'
                     
                       Infallible
                       Chaire
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     most
                     infallably
                     speaks
                     Nonsence
                     there
                     :
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     
                       Cromwel
                       ,
                       Pury
                       ,
                       Whistler
                    
                     ,
                     Sir
                     
                       John
                       Wray
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     He
                     who
                     does
                     say
                     ,
                     and
                     say
                     ,
                     and
                     say
                     ,
                     and
                     say
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     Lowry
                     who
                     does
                     new
                     Church-Gover'ment
                     wish
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     Prophesies
                     ,
                     like
                     Jonas
                     ,
                     '
                     midst
                     the
                     Fish
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Who
                     can
                     such
                     
                       various
                       business
                    
                     wisely
                     sway
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Handling
                     both
                     Herrings
                     and
                     Bishops
                     in
                     one
                     day
                     .
                  
                   
                     Nay
                     all
                     your
                     Preachers
                     Women
                     ,
                     Boys
                     ,
                     and
                     Men
                     ,
                  
                   
                     From
                     
                       Master
                       Calamy
                    
                     to
                     
                       Mistress
                       Ven
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Are
                     perfect
                     Popes
                     in
                     their
                     own
                     Parish
                     grown
                     ;
                  
                   
                     For
                     to
                     outdoe
                     the
                     story
                     of
                     
                       Pope
                       Jone
                    
                     :
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Women
                     Preach
                     too
                     ,
                     and
                     are
                     like
                     to
                     be
                  
                   
                     The
                     Whores
                     of
                     Babylon
                     ,
                     as
                     much
                     as
                     She.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                   
                     They
                     
                       depose
                       Kings
                    
                     by
                     Force
                     ;
                     by
                     Force
                     you
                     'd
                     do
                     it
                     ,
                     
                  
                   
                     But
                     first
                     use
                     
                       fair
                       means
                    
                     to
                     persuade
                     them
                     to
                     it
                     .
                  
                   
                     They
                     dare
                     
                       kill
                       Kings
                    
                     ;
                     and
                     'twixt
                     ye
                     here
                     's
                     the
                     strife
                     ,
                  
                   
                     That
                     you
                     dare
                     shoot
                     at
                     Kings
                     ,
                     to
                     save
                     their
                     Life
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     what
                     's
                     the
                     diff'rence
                     ,
                     'pray
                     ,
                     whether
                     he
                     fall
                  
                   
                     By
                     the
                     
                       Popes
                       Bull
                    
                     ,
                     or
                     your
                     
                       Oxe
                       General
                    
                     ?
                  
                   
                     
                       Three
                       Kingdoms
                    
                     thus
                     ye
                     strive
                     to
                     make
                     your
                     own
                     ;
                  
                   
                     And
                     like
                     the
                     Pope
                     usurp
                     a
                     
                       Triple
                       Crown
                    
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Such
                     is
                     your
                     Faith
                     ,
                     such
                     your
                     Religion
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Let
                     's
                     view
                     your
                     Manners
                     now
                     ,
                     and
                     then
                     I
                     've
                     done
                     .
                     
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Cov'teousness
                     let
                     gasping
                     Ireland
                     tell
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Where
                     first
                     the
                     
                       Irish
                       Lands
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     next
                     ye
                     sell
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       English
                       Blood
                    
                     ;
                     and
                     raise
                     Rebellion
                     here
                     ,
                  
                   
                     With
                     that
                     which
                     should
                     suppress
                     ,
                     and
                     quench
                     it
                     there
                     .
                  
                   
                     What
                     mighty
                     summs
                     have
                     ye
                     squeez'd
                     out
                     o'
                     th'
                     City
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Enough
                     to
                     make
                     'em
                     Poor
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       something
                       Witty.
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Excise
                       ,
                       Loans
                       ,
                       Contributions
                       ,
                       Pole-moneys
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Bribes
                       ,
                       Plunder
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     such
                     
                       Parl'ament
                       Priv'ledges
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Are
                     words
                     which
                     you
                     ne'er
                     learnt
                     in
                     Holy
                     Writ
                     ,
                  
                   
                     'Till
                     th'
                     Spirit
                     and
                     your
                     Synod
                     mended
                     it
                     .
                  
                   
                     Where
                     's
                     all
                     the
                     
                       Twentieth
                       part
                    
                     now
                     which
                     hath
                     been
                  
                   
                     Paid
                     you
                     by
                     some
                     ,
                     to
                     forfeit
                     the
                     Nineteen
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Where
                     's
                     all
                     the
                     Goods
                     distrain'd
                     ,
                     and
                     Plunders
                     past
                     ?
                  
                   
                     For
                     you
                     're
                     grown
                     wretched
                     ,
                     pilfring
                     knaves
                     at
                     last
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Descend
                     to
                     Brass
                     and
                     Pewter
                     ;
                     till
                     of
                     late
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Like
                     Midas
                     ,
                     all
                     ye
                     toucht
                     ,
                     must
                     needs
                     be
                     Plate
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     By
                     what
                     vast
                     hopes
                     is
                     your
                     Ambition
                     fed
                     ?
                     
                  
                   
                     'T
                     is
                     writ
                     in
                     Blood
                     and
                     may
                     be
                     plainly
                     read
                     .
                  
                   
                     You
                     must
                     have
                     Places
                     and
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     sway
                     ;
                  
                   
                     The
                     King
                     must
                     be
                     a
                     Ward
                     to
                     your
                     
                       Lord
                       Say.
                    
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Inn'cent
                     Speaker
                     to
                     the
                     Rolles
                     must
                     rise
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Six
                     thousand
                     Pound
                     hath
                     made
                     him
                     proud
                     and
                     wise
                     .
                     
                  
                   
                     Kimbolton
                     for
                     his
                     
                       Fathers
                       place
                    
                     doth
                     call
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Would
                     be
                     like
                     him
                     ;
                     would
                     he
                     were
                     ,
                     Face
                     and
                     all
                     .
                  
                   
                     Isaack
                     would
                     always
                     be
                     
                       Lord
                       Mayer
                    
                     and
                     so
                     ,
                  
                   
                     May
                     always
                     be
                     ,
                     as
                     much
                     as
                     he
                     is
                     now
                     .
                     
                  
                   
                     For
                     the
                     
                       Five
                       Members
                    
                     ,
                     they
                     so
                     richly
                     thrive
                     ,
                  
                   
                     That
                     they
                     would
                     always
                     be
                     ,
                     but
                     
                       Members
                       Five
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Only
                     ,
                     Pym
                     doth
                     his
                     Natural
                     right
                     enforce
                     ,
                  
                   
                     By
                     th'
                     Mothers
                     side
                     he
                     's
                     Master
                     of
                     the
                     Horse
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Most
                     shall
                     have
                     Places
                     by
                     these
                     pop'lar
                     tricks
                     ,
                  
                   
                     The
                     rest
                     must
                     be
                     content
                     with
                     Bishopricks
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                   
                     For
                     't
                     is
                     against
                     Superstition
                     your
                     intent
                     ,
                  
                   
                     First
                     to
                     root
                     out
                     that
                     great
                     Church
                     Ornament
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Money
                     and
                     Lands
                     ;
                     your
                     Swords
                     alas
                     are
                     drawn
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Against
                     the
                     Bishop
                     ,
                     not
                     his
                     Cap
                     ,
                     or
                     Lawn
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     O
                     let
                     not
                     such
                     lewd
                     
                       Sacriledge
                       begin
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Tempted
                     by
                     Henrie's
                     rich
                     succesful
                     Sin.
                  
                   
                     Henry
                     the
                     monster
                     King
                     of
                     all
                     that
                     age
                     ;
                  
                   
                     VVild
                     in
                     his
                     Lust
                     ,
                     but
                     wilder
                     in
                     his
                     Rage
                     .
                  
                   
                     Expect
                     not
                     you
                     his
                     Fate
                     ,
                     though
                     Hotham
                     thrives
                  
                   
                     In
                     imitating
                     Henrie's
                     tricks
                     for
                     Wives
                  
                   
                     Nor
                     fewer
                     Churches
                     hopes
                     than
                     Wives
                     to
                     see
                  
                   
                     Buried
                     ,
                     and
                     then
                     their
                     Lands
                     his
                     own
                     to
                     be
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Ye
                     boundless
                     Tyrants
                     ,
                     how
                     do
                     you
                     outvy
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Th'
                     
                       Athenians
                       Thirty
                       ,
                       Romes
                       Decemviry
                    
                     ?
                     
                  
                   
                     In
                     
                       Rage
                       '
                       Injustice
                       '
                       Cruelty
                    
                     as
                     far
                  
                   
                     Above
                     those
                     men
                     ,
                     as
                     you
                     in
                     Number
                     are
                     .
                  
                   
                     What
                     Mist'ries
                     of
                     Iniquity
                     doe
                     we
                     see
                     ?
                  
                   
                     
                       New
                       Prisons
                    
                     made
                     to
                     defend
                     Libertie
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Our
                     Goods
                     forc'd
                     from
                     us
                     for
                     propri'ti's
                     sake
                     ;
                  
                   
                     And
                     all
                     the
                     Real
                     Non-scence
                     which
                     ye
                     make
                     .
                  
                   
                     Ship-money
                     was
                     unjustly
                     ta'en
                     ,
                     ye
                     say
                     ;
                     
                  
                   
                     Unjustlier
                     far
                     ,
                     you
                     take
                     the
                     Ships
                     away
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     
                       High
                       Commission
                    
                     ,
                     you
                     call'd
                     Tyranny
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Ye
                     did
                     ;
                     Good
                     God!
                     what
                     is
                     the
                     High-Committy
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Ye
                     said
                     that
                     gifts
                     ,
                     and
                     bribes
                     preferments
                     bought
                     ,
                  
                   
                     By
                     money
                     and
                     blood
                     too
                     ,
                     they
                     now
                     are
                     sought
                     .
                  
                   
                     To
                     the
                     Kings
                     will
                     the
                     Laws
                     men
                     strove
                     to
                     draw
                     ;
                  
                   
                     The
                     Subjects
                     will
                     ,
                     is
                     now
                     become
                     the
                     Law.
                  
                   
                     'T
                     was
                     fear'd
                     a
                     New
                     Religion
                     would
                     begin
                     ;
                  
                   
                     All
                     new
                     Religions
                     ,
                     now
                     are
                     entred
                     in
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     King
                     Delinquents
                     to
                     protect
                     did
                     strive
                     ;
                  
                   
                     What
                     Clubs
                     ,
                     Pikes
                     ,
                     Halberts
                     ,
                     Lighters
                     ,
                     sav'd
                     the
                     Five
                     ?
                  
                   
                     You
                     think
                     the
                     Parl'ment
                     ,
                     like
                     your
                     State
                     of
                     Grace
                     ,
                  
                   
                     What
                     ever
                     sins
                     men
                     do
                     ,
                     they
                     keep
                     their
                     Place
                     .
                  
                   
                     Invasions
                     then
                     were
                     fear'd
                     against
                     the
                     State.
                  
                   
                     And
                     Strode
                     swore
                     last
                     year
                     would
                     be
                     eighty-eight
                     .
                     
                  
                   
                     You
                     bring
                     in
                     Forraign
                     Aid
                     to
                     your
                     designs
                     ;
                  
                   
                     First
                     those
                     great
                     Forraign
                     Forces
                     of
                     Divines
                     ,
                  
                   
                     With
                     which
                     Ships
                     from
                     America
                     were
                     fraught
                     .
                  
                   
                     Rather
                     may
                     stinking
                     Tobacco
                     still
                     be
                     brought
                     .
                  
                   
                     From
                     thence
                     ,
                     I
                     say
                     :
                     next
                     ye
                     the
                     Scots
                     invite
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Which
                     ye
                     term
                     Brotherly
                     assistance
                     right
                     ;
                  
                   
                     For
                     England
                     you
                     intend
                     with
                     them
                     to
                     share
                     :
                  
                   
                     They
                     who
                     alas
                     !
                     but
                     younger
                     Brothers
                     are
                     ,
                  
                   
                   
                     Must
                     have
                     the
                     Moneis
                     for
                     their
                     Portion
                     ;
                  
                   
                     The
                     Houses
                     and
                     the
                     Lands
                     will
                     be
                     your
                     Owne
                     .
                  
                   
                     We
                     thank
                     ye
                     for
                     the
                     wounds
                     which
                     we
                     endure
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Whilst
                     scratches
                     and
                     slight
                     pricks
                     ye
                     seek
                     to
                     cure
                     .
                  
                   
                     We
                     thank
                     ye
                     for
                     true
                     real
                     fears
                     at
                     last
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Which
                     free
                     us
                     from
                     so
                     many
                     false
                     ones
                     past
                     .
                  
                   
                     We
                     thank
                     ye
                     for
                     the
                     Blood
                     which
                     fats
                     our
                     Coast
                     ,
                  
                   
                     As
                     a
                     just
                     debt
                     paid
                     to
                     great
                     Strafford's
                     Ghoast
                     .
                     )
                  
                   
                     We
                     thank
                     ye
                     for
                     the
                     ills
                     Receiv'd
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                  
                   
                     Which
                     yet
                     by
                     your
                     good
                     care
                     ,
                     in
                     time
                     we
                     shall
                     .
                  
                   
                     We
                     thank
                     ye
                     ,
                     and
                     our
                     gratitude's
                     as
                     great
                  
                   
                     As
                     yours
                     ,
                     when
                     you
                     thankt
                     '
                     God
                     for
                     being
                     beat
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Character
                     of
                     an
                     HOLY-SISTER
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     can
                     sit
                     three
                     Sermons
                     in
                     aday
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     of
                     those
                     three
                     ,
                     scarce
                     bear
                     three
                     Words
                     away
                     ,
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     can
                     Rob
                     her
                     Husband
                     ,
                     to
                     repair
                  
                   
                     A
                     Budget
                     Priest
                     that
                     Noses
                     a
                     long
                     Prayer
                     .
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     with
                     Lamb-black
                     ,
                     purifies
                     her
                     shooes
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     with
                     half
                     Eyes
                     and
                     Bible
                     ,
                     softly
                     goes
                     ;
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     her
                     Pockets
                     with
                     Lay-Gospel
                     stuffs
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     edifies
                     her
                     looks
                     with
                     little
                     Ruffs
                     .
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     loves
                     Sermons
                     as
                     she
                     does
                     the
                     rest
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Still
                     standing
                     stiff
                     ,
                     that
                     longest
                     are
                     the
                     best
                     .
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     will
                     Ly
                     ,
                     yet
                     swear
                     ,
                     she
                     hates
                     a
                     Lyer
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Except
                     it
                     be
                     the
                     man
                     ,
                     that
                     will
                     Lye
                     by
                     her
                     .
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     at
                     Christenings
                     ,
                     thirsteth
                     for
                     more
                     Sack
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     draws
                     the
                     broadest
                     handkerchief
                     for
                     Cake
                     .
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     sings
                     Psalms
                     devoutly
                     next
                     the
                     street
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     beats
                     her
                     maid
                     ,
                     i
                     th'
                     kitching
                     where
                     none
                     see
                     't
                     .
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     will
                     sit
                     in
                     shop
                     for
                     five
                     hours
                     space
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     register
                     the
                     sins
                     of
                     all
                     that
                     pass
                     .
                  
                   
                     Damn
                     at
                     first
                     sight
                     ,
                     and
                     proudly
                     dares
                     to
                     say
                     ,
                  
                   
                     That
                     none
                     can
                     possibly
                     be
                     sav'd
                     ,
                     but
                     they
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     hangs
                     Religion
                     in
                     a
                     naked
                     Ear
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     judge
                     mens
                     hearts
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     their
                     Hair.
                  
                   
                     That
                     could
                     afford
                     to
                     doubt
                     ,
                     who
                     wrote
                     best
                     sence
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Moses
                     or
                     Dod
                     on
                     the
                     Commandements
                     .
                  
                   
                     She
                     that
                     can
                     sigh
                     and
                     cry
                     ,
                     Queen
                     Elizabeth
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Rail
                     at
                     the
                     Pope
                     ,
                     and
                     scratch
                     out
                     sudden
                     death
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     for
                     all
                     this
                     can
                     give
                     no
                     reason
                     why
                     ,
                  
                   
                     This
                     is
                     an
                     holy
                     sister
                     verily
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   THE
                   Assembly-man
                   ;
                
                 
                   
                     Written
                     by
                     Sir
                  
                   John
                   Birkenhead
                   ;
                   
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                  
                   1647.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   .
                   i.
                   e.
                   
