Remarks on the growth and progress of non-conformity
         L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
      
       
         
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             Remarks on the growth and progress of non-conformity
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
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           REMARKS
           ON
           THE
           GROWTH
           AND
           PROGRESS
           OF
           Non-Conformity
           .
        
         
           The
           Fathers
           seem
           to
           call
           those
           Hereticks
           ,
           who
           separated
           ,
           or
           made
           divisions
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           though
           the
           Errour
           they
           maintained
           were
           very
           small
           .
           
             See
             Mr.
          
           Baxter's
           Infants
           Church
           membership
           ,
           
             his
             Answer
             to
             Mr.
          
           Tombs's
           Valedictory
           Oration
           at
           Bewdly
           ,
           p.
           169.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Walter
           Kettilby
           
             at
             the
          
           Bishops-head
           
             in
             St.
          
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1682.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           INTRODUCTION
           .
        
         
           IF
           Aegles
           the
           Champion
           that
           was
           dumb
           all
           his
           life
           before
           ,
           had
           the
           strings
           of
           his
           
           Tongue
           loosed
           ,
           that
           he
           spake
           for
           ever
           after
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           deceit
           that
           was
           at
           the
           sacred
           Exercises
           in
           Samos
           ;
           't
           is
           certainly
           enough
           to
           amaze
           us
           to
           see
           the
           greatest
           disturbers
           of
           the
           Churches
           Peace
           yet
           talk
           so
           much
           of
           Love
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           terms
           of
           Union
           and
           ways
           of
           
             Concord
             ,
             Pleas
          
           for
           Peace
           and
           Cures
           of
           Church-divisions
           ,
           as
           the
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Schismaticks
           doth
           ;
           to
           see
           them
           become
           as
           Fire-brands
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           were
           ordained
           for
           saving
           Lights
           ,
           and
           as
           Trumpets
           to
           sound
           Martial
           alarms
           ,
           that
           were
           designed
           for
           Retreats
           to
           popular
           Furies
           ;
           to
           see
           pretended
           Holiness
           a
           Cover
           to
           the
           deformity
           of
           Sedition
           and
           Innovation
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           barbarous
           Villanies
           set
           on
           the
           Score
           of
           Religion
           and
           Reformation
           ;
           to
           
           see
           those
           that
           ,
           to
           remove
           him
           from
           evil
           Counsellors
           ,
           have
           murder'd
           their
           lawful
           Sovereign
           ,
           yet
           to
           startle
           at
           the
           use
           of
           a
           Ceremony
           ,
           like
           a
           Capuchin
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           Money
           ;
           to
           see
           these
           still
           hunting
           upon
           the
           File
           ,
           insinuating
           the
           vilest
           abominations
           in
           shew
           for
           the
           publick
           good
           ,
           abhorring
           Idols
           ,
           yet
           committing
           Sacriledge
           ,
           espying
           Moths
           yet
           winking
           at
           Beams
           ,
           crying
           down
           the
           Whore
           of
           Babylon
           when
           they
           mean
           nothing
           but
           the
           overthrow
           of
           Episcopacy
           ;
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           pretending
           nothing
           but
           Piety
           and
           Peace
           ,
           when
           intending
           nothing
           but
           Schism
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           help
           of
           these
           holy
           Guises
           [
           as
           our
           Royal
           Martyr
           called
           them
           ]
           to
           
           come
           to
           such
           a
           summity
           of
           seditious
           insolence
           ,
           that
           if
           one
           offer
           a
           fight
           with
           these
           Beasts
           of
           Ephesus
           in
           contradiction
           to
           their
           peevish
           Faction
           ,
           (
           as
           one
           merrily
           observed
           )
           they
           presently
           play
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Anjou's
           Cow
           ,
           that
           bedaub'd
           the
           fingers
           of
           any
           that
           offer'd
           to
           pull
           her
           back
           by
           the
           tail
           ,
           they
           make
           him
           the
           very
           Butt
           of
           the
           most
           infamous
           defamations
           ,
           that
           the
           twisted
           malice
           and
           subtilty
           of
           Earth
           and
           Hell
           can
           devise
           .
           Now
           one
           would
           think
           this
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           dumb
           Ass
           speak
           ,
           in
           reproving
           the
           insolencies
           and
           dotages
           of
           such
           Prophets
           ,
           who
           run
           thus
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           Balaam
           ,
           to
           curse
           a
           
           Church
           and
           People
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           blessed
           :
           At
           least
           ,
           't
           is
           enough
           to
           put
           any
           serious
           person
           on
           enquiry
           into
           the
           causes
           of
           these
           honest
           religious
           Villanies
           ,
           as
           Seneca
           calls
           prospering
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           how
           such
           a
           pernicious
           Faction
           could
           arrive
           to
           such
           a
           pitch
           of
           Reputation
           and
           Insolence
           .
           The
           Enquirer
           will
           find
           these
           following
           means
           among
           others
           regardable
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           REMARKS
           ON
           
             Non-Conformity
             ,
             &c
          
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Toleration
             and
             Indulgence
             .
          
           
             HE
             is
             much
             a
             Stranger
             to
             Non-Conformity
             ,
             that
             knows
             not
             how
             much
             Connivance
             and
             Indulgence
             have
             conduced
             to
             its
             Increase
             ,
             and
             how
             necessary
             are
             the
             coërcive
             means
             to
             the
             safe
             suppress
             of
             that
             dangerous
             Faction
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Instance
             I
             assign
             for
             this
             ,
             is
             in
             Queen
             Elizabeths
             
             tolerating
             the
             French
             Church
             to
             be
             setled
             in
             London
             upon
             
             Calvin's
             Principle
             in
             1560.
             
             Calvin
             having
             solicited
             Bishop
             Grindal
             ;
             upon
             the
             impetration
             of
             the
             Bishop
             the
             Queen
             assigned
             to
             the
             French
             Exiles
             the
             Church
             of
             St.
             Anthony
             ,
             with
             liberty
             to
             erect
             the
             
               Genevian
               Discipline
            
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             a
             Form
             of
             Prayer
             which
             had
             no
             conformity
             with
             the
             English
             Liturgy
             ;
             which
             proved
             in
             the
             event
             a
             design'd
             expedient
             of
             
             Calvin's
             for
             the
             advancing
             of
             Presbytery
             in
             the
             room
             of
             Episcopacy
             .
             Upon
             this
             Toleration
             their
             numbers
             so
             increased
             ,
             that
             in
             1568.
             they
             broke
             out
             into
             open
             
             Schism
             ,
             chusing
             to
             meet
             in
             Barns
             and
             Fields
             rather
             than
             in
             Churches
             with
             their
             Brethren
             as
             formerly
             ;
             teaching
             that
             it
             was
             impious
             to
             hold
             any
             correspondence
             with
             the
             conforming
             Churches
             .
             Upon
             this
             very
             occasion
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             the
             Queens
             toleration
             ,
             and
             particularly
             her
             indulging
             them
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             
               Genevian
               Discipline
            
             ,
             within
             eight
             years
             time
             their
             numbers
             so
             increased
             ,
             and
             their
             insolence
             also
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             plainly
             saw
             (
             as
             her
             own
             words
             were
             )
             that
             
               such
               were
               the
               restless
               spirits
               of
               that
               factious
               People
               ,
               that
               no
               quiet
               was
               to
               be
               expected
               from
               them
               ,
               till
               they
               were
               utterly
               suppressed
               .
            
             In
             order
             to
             which
             she
             calls
             a
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             in
             1592.
             wherein
             strict
             Laws
             were
             enacted
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             executed
             accordingly
             .
             
               Barrow
               ,
               Penry
            
             and
             Burchet
             ,
             were
             hanged
             for
             such
             their
             Non-conformity-principles
             
             and
             practices
             as
             were
             treasonable
             .
             And
             by
             these
             sharp
             Laws
             made
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             some
             severe
             executions
             done
             on
             them
             ,
             the
             Ringleaders
             of
             them
             were
             humbled
             ,
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             them
             brought
             to
             a
             good
             measure
             of
             quietness
             ,
             which
             these
             wholsom
             severities
             kept
             them
             in
             till
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Queens
             reign
             :
             and
             in
             all
             probability
             ,
             as
             a
             late
             Writer
             observes
             ,
             they
             might
             
             have
             been
             for
             ever
             suppressed
             and
             kept
             quiet
             ,
             had
             K.
             James
             at
             first
             held
             the
             reins
             with
             that
             strict
             hand
             that
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             did
             before
             him
             ;
             but
             for
             want
             of
             that
             they
             soon
             grew
             bold
             ,
             fell
             a
             petitioning
             for
             Reformation
             of
             sundry
             Ceremonies
             and
             Abuses
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             Cross
             at
             Baptism
             ,
             Bowing
             at
             the
             name
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             Surplice
             ,
             &c.
             which
             occasioned
             the
             Conference
             at
             Hampton-Court
             ,
             
             where
             the
             defence
             made
             for
             their
             Cause
             was
             so
             mean
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             turning
             his
             head
             to
             some
             of
             the
             Lords
             expressed
             himself
             thus
             ;
             
               If
               this
               be
               all
               they
               have
               to
               say
               ,
               I
               'le
               make
               them
               conform
               ,
               or
               I
               'le
               hurry
               them
               out
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               or
               somewhat
               worse
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Conference
             being
             in
             February
             ,
             the
             next
             Month
             
             produced
             the
             Kings
             Proclamation
             ,
             wherein
             he
             strictly
             enjoyns
             Conformity
             ;
             admonisheth
             all
             his
             Subjects
             never
             after
             to
             expect
             alteration
             in
             the
             Form
             of
             God's
             publick
             Service
             then
             established
             .
             Accordingly
             the
             Laws
             were
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             without
             sparing
             Non-Conformists
             or
             Half-Conformists
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             they
             were
             reduced
             to
             that
             quiet
             state
             again
             ,
             that
             he
             found
             them
             in
             when
             first
             come
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             till
             the
             Gunpowder
             Treason
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             they
             began
             to
             be
             very
             bold
             and
             busie
             ;
             the
             King
             being
             terrified
             with
             the
             apprehension
             of
             so
             great
             a
             danger
             ,
             turn'd
             all
             his
             thoughts
             upon
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             so
             let
             the
             Non-Conformists
             take
             breath
             ,
             and
             regain
             some
             strength
             .
             And
             as
             their
             custom
             ever
             was
             to
             fish
             in
             troubled
             Waters
             ,
             prodigious
             Lies
             and
             Stories
             still
             finding
             best
             entertainment
             in
             troublesome
             times
             ,
             
               quia
               tutius
               finguntur
               &
               facilius
               creduntur
               ,
            
             says
             Livy
             .
             Therefore
             upon
             the
             occasion
             of
             this
             
               horrid
               Plot
               ,
               the
               Gun-powder
               Treason
               ,
            
             their
             next
             expedient
             was
             (
             upon
             discovery
             of
             this
             Plot
             )
             to
             alarm
             the
             Court
             and
             Country
             with
             the
             fears
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             of
             new
             dangers
             from
             the
             Papists
             ,
             to
             exert
             the
             greatest
             zeal
             for
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             for
             preserving
             their
             Liberties
             and
             Priviledges
             against
             the
             incroachments
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             very
             means
             (
             the
             Reins
             being
             loosed
             to
             them
             on
             the
             occasion
             of
             the
             Plot
             )
             they
             drew
             much
             people
             to
             them
             ,
             strengthened
             much
             their
             Faction
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             made
             a
             Party
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             who
             at
             last
             came
             to
             that
             height
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             could
             do
             little
             in
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             without
             applying
             himself
             to
             that
             popular
             Faction
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             pretence
             of
             standing
             for
             the
             Subjects
             Property
             ,
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             against
             Popery
             ,
             &c.
             they
             grew
             strong
             in
             ParlJam
             .
             nts
             ,
             weakened
             the
             Prerogative
             Royal
             ,
             aspersed
             with
             the
             name
             of
             Papists
             all
             Anti-Presbyterians
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             means
             grew
             so
             
             strong
             in
             both
             Kingdoms
             that
             they
             wanted
             now
             nothing
             but
             occasion
             to
             break
             out
             into
             open
             War.
             Now
             their
             last
             advance
             to
             all
             this
             ,
             beginning
             at
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             Gun-powder
             Treason
             ,
             the
             Faction
             having
             that
             opportunity
             for
             their
             revival
             ,
             't
             is
             hard
             to
             say
             whether
             did
             most
             promote
             their
             designs
             ,
             their
             taking
             this
             opportunity
             to
             arrogate
             to
             themselves
             the
             reputation
             of
             the
             greatest
             Anti-Papists
             ,
             or
             the
             King
             's
             loosing
             the
             Reins
             ,
             and
             letting
             them
             grow
             headstrong
             by
             imploying
             all
             his
             care
             in
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             hellish
             Popish
             Plot
             ,
             and
             punishment
             of
             the
             Plotters
             ;
             but
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             Kings
             remitting
             his
             former
             severities
             ,
             and
             increasing
             their
             Liberty
             ,
             they
             soon
             grew
             headstrong
             beyond
             the
             power
             of
             his
             Son
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             ever
             to
             suppress
             .
             And
             't
             is
             known
             beyond
             the
             reach
             of
             scruple
             ,
             that
             that
             martyred
             King
             did
             meerly
             comply
             himself
             into
             nothing
             ,
             by
             his
             Tolerations
             and
             Indulgences
             towards
             that
             Party
             ,
             and
             delivered
             him
             himself
             into
             their
             bloody
             hands
             by
             his
             meer
             condescension
             and
             compliances
             with
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               cap.
               5.
               it
               was
               his
               suffering
               them
               to
               get
               to
               the
               Pinacle
               of
               the
               Temple
               that
               so
               tempted
               them
               to
               cast
               him
               down
               headlong
               .
            
             And
             't
             was
             undoubtedly
             the
             sound
             and
             smart
             experience
             of
             the
             evil
             of
             Toleration
             ,
             that
             made
             the
             wisest
             of
             our
             Ancestors
             so
             decry
             it
             .
             St.
             Augustine
             wrote
             several
             whole
             Epistles
             of
             the
             evil
             of
             tolerating
             Dissenters
             .
             In
             his
             Epistle
             to
             *
             Vincentius
             he
             expresseth
             at
             large
             his
             great
             joy
             
               de
               correctione
               Donatistarum
            
             ,
             for
             the
             punishing
             (
             or
             suppressing
             )
             of
             the
             Non-Conformists
             of
             his
             time
             :
             adding
             in
             the
             same
             Epistle
             that
             he
             was
             once
             for
             Toleration
             ,
             but
             that
             that
             opinion
             of
             his
             was
             overcome
             ⸫
             
               non
               contradicentium
               verbis
               ,
               sed
               demonstrantium
               exemplis
               .
            
             And
             he
             tells
             us
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             
               Donatus
               ,
               Ep.
            
             166.
             that
             after
             Constantine
             had
             made
             strict
             Laws
             against
             the
             Donatists
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             the
             
             then
             Nonconformists
             ,
             Julian
             the
             Apostate
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             successors
             ,
             gave
             toleration
             to
             the
             Donatists
             for
             their
             Schismatical
             Meetings
             ,
             suffered
             their
             sacrilegious
             dissensions
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             them
             )
             as
             the
             expedient
             whereby
             he
             thought
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             most
             likely
             to
             perish
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Julianus
               Christi
            
             
             
               desertor
               &
               inimicus
               —
               libertatem
               parti
               Donati
               permisit
               —
               eo
               modo
               putans
               Christianum
               nomen
               posse
               perire
               de
               terris
               ,
               si
               sacrilegas
               dissensiones
               liberas
               esse
               permitteret
               .
            
             And
             accordingly
             Constantine
             the
             first
             Christian
             Emperour
             dealt
             with
             the
             Non-conformists
             of
             his
             time
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Pestium
               illarum
               audacia
               mea
               executione
               coercebitur
               .
            
          
           
             And
             Archb.
             Whitgift
             declared
             it
             impossible
             
               to
               defend
               the
               Religion
               and
               Rites
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               to
               appease
               the
               Schisms
               and
               Sects
               therein
               ,
               to
               reduce
               the
               Ministers
               thereof
               to
               Uniformity
               and
               due
               obedience
               ,
               if
               after
               a
               long
               risk
               of
               Liberty
               ,
               Dissenters
               had
               any
               countenance
               shewed
               them
            
             ;
             adding
             ,
             
               That
               if
               way
               were
               given
               to
               their
               clamours
               and
               surmises
               ,
               it
               would
               cause
               that
               confusion
               which
               hereafter
               the
               State
               would
               be
               sorry
               for
               .
            
             But
             hark
             what
             the
             grand
             Church-Barreter
             himself
             saith
             in
             his
             Treatise
             of
             Self-denial
             ,
             
               (
               Ep.
               Ded.
            
             to
             the
             then
             honourable
             
             Colonel
             
               James
               Berry
            
             one
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             State
             ,
             now
             reduced
             to
             Beggary
             .
             )
             In
             his
             Epistle
             to
             this
             great
             Belizarius
             ,
             he
             calls
             Toleration
             Englands
             
               misery
               ,
               a
               liberty
               for
               drawing
               men
               to
               Hell
               ,
               a
               wicked
               damning
               liberty
               ,
               a
               strengthening
               the
               Party
               tolerated
               ,
               a
               making
               way
               for
               their
               Power
               ,
               a
               giving
               away
               our
               own
               Power
               ,
               a
               preparing
               Faggots
               for
               our
               own
               Martyrdom
               ;
               he
               speaks
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               tolerating
               ,
               as
               of
               a
               sort
               of
               men
               that
               rule
               as
               though
               they
               were
               uncertain
               whether
               there
               were
               a
               Heaven
               or
               Hell
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Such
             a
             sin
             was
             Toleration
             in
             the
             times
             of
             Usurpation
             ,
             and
             after
             this
             manner
             did
             he
             call
             for
             fire
             down
             from
             Heaven
             to
             consume
             all
             that
             gave
             any
             toleration
             to
             the
             Episcopal
             Loyalists
             ,
             that
             now
             upon
             the
             least
             touch
             of
             
             restraining
             Non-conformists
             ,
             cries
             out
             of
             Gaols
             ,
             Starvings
             Ruine
             ,
             bloudy
             Persecution
             ,
             &c.
             
             'T
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             in
             some
             of
             the
             fore-cited
             places
             ,
             't
             is
             against
             tolerating
             of
             Popery
             he
             speaks
             ;
             but
             what
             's
             that
             ?
             'T
             is
             well
             known
             that
             Pope
             ry
             and
             Episcopacy
             were
             then
             made
             
               termini
               convertibiles
            
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             English
             Hierarchy
             was
             the
             Popery
             then
             opposed
             ,
             as
             uncapable
             of
             the
             least
             degree
             of
             Toleration
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             a
             good
             observation
             of
             Mr.
             Baxter
             in
             his
             
               Examination
               of
               Mr.
            
             Tombs
             '
             
               s
               Praecursor
            
             ,
             Sect.
             13.
             p.
             390.
             being
             an
             
               Appendix
               to
               his
               Infant-Church-membership
               ;
               That
               't
               is
               from
               Separation
               that
               so
               many
               in
               so
               many
               parts
               of
               the
               Land
               have
               turned
               Ranters
               ,
               Blasphemers
               ,
               and
               commonly
               unclean
               ,
               that
               seemed
               religious
               ,
               yea
               some
               down-right
               Infidels
               ,
               so
               that
               not
               onely
               the
            
             Racovian
             Catechism
             ,
             
               but
               the
               most
               hellish
               Books
               that
               ever
               was
               written
               ,
               (
               called
               the
            
             Three
             Grand
             Impostors
             )
             
               labouring
               to
               prove
               Christ
               a
               Deceiver
               ,
               was
               Printed
               in
            
             London
             .
             
