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           Love
           and
           Truth
           :
           IN
           Two
           modest
           and
           peaceable
           LETTERS
           .
           CONCERNING
           The
           distempers
           of
           the
           present
           Times
           .
        
         
           WRITTEN
           From
           a
           quiet
           and
           Conformable
           
             Citizen
          
           of
           LONDON
           ,
           to
           two
           busie
           and
           Factious
           
             Shop-keepers
          
           in
           CONVENTRY
           .
        
         
           1
           Pet.
           4.
           15.
           
        
         
           But
           let
           none
           of
           you
           suffer
           as
           a
           busie-body
           in
           other
           mens
           matters
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             C.
          
           for
           
             H●nry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           St.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           .
           1680.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           
             Mr.
          
           HENRY
           BROME
           
             in
             St.
          
           Paul's
           
             Churchyard
             ,
          
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Here
           send
           you
           two
           Letters
           ,
           (
           the
           first
           writ
           in
           the
           year
           1667.
           )
           both
           writ
           by
           a
           prudent
           and
           Conformable
           quiet
           Citizen
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           to
           two
           Brothers
           ,
           that
           now
           are
           ,
           or
           were
           zealous
           ,
           and
           busie
           Shop-keepers
           in
           
             Conventry
             ;
          
           to
           which
           place
           I
           came
           lately
           ;
           and
           by
           accident
           met
           with
           a
           grave
           Divine
           ,
           who
           commended
           them
           to
           my
           reading
           :
           And
           having
           done
           what
           he
           desired
           ;
           I
           thought
           them
           to
           speak
           so
           much
           real
           truth
           ,
           and
           clear
           reason
           ,
           and
           both
           so
           lovingly
           and
           so
           plainly
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           them
           worth
           my
           transcribing
           ;
           and
           now
           ,
           upon
           second
           thoughts
           ,
           think
           them
           worth
           Printing
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           unbeguiling
           many
           
           men
           that
           mean
           well
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           been
           too
           busie
           in
           medling
           ,
           and
           decrying
           things
           they
           understand
           not
           .
           Pray
           ,
           get
           them
           to
           be
           read
           by
           some
           person
           of
           honesty
           and
           judgment
           :
           And
           if
           he
           shall
           think
           as
           I
           do
           ,
           then
           let
           them
           be
           Printed
           ;
           for
           I
           hope
           they
           may
           turn
           somewhat
           to
           your
           own
           profit
           ,
           but
           mnch
           more
           to
           the
           benefit
           of
           any
           Reader
           that
           has
           been
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           is
           willing
           to
           be
           unbeguiled
           .
        
         
           
             May
             29.
             1680.
             
          
           
             God
             keep
             you
             Sir
             ,
             Your
             Friend
             .
          
           
             N.
             N.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           FIRST
           LETTER
           CONCERNING
           COMPREHENSION
           ,
           Written
           1667.
           
        
         
           
             Good
             Consin
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           sorry
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliaments
           casting
           out
           the
           
             Bill
             of
             Comprehension
          
           should
           so
           much
           concern
           you
           as
           to
           put
           you
           into
           such
           a
           passion
           as
           you
           exprest
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           me
           ,
           at
           our
           last
           nights
           meeting
           .
           Sure
           the
           Company
           you
           now
           converse
           with
           ,
           and
           the
           strange
           Principles
           with
           which
           they
           have
           now
           possest
           you
           ,
           have
           alter'd
           your
           nature
           ,
           pue
           turn'd
           your
           former
           reason
           into
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           unbelief
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           believed
           what
           I
           did
           so
           seriously
           affirm
           to
           be
           a
           known
           truth
           :
           namely
           ,
           
             I
             bat
             this
             Age
             is
             not
             more
             severe
             against
             the
             disturbers
             of
             the
             settled
             Peace
             and
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             than
             they
             were
             in
             the
             very
             happy
             days
             of
             our
             late
             and
             Good
             Queen
             Elizabeth
          
           Some
           of
           the
           Reasons
           why
           I
           said
           so
           I
           do
           with
           very
           much
           affection
           tender
           to
           your
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           Censure
           too
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           the
           last
           may
           be
           the
           more
           charitable
           ,
           and
           you
           not
           apt
           to
           make
           the
           errours
           or
           failings
           of
           your
           Governours
           ,
           seem
           more
           or
           greater
           than
           indeed
           they
           are
           ;
           let
           me
           intreat
           that
           you
           remember
           what
           I
           have
           very
           often
           said
           to
           you
           ;
           namely
           ,
           
             That
             malicious
             men
          
           (
           of
           whom
           really
           I
           
           do
           not
           take
           you
           to
           be
           one
           )
           
             are
             the
             best
             Accusers
             ,
             and
             the
             worst
             Judges
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           I
           fear
           it
           would
           prove
           to
           be
           a
           very
           bitter
           truth
           ,
           if
           some
           did
           attain
           that
           power
           which
           too
           many
           labour
           for
           in
           these
           days
           ,
           in
           which
           
             Schism
          
           and
           
             Sedition
          
           are
           taken
           to
           be
           no
           sins
           ;
           even
           by
           men
           who
           pretend
           a
           tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           in
           much
           smaller
           matters
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           keep
           some
           order
           ,
           and
           you
           be
           the
           better
           satisfied
           in
           what
           I
           intend
           in
           this
           Letter
           ;
           I
           earnestly
           intreat
           that
           you
           will
           at
           your
           next
           leisure
           read
           in
           Mr.
           
             Cambdens
          
           true
           History
           of
           the
           Life
           and
           Reign
           of
           our
           Good
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ;
          
           in
           which
           you
           may
           find
           ,
           what
           care
           was
           then
           taken
           to
           prevent
           Schism
           ,
           and
           the
           sad
           confusion
           that
           attends
           it
           ;
           and
           ,
           how
           the
           Contrivers
           of
           Libels
           ,
           and
           dispersers
           of
           them
           ,
           have
           been
           severely
           punish
           ;
           many
           of
           them
           even
           to
           death
           ;
           as
           namely
           ,
           
             Henry
             Barrow
             ,
          
           and
           many
           of
           his
           Sectaries
           for
           disturbing
           the
           publick
           peace
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
             by
             scattering
             abroad
             their
             monsterous
             Opinions
             ;
          
           as
           also
           ,
           for
           affirming
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           to
           be
           no
           true
           Church
           ;
           and
           the
           like
           :
           Which
           you
           may
           find
           written
           by
           the
           said
           Mr.
           
             Cambden
          
           in
           the
           thirty-sixth
           year
           of
           that
           Good
           Queens
           Reign
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           I
           commend
           more
           especially
           to
           your
           Consideration
           ,
           the
           story
           and
           sad
           death
           of
           
             Hacket
             ,
          
           and
           his
           Adherents
           ;
           as
           namely
           ,
           of
           
             Wigirton
             ,
             Arthington
             ,
          
           and
           
             Copinger
             ,
          
           all
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           of
           one
           Sect
           and
           Brotherhood
           :
           But
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           do
           most
           seriously
           commend
           to
           your
           Consideration
           the
           beginning
           and
           death
           of
           the
           said
           
             Hacket
             ;
          
           who
           was
           first
           a
           pretender
           to
           a
           tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           but
           a
           Schismatick
           ;
           and
           stopt
           not
           there
           ,
           but
           became
           by
           degrees
           ,
           so
           fully
           possest
           by
           the
           evil
           spirit
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           pride
           and
           opposition
           ,
           that
           he
           publickly
           reviled
           the
           Queen
           ,
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           Chanceilour
           ;
           and
           being
           transported
           with
           a
           furious
           Zeal
           did
           at
           last
           become
           from
           a
           Schismatick
           to
           be
           so
           infamous
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           condemned
           to
           death
           for
           his
           abominable
           Errors
           ;
           
             at
             which
             time
             he
             reviled
             and
             curs'd
             his
             Judges
             ;
             and
             died
             blaspheming
             and
             reproaching
             his
             Creator
             :
          
           This
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           Thirty-fourth
           year
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           written
           by
           honest
           learned
           Mr.
           
             Cambden
             ,
          
           who
           concludes
           this
           sad
           story
           of
           
             Hachet
          
           with
           this
           observation
           ,
           
             Thus
             doth
             the
             enemy
             of
             Mankind
             bewitch
             those
             men
             whom
             he
             seeth
             are
             not
             concent
             to
             he
             wise
             unto
             sobriety
             .
          
           These
           stories
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           too
           many
           like
           them
           ,
           you
           may
           find
           in
           
           Mr.
           
             Cambdens
          
           History
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ;
          
           and
           you
           may
           find
           the
           like
           in
           Bishop
           
             Spotswoods
          
           History
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           and
           also
           find
           the
           like
           in
           Mr.
           
             Fullers
          
           History
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Great
             Frittain
             ;
          
           in
           which
           you
           may
           observe
           what
           labour
           hath
           been
           used
           by
           the
           discontented
           Non-conformists
           to
           unsettle
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           of
           the
           State
           ;
           and
           may
           there
           also
           find
           ,
           how
           severely
           many
           of
           them
           have
           been
           punished
           :
           So
           that
           you
           need
           not
           wonder
           at
           what
           ;
           said
           last
           night
           ;
           nor
           think
           
             these
             the
             only
             times
             of
             persecuting
             men
             of
             tender
             Consciences
             .
          
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           better
           confirmation
           of
           what
           I
           now
           write
           ,
           I
           will
           refer
           you
           to
           one
           testimony
           more
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           our
           late
           peaceful
           King
           
             James
             :
          
           Which
           testimony
           you
           may
           view
           in
           the
           second
           Volume
           of
           the
           Reports
           of
           Judge
           
             Crook
             ,
          
           a
           man
           very
           learned
           in
           the
           Law.
           But
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           tell
           you
           the
           occasion
           of
           that
           Report
           ,
           which
           was
           this
           ,
           
             The
             Non-conformists
             (
             which
             are
             in
             that
             Report
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Puritans
            
             )
             had
             given
             out
             that
             
               the
               King
               had
               an
               intent
               to
               set
               up
               or
               give
               a
               Toleration
               to
               Popery
               ;
            
             and
             ,
             they
             had
             also
             compos'd
             a
             large
             Petition
             complaining
             of
             the
             severity
             of
             some
             usage
             ,
             and
             of
             some
             Laws
             that
             concerned
             themselves
             ;
             and
             defired
             that
             the
             severity
             of
             those
             Laws
             might
             be
             mitigated
             ;
             these
             and
             other
             like
             desires
             were
             in
             the
             said
             Petition
             ;
             to
             which
             they
             had
             procured
             not
             less
             than
             seven
             hundred
             hands
             ;
             and
             the
             close
             of
             the
             Petition
             was
             ,
             
               That
               if
               these
               desires
               were
               not
               granted
               ,
               many
               thousands
               of
               his
               Subjects
               would
               be
               discontented
               :
            
             Which
             indeed
             was
             not
             a
             threatning
             ,
             but
             was
             understood
             to
             be
             somewhat
             like
             it
             .
          
