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             Nineteen cases of conscience. Submissively tendred to Mr. Hugh Peters, and the rest of his fellow commissioners, the triars by sundry weak brethren.
             Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.
          
           8 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             printed in the year MDCLIX. [1659]
          
           
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             NINETEEN
          
           CASES
           OF
           CONSCIENCE
           .
        
         
           Submissively
           tendred
           to
           Mr.
           
             HVGH
             PETRS
             ,
          
           And
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Fellow
           Commissioners
           ,
           the
           TRIARS
        
         
           By
           sundry
           weak
           Brethren
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           year
           MDCLIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         NINETEEN
         CASES
         OF
         CONSCIENCE
         .
      
       
         
           I
        
         
           WHether
           the
           
             Immortality
          
           of
           a
           man's
           
             Soul
          
           be
           a
           Doctrine
           at
           all
           fit
           ,
           or
           suitable
           to
           be
           preached
           ,
           or
           taught
           ,
           either
           in
           Pulpits
           or
           Books
           ,
           to
           the
           men
           of
           
             this
          
           Generation
           ?
           and
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           
             future
          
           condition
           of
           
             happiness
             or
             misery
             in
             another
             world
             ?
          
           Now
           the
           ground
           of
           
             this
          
           scruple
           ariseth
           from
           long
           observations
           in
           
             State
          
           ever
           since
           1641
           ,
           till
           this
           present
           1659.
           
        
      
       
         
           II
        
         
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           a
           matter
           of
           weighty
           consequence
           ,
           that
           a
           
             Petition
          
           be
           preferred
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           to
           entreat
           
             them
             ,
          
           that
           they
           would
           
             pass
             an
             Act
             for
             repealing
             ,
             nulling
             ,
             and
             making
             void
             all
             Oathes
             whatsoever
             ,
             taken
             since
          
           1
           Caroli
           
             to
             the
             3
             of
          
           
           Septemb.
           1658
           ?
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           expedient
           that
           
             this
          
           be
           done
           very
           suddenly
           ,
           least
           some
           who
           may
           be
           concern'd
           should
           in
           the
           
             interim
          
           sneak
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           so
           become
           incapable
           of
           receiving
           any
           benefit
           thereby
           ?
        
      
       
         
           III
        
         
           Whether
           it
           would
           not
           much
           advance
           our
           long
           desired
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           if
           those
           places
           of
           
             Scripture
             ,
          
           out
           of
           which
           the
           
             Common-Prayer-Book
          
           is
           collected
           ,
           were
           diligently
           sought
           after
           ,
           and
           
             blotted
             out
             of
             our
             Bibles
             ,
          
           that
           no
           mark
           of
           the
           
             Superstitious
             Liturgy
          
           may
           remain
           among
           us
           ,
           to
           make
           our
           Children
           
             Idolaters
             ?
          
        
      
       
         
           IV
        
         
           Whether
           
             Lying
             ,
             crying
          
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           
             swearing
             by
             the
             living
             God
             ,
          
           murthering
           men
           at
           an
           
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ;
          
           Perjury
           three
           or
           four
           times
           over
           ;
           eating
           the
           Bread
           of
           Orphans
           ;
           grinding
           the
           faces
           of
           the
           Poor
           ;
           trampling
           on
           abilities
           ;
           starving
           a
           learned
           and
           orthodox
           
             Ministry
             ,
          
           and
           exercizing
           worse
           Tyranny
           for
           
             five
             years
             last
             past
          
           over
           
             England
          
           than
           
             Pharaoh
          
           did
           over
           
             Aegypt
             ,
          
           were
           sins
           or
           ●ot
           ?
           And
           if
           sins
           ,
           whether
           any
           whit
           more
           venial
           in
           a
           
             Saint
          
           than
           a
           
             Sinner
             ?
          
        
      
       
         
           V
        
         
           Whether
           we
           have
           not
           as
           good
           cause
           to
           celebrate
           a
           solemn
           
             Anniversary
             of
             Thanksgiving
          
           upon
           the
           3
           of
           
             Sept.
          
           as
           the
           5
           of
           
             Novemb.
          
           for
           the
           mercifull
           deliverance
           from
           the
           
             Author
             of
             all
             our
             co●fusions
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           VI
        
         
           VVhether
           a
           
             Common
             wealth
          
           modell'd
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Harrington
          
           would
           have
           it
           )
           like
           to
           that
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           be
           not
           now
           the
           
             best
          
           kind
           of
           Government
           for
           us
           ,
           seeing
           we
           have
           so
           many
           
             Jewes
          
           amongst
           us
           ?
        
      
       
       
         
           (
           VII
           )
        
         
           VVhether
           the
           
             fellowes
             of
             Magdalen
             College
             in
             Oxford
             ,
          
           have
           not
           given
           Dr.
           