               Such
               Enthusiasm
               there
               was
               that
               Women
               ran
               naked
               into
               the
               Assemblies
               ,
               and
               men
               went
               about
               the
               Streets
               ,
               saying
               ,
               they
               were
               Christ
               ,
               that
               this
               their
               wickedness
               spread
               far
               and
               near
               .
               I
               cannot
               hear
               (
               says
               Mr.
            
             Baxter
             )
             
               of
               one
               among
               a
               multitude
               that
               comes
               to
               this
               fearful
               pass
               by
               any
               other
               way
               ,
               than
               first
               turning
               to
            
             Anabaptistry
             and
             Separation
             ,
             
               and
               then
               to
               vilifie
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               and
               then
               who
               knows
               whither
               ?
            
             Thus
             Mr.
             Baxter
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             like
             consideration
             it
             was
             undoubtedly
             ,
             that
             St.
             Augustine
             taught
             ,
             
               That
               there
               was
               scarce
               any
               thing
               so
               bad
               as
               Schism
               ,
            
             Ep.
             contra
             Parm.
             
               not
               Idolatry
               ,
               says
            
             Dionys.
             ap
             .
             Eus.
             l.
             6.
             
               not
               Sacriledge
               ,
               says
            
             Optatus
             l.
             1.
             
               't
               is
               the
               Original
               of
               Evils
               ,
               says
            
             Ignat.
             Ep.
             ad
             Smyrn
             .
             
               a
               heap
               of
               Evils
               ,
               says
               Mr.
            
             Baxter
             of
             Church-divisions
             ,
             Cure
             ,
             Pref.
             
          
           
             And
             in
             consideration
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             what
             State-Physician
             but
             will
             judge
             the
             coërcive
             means
             as
             salutary
             to
             the
             Body
             Politick
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             such
             State-Convulsions
             ,
             as
             the
             present
             Separation
             causeth
             ,
             as
             dismembring
             is
             to
             the
             Body
             Natural
             in
             cases
             of
             Gangrenes
             .
             And
             't
             is
             
             observed
             that
             of
             late
             years
             ,
             while
             the
             Oxford
             Act
             and
             other
             poenal
             Laws
             were
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             't
             is
             notoriously
             known
             how
             quiet
             they
             were
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             they
             would
             please
             themselves
             with
             their
             Gloriola's
             concerning
             Persecution
             ,
             as
             they
             called
             their
             just
             punishment
             ,
             would
             congratulate
             to
             one
             another
             their
             sufferings
             ,
             as
             for
             Christs
             sake
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             for
             disobedience
             to
             Christ's
             Precept
             and
             Example
             ,
             as
             well
             pleased
             with
             that
             love
             and
             pity
             which
             the
             noise
             of
             Persecution
             gains
             to
             their
             persons
             and
             persuasions
             ;
             but
             all
             this
             while
             they
             were
             quiet
             ,
             desiring
             nothing
             but
             the
             exercise
             and
             liberty
             of
             the
             Conventicle
             .
             And
             no
             sooner
             had
             they
             gain'd
             this
             point
             ,
             but
             by
             degrees
             ,
             as
             their
             liberty
             increased
             ,
             their
             number
             increased
             ,
             and
             their
             interest
             increased
             ,
             and
             their
             insolence
             increased
             which
             hath
             now
             at
             last
             improved
             its
             self
             into
             such
             libellings
             and
             licentious
             discoursings
             ,
             as
             can
             be
             interpreted
             little
             less
             than
             praeludes
             of
             Rebellion
             .
             So
             that
             what
             Bishop
             Jewell
             said
             of
             Cartwright
             the
             Father
             of
             the
             Non-conformists
             ,
             may
             fitly
             be
             said
             of
             these
             his
             childish
             Followers
             ,
             
               Folly
               is
               bound
               up
               in
               their
               froward
               hearts
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               the
               Rod
               of
               Correction
               must
               fetch
               it
               out
            
             ;
             The
             Non-conformity-Faction
             being
             always
             observed
             
             to
             have
             this
             Hydropical
             humour
             of
             increasing
             by
             being
             indulg'd
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             just
             as
             fit
             to
             be
             indulg'd
             as
             a
             desperate
             Dropsie
             which
             is
             exasperated
             by
             mitigations
             .
             But
             the
             unreasonableness
             of
             Non-conformists
             Plea
             for
             Toleration
             ,
             and
             complaints
             of
             Sufferings
             in
             being
             restrained
             ,
             will
             sufficiently
             appear
             ,
             by
             considering
             distinctly
             the
             Persons
             suffering
             ,
             and
             the
             Things
             suffered
             .
             The
             Persons
             suffering
             ,
             are
             1.
             
             Such
             who
             at
             the
             same
             time
             revile
             the
             Government
             ,
             reproach
             and
             expose
             their
             Governours
             ,
             managing
             their
             pretence
             of
             Conscience
             in
             such
             an
             invective
             way
             as
             makes
             their
             complaints
             and
             clamours
             more
             like
             matter
             of
             superiority
             than
             of
             scruple
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             They
             are
             such
             as
             have
             kept
             days
             of
             Prayer
             and
             Thanksgiving
             for
             Victories
             over
             the
             King
             ;
             have
             preached
             the
             People
             into
             Rebellion
             against
             him
             ,
             have
             preached
             from
             him
             his
             Arms
             and
             Money
             ,
             Laws
             and
             Credit
             ,
             Liberty
             and
             Life
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             most
             solemn
             manner
             have
             Justified
             all
             when
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             after
             this
             ,
             endeavoured
             all
             they
             could
             to
             keep
             this
             present
             King
             out
             of
             his
             Throne
             .
             That
             Mr.
             
             Baxter's
             
               Holy
               Commonwealth
            
             was
             wrote
             to
             that
             very
             end
             and
             purpose
             will
             appear
             to
             any
             that
             compares
             the
             time
             of
             his
             publishing
             it
             ,
             (
             which
             his
             Book
             was
             wrote
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             〈◊〉
             to
             satisfie
             the
             demands
             and
             doubts
             of
             )
             which
             was
             the
             Year
             1659.
             when
             the
             grand
             point
             in
             doubt
             was
             ,
             whether
             the
             King
             should
             be
             restored
             or
             no.
             He
             that
             compares
             this
             with
             those
             three
             Theseses
             145
             ,
             146
             ,
             147.
             where
             he
             hints
             that
             the
             King
             was
             justly
             dispossessed
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             lawful
             War
             ,
             that
             being
             conquered
             by
             the
             People
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             obliged
             to
             restore
             him
             ,
             nay
             though
             he
             had
             been
             dispossessed
             unjustly
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             not
             the
             duty
             of
             Subjects
             to
             seek
             his
             restitution
             .
             I
             say
             these
             things
             compared
             with
             that
             vital
             circumstance
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             the
             time
             of
             writing
             it
             ,
             make
             it
             evident
             that
             the
             design
             of
             it
             was
             only
             this
             ,
             to
             keep
             out
             the
             King
             :
             But
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Unreasonableness
             of
             Non-conformists
             Plea
             for
             Toleration
             and
             complaint
             of
             Sufferings
             ,
             will
             further
             appear
             by
             considering
             the
             things
             suffered
             .
             Consider
             it
             in
             the
             Comparison
             ,
             and
             in
             it self
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             comparison
             of
             what
             the
             Conforming
             Clergy
             suffered
             under
             them
             .
             Their
             sufferings
             in
             the
             Usurpation
             times
             will
             appear
             to
             be
             little
             less
             than
             those
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Inquisition
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Marian
               Persecution
            
             ,
             to
             any
             that
             reads
             but
             (
             1.
             )
             the
             Bill
             of
             Mortality
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             London
             ,
             wherein
             we
             have
             account
             of
             115
             turned
             out
             of
             their
             Livings
             ,
             Plundered
             of
             their
             Goods
             ,
             their
             
             Wives
             and
             Children
             sent
             a
             begging
             ,
             whereof
             above
             40
             were
             Doctors
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             20
             imprisoned
             in
             London
             and
             the
             Ships
             ,
             25
             fled
             to
             escape
             imprisonment
             ,
             22
             died
             with
             grief
             in
             Prisons
             and
             remote
             places
             .
             The
             Protestants
             Remonstrance
             recounts
             many
             more
             alike
             sufferers
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             both
             which
             together
             shew
             that
             there
             were
             more
             suffered
             by
             Ejecting
             ,
             Sequestring
             ,
             and
             barbarous
             plundering
             by
             the
             Presbyterians
             in
             three
             Years
             time
             ,
             then
             did
             by
             the
             Papists
             in
             all
             Queen
             Maries
             Reign
             .
             But
             (
             2.
             )
             Consider
             what
             their
             suffering
             is
             in
             it self
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             appear
             to
             be
             little
             else
             but
             a
             self-silencing
             ,
             meerly
             because
             they
             cannot
             get
             priviledge
             above
             the
             peaceable
             and
             loyal
             Sons
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             I
             call
             it
             a
             self-silencing
             ,
             because
             all
             that
             the
             Law
             doth
             is
             to
             hold
             forth
             one
             common
             rule
             indifferently
             to
             all
             :
             every
             man
             hath
             the
             conditions
             of
             his
             Freedom
             tendered
             him
             ,
             which
             are
             such
             as
             themselves
             have
             for
             the
             most
             part
             acquitted
             from
             all
             intrinsick
             turpitude
             or
             sin
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             will
             not
             comply
             with
             these
             conditions
             ,
             siilences
             himself
             ;
             beside
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             the
             Man
             that
             is
             silenced
             neither
             ,
             but
             onely
             this
             or
             that
             irregular
             Practice
             or
             Opinion
             ,
             which
             the
             Magistrate
             seeing
             insuperable
             necessity
             for
             ,
             hath
             authority
             from
             God
             to
             regulate
             and
             restrain
             .
             Moreover
             their
             Plea
             in
             this
             matter
             is
             no
             more
             than
             what
             Dissenters
             of
             all
             sorts
             may
             use
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             Rulers
             may
             be
             judge
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             be
             suppressed
             ;
             if
             the
             People
             must
             be
             judge
             ,
             then
             Papists
             ,
             Quakers
             ,
             &c.
             must
             be
             tolerated
             also
             .
             
               And
               such
               Liberty
            
             
             (
             saith
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
               )
               in
               matters
               of
               Worship
               and
               Faith
               ,
               is
               the
               way
               to
               set
               up
               Popery
               in
               the
               Land.
            
             But
             let
             Non-Conformists
             Scruples
             be
             what
             they
             will
             ,
             if
             it
             seem
             good
             to
             our
             Rulers
             to
             put
             the
             restraint
             upon
             them
             ,
             I
             humbly
             recommend
             to
             them
             that
             good
             advice
             of
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
               ;
               See
               to
               this
               my
               Brethren
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               that
               none
               of
               you
               suffer
               as
               an
               evil-doer
               ,
               or
               as
               a
               busie-body
               in
               
               other
               mens
               matters
               ,
               as
               a
               resister
               of
               the
               commands
               of
               lawful
               Authority
               ,
               as
               ungrateful
               to
               those
               that
               have
               been
               instruments
               of
               our
               good
               ,
               as
               evil
               speakers
               against
               dignities
               ,
               as
               opposers
               of
               the
               discipline
               and
               ordinances
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               scornful
               revilers
               of
               your
               Christian
               Brethren
               ,
               as
               reproachers
               of
               a
               laborious
               and
               judicious
               Ministry
               .
            
             Saints
             Rest.
             p.
             131.
             examining
             well
             whether
             the
             grounds
             and
             reasons
             of
             their
             sufferings
             be
             not
             the
             same
             as
             that
             of
             Popish
             Priests
             and
             Jesuites
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             not
             their
             religious
             Principle
             ,
             but
             their
             seditious
             Practice
             ,
             encouraging
             People
             to
             tumultuate
             and
             rebel
             ,
             by
             rendering
             the
             Government
             and
             Governours
             odious
             ,
             by
             teaching
             (
             as
             Mr.
             Baxter
             doth
             in
             his
             Plea
             for
             Peace
             )
             that
             't
             is
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             Princes
             to
             forbid
             *
             Ministers
             preaching
             ,
             (
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             )
             't
             is
             lawful
             to
             resist
             the
             King's
             Authority
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             Conventicle
             .
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             Grindallizing
             .
          
           
             A
             second
             thing
             that
             promotes
             the
             interest
             and
             increase
             of
             Separation
             is
             Grindallizing
             .
             By
             Grindallizers
             I
             mean
             the
             Conforming
             Non-conformists
             ,
             or
             rather
             such
             as
             are
             Conformists
             in
             their
             Profession
             ,
             Half-Conformists
             in
             their
             practice
             ,
             Non-conformists
             in
             their
             judgment
             ,
             like
             the
             old
             Gnostick-Separatists
             which
             the
             Apostle
             calls
             .
             ⸫
             
               double
               minded
               men
            
             ;
             or
             like
             the
             Sinner
             in
             Eccl.
             2.
             13.
             that
             looks
             two
             manner
             of
             ways
             ,
             or
             like
             the
             Haven
             in
             
               Creet
               ,
               Acts
            
             27.
             12.
             that
             bows
             and
             bends
             to
             the
             South
             and
             to
             the
             North
             ,
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Kirk
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             as
             interest
             and
             opportunity
             shall
             incline
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             they
             which
             down
             with
             all
             Oaths
             and
             Subscriptions
             required
             ,
             though
             what
             they
             swallow
             whole
             in
             their
             Subscriptions
             ,
             they
             mince
             and
             mangle
             in
             their
             practice
             ,
             they
             conform
             to
             all
             seemingly
             but
             hypocritically
             ;
             
             mangle
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             handle
             the
             Surplice
             gently
             ,
             plow
             socunningly
             with
             their
             Ox
             and
             Ass
             together
             ,
             carry
             it
             so
             cunningly
             that
             they
             can
             scarce
             be
             known
             ,
             but
             
               per
               modum
               opinionis
            
             ,
             by
             their
             open
             compliances
             with
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             by
             their
             Gallionism
             in
             defending
             the
             Orders
             and
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             other
             matters
             of
             Conformity
             ,
             which
             require
             their
             proportion
             of
             Zeal
             and
             Resolution
             ,
             by
             their
             hearing
             with
             patience
             and
             unconcernedness
             ,
             the
             interest
             ,
             honour
             ,
             and
             peace
             of
             the
             Church
             run
             down
             by
             swaggering
             Sectaries
             ;
             by
             their
             talking
             Conformity
             and
             Nonconformity
             with
             such
             compassionate
             and
             serious
             innuendo's
             as
             may
             sufficiently
             signifie
             their
             favourable
             opinion
             of
             ,
             if
             not
             good
             will
             to
             their
             Cause
             ,
             by
             their
             defending
             the
             popular
             Election
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             by
             ambiguously
             representing
             the
             separation
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             no
             Schism
             ;
             by
             their
             writing
             fraudulent
             Pleas
             for
             the
             Non-conformists
             ;
             by
             endeavouring
             to
             acquit
             the
             Presbyterians
             and
             Independents
             of
             the
             King's
             Murder
             ;
             and
             
               in
               statu
               quo
            
             ,
             by
             their
             Votes
             in
             chusing
             ParlJam
             .
             nts
             and
             Convocations
             ,
             by
             their
             being
             
               à
               secretis
            
             with
             profest
             Non-conformists
             ,
             by
             their
             Self-designing
             compliances
             with
             them
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             Moderation
             ,
             
               &
               similibus
            
             ;
             whereby
             they
             contribute
             as
             much
             to
             the
             encouragement
             of
             Dissenters
             ,
             as
             the
             professed
             Encouragers
             themselves
             ;
             like
             King
             
             Charles's
             Presbyterian
             Murderers
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             Villany
             to
             manage
             the
             contrivance
             ,
             but
             the
             Cunning
             to
             disappear
             in
             the
             Execution
             .
             These
             Half-Conformists
             are
             the
             veriest
             Church-Moles
             ,
             that
             by
             their
             blind
             Principles
             and
             undermining
             Practices
             contribute
             little
             less
             to
             the
             increase
             and
             interest
             of
             Non-conformity
             ,
             to
             the
             danger
             and
             dishonour
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             than
             the
             open
             Enemy
             ,
             whether
             Popish
             or
             Peevish
             .
             And
             of
             this
             we
             have
             frequent
             instances
             ,
             particularly
             in
             Archbishop
             Grindal
             ,
             whose
             indulgence
             
             to
             that
             Party
             ,
             gave
             them
             the
             first
             revival
             in
             England
             ,
             by
             his
             conniving
             at
             the
             Half-Conformists
             of
             Yorkshire
             ,
             by
             his
             complying
             first
             with
             Beza
             in
             procuring
             a
             French
             Church
             setled
             in
             London
             on
             the
             Geneva
             Principle
             .
             And
             afterwards
             with
             those
             ,
             who
             upon
             their
             return
             from
             
               Geneva
               ,
               Franckford
            
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             (
             where
             they
             lived
             during
             the
             Marian
             Persecution
             )
             were
             preferred
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             where
             they
             lived
             for
             some
             time
             Half-Conformists
             ,
             as
             Cartwright
             Minister
             in
             
               Warwick
               ,
               Whittingham
            
             Dean
             of
             
               Durham
               ,
               Sampson
            
             Dean
             of
             
               Christ
               Church
            
             ,
             afterwards
             turned
             out
             for
             Non-conformity
             ,
             with
             great
             numbers
             preferred
             to
             Cures
             in
             City
             and
             Country
             ;
             where
             they
             were
             not
             wanting
             to
             prepare
             the
             People
             for
             such
             Innovations
             as
             were
             in
             after-time
             to
             be
             brought
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             profest
             Non-conformists
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             safety
             and
             impunity
             permitted
             ,
             they
             broke
             out
             into
             open
             Schism
             ,
             and
             still
             when
             the
             Laws
             just
             severity
             frighted
             them
             ,
             they
             crept
             within
             the
             Pale
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             seeming
             to
             conform
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             have
             the
             Laws
             protection
             to
             shelter
             their
             contempt
             of
             Authority
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             wing
             of
             Episcopacy
             to
             breed
             up
             their
             Presbytery
             .
             When
             Archbishop
             
             Whitgift's
             zeal
             and
             industry
             had
             reduced
             them
             to
             that
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             probability
             their
             ruptures
             were
             crumbling
             to
             nothing
             ,
             their
             then
             refuge
             was
             (
             as
             Beza
             advised
             in
             his
             Letter
             to
             
               Cartwright
               )
               to
               unite
               themselves
               again
               to
               the
               main
               body
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             there
             to
             be
             nurtured
             into
             contempt
             of
             the
             Churches
             Government
             under
             the
             indulgence
             of
             its
             Governours
             .
             And
             of
             this
             kind
             of
             Half-Conformists
             are
             those
             who
             at
             this
             very
             day
             ,
             by
             outward
             Conformity
             have
             opportunity
             ,
             and
             by
             masked
             Non-conformity
             want
             not
             will
             through
             sneaking
             compliance
             to
             betray
             the
             Church
             into
             her
             Enemies
             hands
             ,
             and
             themselves
             (
             though
             they
             know
             it
             not
             )
             into
             the
             veriest
             contempt
             and
             slavery
             ;
             
             so
             that
             in
             this
             contemplation
             we
             might
             (
             as
             the
             Church
             of
             old
             did
             by
             the
             Waters
             of
             Babylon
             )
             sit
             down
             and
             weep
             when
             we
             remember
             
               Zion
               .
               Zion
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             tearing
             her self
             with
             her
             own
             hands
             .
             Or
             as
             the
             Tree
             in
             the
             Apologue
             ,
             that
             was
             rent
             and
             splint
             ,
             and
             torn
             asunder
             by
             Wedges
             that
             came
             out
             of
             its
             own
             sides
             .
             Therefore
             as
             we
             would
             not
             hypocritize
             and
             dissemble
             with
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             as
             we
             would
             not
             be
             found
             Church-Traytors
             ,
             that
             have
             espoused
             a
             Cause
             which
             we
             are
             afraid
             to
             defend
             ,
             and
             ashamed
             to
             own
             ;
             as
             we
             would
             not
             be
             found
             in
             conspiracy
             against
             our selves
             ,
             and
             in
             breach
             of
             those
             solemn
             Oaths
             took
             at
             our
             entrance
             into
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             by
             a
             dastardly
             compliance
             with
             our
             own
             and
             the
             Churches
             Enemies
             ;
             Let
             us
             every
             man
             to
             his
             Tents
             ,
             O
             Israel
             ,
             with
             resolution
             and
             courage
             in
             gain-saying
             Seducers
             ,
             in
             daring
             to
             look
             Faction
             in
             the
             Face
             ,
             and
             opposing
             it
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             insolent
             and
             domineering
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             advice
             of
             Mr.
             Calvin
             to
             Bucer
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             take
             care
             to
             avoid
             moderate
             counsels
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             intimating
             the
             intense
             zeal
             that
             is
             required
             in
             Ministers
             in
             order
             to
             the
             interest
             and
             honour
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             remembring
             that
             of
             the
             Wise
             man
             ,
             
               Eccl.
               2.
               13.
               