        
         
           This
           report
           of
           his
           Majesties
           intent
           
             to
             set
             up
             or
             tolerate
             Popery
             ,
          
           begot
           many
           fears
           and
           discontents
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           greater
           disturbances
           the
           King
           did
           appoint
           many
           of
           his
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Judges
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           to
           meet
           together
           in
           the
           
             Star-Chamber
             ,
          
           in
           which
           Assembly
           the
           Lord
           Chancellour
           declared
           to
           them
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           their
           publick
           Convention
           ;
           and
           asked
           the
           Judges
           this
           following
           question
           :
           (
           
             As
             you
             may
             read
             it
             in
             the
             very
             same
             words
             in
             the
             said
             learned
             Judges
             Reports
             in
             the
             second
             year
             of
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
          
           James
           .
           )
        
         
           Whether
           it
           were
           an
           offence
           punishable
           ,
           and
           what
           punishment
           they
           deserved
           ,
           who
           fra●ed
           Petitions
           and
           collected
           a
           multitude
           of
           
           bands
           thereto
           ,
           to
           prefer
           to
           the
           King
           in
           a
           publick
           cause
           as
           the
           
             Puritans
          
           had
           done
           ,
           with
           an
           intimation
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           if
           be
           denied
           their
           Suit
           ,
           many
           thousands
           of
           his
           Subjects
           would
           be
           discontented
           .
        
         
           Whereto
           all
           the
           Judges
           answered
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           an
           offence
           finable
           at
           discretion
           ,
           and
           very
           near
           
             Treason
          
           and
           
             Felony
          
           in
           the
           punishment
           ;
           for
           ,
           they
           tended
           to
           the
           
             raising
             Sedition
             ,
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             Discontent
             among
             the
             People
             :
          
           To
           which
           Resolution
           all
           the
           Lords
           agreed
           .
           And
           then
           many
           of
           the
           Lords
           declared
           ,
           That
           some
           of
           the
           
             Puritans
          
           bad
           raised
           a
           false
           rumour
           of
           the
           King.
           That
           he
           intended
           to
           grans
           a
           Toleration
           to
           
             Papists
             :
          
           Which
           offence
           the
           Judges
           conceived
           to
           be
           h●inously
           finable
           by
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Common
           Law
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           
             Kings
             Bench
             ,
          
           or
           by
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Council
           ;
           or
           now
           ,
           (
           since
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           Third
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Seventh
           )
           in
           the
           
             Star-Chamber
             .
          
           And
           theLords
           severally
           declared
           ,
           How
           much
           the
           King
           was
           discontented
           with
           the
           said
           false
           rumour
           and
           had
           made
           but
           the
           day
           before
           a
           Protestation
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           be
           never
           intendedit
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           spend
           the
           last
           drop
           of
           bloud
           in
           his
           body
           ,
           before
           he
           would
           do
           it
           ;
           and
           prayed
           ,
           
             That
             before
             he
             or
             any
             of
             his
             Issue
             should
             maintain
             any
             other
             Religion
             than
             what
             he
             truly
             professed
             and
             maintained
             ,
             That
             God
             would
             take
             them
             out
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           This
           you
           may
           find
           in
           that
           Report
           of
           that
           Learned
           Judge
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           left
           among
           many
           other
           of
           Reports
           ,
           all
           exactly
           written
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           now
           publisht
           by
           Sir
           
             Hirebottle
             Grimstone
             ,
          
           who
           is
           now
           the
           worthy
           Master
           of
           the
           
             Rolls
             .
          
           And
           you
           may
           note
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Reports
           were
           publisht
           in
           the
           year
           1658.
           at
           which
           time
           ,
           
             Oliver
          
           the
           Tyrant
           was
           in
           his
           full
           power
           ;
           and
           ,
           you
           may
           there
           find
           ,
           that
           even
           all
           
             Olivers
          
           Judges
           allowed
           these
           Reports
           to
           be
           made
           publick
           ,
           and
           subseribed
           their
           Names
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           with
           
             Oliver's
          
           consent
           doubtless
           .
           For
           ,
           he
           had
           found
           ,
           that
           those
           very
           Non
           conformists
           ,
           whose
           Sedition
           helpt
           him
           into
           his
           power
           ;
           became
           after
           a
           short
           time
           as
           restless
           and
           discontent
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           been
           with
           their
           lawful
           King
           ;
           and
           indeed
           as
           willi
           g
           to
           pull
           him
           down
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           been
           diligent
           to
           set
           him
           up
           .
        
         
           Dear
           Cousin
           !
           these
           Places
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           have
           referred
           you
           ,
           for
           a
           Testimony
           of
           what
           I
           said
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           ;
           and
           ,
           though
           you
           would
           not
           then
           give
           any
           credit
           to
           what
           I
           
           assured
           you
           I
           knew
           to
           be
           a
           truth
           ;
           yet
           I
           hope
           you
           now
           will
           :
           If
           not
           ,
           search
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           them
           true
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           seriously
           Sir
           !
           let
           me
           appeal
           to
           your
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           ask
           (
           though
           you
           would
           not
           then
           believe
           me
           )
           how
           easily
           would
           you
           have
           given
           credit
           to
           any
           stranger
           ,
           that
           had
           brought
           you
           news
           of
           any
           error
           committed
           by
           any
           
             Bishop
          
           or
           their
           
             Chaplains
             ;
          
           or
           by
           any
           of
           the
           
             Conformable
             Clergy
             ,
          
           though
           there
           were
           not
           any
           reasonable
           Probability
           for
           it
           .
           Dear
           Cousin
           ,
           consider
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           consider
           there
           is
           a
           great
           stock
           of
           
             innocent
             bloud
          
           to
           be
           answered
           for
           ;
           not
           only
           the
           bloud
           of
           our
           late
           
             Vertuous
             King
          
           and
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           
             Archbishop
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           whose
           deaths
           were
           occasioned
           by
           the
           indiscreet
           zeal
           and
           restless
           fury
           and
           clamours
           of
           the
           Non-conformists
           :
           And
           not
           only
           the
           bloud
           of
           these
           ,
           but
           the
           ruine
           of
           many
           good
           and
           innocent
           Families
           ,
           that
           now
           eat
           the
           bread
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           by
           being
           impoverished
           and
           undon
           by
           these
           troublesom
           Pretenders
           to
           Conscience
           :
           and
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           corruption
           of
           the
           innocence
           and
           manners
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           be
           answered
           for
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           occasioned
           by
           our
           late
           Civil
           War
           ,
           and
           that
           War
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           fury
           and
           zeal
           of
           the
           discontented
           restiess
           Non
           conformists
           ;
           and
           them
           only
           ;
           and
           note
           ,
           that
           till
           then
           we
           knew
           not
           the
           name
           of
           
             Independent
             ,
          
           or
           of
           
             Seeker
             ,
          
           or
           
             Qusker
             .
          
           Cousin
           these
           are
           the
           sad
           effects
           of
           these
           busie-bodies
           ;
           many
           of
           whom
           God
           hath
           still
           so
           blinded
           that
           they
           cannot
           yet
           see
           the
           Errors
           they
           have
           run
           themselves
           and
           the
           Nation
           into
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           would
           imbroil
           it
           again
           into
           greater
           ruine
           than
           not
           be
           complied
           with
           in
           their
           peevish
           desires
           ,
           which
           they
           miscall
           tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           .
           Dear
           Cousin
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           say
           all
           ,
           but
           indeed
           ,
           too
           many
           of
           the
           men
           with
           whom
           you
           comply
           ,
           and
           do
           so
           much
           magnifie
           ,
           are
           too
           like
           
             Simeon
          
           and
           
             Levi
          
           that
           were
           Brethren
           in
           this
           Iniquity
           .
           And
           as
           you
           love
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           were
           Baptized
           ;
           and
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Land
           in
           which
           you
           were
           born
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           by
           which
           you
           enjoy
           what
           you
           have
           ;
           nay
           ,
           as
           you
           love
           the
           peace
           of
           your
           own
           Soul
           ,
           draw
           back
           ,
           and
           let
           it
           not
           enter
           any
           more
           into
           their
           Councils
           or
           Confederacy
           ;
           but
           at
           last
           take
           notice
           that
           though
           neither
           you
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           your
           Associates
           scruple
           at
           the
           sin
           of
           
             Scbism
          
           or
           
             Sedition
             ,
          
           but
           rush
           into
           it
           without
           Consideration
           or
           fear
           ,
           even
           as
           a
           Horse
           rushes
           into
           
           the
           battel
           ;
           yet
           ,
           I
           pray
           take
           notice
           that
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Galatians
             ,
          
           reckons
           it
           with
           the
           deeds
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           even
           with
           
             Murder
          
           and
           
             Witchcrast
             ,
          
           which
           you
           so
           much
           abhor
           ;
           and
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           many
           think
           
             Sedition
          
           a
           more
           hainous
           sin
           than
           they
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           more
           evil
           and
           destructive
           effects
           of
           it
           :
           for
           ,
           
             Murder
          
           may
           become
           so
           by
           taking
           away
           the
           life
           of
           but
           one
           single
           person
           :
           And
           
             Witchcraft
          
           hath
           its
           limits
           and
           bounds
           set
           to
           it
           ,
           perhaps
           so
           as
           not
           to
           take
           away
           the
           life
           of
           any
           man
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           do
           mischief
           to
           a
           single
           person
           ,
           or
           a
           Family
           ,
           and
           must
           end
           there
           .
           But
           who
           knows
           the
           limits
           of
           
             Sedition
             ?
          
           Or
           ,
           when
           the
           fire
           is
           kindled
           ,
           which
           is
           intended
           by
           seditious
           men
           ,
           who
           can
           ,
           who
           is
           able
           to
           quench
           it
           ?
           And
           for
           some
           proofs
           of
           the
           miserable
           effects
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           I
           might
           give
           you
           too
           many
           instances
           of
           them
           in
           former
           times
           ;
           yet
           I
           will
           only
           refer
           you
           to
           the
           late
           
             Long
             Parliament
          
           now
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ,
           and
           the
           woful
           effects
           of
           that
           Civil
           War
           ,
           begot
           and
           maintained
           by
           schismatical
           ,
           seditious
           ,
           discontenced
           men
           ,
           that
           believed
           themselves
           fit
           to
           be
           Reformers
           ,
           when
           God
           knows
           well
           they
           were
           not
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           sorrow
           you
           express
           for
           those
           men
           of
           tender
           Consciences
           ,
           that
           are
           scandalized
           at
           
             wearing
             a
             Surplice
             ,
             kneeling
             at
             receiving
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             the
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           would
           have
           them
           therefore
           taken
           away
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           ,
           so
           learned
           ,
           and
           so
           godly
           Men
           might
           by
           taking
           them
           away
           ,
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           Conformity
           .
           and
           made
           capable
           of
           preaching
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           they
           cannot
           do
           ,
           by
           being
           scandalized
           at
           these
           Ceremonies
           :
        