             Thomas
             Goodwin
          
           (
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           
             wife
          
           better
           reason
           to
           make
           an
           
             Horn-booke
          
           than
           Dr.
           
             Owen
          
           had
           given
           him
           by
           any body
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           
             Primmer
             ?
          
        
      
       
         
           (
           VIII
           )
        
         
           VVhether
           his
           
             late
             Highness's
          
           
             Letter
             to
             the
             House
          
           was
           not
           a
           large
           
             manifesto
          
           of
           the
           humility
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           of
           his
           
             forsaking
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             Devil
             ;
          
           of
           his
           Christian
           valour
           ,
           and
           fortitude
           ,
           a
           tryal
           of
           his
           patience
           ,
           an
           exercising
           of
           all
           his
           virtues
           ,
           a
           probate
           of
           his
           desire
           to
           save
           his
           
             windpipe
             ,
          
           and
           lastly
           of
           his
           mighty
           will
           to
           inform
           the
           world
           and
           the
           worthies
           thereof
           how
           inconstant
           that
           same
           
             blind
          
           whore
           
             Fortune
          
           is
           ,
           how
           burthensome
           
             Thrones
          
           and
           
             Scepters
             ;
          
           nay
           how
           empty
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           how
           vain
           is
           
             Supream-Magistracy
             :
          
           And
           
             this
             Remarqu
             '
          
           may
           give
           us
           occasion
           to
           think
           upon
           those
           
             Comparisons
          
           which
           are
           frequent
           concerning
           
             this
          
           matter
           :
           Mr.
           
           
             Quarl●
          
           hee
           sayes
           ,
           
             
               Or
               like
               a
               Sun
               ,
               or
               like
               a
               shade
               ,
            
             
               Or
               like
               the
               Gourd
               that
               
                 Jonas
              
               had
               &c.
               
            
          
           Another
           ,
           he
           sings
           sweetly
           .
        
         
           Fortune
           my
           foe
           ,
           why
           art
           thou
           thus
           unkind
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Comparing
           
             Crowns
          
           to
           
             Crabtrees
             ,
          
           the
           
             Pearls
          
           upon
           them
           to
           
             Missletoe-berries
          
           which
           (
           which
           we
           are
           confident
           )
           are
           profitable
           for
           nothing
           save
           only
           to
           make
           
             birdlime
          
           to
           ensnare
           ambitious
           mortalls
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           
             hee
          
           goes
           on
           with
           the
           
             Allegory
             )
          
           are
           like
           little
           
             birds
          
           that
           hop
           up
           and
           down
           on
           little
           twigs
           on
           the
           
             highest
          
           trees
           they
           can
           find
           .
           O
           (
           sayes
           the
           
             School-boy
             )
          
           think
           upon
           
             Icarus
          
           and
           
             Phaaeton
          
           thou
           that
           aspirest
           to
           a
           
             Diadem
             !
          
           (
           saies
           another
           
             Classicall
             Author
             )
          
           remember
           
             Belizarius
             ,
             Blind
             Belizarius
          
           reaching
           out
           his
           cripled
           fingers
           ,
           and
           crying
           ,
           
             Give
             poor
             Belizarius
             one
             
             farthing
             !
          
           O
           who
           would
           not
           part
           with
           an
           hundred
           
             Protectordomes
          
           (
           if
           hee
           had
           them
           )
           to
           occasion
           
             so
             many
             good
             thoughts
             in
             a
             sinner
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           IX
           .
        
         
           VVhether
           this
           
             Parliament
          
           would
           not
           quit
           Curtesie
           handsomly
           to
           turn
           
             his
             bones
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             Abbey
             ,
          
           who
           turn'd
           them
           by
           force
           ,
           and
           violence
           against
           all
           humanity
           ,
           and
           good
           manners
           out
           of
           the
           
             Parliament
             House
             ?
          
           or
           in
           short
           whether
           
             Quid
             pro
             Quo
          
           be
           not
           lawfull
           ,
           and
           avowable
           ?
        
      
       
         
           X.
           
        
         
           VVhether
           
             Machiavels
          
           maxime
           ,
           for
           which
           our
           
             Divines
          
           rail
           so
           at
           him
           
             (
             viz.
             )
          
           that
           
             [
             Christian
             Religion
             makes
             man
             Cowards
             ,
             ]
          
           be
           not
           now
           sound
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           most
           evidently
           demonstrated
           his
           by
           
             late
             Highnesse
             ?
          
        
      
       
         
           XI
           .
        
         
           VVhether
           a
           man
           may
           not
           venture
           his
           
             Soul
          
           for
           the
           procurement
           of
           an
           
             Estate
             ,
          
           and
           promotion
           of
           his
           worldly
           interests
           ,
           altogether
           as
           laudably
           as
           for
           
             Religion
             ?
          
        
      
       
         
           XII
           .
        