               Wo
               unto
               them
               that
               have
               a
               fearful
               heart
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               faint
               hands
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               sinner
               that
               goeth
               two
               manner
               of
               ways
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
             Their
             Zeal
             against
             Popery
             ,
             a
             third
             Expedient
             .
          
           
             So
             odious
             is
             Popery
             now
             in
             England
             ,
             (
             blessed
             be
             God
             for
             it
             )
             that
             even
             Children
             will
             spit
             at
             the
             very
             naming
             of
             it
             :
             so
             that
             a
             better
             pretence
             could
             never
             be
             for
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             Presbytery
             ,
             than
             a
             shew
             of
             the
             greatest
             Zeal
             against
             Popery
             :
             and
             therefore
             hath
             it
             been
             always
             accounted
             the
             most
             necessary
             Tool
             in
             the
             framing
             of
             Innovations
             .
          
           
           
             When
             the
             Earl
             of
             Bothwel
             ,
             having
             a
             mind
             to
             the
             
             Crown
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             could
             not
             bring
             to
             pass
             the
             murder
             of
             the
             King
             by
             his
             dealing
             with
             the
             Witch
             of
             Keith
             ,
             nor
             by
             his
             assaulting
             him
             first
             at
             Haly-rood
             ,
             and
             afterward
             at
             Falkland
             ,
             his
             last
             expedient
             was
             to
             join
             himself
             with
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             and
             act
             hand
             in
             hand
             with
             them
             zealously
             against
             Popery
             ;
             and
             under
             that
             holy
             guise
             attempted
             openly
             to
             assassinate
             the
             King.
             'T
             is
             well
             known
             how
             the
             very
             force
             of
             this
             Word
             (
             Popishly
             affected
             )
             blew
             up
             three
             Kingdoms
             but
             t'other
             day
             ;
             hurrying
             People
             from
             the
             fear
             of
             Popery
             to
             the
             prostitution
             of
             Christianity
             it self
             ;
             when
             to
             palliate
             their
             hellish
             out-rages
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             they
             feared
             not
             to
             tax
             even
             him
             of
             Popery
             ,
             who
             had
             said
             and
             done
             as
             much
             to
             satisfie
             the
             World
             of
             his
             detestation
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             true
             zeal
             for
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             as
             the
             wit
             of
             man
             could
             devise
             ,
             or
             the
             malice
             of
             man
             demand
             ,
             as
             doth
             abundantly
             appear
             by
             his
             Royal
             Declaration
             or
             Manifesto
             sent
             from
             Oxford
             in
             1644.
             
             And
             at
             this
             day
             a
             fiery
             zeal
             against
             Popery
             is
             the
             best
             expedient
             they
             have
             ;
             't
             is
             that
             single
             pretext
             that
             supports
             their
             Cause
             ;
             to
             accuse
             Governours
             or
             Government
             of
             Popery
             is
             an
             expedient
             that
             in
             England
             never
             yet
             failed
             to
             render
             them
             odious
             to
             the
             multitude
             .
          
           
             Now
             that
             the
             design
             of
             these
             groundless
             out-cries
             against
             Popery
             is
             not
             so
             much
             to
             keep
             down
             Popery
             ,
             as
             to
             promote
             Presbytery
             ,
             will
             appear
             very
             probable
             to
             any
             that
             shall
             but
             examine
             the
             way
             and
             manner
             of
             their
             exercising
             this
             Zeal
             ,
             which
             is
             threefold
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Branding
             with
             the
             Name
             of
             Papist
             ,
             or
             Popishly
             affected
             ,
             every
             one
             that
             is
             not
             of
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             that
             sets
             himself
             against
             their
             Principle
             and
             Practice
             .
             Archbishop
             Whitgift
             ,
             a
             Prelate
             of
             the
             greatest
             Piety
             and
             
             Learning
             ,
             eminent
             for
             his
             zeal
             against
             Popery
             ,
             yet
             because
             against
             Presbytery
             also
             ,
             they
             stiled
             him
             
               Beelzebub
               of
               Canterbury
               ,
               Pope
               of
               Lambeth
               ,
               a
               monstruous
               Antichristianism
               Pope
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             but
             the
             other
             day
             in
             
               Smith's
               Protestant
               Intelligence
            
             ,
             the
             King's
             Council
             is
             called
             Popish
             ;
             of
             the
             26
             Bishops
             ,
             four
             are
             called
             Protestant
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             Popish
             .
             To
             that
             pass
             are
             things
             now
             brought
             that
             whoever
             will
             not
             side
             ,
             vote
             ,
             and
             petition
             as
             they
             would
             have
             them
             ;
             whoever
             speaks
             reverently
             of
             the
             Orthodox
             Clergy
             ,
             of
             the
             Order
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             vindication
             of
             loyal
             Episcopacy
             against
             a
             confused
             and
             factious
             Presbytery
             ,
             is
             presently
             a
             Tory
             and
             
               Popishly
               affected
            
             :
             and
             why
             all
             this
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             Blind
             or
             Stratagem
             to
             blend
             and
             confound
             Popery
             and
             Prelacy
             ,
             that
             People
             may
             not
             distinguish
             ,
             but
             destroy
             one
             under
             the
             name
             and
             pretence
             of
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             insist
             upon
             the
             Malice
             and
             Diabolism
             of
             these
             slanderous
             imputations
             ,
             it
             will
             somewhat
             discover
             their
             design
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             but
             take
             notice
             what
             little
             reason
             they
             have
             thus
             to
             traduce
             our
             Church
             and
             Church
             Rulers
             ;
             considering
             these
             two
             things
             :
          
           
             I.
             That
             their
             correspondency
             of
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             erroneous
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             is
             so
             very
             apparent
             to
             any
             that
             understand
             Popery
             .
             
               Ex.
               gr
            
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Both
             equally
             deny
             the
             King's
             Supremacy
             .
             The
             Papist
             saith
             ,
             not
             the
             King
             but
             the
             Pope
             is
             Supream
             ;
             the
             Presbyter
             saith
             ,
             not
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             .
             Prove
             (
             saith
             Mr.
             Baxter
             )
             that
             the
             King
             is
             the
             higher
             
             Power
             ,
             and
             I
             'le
             offer
             my
             head
             to
             Justice
             as
             a
             Rebel
             .
             And
             Calvin
             in
             his
             Comment
             upon
             
               Amos
               cap.
               7.
               v.
            
             13.
             calls
             them
             inconsiderate
             men
             that
             had
             conferred
             the
             Supremacy
             on
             King
             Henry
             VIII
             .
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Pope
             saith
             ,
             an
             Heretical
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             a
             Protestant
             
             King
             is
             to
             be
             deposed
             .
             The
             Presbyterian
             says
             ,
             't
             is
             lawful
             and
             commendable
             to
             fight
             against
             the
             King
             for
             
             Religion
             ,
             to
             depose
             him
             ,
             says
             Baxter
             .
             And
             
               Martin
               Mar-Prelate
            
             in
             his
             second
             Book
             ,
             advises
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             to
             put
             down
             the
             Bishops
             whether
             the
             Queen
             would
             or
             no.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Papists
             say
             ,
             Heretical
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
               Protestant
               Kings
               may
               be
               not
               onely
               deposed
               ,
               but
               killed
               by
               their
               Subjects
               .
               Presbyterians
            
             say
             the
             same
             ,
             
               Ministers
               may
               excommunicate
               Princes
               ;
               and
               after
               a
               King
               is
               by
               Excommunication
               cast
               into
               Hell
               ,
               he
               is
               unworthy
               to
               live
               upon
               Earth
               ,
            
             says
             Buchanan
             .
             
             Guignard
             the
             Jesuit
             hath
             it
             ,
             France
             
               is
               sick
               and
               they
               must
               cut
               the
               basilick
               vein
               to
               heal
               her
               .
            
             The
             Presbyter
             hath
             the
             same
             words
             concerning
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             ,
             
               Wound
               that
               Hazael
               under
               the
               fifth
               rib
               ,
               you
               must
            
             
             
               strike
               the
               basilick
               vein
               ,
               none
               but
               it
               can
               heal
               the
               Plurisie
               of
               State.
            
             And
             Mr.
             
               Love
               ,
               O
               that
               our
               State
               Physicians
            
             
             
               would
               imitate
               God
               in
               cutting
               off
               from
               the
               Land
               those
               that
               have
               distempered
               it
               ,
            
             meaning
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             his
             next
             words
             shew
             ,
             
               praestat
               unus
               pereat
               quam
               unitas
            
             .
             And
             accordingly
             they
             have
             practised
             ,
             as
             will
             be
             shewn
             in
             its
             proper
             place
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             They
             both
             proceed
             in
             the
             same
             method
             ;
             The
             Pope
             first
             Excommunicates
             ,
             then
             Deposes
             ,
             then
             Murders
             .
             The
             Presbyter
             first
             Deposes
             the
             King
             ,
             then
             Murders
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             They
             agree
             in
             so
             much
             as
             time
             ;
             The
             
               Jesuit
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             the
             
               bloudy
               Papist
            
             and
             the
             Presbyter
             are
             both
             of
             an
             age
             ,
             the
             year
             1535.
             is
             remarkable
             for
             the
             
               Geneva
               Discipline
            
             ,
             and
             the
             spawning
             of
             the
             
               Jesuits
               Order
            
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Papists
             teach
             ,
             
               That
               Truce
               is
               not
               to
               be
               kept
               with
               Hereticks
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             
               Protestants
               .
               Presbyterians
            
             teach
             ,
             
               That
               Promise
               is
               not
               to
               be
               kept
               when
               —
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               truth
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             
               Presbytery
               is
               hindered
            
             .
             See
             their
             Marg.
             Not.
             on
             Matth.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
           
             7.
             
             Both
             will
             reproach
             and
             slander
             ,
             plunder
             and
             sequester
             ,
             kill
             and
             slay
             for
             the
             Churches
             good
             ;
             though
             the
             Apostle
             says
             ,
             
               We
               must
               not
               do
               evil
               that
               good
               may
               come
               thereby
               .
            
          
           
             8.
             
             Both
             agree
             in
             that
             Principle
             ,
             that
             
               Dominion
               is
               founded
               in
               Grace
            
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             'T
             is
             the
             business
             of
             them
             both
             in
             Protestant
             Kingdoms
             ,
             by
             ill
             interpreting
             their
             Princes
             actions
             ,
             by
             slandering
             ,
             libelling
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             means
             ,
             to
             draw
             Subjects
             from
             their
             Allegiance
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             The
             Jesuits
             call
             themselves
             the
             
               Saintly
               Brotherhood
               ,
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               the
               onely
               true
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             all
             Hereticks
             beside
             themselves
             .
             The
             Presbyterians
             call'd
             themselves
             formerly
             
               the
               Godly
               Party
            
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             Malignants
             .
             Now
             the
             
               People
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Zealous
               Protestants
               ,
            
             and
             all
             others
             
               Carnal
               ,
               Superstitious
               ,
               Formalists
               ,
               Popishly
               affected
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             11.
             
             The
             Papists
             formerly
             Plot
             ,
             Rebell
             ,
             and
             Massacre
             ,
             by
             entering
             into
             a
             Covenant
             ,
             called
             
               the
               Holy
               League
            
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             the
             Massacre
             at
             Paris
             ,
             and
             Rebellion
             against
             King
             Henry
             the
             Third
             )
             .
             The
             Presbyterian
             did
             the
             same
             by
             entering
             into
             a
             Covenant
             ,
             called
             
               the
               Solemn
               League
            
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             England
             and
             Scotland
             against
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             )
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             Papists
             warring
             against
             King
             Henry
             the
             Third
             
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             performance
             of
             their
             
               Holy
               League
            
             ,
             have
             frequent
             Fastings
             ,
             doubled
             devotions
             ,
             to
             persuade
             weak
             Consciences
             that
             they
             aimed
             at
             nothing
             but
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             to
             instruct
             them
             to
             cut
             their
             Kings
             throat
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             love
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             gaining
             of
             Paradise
             .
             Presbyters
             in
             warring
             against
             King
             Charles
             in
             performance
             of
             their
             
               Solemn
               League
            
             had
             frequent
             days
             of
             Humiliation
             and
             Thanksgiving
             for
             success
             in
             fighting
             against
             the
             King.
             The
             Papists
             
             
               Holy
               League
            
             and
             the
             
               Presbyters
               Solemn
               League
            
             were
             
             both
             entered
             ,
             upon
             a
             groundless
             jealousie
             of
             the
             King's
             Religion
             .
             In
             both
             there
             is
             a
             League
             with
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             Armies
             raised
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             against
             their
             natural
             Sovereign
             :
             who
             gave
             them
             no
             occasion
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             but
             the
             too
             much
             gentleness
             and
             condescensions
             of
             them
             both
             .
             In
             both
             the
             Fire
             of
             Civil
             War
             was
             blown
             about
             by
             seditious
             Preachers
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             Papists
             and
             Presbyterians
             both
             in
             their
             distinct
             Parties
             do
             still
             combine
             against
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             Both
             for
             many
             years
             have
             been
             the
             great
             disturbers
             of
             the
             Peace
             of
             all
             Christendom
             .
             
               Tell
               me
            
             (
             says
             a
             late
             Gentile
             Writer
             )
             
               of
               any
               Massacre
               ,
               or
               bloudy
               Wars
               ,
               or
               Stratagems
               against
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               of
               any
               Treason
               or
            
             
             
               Rebellion
               whatever
               ,
               within
               the
               memory
               of
               man
               ,
               but
               what
               was
               carried
               on
               by
               one
               of
               these
               two
               Parties
               ,
               Papists
               or
               Presbyterians
               ,
               and
               I
               'le
               be
               content
               to
               undergo
               the
               bloudy
               Inquisition
               of
               the
               one
               ,
               and
               the
               fate
               of
               the
               two
               Archbishops
               ,
            
             Canterbury
             and
             St.
             Andrews
             ,
             
               murdered
               by
               the
               other
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             they
             will
             go
             no
             further
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             than
             she
             hath
             gone
             from
             the
             Truth
             ,
             let
             them
             shew
             ,
             if
             they
             can
             ,
             half
             so
             many
             parallels
             between
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             and
             of
             Rome
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             the
             Churches
             of
             England
             retain
             some
             things
             that
             are
             in
             use
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ;
             but
             must
             we
             disbelieve
             and
             difuse
             every
             thing
             as
             Popish
             that
             the
             Papists
             believe
             and
             use
             ,
             then
             must
             we
             not
             believe
             that
             Christ
             is
             the
             Messias
             ;
             then
             must
             we
             renounce
             the
             Word
             ,
             Sacraments
             ,
             and
             Prayer
             ,
             because
             the
             Papists
             believe
             and
             use
             them
             .
             But
             if
             we
             will
             depart
             no
             further
             from
             the
             Church
             in
             Reformation
             ,
             than
             she
             departs
             from
             the
             Truth
             in
             Corruption
             ,
             let
             the
             Non-conformists
             shew
             ,
             if
             they
             can
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             agrees
             with
             that
             of
             Rome
             in
             half
             so
             many
             erroneous
             Principles
             and
             dangerous
             Practices
             as
             the
             Non-conformist
             
             doth
             .
             What
             reason
             then
             have
             they
             so
             to
             curse
             a
             Church
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             blessed
             ?
             
               Her
               Sisters
            
             (
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             )
             
               all
               calling
               her
               blessed
               ,
               and
               joying
            
             
             
               to
               behold
               her
               order
               and
               stedfastness
               in
               Christ
            
             ;
             so
             to
             stigmatize
             with
             the
             brand
             of
             Popish
             ,
             all
             that
             are
             not
             peevish
             and
             turbulent
             like
             themselves
             .
          