         
           I
           now
           ask
           you
           ,
           What
           if
           more
           men
           ,
           and
           more
           learned
           men
           ,
           and
           more
           godly
           men
           ,
           and
           as
           tender-conscienced
           men
           ,
           shall
           be
           scandalized
           by
           their
           being
           taken
           away
           ?
           What
           care
           will
           you
           ,
           or
           those
           of
           your
           Party
           ,
           take
           for
           their
           tender
           Consciences
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           I
           ask
           again
           ,
           What
           if
           we
           forget
           or
           neglect
           the
           tender
           Consciences
           of
           our
           own
           Party
           ,
           and
           comply
           with
           yours
           ?
           What
           security
           can
           you
           or
           they
           give
           us
           ,
           that
           this
           shall
           satisfie
           them
           so
           as
           to
           ask
           no
           more
           when
           this
           is
           granted
           ?
           Or
           ,
           that
           a
           year
           hence
           their
           Disciples
           ,
           or
           their
           Successours
           shall
           rest
           satisfied
           with
           what
           is
           now
           desired
           or
           granted
           ?
           Really
           ,
           I
           cannot
           think
           any
           security
           can
           be
           given
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           this
           being
           granted
           ,
           yet
           any
           man
           of
           a
           melancholly
           ,
           or
           a
           malicious
           ,
           or
           a
           peevish
           ,
           or
           a
           santastical
           ,
           or
           a
           wanton
           Conscience
           ;
           or
           a
           Conscience
           
           that
           inclines
           to
           get
           reputation
           ,
           and
           court
           applause
           ,
           may
           call
           his
           own
           a
           tender
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           become
           seditious
           ,
           and
           restless
           ,
           if
           his
           tender
           Conscience
           be
           not
           complied
           with
           :
           And
           so
           no
           end
           of
           their
           desires
           ,
           nor
           any
           more
           safety
           by
           granting
           what
           is
           desired
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           next
           endeavour
           to
           satisfie
           your
           desire
           ,
           or
           rather
           your
           challenge
           ,
           why
           I
           go
           so
           constantly
           to
           the
           
             Church
             Service
             ;
          
           and
           my
           answer
           shall
           be
           all
           in
           love
           and
           in
           sincerity
           .
        
         
           
             I
             go
             to
             adore
             and
             worship
             my
             God
             who
             hath
             made
             me
             of
             nothing
             and
             preserved
             me
             from
             being
             worse
             than
             nothing
             .
             And
             this
             Worship
             and
             Adoration
             I
             do
             pay
             him
             inwardly
             in
             my
             Soul
             ,
             and
             testifie
             it
             outwardly
             by
             my
             behaviour
             ;
             as
             namely
             ,
             by
             my
             Adoration
             ,
             in
             my
             forbearing
             to
             cover
             my
             head
             in
             that
             place
             dedicated
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             only
             to
             his
             Service
             ;
             and
             also
             ,
             by
             standing
             up
             at
             the
             profession
             of
             the
             Creed
             ,
             which
             contains
             the
             several
             Articles
             that
             I
             and
             all
             true
             Christians
             profess
             and
             believe
             ;
             and
             also
             by
             my
             standing
             up
             〈◊〉
             giving
             
               Glory
               to
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               Son
               ,
            
             and
             to
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
               ;
            
             and
             confessing
             them
             to
             be
             Three
             Persous
             ,
             and
             but
             one
             God.
             
          
           
             And
             (
             secondly
             )
             I
             go
             to
             Church
             to
             praise
             my
             God
             for
             my
             Creation
             and
             Redemption
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             many
             deliverances
             of
             me
             from
             the
             many
             dangers
             of
             my
             Body
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             of
             my
             Soul
             in
             sending
             me
             Redemption
             by
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Son
             my
             Saviour
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             constant
             assistance
             of
             his
             Holy
             Spirit
             ;
             a
             part
             of
             which
             Praise
             I
             perform
             frequently
             in
             the
             Psalms
             ,
             which
             are
             daily
             read
             in
             the
             Publick
             Congregation
             .
          
           
             And
             (
             thirdly
             )
             I
             go
             to
             Church
             publickly
             to
             confess
             and
             bewail
             my
             sins
             ,
             and
             to
             beg
             pardon
             for
             them
             ,
             for
             his
             merits
             who
             died
             to
             reconcile
             me
             and
             all
             Mankind
             unto
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             both
             his
             and
             my
             Father
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             the
             Words
             in
             which
             I
             beg
             this
             mercy
             ,
             they
             be
             the
             Letany
             and
             Collects
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             composed
             by
             those
             learned
             and
             devout
             men
             whom
             you
             and
             I
             have
             t●usted
             to
             tell
             us
             which
             is
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             not
             the
             written
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             trusted
             also
             to
             translate
             those
             Scriptures
             into
             
               English.
            
             And
             in
             these
             Collects
             you
             may
             note
             ,
             that
             I
             pray
             
               absolutely
            
             for
             pardon
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             for
             grace
             to
             believe
             and
             serve
             God
             :
             But
             I
             pray
             for
             
               health
            
             and
             
               peace
               ,
            
             and
             
               plenty
               ,
               conditionally
               ,
            
             even
             so
             far
             as
             they
             may
             tend
             
             to
             his
             Glory
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             my
             Soul
             ,
             and
             not
             further
             :
             And
             this
             confessing
             my
             sins
             ,
             and
             begging
             mercy
             and
             pardon
             for
             them
             ;
             I
             do
             in
             my
             adoring
             my
             God
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             humble
             posture
             of
             kneeling
             on
             my
             knees
             before
             Him
             :
             And
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             and
             ,
             by
             reverend
             sitting
             to
             hear
             some
             chosen
             parts
             of
             Gods
             Word
             read
             in
             the
             Publick
             Assembly
             I
             spend
             one
             hour
             of
             the
             Lords
             day
             every
             Forenoon
             ;
             and
             half
             so
             much
             time
             every
             Evening
             .
             And
             since
             this
             uniform
             and
             devout
             custom
             ,
             of
             joyning
             together
             in
             
               Publick
               onfession
               ,
            
             and
             
               Praise
               ,
            
             and
             
               Prayer
               ,
            
             and
             
               Adoration
            
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             manner
             ,
             hath
             been
             neglected
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             Christianity
             and
             humble
             Piety
             is
             so
             much
             decayed
             ,
             that
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             thought
             on
             ,
             but
             with
             sorrow
             and
             lameutation
             :
             And
             ,
             I
             think
             especially
             by
             the
             Non-conformists
             .
          
        
         
           And
           lattly
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           am
           tedious
           beyond
           my
           intention
           )
           whereas
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           Party
           ,
           would
           have
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Cathedral-Church
           Lands
           sold
           to
           supply
           the
           present
           necessities
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           first
           ,
           God
           prevent
           the
           Nation
           from
           such
           necessities
           ,
           as
           shall
           make
           them
           guilty
           of
           so
           many
           Curses
           as
           have
           been
           by
           the
           Doners
           of
           those
           Lands
           intailed
           with
           thole
           Lands
           upon
           those
           men
           ,
           that
           alienate
           them
           to
           any
           other
           use
           than
           for
           the
           use
           of
           those
           that
           shall
           serve
           at
           God's
           Altar
           ,
           to
           which
           end
           the
           Priests
           Portion
           was
           kept
           with
           Care
           and
           Conscience
           till
           the
           days
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           who
           is
           noted
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           first
           breach
           of
           those
           Oaths
           that
           were
           always
           taken
           and
           kept
           by
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           taken
           by
           himself
           too
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Church-Lands
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           noted
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           first
           Violator
           of
           those
           many
           Laws
           made
           also
           to
           preserve
           them
           ;
           out
           of
           which
           Lands
           he
           took
           ,
           at
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           Abbies
           ,
           a
           part
           for
           himself
           ;
           exchanged
           a
           part
           with
           others
           ,
           that
           thirsted
           to
           thrive
           by
           the
           dissolution
           ;
           and
           gave
           the
           rest
           to
           be
           shar
           d
           amongst
           the
           Complying
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           other
           Families
           ,
           that
           then
           were
           in
           greatest
           power
           and
           favour
           with
           him
           ;
           concerning
           which
           (
           if
           you
           desire
           a
           further
           information
           )
           I
           refer
           you
           to
           a
           little
           Treatise
           written
           by
           the
           Learned
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Spelman
             ,
          
           (
           called
           
             De
             non
             temerandis
             Ecclesiis
             ,
          
           )
           and
           especial'y
           to
           the
           Preface
           before
           it
           ;
           in
           which
           you
           may
           find
           many
           sad
           Observations
           of
           the
           said
           King
           ;
           and
           find
           there
           also
           ,
           that
           more
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           Families
           ,
           and
           their
           Children
           that
           then
           shared
           the
           Church
           Lands
           ,
           came
           to
           die
           by
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           
           other
           eminent
           misfortunes
           in
           twenty
           years
           ,
           than
           had
           suffered
           in
           four
           hundred
           years
           before
           the
           dissolution
           ;
           and
           for
           a
           proof
           of
           which
           ,
           he
           refers
           you
           to
           the
           Parliament
           Rolls
           of
           the
           twenty-seventh
           of
           that
           King.
           
        
         
           And
           to
           me
           it
           seems
           fit
           that
           the
           Observations
           of
           the
           ruine
           ,
           and
           misfortune
           of
           the
           other
           Families
           that
           were
           sharers
           of
           the
           Church-Lands
           ,
           made
           by
           that
           pious
           and
           learned
           Knight
           since
           the
           said
           twenty
           years
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           left
           written
           )
           are
           not
           also
           made
           publick
           ;
           but
           ,
           possibly
           they
           may
           pare
           too
           near
           the
           quick
           ,
           and
           are
           therefore
           yet
           forborn
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           say
           nothing
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ;
          
           but
           for
           King
           
             James
             ,
          
           I
           will
           say
           he
           did
           neither
           follow
           King
           
             Henry's
             ,
          
           nor
           her
           President
           ;
           and
           his
           Childrens
           Children
           sit
           this
           day
           upon
           his
           Throne
           .
           And
           for
           his
           Son
           ,
           
             Charles
          
           the
           First
           ,
           (
           who
           is
           justly
           called
           the
           
             Martyr
             for
             the
             Church
             :
          
           )
           He
           had
           also
           well
           considered
           the
           Oaths
           taken
           by
           all
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           by
           Himself
           too
           at
           his
           Coronation
           ,
           
             to
             preserve
             the
             Lands
             and
             rights
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           Penitential
           Meditations
           and
           Vows
           ,
           made
           in
           his
           sad
           Solitude
           and
           Imprisonment
           at
           
             Holmby
             ;
          
           you
           may
           ,
           in
           that
           Chapter
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           there
           find
           ,
           that
           at
           that
           time
           when
           he
           apprehended
           Himself
           in
           danger
           of
           death
           ,
           yet
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           then
           his
           Resolution
           .
        