         
           VVhether
           it
           were
           not
           a
           deed
           of
           
             Charity
          
           in
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           to
           erect
           another
           
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
          
           that
           so
           the
           
             Lord
             L●s
             ;
             le
          
           might
           know
           how
           to
           dispose
           of
           some
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           leasure
           which
           they
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           allot
           
             him
             ,
          
           by
           discharging
           
             him
          
           the
           trouble
           of
           being
           one
           of
           the
           
             Keepers
          
           of
           the
           
             great
             Seal
             of
             England
             ?
          
           And
           whether
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           think
           in
           Charity
           that
           the
           
             House
          
           discarded
           
             him
          
           of
           his
           dignities
           in
           tender
           
             compassion
             to
             his
             Soul
             ,
          
           that
           so
           he
           might
           have
           convenience
           to
           repent
           him
           of
           his
           
             blood
             guiltinesse
             ,
          
           and
           other
           crying
           Sins
           ,
           which
           can
           the
           pared
           off
           with
           his
           nails
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           XIII
           .
        
         
           VVhether
           
             Sermons
          
           should
           not
           be
           put
           down
           as
           well
           as
           
             Playes
             ,
          
           the
           
             meetings
          
           being
           farr
           
             greater
             ,
          
           the
           
             A●●ores
          
           more
           
             seditious
             ,
          
           and
           
             fewer
             Souldiers
             being
             there
             ,
          
           by
           their
           good
           wills
           ?
        
      
       
         
           XIV
           .
        
         
           Whether
           the
           
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
             that
             Man
             of
             Sin
             ,
          
           be
           in
           good
           earnest
           (
           after
           so
           many
           disputes
           )
           a
           
             Man
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           or
           an
           
             Hermaphrodit●
             ?
          
        
      
       
         
           XV
           .
        
         
           Whether
           old
           
             Oliver
             Cromwel
             ,
          
           and
           Dr.
           
             Iohn
             Hewyt
             ,
          
           are
           now
           within
           sight
           of
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           if
           not
           ,
           how
           many
           Leagues
           over
           the
           
             Gulph
          
           is
           that
           parts
           'em
           ?
           And
           truly
           the
           resolution
           of
           this
           one
           
             doubt
          
           (
           if
           the
           
             Gulph
          
           were
           stated
           to
           be
           but
           narrow
           )
           would
           make
           many
           men
           in
           this
           world
           excellent
           
             Swimmers
             ,
          
           in
           hopes
           one
           day
           to
           
             make
             use
             of
             their
             Art
             ,
          
           when
           the
           time
           shall
           come
           that
           they
           must
           either
           
             Sink
             ,
             or
             Swim
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           XVI
           .
        
         
           Whether
           they
           best
           deserve
           of
           the
           
             State
          
           who
           have
           hazarded
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           estates
           ,
           or
           they
           that
           have
           ventur'd
           their
           
             Souls
          
           and
           
             Consciences
          
           for
           the
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           XVII
           .
        
         
           Whether
           we
           be
           not
           much
           happier
           
             now
          
           than
           we
           have
           been
           any
           time
           this
           seven
           years
           before
           ,
           in
           regard
           we
           have
           again
           gotten
           over
           us
           the
           
             Harp
             ,
             and
             Crosse
             ,
             one
          
           being
           an
           
             inctrument
             of
             mirth
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             other
             a
             badg
             of
             our
             Religion
             ;
          
           wheras
           
             before
          
           we
           had
           a
           
             great
             white
             ramping
             Lyon
          
           over
           us
           :
           now
           a
           
             Lyon
          
           is
           a
           
             beast
             of
             prey
             ,
          
           and
           the
           property
           of
           beasts
           of
           prey
           is
           to
           
             devour
          
           (
           as
           we
           all
           know
           .
           )
        
      
       
       
         
           VIII
           .
        
         
           VVhether
           the
           
             Devil
          
           be
           not
           a
           
             Malignant
             ,
          
           because
           he
           is
           so
           
             hot
          
           for
           
             Monarchy
             ?
          
           and
           whether
           (
           if
           the
           
             Act
          
           of
           
             Oblivion
          
           will
           not
           quit
           him
           )
           that
           one
           
             Argument
          
           be
           not
           enough
           to
           perswade
           men
           to
           
             defie
             him
             and
             all
             his
             works
             ?
          
        
      
       
         
           (
           XIX
           )
        
         
           VVhether
           ,
           seeing
           that
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           is
           now
           generally
           granted
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           it
           be
           not
           the
           best
           exercise
           for
           
             poor
          
           witty
           
             Cavalliers
          
           to
           
             write
             Pamphlets
             ,
          
           and
           the
           best
           recreation
           for
           
             rich
             Commonwealth's
             men
             to
             read
             them
             ?
          
        
      
       
         The
         End
         .
      
    
    