                   
                     
                       He
                       seditiously
                       stirs
                       up
                       men
                       to
                       fight
                       :
                       he
                       'll
                       teach
                       others
                       the
                       way
                       whereof
                       himself
                       is
                       most
                       ignorant
                       ;
                       and
                       persuades
                       men
                       to
                       take
                       an
                       Oath
                       ,
                       because
                       himself
                       had
                       sworn
                       it
                       before
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   LONDON
                   ,
                   Printed
                   for
                   
                     W.
                     Davis
                     ,
                     Anno
                     Dom.
                  
                   1681
                   /
                   2.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   
                     READER
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   
                     THis
                     Pamphlet
                     was
                     torn
                     from
                     me
                     by
                     those
                     who
                     say
                     they
                     cannot
                     rob
                     ,
                     because
                     all
                     is
                     theirs
                     .
                     They
                     found
                     it
                     where
                     it
                     slept
                     many
                     years
                     forgotten
                     ;
                     but
                     they
                     '
                     waken'd
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     made
                     false
                     Transcripts
                     .
                     They
                  
                   Exciz'd
                   
                     what
                     they
                     liked
                     not
                     ;
                     so
                     mangled
                     and
                  
                   Reform'd
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     't
                     was
                     no
                     Character
                     of
                     an
                  
                   Assembler
                   ,
                   
                     but
                     of
                     themselves
                     .
                     A
                     Copy
                     of
                     that
                  
                   Reformling
                   
                     had
                     crept
                     to
                     the
                     Press
                     .
                     Iseiz'd
                     and
                     stopt
                     it
                     ,
                     unwilliug
                     to
                     Father
                     other
                     mens
                     sins
                     .
                     Here
                     therefore
                     you
                     have
                     it
                     (
                     as
                     't
                     was
                     first
                     scribled
                     )
                     without
                     addition
                     of
                     a
                     syllable
                     ;
                     I
                     wish
                     I
                     durst
                     say
                     here
                     's
                     nothing
                     lopt
                     off
                     .
                     But
                     men
                     and
                     manners
                     are
                     chang'd
                     ,
                     at
                     least
                     they
                     say
                     so
                     .
                     If
                     yet
                     this
                     trifle
                     seem
                     born
                     with
                     teeth
                     ,
                     you
                     know
                     whose
                     hands
                     were
                     knuckle-deep
                     in
                     the
                     blood
                     of
                     that
                     renouned
                     Chancellor
                     of
                  
                   Oxon
                   
                     (
                     Arch-bishop
                  
                   LAUD
                   )
                   
                     though
                     when
                     they
                     cut
                     up
                     that
                     great
                     Martyr
                     ,
                     his
                     two
                     greatest
                     Crimes
                     were
                     the
                     two
                     greatest
                     Glories
                  
                   Great
                   Britain
                   
                     can
                     boast
                     of
                  
                   ,
                   St.
                   Paul's
                   Church
                   
                     and
                     the
                  
                   Oxford
                   Library
                   .
                   
                     Where
                     you
                     find
                     no
                     coherence
                     ,
                     remember
                     this
                     Paper
                     hath
                     suffer'd
                  
                   Decimation
                   :
                   
                     Better
                     times
                     have
                     made
                     it
                     worse
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     's
                     no
                     fault
                     of
                  
                
                 
                   
                     J.
                     Berkenhead
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   THE
                   Assembly-man
                   .
                
                 
                   AN
                   Assembler
                   is
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   
                     States
                     '
                  
                   Chattels
                   :
                   nor
                   Priest
                   ,
                   nor
                   Burgess
                   ,
                   but
                   a
                   Participle
                   that
                   shark's
                   upon
                   both
                   .
                   He
                   was
                   chosen
                   ,
                   as
                   Sir
                   Nathaniel
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   knew
                   least
                   of
                   all
                   his
                   Profession
                   :
                   not
                   by
                   the
                   Votes
                   of
                   a
                   Whole
                   Diocese
                   ,
                   but
                   by
                   one
                   whole
                   Parliament-man
                   .
                   He
                   ha's
                   sate
                   four
                   years
                   towards
                   a
                   new
                   Religion
                   ,
                   but
                   in
                   the
                   interim
                   left
                   none
                   at
                   all
                   :
                   as
                   his
                   Masters
                   ,
                   the
                   Commons
                   had
                   along
                   Debate
                   
                     whether
                     Canáles
                     or
                     no
                     Candles
                  
                   ,
                   but
                   all
                   the
                   mean
                   while
                   sate
                   still
                   in
                   the
                   Dark
                   :
                   And
                   therefore
                   when
                   the
                   Moon
                   quits
                   her
                   oldLight
                   ,
                   and
                   has
                   acquir'd
                   no
                   new
                   ,
                   Astronomeres
                   say
                   she
                   is
                   in
                   her
                   Synodes
                   .
                   Shew
                   me
                   such
                   a
                   Picture
                   of
                   Judas
                   as
                   the
                   Assembler
                   ,
                   (
                   a
                   griping
                   ,
                   false
                   ,
                   Reforming
                   Brother
                   ;
                   rail's
                   at
                   Waste
                   spent
                   upon
                   the
                   Anointed
                   ;
                   persecutes
                   most
                   those
                   Hands
                   which
                   Ordain'd
                   him
                   ;
                   brings
                   in
                   
                     men
                     with
                     swords
                     and
                     staves
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   all
                   for
                   Money
                   from
                   the
                   Honourable
                   Scribes
                   and
                   
                     Pharisees
                     :
                  
                   )
                   One
                   Touch
                   more
                   (
                   a
                   Line
                   tyed
                   to
                   his
                   Name-sake
                   Elder-tree
                   )
                   had
                   made
                   him
                   Judas
                   ,
                   Root
                   and
                   Branch
                   .
                   This
                   Assembly
                   at
                   first
                   was
                   a
                   full
                   Century
                   ;
                   which
                   should
                   be
                   reckon'd
                   as
                   the
                   Scholiast's
                   Hecatomb
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Feet
                   ,
                   not
                   Heads
                   :
                   or
                   count
                   them
                   by
                   Scores
                   ,
                   for
                   in
                   things
                   without
                   Heads
                   Six
                   score
                   go
                   to
                   an
                   Hundred
                   .
                   They
                   would
                   be
                   a
                   New
                   Septuagint
                   ;
                   the
                   Old
                   translated
                   Scripture
                   out
                   of
                   Heberw
                   into
                   Greek
                   ,
                   these
                   turn
                   in
                   to
                   
                     four
                     shillings
                     a
                     day
                  
                   ?
                   And
                   and
                   these
                   Assemblers
                   were
                   begot
                   in
                   one
                   day
                   ,
                   as
                   Hercules's
                   fifty
                   Bastards
                   all
                   in
                   one
                   night
                   .
                   Their
                   first
                   List
                   was
                   sprinkled
                   with
                   some
                   names
                   of
                   Honour
                   ,
                   (
                   Dr.
                   Sanderson
                   ,
                   Dr.
                   
                   Morley-Dr
                   .
                   
                     Hammond
                     ,
                     &c
                     ,
                  
                   )
                   But
                   these
                   were
                   Divines
                   ;
                   too
                   worthy
                   to
                   mix
                   with
                   such
                   
                     scandalous
                     Ministers
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   not
                   Assemble
                   without
                   the
                   
                     Royal
                     Call.
                  
                   Nay
                   ,
                   the
                   first
                   List
                   had
                   one
                   Archbishop
                   ,
                   one
                   Bishop
                   ,
                   and
                   an
                   Half
                   ,
                   (
                   for
                   Bishop
                   Brownrigg
                   was
                   then
                   but
                   Elect.
                   )
                   But
                   now
                   their
                   Assembly
                   (
                   as
                   Philosophers
                   think
                   the
                   World
                   )
                   consists
                   of
                   Atoms
                   ;
                   petty
                   small
                   Levites
                   ,
                   whose
                   Parts
                   are
                   not
                   perceptible
                   .
                   And
                   yet
                   these
                   inferior
                   postern
                   Teachers
                   have
                   intoxicated
                   England
                   (
                   for
                   a
                   man
                   sometimes
                   grow's
                   drunk
                   by
                   a
                   Glister
                   .
                   )
                   When
                   they
                   all
                   meet
                   ,
                   they
                   shew
                   Beasts
                   in
                   Asrick
                   by
                   promiscuous
                   coupling
                   engender
                   Monsters
                   .
                   Mr
                   Selden
                   visit's
                   them
                   (
                   as
                   Persians
                   use
                   )
                   to
                   see
                   
                     wild
                     Asses
                  
                   fight
                   :
                   when
                   the
                   Commons
                   have
                   tyr'd
                   him
                   with
                   their
                   new
                   Law
                   ,
                   these
                   Bretheren
                   refresh
                   him
                   with
                   their
                   mad
                   Gospel
                   :
                   They
                   lately
                   were
                   gravell'd
                   'twixt
                   Jerusalem
                   and
                   Jerico
                   ;
                   they
                   knew
                   not
                   the
                   distance
                   'twixt
                   those
                   two
                   places
                   ;
                   one
                   cry'd
                   twenty
                   miles
                   ,
                   another
                   ten
                   ,
                   't
                   was
                   concluded
                   seven
                   ,
                   for
                   this
                   reason
                   ,
                   that
                   
                     Fishwas
                     brought
                     from
                  
                   Jericho
                   to
                   Jerusalem
                   
                   market
                   :
                   Mr
                   Selden
                   smil'd
                   and
                   said
                   
                     perhaps
                     the
                     Fish
                     ,
                     was
                     salt
                     Fish
                  
                   and
                   so
                   stopp'd
                   their
                   mouths
                   .
                   Earl
                   Philip
                   goes
                   thither
                   to
                   hear
                   them
                   spend
                   ;
                   when
                   he
                   heard
                   them
                   toss
                   their
                   
                     National
                     ,
                     Provincial
                     ,
                     Classical
                     ,
                     Congregational
                  
                   ;
                   he
                   swore
                   damnably
                   ,
                   that
                   a
                   pack
                   of
                   good
                   Dogs
                   made
                   better
                   Musick
                   :
                   His
                   Allusion
                   was
                   porper
                   ,
                   since
                   the
                   
                     Elder
                     's
                     Maid
                  
                   had
                   a
                   four-legg'd
                   Husband
                   .
                   To
                   speak
                   truth
                   ,
                   this
                   Assembly
                   is
                   the
                   
                     two
                     Houses
                  
                   Tiring-room
                   where
                   the
                   Lords
                   and
                   the
                   Commons
                   put
                   on
                   their
                   Visards
                   and
                   Masques
                   of
                   Religion
                   .
                   And
                   their
                   Honors
                   have
                   so
                   sifted
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   that
                   at
                   last
                   they
                   have
                   found
                   the
                   Bran
                   of
                   the
                   Clergy
                   .
                   Yet
                   such
                   poor
                   Church-menders
                   must
                   Reform
                   and
                   shuffle
                   :
                   though
                   they
                   find
                   Church
                   Government
                   may
                   a
                   thousand
                   wayes
                   be
                   changd
                   for
                   the
                   worse
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   one
                   way
                   for
                   the
                   better
                   .
                   These
                   have
                   lately
                   publish'd
                   Annotations
                   on
                   the
                   Bible
                   ,
                   where
                   their
                   first
                   Note
                   (
                   on
                   the
                   word
                   CREATE
                   )
                   is
                   a
                   Libel
                   against
                   Kings
                   for
                   creating
                   of
                   Honors
                   .
                   Their
                   Annotation
                   on
                   Jacob's
                   two
                   Kids
                   ,
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   
                     two
                     Kids
                     are
                     too
                     much
                     for
                     one
                     man's
                     supper
                     :
                  
                   but
                   
                     he
                     had
                  
                   (
                   say
                   they
                   )
                   
                     but
                     one
                     Kid
                     and
                     the
                     other
                     made
                     Sauce
                     .
                  
                   They
                   observe
                   upon
                   Herod
                   ,
                   what
                   a
                   Tyrant
                   he
                   was
                   ,
                   to
                   kill
                   Insants
                   under
                   two
                   years
                   old
                   ,
                   without
                   giving
                   
                     them
                     legal
                     Trial
                  
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   might
                   speake
                   for
                   themselves
                   .
                   Commonly
                   they
                   follow
                   the
                   Geneva
                   Margin
                   ,
                   as
                   those
                   Sea-men
                   who
                   understood
                   not
                   the
                   Compass
                   crept
                   a
                   long
                   the
                   Shore
                   .
                   But
                   I
                   hear
                   they
                   threaten
                   a
                   
                     secoud
                     Edition
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   interim
                   thrust
                   forth
                   a
                   paultry
                   Catechism
                   ,
                   which
                   expounds
                   Nine
                   Commandements
                   ,
                   and
                   Eleven
                   Articles
                   of
                   the
                   Creed
                   .
                   Of
                   late
                   they
                   are
                   much
                   in
                   love
                   with
                   Chronograms
                   ,
                   because
                   (
                   if
                   possible
                   )
                   they
                   are
                   duller
                   than
                   Anagrams
                   ;
                   O
                   how
                   they
                   have
                   torn
                   the
                   poor
                   Bishops
                   names
                   to
                   pick
                   out
                   the
                   number
                   666
                   !
                   little
                   dreaming
                   that
                   a
                   whole
                   Bakers
                   dozen
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   Assembly
                   have
                   that
                   beastly
                   number
                   in
                   each
                   of
                   their
                   Names
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   as
                   exactly
                   as
                   their
                   
                     Solemn
                     League
                  
                   and
                   Covenant
                   consist's
                   of
                   666
                   words
                   .
                   But
                   though
                   the
                   Assembler's
                   Brains
                   are
                   Lead
                   ,
                   his
                   Countenance
                   is
                   Brass
                   ;
                   for
                   he
                   damned
                   such
                   as
                   held
                   two
                   benefices
                   ,
                   while
                   himself
                   has
                   four
                   or
                   five
                   ,
                   besides
                   his
                   Concubine
                   Lecture
                   .
                   He
                   is
                   not
                   against
                   Pluralities
                   ,
                   but
                   Dualities
                   ;
                   He
                   says
                   it
                   is
                   unlawful
                   to
                   have
                   two
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   ,
                   though
                   four
                   of
                   other
                   mens
                   ;
                   and
                   observes
                   how
                   the
                   Hebrew
                   word
                   sor
                   Life
                   has
                   no
                   singular
                   number
                   .
                   Yet
                   it
                   is
                   some
                   relief
                   to
                   a
                   sequestred
                   person
                   to
                   see
                   two
                   Assemblers
                   snarl
                   for
                   his
                   Tithes
                   ;
                   for
                   of
                   all
                   kind
                   of
                   Beasts
                   none
                   can
                   match
                   an
                   Assembler
                   but
                   an
                   Assembler
                   .
                   He
                   never
                   enters
                   a
                   Church
                   by
                   the
                   Door
                   ,
                   but
                   clambers
                   up
                   through
                   a
                   Window
                   of
                   Scquestration
                   ,
                   or
                   steals
                   in
                   through
                   Vaults
                   and
                   Cellars
                   by
                   Clandestine
                   Contracts
                   with
                   an
                   Expecting
                   Patron
                   .
                   He
                   is
                   most
                   sure
                   no
                   Law
                   can
                   hurt
                   him
                   ,
                   for
                   Laws
                   dyed
                   in
                   England
                   the
                   year
                   before
                   the
                   Assembler
                   was
                   born
                   .
                   The
                   best
                   way
                   to
                   hold
                   him
                   ,
                   is
                   (
                   as
                   our
                   King
                   Richard
                   bound
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   Cyprus
                   )
                   in
                   
                     silver
                     chains
                  
                   .
                   He
                   loves
                   to
                   discourse
                   of
                   the
                   
                     New
                     Jerusalem
                  
                   ,
                   because
                   her
                   streets
                   are
                   of
                   fine
                   Gold
                   ;
                   and
                   yet
                   could
                   like
                   London
                   as
                   well
                   ,
                   were
                   Cheapside
                   paved
                   with
                   the
                   
                     Philosopher's
                     stone
                  
                   .
                   Nay
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   say
                   his
                   Prayers
                   with
                   Beads
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   might
                   have
                   a
                   Set
                   made
                   of
                   all
                   Diamonds
                   :
                   This
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   it
                   which
                   tempts
                   him
                   to
                   such
                   mad
                   Articles
                   against
                   the
                   
                     Loyal
                     Clergy
                  
                   ,
                   
                   whom
                   he
                   dresses
                   as
                   he
                   would
                   have
                   them
                   appear
                   ;
                   just
                   as
                   the
                   Ballad
                   of
                   
                     Dr.
                     Faustus
                  
                   brings
                   forth
                   the
                   Devil
                   in
                   a
                   
                     Friars
                     weed
                  
                   .
                   He
                   accused
                   one
                   Minister
                   ,
                   for
                   saying
                   
                     the
                     blessed
                     Virgin
                     was
                     the
                     Mother
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                  
                   (
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Ancients
                   call
                   her
                   .
                   )
                   Another
                   he
                   charged
                   for
                   a
                   common
                   Drunkard
                   ,
                   whom
                   all
                   the
                   Country
                   knows
                   has
                   drunk
                   nothing
                   but
                   Water
                   these
                   26
                   years
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   Assembler
                   himself
                   can
                   drink
                   Widows
                   Tears
                   though
                   their
                   husbands
                   are
                   not
                   dead
                   .
                   Sure
                   ,
                   if
                   Paracelsus's
                   Doctrine
                   were
                   true
                   ,
                   (
                   that
                   
                     to
                     eat
                     creatures
                     alive
                     will
                     perpetuate
                     man's
                     life
                     )
                  
                   the
                   Assembler
                   were
                   imortal
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   swallows
                   quick
                   Men
                   ,
                   Wives
                   ,
                   and
                   Children
                   ;
                   and
                   devours
                   Lives
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   Livings
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   he
                   were
                   born
                   in
                   that
                   Pagan
                   Province
                   where
                   
                     None
                     might
                     marry
                     till
                     he
                     had
                     Killed
                     twelveChristians
                     .
                  