         
           The
           principal
           end
           of
           some
           men
           in
           this
           Covenant
           is
           the
           abasing
           of
           
             Episcopacy
          
           into
           
             Presbytery
             ,
          
           and
           of
           robbing
           the
           church
           of
           its
           Lands
           and
           Revenues
           ;
           But
           I
           thank
           God
           as
           no
           man
           lay
           more
           open
           to
           the
           sacrilegious
           temptation
           of
           usurping
           them
           ,
           (
           which
           issuing
           chiefly
           from
           the
           Crown
           ,
           are
           held
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           can
           legally
           revert
           only
           to
           the
           Crown
           with
           my
           consent
           )
           so
           I
           have
           always
           had
           such
           a
           perfect
           abborrence
           of
           it
           in
           my
           Soul
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           found
           the
           least
           inclination
           to
           such
           sacrilegious
           reformings
           ;
           and
           yet
           no
           man
           hath
           a
           greater
           desire
           to
           have
           Bishops
           and
           all
           Church-men
           so
           reformed
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           best
           deserve
           and
           use
           ,
           not
           only
           what
           the
           pious
           munificence
           of
           my
           Predecessors
           have
           given
           to
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           all
           other
           additions
           of
           Christian
           bounty
           .
        
         
           But
           no
           necessity
           shall
           ever
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           drive
           me
           or
           mine
           to
           invade
           or
           sell
           the
           Priests
           Lands
           ;
           which
           
             Pharaoh's
          
           Divinity
           and
           
             Joseph's
          
           true
           Piety
           abborred
           to
           do
           .
           I
           had
           rather
           live
           ,
           as
           my
           Predecessor
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Third
           sometimes
           did
           ,
           on
           the
           Churches
           Alms
           ,
           than
           violently
           to
           take
           the
           Bread
           out
           of
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Ministers
           mouths
           .
        
         
         
           There
           are
           ways
           enough
           to
           repair
           the
           breaches
           of
           the
           state
           without
           the
           ruins
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           as
           I
           would
           be
           a
           restorer
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           so
           I
           would
           not
           be
           an
           Oppressor
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           publick
           debts
           ;
           the
           occasions
           of
           contracting
           them
           were
           bad
           enough
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           discharging
           of
           them
           would
           be
           much
           worse
           .
           I
           pray
           God
           neither
           I
           nor
           mine
           may
           be
           accessary
           of
           either
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           longer
           than
           I
           intended
           ;
           for
           which
           I
           crave
           your
           pardon
           ;
           and
           beg
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           at
           last
           see
           and
           well
           consider
           the
           many
           errors
           that
           your
           indiscreet
           zeal
           hath
           led
           you
           into
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           and
           your
           Party
           may
           see
           also
           the
           many
           miseries
           it
           hath
           helpt
           to
           bring
           upon
           others
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           the
           remainder
           of
           your
           days
           you
           and
           they
           may
           redeem
           the
           time
           past
           ,
           by
           repenting
           your
           indiscreet
           zeal
           ,
           and
           
             study
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             your
             own
             business
             ;
          
           to
           this
           I
           shall
           encourage
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           done
           ,
           to
           live
           as
           unoffensively
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           as
           strictly
           to
           your self
           as
           you
           do
           intend
           ,
           and
           by
           God's
           grace
           added
           to
           your
           endeavours
           ,
           he
           shall
           make
           you
           able
           ;
           and
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           that
           you
           and
           I
           may
           daily
           practice
           an
           humble
           and
           a
           peaceable
           piety
           ,
           so
           humble
           and
           peaceable
           a
           piety
           as
           may
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           all
           gain-sayers
           ;
           for
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           such
           holy
           and
           quiet
           living
           will
           bring
           peace
           at
           the
           last
           .
           And
           in
           this
           the
           Almighty
           God
           give
           me
           grace
           to
           be
           like
           you
           .
        
         
           
             Study
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             your
             own
             business
             ,
          
           1
           Thes.
           4.
           11.
           
        
         
           
             February
             the
             18.
             1667.
             
          
           
             Your
             Affectionate
             Friend
             ,
             and
             Cosin
             ,
          
           
             R.
             W.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           SECOND
           LETTER
           .
        
         
           
             Dear
             Cousin
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Return
           you
           ,
           my
           unfeigned
           thanks
           for
           your
           Letter
           of
           the
           15.
           instant
           ,
           which
           I
           received
           three
           days
           past
           ;
           it
           was
           mixt
           with
           love
           and
           anger
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           in
           this
           my
           answer
           ,
           observe
           what
           you
           so
           earnestly
           desire
           ;
           namely
           ,
           not
           to
           justifie
           the
           Errors
           or
           Irregularities
           of
           those
           that
           you
           call
           
             my
             Party
             ,
          
           or
           
             my
             Clergy
             .
          
           And
           for
           some
           testimony
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           do
           what
           I
           prosess
           ,
           I
           will
           begin
           with
           a
           Confession
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           as
           you
           say
           ;
           That
           when
           a
           Clergy-man
           appears
           in
           a
           long
           ,
           curled
           ,
           trim
           
             Periwig
          
           a
           large
           
             Tippet
             ,
          
           and
           a
           silk
           
             Cassock
             ,
          
           or
           the
           like
           vain
           and
           costly
           Cloathing
           :
           If
           he
           preaches
           against
           Pride
           ,
           and
           for
           Mortification
           ,
           his
           Hearers
           are
           neither
           like
           to
           believe
           him
           ,
           or
           practise
           what
           he
           preaches
           ,
           either
           then
           ,
           or
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           though
           what
           he
           says
           be
           an
           undoubted
           truth
           :
           Because
           
             Example
          
           is
           of
           greater
           power
           to
           incline
           men
           to
           Vice
           ,
           than
           
             Precepts
          
           have
           to
           persuade
           to
           Virtue
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           as
           heartily
           as
           you
           do
           ,
           that
           all
           such
           Clergy-mens
           Wives
           as
           have
           silk
           Cloaths
           ,
           be-daubed
           with
           Lace
           ,
           and
           their
           heads
           hanged
           about
           with
           painted
           Ribands
           ,
           were
           enjoyned
           Penance
           for
           their
           pride
           :
           And
           their
           Husbands
           punisht
           for
           being
           so
           tame
           ,
           or
           so
           lovingly-simple
           ,
           as
           to
           suffer
           them
           ;
           for
           ,
           by
           such
           Cloaths
           ,
           they
           proclaim
           their
           own
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           their
           Husbands
           folly
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           say
           the
           like
           ,
           concerning
           their
           striving
           for
           Precedency
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           highest
           places
           in
           Church
           Pews
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           wish
           as
           heartily
           as
           you
           do
           ,
           that
           double
           Benefices
           were
           not
           dispensed
           with
           ,
           to
           such
           an
           inconvenience
           as
           is
           now
           too
           visible
           .
           And
           that
           no
           
             Dispensations
          
           might
           be
           granted
           for
           any
           
           man
           to
           be
           
             Prebend
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           
             Canon-Residentiary
             of
          
           two
           Churches
           :
           Such
           as
           
             Westminster
          
           and
           
             Durham
             ;
          
           or
           
             Windsor
          
           and
           
             Wells
             :
          
           Because
           
             Residence
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           duties
           ,
           required
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           is
           not
           consistent
           with
           their
           distance
           from
           each
           other
           ;
           nor
           ,
           with
           the
           Donors
           inteution
           :
           And
           also
           ,
           because
           such
           a
           single
           
             Prebend
             ,
          
           is
           a
           fair
           support
           for
           an
           humble
           Clergy-man
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           be
           proud
           or
           covetous
           ,
           he
           deserves
           not
           so
           much
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           I
           confess
           also
           ,
           what
           you
           say
           of
           a
           Clergy-mans
           
             bidding
             to
             fast
          
           on
           the
           Eves
           of
           Holy-days
           ,
           in
           
             Lent
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Ember
             Weeks
             :
          
           And
           I
           wish
           those
           biddings
           were
           forborn
           ,
           or
           better
           practised
           by
           themselves
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           too
           visible
           they
           do
           not
           what
           the
           Church
           for
           good
           reasons
           enjoyns
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           others
           ,
           in
           the
           Churches
           name
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           I
           wish
           as
           heartily
           as
           you
           can
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           only
           read
           ,
           but
           pray
           ,
           the
           Common
           Prayer
           ;
           and
           ,
           not
           huddle
           it
           up
           so
           fast
           ,
           (
           as
           too
           many
           do
           )
           by
           getting
           into
           a
           middle
           of
           a
           second
           Collect
           ,
           before
           a
           devout
           Hearer
           can
           say
           Amen
           to
           the
           first
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           you
           ought
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           there
           be
           Ten
           thousand
           Clergy-men
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           (
           for
           there
           are
           Nine
           thousand
           Parish
           Churches
           in
           it
           ,
           besides
           Colledges
           and
           Chappels
           )
           and
           the
           number
           of
           them
           that
           be
           thus
           faulty
           are
           not
           many
           ,
           when
           compared
           with
           those
           that
           be
           grave
           ,
           and
           regular
           :
           And
           ,
           I
           could
           name
           many
           of
           the
           
             Episcopal
             Clergy
             ,
          
           whose
           lives
           are
           so
           
             Charitable
             ,
             Humble
             ,
          
           and
           
             Innocent
             ,
          
           that
           they
           might
           say
           to
           their
           Parishioners
           ,
           as
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           of
           himself
           to
           his
           
             Philippians
             ,
             Walk
             so
             as
             you
             have
             me
             for
             an
             Example
             .
          
           But
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           there
           are
           too
           many
           that
           do
           not
           live
           so
           ;
           and
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           am
           as
           much
           offended
           ,
           as
           you
           express
           your self
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           having
           unbowelled
           my
           very
           soul
           thus
           freely
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           protest
           ,
           as
           sincerely
           and
           truly
           as
           I
           can
           express
           my self
           :
           My
           hope
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           in
           what
           follows
           appear
           to
           be
           so
           uninterested
           in
           any
           Party
           ,
           that
           where
           I
           speak
           evident
           truth
           and
           reason
           ,
           you
           will
           assent
           unto
           it
           ;
           in
           which
           hope
           ,
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           lay
           before
           you
           ,
           in
           my
           plain
           way
           ,
           the
           many
           inconveniences
           ,
           that
           would
           I
           think
           follow
           ,
           if
           that
           liberty
           were
           granted
           which
           you
           and
           your
           Party
           have
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           do
           still
           so
           earnestly
           strive
           for
           ;
           the
           effects
           of
           which
           liberty
           would
           be
           
             Schism
             ,
             Heresie
             ,
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           and
           
             Misery
             ,
          
           from
           which
           God
           prevent
           us
           .
        
         
         
           I
           did
           in
           a
           Letter
           ,
           writ
           now
           some
           years
           past
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           unbeguile
           your
           Brother
           :
           And
           ,
           though
           it
           did
           not
           at
           that
           present
           wholly
           do
           what
           I
           designed
           ;
           yet
           it
           abated
           so
           much
           of
           that
           furious
           zeal
           that
           had
           prepossest
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           declared
           on
           his
           death-bed
           ,
           
             The
             remembrance
             of
             those
             hours
             spent
             in
             devotion
             ,
             and
             acts
             of
             Charity
             ,
             were
             then
             his
             comfort
             ,
             and
             those
             spent
             in
             disputes
             ,
             and
             opposition
             to
             Government
             ,
             were
             now
             a
             Corrosive
             ,
          
           or
           (
           as
           
             Solomon
          
           says
           of
           ill-gotten
           riches
           )
           
             like
             gravel
             in
             his
             teeth
             .
          