           
             II.
             What
             Reason
             have
             they
             for
             it
             ,
             considering
             what
             great
             things
             the
             Episcopal
             Divines
             have
             done
             and
             suffered
             above
             them
             all
             along
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Reformation
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             in
             detestation
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             attestation
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             as
             now
             professed
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             some
             laying
             down
             their
             lives
             to
             testifie
             against
             Popery
             ,
             as
             
               Cranmer
               ,
               Ridley
               ,
               Latimer
               ,
               &c.
            
             others
             standing
             in
             the
             Gap
             upon
             all
             occasions
             to
             oppose
             the
             return
             of
             it
             with
             most
             eminent
             abilities
             and
             greatest
             zeal
             above
             what
             Non-conformists
             can
             pretend
             to
             .
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             when
             Calvin
             sent
             to
             Cranmer
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             to
             the
             Protector
             Seymour
             to
             offer
             his
             assistance
             ,
             they
             rejected
             him
             utterly
             ;
             so
             that
             neither
             he
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             the
             Consistorian
             Principle
             ,
             had
             any
             hand
             in
             the
             first
             Reformation
             in
             England
             ;
             or
             have
             any
             of
             them
             ever
             since
             done
             any
             thing
             comparable
             to
             what
             the
             Episcopal
             Divines
             have
             against
             Popery
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
               ,
               Pool
            
             ,
             and
             two
             or
             three
             more
             of
             them
             have
             done
             their
             parts
             ,
             but
             what
             to
             those
             many
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Usher
               ,
               Hall
               ,
               Morton
               ,
               Reignolds
               ,
               Chillingworth
               ,
               Laud
               ,
               Abbot
               ,
               Jewel
               ,
               Bramhall
               ,
               Barlow
               ,
            
             all
             Bishops
             ,
             beside
             
               Hammond
               ,
               White
               ,
               Buckeridge
               ,
               Sutcliff
               ,
               Stillingfleet
               ,
               Tillotson
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             of
             our
             Churches
             education
             ,
             of
             as
             great
             Learning
             and
             Judgment
             in
             Religion
             ,
             as
             holy
             Lives
             ,
             and
             as
             comfortable
             Consciences
             ,
             as
             any
             the
             World
             affords
             ,
             which
             one
             would
             think
             enough
             to
             make
             Malice
             it self
             ashamed
             to
             charge
             the
             Church
             or
             Church-men
             of
             England
             with
             any
             thing
             
             like
             Popery
             ,
             or
             
               Popishly
               affected
            
             .
             Add
             to
             this
             :
          
           
             III.
             If
             the
             Church
             or
             Church-men
             be
             any
             thing
             Popishly
             affected
             ,
             how
             comes
             it
             to
             pass
             that
             the
             twisted
             strength
             and
             subtlety
             of
             Papists
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             hellish
             malice
             ,
             is
             engaged
             chiefly
             against
             them
             as
             their
             mortal
             enemies
             ,
             as
             though
             nothing
             stood
             in
             their
             way
             but
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             hath
             the
             countenance
             of
             Laws
             and
             Reason
             ,
             Antiquity
             and
             Decency
             to
             support
             it
             ;
             never
             regarding
             Quakers
             or
             Non-conformists
             ,
             as
             though
             it
             were
             below
             the
             wit
             of
             a
             Jesuit
             to
             encounter
             a
             Non-conformist
             ,
             as
             one
             that
             's
             doing
             the
             Popes
             business
             ,
             yet
             will
             not
             be
             made
             believe
             it
             .
             Now
             these
             three
             things
             considered
             ,
             judge
             who
             will
             ,
             what
             reason
             dissenting
             Protestants
             have
             to
             brand
             with
             the
             name
             of
             Popish
             or
             
               Popishly
               affected
            
             ,
             the
             Church
             or
             Church-men
             of
             England
             .
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             probable
             that
             by
             their
             factious
             and
             extravagant
             zeal
             against
             Popery
             ,
             they
             design
             not
             onely
             the
             overthrow
             of
             Popery
             ,
             but
             the
             increase
             of
             their
             Party
             ,
             and
             the
             promotion
             of
             their
             Interest
             also
             .
             But
             once
             more
             ,
          
           
             IV.
             If
             there
             be
             any
             Church
             of
             England
             men
             Popishly
             affected
             .
             I
             heartily
             wish
             in
             the
             Apostles
             words
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             utterly
             cut
             off
             from
             among
             us
             ;
             and
             here
             will
             every
             true
             Church
             of
             England
             
             man
             say
             heartily
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           
             A
             Second
             way
             that
             they
             have
             of
             exerting
             their
             zeal
             against
             Popery
             (
             whereby
             they
             increase
             their
             Party
             ,
             and
             promote
             their
             Interest
             )
             is
             to
             amuse
             the
             People
             with
             the
             Fears
             and
             Jealousies
             of
             a
             Popish
             Revolution
             .
             I
             confess
             this
             being
             purely
             
               politicae
               considerationis
            
             ,
             is
             beyond
             my
             Province
             ,
             but
             with
             humble
             deference
             to
             Superiours
             ,
             suppose
             we
             the
             worst
             ,
             even
             that
             of
             a
             
               Popish
               Successor
            
             ,
             yet
             have
             we
             many
             good
             allays
             to
             the
             extravagance
             of
             that
             Jealousie
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             all
             Offices
             and
             Power
             being
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             Anti-Papists
             ,
             there
             being
             
             so
             many
             strict
             Laws
             in
             force
             against
             Popery
             ,
             and
             the
             King's
             offer
             and
             readiness
             to
             concur
             in
             making
             more
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             thing
             (
             that
             is
             lawful
             just
             and
             honest
             )
             to
             secure
             us
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             To
             instance
             in
             the
             revolution
             of
             Queen
             Maries
             reign
             is
             vain
             ;
             for
             there
             being
             now
             in
             the
             two
             Kingdoms
             so
             universal
             a
             detestation
             and
             loathing
             of
             Popery
             (
             which
             was
             not
             then
             )
             what
             Prince
             in
             the
             World
             would
             offer
             to
             set
             up
             that
             Religion
             so
             much
             against
             his
             own
             interest
             ,
             so
             utter
             inconsistent
             with
             his
             quiet
             and
             safety
             ,
             and
             which
             will
             so
             certainly
             involve
             him
             into
             continual
             fears
             and
             troubles
             ,
             most
             desperate
             dangers
             and
             inconveniences
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             ,
             next
             to
             Hell
             ,
             is
             most
             formidable
             and
             abominable
             to
             almost
             all
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             they
             will
             scarce
             ever
             be
             brought
             to
             submit
             to
             .
             Upon
             these
             and
             many
             the
             like
             considerations
             wise
             men
             think
             it
             not
             adviseable
             to
             forward
             a
             Popish
             revolution
             by
             exasperating
             the
             Heir
             to
             the
             Crown
             with
             the
             factious
             and
             unnecessary
             fears
             of
             a
             Popish
             succession
             ,
             and
             to
             abandon
             our
             quiet
             and
             security
             for
             meer
             future
             possibilities
             ,
             to
             make
             our selves
             certainly
             miserable
             before-hand
             for
             fear
             of
             being
             miserable
             hereafter
             .
             Like
             Gundamore
             the
             Spanish
             Ambassadour
             ,
             who
             procured
             a
             valiant
             English
             Knight
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             (
             as
             he
             said
             )
             not
             for
             any
             hurt
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             but
             for
             fear
             of
             doing
             hurt
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             A
             third
             way
             they
             have
             of
             exerting
             their
             zeal
             against
             Popery
             (
             whereby
             they
             increase
             their
             Interest
             and
             Party
             )
             is
             by
             appropriating
             to
             themselves
             the
             reputation
             of
             the
             zealous
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             greatest
             opposers
             of
             Popery
             :
             which
             will
             appear
             as
             impudent
             a
             cheat
             as
             it
             is
             a
             falshood
             ,
             (
             if
             by
             zeal
             and
             opposing
             ,
             we
             mean
             not
             factious
             ,
             but
             onely
             such
             as
             is
             of
             regular
             and
             religious
             tendency
             to
             the
             overthrow
             of
             it
             ,
             )
             when
             't
             is
             considered
             :
          
           
           
             1.
             
             How
             abundantly
             the
             Episcopal
             Divines
             have
             out-done
             them
             in
             opposing
             and
             keeping
             out
             Popery
             ;
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             noted
             before
             )
             to
             which
             I
             add
             ,
             that
             of
             Dr.
             
               Saunderson
               ,
               That
               all
               along
               fr●m
               the
               beginning
               of
            
             
             
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               our
               Bi●●ops
               with
               others
               of
               the
               Prelatick
               Party
               were
               the
               Principal
               ,
               if
               not
               the
               only
               Champions
               to
               maintain
               the
               cause
               of
               Religion
               against
               Popery
               ,
               and
               in
               these
               latter
               times
               none
               have
               slept
               in
               the
               Gap
               more
               readily
               ,
               nor
               championed
               the
               cause
               of
               Religion
               aga●nst
               Popery
               with
               more
               dexterity
               ,
               zeal
               and
               gallantry
               than
               the
               Episcopal
               Divines
               ,
               by
               whose
               endeavours
               some
               that
               have
               been
               bred
               Papists
               have
               been
               gained
               to
               our
               Church
               ,
               others
               that
               began
               to
               waver
               ,
               were
               confirmed
               and
               setled
               in
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ;
               but
               I
               profess
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               as
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               and
               before
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               not
               known
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               ca●not
               call
               to
               remembrance
               ,
               so
               much
               as
               one
               single
               example
               of
               any
               of
               this
               done
               by
               any
               of
               our
               Anti-ceremonian
               Brethren
               ,
               whether
               Presbyterian
               or
               Independent
               .
            
             But
          
           
             2.
             
             These
             Non-conformists
             are
             so
             far
             from
             being
             the
             truly
             zealous
             opposers
             of
             Popery
             ,
             that
             (
             as
             the
             same
             Dr.
             Saunderson
             observes
             )
             
               they
               are
               really
               and
               eventually
            
             
             
               (
               though
               not
               intentionally
               )
               the
               great
               Promoters
               of
               the
               Roman
               Interest
               among
               us
               ,
               and
               that
               several
               ways
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             
               By
               putting
               to
               their
               helping
               hand
               to
               the
               pulling
               down
               of
               Episcopacy
            
             (
             the
             main
             Bulwark
             against
             Popery
             ,
             as
             having
             the
             support
             of
             Laws
             ,
             Reason
             ,
             Scripture
             and
             Antiquity
             against
             it
             )
             .
             
               'T
               is
               well
               known
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               what
               rejoicing
               that
               Vote
               (
               against
               Episcopacy
               )
               brought
               to
               the
               Romish
               Party
               ,
               how
               in
            
             Rome
             
               they
               sang
               their
            
             Io
             Paeans
             
               upon
               the
               tidings
               thereof
               ,
               saying
               triumphantly
               ,
               now
               the
               day
               is
               ours
               ,
               now
               the
               fatal
               blow
               is
               given
               to
               the
               protestant
               Religion
               in
            
             England
             ;
             
               they
               could
               not
               but
               foresee
               that
               if
               the
               old
               Government
               (
               of
            
             England
             )
             
               a
               main
               pillar
               in
               the
               Building
               were
               once
               dissolved
               ,
               the
               whole
               Fabrick
               would
               be
               
               sore
               shaken
               ,
               if
               not
               presently
               shattered
               and
               ruined
               ,
               that
               things
               would
               presently
               run
               into
               confusion
               ,
               distractions
               and
               divisions
               ,
            
             (
             as
             the
             event
             soon
             shewed
             .
             )
          
           
             2.
             
             They
             promote
             the
             Interest
             of
             Rome
             (
             says
             that
             learned
             Author
             )
             
               by
               opposing
               it
               with
               more
               violence
               than
               reason
               ;
               in
               opposing
               Popery
            
             (
             he
             observes
             )
             
               the
               Episcopal
               Divines
               have
               done
               it
               by
               dint
               of
               Argument
               ,
               the
               Non-conformists
               by
               opprobrious
               clamours
               ,
               revilings
               ,
               &c.
               so
               that
               it
               hath
               been
               obs●rved
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               that
               in
            
             Lancashire
             ,
             
               and
               other
               places
               ,
               where
               there
               are
               most
               and
               most
               rigid
               Presbyterians
               ,
               there
               are
               the
               most
               and
               most
               zealous
               Papists
               .
            
             Thus
             that
             judicious
             and
             learned
             Prelate
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Non-conformists
             promote
             Popery
             by
             causing
             those
             divisions
             in
             the
             Church
             which
             Jesuits
             have
             endeavoured
             among
             us
             ,
             as
             more
             conducible
             to
             Popery
             than
             all
             their
             strength
             of
             Argument
             ;
             as
             is
             said
             to
             be
             determined
             at
             Rome
             in
             their
             
               concilium
               de
               propaganda
               fide
            
             .
             And
             as
             Mr.
             Baxter
             observes
             (
             in
             his
             Collections
             
             out
             of
             Contzen
             the
             Jesuite
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             
               Defence
               of
               the
               Principles
               of
               Love.
               )
               Popery
               will
               grow
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               out
               of
               our
               divisions
               ;
               thousands
               have
               been
               drawn
               to
               ,
               and
               confirmed
               in
               it
               by
               this
               means
               .
               I
               am
               persuaded
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               that
               all
               the
               arguments
               in
            
             Bellarmine
             
               and
               other
               Books
               ,
               have
               not
               done
               so
               much
               to
               make
               Papists
               in
            
             England
             ,
             
               as
               our
               Divisions
               and
               multiplied
               Sects
               .
            
             And
             afterward
             ,
             
               who
               sees
               not
               how
               fair
               a
               game
               the
               Papists
               have
               to
               play
               by
               our
               divisions
               ?
            
             Archbishop
             Whitgist
             in
             his
             Letter
             to
             the
             Lord
             Treasurer
             ,
             
             and
             Dr.
             Oats
             in
             his
             Narrative
             ,
             and
             others
             speak
             it
             as
             upon
             their
             own
             personal
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             the
             Dissenters
             have
             been
             animated
             to
             Non-conformity
             by
             the
             Jesuits
             .
             It
             hath
             been
             lately
             made
             out
             by
             a
             Peer
             of
             this
             
             Realm
             ,
             that
             their
             
               making
               a
               Court-party
               and
               a
               Country-party
               ,
               and
               fomenting
               fears
               and
               jealousies
               between
               both
               ,
               was
               an
               expedient
               agreed
               upon
               in
            
             France
             ,
             
               and
               sent
               over
               into
            
             England
             ,
             
               for
               the
               promoting
               of
               Popish
               Interests
               .
            
             And
             
             in
             Queen
             Elizabeths
             time
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             ever
             the
             Puritan
             had
             made
             the
             Schism
             ,
             over
             came
             Sanders
             and
             Harding
             
             into
             England
             ,
             and
             practised
             in
             that
             sort
             as
             proselyted
             many
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             They
             promote
             Popery
             by
             vilifying
             the
             Church
             and
             Church-men
             of
             England
             ;
             when
             in
             Queen
             Elizabeths
             time
             they
             traduced
             Archbishop
             Whitgift
             (
             that
             great
             and
             pious
             Prelate
             )
             calling
             him
             
               Beelzebub
               of
               Canterbury
               ,
               Pope
               of
               Lambeth
               ,
               bloudy
               opposer
               of
               Gods
               Saints
               ,
               Esau
               ,
               Antichristian
               Beast
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Bishops
             as
             
               Petty-Popes
               ,
               the
               Ordinance
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               paultry
               Prelates
               ,
               pestilent
               Usurpers
            
             ;
             in
             the
             Convocation
             they
             called
             them
             
               Clergy-masters
               of
               the
               Confocation-house
               ,
               Monsters
               of
               the
               Conspiration-house
               ,
               the
               Convocation
               house
               of
               Devils
               ,
               and
               Beelzebub
               of
               Canterbury
               the
               chief
               :
            
             and
             when
             they
             called
             the
             inferiour
             Clergy
             Dolts
             and
             
               Drunkards
               ,
               Hogs
            
             and
             
               Dogs
               ,
               Wolves
            
             and
             
               Foxes
               ,
               Simoniacks
            
             and
             
               Usurpers
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             See
             what
             advantage
             the
             Papists
             made
             of
             this
             ;
             Parsons
             in
             his
             Book
             of
             
               Three
               Conversions
            
             ,
             reports
             these
             Slanders
             and
             Calumnies
             for
             undoubted
             Truths
             .
             
               Martin
               Mar-Prelate
            
             is
             said
             by
             Sir
             
               Edwin
               Sandys
            
             to
             pass
             in
             those
             days
             for
             unquestioned
             Credit
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             his
             authority
             much
             insisted
             on
             to
             disgrace
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
             Kellison
             a
             later
             one
             doth
             build
             as
             much
             on
             the
             credit
             of
             these
             Libellers
             to
             defame
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             inspired
             by
             some
             infallible
             Spirit
             .
             And
             Mason
             tells
             it
             as
             a
             serious
             thing
             ,
             
               Appellant
               Episcopum
               Cantuariensem
            
             
             
               Pseudo-episcopum
               ,
               Principem
               Daemoniorum
               ,
               Caiapham
               ,
               Esaum
               ,
               Monstrosum
               ,
               &c.
               
               Alios
               autem
               Episcopos
               Angliae
               ,
               degeneres
               ,
               perniciosos
               ,
               Usurpatores
               ,
               Lupos
               ,
               Episcopos
               Diaboli
               ,
               &c.
            
             Now
             upon
             these
             considerations
             ,
             judge
             who
             will
             ,
             what
             reason
             these
             men
             have
             to
             charge
             the
             Church
             or
             Church-men
             of
             England
             as
             fautoring
             of
             Popery
             ,
             to
             amuse
             the
             People
             with
             fears
             and
             
             jealousies
             concerning
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             arrogate
             to
             themselves
             the
             reputation
             of
             the
             most
             zealous
             opposers
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             by
             exerting
             their
             zeal
             these
             three
             ways
             they
             have
             strengthened
             their
             Faction
             and
             promoted
             their
             interest
             in
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
        
         
           
             4.
             
             Their
             Veneration
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             pretended
             above
             others
             .
          
           
             Another
             way
             by
             which
             they
             increase
             their
             Party
             and
             Interest
             ,
             is
             the
             great
             veneration
             which
             they
             above
             others
             pretend
             to
             have
             for
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             their
             confident
             appeals
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             Judge
             of
             their
             Controversie
             ,
             and
             constant
             retreat
             to
             it
             for
             defence
             of
             their
             Cause
             ;
             teaching
             their
             Followers
             (
             even
             in
             matters
             of
             indifferency
             which
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             silent
             in
             ,
             and
             leave
             to
             humane
             prudence
             )
             to
             swagger
             with
             the
             demand
             ,
             
               Where
               do
               you
               find
               in
               Scripture
               such
               precept
               or
               example
               ?
            
             And
             this
             to
             the
             more
             unwary
             and
             less
             knowing
             Professors
             ,
             is
             one
             thousand
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             as
             apt
             to
             take
             with
             them
             as
             any
             thing
             .
             Now
             there
             are
             three
             things
             among
             others
             which
             do
             much
             liable
             this
             pretence
             to
             hypocrisie
             and
             delusion
             .
             1.
             
             Their
             gross
             perverting
             and
             misinterpreting
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             beyond
             what
             the
             Papists
             themselves
             do
             .
             2.
             
             The
             impracticableness
             and
             errour
             of
             demanding
             a
             Scripture-Text
             for
             the
             very
             externals
             of
             Gods
             worship
             .
             3.
             