                   This
                   makes
                   him
                   kneel
                   to
                   Lieutenant
                   General
                   Cromwel
                   (
                   as
                   Indians
                   to
                   the
                   Devil
                   ;
                   )
                   for
                   he
                   saw
                   how
                   Oliver
                   first
                   threw
                   —
                   ,
                   then
                   —
                   and
                   can
                   with
                   a
                   wink
                   do
                   as
                   much
                   for
                   —
                   :
                   Like
                   Milo
                   in
                   the
                   Olympicks
                   ,
                   by
                   practising
                   on
                   a
                   Calf
                   grew
                   strong
                   enough
                   for
                   a
                   Bull
                   ,
                   and
                   could
                   with
                   ease
                   give
                   a
                   lift
                   to
                   an
                   Asse
                   .
                   The
                   great
                   Turk
                   was
                   sending
                   his
                   Ambassador
                   ,
                   to
                   congratulate
                   the
                   Assemblies
                   Proceedings
                   against
                   the
                   Christians
                   ;
                   He
                   Ordered
                   them
                   Thanks
                   for
                   Licencing
                   his
                   Alcoran
                   to
                   be
                   printed
                   in
                   English
                   ;
                   but
                   hearing
                   
                     Ottoman
                     Cromwel
                  
                   had
                   talked
                   of
                   
                     marching
                     to
                     the
                     Walls
                     of
                     Constantinople
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   Embassy
                   was
                   stopt
                   .
                   The
                   only
                   difference
                   'twixt
                   the
                   Assembler
                   and
                   a
                   Turk
                   ,
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   one
                   plants
                   Religion
                   by
                   the
                   
                     ●ower
                     of
                     the
                     Sword
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   by
                   the
                   power
                   of
                   the
                   Cymeter
                   .
                   Nay
                   ,
                   the
                   greatest
                   strise
                   in
                   their
                   whole
                   Conventicle
                   ,
                   is
                   who
                   shall
                   do
                   worst
                   ;
                   for
                   they
                   all
                   intend
                   to
                   make
                   the
                   Church
                   :
                   but
                   a
                   Sepulchre
                   ,
                   having
                   not
                   only
                   Plunder'd
                   but
                   Anatomiz'd
                   all
                   the
                   true
                   Clergy
                   ;
                   whose
                   torment
                   is
                   hight'ned
                   in
                   being
                   destroyed
                   by
                   such
                   dull
                   instruments
                   ;
                   as
                   the
                   Prophet
                   Isaiah
                   was
                   sawn
                   to
                   pieces
                   with
                   a
                   
                     wooden
                     Saw.
                  
                   The
                   Assembler
                   wondèrs
                   that
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   his
                   Friends
                   live
                   still
                   in
                   hope
                   ;
                   he
                   thinks
                   them
                   all
                   in
                   St.
                   
                   Clemens's
                   case
                   ,
                   drown'd
                   with
                   an
                   Anchor
                   tyed
                   about
                   his
                   neck
                   .
                   He
                   has
                   now
                   got
                   power
                   to
                   visit
                   the
                   Universities
                   ;
                   where
                   these
                   blinking
                   Visitors
                   look
                   on
                   eminent
                   Scholars
                   (
                   as
                   the
                   Blind-man
                   who
                   saw
                   men
                   like
                   Trees
                   )
                   as
                   Timber
                   growing
                   within
                   the
                   Root-and-Branch
                   Ordinance
                   .
                   The
                   Assembler
                   has
                   now
                   lest
                   Scholars
                   so
                   poor
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   scarce
                   Rags
                   wherewith
                   to
                   make
                   Paper
                   .
                   A
                   man
                   would
                   think
                   the
                   
                     Two
                     houses
                  
                   intend
                   to
                   transport
                   the
                   Universities
                   ,
                   since
                   they
                   load
                   Asses
                   with
                   Colledge-Revenues
                   .
                   For
                   though
                   these
                   Assemblers
                   made
                   themselves
                   Heads
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   rather
                   Hands
                   of
                   Colledges
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   all
                   are
                   takers
                   ;
                   and
                   take
                   all
                   .
                   And
                   yet
                   they
                   are
                   such
                   creeping
                   Tyrants
                   ,
                   that
                   Scholars
                   are
                   Expell'd
                   the
                   two
                   Universities
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   old
                   Thracians
                   ,
                   forc'd
                   from
                   their
                   Countrey
                   by
                   Rats
                   and
                   Mice
                   .
                   So
                   that
                   Learning
                   now
                   is
                   so
                   much
                   advanced
                   ,
                   as
                   Arrowsmith's
                   Glass-eye
                   sees
                   more
                   then
                   his
                   natural
                   .
                   They
                   never
                   admit
                   a
                   good
                   scholar
                   to
                   a
                   Benefice
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Assemblies
                   Balance
                   is
                   the
                   Lake
                   of
                   Sodom
                   ,
                   where
                   Iron
                   swims
                   and
                   Feathers
                   sink
                   .
                   Their
                   Divinity-Disputations
                   are
                   with
                   Women
                   or
                   Lay-men
                   ;
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   only
                   on
                   one
                   Question
                   
                     (
                     Episcopacy
                  
                   )
                   where
                   the
                   Assembler
                   talks
                   all
                   that
                   he
                   and
                   his
                   friends
                   can
                   say
                   ,
                   
                   (
                   though
                   his
                   best
                   medium
                   to
                   prove
                   Presbyters
                   more
                   antient
                   than
                   Bishops
                   ,
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   
                     Scribes
                     ,
                     Pharisees
                     ,
                     Priests
                  
                   and
                   Elders
                   where
                   before
                   the
                   
                     Apostols
                     ;
                  
                   )
                   Yet
                   if
                   a
                   Scholar
                   or
                   good
                   Argument
                   come
                   ,
                   he
                   flies
                   them
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   if
                   they
                   were
                   his
                   Text.
                   This
                   made
                   him
                   curse
                   Dr.
                   Steward
                   ,
                   Dr.
                   Lancy
                   and
                   Dr.
                   Hammond
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   he
                   not
                   had
                   more
                   Brass
                   in
                   his
                   Face
                   than
                   in
                   his
                   Kitchin
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   hang'd
                   himself
                   at
                   Uxbridge
                   ,
                   and
                   ended
                   with
                   that
                   Treaty
                   .
                   For
                   he
                   has
                   naught
                   of
                   Logick
                   ,
                   but
                   her
                   
                     clutch'd
                     fist
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   rail's
                   at
                   Philosophy
                   as
                   Beggars
                   do
                   at
                   Gentlemen
                   .
                   He
                   has
                   very
                   bad
                   luck
                   when
                   he
                   deals
                   in
                   Philologie
                   ,
                   as
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   (
                   and
                   that
                   no
                   mean
                   man
                   )
                   who
                   in
                   his
                   preface
                   to
                   the
                   Reader
                   ,
                   sayes
                   ,
                   that
                   St.
                   
                     Paul
                     had
                     read
                     Eustathius
                     upon
                     Homer
                     ,
                  
                   though
                   the
                   
                     Apostle
                     dyed
                     a
                  
                   thousand
                   years
                   before
                   Eustathius
                   was
                   born
                   .
                   The
                   Assembers
                   Dyet
                   is
                   strangely
                   different
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   dines
                   wretchedly
                   on
                   dry
                   Bread
                   at
                   Westminster
                   ;
                   four
                   Assemblers
                   for
                   13
                   pence
                   :
                   But
                   this
                   sharpens
                   and
                   
                     Whets
                     him
                  
                   for
                   supper
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   feeds
                   gratis
                   with
                   his
                   City-Landlord
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   he
                   brings
                   a
                   huge
                   Stomach
                   and
                   News
                   ;
                   for
                   which
                   Cramm'd
                   Capons
                   cram
                   him
                   .
                   He
                   screws
                   into
                   Families
                   where
                   is
                   some
                   rich
                   Daughter
                   or
                   Heir
                   ;
                   but
                   whoever
                   takes
                   him
                   into
                   their
                   bosom
                   ,
                   will
                   dye
                   like
                   Cleopatra
                   .
                   VVhen
                   it
                   rains
                   he
                   is
                   Coach'd
                   (
                   a
                   Classis
                   of
                   them
                   together
                   )
                   rouling
                   his
                   Eyes
                   to
                   mark
                   who
                   beholds
                   him
                   .
                   His
                   shortest
                   things
                   are
                   his
                   hair
                   and
                   his
                   Cloack
                   .
                   His
                   hair
                   is
                   cut
                   to
                   the
                   figure
                   of
                   3
                   ;
                   two
                   high
                   Cliffs
                   run
                   up
                   his
                   Temples
                   ,
                   whose
                   Cap
                   of
                   shorn
                   hair
                   shoots
                   down
                   his
                   Forehead
                   ,
                   with
                   Creeks
                   indented
                   ,
                   where
                   his
                   Ears
                   ride
                   at
                   Anchor
                   .
                   Had
                   this
                   false
                   Prophet
                   been
                   carryed
                   with
                   Habbakuk
                   ,
                   the
                   Angel
                   had
                   caught
                   fast
                   hold
                   of
                   his
                   Ears
                   ,
                   and
                   led
                   him
                   as
                   he
                   leads
                   his
                   Auditory
                   .
                   His
                   Eyes
                   are
                   part
                   of
                   his
                   Tithe
                   at
                   Easter
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   boyles
                   at
                   each
                   Sermon
                   .
                   He
                   has
                   two
                   Mouths
                   ,
                   his
                   Nose
                   is
                   one
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   speaks
                   through
                   both
                   .
                   His
                   hands
                   are
                   not
                   in
                   his
                   Gloves
                   but
                   his
                   Gloves
                   in
                   his
                   Hands
                   ,
                   for
                   'twixt
                   sweatings
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   Sermons
                   ,
                   he
                   handles
                   little
                   else
                   ,
                   except
                   his
                   dear
                   Mammon
                   .
                   His
                   Gown
                   (
                   I
                   mean
                   his
                   Cloak
                   )
                   reaches
                   but
                   his
                   pockets
                   :
                   when
                   he
                   rides
                   in
                   that
                   mantle
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   Hood
                   on
                   his
                   shoulders
                   and
                   a
                   hat
                   above
                   both
                   ,
                   is
                   he
                   not
                   then
                   his
                   own
                   
                     Man
                     of
                     sin
                  
                   with
                   the
                   
                     Triple
                     Crown
                  
                   ?
                   you
                   would
                   swear
                   some
                   honest
                   Carpenter
                   dress'd
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   made
                   him
                   the
                   Tunnel
                   of
                   a
                   Country
                   Chimney
                   .
                   His
                   Doublet
                   and
                   Hose
                   are
                   of
                   dark
                   Blew
                   ,
                   a
                   grain
                   deeper
                   than
                   pure
                   Coventry
                   :
                   but
                   of
                   late
                   he
                   's
                   in
                   Black
                   ,
                   since
                   the
                   Loyal
                   Clergy
                   were
                   persecuted
                   into
                   Colors
                   .
                   His
                   two
                   longest
                   things
                   are
                   his
                   Nayls
                   and
                   his
                   Prayer
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   cleanest
                   thing
                   about
                   him
                   is
                   his
                   Pulpit-Cushion
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   still
                   beats
                   the
                   Dust
                   out
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   To
                   do
                   him
                   right
                   ,
                   commonly
                   he
                   wears
                   a
                   pair
                   of
                   good
                   Lungs
                   ,
                   whereby
                   he
                   turns
                   the
                   Church
                   into
                   a
                   Belfry
                   ,
                   for
                   his
                   Clapper
                   makes
                   such
                   a
                   Din
                   ,
                   you
                   cannot
                   hear
                   the
                   Cymball
                   for
                   the
                   Tinkling
                   .
                   If
                   his
                   pulpit
                   be
                   large
                   he
                   walks
                   his
                   Round
                   ,
                   and
                   speaks
                   as
                   from
                   a
                   Garrison
                   ,
                   (
                   his
                   own
                   Neck
                   is
                   Palizado'd
                   with
                   a
                   Ruff
                   )
                   VVhen
                   he
                   first
                   enters
                   his
                   prayer
                   before
                   Sermon
                   ,
                   he
                   winks
                   and
                   gasps
                   ,
                   and
                   gasps
                   and
                   winks
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   he
                   prepared
                   to
                   preach
                   in
                   another
                   world
                   ,
                   He
                   seems
                   in
                   a
                   slumber
                   ,
                   then
                   in
                   a
                   Dream
                   ;
                   then
                   rumbles
                   a
                   while
                   ;
                   at
                   last
                   sounds
                   forth
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   throws
                   
                   so
                   much
                   Dirt
                   and
                   Non-sence
                   towards
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   durst
                   not
                   offer
                   to
                   a
                   Member
                   of
                   Parliament
                   .
                   Now
                   because
                   Scripture
                   bids
                   him
                   
                     not
                     curse
                     the
                     King
                     in
                  
                   his
                   thought
                   ,
                   he
                   does
                   it
                   in
                   his
                   Pulpit
                   by
                   word
                   of
                   mouth
                   ;
                   though
                   heaven
                   strike
                   him
                   Dumb
                   in
                   the
                   very
                   Act
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   did
                   Hill
                   at
                   Cambridge
                   ,
                   who
                   while
                   he
                   pray'd
                   ;
                   
                     Depose
                     Him
                     ,
                     O
                     Lord
                     ,
                     who
                     would
                     depose
                     us
                     ,
                  
                   was
                   made
                   the
                   
                     dumb
                     Devil
                  
                   .
                   This
                   (
                   one
                   would
                   think
                   )
                   should
                   gargle
                   his
                   foul
                   mouth
                   .
                   For
                   his
                   only
                   hope
                   why
                   God
                   should
                   hear
                   him
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   Devil
                   himself
                   (
                   that
                   great
                   Assembler
                   )
                   was
                   heard
                   against
                   Job
                   .
                   His
                   whole
                   prayer
                   is
                   such
                   an
                   irrational
                   Bleating
                   ,
                   that
                   (
                   without
                   a
                   Metaphor
                   )
                   't
                   is
                   the
                   
                     Calves
                     of
                     his
                     Lipps
                  
                   :
                   And
                   commonly
                   't
                   is
                   larded
                   with
                   fine
                   new
                   words
                   ,
                   as
                   
                     Savingable
                     ,
                     Muchly
                     ,
                     Christ-Jesusnes
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   and
                   yet
                   he
                   has
                   the
                   face
                   to
                   preach
                   against
                   
                     Prayer
                     in
                     an
                     unknown
                     Tongue
                  
                   .
                   Sometimes
                   he
                   is
                   founder'd
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   there
                   is
                   such
                   hideous
                   Coughing
                   :
                   But
                   that
                   is
                   very
                   seldom
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   can
                   glibly
                   run
                   over
                   Non-sence
                   ,
                   as
                   an
                   empty
                   Cart
                   trundles
                   down
                   a
                   Hill.
                   VVhen
                   the
                   King
                   girt
                   round
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   at
                   Lestyth●ell
                   ,
                   an
                   Assembler
                   complained
                   that
                   
                     God
                     had
                     drawn
                     his
                     People
                     into
                     the
                     Wilderness
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   told
                   Him
                   ,
                   
                     He
                     was
                     bound
                     in
                     honour
                     to
                     feed
                     them
                     ;
                     for
                     ,
                     Lord
                     ,
                  
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     since
                     thou
                     givest
                     them
                     no
                     Meat
                     ,
                     we
                     pray
                     thee
                     ,
                     O
                     Lord
                     ,
                     to
                     give
                     them
                     no
                     Stomachs
                     .
                  