           And
           my
           dear
           Cozen
           ,
           in
           hope
           of
           the
           like
           good
           success
           ,
           I
           shall
           ,
           in
           the
           following
           part
           of
           my
           Letter
           ,
           commend
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           like
           Arguments
           to
           your
           consideration
           in
           order
           to
           the
           undeceiving
           you
           :
           And
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           so
           curious
           for
           words
           or
           method
           ,
           as
           diligent
           to
           speak
           reason
           and
           truth
           plainly
           ,
           and
           without
           provocation
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           I
           will
           consider
           our
           happiness
           that
           were
           born
           ,
           baptized
           ,
           and
           do
           now
           live
           in
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           is
           believed
           by
           the
           most
           learned
           of
           all
           Foreign
           Churches
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           most
           
             Orthodox
          
           and
           
             Apostolical
             ,
          
           both
           for
           
             Doctrine
          
           and
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           of
           all
           those
           very
           many
           that
           have
           reformed
           from
           the
           corruptions
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
           And
           I
           think
           it
           is
           worthy
           your
           noting
           ;
           that
           those
           
             Bishops
          
           and
           
             Martyrs
             ,
          
           that
           assisted
           in
           this
           Reformation
           ,
           did
           not
           (
           as
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Wotton
          
           said
           wisely
           )
           think
           
             the
             farther
             they
             went
             from
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             the
             nearer
             they
             got
             to
             heaven
             ,
          
           (
           for
           they
           might
           go
           too
           far
           )
           but
           ,
           they
           did
           with
           prudent
           and
           deliberate
           consideration
           ,
           retain
           what
           was
           consistent
           with
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           most
           Apostolical
           ,
           Primitive
           ,
           and
           purest
           times
           ;
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           many
           unanswerable
           reasons
           that
           have
           been
           given
           against
           both
           the
           
             Non-Conformists
          
           and
           
             Papists
          
           that
           have
           excepted
           against
           our
           Reformation
           :
           The
           first
           ,
           for
           
             retaining
             too
             much
             ;
          
           and
           the
           latter
           ,
           for
           
             not
             enough
             .
          
           For
           you
           ought
           to
           note
           ,
           that
           neither
           of
           them
           have
           ever
           writ
           against
           the
           
             Doctrine
          
           or
           
             Discipline
          
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           received
           answers
           to
           their
           damage
           .
           And
           this
           being
           considered
           ,
           you
           ought
           to
           lay
           to
           heart
           the
           disturbance
           that
           many
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           pretend
           to
           tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           have
           formerly
           made
           ,
           and
           do
           still
           make
           ,
           in
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           even
           at
           this
           present
           time
           .
           And
           you
           ought
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           Church
           were
           overthrown
           ,
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Rome
          
           would
           make
           it
           their
           great
           advantage
           ;
           and
           therefore
           many
           of
           them
           do
           encourage
           and
           assit
           you
           in
           this
           present
           disturbance
           ,
           and
           
           for
           no
           other
           end
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           look
           about
           you
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           too
           late
           ,
           
             You
             meant
             not
             to
             bring
             in
             Popery
             :
          
           But
           remember
           I
           once
           told
           you
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Lawyer
           that
           was
           so
           ignorant
           .
           that
           he
           thought
           he
           spoke
           against
           his
           Clients
           Adversary
           ,
           when
           he
           spoke
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           meant
           it
           not
           .
           And
           after
           such
           a
           manner
           you
           act
           for
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
             :
          
           For
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           that
           if
           ever
           
             Popery
          
           or
           a
           
             standing
             Army
             ,
          
           be
           set
           up
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           (
           which
           God
           grant
           I
           may
           never
           see
           )
           it
           is
           the
           indiscrect
           zeal
           ,
           and
           restless
           activity
           of
           you
           and
           your
           Party
           that
           will
           bring
           both
           in
           ,
           though
           you
           mean
           it
           not
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           ask
           you
           seriously
           ,
           Can
           you
           think
           the
           powerful
           man
           ,
           that
           is
           now
           become
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           did
           love
           you
           so
           much
           ,
           or
           ,
           like
           your
           Principles
           so
           well
           ,
           as
           to
           get
           a
           Suspension
           of
           the
           Laws
           against
           Conventicles
           ,
           because
           he
           liked
           your
           Opinions
           ,
           or
           your
           Practices
           ,
           when
           the
           power
           was
           in
           your
           hands
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           late
           mischievous
           Long
           Parliament
           1640
           ?
           Or
           can
           you
           think
           ,
           he
           or
           his
           Party
           did
           hold
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           some
           of
           the
           Chief
           of
           your
           Party
           ,
           for
           any
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           assist
           in
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           
             English
             Church
             ?
          
           no
           doubtless
           ;
           for
           they
           know
           ,
           and
           ,
           you
           ought
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           if
           that
           were
           but
           down
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           visible
           bank
           to
           stop
           the
           stream
           of
           
             Popery
             :
          
           And
           then
           ,
           farewel
           the
           liberty
           and
           care
           of
           tender
           Consciences
           :
           There
           would
           be
           an
           end
           of
           that
           cajouling
           and
           flattery
           .
        
         
           And
           next
           ,
           let
           me
           ask
           you
           this
           friendly
           question
           :
           Do
           you
           think
           there
           is
           such
           a
           sin
           as
           
             Heresie
             ?
          
           And
           if
           you
           think
           there
           be
           ,
           let
           me
           ask
           you
           ,
           Whether
           he
           that
           holds
           
             Heretical
             Opinions
          
           should
           be
           suffered
           to
           go
           up
           and
           down
           to
           poyson
           and
           persuade
           others
           to
           his
           belief
           ?
           And
           if
           you
           believe
           he
           ought
           not
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           then
           I
           ask
           ,
           Whether
           
             Heresie
          
           can
           be
           known
           to
           be
           
             Heresie
             ,
          
           or
           prevented
           ,
           or
           punisht
           ,
           but
           by
           some
           power
           trusted
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           some
           Person
           or
           Persons
           whom
           the
           highest
           Power
           hath
           chosen
           and
           trusted
           to
           judg
           what
           is
           
             Heresie
             :
          
           And
           then
           ,
           prevent
           ,
           or
           suppress
           and
           punish
           it
           .
           And
           if
           you
           grant
           this
           ,
           which
           no
           man
           of
           reason
           will
           deny
           )
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           grant
           Clergy-men
           ,
           whose
           time
           hath
           been
           spent
           in
           such
           studies
           as
           have
           enabled
           them
           to
           know
           
             truth
          
           and
           
             falshood
             ,
          
           are
           the
           fittest
           to
           Judg
           what
           is
           
             Heresie
             :
          
           And
           if
           you
           grant
           this
           ,
           then
           these
           judges
           must
           have
           some
           name
           to
           distinguish
           them
           from
           others
           of
           the
           inferiour
           Clergy
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           by
           a
           name
           of
           distinction
           ?
           I
           hope
           
           the
           known
           name
           of
           
             Bishop
          
           (
           or
           Church
           Governour
           )
           which
           is
           so
           frequently
           used
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           Writings
           of
           all
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           well
           known
           in
           this
           and
           all
           Nations
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           by
           you
           excepted
           against
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           told
           you
           in
           order
           to
           remembring
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           late
           Long
           Parliament
           ,
           1640.
           the
           common
           Citizens
           had
           been
           so
           madded
           ,
           by
           the
           discourse
           and
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Nonconforming
           Ministers
           ,
           (
           which
           pretended
           tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           )
           that
           they
           ,
           being
           possest
           with
           a
           furious
           zeal
           ,
           went
           by
           troops
           to
           the
           Parliament
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           clamoured
           ,
           and
           assronted
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           they
           went
           thither
           ,
           and
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             No
             Bishops
             !
             no
             Bishops
             !
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           No
           Judges
           of
           
             Heresie
          
           or
           
             Schism
             :
             No
             punishing
             of
             these
             ,
             which
             you
             call
             sins
             ;
             but
             ,
             we
             know
             are
             not
             :
             We
             know
             what
             is
             truth
             ,
             and
             resolve
             to
             do
             what
             is
             good
             in
             our
             own
             eyes
             .
          
           And
           by
           such
           clamours
           ,
           and
           the
           malicious
           ,
           misguided
           ,
           and
           active
           Zeal
           that
           then
           possest
           those
           people
           ,
           and
           a
           minor
           part
           of
           the
           Parliament
           then
           sitting
           :
           The
           major
           and
           more
           prudent
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           were
           so
           affronted
           ,
           and
           threatned
           ,
           that
           they
           appeared
           not
           ;
           and
           in
           their
           absence
           ,
           the
           
             Bishops
          
           voted
           as
           useless
           ,
           as
           the
           said
           Zealous
           and
           Ignorant
           Common
           people
           had
           desir'd
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           the
           hedge
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           punishment
           being
           broken
           down
           :
           
             Dell
             ,
          
           the
           
             Arch-Heretick
             ,
          
           Printed
           his
           Book
           against
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
          
           and
           that
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           such
           other
           
             Haeresies
          
           and
           
             Blasphemies
          
           were
           then
           Vented
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Justifified
           :
           as
           I
           am
           neither
           willing
           to
           remember
           ,
           or
           name
           .
        
         
           My
           good
           Cousin
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           effect
           of
           that
           ignorant
           zeal
           then
           ;
           and
           ,
           to
           this
           it
           tends
           now
           again
           :
           And
           to
           this
           it
           will
           come
           ,
           if
           God
           be
           not
           so
           good
           to
           this
           sinful
           Nation
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           the
           Women
           ,
           the
           Shop-keepers
           ,
           and
           the
           middle-witted
           People
           of
           it
           ,
           Jest
           busie
           ,
           and
           more
           humble
           and
           lowly
           in
           their
           own
           eyes
           ,
           and
           to
           think
           that
           they
           are
           neither
           called
           ,
           nor
           are
           fit
           to
           meddle
           with
           ,
           and
           judge
           of
           the
           most
           hidden
           and
           mysterious
           points
           in
           
             Divinity
             ,
          
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           and
           
             State
             :
          
           And
           instead
           of
           being
           
             Busie
             bodies
             ,
          
           (
           which
           St.
           
             Peter
          
           accounts
           to
           be
           a
           sin
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           4.
           15.
           