             Their
             disregard
             and
             sl●ght
             of
             those
             Scriptures
             (
             though
             speaking
             never
             so
             plainly
             )
             which
             contradict
             their
             errours
             and
             practices
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Their
             perverting
             and
             misinterpreting
             of
             Scripture
             ;
             when
             Fathers
             and
             Councils
             ,
             Reason
             ,
             Antiquity
             and
             Scripture
             fail
             them
             ,
             then
             a
             good
             Gloss
             must
             serve
             for
             a
             Text
             ,
             vexing
             and
             urging
             the
             Holy
             Writ
             ,
             which
             the
             Apostle
             calls
             emphatically
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             cogging
             
             
             the
             Die
             to
             make
             it
             speak
             what
             they
             list
             ;
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             crafty
             deceitful
             applying
             and
             expounding
             
             it
             .
             Thus
             by
             Babylon
             they
             understand
             Episcopacy
             ,
             by
             beggarly
             Elements
             they
             mean
             Church-Ceremonies
             ;
             they
             justifie
             their
             out-rages
             against
             the
             late
             King
             and
             Nobility
             ,
             with
             a
             
               Bind
               your
               Kings
               with
               chains
               ,
               and
               your
               Nobles
               with
            
             
             
               fetters
               of
               iron
            
             ;
             they
             have
             commented
             Rebellion
             out
             of
             the
             very
             thirteenth
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             which
             enjoins
             Subjection
             and
             Loyalty
             upon
             pain
             of
             damnation
             ,
             and
             have
             fetcht
             Presbytery
             out
             of
             the
             first
             of
             
               Titus
               ver
            
             .
             5.
             which
             plainly
             exhibits
             the
             very
             essentials
             of
             Episcopacy
             .
             The
             Murder
             of
             the
             late
             King
             they
             have
             out
             of
             
             Daniel's
             Dream
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Beast
             and
             the
             little
             Horn
             in
             the
             Revelations
             ;
             and
             because
             the
             Apostle
             says
             
               Moses
               was
               faithful
               in
               all
               the
               house
               of
               God
               ,
            
             therefore
             there
             must
             be
             nothing
             in
             the
             externals
             of
             God's
             Worship
             but
             what
             you
             have
             a
             Text
             for
             ;
             for
             the
             like
             reason
             that
             that
             ignorant
             Popish
             Priest
             urged
             out
             of
             the
             
               Psalms
               ,
               Paveant
               illi
               non
               paveam
               ego
               ,
            
             to
             prove
             his
             Parishioners
             ought
             to
             pave
             the
             Chancel
             .
             Look
             in
             the
             Geneva
             Bibles
             ,
             their
             Note
             on
             Rev.
             9.
             3.
             you
             will
             find
             that
             by
             the
             Locusts
             which
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Smoak
             (
             they
             say
             )
             is
             meant
             false
             Teachers
             ,
             worldly
             subtle
             Prelates
             ,
             Monks
             ,
             Friers
             ,
             Cardinals
             ,
             Patriarchs
             ,
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             *
             Doctors
             ,
             Batchelors
             ,
             Masters
             ,
             (
             to
             which
             is
             subjoined
             )
             
               which
               forsake
               Christ
               to
               maintain
               false
               Doctrine
            
             ;
             where
             they
             bring
             all
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             take
             University
             Degrees
             ,
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Locusts
             ,
             and
             rank
             them
             with
             Monks
             and
             Friars
             ,
             whom
             they
             beheld
             as
             no
             other
             than
             the
             limbs
             
             of
             Antichrist
             .
             One
             would
             think
             that
             that
             Curse
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             *
             Revelations
             ,
             should
             make
             them
             afraid
             so
             to
             wrack
             Scripture-Texts
             ,
             those
             †
             God-breathed
             Oracles
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             obstetricate
             to
             their
             Impieties
             ,
             and
             confess
             such
             abominable
             falsities
             .
             But
             thus
             it
             was
             
               ab
               origine
            
             ,
             The
             Donatists
             justified
             their
             separation
             with
             that
             1
             Cant.
             7.
             
             
               Tell
               us
               where
               thou
               makest
               thy
               Flocks
               to
               rest
               at
               Noon
               ,
               Meridiem
               versus
               ,
            
             the
             French
             Translation
             is
             ,
             towards
             the
             South
             :
             therefore
             they
             being
             Southern
             confine
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             separate
             from
             the
             Orthodox
             Christian
             Churches
             .
             And
             we
             know
             who
             it
             was
             that
             first
             practised
             this
             Art
             ,
             by
             the
             manner
             of
             his
             urging
             our
             Saviour
             with
             a
             
               Scriptum
               est
            
             ,
             in
             all
             his
             temptations
             ,
             Matth.
             4.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             A
             second
             thing
             that
             liables
             their
             pretended
             veneration
             for
             the
             Scriptures
             above
             other
             men
             ,
             to
             the
             suspicion
             of
             seducing
             ,
             is
             their
             frequent
             use
             of
             demanding
             Scripture-Texts
             for
             every
             thing
             in
             the
             Discipline
             and
             Orders
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             denying
             Church-rulers
             the
             power
             of
             appointing
             Ceremonies
             .
             Before
             I
             come
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             delusion
             of
             this
             pretence
             ,
             I
             would
             premise
             something
             concerning
             its
             errour
             ,
             which
             did
             not
             the
             constant
             practice
             of
             the
             Seduced
             require
             ,
             it
             were
             a
             shame
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             ,
             it
             hath
             been
             so
             oft
             refuted
             by
             
               Grotius
               ,
               Morton
               ,
               Sanderson
            
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             shewing
             ;
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             even
             in
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             (
             from
             whence
             they
             fetch
             this
             doctrine
             )
             in
             which
             God
             did
             by
             immediate
             Revelation
             prescribe
             the
             Rites
             and
             Orders
             of
             his
             Worship
             ,
             even
             in
             that
             Church
             the
             Magistrate
             had
             a
             power
             in
             the
             Circumstantials
             of
             Religion
             .
             David
             altered
             some
             things
             ,
             and
             instituted
             others
             ,
             he
             appointed
             Instrumental
             Musick
             to
             be
             used
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             without
             any
             Commission
             from
             God
             that
             we
             read
             of
             .
             He
             distributed
             the
             Priests
             into
             Orders
             for
             the
             conveniency
             of
             their
             Ministration
             ,
             yet
             't
             was
             
             
             not
             accounted
             any
             innovation
             in
             Religion
             .
             Hezekiah
             caused
             the
             Passover
             to
             be
             kept
             in
             all
             Judah
             and
             Israel
             
             on
             the
             second
             Moneth
             ,
             on
             the
             advice
             of
             his
             Council
             ,
             upon
             prudential
             and
             pious
             considerations
             ,
             though
             not
             according
             to
             any
             Divine
             Institution
             .
             He
             appointed
             the
             Levites
             to
             kill
             the
             Passover
             ,
             which
             by
             God's
             appointment
             
             was
             to
             be
             done
             by
             the
             People
             .
             He
             preferred
             the
             Levites
             to
             assist
             the
             Priests
             in
             killing
             the
             other
             Sacrifices
             ,
             which
             before
             they
             were
             never
             admitted
             to
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             was
             afterward
             retained
             in
             use
             without
             reprehension
             .
             By
             all
             which
             ,
             it
             appears
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             had
             once
             a
             power
             of
             ordering
             matters
             in
             God's
             Worship
             ,
             and
             that
             ,
             even
             in
             times
             when
             God
             prescribed
             the
             rites
             and
             orders
             of
             his
             Worship
             by
             immediate
             revelation
             .
             And
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             the
             Apostle's
             circumcising
             Timothy
             after
             Circumcision
             had
             been
             abolish'd
             ,
             shews
             that
             all
             ceremonial
             appendages
             are
             but
             subordinate
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             yield
             to
             the
             designs
             of
             Peace
             ,
             Charity
             ,
             and
             Edification
             .
             The
             same
             Apostle
             in
             prescribing
             Church-Orders
             ,
             leaves
             out
             particulars
             ,
             prescribes
             onely
             generals
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             Obedience
             to
             Rulers
             ,
             doing
             things
             decently
             and
             in
             order
             ,
             to
             edification
             and
             the
             like
             .
             Now
             all
             the
             question
             is
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             Judge
             of
             that
             decency
             ,
             order
             ,
             and
             edification
             ?
             The
             Scriptures
             cannot
             ,
             for
             they
             no
             where
             determine
             it
             :
             The
             People
             may
             not
             ,
             it
             was
             denied
             them
             in
             the
             Directory
             ,
             the
             Worcester-shire
             Association
             ,
             &c.
             
             Therefore
             Church-Rulers
             must
             ,
             those
             higher
             Powers
             that
             are
             ordained
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             established
             in
             authority
             by
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land.
             Besides
             ,
             that
             every
             Church-National
             hath
             authority
             to
             appoint
             and
             change
             Church-Ceremonies
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             Rites
             ,
             
             was
             a
             main
             Argument
             that
             the
             first
             Reformers
             ,
             
               Jewel
               ,
               Cox
               ,
               &c.
            
             used
             against
             the
             Popish
             Bishops
             for
             the
             changing
             of
             Religion
             from
             Popish
             to
             Protestant
             .
          
           
           
             But
             't
             is
             enough
             to
             shew
             the
             errour
             and
             delusion
             of
             this
             pretence
             ,
             That
             the
             most
             learned
             of
             the
             old
             Non-conformists
             themselves
             have
             believed
             and
             taught
             that
             a
             Scripture-Precept
             or
             Example
             is
             not
             necessary
             to
             the
             Institution
             of
             Church-Discipline
             or
             Ceremonies
             .
             Calvin
             
             teaches
             ,
             
               That
               Christ
               would
               not
               prescribe
               singularly
               and
               particularly
               concerning
               external
               Discipline
               and
               Ceremonies
               ,
               because
               he
               foresaw
               things
               to
               depend
               on
               the
               occasions
               and
               opportunities
               of
               Times
               ;
               nor
               did
               he
               think
               on
               Form
               to
               accord
               with
               all
               Ages
               ;
               whereupon
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               we
               must
               have
               recourse
               to
               the
               general
               Rules
               ,
               that
               all
               things
               may
               be
               tried
               by
               them
               .
               Finally
               ,
               he
               delivered
               nothing
               in
               these
               points
               expresly
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               not
               of
               necessity
               to
               salvation
               ,
               but
               ought
               to
               be
               accommodated
               to
               the
               edification
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               different
               disposition
               and
               custom
               of
               Times
               and
               Countries
               .
            
             Thus
             Calvin
             himself
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             he
             practised
             ,
             when
             (
             without
             a
             Scripture-Precept
             or
             Example
             )
             he
             caused
             a
             consult
             to
             be
             
             held
             at
             Geneva
             in
             the
             Year
             1543.
             for
             changing
             the
             Lords
             Day
             from
             Sunday
             to
             Thursday
             .
             Master
             Baxter
             himself
             hath
             confest
             ,
             that
             the
             vesture
             ,
             gesture
             ,
             (
             and
             other
             Ceremonies
             )
             are
             all
             at
             the
             determination
             of
             the
             lawful
             Magistrate
             .
             Now
             when
             they
             suggest
             thus
             to
             People
             what
             themselves
             believe
             not
             ,
             what
             can
             one
             think
             of
             their
             design
             in
             teaching
             the
             seduced
             Ignorants
             (
             when
             they
             have
             nothing
             else
             to
             say
             )
             to
             cry
             ,
             Where
             doth
             the
             Scripture
             this
             or
             that
             ?
             where
             have
             you
             Scripture-Precept
             or
             Example
             for
             it
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             If
             their
             pretending
             such
             Veneration
             for
             the
             Scriptures
             above
             other
             men
             ,
             were
             not
             delusory
             ,
             their
             regard
             to
             the
             Sriptures
             would
             certainly
             be
             more
             uniform
             .
             They
             would
             not
             (
             as
             they
             do
             )
             disregard
             and
             contemn
             those
             Texts
             (
             though
             speaking
             never
             so
             plainly
             )
             which
             make
             any
             thing
             against
             them
             .
             Tell
             them
             (
             as
             the
             Apostle
             doth
             the
             Corinthians
             )
             of
             Whisperings
             ,
             
             Back-biting
             ,
             Tumults
             ,
             &c.
             and
             that
             while
             they
             are
             full
             of
             strife
             ,
             envyings
             ,
             and
             divisions
             ,
             one
             of
             Paul
             ,
             another
             of
             Apollos
             ,
             (
             one
             of
             this
             mans
             Congregation
             ,
             another
             of
             that
             )
             they
             are
             carnal
             ,
             they
             will
             perhaps
             laugh
             at
             you
             ,
             but
             neither
             regard
             you
             ,
             nor
             the
             Apostle
             .
             And
             here
             is
             regardable
             what
             the
             learned
             Doctor
             Littleton
             observes
             (
             in
             his
             Sermon
             ,
             entituled
             
               The
               Churches
               Peace
               asserted
               ,
               p.
            
             25.
             )
             of
             these
             Corinthians
             that
             the
             Apostle
             charges
             with
             envyings
             ,
             strife
             ,
             and
             Schisms
             ,
             which
             he
             calls
             carnality
             ;
             that
             they
             kept
             to
             their
             publick
             Ministers
             ,
             yet
             are
             charged
             with
             those
             things
             ,
             meerly
             because
             they
             preferred
             one
             before
             another
             ,
             who
             were
             both
             
               (
               Paul
            
             and
             Apollos
             )
             men
             of
             eminent
             abilities
             ,
             and
             extraordinary
             graces
             .
             And
             if
             this
             be
             envying
             ,
             strife
             and
             carnality
             ,
             what
             would
             Paul
             have
             said
             of
             us
             ?
             How
             carnal
             are
             they
             who
             desert
             the
             publick
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             gad
             after
             ,
             not
             the
             Pauls
             and
             Apollos's
             (
             there
             are
             not
             so
             many
             among
             them
             to
             gad
             after
             )
             but
             (
             as
             that
             Reverend
             Doctor
             speaks
             )
             after
             every
             Will-in-the-Wisp
             ,
             men
             neither
             Orthodox
             nor
             able
             .
             If
             you
             urge
             it
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             have
             foretold
             us
             of
             false
             Prophets
             that
             should
             be
             amongst
             us
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             marks
             they
             have
             given
             us
             to
             know
             them
             by
             are
             such
             as
             these
             
               (
               viz.
               )
               They
               are
               such
               as
               separate
               themselves
               ,
            
             
             
               (
               Geneva
            
             Translation
             ,
             
               Such
               as
               make
               Sects
               )
               that
               they
               are
               such
               as
               despise
               dominion
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             that
             cannot
             endure
             Superiority
             or
             Government
             :
             that
             they
             are
             such
             as
             
               speak
               evil
               of
               dignities
               ,
               (
               Geneva
            
             Translation
             ,
             
               of
               those
               that
               are
               in
               Authority
               ,
               )
            
             that
             they
             are
             such
             as
             are
             
               murmurers
               and
               complainers
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             never
             content
             under
             any
             Government
             :
             Such
             as
             shall
             
               perish
               in
               the
               gain-saying
               of
               Korah
               ,
            
             which
             was
             disobedience
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             mutinying
             against
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             ,
             the
             Prince
             and
             the
             Priest
             ,
             telling
             them
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Lords
             People
             are
             holy
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             as
             good
             a
             right
             to
             govern
             as
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             
             had
             ,
             that
             they
             took
             too
             much
             upon
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
             Tell
             them
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             call
             Seducers
             ,
             false
             Accusers
             ,
             (
             as
             those
             that
             accuse
             our
             Worship
             of
             Superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             )
             Traitors
             ,
             (
             as
             those
             ,
             who
             like
             Absalom
             ,
             draw
             away
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             with
             fine
             words
             and
             fair
             Speeches
             )
             :
             Tell
             them
             that
             the
             Scripture
             describes
             Seducers
             to
             be
             of
             that
             sort
             ,
             that
             
               creep
               into
               houses
               ,
               and
               lead
               silly
               women
               captive
               ,
            
             they
             will
             no
             more
             regard
             you
             than
             if
             you
             quoted
             the
             Alcoran
             .
             Though
             these
             Characters
             hit
             them
             ,
             like
             the
             left-handed
             Benjamites
             ,
             to
             a
             hairs
             breadth
             ,
             yet
             't
             is
             strange
             to
             see
             with
             what
             scorn
             and
             contempt
             they
             will
             reject
             that
             man
             that
             shall
             tell
             them
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             though
             with
             the
             greatest
             demission
             and
             meekness
             that
             may
             be
             :
             and
             with
             what
             slight
             and
             disregard
             they
             will
             hear
             and
             read
             these
             plain
             Scripture-marks
             of
             Seducers
             ,
             though
             as
             competible
             to
             them
             as
             Treason
             to
             a
             Traitor
             .
             Now
             upon
             these
             three
             considerations
             ,
             judge
             who
             will
             ,
             what
             fit
             persons
             these
             are
             to
             pretend
             to
             Scripture-rule
             above
             other
             men
             :
             yet
             this
             pretence
             is
             one
             of
             their
             wiles
             whereby
             to
             seduce
             the
             People
             and
             increase
             their
             Party
             .
          
        
         
           
             5.
             
             Their
             pretence
             to
             Reformation
             ,
             Purity
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
             hath
             well
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             
               appearance
               of
               more
               spirituality
               and
               strictness
               was
               that
               which
               drew
            
             
             Tertullian
             
               to
               the
               Montanists
               ,
               and
               which
               promoted
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Heresies
               which
               have
               torn
               the
               Churches
               of
               Christ.
            
             This
             kept
             up
             the
             Donatists
             (
             whom
             St.
             Austin
             calls
             ,
             
               Impios
               &
               fastidiosos
               ,
               pertinaces
               &
               superbos
               separatores
            
             ;
             
             and
             their
             Separation
             he
             calls
             Sacrilegious
             ,
             Heretical
             ,
             and
             Seditious
             ;
             yet
             these
             kept
             up
             their
             reputation
             and
             separation
             from
             the
             Orthodox
             Christians
             Assemblies
             by
             this
             very
             means
             ,
             the
             pretence
             and
             
             shew
             of
             greater
             purity
             and
             sanctity
             than
             others
             .
             )
             
               This
               kept
               up
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               Priscilianists
               and
               Manichees
               ,
               this
               kept
               up
               the
               Novatians
               long
               in
               great
               reputation
               ;
               this
               was
               the
               strength
               of
               the
               Anabaptists
               in
            
             Germany
             
               and
               the
            
             Low-Countries
             ;
             
               this
               is
               the
               strength
               of
               the
               Quakers
               ,
            
             and
             (
             he
             might
             have
             added
             )
             of
             the
             Non-conformists
             and
             their
             Party
             at
             this
             very
             day
             .
             And
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             Piety
             and
             Holiness
             command
             such
             an
             universal
             love
             and
             veneration
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             shew
             and
             counterfeit
             of
             it
             ,
             hath
             deluded
             thousands
             into
             erroneous
             ways
             ,
             and
             hath
             ever
             been
             accounted
             the
             most
             usefull
             Tool
             in
             the
             framing
             of
             seditious
             and
             schismatical
             Innovations
             .
             Lycurgus
             could
             never
             have
             ingratiated
             his
             Laws
             so
             effectually
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             pretended
             conference
             with
             his
             goddess
             .
             Nor
             could
             the
             Factious
             of
             our
             late
             Times
             have
             carried
             on
             their
             designs
             ,
             have
             gained
             to
             themselves
             such
             strength
             of
             number
             ,
             and
             height
             of
             reputation
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             specious
             disguise
             of
             a
             pretended
             Reformation
             and
             shew
             of
             Sanctity
             above
             others
             .
             Those
             late
             Usurpers
             never
             wanted
             a
             religious
             pretext
             for
             their
             most
             hellish
             undertakings
             .
             As
             King
             James
             told
             his
             Son
             King
             Charles
             ,
             that
             
               under
               the
               pretence
               of
               Religion
               ,
               he
               should
               find
               from
            
             
             
               that
               sort
               of
               People
            
             (
             as
             he
             soon
             did
             )
             
               the
               most
               barbarous
               and
               bloudy
               Villanies
               in
               the
               World.
            
             And
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             to
             his
             Son
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             .
             
               I
               have
            
             
             observed
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               that
               the
               Devil
               of
               Rebellion
               doth
               commonly
               transform
               himself
               into
               an
               Angel
               of
               Reformation
               ;
               and
               when
               mens
               consciences
               accuse
               them
               of
               Sedition
               or
               Faction
               ,
               they
               stop
               its
               mouth
               with
               the
               name
               and
               noise
               of
               Religion
               and
               Zeal
               .
            
             And
             accordingly
             the
             Non-conformity-men
             of
             his
             time
             in
             their
             Sermons
             before
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             1643.
             taught
             ,
             
               That
               't
               was
               commendable
               to
            
             
             
               fight
               against
               the
               King
               for
               Peace
               and
               Reformation
               ;
               that
               the
               War
               was
               God's
               Cause
               ,
               and
               it
               should
               at
               last
               prevail
               :
            
             they
             called
             fighting
             for
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             ,
             
               a
               following
               the
            
             
             
             Lamb
             ;
             and
             
               a
               fighting
               for
               the
               Lamb
               against
               the
               Beast
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             at
             this
             very
             day
             ,
             when
             Uniformity
             in
             God's
             Worship
             is
             called
             Superstition
             ,
             Decency
             called
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             Loyalty
             Popery
             .
             Grindallizing
             compliances
             with
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             perjurious
             omissions
             in
             Church-ministration
             is
             called
             Moderation
             ,
             Discretion
             ,
             Prudence
             ,
             &c.
             