                   He
                   tore
                   the
                   Liturgie
                   ,
                   because
                   ,
                   forsooth
                   ,
                   it
                   shackled
                   his
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   (
                   he
                   would
                   be
                   a
                   Devil
                   without
                   a
                   
                     circle
                     ;
                  
                   )
                   and
                   now
                   if
                   he
                   see
                   the
                   Book
                   of
                   Common-prayer
                   ,
                   the
                   fire
                   sees
                   it
                   next
                   ,
                   as
                   sure
                   as
                   the
                   Bishops
                   were
                   burned
                   who
                   compiled
                   it
                   .
                   Yet
                   he
                   has
                   mercy
                   on
                   Hopkins
                   and
                   Sternhold
                   ,
                   because
                   their
                   Me●●ers
                   are
                   sung
                   without
                   Authority
                   (
                   no
                   Statute
                   ,
                   Canon
                   ,
                   or
                   Injunction
                   at
                   all
                   ,
                   )
                   only
                   like
                   himself
                   ,
                   first
                   crept
                   into
                   private
                   houses
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   into
                   Churches
                   .
                   Mr.
                   Rous
                   moved
                   those
                   Me●ters
                   might
                   be
                   sequestred
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   own
                   new
                   Rithmes
                   to
                   enjoy
                   the
                   sequestration
                   ;
                   but
                   was
                   refused
                   because
                   
                     John
                     Hopkins
                  
                   was
                   as
                   ancient
                   as
                   
                     John
                     Calvin
                  
                   ;
                   Besides
                   ,
                   when
                   Rous
                   stood
                   forth
                   for
                   his
                   Trial
                   ,
                   
                     Robin
                     Wisdom
                  
                   was
                   found
                   the
                   better
                   Poet.
                   'T
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   a
                   Directory
                   ,
                   but
                   't
                   is
                   good
                   for
                   nothing
                   but
                   Adoniram
                   ,
                   who
                   sold
                   the
                   Original
                   for
                   400
                   l.
                   And
                   the
                   Book
                   must
                   serve
                   both
                   England
                   and
                   Scotland
                   as
                   the
                   
                     Directory
                     Needle
                  
                   point's
                   North
                   and
                   South
                   .
                   The
                   Assembler's
                   only
                   ingenuity
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   prays
                   for
                   an
                   
                     ex
                     tempore
                  
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   since
                   his
                   Conscience
                   tells
                   him
                   he
                   has
                   no
                   Learning
                   .
                   His
                   prayer
                   thus
                   ended
                   ,
                   he
                   then
                   looks
                   round
                   ,
                   to
                   observe
                   the
                   Sex
                   of
                   his
                   Congregation
                   ,
                   and
                   accordingly
                   turns
                   the
                   Apostle's
                   Men
                   ,
                   Fathers
                   ,
                   and
                   Brethren
                   ,
                   into
                   Dear
                   Brethren
                   and
                   Sisters
                   .
                   For
                   ,
                   his
                   usual
                   Auditory
                   is
                   most-part
                   Female
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   many
                   Sisters
                   flock
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   as
                   at
                   Paris
                   on
                   Saint
                   Margarets
                   day
                   ,
                   when
                   all
                   come
                   to
                   Church
                   that
                   are
                   ,
                   or
                   hope
                   to
                   be
                   with
                   child
                   that
                   year
                   .
                   He
                   divides
                   his
                   Text
                   as
                   he
                   did
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   makes
                   one
                   part
                   fight
                   against
                   ▪
                   another
                   :
                   or
                   as
                   Burges
                   divides
                   the
                   Dean
                   of
                   Paul's
                   House
                   ,
                   not
                   into
                   parts
                   ,
                   but
                   Tenements
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   so
                   as
                   't
                   will
                   yield
                   most
                   money
                   .
                   And
                   properly
                   they
                   are
                   Tenements
                   ;
                   for
                   each
                   part
                   must
                   be
                   dwelt
                   upon
                   ,
                   though
                   himself
                   comes
                   near
                   it
                   but
                   once
                   a
                   Quarter
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   his
                   Text
                   is
                   rather
                   let
                   out
                   than
                   Divided
                   .
                   Yet
                   sometimes
                   (
                   to
                   shew
                   his
                   skill
                   in
                   
                     Keckerman
                     ,
                  
                   )
                   he
                   Butchers
                   a
                   
                   Text
                   ,
                   cuts
                   it
                   (
                   just
                   as
                   the
                   Levite
                   did
                   his
                   Concubine
                   )
                   into
                   many
                   dead
                   parts
                   ,
                   breaking
                   the
                   sence
                   and
                   words
                   all
                   to
                   pieces
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   divided
                   ,
                   but
                   shattered
                   like
                   the
                   Splinters
                   of
                   
                     Don
                     Quixot's
                  
                   Lance.
                   If
                   his
                   Text
                   be
                   to
                   the
                   occasion
                   ,
                   his
                   first
                   Dish
                   is
                   
                     Apples
                     of
                     Gold
                     ,
                     in
                     Pictures
                     of
                     Silver
                  
                   ;
                   yet
                   tells
                   not
                   the
                   People
                   what
                   Pictures
                   those
                   were
                   .
                   HisSermon
                   and
                   prayer
                   grin
                   at
                   each
                   other
                   ,
                   the
                   one
                   is
                   Presbyterian
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   Independent
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   preaches
                   up
                   the
                   Classes
                   ,
                   yet
                   prays
                   for
                   the
                   Army
                   .
                   Let
                   his
                   Doctrine
                   and
                   Reason
                   be
                   what
                   they
                   will
                   ,
                   his
                   
                     Use
                     is
                     still
                     to
                     save
                     his
                     Benefice
                     and
                     augment
                     his
                     Lecture
                     .
                  
                   He
                   talks
                   much
                   of
                   Truth
                   ,
                   but
                   abhorrs
                   Peace
                   ,
                   lest
                   it
                   strip
                   him
                   as
                   naked
                   as
                   Truth
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   hates
                   a
                   personal
                   Treaty
                   ,
                   unless
                   with
                   a
                   Sister
                   .
                   He
                   has
                   a
                   rare
                   simpering
                   way
                   of
                   expressions
                   he
                   calls
                   a
                   Marryed
                   Couple
                   
                     Saints
                     that
                     enjoy
                     the
                     mistery
                  
                   ;
                   &
                   a
                   man
                   Drunk
                   ,
                   is
                   
                     a
                     Brother
                     full
                     of
                     the
                     Creature
                     .
                  
                   Yet
                   at
                   Wedding
                   Sermons
                   he
                   is
                   very
                   familiar
                   ,
                   &
                   (
                   like
                   that
                   Picture
                   in
                   the
                   Church
                   at
                   Leyden
                   )
                   shews
                   Adam
                   &
                   Eve
                   without
                   Figleaves
                   .
                   AtFunerals
                   he
                   gives
                   infallibleSigns
                   that
                   the
                   Party
                   is
                   gone
                   to
                   Heaven
                   ;
                   but
                   his
                   chief
                   Mark
                   of
                   a
                   
                     child
                     of
                     God
                  
                   ,
                   is
                   
                     to
                     be
                     good
                     to
                     God's
                     Ministers
                     .
                  
                   And
                   hence
                   it
                   is
                   he
                   calls
                   his
                   Preachment
                   Manna
                   ,
                   fitted
                   not
                   to
                   his
                   hearers
                   Necessity
                   ,
                   but
                   their
                   Palat
                   ;
                   for
                   't
                   is
                   to
                   feed
                   himself
                   ,
                   not
                   them
                   .
                   If
                   he
                   chance
                   to
                   tire
                   ,
                   he
                   refreshes
                   himself
                   with
                   the
                   Peoples
                   Hum
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   Collar
                   of
                   Bells
                   to
                   chear
                   up
                   a
                   Pack-horse
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   no
                   wonder
                   he
                   'll
                   preach
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   any
                   will
                   hear
                   him
                   ,
                   (
                   and
                   his
                   constant
                   Auditors
                   do
                   but
                   shew
                   the
                   length
                   of
                   their
                   Ears
                   ;
                   )
                   For
                   he
                   is
                   such
                   an
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   ,
                   that
                   to
                   hear
                   him
                   makes
                   good
                   Scholars
                   sick
                   ,
                   but
                   to
                   read
                   him
                   is
                   death
                   .
                   Yet
                   though
                   you
                   heard
                   him
                   three
                   hours
                   he
                   'll
                   ask
                   a
                   fourth
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Beggar
                   at
                   Delph
                   craves
                   your
                   Charity
                   
                     because
                     he
                     eats
                     four
                     pound
                     of
                     Bread
                     at
                     a
                     Meal
                     .
                  
                   'T
                   was
                   from
                   his
                   Larum
                   the
                   Watch-makers
                   learn'd
                   their
                   
                     infinite
                     Skrew
                  
                   .
                   His
                   Glass
                   and
                   Text
                   are
                   equaly
                   handled
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   once
                   an
                   hour
                   :
                   nay
                   sometimes
                   be
                   sally's
                   and
                   never
                   returns
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   we
                   should
                   leave
                   him
                   to
                   the
                   Company
                   of
                   Lorimers
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   must
                   be
                   held
                   with
                   Bit
                   and
                   Bridle
                   .
                   Who
                   ever
                   once
                   has
                   been
                   at
                   his
                   Church
                   can
                   never
                   doubt
                   the
                   History
                   of
                   Balaam
                   .
                   If
                   he
                   have
                   got
                   any
                   new
                   Tale
                   or
                   Expression
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   easier
                   to
                   make
                   stones
                   speak
                   than
                   him
                   to
                   hold
                   his
                   peace
                   .
                   He
                   hates
                   a
                   Church
                   where
                   there
                   is
                   an
                   Eccho
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   Robs
                   him
                   of
                   his
                   dear
                   Repetition
                   ,
                   and
                   confounds
                   the
                   Auditory
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   he
                   .
                   But
                   of
                   all
                   Mortals
                   I
                   admire
                   the
                   Short-hand-men
                   ,
                   who
                   have
                   the
                   patience
                   to
                   write
                   from
                   his
                   Mouth
                   :
                   had
                   they
                   the
                   art
                   to
                   shorten
                   it
                   into
                   Sense
                   ,
                   they
                   might
                   write
                   his
                   whole
                   Sermon
                   on
                   the
                   back
                   of
                   their
                   Nail
                   .
                   For
                   his
                   Invention
                   consists
                   in
                   finding
                   a
                   way
                   to
                   speak
                   nothing
                   upon
                   any
                   thing
                   ;
                   and
                   were
                   he
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Grand
                     Seignior's
                  
                   power
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   lodge
                   him
                   with
                   his
                   Mutes
                   ;
                   for
                   Nothing
                   and
                   
                     Nothing
                     to
                     purpose
                  
                   are
                   all
                   one
                   .
                   I
                   wonder
                   in
                   conscience
                   he
                   can
                   preach
                   against
                   Sleeping
                   at
                   his
                   
                   Opium-Sermons
                   .
                   He
                   preaches
                   indeed
                   both
                   in
                   season
                   and
                   out
                   of
                   season
                   ;
                   for
                   he
                   rayl's
                   at
                   Popery
                   ;
                   when
                   the
                   Land
                   is
                   almost
                   lost
                   in
                   Presbytery
                   ;
                   and
                   would
                   cry
                   out
                   
                     Fire
                     ,
                     Fire
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   
                     Noah's
                     Flood
                  
                   .
                   Yet
                   all
                   this
                   he
                   so
                   acts
                   with
                   his
                   Hands
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   this
                   sence
                   too
                   his
                   Preaching
                   is
                   an
                   Handicraft
                   .
                   Nor
                   can
                   we
                   complain
                   that
                   Plays
                   
                   are
                   put
                   down
                   while
                   he
                   can
                   preach
                   ;
                   save
                   only
                   his
                   Sermons
                   have
                   worse
                   sence
                   and
                   less
                   truth
                   .
                   But
                   he
                   blew
                   down
                   the
                   Stage
                   and
                   preach'd
                   up
                   the
                   Scaffold
                   .
                   And
                   very
                   wisely
                   ,
                   lest
                   men
                   should
                   track
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   find
                   where
                   he
                   pilfers
                   all
                   his
                   best
                   Simile's
                   ,
                   (
                   the
                   only
                   thing
                   wherein
                   he
                   is
                   commendable
                   ,
                   St
                   Paul
                   himself
                   having
                   cull'd
                   Sentences
                   from
                   
                     Menander's
                     Thais
                  
                   ,
                   though
                   't
                   was
                   his
                   worst
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   unchast
                   Comedy
                   .
                   )
                   Sometimes
                   the
                   Assembler
                   will
                   venture
                   at
                   the
                   Original
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   (
                   with
                   the
                   translator
                   of
                   
                     Don
                     Quixot
                  
                   )
                   he
                   mistakes
                   Sobs
                   and
                   Sighs
                   for
                   Eggs
                   and
                   Collops
                   .
                   But
                   commonly
                   (
                   for
                   want
                   of
                   Greek
                   and
                   Latin
                   )
                   he
                   learns
                   Hebrew
                   ,
                   and
                   streight
                   is
                   illuminated
                   ;
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   mad
                   :
                   his
                   Brain
                   is
                   broke
                   by
                   a
                   Brickbat
                   cast
                   from
                   the
                   Tower
                   of
                   Babel
                   .
                   And
                   yet
                   this
                   empty
                   windy
                   Teacher
                   has
                   Lectur'd
                   a
                   War
                   quite
                   round
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   :
                   he
                   has
                   found
                   a
                   
                     Circulation
                     of
                     blood
                  
                   for
                   Destruction
                   (
                   as
                   famous
                   Harvey
                   for
                   Preservation
                   )
                   of
                   Mankind
                   .
                   'T
                   was
                   easie
                   to
                   foresee
                   a
                   great
                   Mortality
                   ,
                   when
                   Ravens
                   were
                   heard
                   in
                   all
                   Corporations
                   .
                   For
                   ,
                   as
                   Multitude
                   of
                   Froggs
                   presage
                   a
                   Pestilence
                   ,
                   so
                   croaking
                   Lecturers
                   foretold
                   an
                   Assembly
                   .
                   Men
                   come
                   to
                   Church
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Great
                   Alexander
                   went
                   to
                   Sacrifice
                   ,
                   led
                   by
                   Crows
                   .
                   You
                   have
                   seen
                   a
                   small
                   Elder-tree
                   grow
                   in
                   chinks
                   and
                   clefts
                   of
                   Church-walls
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   rather
                   a
                   Weed
                   than
                   a
                   Tree
                   ;
                   which
                   ,
                   lend
                   it
                   growth
                   ,
                   makes
                   a
                   Rent
                   in
                   the
                   Wall
                   ,
                   and
                   throws
                   down
                   the
                   Church
                   .
                   Is
                   not
                   this
                   the
                   Assembler
                   ?
                   grown
                   from
                   Schisms
                   (
                   which
                   himself
                   begot
                   ,
                   )
                   and
                   if
                   permitted
                   ,
                   will
                   make
                   the
                   Church
                   but
                   a
                   Floor
                   or
                   Church-yard
                   .
                   Yet
                   ,
                   for
                   all
                   this
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   be
                   call'd
                   
                     Christ's
                     Minister
                  
                   and
                   Saint
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Rebells
                   against
                   King
                   John
                   were
                   the
                   
                     Army
                     of
                     God.
                  