           )
           to
           follow
           that
           counsel
           which
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           gives
           to
           his
           
             Thessalonians
             ,
             To
             study
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             their
             own
             business
             ,
          
           2
           Thes.
           4.
           11.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           told
           you
           ,
           how
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Bishops
          
           were
           used
           by
           the
           minor
           part
           ,
           and
           those
           
           pretenders
           to
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           were
           of
           their
           Party
           .
           Now
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           how
           these
           zealous
           men
           ,
           having
           gotten
           into
           all
           power
           ,
           used
           the
           two
           
             Universities
          
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Beneficed
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           violate
           those
           Oaths
           they
           had
           taken
           ,
           both
           when
           they
           took
           their
           degrees
           in
           the
           
             University
             ,
          
           and
           at
           their
           entring
           into
           
             Holy
             Orders
             ,
          
           at
           their
           being
           made
           
             Deacons
          
           and
           
             Priests
             :
          
           As
           also
           ,
           their
           Oaths
           to
           the
           
             Bishop
          
           at
           their
           admission
           into
           their
           spiritual
           Livings
           ,
           and
           the
           care
           of
           Souls
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           for
           the
           usage
           of
           the
           Universities
           :
           Doubtless
           ,
           all
           rational
           and
           uninterested
           men
           cannot
           but
           think
           the
           Universities
           fittest
           to
           make
           or
           judge
           of
           all
           lawful
           or
           unlawful
           Oaths
           :
           As
           also
           ,
           of
           obedience
           to
           Governours
           :
           But
           it
           was
           so
           far
           otherwise
           ,
           that
           very
           unlearned
           ,
           and
           very
           unfit
           men
           ,
           were
           sent
           to
           Visit
           ,
           judge
           ,
           and
           reform
           them
           .
           And
           ,
           by
           them
           was
           also
           sent
           the
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Oaths
           to
           be
           taken
           without
           disputing
           ;
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           even
           by
           all
           ,
           from
           the
           lowest
           
             Graduate
          
           to
           the
           highest
           in
           
             Order
          
           or
           
             Power
             ;
          
           or
           to
           lose
           their
           subsistence
           by
           being
           expelled
           both
           their
           Colledges
           and
           the
           University
           .
           And
           this
           was
           executed
           with
           very
           great
           strictness
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           cruelty
           ,
           by
           these
           pretenders
           to
           tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           like
           manner
           were
           all
           conformable
           
             Beneficed
             Ministers
          
           used
           by
           a
           Committee
           of
           
             cruel
          
           and
           ignorant
           
             Triers
             ;
          
           who
           were
           to
           examine
           and
           judge
           of
           their
           
             Learning
             ,
          
           and
           their
           measures
           of
           
             Grace
             :
          
           And
           if
           they
           were
           by
           them
           judged
           defective
           in
           either
           ,
           then
           they
           were
           unfit
           to
           hold
           their
           good
           Livings
           ;
           And
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           and
           their
           imposing
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           and
           other
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           their
           refusing
           to
           take
           them
           ,
           those
           good
           Livings
           became
           void
           ,
           and
           fit
           for
           those
           
             Tryers
          
           themselves
           ,
           or
           their
           Friends
           ,
           that
           had
           
             Learning
          
           and
           
             Grace
             ;
          
           (
           and
           
             Gratitude
          
           too
           .
           )
           And
           they
           were
           quickly
           got
           into
           possession
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           Owners
           as
           quickly
           imprisoned
           for
           not
           taking
           the
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Oaths
           ,
           contrary
           both
           to
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           Oaths
           they
           had
           formerly
           taken
           .
        
         
           
             Solomon
          
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           
             Chap.
          
           2.
           makes
           the
           
             wickedness
             of
             the
             ungodly
             first
             to
             blind
             them
             ;
          
           and
           then
           he
           makes
           them
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Our
             power
             is
             the
             Law
             of
             righteousness
             .
          
           And
           such
           was
           the
           Power
           and
           Law
           of
           these
           
             Tryers
             ,
          
           and
           such
           was
           their
           cruel
           usage
           of
           that
           Power
           ;
           as
           was
           too
           sadly
           testified
           by
           the
           great
           
           suffering
           of
           the
           
             Consormable
             Clergy
             :
          
           Many
           ,
           whose
           great
           poverty
           and
           other
           sufferings
           were
           such
           ,
           and
           undergone
           with
           so
           much
           patience
           ,
           and
           so
           calm
           a
           fortitude
           (
           for
           many
           had
           Wives
           ,
           and
           many
           Children
           )
           that
           I
           protest
           ,
           I
           heard
           a
           very
           considerable
           
             Papist
          
           say
           in
           those
           times
           ,
           
             That
             if
             their
             Clergy
             would
             have
             suffered
             half
             so
             much
             in
             the
             days
             of
             King
          
           Edward
           
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Protestants
             had
             never
             prevailed
             in
             England
             .
          
           Which
           saying
           scemed
           to
           me
           very
           considerable
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           think
           this
           to
           be
           considerable
           also
           ;
           That
           those
           
             Tryers
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Brethren
           of
           the
           several
           Committees
           ,
           came
           by
           degrees
           to
           distinghish
           themselves
           from
           others
           ,
           by
           calling
           themselves
           .
           
             The
             Godly
             Party
             :
          
           And
           by
           degrees
           came
           to
           such
           a
           confidence
           that
           they
           only
           were
           so
           ;
           that
           they
           made
           God
           to
           be
           as
           cruel
           and
           ill
           natured
           a
           God
           as
           they
           were
           men
           :
           Not
           allowing
           him
           to
           save
           any
           ,
           but
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Party
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           urge
           this
           no
           farther
           ;
           lest
           the
           truth
           I
           write
           seem
           too
           bitter
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           return
           to
           what
           may
           seem
           more
           considerable
           ,
           and
           probably
           less
           provoking
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           observe
           ,
           that
           your
           Party
           that
           scruple
           many
           small
           things
           ,
           scruple
           not
           at
           the
           great
           sin
           of
           
             Schism
             :
          
           I
           think
           ,
           they
           do
           scarce
           consider
           ,
           or
           think
           there
           is
           such
           a
           sin
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           more
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           because
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           in
           
             Foreign
          
           Nations
           they
           think
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           punish
           it
           .
           And
           they
           think
           the
           
             Doctrine
             ,
          
           and
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           and
           
             Publick
             Worship
          
           of
           God
           in
           our
           Church
           to
           be
           most
           
             Apostolical
             ,
          
           and
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           
             Word
             of
             God
             :
          
           And
           many
           of
           them
           wish
           theirs
           were
           like
           to
           ours
           .
           And
           ,
           for
           a
           testimony
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           refer
           you
           to
           a
           view
           of
           their
           several
           approbations
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           they
           be
           collected
           and
           summed
           up
           ,
           and
           lately
           published
           by
           Dr.
           
             Durell
             ,
          
           sometimes
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Reformed
           
             French
             Church
          
           in
           the
           
             Savoy
          
           in
           
             London
             .
          
        
         
           And
           for
           one
           testimony
           that
           the
           sin
           of
           Schism
           ought
           to
           be
           better
           considered
           ,
           and
           carefully
           avoided
           by
           all
           people
           ,
           I
           shall
           in
           what
           follows
           give
           you
           a
           relation
           that
           may
           prove
           I
           am
           not
           singular
           in
           this
           opinion
           :
           Wishing
           most
           affectionately
           that
           it
           may
           proveas
           useful
           as
           it
           is
           true
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           intend
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           late
           persecution
           of
           the
           Conformable
           Clergy
           ,
           there
           was
           Dr.
           
             Eleazer
             Duncon
             ,
          
           a
           Prebend
           ,
           (
           I
           think
           of
           
             Ely
             ,
          
           or
           
           
             Durham
          
           )
           a
           man
           of
           singular
           learning
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           unblemisht
           life
           ;
           but
           sequested
           he
           was
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           guess
           why
           .
           This
           good
           man
           being
           sequested
           ,
           and
           so
           made
           useless
           as
           to
           the
           service
           of
           Gods
           Church
           publickly
           :
           And
           being
           independent
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           to
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ;
           and
           weary
           of
           beholding
           the
           ruine
           of
           so
           many
           sacred
           Structures
           ,
           the
           cruel
           usage
           ,
           contempt
           ,
           and
           poverty
           of
           the
           Conformable
           Clergy
           ,
           (
           for
           many
           of
           them
           had
           Wives
           and
           Children
           )
           resolved
           to
           spend
           some
           part
           of
           the
           remaining
           part
           of
           his
           life
           in
           travel
           :
           And
           thereby
           to
           inform
           himself
           by
           conference
           and
           observation
           ,
           what
           the
           belief
           and
           publick
           Worship
           of
           God
           was
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Greek
           and
           all
           the
           Latine
           Churches
           ;
           not
           only
           those
           that
           depend
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           be
           independent
           on
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           and
           he
           did
           so
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           satisfaction
           :
           And
           after
           some
           years
           so
           spent
           ,
           in
           his
           return
           homeward
           (
           which
           was
           in
           the
           year
           1648.
           )
           he
           took
           
             Venice
          
           in
           his
           way
           :
           To
           which
           place
           he
           came
           indisposed
           as
           to
           his
           health
           ;
           and
           immediately
           fell
           into
           a
           dangerous
           Fever
           .
        
         
           This
           good
           man
           was
           in
           his
           long
           Travel
           so
           noted
           for
           his
           learning
           ,
           and
           the
           sanctity
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           that
           the
           day
           after
           his
           arrival
           in
           
             Venice
          
           he
           was
           sent
           to
           by
           
             Father
             Fulgentio
             ,
          
           who
           had
           been
           the
           Pupil
           ,
           and
           was
           now
           the
           Successor
           to
           
             Father
             Paul
          
           in
           his
           Colledge
           of
           the
           
             Service
          
           (
           
             Father
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Fulgentio
          
           are
           both
           so
           known
           and
           valued
           by
           all
           the
           learned
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           Christian
           Nations
           ,
           that
           they
           neither
           need
           my
           Character
           or
           Commendations
           )
           to
           enquire
           his
           health
           ,
           and
           an
           offer
           of
           advice
           to
           procure
           it
           .
           And
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           both
           ,
           he
           would
           wait
           on
           him
           next
           day
           ,
           if
           he
           pleased
           to
           allow
           it
           .
           The
           last
           of
           which
           being
           thankfully
           accepted
           ;
           the
           Father
           did
           the
           next
           day
           at
           a
           scasonable
           hour
           make
           him
           a
           charitable
           visit
           :
           And
           after
           a
           loving
           and
           quiet
           Conference
           ,
           the
           Father
           having
           treated
           him
           with
           words
           of
           Christian
           compassion
           ,
           offered
           him
           a
           supply
           of
           money
           if
           he
           needed
           ;
           and
           being
           ready
           to
           take
           his
           leave
           ,
           told
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           
             He
             and-his
             Colledge
             should
             pary
             for
             him
             both
             day
             and
             night
             .
          
           Which
           good
           office
           the
           Doctor
           most
           humbly
           accepted
           of
           ,
           and
           after
           giving
           thanks
           ,
           added
           this
           :
        
         
           Father
           ,
           your
           Charity
           is
           the
           more
           perfect
           ,
           in
           that
           you
           will
           do
           this
           Christian
           office
           for
           one
           that
           your
           Church
           accounts
           an
           Heretick
           .
           
             To
             which
             the
             Father's
             reply
             was
             ;
          
           
             But
             I
             do
             not
             :
             I
             look
             upon
             you
             as
             a
             true
             Catholick
             ;
             yea
             ,
             as
             a
             Confessor
             ,
             forced
             
             out
             of
             your
             Native
             Country
             for
             the
             profession
             of
             the
             most
             true
             Religion
             ;
             for
             ,
             I
             look
             upon
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             I
             know
             it
             by
             your
             Liturgy
             ,
             Articles
             and
             Canons
             (
             I
             know
             not
             your
             practice
             )
             to
             be
             the
             most
             Apostolical
             Church
             in
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
            
             to
             be
             at
             this
             time
             the
             most
             impure
             .
          