             *
             Sitting
             at
             the
             Sacrament
             [
             a
             Custom
             brought
             first
             into
             England
             by
             
               John
               Alasco
            
             ,
             from
             among
             the
             Arrians
             of
             Poland
             ,
             who
             used
             it
             in
             denial
             of
             Christ's
             Divinity
             .
             ]
             .
             This
             sitting
             at
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             many
             the
             like
             peevish
             contumacies
             in
             Non-conformity
             ,
             are
             all
             put
             upon
             the
             Score
             of
             Tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             Purity
             of
             Religion
             ,
             &c.
             and
             indeed
             so
             venerable
             is
             right
             Reformation
             in
             Religion
             ,
             so
             great
             a
             blessing
             ,
             and
             so
             gracious
             a
             fruit
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             is
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             no
             marvel
             if
             the
             meer
             pretence
             and
             shew
             thereof
             so
             influenceth
             a
             Faction
             ,
             and
             captivates
             the
             credulous
             and
             unwary
             populace
             :
             and
             therefore
             for
             the
             better
             discovery
             of
             that
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             consider
             we
             distinctly
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             Their
             pretence
             to
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             making
             our selves
             Judges
             of
             their
             Consciences
             any
             further
             than
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             allows
             ,
             and
             the
             evidence
             of
             things
             compels
             .
          
           
             I.
             In
             their
             pretence
             to
             Reformation
             ,
             we
             consider
             the
             Method
             and
             Manner
             of
             their
             Reforming
             ,
             and
             the
             Object
             or
             matter
             to
             be
             reformed
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Manner
             of
             their
             Reforming
             was
             for
             the
             most
             part
             by
             savage
             and
             sacrilegious
             depredations
             .
             Such
             savage
             depredations
             never
             were
             committed
             by
             the
             Goths
             in
             the
             Sack
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             were
             by
             these
             Reformation-men
             
             in
             the
             Cathedral
             Churches
             ,
             particularly
             Winchester
             and
             
               Westminster
               ,
               Exeter
            
             and
             
               Chichester
               ,
               Canterbury
            
             and
             Rochester
             ,
             with
             many
             others
             ;
             where
             their
             manner
             of
             reforming
             was
             by
             breaking
             down
             the
             Organs
             ,
             
             throwing
             down
             the
             Communion-Table
             and
             Rails
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             places
             burning
             them
             in
             an
             Ale-house
             ,
             turning
             the
             costly
             Pulpit-cloths
             ,
             Cushions
             ,
             Gowns
             ,
             Surplices
             ,
             and
             Plate
             into
             ready
             money
             .
             A
             golden
             Chalice
             belonging
             to
             Westminster
             ,
             which
             is
             said
             to
             be
             worth
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             was
             sold
             to
             one
             Allen
             a
             decayed
             Goldsmith
             ,
             but
             then
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             for
             threescore
             pounds
             .
             When
             the
             Depredators
             of
             Hazlerigs
             conduct
             ,
             were
             desired
             in
             the
             Cathedral
             Church
             of
             Chichester
             ,
             to
             leave
             but
             one
             Chalice
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             they
             refused
             with
             these
             profane
             words
             ,
             
               A
               wooden
               Dish
               may
               serve
               turn
               .
            
             They
             violated
             the
             Tombs
             and
             Monuments
             of
             the
             Dead
             ;
             finding
             in
             Winchester
             Church
             two
             brazen
             Statues
             of
             King
             James
             and
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             ,
             they
             broke
             off
             the
             two
             Swords
             placed
             by
             their
             sides
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             own
             ,
             mangled
             the
             Crown
             of
             King
             Charles
             ,
             swearing
             in
             scorn
             ,
             
               that
               they
               would
               bring
               him
               to
               his
               ParlJam
               .
               nt
               .
            
             There
             being
             in
             this
             Church
             several
             leaden
             Chests
             ,
             containing
             the
             dust
             and
             bones
             of
             some
             Saxon
             Kings
             and
             other
             Bishops
             ,
             they
             overthrew
             the
             Chests
             ,
             scattered
             the
             dust
             of
             their
             Bodies
             about
             the
             Pavement
             ,
             and
             threw
             their
             Bones
             at
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Glass
             Windows
             which
             they
             could
             not
             reach
             with
             their
             Pikes
             to
             batter
             down
             .
             The
             like
             they
             did
             in
             the
             Cathedral
             Church
             of
             Canterbury
             by
             those
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             *
             Colonel
             Sandys
             :
             In
             this
             Church
             (
             as
             lately
             upon
             the
             Royal
             Effigies
             in
             Guild-hall
             )
             they
             strangely
             exercised
             their
             reforming
             Madness
             upon
             the
             Arras
             Hangings
             in
             the
             Quire
             ,
             representing
             the
             
             Hist.
             of
             our
             Savior
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             swore
             that
             they
             would
             stab
             him
             ,
             others
             that
             they
             would
             rip
             up
             his
             bowels
             ,
             which
             accordingly
             they
             did
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             those
             Figures
             of
             him
             in
             the
             Arras
             Hangings
             were
             
             capable
             of
             it
             .
             Finding
             another
             Statue
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Frontispiece
             of
             the
             South-gate
             ,
             they
             discharged
             their
             Muskets
             at
             it
             ,
             triumphing
             greatly
             when
             they
             hit
             him
             in
             the
             head
             or
             Face
             .
             In
             the
             Cathedrals
             of
             Exeter
             and
             
               Westminster
               (
               horresco
               referens
            
             )
             to
             these
             horrid
             outrages
             they
             added
             such
             prodigious
             irreverences
             ,
             as
             have
             not
             been
             heard
             of
             ;
             turning
             the
             Church
             into
             a
             Jakes
             ,
             and
             leaving
             their
             Excrements
             on
             and
             about
             the
             Communion
             Table
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             sate
             about
             it
             with
             their
             Ale
             and
             Tobacco
             .
             Thus
             did
             they
             go
             about
             to
             reform
             the
             State
             with
             ruine
             ,
             and
             to
             sweep
             the
             Church
             with
             desolation
             ,
             taking
             the
             same
             method
             in
             Reforming
             ,
             which
             
             Pelias's
             daughters
             took
             to
             make
             their
             old
             Father
             young
             again
             ,
             viz.
             by
             cutting
             his
             throat
             to
             let
             out
             his
             old
             bloud
             ,
             which
             when
             they
             had
             done
             ,
             knew
             not
             where
             to
             get
             new
             bloud
             ,
             nor
             how
             to
             put
             it
             in
             him
             .
             Consider
             who
             will
             ,
             the
             hideous
             spectacle
             of
             their
             ruining
             Ministers
             ,
             abolishing
             of
             Government
             ,
             devastation
             of
             Church
             ,
             and
             desolation
             of
             State
             ,
             profanation
             of
             God's
             Worship
             ,
             and
             depravation
             of
             Religion
             ,
             the
             violation
             of
             Duty
             ,
             Conscience
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Order
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             &c.
             and
             compare
             it
             with
             the
             Persecution
             of
             the
             Greek
             Churches
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             find
             that
             all
             the
             ravages
             of
             the
             Turks
             since
             the
             taking
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             hath
             not
             so
             disfigured
             them
             in
             two
             hundred
             years
             ,
             as
             these
             Reformers
             did
             in
             six
             or
             seven
             years
             in
             their
             own
             native
             Country
             .
             Such
             abomination
             of
             desolation
             is
             Presbyterian
             Reformation
             ,
             which
             (
             Mr.
             Case
             says
             )
             Armies
             fought
             for
             ,
             ParlJam
             .
             nts
             consult
             
             for
             ,
             Ministers
             pray
             for
             ,
             and
             all
             good
             People
             long
             
             for
             .
             And
             let
             no
             body
             pretend
             in
             this
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             Baxter
             
             doth
             about
             the
             Regicidy
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             rude
             conquering
             Army
             :
             For
             read
             who
             will
             ,
             their
             
               Souldiers
               Catechism
            
             ,
             *
             
               their
               Zions
               Plea
               ,
               Christ
               on
               his
               Throne
               ;
               as
               also
               their
               Ordinance
               on
            
             August
             28.
             1643.
             and
             he
             shall
             see
             that
             all
             this
             was
             done
             by
             Authority
             [
             from
             the
             Houses
             of
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             ,
             ]
             and
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             [
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Divines
             .
             ]
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             extravagancy
             of
             their
             Reformation
             will
             further
             appear
             by
             considering
             the
             matter
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             the
             things
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             which
             are
             chiefly
             Episcopacy
             and
             the
             Liturgy
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Episcopacy
             ,
             an
             Order
             which
             hath
             been
             proved
             abundantly
             to
             be
             founded
             on
             no
             other
             than
             Scripture
             and
             Apostolick
             practice
             ,
             Antiquity
             and
             Necessity
             ;
             necessary
             (
             as
             woful
             experience
             hath
             verified
             )
             to
             the
             support
             of
             the
             English
             Monarchy
             ;
             according
             to
             those
             words
             of
             King
             Charles
             the
             Martyr
             ,
             
               That
               he
               could
               scarce
               ever
               boast
               of
               one
               days
               felicity
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               once
               consented
               to
               the
               taking
               away
               the
               Bishops
               Votes
               in
               ParlJam
               .
               nt
               .
            
             Which
             I
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             rather
             ,
             since
             in
             a
             place
             of
             note
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             at
             the
             last
             Election
             of
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             in
             the
             year
             1681.
             the
             Rabble
             of
             the
             Faction
             cried
             it
             ,
             
               No
               Bishops
               ,
               No
               Bishops
            
             ,
             the
             very
             same
             words
             and
             with
             the
             same
             kind
             of
             violence
             as
             Dr.
             
             Burgess's
             Myrmidons
             did
             before
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             House
             doors
             in
             1641.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             other
             thing
             to
             be
             reformed
             is
             the
             Liturgy
             ;
             whose
             Reformation
             from
             Popery
             was
             sealed
             by
             the
             bloud
             of
             Martyrs
             .
             When
             it
             was
             first
             composed
             and
             used
             ,
             the
             People
             of
             England
             received
             it
             as
             a
             heavenly
             treasure
             sent
             down
             by
             God's
             great
             mercy
             to
             them
             .
             All
             moderate
             men
             beyond
             Seas
             applauded
             the
             felicity
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             fashioning
             such
             an
             excellent
             Form
             for
             God's
             publick
             Worship
             .
             And
             the
             Act
             of
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             that
             first
             confirmed
             the
             same
             ,
             declared
             it
             to
             be
             done
             
             
               by
               the
               special
               aid
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             ;
             (
             as
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Act
             are
             )
             and
             Mr.
             Fox
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
             fears
             not
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             indicted
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             :
             Yet
             this
             is
             that
             Liturgy
             which
             the
             peevish
             Professors
             of
             these
             stirring
             Times
             would
             have
             laid
             aside
             ,
             for
             Reformation
             sake
             ;
             that
             so
             (
             as
             King
             Charles
             observes
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             )
             
               Ministers
               may
               be
               left
               to
            
             
             
               their
               liberty
               and
               private
               abilities
               in
               God's
               publick
               Service
               ,
               where
               no
               man
               can
               tell
               to
               what
               he
               may
               say
               Amen
               ,
               or
               what
               adventure
               he
               may
               make
               of
               seeming
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               to
               consent
               to
               whatever
               errours
               and
               ridiculous
               indecencies
               bold
               and
               ignorant
               men
               list
               to
               vent
               in
               their
               Prayers
               and
               other
               Offices
               .
            
             But
             't
             is
             enough
             to
             satisfie
             any
             unprejudiced
             and
             judicious
             Reader
             ,
             of
             the
             unreasonableness
             of
             scrupling
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             that
             will
             but
             consider
             well
             those
             frivolous
             flaws
             and
             exceptions
             which
             the
             great
             Non-conformity-Champion
             hath
             made
             against
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             best
             
             he
             could
             devise
             ,
             after
             the
             twenty
             years
             study
             he
             speaks
             of
             .
          
           
             II.
             The
             second
             thing
             to
             be
             considered
             in
             their
             pretensions
             above
             other
             men
             in
             their
             greater
             Sanctimony
             and
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             which
             were
             it
             real
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             pretended
             ,
             I
             should
             tremble
             to
             think
             of
             charging
             them
             with
             the
             counterfeit
             ,
             and
             pretence
             of
             it
             onely
             .
             But
             that
             which
             liables
             it
             to
             the
             suspicion
             of
             Counterfeit
             ,
             lies
             in
             these
             two
             things
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             erroneousness
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             gross
             as
             to
             call
             the
             Design
             of
             overturning
             the
             Government
             ,
             no
             Treason
             ;
             the
             taking
             up
             Arms
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             no
             Rebellion
             ;
             dividing
             from
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             no
             Schism
             ;
             appropriating
             to
             private
             uses
             the
             Church-plate
             and
             Revenues
             ,
             no
             Sacrilege
             ;
             and
             using
             the
             name
             of
             God
             to
             all
             this
             ,
             no
             Hypocrisie
             .
             How
             can
             such
             thickness
             of
             errour
             consist
             with
             true
             Sanctity
             and
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             especially
             if
             we
             take
             
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             (
             as
             that
             Party
             doth
             )
             in
             the
             same
             latitude
             with
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             for
             such
             a
             tenderness
             as
             to
             be
             afraid
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             to
             decline
             the
             temptations
             ,
             occasions
             ,
             and
             appearances
             of
             evil
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Their
             pretended
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             above
             others
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             suspected
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             its
             great
             partiality
             and
             defect
             ,
             wanting
             that
             uniformity
             which
             is
             required
             to
             its
             sincerity
             .
             When
             a
             man
             shall
             scruple
             a
             Ceremony
             ,
             and
             yet
             neglect
             an
             Institution
             of
             Christ
             ;
             not
             dare
             to
             kneel
             at
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             yet
             wholly
             neglect
             the
             Communion
             ;
             boggle
             at
             the
             use
             of
             a
             Ceremony
             ,
             yet
             openly
             avow
             the
             blackest
             of
             Crimes
             ,
             backbitings
             ,
             slanderings
             ,
             schism
             and
             sedition
             ;
             is
             this
             true
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             or
             is
             it
             not
             rather
             (
             as
             one
             says
             )
             a
             conscience
             of
             making
             no
             conscience
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             But
             more
             particularly
             ,
             doth
             not
             the
             partiality
             and
             defect
             of
             their
             conscientiousness
             appear
             ,
             in
             their
             notorious
             uncharitableness
             and
             censoriousness
             ,
             rash
             censuring
             and
             condemning
             ,
             slandering
             and
             defaming
             all
             that
             differ
             from
             them
             ,
             especially
             Ministers
             .
             But
             above
             all
             ,
             those
             that
             oppose
             their
             way
             (
             if
             subtlety
             and
             malice
             can
             do
             it
             )
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             rendred
             odious
             :
             but
             the
             partiality
             and
             defect
             of
             their
             conscientiousness
             is
             most
             apparent
             in
             their
             old
             *
             Gnostick
             Principle
             of
             disobedience
             to
             Magistrates
             .
             Will
             any
             man
             believe
             that
             Practice
             to
             be
             conscientious
             ,
             or
             that
             Religion
             to
             be
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             so
             dishonours
             God
             and
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             so
             confronts
             God's
             Vicegerent
             ,
             and
             those
             in
             Authority
             under
             him
             ,
             which
             God
             commands
             obedience
             
             to
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             damnation
             ;
             and
             which
             (
             as
             though
             foreseeing
             the
             pretence
             of
             Conscience
             for
             their
             disobedience
             )
             doth
             so
             indispensably
             urge
             ,
             you
             must
             needs
             obey
             ,
             and
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             ,
             and
             that
             even
             Heathen
             Governours
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Governours
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             
             (
             in
             part
             )
             that
             our
             Dissenters
             are
             to
             obey
             ,
             are
             of
             their
             own
             chusing
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Laws
             are
             partly
             Laws
             of
             their
             own
             making
             ,
             as
             made
             by
             their
             own
             Representatives
             .
             What
             they
             urge
             for
             their
             disobedience
             is
             so
             ludicrous
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             frequent
             and
             obvious
             confutation
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             a
             shame
             to
             insist
             upon
             them
             :
             But
             just
             to
             mention
             them
             ;
             as
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             
               That
               't
               is
               better
               to
               obey
               God
               than
               Man
            
             ;
             which
             in
             
             the
             form
             of
             an
             Objection
             ,
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             factious
             slander
             ,
             intimating
             ,
             as
             though
             our
             Rulers
             enjoined
             any
             thing
             in
             disobedience
             to
             God.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             A
             second
             thing
             urged
             for
             their
             disobedience
             ,
             is
             
             that
             of
             
               Christian
               Liberty
            
             :
             The
             same
             that
             the
             Gnosticks
             urged
             for
             their
             revolt
             from
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             used
             among
             the
             Jews
             as
             a
             Passport
             for
             
             fugitive
             Servants
             ,
             and
             a
             praetext
             to
             all
             Outrages
             and
             Rebellions
             ;
             and
             which
             the
             Gnosticks
             used
             to
             justifie
             their
             disobedience
             to
             Magistrates
             :
             Whereas
             indeed
             this
             Christian
             liberty
             is
             a
             quite
             contrary
             thing
             ,
             viz.
             a
             discharge
             from
             the
             necessity
             of
             observing
             the
             Mosaical
             Law
             ,
             and
             Rites
             of
             Judaism
             ,
             and
             a
             power
             
               in
               utramque
            
             to
             do
             or
             leave
             undone
             things
             not
             determined
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             but
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             commands
             of
             our
             Rulers
             ,
             as
             the
             ends
             of
             Society
             shall
             require
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Another
             thing
             they
             urge
             is
             
               Passive
               obedience
            
             ;
             
             an
             obsolete
             self-contradiction
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             taught
             the
             Rabble
             to
             vapour
             with
             ,
             but
             themselves
             are
             ashamed
             to
             own
             :
             as
             being
             no
             other
             kind
             of
             Plea
             than
             what
             Papists
             ,
             Thieves
             ,
             Murderers
             may
             use
             with
             the
             same
             reason
             as
             they
             ;
             the
             vilest
             Malefactors
             are
             passively
             obedient
             .
             So
             that
             since
             so
             leading
             a
             man
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             Baxter
             hath
             said
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Priscilianists
             ,
             Donatists
             ,
             Novatians
             ,
             
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             other
             Sects
             ,
             were
             kept
             up
             meerly
             by
             a
             pretence
             to
             more
             spirituality
             (
             Reformation
             ,
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             &c.
             )
             let
             the
             present
             
             Non-conformists
             exempt
             themselves
             ,
             by
             improving
             their
             religious
             pretences
             into
             religious
             realities
             ,
             loyalty
             ,
             charity
             ,
             meekness
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             our
             animosities
             and
             divisions
             will
             be
             quickly
             at
             an
             end
             .
             But
             notwithstanding
             these
             pretences
             to
             Reformation
             ,
             Religion
             and
             tenderness
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             yet
             are
             ,
          
        
         
           
             6.
             
             Sedition
             ,
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             Murders
             ,
             real
             Promoters
             of
             Presbytery
             .
          