                   Sure
                   when
                   they
                   meet
                   they
                   cannot
                   but
                   smile
                   ;
                   for
                   the
                   dullest
                   amongst
                   them
                   needs
                   must
                   know
                   that
                   they
                   all
                   cheat
                   the
                   people
                   ;
                   such
                   gross
                   ,
                   low
                   impostors
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   die
                   the
                   death
                   of
                   the
                   Emperor
                   Claudius
                   ,
                   poyson'd
                   by
                   Mushromes
                   .
                   The
                   old
                   Heretickshad
                   Skill
                   &
                   Learning
                   (
                   some
                   excuse
                   for
                   a
                   Seduced
                   Church
                   ;
                   those
                   were
                   Scholars
                   ,
                   but
                   these
                   Assemblers
                   ;
                   whose
                   very
                   Brains
                   (
                   as
                   Manichaeus's
                   skin
                   )
                   are
                   stuff'd
                   with
                   Chaff
                   .
                   For
                   they
                   study
                   little
                   ,
                   &
                   preach
                   much
                   ,
                   ever
                   sick
                   of
                   a
                   Diabetes
                   :
                   nor
                   do
                   they
                   read
                   ,
                   but
                   weed
                   Authors
                   ,
                   picking
                   up
                   cheap
                   &
                   refuse
                   Notes
                   ,
                   that
                   with
                   Caligula
                   they
                   gather
                   Cockle-shells
                   ,
                   &
                   with
                   Domitian
                   retire
                   into
                   theirStudie
                   to
                   catch
                   Flies
                   .
                   At
                   Fasts
                   &
                   Thanksgivings
                   the
                   Assembler
                   is
                   the
                   State
                   's
                   Trumpet
                   ;
                   for
                   then
                   he
                   doth
                   not
                   preach
                   ,
                   but
                   is
                   blown
                   ;
                   proclaims
                   News
                   very
                   loud
                   ,
                   the
                   Trumpet
                   and
                   his
                   Forehead
                   being
                   both
                   of
                   one
                   Metall
                   .
                   (
                   And
                   yet
                   ,
                   good
                   man
                   ,
                   he
                   still
                   prays
                   for
                   
                     Boldness
                     .
                  
                   )
                   He
                   hackneys
                   out
                   his
                   Voice
                   like
                   a
                   Cryer
                   ;
                   and
                   is
                   a
                   kind
                   of
                   
                     Spiritual
                     Agitant
                  
                   ,
                   receives
                   Orders
                   ,
                   and
                   spreads
                   them
                   .
                   In
                   earnest
                   the
                   States
                   can't
                   want
                   this
                   Tool
                   ,
                   for
                   without
                   him
                   the
                   Saints
                   would
                   scarce
                   Assemble
                   .
                   And
                   if
                   the
                   Zealots
                   chance
                   to
                   fly
                   out
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   charm'd
                   home
                   by
                   this
                   
                     Sounding
                     Brass
                  
                   .
                   There
                   is
                   not
                   on
                   earth
                   a
                   baser
                   Sycophant
                   ;
                   for
                   he
                   ever
                   is
                   chewing
                   some
                   Vote
                   or
                   Ordinance
                   ;
                   and
                   tells
                   the
                   People
                   how
                   savoury
                   it
                   is
                   ;
                   like
                   him
                   who
                   lick'd
                   up
                   the
                   Emperor's
                   spittle
                   and
                   swore
                   't
                   was
                   sweet
                   .
                   Would
                   the
                   
                     two
                     Houses
                  
                   give
                   him
                   
                     Cathedral
                     Lands
                  
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   prove
                   Lords
                   and
                   Commons
                   to
                   be
                   
                     sure
                     Divino
                  
                   :
                   but
                   should
                   they
                   offer
                   him
                   the
                   
                     Self-denying
                     -
                     
                     Ordinance
                  
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   justisie
                   the
                   Devil
                   and
                   curse
                   them
                   to
                   their
                   faces
                   ,
                   (
                   his
                   Brother
                   Kirk-man
                   did
                   it
                   in
                   
                     Scotland
                     .
                  
                   )
                   'T
                   is
                   pleasant
                   to
                   observe
                   how
                   finely
                   they
                   play
                   into
                   each
                   others
                   hands
                   ;
                   Marshall
                   procures
                   thanks
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   to
                   Sedgwick
                   (
                   for
                   his
                   great
                   pains
                   )
                   Sedgwick
                   obtains
                   as
                   much
                   for
                   Marshall
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   they
                   all
                   pimp
                   for
                   one
                   another
                   .
                   But
                   yet
                   (
                   to
                   their
                   great
                   comfort
                   be
                   it
                   spoken
                   )
                   their
                   whole
                   seven
                   years
                   Sermons
                   at
                   Westminster
                   are
                   now
                   to
                   be
                   sold
                   in
                   Fetter-lane
                   and
                   Precorner
                   .
                   Before
                   a
                   Battail
                   the
                   Assembler
                   ever
                   speaks
                   to
                   the
                   Souldiers
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   holding
                   up
                   of
                   his
                   hands
                   must
                   be
                   as
                   necessary
                   as
                   
                   Moses's
                   against
                   the
                   Ama●ekites
                   :
                   For
                   he
                   pricks
                   them
                   on
                   ,
                   tells
                   them
                   that
                   
                     God
                     loves
                     none
                     but
                     the
                     valiant
                     :
                  
                   but
                   when
                   Bullets
                   flye
                   ,
                   Himself
                   runs
                   first
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   crys
                   
                     All
                     the
                     sons
                     of
                  
                   Adam
                   
                     are
                     cowards
                  
                   !
                   Were
                   there
                   any
                   Metempsychosis
                   his
                   Soul
                   would
                   want
                   a
                   Lodging
                   ;
                   no
                   single
                   Beast
                   could
                   fit
                   him
                   ,
                   being
                   wise
                   as
                   a
                   Sheep
                   and
                   innocent
                   as
                   a
                   Wolf.
                   His
                   sole
                   comfort
                   is
                   ,
                   he
                   cannot
                   out-sin
                   
                     Hugh
                     Peters
                  
                   :
                   Sure
                   ,
                   as
                   Satan
                   hath
                   possessed
                   the
                   Assembler
                   ,
                   so
                   
                     Hugh
                     Peters
                  
                   hath
                   possessed
                   Satan
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   the
                   Devil's
                   Devil
                   .
                   He
                   alone
                   would
                   fill
                   a
                   whole
                   Herd
                   of
                   Gadarens
                   .
                   He
                   hath
                   suck'd
                   Blood
                   ever
                   since
                   he
                   lay
                   in
                   the
                   Butcher's
                   Sheets
                   :
                   and
                   now
                   (
                   like
                   his
                   Sultan
                   )
                   has
                   a
                   Shambles
                   in
                   his
                   Countenance
                   ;
                   so
                   crimson
                   and
                   torrid
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   there
                   read
                   how
                   St.
                   Laurence
                   dyed
                   ,
                   and
                   think
                   
                     the
                     three
                     Children
                  
                   were
                   delivered
                   from
                   his
                   face
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   St.
                   Hugh
                   ,
                   who
                   will
                   Levell
                   the
                   Assembler
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Devil
                     's
                     an
                     Asse
                  
                   .
                   Yoke
                   these
                   Brethren
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   two
                   couple
                   like
                   a
                   Sadducee
                   and
                   a
                   Pharisae
                   ,
                   on
                   a
                   Turk
                   and
                   a
                   Persian
                   ,
                   both
                   Mahumetans
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   Assembler's
                   deepest
                   ,
                   highest
                   Abomination
                   ,
                   is
                   his
                   
                     Solemn
                     League
                     and
                     Covenant
                  
                   ;
                   whereby
                   he
                   strives
                   to
                   damn
                   or
                   begger
                   the
                   whole
                   Kingdom
                   ;
                   out-doing
                   the
                   Devil
                   ,
                   who
                   onely
                   persuades
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   
                     Assembler
                     forces
                  
                   to
                   perjury
                   or
                   starving
                   And
                   this
                   )
                   whoever
                   lives
                   to
                   observe
                   it
                   )
                   will
                   one
                   day
                   sink
                   both
                   him
                   and
                   his
                   Faction
                   :
                   for
                   he
                   and
                   his
                   Oath
                   are
                   so
                   much
                   one
                   ,
                   that
                   were
                   he
                   halfhang'd
                   and
                   let
                   down
                   again
                   ,
                   his
                   first
                   word
                   would
                   be
                   
                     Covenant
                     !
                     Covenant
                  
                   !
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   forget
                   ,
                   a
                   Character
                   should
                   be
                   brief
                   (
                   though
                   
                     tedious
                     Length
                  
                   be
                   his
                   best
                   Character
                   .
                   )
                   Therefore
                   I
                   'll
                   give
                   ye
                   '
                   (
                   what
                   He
                   denyes
                   the
                   Sequesterd
                   Clergy
                   )
                   but
                   a
                   
                     fifth
                     Part.
                  
                   For
                   weigh
                   him
                   single
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   has
                   the
                   Pride
                   of
                   three
                   Tyrants
                   ,
                   the
                   Forehead
                   of
                   six
                   Gaolers
                   and
                   the
                   Fraud
                   of
                   twelve
                   Brokers
                   .
                   Or
                   take
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   Bunch
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   whole
                   Assemblyis
                   a
                   Club
                   of
                   Hypocrites
                   ,
                   where
                   six
                   dozen
                   of
                   Schismatik
                   spends
                   two
                   hours
                   for
                   four
                   shillings
                   apiece
                   .
                
                 
                   FINIS
                
              
            
             
          
           
             
             
               
                 
                 
                   A
                   Proposal
                   humbly
                   offered
                   for
                   the
                   Farming
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Written
                   in
                   the
                   year
                   1663.
                   
                   By
                   the
                   Author
                   of
                   Hudibress
                   .
                
                 
                   SInce
                   nothing
                   can
                   be
                   dearer
                   unto
                   poor
                   Christians
                   than
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   free
                   exercise
                   of
                   their
                   Judgments
                   and
                   Conscience
                   ,
                   which
                   hath
                   kindled
                   that
                   fire
                   in
                   the
                   bowels
                   of
                   the
                   three
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   which
                   all
                   the
                   precious
                   blood
                   that
                   hath
                   been
                   shed
                   ,
                   during
                   those
                   late
                   Troubles
                   ,
                   hath
                   not
                   been
                   able
                   totally
                   to
                   extinguish
                   :
                   And
                   since
                   many
                   of
                   Us
                   ,
                   whose
                   Names
                   are
                   affixed
                   ,
                   were
                   so
                   profitably
                   instrumental
                   in
                   those
                   late
                   Combustions
                   ,
                   as
                   appears
                   all
                   along
                   in
                   our
                   Sermons
                   before
                   the
                   Honourable
                   House
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Years
                   1642
                   ,
                   43
                   ,
                   44
                   ,
                   45
                   ,
                   46.
                   in
                   exciting
                   the
                   good
                   people
                   of
                   this
                   Nation
                   ,
                   to
                   seek
                   and
                   maintain
                   their
                   
                     Christian
                     Liberty
                  
                   ,
                   against
                   all
                   Prelatical
                   and
                   
                     Antichristian
                     Imposition
                  
                   whatsoever
                   .
                   And
                   considering
                   that
                   the
                   Little
                   Finger
                   of
                   Apostasie
                   from
                   our
                   first
                   Love
                   ,
                   would
                   be
                   a
                   greater
                   burden
                   upon
                   our
                   
                     Tender
                     Consciences
                  
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   Loyns
                   of
                   Episcopacy
                   .
                   We
                   being
                   more
                   bound
                   in
                   Honour
                   than
                   Conscience
                   ,
                   cannot
                   totally
                   desist
                   ;
                   neither
                   need
                   any
                   man
                   fear
                   ,
                   or
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   suspect
                   ,
                   lest
                   any
                   Inconvenience
                   or
                   Alteration
                   should
                   happen
                   in
                   Religion
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   great
                   diversity
                   of
                   Opinions
                   ,
                   Tongues
                   ,
                   and
                   Languages
                   ,
                   tolerated
                   amongst
                   us
                   ,
                   unless
                   in
                   the
                   great
                   Babel
                   of
                   Episcopacy
                   ,
                   that
                   may
                   possibly
                   be
                   pulled
                   down
                   and
                   destroyed
                   by
                   this
                   our
                   
                     notable
                     Confusion
                  
                   ;
                   for
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Gospel
                   was
                   wonderfully
                   spread
                   abroad
                   by
                   every
                   mans
                   speaking
                   in
                   his
                   own
                   Language
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   very
                   Enemies
                   thereof
                   astonished
                   ,
                   and
                   miraculously
                   wrought
                   into
                   a
                   belief
                   of
                   it
                   :
                   how
                   it
                   is
                   likely
                   to
                   be
                   now
                   obstructed
                   in
                   the
                   free
                   exercise
                   of
                   our
                   
                     Spiritual
                     Gifts
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   these
                   our
                   cloven
                   and
                   divided
                   Tongues
                   .
                   And
                   since
                   many
                   worthy
                   persons
                   from
                   whom
                   we
                   might
                   little
                   expect
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   far
                   less
                   deserve
                   it
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   their
                   Goodness
                   and
                   Clemency
                   ,
                   are
                   pleased
                   to
                   encline
                   to
                   some
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   did
                   not
                   some
                   persons
                   ,
                   Aliens
                   and
                   Strangers
                   to
                   the
                   Common-wealth
                   of
                   Israel
                   ,
                   take
                   up
                   a
                   Reproach
                   against
                   us
                   ,
                   as
                   Persons
                   reprobated
                   into
                   an
                   unpossibility
                   
                   of
                   submission
                   to
                   Principles
                   of
                   
                     Concord
                     ,
                     Peace
                     ,
                     and
                     Order
                     ,
                  
                   in
                   Church
                   or
                   State
                   ,
                   never
                   being
                   able
                   hitherto
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   any
                   consistency
                   amongst
                   our selves
                   ;
                   The
                   Ark
                   of
                   God
                   having
                   ,
                   for
                   twenty
                   years
                   together
                   ,
                   been
                   exposed
                   to
                   by-ways
                   ,
                   Streets
                   ,
                   and
                   worse
                   places
                   ,
                   for
                   want
                   of
                   an
                   Agreement
                   amongst
                   our
                   own
                   Brethren
                   where
                   to
                   rest
                   it
                   ,
                   or
                   how
                   to
                   entertain
                   it
                   .
                   If
                   this
                   be
                   our
                   Case
                   ,
                   and
                   could
                   we
                   be
                   sure
                   of
                   so
                   much
                   favour
                   as
                   Saul
                   once
                   desired
                   of
                   Samuel
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Bishops
                   would
                   but
                   honour
                   us
                   before
                   the
                   People
                   ,
                   We
                   would
                   in
                   a
                   private
                   Christian
                   way
                   ,
                   lay
                   our
                   hands
                   upon
                   our
                   hearts
                   ,
                   and
                   acknowledge
                   the
                   hand
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Justice
                   thereof
                   ,
                   in
                   turning
                   us
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Vineyard
                   ,
                   as
                   wicked
                   and
                   
                     unprofitable
                     Servants
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   suffer
                   the
                   iniquity
                   of
                   our
                   heels
                   to
                   overtake
                   us
                   ;
                   crying
                   out
                   with
                   reverend
                   Mr.
                   