        
         
           After
           which
           ingenuous
           profession
           ,
           the
           Father
           observing
           the
           Doctor
           to
           grow
           faint
           and
           uneasie
           ,
           left
           him
           for
           that
           time
           ;
           but
           ,
           after
           the
           Doctors
           recovery
           ,
           and
           during
           his
           stay
           in
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           the
           Father
           and
           he
           had
           many
           free
           and
           friendly
           discourses
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           subject
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           Doctor
           said
           :
        
         
           Father
           ,
           your
           Confession
           of
           the
           impurity
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           and
           the
           18.
           of
           your
           own
           Objections
           ,
           lately
           shew'd
           to
           me
           against
           it
           ,
           require
           an
           Apology
           for
           your
           continuing
           in
           that
           Communion
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           the
           Fathers
           reply
           was
           :
        
         
           
             
               A
               man
               may
               live
               in
               an
               inficted
               City
               ,
               and
               not
               have
               the
               Plague
               ;
            
             My
             Judgment
             and
             publick
             Practice
             in
             Religion
             are
             both
             so
             well
             known
             here
             ,
             and
             at
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             (
             and
             both
             to
             my
             danger
             and
             damage
             )
             that
             I
             may
             continue
             in
             it
             with
             more
             safety
             than
             others
             :
             And
             ,
             separation
             may
             be
             a
             sin
             in
             me
             ,
             who
             Judge
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             which
             I
             was
             baptized
             and
             confirmed
             ,
             and
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             State
             in
             which
             I
             was
             born
             ,
             to
             be
             preforred
             before
             my
             private
             opinion
             ,
             interest
             ,
             or
             satisfaction
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             ,
             to
             commit
             a
             
               Schisin
               ,
            
             and
             separate
             from
             that
             Church
             ,
             would
             make
             me
             guilty
             of
             the
             sin
             of
             a
             
               Scandal
               justly
               given
               ;
            
             and
             therefore
             live
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             die
             in
             it
             I
             must
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             the
             impurest
             of
             Christian
             Churches
             .
             But
             let
             him
             that
             now
             is
             not
             of
             it
             ,
             never
             be
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             far
             departed
             from
             the
             Primitive
             purity
             ,
             and
             now
             maintained
             only
             by
             splendour
             ,
             and
             the
             maxims
             ,
             and
             practice
             of
             polity
             .
          
        
         
           If
           you
           doubt
           the
           truth
           *
           of
           this
           relation
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           you
           unquestionable
           confirmation
           of
           it
           at
           our
           next
           meeting
           .
           It
           has
           been
           longer
           than
           I
           intended
           ,
           and
           I
           beg
           your
           pardon
           ;
           and
           beg
           you
           also
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           with
           what
           inconsiderable
           zeal
           you
           and
           your
           Party
           rush
           into
           
             Schism
             ,
          
           and
           give
           just
           cause
           of
           
             Scandal
          
           by
           
           opposing
           Government
           ,
           and
           affronting
           that
           Church
           in
           which
           you
           were
           born
           ,
           and
           baptized
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           confirmed
           by
           a
           Bishop
           .
           )
           I
           think
           the
           doing
           so
           ,
           requires
           your
           sad
           and
           serious
           consideration
           .
           For
           if
           there
           be
           such
           sins
           as
           
             Schism
          
           and
           
             Scandal
          
           (
           and
           if
           there
           were
           not
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           have
           names
           in
           Scripture
           :
           )
           then
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           that
           you
           and
           the
           scruple-mongers
           of
           your
           Party
           ,
           should
           rush
           into
           them
           ,
           without
           any
           tenderness
           ,
           or
           scruple
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           you
           oppose
           ,
           enjoyns
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ;
           and
           hath
           summed
           up
           in
           her
           
             Creeds
          
           and
           
             Catechism
             ,
          
           what
           is
           necessary
           for
           every
           Christian
           to
           know
           and
           to
           do
           :
           And
           can
           you
           ,
           that
           are
           a
           Shop-keeper
           ,
           or
           private
           man
           ,
           think
           that
           you
           are
           fit
           to
           
             teach
             and
             judge
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Church
           fit
           to
           teach
           and
           judge
           you
           ?
           Or
           can
           you
           think
           the
           safety
           or
           peace
           of
           the
           State
           or
           Church
           in
           which
           you
           live
           should
           depend
           upon
           the
           scruples
           and
           mistakes
           of
           a
           party
           of
           the
           Common
           People
           ,
           whose
           indiscreet
           and
           active
           zeal
           makes
           them
           like
           the
           restless
           
             Scribes
          
           and
           
             Pharisees
             ,
             Mat.
          
           13.
           15
           who
           compass
           Sea
           and
           Land
           to
           get
           Parties
           to
           be
           of
           their
           opinions
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           beget
           confusion
           in
           both
           ?
           No
           ,
           doubtless
           :
           Common
           reason
           will
           not
           allow
           of
           this
           belief
           ;
           for
           a
           liberty
           to
           preach
           and
           persuade
           to
           your
           dangerous
           Principles
           ,
           would
           enflame
           the
           too
           hot
           and
           furious
           zeal
           of
           so
           many
           of
           your
           Party
           ;
           and
           beget
           so
           many
           more
           restless
           and
           dangerous
           contentions
           ,
           that
           there
           could
           be
           neither
           quiet
           or
           safety
           in
           a
           Nation
           ,
           but
           by
           keeping
           a
           standing
           Army
           *
           ,
           which
           I
           know
           you
           detest
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           cause
           of
           which
           God
           deliver
           us
           .
           I
           have
           told
           you
           often
           ,
           that
           
             Samuel
          
           says
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           15.
           23.
           
           
             Rebellion
          
           is
           like
           the
           
             sin
          
           of
           
             Witchcraft
             ;
          
           and
           I
           cannot
           tell
           you
           too
           often
           that
           
             Schism
          
           is
           too
           like
           that
           mysterious
           sin
           ;
           for
           when
           the
           fire
           of
           
             Schism
          
           and
           
             Rebellion
          
           is
           kindled
           ,
           no
           man
           knows
           where
           it
           will
           end
           .
           Consider
           this
           ,
           and
           remember
           ,
           that
           St.
           
             Jude
          
           accounts
           them
           that
           
             make
             Sects
             ,
             to
             be
             fleshly
             ;
          
           and
           
             not
             to
             have
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
          
           which
           too
           many
           of
           your
           Fraternity
           pretend
           to
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           after
           so
           long
           seriousness
           ,
           give
           me
           liberty
           to
           be
           so
           pleasant
           as
           to
           tell
           you
           a
           Tale
           ,
           by
           which
           I
           intend
           not
           to
           provoke
           you
           ,
           but
           to
           explain
           my
           meaning
           .
        
         
           
           
             There
             was
             a
             North-Country
             man
             ,
             that
             came
             young
             and
             poor
             to
             
               London
               ,
            
             to
             seek
             that
             which
             he
             call'd
             his
             fortune
             ,
             and
             it
             proved
             to
             be
             an
             Hostler
             in
             an
             Inn
             of
             good
             note
             in
             that
             City
             ,
             in
             which
             condition
             he
             continued
             some
             years
             ,
             and
             by
             diligence
             and
             frugality
             get
             and
             saved
             so
             much
             money
             ,
             that
             in
             time
             he
             became
             the
             Master
             of
             that
             Inn.
             And
             not
             long
             after
             his
             arrival
             to
             that
             happiness
             ,
             he
             sent
             for
             three
             of
             his
             Neeces
             ,
             one
             to
             serve
             him
             in
             his
             Kitchin
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             two
             did
             serve
             for
             some
             years
             in
             a
             like
             condition
             in
             other
             houses
             ,
             'till
             mine
             
               Host
            
             their
             Unkle
             died
             ;
             who
             ,
             at
             his
             death
             ,
             left
             to
             each
             of
             them
             a
             hundred
             pound
             ,
             to
             buy
             each
             of
             them
             a
             North-Country
             Husband
             ;
             and
             also
             to
             each
             of
             them
             ten
             pound
             to
             buy
             new
             Cloaths
             ,
             and
             bear
             their
             charges
             into
             the
             North
             ,
             to
             see
             their
             Mother
             .
          
           
             The
             three
             Sisters
             resolved
             to
             go
             together
             ;
             and
             the
             day
             being
             appointed
             ,
             two
             of
             them
             bought
             very
             fantastical
             Cloaths
             ,
             and
             as
             gaudy
             Ribbands
             ,
             intending
             thereby
             to
             be
             noted
             and
             admired
             ;
             but
             the
             third
             was
             of
             a
             more
             frugal
             humour
             ,
             (
             yet
             aimed
             at
             admiration
             too
             )
             and
             said
             she
             would
             save
             her
             money
             ,
             wear
             her
             old
             Cloaths
             ,
             and
             yet
             be
             noted
             and
             get
             reputation
             at
             a
             cheaper
             rate
             :
             For
             she
             would
             hold
             some
             singular
             new
             fantastical
             opinion
             in
             Religion
             ,
             and
             thereby
             get
             admirers
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             as
             they
             should
             ;
             and
             it
             proved
             so
             .
          
        
         
           And
           doubtless
           this
           is
           the
           Ambition
           of
           many
           Women
           ,
           Shop-keepers
           ,
           and
           other
           of
           the
           Common
           People
           of
           very
           mean
           parts
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           be
           admired
           or
           noted
           if
           they
           did
           not
           trouble
           themselves
           and
           others
           ,
           by
           holding
           some
           odd
           ,
           impertinent
           ,
           singular
           opinions
           .
           And
           tell
           me
           freely
           ,
           do
           not
           you
           think
           that
           silence
           would
           become
           our
           Cosin
           Mrs.
           
             B
          
           —
           than
           to
           talk
           so
           much
           and
           so
           boldly
           ,
           against
           those
           Clergy-men
           ,
           and
           others
           that
           bow
           
             at
          
           the
           Altar
           ,
           (
           she
           says
           to
           the
           Altar
           )
           and
           use
           other
           like
           reverence
           in
           Churches
           ,
           where
           she
           and
           her
           Party
           are
           so
           familiar
           with
           God
           as
           to
           use
           none
           ?
           And
           concerning
           which
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           then
           leave
           you
           to
           judge
           .
           Almighty
           God
           in
           the
           Second
           Commandment
           says
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           none
           to
           bow
           down
           or
           worship
           a
           
             graven
             Image
             :
          
           Intimating
           ,
           as
           I
           suppose
           ,
           a
           Jealousie
           ,
           lest
           that
           reverence
           or
           worship
           ,
           which
           belongs
           only
           to
           him
           ,
           be
           ascribed
           or
           given
           to
           an
           
             Idol
             ,
          
           or
           
             Image
             .
          
           But
           ,
           that
           reverence
           and
           worship
           does
           belong
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           was
           always
           paid
           to
           him
           ,
           is
           to
           me
           manifest
           by
           what
           the
           Prophet
           
           
             David
          
           says
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           5.
           