           
             Of
             these
             I
             may
             truly
             say
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             Presbytery
             ,
             as
             the
             Aenigmatist
             said
             of
             Ice
             and
             Water
             ,
             
               
                 Mater
                 me
                 genuit
                 ,
                 eadem
                 mox
                 gignitur
                 ex
                 me
                 .
              
            
             Rebellion
             hath
             all
             along
             nurs'd
             up
             Presbytery
             ,
             and
             Presbytery
             hath
             tolerated
             and
             taught
             Rebellion
             .
             All
             History
             doth
             assure
             us
             ,
             that
             for
             this
             last
             hundred
             years
             there
             hath
             been
             no
             Sedition
             nor
             Rebellion
             ,
             no
             Tumult
             ,
             Treason
             ,
             or
             Massacre
             in
             all
             Europe
             ,
             but
             what
             hath
             been
             acted
             wholly
             ,
             or
             in
             part
             ,
             by
             Papist
             or
             Presbyterian
             ,
             as
             a
             means
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             propagating
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               This
               hath
               been
               their
               frequent
               Doctrine
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Their
               constant
               Practice
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             Their
             frequent
             Doctrine
             
               ab
               origine
               .
               Calvin
            
             in
             his
             Institutions
             (
             l.
             4.
             cap.
             10.
             )
             
               If
               there
               be
               any
               popular
               Magistrate
               ordained
               to
               moderate
               the
               licentiousness
               of
               Kings
               —
               so
               far
               am
               I
               from
               hindering
               them
               in
               restraining
               those
               Kings
               ,
               as
               their
               Office
               binds
               them
               ,
               that
               I
               conceive
               them
               rather
               to
               be
               guilty
               of
               a
               perfidious
               dissimulation
               ,
               if
               they
               connive
               at
               Kings
               if
               they
               play
               the
               Tyrants
               ;
               and
               wantonly
               insult
               over
               the
               common
               People
               :
               i.
               e.
            
             if
             the
             People
             do
             but
             judge
             their
             Kings
             to
             do
             so
             .
             And
             after
             him
             Beza
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Outlandish
             Church
             in
             
             
               England
               ,
               Ep.
               24.
               
               Si
               quis
               ,
               &c.
               If
               any
               man
               being
               lawfully
               invested
               with
               the
               Supreme
               Magistracy
               ,
               shall
               unjustly
               spoil
               or
               deprive
               his
               Subjects
               of
               their
               Rights
               and
               Priviledges
               ,
            
             (
             of
             which
             he
             makes
             the
             People
             Judge
             )
             
               —
               then
               the
               ordinary
               and
               inferiour
               Officers
               are
               to
               oppose
               themselves
               against
               him
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             It
             was
             the
             frequent
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Knox
               ,
               Buchanan
               ,
               Willock
            
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             (
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             their
             Writings
             )
             that
             
               if
               the
               King
               refuse
               to
               reform
               Religion
               ,
               (
               i.
               e.
            
             to
             set
             up
             Presbytery
             )
             
               then
               the
               Nobles
               may
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               refuse
               ,
               the
               common
               People
               must
               .
            
             The
             present
             Non
             conformists
             of
             England
             have
             taught
             ,
             
               that
               if
               the
               King
               raise
               War
               against
               the
               ParlJam
               .
               nt
               —
               the
               King
               may
               not
               onely
               be
               resisted
               ,
               but
               he
               ceases
               to
               be
               King
               ▪
            
             and
             much
             more
             to
             the
             same
             purpose
             :
             Mr.
             
             Baxter's
             
               Political
               Aphor.
               Thes.
            
             358.
             368.
             147.
             136.
             151.
             
             
               &
               passim
            
             .
             When
             King
             James
             in
             his
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Pref.
             advises
             his
             Son
             King
             
               Charles
               ,
               to
               take
               heed
               of
               those
               People
               called
               Puritans
               ,
               as
               the
               very
               Pest
               of
               the
               Church
               and
               Common-wealth
               ,
               whom
               no
               deserts
               can
               oblige
               ,
               nor
               oaths
               bind
               ,
               breathing
               nothing
               but
               Sedition
               and
               Calumnies
               ,
               aspiring
               without
               measure
               ,
               railing
               without
               reason
               ,
               and
               making
               their
               own
               imaginations
               the
               square
               of
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               protesting
               before
               the
               great
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               not
               find
               in
               any
            
             Highlander
             ,
             
               greater
               ingratitude
               ,
               more
               lies
               ,
               and
               viler
               perjuries
               ,
               than
               among
               those
               fanatical
               Spirits
               .
            
             We
             find
             the
             ground
             and
             reason
             of
             these
             words
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             be
             his
             observation
             of
             their
             frequent
             use
             in
             their
             very
             Sermons
             ,
             to
             preach
             ,
             that
             all
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             were
             naturally
             enemies
             to
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             could
             never
             patiently
             bear
             the
             Yoke
             of
             Christ
             ;
             thus
             seditiously
             endeavouring
             to
             steal
             away
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             People
             from
             their
             Soveraign
             .
             And
             in
             Queen
             Elizabeths
             time
             ,
             when
             Burchet
             stabb'd
             Hawkins
             a
             Sea-Captain
             ,
             thinking
             it
             had
             been
             the
             Lord
             Chancellour
             Hatton
             (
             because
             a
             zealous
             opposer
             of
             Presbytery
             )
             he
             
             declared
             (
             as
             the
             old
             Non-conformists
             the
             Donatists
             did
             before
             him
             )
             that
             it
             was
             lawful
             to
             assassinate
             any
             man
             that
             opposed
             their
             religious
             Principle
             or
             Practice
             .
             And
             as
             this
             was
             their
             Doctrine
             ,
             so
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             was
             their
             constant
             Practice
             :
             At
             the
             very
             first
             starting
             of
             Presbytery
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             1535.
             when
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Geneva
             would
             not
             admit
             of
             such
             alterations
             as
             Viret
             and
             Farellus
             ,
             with
             their
             Followers
             would
             have
             had
             ,
             they
             presently
             tumultuated
             ,
             drove
             the
             Bishop
             and
             Clergy
             out
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             set
             up
             Calvin
             ,
             altered
             the
             Government
             Ecclesiastical
             and
             Civil
             ,
             disclaimed
             all
             allegiance
             to
             their
             Duke
             and
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             standing
             on
             their
             liberty
             ,
             as
             a
             Free
             State
             ,
             governed
             the
             City
             by
             a
             Common-council
             of
             two
             hundred
             men
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             ,
             they
             chose
             four
             as
             Supreme
             ,
             whom
             they
             called
             Syndicks
             .
             And
             Presbytery
             having
             thus
             been
             first
             setled
             in
             Geneva
             by
             Rebellion
             ,
             was
             presently
             sent
             over
             into
             France
             ,
             where
             the
             Abettors
             of
             it
             ,
             supported
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Tholouse
             ,
             made
             its
             way
             by
             murdering
             Trincannel
             the
             Viscount
             ,
             and
             chief
             Governor
             of
             the
             City
             Beziers
             ,
             and
             dashing
             out
             the
             Bishops
             teeth
             .
             They
             set
             it
             up
             in
             the
             Low-Countries
             beginning
             at
             the
             City
             Embden
             (
             the
             principal
             City
             of
             the
             E.
             of
             Friesland
             )
             by
             renouncing
             all
             allegiance
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             taking
             up
             Arms
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             setting
             themselves
             inform
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             .
             Poltrot
             ,
             who
             being
             set
             on
             by
             Beza
             ,
             murdered
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             upon
             the
             Rack
             ,
             confest
             that
             he
             was
             promised
             great
             rewards
             by
             the
             Admiral
             ,
             and
             was
             assured
             by
             Beza
             ,
             that
             by
             taking
             out
             of
             the
             World
             such
             a
             persecuter
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             but
             exceedingly
             merit
             at
             the
             hands
             of
             God.
             In
             Scotland
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             removing
             the
             Popish
             Lords
             ,
             and
             promoting
             the
             Presbyterian
             Discipline
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Bothwel
             and
             his
             Complices
             raised
             Forces
             to
             depose
             and
             murder
             the
             King.
             And
             after
             that
             ,
             by
             the
             
             insinuation
             of
             fears
             and
             jealousies
             of
             the
             Kings
             aversness
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             his
             inclination
             to
             Popery
             ,
             and
             of
             subverting
             the
             Presbyterian
             Discipline
             ,
             the
             Gowries
             conspire
             to
             kill
             King
             James
             ;
             which
             Plot
             was
             so
             approved
             of
             by
             the
             Presbyterian
             Ministers
             of
             Edenburgh
             ,
             that
             they
             refused
             to
             give
             thanks
             for
             the
             King's
             deliverance
             ,
             when
             commanded
             by
             his
             Proclamation
             so
             to
             do
             .
             The
             murder
             of
             King
             Charles
             I.
             was
             first
             attempted
             by
             Poison
             and
             Pistol
             by
             Captain
             Rolph
             ,
             set
             on
             by
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             Army
             ,
             before
             they
             proceeded
             in
             those
             more
             gentle
             methods
             of
             disburthening
             him
             of
             his
             large
             Revenues
             ,
             easing
             him
             of
             the
             charge
             of
             Royal
             House-keeping
             ,
             clearing
             him
             of
             his
             stately
             Palaces
             ,
             putting
             him
             out
             of
             care
             of
             repairing
             his
             Armories
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             Ammunition
             and
             Artillery
             ,
             taking
             him
             off
             the
             charge
             of
             keeping
             his
             Wife
             ,
             Children
             ,
             and
             most
             trusty
             Servants
             ,
             easing
             him
             of
             a
             multitude
             of
             his
             best
             Subjects
             and
             Friends
             by
             charitable
             famishing
             and
             brotherly
             banishing
             ,
             liberal
             or
             free
             imprisoning
             ,
             and
             ParlJam
             .
             nt-plundering
             ,
             by
             friendly
             throat-cutting
             ,
             and
             unlawful
             beheading
             and
             hanging
             ;
             utterly
             ruinating
             as
             many
             as
             could
             be
             caught
             of
             those
             that
             loved
             ,
             served
             ,
             and
             honoured
             him
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             making
             him
             a
             glorious
             King
             ,
             by
             cutting
             him
             off
             with
             the
             Sword
             of
             Justice
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Gospel
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             before
             they
             proceeded
             in
             these
             gentle
             ,
             religious
             methods
             ,
             they
             first
             design'd
             his
             murder
             with
             Poison
             and
             Pistol
             by
             the
             aforenamed
             Captain
             Rolph
             set
             on
             by
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             Army
             :
             Sir
             
               Rich.
               Bakers
               Chron.
               p.
            
             585.
             
          
           
             Thus
             hath
             Presbytery
             all
             along
             like
             any
             
               Penthesilea
               furens
            
             ,
             been
             bred
             of
             bloud
             ,
             and
             fed
             of
             bloud
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             common
             History
             shews
             )
             was
             begot
             in
             Rebellion
             ,
             born
             in
             Sedition
             ,
             and
             nurs'd
             up
             in
             Faction
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             7.
             
             Aspersing
             Governours
             and
             Government
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             Head
             of
             Faction
             and
             Sedition
             may
             be
             reduced
             their
             frequent
             custom
             of
             aspersing
             ,
             and
             reproaching
             Governours
             and
             Government
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             a
             Rule
             in
             Politie
             ,
             
               Corruptio
               optimi
               est
               generatio
               pessimi
            
             ,
             so
             that
             when
             the
             Monarchical
             and
             Episcopal
             Government
             are
             rendered
             odious
             ,
             the
             Republican
             and
             Presbyterian
             must
             of
             course
             be
             hugg'd
             ,
             and
             endeavoured
             to
             be
             trump'd
             up
             :
             therefore
             hath
             it
             always
             been
             their
             restless
             endeavours
             to
             cast
             what
             odium
             they
             can
             upon
             the
             Government
             and
             Governours
             ,
             as
             Arbitrary
             ,
             Tyrannical
             ,
             and
             Popishly
             affected
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             Worship
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             Formal
             ,
             Superstitious
             ,
             and
             savouring
             of
             Popery
             ,
             because
             when
             once
             People
             are
             seduced
             to
             opinion
             thus
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             have
             plausible
             pretence
             to
             oppose
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             endeavour
             all
             they
             can
             ,
             an
             alteration
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             
             hath
             always
             been
             their
             practice
             (
             as
             the
             Apostle
             observes
             of
             the
             old
             Gnostick
             Schismaticks
             )
             to
             despise
             dominions
             ,
             and
             speak
             evil
             of
             things
             they
             know
             not
             ;
             and
             that
             loudest
             of
             all
             in
             their
             infamous
             Libellings
             .
             Though
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             teach
             ,
             
               that
               he
               that
               provokes
               the
               King
               to
               anger
               ,
               sinneth
               against
               his
               own
               soul
               ,
            
             Prov.
             20.
             2.
             
               and
               that
               none
               may
               say
               unto
               Kings
               ,
               ye
               are
               wicked
               ;
               or
               to
            
             
             
               Princes
               ,
               ye
               are
               ungodly
            
             .
             Though
             the
             Scriptures
             call
             it
             
               Blasphemy
               to
               speak
               reproachfully
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               by
            
             Moses
             '
             s
             
             
               Law
               ,
               it
               was
               death
               to
               disobey
               but
               an
               inferiour
               authority
               :
            
             
             yet
             in
             despight
             of
             these
             Laws
             of
             God
             ,
             Nature
             ,
             and
             Nations
             ,
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             ever
             was
             their
             constant
             practice
             ,
             by
             insolent
             and
             treasonable
             discourses
             ,
             by
             impudent
             and
             seditious
             libellings
             to
             cast
             what
             odium
             they
             can
             upon
             the
             Government
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             is
             very
             conducible
             to
             the
             pulling
             of
             it
             down
             .
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             they
             
             compared
             to
             an
             idle
             dirty
             Slut
             ,
             who
             swept
             the
             middle
             
             of
             the
             room
             ,
             but
             left
             the
             dirt
             behind
             the
             door
             ,
             because
             she
             would
             not
             (
             for
             their
             Innovations
             sake
             )
             sweep
             all
             Decency
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             For
             the
             same
             reason
             they
             called
             K.
             James
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             deadly
             Enemy
             
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             And
             it
             was
             his
             frequent
             observation
             ,
             
             that
             in
             their
             Sermons
             they
             used
             to
             teach
             ,
             that
             all
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             were
             naturally
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Churches
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             could
             never
             patiently
             bear
             the
             Yoak
             of
             Christ.
             And
             in
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             's
             time
             ,
             (
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             their
             Sermons
             before
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             )
             they
             kept
             in
             constant
             pay
             
               Mercurius
               Britannicus
            
             ,
             and
             other
             scandalous
             Writers
             ,
             by
             their
             horrid
             Libels
             to
             defame
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             as
             their
             word
             of
             advice
             was
             ,
             to
             blacken
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             enrage
             the
             People
             against
             him
             .
             And
             t'other
             day
             Fitzharris
             in
             his
             Depositions
             before
             Sir
             
               George
               Trebee
            
             (
             as
             I
             remember
             )
             and
             others
             ,
             says
             ,
             that
             Father
             Patrick
             the
             Jesuite
             desired
             him
             to
             send
             him
             over
             into
             Ireland
             all
             the
             Libels
             that
             came
             out
             in
             London
             ,
             telling
             him
             ,
             that
             libelling
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Government
             ,
             was
             a
             thing
             necessary
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             distaste
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             him
             and
             the
             People
             jealous
             of
             each
             other
             .
             And
             accordingly
             hath
             been
             their
             practice
             ;
             as
             appears
             by
             their
             late
             
               Letter
               of
               Advice
               for
               Election
               of
               ParlJam
               .
               nt
               ;
               their
               Appeal
               from
               the
               Country
               to
               the
               City
               ;
               the
               Nations
               Aggrievance
               ,
            
             and
             many
             the
             like
             venomous
             Libels
             ,
             which
             send
             forth
             such
             poisonous
             evulsions
             and
             belchings
             of
             Fanaticism
             ,
             as
             are
             enough
             to
             turn
             the
             very
             heart
             and
             stomach
             of
             any
             that
             hath
             but
             the
             least
             sense
             or
             savour
             of
             Loyalty
             in
             him
             .
             And
             yet
             how
             much
             these
             contribute
             to
             the
             encouragement
             and
             increase
             of
             their
             Interest
             and
             Party
             ,
             may
             be
             partly
             seen
             by
             that
             pleasant
             eagerness
             ,
             and
             jocond
             titillation
             ,
             wherewith
             they
             entertain
             and
             read
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             7.
             
             Their
             boast
             of
             their
             number
             and
             strength
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             always
             been
             their
             practice
             to
             endeavour
             the
             increase
             of
             their
             Party
             by
             boasting
             of
             their
             increase
             .
             When
             they
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             proceed
             in
             their
             Innovations
             in
             the
             Year
             1585.
             
             Penry
             advised
             it
             as
             an
             expedient
             to
             terrifie
             the
             State
             into
             a
             compliance
             with
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             present
             themselves
             to
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             with
             a
             Petition
             subscribed
             by
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             hands
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             nothing
             more
             alarmed
             the
             Queen
             ,
             no
             not
             the
             
               Spanish
               Armado
            
             ,
             than
             the
             report
             of
             their
             strength
             and
             number
             ,
             published
             in
             a
             Book
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Humble
               Motion
            
             ,
             in
             which
             it
             was
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             thousands
             did
             sigh
             for
             the
             Holy
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousands
             had
             sought
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             most
             worthy
             men
             of
             every
             Shire
             had
             consented
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Eldership
             was
             at
             hand
             ,
             that
             all
             People
             were
             inflamed
             with
             a
             zeal
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             hard
             ,
             dangerous
             ,
             nay
             impossible
             to
             stand
             against
             it
             .
             The
             very
             first
             thing
             they
             offered
             at
             in
             King
             
             James's
             time
             ,
             (
             soon
             after
             his
             coming
             to
             the
             Crown
             )
             was
             to
             present
             a
             Petition
             to
             him
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Ministers
             of
             England
             ,
             desiring
             reformation
             of
             sundry
             Ceremonies
             and
             abuses
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             it
             was
             given
             out
             to
             be
             subscribed
             by
             a
             thousand
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             therefore
             called
             the
             
               Millenary
               Petition
            
             ,
             which
             when
             't
             was
             examined
             ,
             wanted
             several
             hundreds
             of
             the
             number
             .
             Of
             the
             same
             kind
             was
             that
             of
             
               B.
               H's
               True
               Prot.
               Intelligence
            
             ,
             who
             lately
             printed
             an
             Address
             from
             the
             City
             of
             Colchester
             ,
             subscribed
             by
             a
             great
             number
             of
             hands
             ;
             which
             Address
             was
             never
             seen
             ,
             nor
             presented
             by
             any
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Colchester
             ,
             as
             was
             made
             appear
             by
             an
             Instrument
             under
             the
             Town-Clerks
             hand
             .
             The
             Appeal
             from
             the
             Country
             to
             the
             City
             says
             ,
             that
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             is
             too
             powerful
             for
             any
             Prince
             ,
             that
             governs
             not
             by
             the
             love
             
             of
             his
             People
             .
             A
             man
             can
             scarce
             come
             into
             any
             of
             their
             company
             ,
             but
             he
             shall
             hear
             them
             with
             this
             kind
             of
             boast
             ,
             flattering
             themselves
             ,
             deluding
             others
             ,
             and
             belying
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             .
             Now
             whether
             the
             design
             of
             this
             be
             to
             encourage
             the
             People
             in
             a
             Rebellion
             ,
             if
             opportunity
             should
             serve
             ,
             or
             whether
             it
             be
             meerly
             to
             intimidate
             the
             Rulers
             into
             a
             compliance
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             a
             suspension
             of
             the
             poenal
             Laws
             .
             Certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             this
             kind
             of
             boast
             of
             their
             number
             and
             strength
             ,
             and
             what
             a
             considerable
             Party
             they
             are
             ,
             is
             one
             frequent
             way
             they
             have
             ,
             and
             of
             very
             proper
             tendency
             to
             encourage
             their
             Followers
             in
             Schism
             and
             Faction
             ,
             and
             to
             increase
             their
             Party
             .
             But
             as
             the
             design
             of
             it
             speaks
             Rebellion
             ,
             so
             doth
             its
             falsity
             shew
             the
             Cheat.
             