                     Calamy
                     ,
                     The
                     Ark
                     of
                     God
                     is
                     justly
                     departed
                     from
                     us
                  
                   ;
                   but
                   being
                   not
                   yet
                   thus
                   assured
                   ,
                   do
                   hope
                   the
                   people
                   will
                   yet
                   believe
                   these
                   to
                   be
                   only
                   Bears
                   skins
                   lap'd
                   about
                   us
                   by
                   Episcopal
                   hands
                   :
                   And
                   therefore
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   that
                   a
                   Consistency
                   ,
                   and
                   Oneness
                   of
                   Judgment
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   separating
                   Brethren
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   Moderation
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   known
                   unto
                   all
                   men
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   World
                   may
                   know
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Rule
                   and
                   Government
                   resting
                   in
                   us
                   ;
                
                 
                   
                     IT
                     is
                     humbly
                     proposed
                     to
                     the
                     Sole
                     Power
                     of
                     granting
                     Licences
                     and
                     Indulgences
                     for
                  
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   ,
                   
                     within
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     of
                  
                   England
                   ,
                   
                     Dominion
                     of
                  
                   Wales
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     Town
                     of
                  
                   Barwick
                   ,
                   
                     may
                     be
                     vested
                     in
                     the
                     Persons
                     under
                     named
                     for
                     the
                     Term
                     of
                     seven
                     years
                     ,
                     under
                     the
                     Farm
                     Rent
                     of
                     an
                     hundred
                     Thousand
                     Pounds
                  
                   per
                   Annum
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     Commence
                     from
                     the
                     twenty
                     fifth
                     day
                     of
                  
                   March
                   
                     next
                     ,
                     under
                     such
                     Rates
                     and
                     Qualifications
                     as
                     are
                     hereafter
                     specified
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                   
                     The
                     Names
                     of
                     the
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                     and
                     Farmers
                     of
                     
                       Liberty
                       of
                       Conscience
                    
                     ;
                     proposed
                     on
                     Monday
                     ,
                     March
                     2.
                     1662.
                     being
                     the
                     day
                     of
                     a
                     private
                     Fast
                     ,
                     kept
                     by
                     Mr.
                     Calamy
                     ,
                     Mr.
                     Baxter
                     ,
                     and
                     others
                     ,
                     at
                     Mr.
                     
                     Beal's
                     house
                     ,
                     near
                     my
                     Lord
                     of
                     
                     Ely's
                     Chappel
                     in
                     Holborn
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Edmund
                     Calamy
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Titham
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Colchester
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Philip
                     Nye
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Feak
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Stanley
                     of
                     Dorchester
                     .
                  
                   
                     George
                     Fox
                     ,
                     
                       Executor
                       of
                       the
                       last
                       Will
                       and
                       Testament
                       of
                    
                     James
                     Nailor
                     deceased
                     .
                  
                   
                     Doctor
                     Lazarus
                     Seaman
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Dell
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Cambridge
                     .
                  
                   
                     Doctor
                     Owen
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Bryan
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Coventry
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Matthew
                     Mead.
                     
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     John
                     Coppin
                     .
                  
                   
                     Dr.
                     Manton
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Kiffen
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Executor
                       of
                       Mr.
                    
                     Venner
                     ,
                     
                       lately
                       executed
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Thomas
                     Case
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Reynor
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Lincoln
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ralph
                     Venning
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Rogers
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Benn
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Dorchester
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     George
                     Griffith
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Charterhouse
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Executor
                       of
                    
                     Hugh
                     Peters
                     ,
                     
                       lately
                       executed
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     George
                     Newton
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Taunton
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Dan.
                     Dyke
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Hertfordshire
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     William
                     Jenkins
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Fisher
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Kent
                     .
                  
                   
                     Doctor
                     Thomas
                     Goodwin
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Hammond
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     New-castle
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Peter
                     Sterry
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Bridges
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Yarmouth
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Joseph
                     Carryll
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Tombes
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Lemster
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Leegh
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Lumbard-street
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Mayo
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                    
                     Kingston
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Joshua
                     Sprigg
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Henry
                     Jessey
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Newcomen
                     of
                     Dedham
                     in
                     Essex
                     .
                  
                   
                     Doctor
                     Tuckney
                     of
                     Cambridge
                     .
                  
                   
                     Doctor
                     Cornelius
                     Burges
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Zachary
                     Crofton
                     .
                  
                   
                     Doctor
                     Holmes
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     John
                     Cann
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     Thomas
                     Brooks
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Persons
                   aforesaid
                   may
                   be
                   constituted
                   
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Farmers
                   of
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   ,
                   within
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   Dominion
                   of
                   Wales
                   ,
                   and
                   Town
                   of
                   Berwick
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   be
                   impowred
                   
                   to
                   set
                   up
                   one
                   publick
                   Office
                   within
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   nominate
                   and
                   elect
                   a
                   convenient
                   number
                   of
                   Registers
                   ,
                   Clerks
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Officers
                   :
                   And
                   for
                   the
                   more
                   certainty
                   of
                   all
                   Certificates
                   to
                   be
                   granted
                   as
                   is
                   hereafter
                   appointed
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                  
                   and
                   Farmers
                   may
                   forme
                   a
                   common
                   Seal
                   to
                   be
                   known
                   ,
                   and
                   called
                   by
                   the
                   common
                   name
                   of
                   
                     The
                     publick
                     Seal
                     of
                     the
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                     and
                     Farmers
                     of
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                     ,
                  
                   engraven
                   ,
                   
                     An
                     Ass
                     without
                     Ears
                     ,
                     Braying
                     ,
                  
                   with
                   this
                   Motto
                   encircled
                   ,
                   
                     Stat
                     pro
                     ratione
                     Libertas
                  
                   :
                   And
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   twenty
                   four
                   of
                   them
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Office
                   assembled
                   ,
                   may
                   ,
                   from
                   time
                   to
                   time
                   ,
                   compound
                   and
                   agree
                   for
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   any
                   Person
                   or
                   Persons
                   ,
                   under
                   such
                   Rates
                   and
                   Qualifications
                   ,
                   as
                   are
                   hereafter
                   specified
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   twenty
                   four
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   may
                   constitute
                   and
                   appoint
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   Publick
                   Seal
                   of
                   the
                   Office
                   ,
                   Sub
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Officers
                   ,
                   for
                   every
                   County
                   within
                   the
                   said
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   not
                   exceeding
                   the
                   number
                   of
                   twelve
                   for
                   each
                   County
                   ,
                   whereof
                   ,
                   seven
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Quorum
                   ,
                   who
                   may
                   compound
                   and
                   agree
                   for
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   any
                   person
                   or
                   persons
                   ,
                   Select
                   Congregations
                   ,
                   Cities
                   ,
                   Towns
                   Corporate
                   ,
                   Parishes
                   ,
                   Hamlets
                   ,
                   and
                   Villages
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   great
                   ,
                   or
                   otherwise
                   ,
                   within
                   their
                   respective
                   Countries
                   ,
                   not
                   exceeding
                   the
                   Rates
                   hereafter
                   mentioned
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Rates
                     to
                     be
                     observed
                     in
                     all
                     Compositions
                     for
                     
                       Liberty
                       of
                       Conscience
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Per
                     Annum
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     Presbyterian
                     Minister
                     .
                     500
                  
                   
                     A
                     Ruling
                     Elder
                     .
                     400
                  
                   
                     A
                     Deacon
                     .
                     300
                  
                   
                     A
                     Hearer
                     ,
                     Male
                     or
                     Female
                     in
                     Fellowship
                     to
                     all
                     Ordinances
                     .
                     200
                  
                   
                     
                     A
                     Common
                     Hearer
                     only
                     100
                  
                   
                     An
                     Independant
                     Pastor
                     5
                  
                   
                     A
                     Teaching
                     Elder
                     400
                  
                   
                     A
                     Helper
                     in
                     Government
                     300
                  
                   
                     A
                     Deacon
                     300
                  
                   
                     A
                     Hearer
                     Male
                     or
                     Female
                     in
                     Fellowship
                     to
                     all
                     Ordinances
                     .
                     200
                  
                   
                     A
                     common
                     Hearer
                     only
                     100
                  
                   
                     A
                     Baptist
                     admitted
                     to
                     the
                     Administration
                     of
                     all
                     Ordinances
                     500
                  
                   
                     A
                     preaching
                     Assistant
                     400
                  
                   
                     An
                     Elder
                     in
                     Office
                     300
                  
                   
                     A
                     Deacon
                     200
                  
                   
                     A
                     Hearer
                     in
                     Fellowship
                     Male
                     or
                     Female
                     to
                     all
                     Ordinances
                     200
                  
                   
                     A
                     common
                     Hearer
                     only
                     100
                  
                   
                     A
                     Fifth
                     Monarcher
                     admitted
                     to
                     hold
                     forth
                     500
                  
                   
                     An
                     Elder
                     under
                     the
                     same
                     Administration
                     300
                  
                   
                     A
                     Deacon
                     under
                     the
                     same
                     Administration
                     300
                  
                   
                     A
                     Hearer
                     Male
                     or
                     Female
                     in
                     Fellowship
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     value
                     of
                     his
                     or
                     her
                     Estate
                     2
                     s.
                     per
                     l.
                     
                       per
                       annum
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     common
                     Hearer
                     male
                     or
                     female
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     value
                     of
                     his
                     or
                     her
                     Estate
                     ,
                     12
                     d.
                     per
                     l.
                     
                       per
                       annum
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     speaking
                     male
                     Quaker
                     400
                  
                   
                     A
                     speaking
                     female
                     Quaker
                     300
                  
                   
                     A
                     common
                     Quaker
                     male
                     or
                     Female
                     —
                     200
                  
                   
                     A
                     Confessor
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     600
                  
                   
                     A
                     Seminary
                     of
                     Mass-Priest
                     at
                     large
                     —
                     —
                     500
                  
                   
                     A
                     private
                     Mass-priest
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     400
                  
                   
                     A
                     Roman
                     Catholick
                     in
                     any
                     other
                     Order
                     —
                     300
                  
                   
                     A
                     Roman
                     Catholick
                     not
                     in
                     order
                     Male
                     or
                     Female
                     100
                  
                   
                     An
                     Officer
                     under
                     any
                     Administration
                     not
                     mentioned
                     in
                     the
                     Rates
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     being
                     a
                     Native
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     
                     such
                     only
                     excepted
                     as
                     stand
                     Conformable
                     to
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                     England
                     .
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     500
                  
                   
                     A
                     common
                     person
                     under
                     any
                     Administration
                     not
                     mentioned
                     in
                     the
                     Rates
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     being
                     a
                     Native
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     such
                     only
                     excepted
                     as
                     stand
                     Conformable
                     to
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                     England
                     .
                     —
                     —
                     200
                  
                   
                     An
                     Officer
                     under
                     any
                     Administration
                     whatsoever
                     ,
                     not
                     a
                     Native
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     except
                     conformable
                     to
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                     England
                     .
                     1000
                  
                   
                     A
                     private
                     person
                     under
                     any
                     Administration
                     whatsoever
                     ,
                     not
                     a
                     Native
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     except
                     conformable
                     to
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                     England
                     —
                     —
                     500
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Rates
                     to
                     be
                     observed
                     in
                     compounding
                     for
                     
                       Liberty
                       of
                       Conscience
                    
                     in
                     the
                     Particulars
                     following
                     ,
                     viz.
                     
                  
                   
                     FOR
                     Liberty
                     to
                     assert
                     the
                     Pope's
                     Supremacy
                     1000
                  
                   
                     For
                     Liberty
                     to
                     write
                     ,
                     speak
                     ,
                     or
                     preach
                     against
                     the
                     Government
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     shall
                     be
                     inwardly
                     moved
                     500
                  
                   
                     For
                     Liberty
                     to
                     keep
                     on
                     their
                     Hats
                     before
                     Magistrates
                     ,
                     or
                     in
                     Courts
                     of
                     Judicature
                     —
                     —
                     200
                  
                   
                     For
                     Liberty
                     to
                     rail
                     publickly
                     against
                     the
                     Bishops
                     and
                     Common-Prayer
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     100
                  
                   
                     For
                     Liberty
                     to
                     refuse
                     all
                     manner
                     of
                     Oaths
                     ,
                     of
                     Allegiance
                     and
                     Supremacy
                     ,
                     or
                     in
                     Cases
                     Civil
                     or
                     Criminal
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     200
                  
                   
                     For
                     Liberty
                     to
                     deny
                     Tithes
                     and
                     other
                     Church
                     Duties
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     100
                  
                   
                     
                     For
                     Liberty
                     to
                     expound
                     the
                     Revelations
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Book
                     of
                     Daniel
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     100
                  
                   
                     For
                     liberty
                     to
                     disturb
                     any
                     Congregation
                     after
                     Sermon
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     0100
                  
                   
                     For
                     Liberty
                     to
                     assert
                     the
                     Solemn
                     League
                     and
                     Covenant
                     .
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     —
                     150
                  
                   
                     For
                     liberty
                     to
                     instruct
                     youth
                     in
                     the
                     short
                     Catechism
                     ,
                     set
                     forth
                     by
                     the
                     Assembly
                     of
                     Divines
                     .
                     0100
                  
                
                 
                   That
                   any
                   Person
                   or
                   Persons
                   gifted
                   for
                   any
                   the
                   Particulars
                   abovesaid
                   ,
                   may
                   have
                   Liberty
                   therein
                   ,
                   either
                   as
                   an
                   Itinerate
                   ,
                   in
                   private
                   or
                   publick
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Rates
                   abovesaid
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   no
                   person
                   or
                   persons
                   be
                   admitted
                   to
                   compound
                   for
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   untill
                   he
                   ,
                   or
                   they
                   ,
                   have
                   first
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   subscribed
                   to
                   the
                   Solemn
                   Protestation
                   following
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   ,
                   or
                   their
                   Sub
                   Commissioners
                   respectively
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     I
                     A.
                     B.
                     do
                     here
                     solemnly
                     protest
                     ,
                     That
                     I
                     judge
                     my self
                     still
                     bound
                     by
                     the
                     Solemn
                     League
                     and
                     Covenant
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     Engagement
                     ,
                     by
                     private
                     Church-Covenant
                     ,
                     or
                     by
                     any
                     other
                     Oath
                     which
                     I
                     have
                     taken
                     ever
                     since
                     the
                     Year
                     1641.
                     
                     And
                     that
                     so
                     far
                     as
                     with
                     Safety
                     to
                     my
                     Person
                     and
                     Estate
                     I
                     may
                     ,
                     I
                     will
                     endeavour
                     the
                     utter
                     Ertirpation
                     of
                     Episcopacy
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     the
                     utmost
                     of
                     my
                     Power
                     ,
                     will
                     abett
                     and
                     promote
                     all
                     Schism
                     ,
                     Faction
                     ,
                     and
                     Discord
                     ,
                     both
                     in
                     Church
                     and
                     State
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     best
                     form
                     and
                     manner
                     ,
                     prescribed
                     and
                     laid
                     open
                     in
                     the
                     Sermons
                     of
                     many
                     of
                     the
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                     and
                     Farmers
                     ,
                     before
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     appointed
                     to
                     be
                     Printed
                     ,
                     and
                     now
                     called
                     the
                     Homilies
                     of
                     the
                     separated
                     Churches
                     .
                     And
                     that
                     I
                     will
                     never
                     by
                     what
                     Conviction
                     of
                     Authority
                     soever
                     ,
                     whether
                     Legal
                     or
                     Episcopal
                     ,
                     ever
                     consent
                     to
                     the
                     Establish'd
                     Doctrine
                     and
                     Discipline
                     of
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                     England
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     And
                     I
                     do
                     likewise
                     believe
                     ,
                     That
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                     was
                     a
                     mysterious
                     ,
                     yet
                     profitable
                     Talent
                     committed
                     to
                     the
                     Churches
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     it
                     may
                     be
                     lawfully
                     Farmed
                     out
                     for
                     Advantage
                     and
                     Improvement
                     .
                  
                
                 
                 
                   That
                   no
                   person
                   within
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   Dominion
                   of
                   Wales
                   ,
                   or
                   Town
                   of
                   Barwick
                   ,
                   may
                   ,
                   from
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   the
                   twenty
                   fifth
                   day
                   of
                   March
                   next
                   ,
                   use
                   or
                   exercise
                   any
                   manner
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   except
                   persons
                   standing
                   conformable
                   to
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ;
                   untill
                   such
                   Person
                   or
                   Persons
                   ,
                   shall
                   first
                   take
                   the
                   Solemn
                   Protestation
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   compound
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   ,
                   for
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   nor
                   shall
                   he
                   be
                   admitted
                   or
                   permitted
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Speaker
                   or
                   Hearer
                   ,
                   in
                   any
                   Meeting
                   or
                   Assemblies
                   whatsoever
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   may
                   have
                   Power
                   to
                   constitute
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   Publick
                   Seal
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Office
                   ,
                   a
                   convenient
                   number
                   of
                   
                     Spiritual
                     Gagers
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   may
                   have
                   and
                   exercise
                   all
                   such
                   Powers
                   ,
                   Priviledges
                   ,
                   and
                   Authorities
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Gagers
                   for
                   Excise
                   of
                   Beer
                   and
                   Ale
                   ,
                   have
                   ,
                   or
                   ought
                   to
                   have
                   and
                   enjoy
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   ,
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   ,
                   in
                   case
                   of
                   Suspition
                   enter
                   into
                   any
                   house
                   or
                   place
                   ,
                   publick
                   or
                   private
                   ,
                   to
                   Gage
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     try
                     the
                     Spirits
                  
                   and
                   Affections
                   of
                   any
                   Person
                   or
                   Fersons
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   
                     Praying
                     ,
                     Preaching
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   other
                   good
                   Exhortation
                   ,
                   dissuade
                   from
                   Episcopacy
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   
                     Common
                     Prayer
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   better
                   to
                   fit
                   and
                   prepare
                   them
                   to
                   compound
                   for
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   may
                   have
                   power
                   to
                   fine
                   any
                   person
                   or
                   persons
                   (
                   not
                   exceeding
                   the
                   Sum
                   of
                   twenty
                   pounds
                   for
                   every
                   offence
                   ,
                   who
                   shall
                   ,
                   after
                   Composition
                   for
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   subscribing
                   the
                   
                     Solemn
                     Protestation
                  
                   ,
                   be
                   present
                   in
                   any
                   Church
                   or
                   Chappel
                   ,
                   within
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   Dominion
                   of
                   Wales
                   ,
                   and
                   Town
                   of
                   Barwick
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   any
                   part
                   of
                   Divine
                   Service
                   ,
                   
                     unless
                     at
                     the
                     Funeral
                     of
                     his
                     Father
                     ,
                  
                   or
                   some
                   other
                   like
                   occasion
                   ,
                   he
                   shall
                   either
                   respond
                   ,
                   be
                   uncovered
                   ,
                   or
                   carry
                   himself
                   reverently
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Time
                   of
                   Divine
                   Service
                   aforesaid
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   twenty
                   four
                   of
                   them
                   assembled
                   at
                   the
                   Office
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   may
                   have
                   and
                   exercise
                   a
                   
                     Jurisdiction
                     of
                     Appeal
                  
                   in
                   all
                   matters
                   relating
                   to
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   within
                   the
                   said
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   have
                   a
                   conclusive
                   power
                   in
                   all
                   matters
                   brought
                   before
                   them
                   ,
                   by
                   way
                   of
                   Appeal
                   as
                   aforesaid
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   for
                   the
                   better
                   Management
                   of
                   all
                   such
                   matters
                   as
                   shall
                   be
                   brought
                   judicially
                   before
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   way
                   of
                   Appeal
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   ,
                   shall
                   have
                   Power
                   to
                   constitute
                   and
                   appoint
                   Mr.
                   
                     Oliver
                     St.
                     Johns
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   others
                   as
                   they
                   judge
                   fit
                   for
                   their
                   said
                   Service
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   of
                   Standing-Councel
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   :
                   And
                   the
                   said
                   Mr.
                   
                     Oliver
                     St.
                     Johns
                  
                   ,
                   being
                   so
                   constituted
                   and
                   appointed
                   under
                   the
                   publick
                   Seal
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Office
                   ,
                   shall
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   be
                   exempted
                   and
                   discharged
                   from
                   being
                   in
                   any
                   publick
                   Office
                   ,
                   or
                   place
                   of
                   Trust
                   or
                   Profit
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   said
                   Term
                   of
                   seven
                   Years
                   ,
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   notwithstanding
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   if
                   any
                   person
                   or
                   persons
                   shall
                   happen
                   to
                   be
                   proceeded
                   against
                   in
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Ecclesiastical
                     Courts
                  
                   of
                   the
                   Bishops
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   for
                   Contumacy
                   ,
                   for
                   Non-Conformity
                   ,
                   for
                   Non-payment
                   of
                   Tythes
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Church-Duties
                   ,
                   for
                   
                     publick
                     Rayling
                     against
                     the
                     Bishops
                     ,
                     the
                     Common-Prayer
                     ,
                  
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Government
                     of
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                  
                   England
                   ,
                   or
                   shall
                   speak
                   Opprobriously
                   or
                   Scandalously
                   against
                   the
                   Doctrine
                   or
                   Discipline
                   thereof
                   ,
                   as
                   Antichristian
                   ,
                   or
                   shall
                   maintain
                   any
                   Positions
                   or
                   Doctrines
                   contrary
                   thereunto
                   ;
                   every
                   such
                   person
                   producing
                   a
                   Certificate
                   from
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   under
                   the
                   publick
                   Seal
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Office
                   ,
                   that
                   such
                   person
                   or
                   persons
                   are
                   under
                   Composition
                   for
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   shall
                   actually
                   be
                   discharged
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   farther
                   Proceedings
                   stayed
                   ,
                   Any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   notwithstanding
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   if
                   any
                   persons
                   shall
                   happen
                   to
                   be
                   Indicted
                   ,
                   or
                   criminally
                   proceeded
                   against
                   in
                   any
                   of
                   his
                   Majesties
                   Courts
                   at
                   Westminster
                   ,
                   or
                   elsewhere
                   within
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   either
                   for
                   
                     Treasonable
                     Speeches
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   Practices
                   ,
                   for
                   publick
                   railing
                   at
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   or
                   for
                   
                     Scandalous
                     words
                  
                   against
                   either
                   or
                   both
                   Houses
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   or
                   for
                   transgressing
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   penal
                   Laws
                   and
                   Statures
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   Every
                   such
                   person
                   or
                   persons
                   ,
                   producing
                   a
                   Certificate
                   from
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   under
                   the
                   publick
                   Seal
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Office
                   ,
                   that
                   such
                   person
                   or
                   persons
                   are
                   under
                   Composition
                   for
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   such
                   words
                   or
                   practises
                   were
                   not
                   spoken
                   or
                   acted
                   malitiosè
                   ,
                   but
                   were
                   only
                   the
                   natural
                   and
                   proper
                   Effects
                   and
                   Product
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   discharged
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   further
                   Proceedings
                   stayed
                   ;
                   Any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   notwithstanding
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   and
                   Farmers
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   may
                   have
                   Power
                   from
                   time
                   to
                   time
                   ,
                   to
                   ordain
                   
                     Pastors
                     ,
                     Elders
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Deacons
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   Officers
                   ,
                   under
                   any
                   Administration
                   whatsoever
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   laying
                   on
                   of
                   the
                   Publick
                   Seal
                   of
                   the
                   Office
                   :
                   Which
                   said
                   Imposition
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Publick
                   Seal
                   being
                   received
                   with
                   a
                   Certificate
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   as
                   Lawful
                   an
                   Ordination
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   every
                   such
                   Person
                   had
                   received
                   Imposition
                   from
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   the
                   Presbytery
                   ;
                   any
                   late
                   Usage
                   or
                   Custom
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   notwithstanding
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   may
                   have
                   Power
                   from
                   time
                   to
                   time
                   ,
                   to
                   set
                   apart
                   days
                   of
                   Publick
                   Fastings
                   ,
                   and
                   Humiliation
                   ,
                   and
                   Thanksgiving
                   ;
                   on
                   which
                   days
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   lawful
                   for
                   any
                   Person
                   or
                   Persons
                   appointed
                   ,
                   to
                   officiate
                   before
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Commissioners
                   and
                   Farmers
                   ,
                   to
                   stir
                   up
                   the
                   People
                   to
                   a
                   Holy
                   Indignation
                   against
                   themselves
                   ,
                   for
                   having
                   by
                   their
                   want
                   of
                   Zeal
                   ,
                   and
                   Brotherly
                   Kindness
                   one
                   towards
                   another
                   ,
                   lost
                   many
                   
                     Precious
                     Enjoyments
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   above
                   all
                   ,
                   the
                   never-to-be-forgotten
                   Loss
                   of
                   the
                   late
                   Power
                   and
                   Dominion
                   ,
                   which
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Expence
                   of
                   so
                   much
                   Blood
                   and
                   Rapine
                   ,
                   was
                   put
                   into
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   the
                   Saints
                   .
                   And
                   to
                   take
                   up
                   for
                   a
                   Lamentation
                   ,
                   and
                   great
                   thoughts
                   of
                   Heart
                   ,
                   the
                   Divisions
                   of
                   Reuben
                   ,
                   that
                   having
                   our
                   Sacks
                   full
                   ,
                   such
                   an
                   Evil
                   Spirit
                   should
                   be
                   found
                   in
                   the
                   midst
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   fall
                   out
                   by
                   the
                   way
                   ;
                   might
                   it
                   have
                   been
                   with
                   those
                   that
                   abode
                   by
                   the
                   Stuff
                   ,
                   as
                   with
                   those
                   that
                   went
                   out
                   to
                   the
                   Battel
                   ,
                   it
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   with
                   us
                   as
                   at
                   this
                   day
                   .
                   Some
                   starting
                   aside
                   ,
                   like
                   a
                   broken
                   Bow
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Year
                   48.
                   others
                   continue
                   to
                   bear
                   the
                   Burden
                   and
                   Heat
                   of
                   the
                   Day
                   until
                   60
                   ,
                   being
                   harness'd
                   ,
                   did
                   then
                   turn
                   their
                   Backs
                   in
                   the
                   day
                   of
                   Battel
                   :
                   As
                   was
                   most
                   sweetly
                   handled
                   at
                   the
                   Fast
                   kept
                   Yesterday
                   ,
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Beale's
                   ,
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Calamy
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Baxter
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Twentieth
                   day
                   of
                   April
                   next
                   ,
                   commonly
                   called
                   
                     Easter
                     Monday
                  
                   ,
                   be
                   kept
                   as
                   a
                   day
                   of
                   Solem
                   Fasting
                   and
                   Humiliation
                   ,
                   for
                   a
                   Blessing
                   upon
                   these
                   
                     Gospel
                     —
                     Undertakings
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   Mr.
                   
                     Edmond
                     Calamy
                  
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Peter
                     Sterry
                  
                   ,
                   Doctor
                   
                     Lazarus
                     Seamon
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Feake
                   ,
                   be
                   desired
                   to
                   carry
                   on
                   the
                   Work
                   of
                   the
                   Day
                   in
                   Prayer
                   and
                   Preaching
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Farmers
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   particulars
                   following
                   ,
                   be
                   recommended
                   to
                   their
                   Consideration
                   in
                   the
                   Work
                   of
                   the
                   Day
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     1.
                     
                     To
                     Bewail
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         1.
                         
                         All
                         our
                         Court
                         Sins
                         .
                      
                       
                         2.
                         
                         Our
                         Bishops
                         Sins
                         .
                      
                       
                         3.
                         
                         Our
                         Monks
                         Sins
                         .
                      
                       
                         4.
                         
                         Our
                         Common
                         Prayer
                         Sins
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
                 
                   
                     2.
                     
                     To
                     Divert
                     ▪
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         1.
                         
                         Westminster
                         Hall
                         Judgments
                         .
                      
                       
                         2.
                         
                         Our
                         Old-Baily
                         Judgments
                         .
                      
                       
                         3.
                         
                         Our
                         Tower-Hill
                         Judgments
                         .
                      
                       
                         4.
                         
                         Our
                         Charing-Cross
                         Judgments
                         .
                      
                       
                         5.
                         
                         Our
                         Tyburn
                         Judgments
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
                 
                   Lastly
                   ,
                   For
                   Deliverance
                   from
                   the
                   Hand
                   of
                   Dun
                   ,
                   that
                   uncircumcifed
                   Philistine
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Grand
                   Comissioners
                   ,
                   and
                   Farmers
                   of
                   
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                  
                   ,
                   may
                   have
                   Power
                   to
                   build
                   Churches
                   and
                   Chappels
                   in
                   any
                   place
                   ,
                   or
                   places
                   ,
                   except
                   upon
                   such
                   Ground
                   where
                   Churches
                   or
                   Chappels
                   do
                   already
                   stand
                   ,
                   in
                   regard
                   of
                   the
                   Inconvenience
                   of
                   setting
                   up
                   
                     Altar
                     against
                     Altar
                  
                   :
                   And
                   forasmuch
                   as
                   the
                   Custom
                   of
                   reading
                   some
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Holy
                   Bible
                   before
                   Sermon
                   ,
                   comonly
                   called
                   First
                   and
                   Second
                   Lessons
                   ,
                   hath
                   been
                   found
                   fruitless
                   ,
                   That
                   therefore
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                     and
                     Farmers
                  
                   ,
                   may
                   have
                   power
                   to
                   appoint
                   instead
                   thereof
                   ,
                   the
                   Annual
                   reading
                   of
                   those
                   Sermons
                   preached
                   by
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                     and
                     Farmers
                  
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   upon
                   special
                   Occasions
                   of
                   Thanksgiving
                   and
                   Humiliation
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   Year
                   1641.
                   to
                   the
                   Year
                   1648
                   ,
                   Which
                   said
                   Sermons
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   called
                   the
                   Homilies
                   of
                   the
                   Separating
                   Churches
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                     and
                     Farmers
                  
                   may
                   have
                   Power
                   to
                   require
                   Mr.
                   
                     Gilbert
                     Millington
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   
                     Luke
                     Robinson
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   lame
                   Evangelist
                   ,
                   to
                   deliver
                   up
                   all
                   such
                   Articles
                   ,
                   Orders
                   ,
                   Books
                   ,
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Writings
                   ,
                   as
                   were
                   transacted
                   before
                   the
                   late
                   Committee
                   for
                   Plundered
                   Ministers
                   ;
                   and
                   likewise
                   ,
                   all
                   such
                   as
                   were
                   passed
                   and
                   transacted
                   before
                   Mr.
                   
                     Philip
                     Ney
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   others
                   of
                   the
                   now
                   
                     Grand
                     Commissioners
                     and
                     Farmers
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   heretofore
                   called
                   
                     Commissioners
                     ,
                     or
                     Spiritual
                     Tryers
                  
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   the
                   said
                   Articles
                   ,
                   Orders
                   ,
                   Books
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Papers
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   Printed
                   and
                   Published
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   be
                   kept
                   at
                   the
                   said
                   Office
                   upon
                   Record
                   for
                   ever
                   ,
                   and
                   appointed
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Book
                   of
                   Canons
                   of
                   the
                   Seperated
                   Churches
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   this
                   being
                   done
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   upon
                   
                     Scripture
                     Grounds
                  
                   expect
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Door
                   of
                   Hope
                   may
                   yet
                   be
                   open
                   to
                   Us
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Children
                   after
                   us
                   ,
                   to
                   see
                   the
                   Travel
                   of
                   our
                   Souls
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   set
                   us
                   into
                   the
                   
                   Promised
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   reap
                   some
                   of
                   those
                   Clusters
                   of
                   the
                   Grapes
                   of
                   Canaan
                   ,
                   which
                   with
                   so
                   much
                   Labor
                   and
                   Toyl
                   of
                   Body
                   ,
                   and
                   Mind
                   were
                   planted
                   ,
                   especially
                   in
                   the
                   Years
                   of
                   1641
                   ,
                   42
                   ,
                   43
                   ,
                   44
                   ,
                   45.
                   by
                   many
                   of
                   Us
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Precious
                   Saints
                   and
                   Ministers
                   of
                   the
                   Gospel
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   since
                   fallen
                   asleep
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   ,
                   we
                   hope
                   ,
                   reaped
                   the
                   Fruits
                   of
                   those
                   Labors
                   ,
                   the
                   Lord
                   having
                   in
                   that
                   day
                   put
                   a
                   mighty
                   Spirit
                   into
                   Us
                   ,
                   and
                   set
                   us
                   as
                   Watchmen
                   upon
                   the
                   Towers
                   of
                   Israel
                   ,
                   to
                   cry
                   mightily
                   
                     Curse
                     ye
                     Meroz
                     ,
                     curse
                     ye
                     bitterly
                     .
                  
                   Grant
                   that
                   those
                   
                     Heart-breaking
                     Labors
                  
                   of
                   Ours
                   ,
                   those
                   
                     King-destroying
                     Labors
                  
                   ,
                   those
                   Kingdom-ruining
                   Labors
                   ,
                   those
                   
                     Gospel-scandalizing
                     Labors
                  
                   ,
                   those
                   
                     Church-subverting
                     Labors
                  
                   ,
                   those
                   
                     Soul-confounding
                     Labors
                  
                   of
                   Ours
                   may
                   never
                   be
                   forgotten
                   ,
                   but
                   may
                   be
                   written
                   as
                   with
                   the
                   point
                   of
                   a
                   Diamond
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Heart
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Hearts
                   of
                   the
                   Bishops
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Heart
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   upon
                   the
                   Hearts
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   People
                   from
                   Dan
                   to
                   Beersheba
                   ,
                   that
                   so
                   in
                   God's
                   good
                   time
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   receive
                   our
                   Reward
                   Seven-fold
                   into
                   our
                   own
                   Bosoms
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Generations
                   to
                   come
                   ,
                   may
                   hear
                   and
                   fear
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   no
                   more
                   so
                   wickedly
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   prays
                   
                     S.
                     Butler
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Round-Heads
                   Resolution
                   .
                