          
        
         
           
             CONCLUSION
             .
          
           
             Now
             upon
             review
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             it
             will
             appear
             to
             any
             ,
             not
             blinded
             with
             prejudice
             ,
             or
             hardened
             in
             Faction
             ;
          
           
             That
             Toleration
             of
             Church-Dissenters
             was
             never
             hitherto
             the
             way
             to
             Church-Union
             ;
             but
             that
             Toleration
             and
             Separation
             are
             as
             inseparable
             in
             themselves
             ,
             as
             intollerable
             in
             their
             effects
             ,
             which
             are
             constantly
             such
             as
             these
             ,
             Schism
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             Sedition
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             Disorder
             ,
             Distraction
             ,
             and
             Confusion
             in
             both
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Grindallizers
             and
             Half-Conformists
             threaten
             little
             less
             to
             the
             danger
             and
             dishonour
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             than
             the
             open
             and
             profest
             Non-conformists
             ,
             that
             their
             great
             familiarity
             and
             intimacy
             with
             ,
             their
             complying
             and
             conniving
             at
             ,
             and
             (
             instead
             of
             zealous
             ,
             prudent
             opposition
             )
             their
             halting
             and
             sneaking
             to
             them
             ,
             is
             that
             ,
             which
             cannot
             but
             work
             in
             People
             a
             love
             and
             liking
             to
             their
             persons
             and
             their
             ways
             ;
             and
             so
             by
             their
             treachery
             within
             the
             Pale
             ,
             like
             Moles
             ,
             undermine
             
             the
             Foundation
             ,
             when
             the
             other
             ,
             like
             Wolves
             and
             Foxes
             ,
             can
             but
             howl
             and
             foam
             without
             ,
             the
             Mound
             and
             Fence
             of
             the
             Church
             being
             strong
             enough
             against
             them
             .
             And
             that
             therefore
             the
             Eye
             of
             Government
             had
             need
             be
             watchful
             over
             these
             Half-Conformists
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             over
             the
             professed
             Non-conformists
             .
          
           
             That
             notwithstanding
             Non-conformists
             noise
             about
             Popery
             ,
             they
             are
             far
             more
             conformable
             to
             Papists
             than
             the
             Conformists
             are
             ,
             in
             principle
             and
             practice
             both
             ;
             that
             in
             things
             relating
             to
             Monarchy
             ,
             they
             are
             meerly
             be-jesuited
             ,
             and
             Popishly
             agent
             in
             weakening
             the
             Cause
             and
             Interest
             of
             Protestantism
             several
             ways
             ,
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             shewn
             )
             and
             that
             by
             their
             extravagant
             zeal
             ,
             their
             irregular
             ,
             disloyal
             ,
             and
             irreligious
             pretences
             against
             Popery
             ,
             they
             design
             something
             more
             ;
             since
             common
             History
             makes
             evident
             ,
             that
             Presbytery
             was
             never
             promoted
             any
             where
             ,
             but
             under
             pretence
             of
             pulling
             down
             Popery
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             obvious
             from
             the
             afore-mentioned
             Instances
             of
             their
             former
             Reformation
             ,
             how
             dangerous
             is
             all
             superperfluous
             Innovations
             ,
             unnecessary
             alterations
             ,
             and
             but
             pretended
             Reformation
             in
             matters
             of
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
           
             That
             so
             far
             as
             the
             Laws
             permit
             ,
             they
             are
             still
             hunting
             upon
             the
             same
             File
             ,
             treading
             in
             the
             same
             steps
             as
             those
             in
             Forty
             one
             ,
             since
             the
             pretences
             and
             practices
             of
             both
             are
             so
             very
             self-agreeable
             ;
             and
             since
             the
             best
             of
             History
             assures
             us
             ,
             that
             Discontent
             and
             Ambition
             ,
             Faction
             and
             Sedition
             ,
             Libelling
             and
             Tumultuating
             have
             been
             the
             ordinary
             promoting
             causes
             of
             their
             Interest
             and
             Cause
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Non-conformists
             will
             never
             make
             good
             appeals
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             their
             claim
             and
             pretensions
             to
             Sanctity
             above
             others
             ,
             till
             putting
             away
             the
             Diabolism
             of
             their
             false
             accusations
             and
             slanderings
             ,
             their
             
             spiritual
             pride
             and
             malice
             ,
             they
             become
             more
             humble
             and
             charitable
             in
             their
             judgments
             ,
             more
             meek
             and
             loyal
             in
             their
             behaviour
             and
             discourses
             ,
             submitting
             themselves
             to
             those
             that
             have
             the
             rule
             over
             them
             ,
             bewailing
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             publishing
             to
             the
             World
             their
             Repentance
             for
             what
             they
             have
             contributed
             to
             the
             present
             sad
             Separation
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             hinders
             the
             success
             of
             a
             learned
             ,
             orthodox
             ,
             and
             able
             Ministry
             ,
             encourages
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             multiplies
             other
             Sects
             ,
             scandalizes
             the
             Weak
             ,
             hardens
             the
             Infidel
             and
             wicked
             into
             a
             scorn
             and
             contempt
             of
             Religion
             it self
             ,
             exasperates
             Rulers
             ,
             tends
             to
             Sedition
             and
             Faction
             ,
             weakens
             the
             Church
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             causes
             such
             envy
             and
             wrath
             ,
             hatred
             and
             contentions
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Apostle
             speaks
             )
             such
             biting
             and
             devouring
             one
             another
             ,
             as
             is
             like
             enough
             to
             end
             
             in
             being
             consumed
             one
             of
             another
             .
             Since
             the
             present
             state
             of
             things
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             either
             these
             things
             must
             be
             put
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             Non-conformists
             must
             take
             the
             shame
             thereof
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             and
             vindicate
             the
             honour
             of
             Religion
             by
             a
             full
             and
             free
             acknowledgment
             to
             the
             World
             of
             their
             pernicious
             errours
             in
             the
             present
             Separation
             .
             What
             men
             fearing
             God
             ,
             would
             dare
             to
             justifie
             a
             Separation
             which
             hath
             so
             deplorable
             and
             dismal
             tendencies
             ,
             as
             afore-mentioned
             .
          
           
             Their
             laying
             the
             Separation
             at
             our
             doors
             ,
             and
             charging
             it
             upon
             the
             King
             and
             ParlJam
             .
             nt
             ,
             in
             causing
             such
             impositions
             as
             they
             cannot
             in
             conscience
             submit
             to
             ,
             hath
             been
             sufficiently
             proved
             to
             be
             delusory
             ,
             impudent
             and
             false
             ,
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             beyond
             Seas
             ,
             (
             as
             well
             as
             by
             our
             English
             Divines
             )
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             
               French
               History
               of
               Presbytery
            
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Letters
               appendiced
               to
               Dr.
            
             Stillingfleets
             
               Separation
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             And
             if
             they
             have
             any
             mind
             to
             lay
             down
             their
             Schismatical
             doings
             ,
             to
             leave
             the
             Conventicle
             ,
             
             and
             to
             come
             into
             the
             Pale
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             bringing
             their
             Flocks
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             there
             behave
             themselves
             as
             the
             Disciples
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Sons
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             sound
             and
             sincere
             in
             their
             Conformity
             ,
             peaceable
             and
             loyal
             in
             their
             behaviour
             ;
             if
             so
             ,
             behold
             ,
             the
             sweet
             severity
             and
             prudent
             goodness
             of
             our
             Rulers
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             chusing
             this
             very
             crisis
             of
             time
             to
             execute
             the
             Laws
             against
             them
             ,
             when
             that
             which
             they
             call
             the
             great
             Mountain
             in
             their
             way
             is
             removed
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             the
             obligation
             to
             renounce
             the
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ceases
             ,
             )
             which
             they
             cannot
             but
             look
             on
             as
             their
             Rulers
             gentle
             driving
             through
             that
             gap
             ,
             which
             *
             this
             28.
             of
             March
             opens
             to
             them
             .
             But
             if
             this
             severity
             of
             Rulers
             will
             not
             drive
             them
             ,
             let
             the
             examples
             of
             their
             Predecessors
             (
             the
             learnedst
             of
             them
             )
             lead
             them
             .
             Beza
             himself
             ,
             when
             Archbishop
             Whitgift
             in
             a
             long
             and
             learned
             Letter
             laid
             before
             him
             the
             deplorable
             rupture
             which
             ,
             not
             without
             his
             concurrence
             ,
             had
             been
             made
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             he
             justified
             the
             Church
             in
             her
             whole
             proceedings
             ,
             so
             clearly
             ,
             that
             Beza
             confest
             himself
             conquered
             ,
             and
             thence-forward
             never
             breathed
             any
             thing
             but
             Peace
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             respect
             to
             that
             Reverend
             Prelate
             .
             Cartwright
             after
             all
             his
             clamours
             
             and
             tumultuous
             proceedings
             against
             Conformity
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             to
             what
             sad
             ends
             he
             brought
             some
             of
             his
             Followers
             ,
             
               Barrow
               ,
               Penry
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             with
             what
             horrible
             confusions
             he
             had
             disturbed
             the
             Church
             ,
             he
             was
             at
             last
             content
             to
             conform
             ;
             he
             confessed
             that
             there
             was
             more
             Discipline
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             than
             in
             any
             of
             those
             Churches
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ;
             (
             therefore
             more
             than
             in
             Geneva
             ,
             and
             other
             transmarine
             parts
             in
             which
             he
             lived
             ,
             where
             Presbytery
             was
             .
             )
             After
             some
             time
             of
             imprisonment
             ,
             the
             Archbishop
             procured
             his
             enlargement
             ,
             which
             he
             accepted
             ,
             promising
             never
             to
             write
             ,
             preach
             ,
             or
             act
             in
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             disturbance
             of
             the
             
             Church
             ,
             either
             in
             reference
             to
             its
             Government
             or
             Forms
             of
             Worship
             .
             Henderson
             that
             greatest
             Champion
             for
             Presbytery
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             was
             so
             confuted
             by
             King
             Charles
             I.
             in
             a
             dispute
             about
             Church-Government
             ,
             
             and
             so
             confounded
             with
             shame
             and
             grief
             ,
             at
             the
             Kings
             Answers
             to
             his
             Cavils
             ,
             that
             he
             fell
             into
             a
             desperate
             melancholy
             and
             sickness
             ,
             which
             soon
             brought
             him
             to
             his
             Grave
             ,
             professing
             (
             says
             that
             learned
             Historian
             )
             that
             he
             died
             a
             Convert
             ,
             frequently
             extolling
             those
             great
             abilities
             ,
             which
             he
             declared
             to
             be
             in
             his
             Majesty
             .
             And
             t'other
             day
             
               Lewis
               Du-Moulin
            
             after
             he
             had
             written
             his
             
               Several
               advances
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             
               towards
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             and
             done
             all
             he
             could
             against
             Conformity
             ,
             at
             last
             repents
             and
             recants
             ,
             acknowledging
             
             his
             errours
             .
             And
             now
             Mr.
             
             Baxter's
             turn
             is
             next
             ,
             if
             it
             please
             God
             to
             hear
             and
             answer
             that
             good
             Prayer
             of
             his
             for
             himself
             ,
             in
             his
             Cure
             of
             Church-division
             :
             
               Lord
               hide
               not
               from
               me
               my
               miscarriages
               ,
               and
               suffer
            
             
             
               me
               not
               to
               take
               any
               sin
               that
               I
               have
               committed
               ,
               to
               be
               my
               innocency
               ,
               or
               duty
               ,
               lest
               I
               should
               dare
               to
               father
               sin
               on
               God
               ,
               and
               lest
               I
               should
               live
               and
               die
               without
               repentance
               ,
               and
               lest
               I
               should
               be
               one
               that
               continueth
               judgments
               and
               dangers
               to
               the
               Land.
               
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47911-e140
           
             Val.
             Max.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A47911-e330
           
             How
             Presbytery
             first
             got
             footing
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             Cambdens
             Eliz.
             
          
           
             Aer
             .
             Red.
             l.
             11.
             n.
             1.
             
          
           
             Conf.
             at
             Hampton-Court
             .
             p.
             85.
             
          
           
             *
             August
             .
             Vincentio
             Ep.
             48.
             
             Bonifacio
             Ep.
             68.
             
             Ceciliano
             Ep.
             166.
             
             Ep.
             ad
             Dona.
             
          
           
             ⸫
             Ep.
             48.
             l.
             5.
             
          
           
             August
             .
             Ep.
             166.
             
             L.
             G.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
             .
          
           
             Crescit
             indulgens
             sibi
             diru●
             hydrops
             .
             Hor.
             
          
           
             Plea
             for
             Peace
             ,
             Preface
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             King
             forbids
             none
             preaching
             ,
             only
             regulates
             preaching
             .
          
           
             ⸫
             Jam.
             1.
             8.
             
             Jam.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             Camd.
             Eliz.
             A●r.
             Red.
             
          
           
             H.
             Common-wealth
             .
             Pref.
             
          
           
             Bellarm
             de
             Pontif.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Call
             before
             the
             ParlJam
             .
             Dec.
             25
             1644.
             
             Pol.
             Apho.
             Thes.
             358.
             with
             368.
             
          
           
             Buchan
             .
             de
             jure
             Reg.
             p.
             70.
             
          
           
             Zion's
             Plea.
             
          
           
             Serm.
             at
             Uxbridge
             Treaty
             
          
           
             French
             Hist.
             of
             Presbyt
             .
             p
             88.
             
          
           
             French
             Hist.
             of
             Presbyt
             .
             p.
             88
             ,
             89.
             
          
           
             Mach.
             Rediv.
             p.
             71.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             Pref.
             to
             his
             Serm.
             §.
             17.
             
          
           
             Pref.
             to
             his
             Serm.
             §.
             18.
             
          
           
             Pol.
             Aph.
             
          
           
             Fuller
             .
          
           
             Seasonable
             Address
             to
             the
             Parl.
             p.
             8.
             
          
           
             Cambd.
             Eliz.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             3.
             cap.
             16.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Hammond
             observes
             that
             that
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             from
             whence
             the
             first
             Non-conformists
             ,
             the
             Gnosticks
             ,
             had
             their
             names
             ,
             signifies
             such
             a
             knowledge
             as
             was
             the
             interpreting
             the
             mysteries
             of
             the
             Scripture
             after
             their
             own
             fansie
             ,
             (
             erroneously
             .
             )
             Annot.
             on
             the
             N.
             Test.
             Postscript
             concerning
             New-light
             ,
             p.
             12.
             lin
             .
             6.
             preliminary
             to
             Matthew
             .
          
           
             *
             This
             Translation
             was
             made
             about
             the
             time
             that
             Cartwright
             (
             who
             had
             a
             hand
             in
             it
             )
             was
             denied
             his
             Doctors
             Degree
             ,
             and
             driven
             out
             of
             Cambridge
             by
             Doctor
             Whitgift
             then
             Vicechancellor
             .
          
           
             *
             Last
             Chap.
             Ver.
             18.
             
          
           
             †
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Chron.
             23.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             30.
             5.
             
          
           
             V.
             17.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Baker
            
             Chron.
             p.
             359.
             
          
           
             Instit.
             l.
             4.
             cap.
             10.
             
             §.
             30.
             
          
           
             Barkley's
             Paraenesis
             ad
             Scotos
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             ult
             .
             
               Reasons
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
            
             .
          
           
             Jude
             8.
             9
             ,
             11
             This
             description
             the
             Apostle
             gives
             of
             the
             Gnosticks
             ,
             to
             prove
             them
             Seducers
             .
          
           
             Catho
             .
             Theol.
             Pref.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             48.
             
             Ep.
             166.
             
             17●
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             c.
             27.
             
          
           
             Calamy
             Serm.
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             .
          
           
             Marshall
             .
          
           
             *
             Cartwright
             the
             great
             opposer
             of
             Kneeling
             at
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             died
             of
             a
             Disease
             that
             for
             a
             considerable
             time
             before
             his
             death
             ,
             yielded
             him
             no
             rest
             or
             ease
             in
             any
             other
             gesture
             but
             upon
             his
             Knees
             ,
             who
             had
             so
             bitterly
             inveighed
             against
             those
             ,
             who
             in
             that
             reverend
             and
             religious
             posture
             received
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             
               Aer
               .
               Red.
            
             
          
           
             Aër
             Red.
             l.
             13.
             
          
           
             *
             Not
             that
             eminently
             loyal
             Sandys
             of
             Worcestershire
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             within
             three
             Weeks
             after
             ,
             was
             killed
             at
             Worcester
             fight
             in
             Pewick
             Field
             .
          
           
             The
             very
             Heathens
             made
             it
             Treason
             not
             onely
             to
             assassinate
             ,
             but
             to
             offer
             to
             punish
             their
             Prince
             ,
             but
             in
             Effigie
             ,
             
               Salust
               .
               Bell.
               Jugurth
            
             .
             What
             is
             it
             then
             for
             Christians
             to
             —
             God
             their
             Saviour
             in
             Effigie
             .
          
           
             Serm.
             before
             the
             Parl.
             1644.
             
          
           
             First
             Plea
             for
             Peace
             .
          
           
             *
             Set
             forth
             by
             Mr.
             
               Rob.
               Ram
            
             Minister
             .
          
           
             Cap.
             20.
             
          
           
             First
             Plea
             for
             Peace
             .
          
           
             *
             Dr.
             Hammond
             Annot.
             on
             the
             N.
             T.
             pag.
             preliminary
             to
             the
             Romans
             .
          
           
             Disobedience
             to
             an
             inferiour
             Authority
             among
             the
             Jews
             was
             to
             be
             punished
             with
             death
             ,
             Deut.
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             Obj.
             
          
           
             Obj.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Hammond's
             Annot.
             on
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             3.
             1
             
             Pet.
             2.
             26.
             
             Gal.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Obj.
             
          
           
             Cath.
             Theol.
             Praef.
             
          
           
             According
             to
             their
             Sol.
             Leag
             .
             and
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             Job
             .
             34.
             18.
             
          
           
             I
             King.
             21.
             10.
             
          
           
             Deut
             17.
             12.
             
          
           
             Aë
             .
             Red.
             
          
           
             Alt.
             Damas.
             Pref.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             March
             28.
             1682.
             the
             renouncing
             of
             the
             Covenant
             is
             not
             injoined
             .
             See
             the
             Act
             of
             Uniformity
             .
             History
             of
             Presbytery
             ,
             l.
             9.
             n.
             34.
             
          
           
             History
             of
             Presbytery
             ,
             l.
             9.
             n.
             30.
             33.
             35.
             
          
           
             Hist.
             of
             Presbytery
             p.
             77.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Stillingfleet
             ,
             Pres.
             to
             the
             Unreasonableness
             of
             Separation
             .
          
           
             P.
             251.