                 
                   WHereas
                   we
                   are
                   ,
                   through
                   our
                   great
                   Ignorance
                   and
                   Obstinacy
                   grown
                   to
                   a
                   most
                   Seditious
                   and
                   
                     Malignant
                     head
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Horns
                   of
                   that
                   Head
                   (
                   though
                   of
                   a
                   main
                   length
                   )
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   support
                   our
                   
                     Arrogant
                     Faction
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   appears
                   by
                   our
                   last
                   being
                   soundly
                   slash'd
                   and
                   bastinado'd
                   ,
                   by
                   a
                   mad
                   Crew
                   called
                   the
                   Cavaliers
                   ;
                   and
                   whereas
                   a
                   great
                   part
                   of
                   Us
                   have
                   shut
                   up
                   our
                   Shops
                   ,
                   because
                   we
                   could
                   no
                   longer
                   keep
                   them
                   open
                   ,
                   which
                   kind
                   of
                   shutting
                   up
                   ,
                   proceedeth
                   commonly
                   from
                   our
                   vast
                   Expence
                   in
                   
                     White-broths
                     ,
                     Custards
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   
                     Luxurious
                     Dishes
                  
                   ,
                   provided
                   for
                   the
                   Edification
                   one
                   of
                   another
                   .
                   And
                   whereas
                   the
                   Multitude
                   ,
                   called
                   
                     True
                     Protestants
                  
                   ,
                   endeavor
                   to
                   hold
                   up
                   Bishops
                   ,
                   to
                   maintain
                   good
                   Order
                   ,
                   Discipline
                   ,
                   and
                   Orthodox
                   Preaching
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Church
                     ;
                     Learning
                  
                   and
                   Arts
                   in
                   the
                   Universities
                   ,
                   and
                   Peace
                   in
                   the
                   Common-wealth
                   ;
                   
                   all
                   which
                   is
                   nothing
                   but
                   
                     Idolatry
                     ,
                     Superstition
                     ,
                     Profaneness
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     plain
                     Popery
                  
                   :
                   And
                   further
                   ,
                   whereas
                   we
                   (
                   who
                   are
                   nothing
                   properly
                   but
                   
                     Round
                     heads
                  
                   and
                   Fanaticks
                   )
                   are
                   in
                   most
                   scandalous
                   manner
                   termed
                   
                     Holy
                     Brethren
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   Zealots
                   of
                   the
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   in
                   sincerity
                   we
                   never
                   were
                   ,
                   or
                   ever
                   will
                   be
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   sorasmuch
                   likewise
                   as
                   the
                   prophane
                   World
                   of
                   
                     True
                     Protestants
                  
                   ,
                   are
                   a
                   stiff-necked
                   Generation
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   not
                   yield
                   unto
                   Us
                   the
                   Preheminence
                   of
                   Doctrine
                   and
                   Religion
                   ,
                   not
                   withstanding
                   the
                   many
                   Senceless
                   two
                   hours
                   of
                   those
                   
                     Spiritual
                     Trumpets
                  
                   of
                   Our
                   Faction
                   ,
                   the
                   Sanctified
                   Clergy-Lecturers
                   ,
                   or
                   of
                   Our
                   more
                   Divine
                   Lectures
                   of
                   our
                   Supreme
                   Shee-Lecturers
                   ,
                   whose
                   Bowels
                   do
                   even
                   earne
                   for
                   the
                   getting
                   in
                   of
                   the
                   Saints
                   unto
                   Us
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   even
                   a
                   zealous
                   lusting
                   after
                   Us.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   forasmuch
                   as
                   the
                   Religion
                   professed
                   by
                   Us
                   ;
                   in
                   the
                   purest
                   and
                   most
                   decent
                   ,
                   as
                   appears
                   by
                   the
                   great
                   Love
                   and
                   Community
                   betwixt
                   the
                   Brethren
                   and
                   the
                   Sisters
                   ,
                   the
                   Conveniency
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Woods
                     ,
                     Saw-pits
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Dark
                     Places
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   putting
                   out
                   Lights
                   ,
                   and
                   defying
                   those
                   
                     Tapers
                     of
                     Iniquity
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   cause
                   us
                   to
                   behold
                   our
                   own
                   
                     Wicked
                     Deeds
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   gooly
                   Bigness
                   of
                   the
                   Ear
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   shortness
                   of
                   the
                   Hair
                   ,
                   which
                   hindereth
                   not
                   the
                   Sound
                   of
                   the
                   Shepheards
                   Voice
                   ,
                   but
                   easily
                   heareth
                   him
                   call
                   to
                   a
                   great
                   Feast
                   ,
                   amongst
                   the
                   Rich
                   Saints
                   ,
                   the
                   length
                   and
                   sharpness
                   of
                   the
                   Nose
                   ,
                   which
                   not
                   only
                   smelleth
                   the
                   sweet
                   Savors
                   of
                   the
                   Holy
                   Plum-broth
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   promiseth
                   an
                   eager
                   Appetite
                   to
                   some
                   good
                   Work
                   towards
                   the
                   
                     Younger
                     Sisters
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   roundness
                   of
                   the
                   Band
                   ,
                   the
                   length
                   of
                   the
                   Dublet
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   shortness
                   of
                   the
                   Breeches
                   ,
                   being
                   a
                   habit
                   correspondent
                   to
                   the
                   Pictures
                   of
                   the
                   Apostles
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Geneva
                     Print
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   mightiness
                   of
                   our
                   Faith
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   able
                   to
                   remove
                   a
                   Church
                   into
                   a
                   Wood
                   ,
                   the
                   Transparency
                   of
                   our
                   Charity
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   so
                   invisible
                   ,
                   that
                   neither
                   the
                   right
                   hand
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   left
                   ever
                   knew
                   it
                   ,
                   the
                   Multitude
                   of
                   our
                   
                     Good
                     Works
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   no
                   man
                   living
                   can
                   number
                   ,
                   the
                   Godly
                   Works
                   of
                   our
                   tautological
                   Prayers
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Zeal
                   thereof
                   ,
                   which
                   brings
                   us
                   even
                   to
                   Divine
                   Consumption
                   ;
                   whereby
                   we
                   look
                   like
                   the
                   Prodigal
                   Son
                   at
                   his
                   return
                   home
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Priests
                   in
                   the
                   Arras
                   ,
                   the
                   defying
                   of
                   all
                   Fathers
                   ,
                   Bishops
                   ,
                   and
                   Doctors
                   ,
                   Conformable
                   Persons
                   ,
                   Canonical
                   Robes
                   ,
                   Ecclesiastical
                   Gestures
                   ,
                   and
                   Utensils
                   ,
                   all
                   Learning
                   ,
                   liberal
                   Arts
                   and
                   Degrees
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   raggs
                   of
                   Superstition
                   ,
                   the
                   dregs
                   of
                   Popery
                   are
                   abominable
                   in
                   the
                   goggle
                   eyes
                   of
                   a
                   right
                   Round-head
                   ;
                   and
                   yet
                   this
                   
                     simple
                     Innocent
                  
                   Profession
                   is
                   scorned
                   and
                   
                   baffled
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   whom
                   ?
                   But
                   by
                   Scholars
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   profess
                   Learning
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   no
                   more
                   necessary
                   to
                   Religion
                   ,
                   than
                   a
                   Publick
                   Church
                   (
                   which
                   verily
                   )
                   is
                   but
                   a
                   Den
                   of
                   Thieves
                   when
                   we
                   are
                   absent
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   which
                   Grievances
                   do
                   stand
                   with
                   much
                   reason
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   are
                   utterly
                   against
                   our
                   
                     tender
                     Consciences
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   never
                   were
                   allowed
                   by
                   any
                   Synod
                   of
                   More-fields
                   or
                   Westminster
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   therefore
                   which
                   we
                   do
                   now
                   resolve
                   to
                   maintain
                   ,
                   and
                   desire
                   have
                   confirmed
                   ,
                   and
                   never
                   to
                   alter'd
                   (
                   till
                   some
                   new
                   toy
                   tickle
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   Pericranium
                   ,
                   which
                   will
                   be
                   very
                   shortly
                   )
                   is
                   ,
                
                 
                   1.
                   
                   That
                   our
                   Religion
                   ,
                   Tenants
                   ,
                   and
                   Mannors
                   ,
                   before-mentioned
                   ,
                   be
                   established
                   and
                   maintained
                   against
                   all
                   
                     Reason
                     ,
                     Learning
                     ,
                     Divinity
                     ,
                     Order
                     ,
                     Discipline
                     ,
                     Morality
                     ,
                     Piety
                     ,
                  
                   or
                   Humanity
                   whatsoever
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   very
                   Name
                   of
                   Bishops
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   a
                   sufficient
                   Jury
                   and
                   Judge
                   ,
                   to
                   condemn
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   further
                   Evidence
                   or
                   Circumstance
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   That
                   if
                   any
                   man
                   whatsoever
                   ,
                   having
                   knowledge
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Latine
                     Tongue
                  
                   (
                   being
                   a
                   Popish
                   Language
                   )
                   shall
                   presume
                   to
                   think
                   he
                   can
                   save
                   a
                   Soul
                   by
                   Preaching
                   ,
                   he
                   be
                   excommunicated
                   both
                   in
                   this
                   World
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   World
                   to
                   come
                   ;
                   unless
                   it
                   be
                   some
                   certain
                   Lecturers
                   ,
                   of
                   whose
                   approved
                   Rayling
                   and
                   Ignorance
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   well
                   assured
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   known
                   to
                   stand
                   
                     six
                     hours
                  
                   :
                   on
                   a
                   Fasting
                   Day
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Felt-maker
                   and
                   the
                   Cobler
                   ,
                   two
                   innocent
                   Cuckolds
                   may
                   be
                   instituted
                   Primares
                   and
                   Metropolitans
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   Arch-Provinees
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Sect
                   preserved
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   Imbecillities
                   of
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   to
                   such
                   Bishopricks
                   and
                   other
                   Livings
                   ,
                   as
                   will
                   competently
                   serve
                   to
                   procure
                   fat
                   Poultry
                   ,
                   sor
                   the
                   filling
                   of
                   their
                   insatiate
                   Stomachs
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   regard
                   ,
                   Church-Livings
                   had
                   more
                   need
                   to
                   be
                   increased
                   ,
                   than
                   diminished
                   .
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   That
                   no
                   man
                   whatsoever
                   ,
                   who
                   bears
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   Cavalier
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   capable
                   of
                   making
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   Brethren
                   a
                   Cuckold
                   ,
                   unless
                   he
                   cut
                   his
                   Hair
                   ,
                   and
                   alter
                   his
                   Profession
                   ;
                   but
                   be
                   excluded
                   from
                   the
                   Conventicles
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   King's
                   Friend
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Reprobate
                   .
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   Lastiy
                   ,
                   That
                   there
                   be
                   two
                   whole
                   days
                   set
                   apart
                   to
                   Fast
                   and
                   Pray
                   for
                   the
                   Confusion
                   of
                   all
                   that
                   are
                   not
                   thus
                   resolved
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   A
                   Caveat
                   
                     to
                     the
                  
                   Round-Heads
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     I
                     Come
                     to
                     charge
                     yee
                  
                   
                     That
                     slight
                     the
                     Clergy
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     pull
                     the
                     Miter
                     from
                     the
                     Prelat's
                     Head
                     ,
                  
                   
                     That
                     you
                     will
                     be
                     wary
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Least
                     you
                     miscarry
                  
                   
                     In
                     all
                     these
                     factious
                     humors
                     you
                     have
                     bred
                     ;
                  
                   
                     But
                     as
                     for
                     Brownists
                     we
                     'll
                     have
                     none
                     ,
                  
                   
                     But
                     take
                     them
                     all
                     ,
                     and
                     hang
                     them
                     one
                     by
                     one
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Your
                     wicked
                     Actions
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Joyn'd
                     in
                     Factions
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Are
                     all
                     but
                     aims
                     to
                     rob
                     the
                     King
                     of
                     his
                     due
                     .
                  
                   
                     Then
                     give
                     this
                     reason
                  
                   
                     For
                     your
                     Treason
                     ,
                  
                   
                     That
                     you
                     'll
                     be
                     rul'd
                     ,
                     
                       if
                       he
                       'll
                       be
                       rul'd
                       by
                       you
                    
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Then
                     leave
                     these
                     factions
                     ,
                     zealous
                     Brother
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Least
                     you
                     be
                     hanged
                     one
                     against
                     another
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Your
                     Wit
                     abounded
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Gentle
                     Round-head
                     ,
                  
                   
                     When
                     you
                     abus'd
                     the
                     Bishops
                     in
                     a
                     Ditty
                     ,
                  
                   
                     When
                     as
                     you
                     sanged
                     ,
                  
                   
                     You
                     must
                     be
                     hanged
                     ,
                  
                   
                     A
                     Timpinee
                     of
                     Malice
                     made
                     you
                     witty
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     though
                     your
                     hot
                     zeal
                     made
                     you
                     bold
                     ,
                  
                   
                     When
                     you
                     are
                     hang'd
                     ,
                     
                       your
                       Arse
                       will
                       be
                       a
                       cold
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Then
                     leave
                     confounding
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     expounding
                  
                   
                     The
                     Doctrine
                     that
                     you
                     preach
                     in
                     Tubbs
                     ,
                  
                   
                     You
                     raise
                     this
                     Warring
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     private
                     Jarring
                     ,
                  
                   
                     I
                     doubt
                     ,
                     in
                     tinte
                     ,
                     will
                     prove
                     the
                     Knave
                     of
                     Clubbs
                     .
                  
                   
                     It
                     's
                     for
                     your
                     Lying
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     for
                     your
                     Oaths
                     ,
                  
                   
                     You
                     shall
                     be
                     hang'd
                     ,
                     and
                     Ketch
                     shall
                     have
                     your
                     Cloaths
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   FINIS
                   .
                
              
            
             
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A34836-e1470
           
             Parallel'd
             in
             Holy
             Cheats
             .
          
           
             In
             Publishing
             
               False
               News
            
             as
             Legends
             .
          
           
             In
             Mental
             Reservations
             .
          
           
             In
             allowing
             Perjuries
             .
          
           
             
               In
               an
            
             unintelligible
             Worship
             .
          
           
             Both
             hold
             Justification
             by
             Works
             ,
             the
             one
             by
             Good
             the
             other
             by
             
               Ill
               Works
            
             .
          
           
             Free-will
             one
             holds
             belongs
             to
             
               all
               men
            
             ,
             the
             other
             only
             to
             
               Parliament
               men
            
             .
          
           
             They
             agree
             in
             interlining
             Scriptures
             and
             Creeds
             ,
          
           
             In
             Implicit
             Faith
             ,
          
           
             One
             believes
             Purgatory
             hereafter
             ,
             &
             the
             other
             ,
             erects
             a
             Purgatory
             here
             .
          
           
             The
             Assembly
             of
             Divines
             as
             infallible
             
               as
               a
            
             general
             Council
             .
          
           
             One
             fasts
             Frydays
             &
             Eves
             ,
             the
             other
             all
             Sundays
             .
          
           
             Both
             have
             their
             Reliques
          
           
             Both
             claime
             to
             succeed
             St.
             Peter
             .
          
           
             The
             one
             for
             
               Church
               Musick
            
             the
             other
             for
             Singing
             without
             Musick
          
           
             Both
             boast
             their
             Miracles
             .
          
           
             Each
             hath
             a
             several
             Transubstantiation
             .
          
           
             Both
             Infalible
             in
             Cathedra
             .
          
           
             Both
             for
             
               deposing
               Kings
            
             ;
             the
             one
             by
             
               fair
               means
            
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             Foul.
          
           
             Their
             Avarice
             
          
           
             Their
             Ambition
          
           
             Lord
             Privy
             Seal
             .
          
           
             Pennington
             
          
           
             Their
             Tirany
             .
          
           
             The
             Counterfiet
             grivances
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Reign
            
             compared
             with
             the
             Royal
             ones
             of
             their
             Usurpation
             .
          
           
             viz.
             1642.
             
          
        
      
    
  