           
             I
             will
             in
             thy
             fear
             worship
             towards
             thy
             holy
             Temple
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             I
             will
             praise
             thy
             name
             ,
             and
             worship
             towards
             thy
             holy
             Temple
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           132.
           138.
           
           
             O
             let
             us
             worship
             ,
             and
             fall
             down
             ,
             and
             kneel
             before
             the
             Lord
          
           These
           and
           many
           more
           might
           be
           urged
           out
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           .
           And
           in
           the
           New
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           it
           is
           a
           duty
           to
           worship
           God.
           First
           ,
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           says
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           13.
           10.
           
           
             We
             have
             an
             Altar
             .
          
           And
           you
           may
           note
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           22.
           9.
           where
           the
           Angel
           that
           had
           shewed
           St.
           
             John
          
           a
           Vision
           ,
           forbad
           him
           to
           fall
           down
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           bad
           him
           
             fall
             down
             and
             worship
             God.
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             Chap.
          
           14.
           7.
           
           
             Worship
             him
             that
             made
             heaven
             and
             earth
             .
          
           I
           omit
           more
           Testimonies
           which
           might
           be
           multiplied
           ,
           and
           shall
           tell
           you
           next
           ,
           that
           Churches
           are
           sacred
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           used
           prophancely
           :
           For
           you
           may
           note
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           did
           ,
           with
           a
           divine
           indignation
           ,
           
             whip
             the
             money-changers
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             for
             polluting
             it
             ;
          
           and
           said
           ,
           
             His
             house
             should
             be
             called
             the
             house
             of
             Prayer
             .
          
        
         
           And
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           many
           of
           those
           humble
           and
           devout
           Christians
           ,
           whose
           sudden
           Journeys
           ,
           or
           businesses
           of
           present
           necessity
           ,
           were
           such
           as
           not
           to
           allow
           them
           time
           to
           attend
           the
           publick
           Worship
           and
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           would
           yet
           express
           their
           devotion
           by
           going
           into
           a
           Church
           or
           Oratory
           ,
           and
           there
           
             how
             at
             the
             Altar
             ,
          
           then
           kneel
           and
           beg
           of
           God
           
             to
             pardon
             their
             sins
             past
             :
             and
             to
             be
             their
             director
             and
             protector
             that
             day
             ;
          
           and
           having
           again
           bowed
           toward
           the
           
             East
          
           at
           the
           
             Altar
             ,
          
           begin
           their
           Journey
           ,
           or
           business
           ,
           and
           they
           thought
           God
           well
           pleased
           with
           so
           short
           a
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Sacrifice
           .
        
         
           Much
           more
           might
           be
           said
           for
           bowing
           at
           the
           
             Altar
             ,
          
           and
           bowing
           toward
           the
           
             East
             :
          
           But
           I
           forbear
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           let
           me
           ask
           you
           seriously
           ;
           Do
           you
           think
           this
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           to
           be
           a
           duty
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           forborn
           ,
           because
           our
           Cosin
           and
           her
           Party
           are
           scandalized
           at
           it
           ?
           Or
           do
           you
           think
           when
           I
           ,
           in
           a
           late
           discourse
           ,
           told
           her
           ,
           how
           restless
           and
           active
           her
           
             Unkle
             ,
          
           and
           
             Father
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Party
           had
           been
           in
           promoting
           the
           late
           Consusions
           ,
           and
           placing
           all
           Power
           in
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           1640.
           that
           murthered
           Dr.
           
             Laud
             ,
          
           the
           late
           religious
           
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           the
           late
           good
           and
           pious
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           and
           were
           the
           cause
           of
           spilling
           so
           much
           innocent
           bloud
           ,
           and
           ruine
           of
           so
           many
           harmless
           Familles
           ?
           Can
           you
           think
           hers
           to
           be
           a
           reasonable
           excuse
           :
           
             That
             God
          
           
           
             had
             determined
             or
             appointed
             this
             ,
             because
             we
             were
             a
             sinful
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           It
           shall
           be
           granted
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           (
           God
           knows
           we
           still
           are
           )
           a
           sinful
           Nation
           :
           And
           deserved
           a
           heavy
           punishment
           ;
           and
           God
           did
           punish
           us
           justly
           ;
           but
           they
           had
           no
           appointment
           to
           be
           the
           executioners
           of
           that
           Justice
           :
           They
           appointed
           themselves
           ,
           first
           to
           judge
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           be
           the
           Executioners
           of
           his
           will.
           And
           before
           I
           pass
           further
           ,
           I
           pray
           observe
           ,
           it
           was
           Gods
           Will
           ,
           
             that
             his
             only
             Son
             our
             Saviour
             should
             be
             betrayed
             :
          
           But
           who
           would
           be
           the
           
             Judas
          
           to
           do
           it
           ?
           Or
           the
           Souldiers
           that
           Crucified
           him
           ?
           Or
           could
           
             Judas
          
           look
           back
           with
           comfort
           that
           he
           was
           used
           in
           betraying
           him
           ?
           I
           hope
           it
           is
           far
           from
           your
           thought
           to
           think
           or
           say
           so
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           learned
           Dr.
           
             Abbot
             ,
          
           the
           late
           Lord
           
             Archbishop
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           that
           was
           next
           before
           Dr.
           
             Laud
             ,
          
           (
           whose
           head
           your
           Long
           Parliament
           cut
           off
           )
           intended
           to
           kill
           a
           
             Buck
             ,
          
           1621.
           but
           the
           Arrow
           did
           so
           glance
           ,
           that
           he
           kill'd
           the
           Keeper
           immediately
           .
           The
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
          
           judges
           sudden
           death
           to
           be
           punishment
           ,
           and
           therefore
           prays
           against
           it
           .
           And
           though
           it
           is
           certain
           God
           would
           not
           have
           punished
           that
           Keeper
           with
           a
           sudden
           death
           if
           the
           Keeper
           had
           not
           deserved
           it
           ;
           and
           certain
           also
           that
           the
           good
           Bishop
           thought
           so
           ;
           yet
           he
           lamented
           to
           the
           last
           hour
           of
           his
           own
           life
           ,
           that
           his
           hand
           was
           used
           to
           bring
           sudden
           death
           upon
           another
           .
           And
           he
           testified
           his
           sorrow
           ,
           by
           what
           I
           shall
           relate
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           
             After
             that
             restless
             night
             ,
             which
             followed
             this
             sad
             accident
             ,
             he
             sent
             early
             in
             the
             morning
             for
             the
             Keepers
             Wife
             ;
             bemoan'd
             himself
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             begg'd
             her
             pardon
             ;
             which
             being
             obtained
             ,
             he
             setled
             upon
             her
             an
             annuity
             ,
             by
             which
             she
             was
             enabled
             to
             live
             with
             much
             more
             ease
             and
             plenty
             ,
             though
             probly
             with
             less
             comfort
             ,
             than
             if
             she
             had
             still
             enjoyed
             her
             Husband
             .
             For
             her
             two
             Daughters
             ,
             he
             provided
             competent
             portions
             ;
             and
             a
             better
             education
             and
             settlement
             for
             her
             three
             Sons
             ,
             than
             the
             Father
             could
             probably
             have
             made
             if
             he
             had
             still
             lived
             .
          
           
             This
             he
             did
             for
             them
             .
             And
             as
             for
             himself
             ,
             this
             sad
             accident
             begot
             in
             him
             that
             which
             St.
             
               Paul
            
             rejoyced
             to
             find
             in
             his
             
               Corinthians
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             7.
             11.
             even
             a
             
               godly
               sorrow
               ,
            
             and
             
               revenge
               ;
            
             for
             he
             kept
             a
             severe
             Weekly
             Fast
             ,
             the
             day
             that
             this
             sad
             accident
             befel
             him
             ,
             during
             the
             remainder
             of
             his
             life
             ;
             and
             died
             lamenting
             it
             .
          
        
         
         
           Let
           me
           stop
           here
           ,
           and
           tell
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           far
           otherways
           with
           you
           and
           your
           Presbyterian
           Party
           ,
           than
           with
           this
           penitent
           Bishop
           :
           For
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           most
           certain
           you
           were
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           late
           Confusion
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           War
           and
           Bloud
           that
           followed
           it
           ;
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           find
           one
           of
           you
           that
           lays
           his
           hand
           upon
           his
           breast
           ,
           and
           says
           :
        
         
           
             Lord
             what
             have
             I
             done
             ?
             Lord
             pardon
             me
             .
          
           No
           ,
           you
           are
           far
           from
           that
           temper
           :
           And
           ,
           he
           that
           considers
           the
           temper
           of
           the
           present
           times
           ,
           and
           your
           restless
           activity
           in
           it
           ,
           may
           conclude
           ,
           you
           are
           as
           willing
           to
           begin
           new
           Commotions
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           senseless
           of
           the
           old
           .
        
         
           My
           meaning
           is
           not
           ,
           in
           saying
           this
           to
           upbraid
           ,
           or
           provoke
           you
           ;
           but
           rather
           to
           convince
           and
           unbeguile
           you
           .
           And
           that
           I
           may
           the
           better
           do
           that
           ,
           I
           will
           in
           what
           follows
           answer
           some
           of
           the
           most
           material
           of
           your
           common
           objections
           .
        
         
           You
           say
           ,
           
             the
             Bishops
             have
             great
             revenues
             ,
             and
             preach
             not
             for
             it
             ,
          
           to
           which
           I
           will
           answer
           you
           in
           love
           :
           First
           ,
           you
           say
           that
           the
           Bishops
           revenues
           are
           much
           greater
           than
           indeed
           they
           are
           :
           And
           you
           seem
           to
           repine
           ,
           because
           you
           do
           not
           consider
           ,
           how
           much
           must
           go
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           
             First-Fruits
             ,
             Tenths
             ,
          
           and
           other
           payments
           of
           necessity
           .
           And
           you
           ought
           to
           consider
           ,
           much
           must
           go
           out
           in
           
             Bounty
          
           and
           
             Charity
             ,
          
           and
           some
           in
           
             Hospitality
          
           and
           
             State.
          
           I
           say
           in
           state
           and
           attendance
           :
           For
           is
           it
           fit
           that
           the
           Judge
           of
           all
           the
           inferiour
           Clergy
           of
           his
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Laity
           ,
           should
           not
           have
           a
           liberal
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           more
           plenty
           and
           splendour
           than
           the
           Common
           People
           do
           ,
           or
           can
           do
           ?
           Doubtless
           it
           is
           necessary
           ;
           For
           let
           him
           be
           never
           so
           prudent
           and
           diligent
           ;
           so
           inwardly
           humble
           ,
           and
           outwardly
           meek
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           have
           not
           a
           Revenue
           to
           live
           above
           the
           Common
           People
           ,
           he
           must
           make
           himself
           a
           Companion
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           lose
           the
           reverence
           due
           to
           his
           
             Dignity
             ;
          
           and
           ,
           by
           that
           ,
           make
           himself
           both
           cheap
           ,
           and
           contemptible
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           will
           consider
           the
           necessity
           of
           a
           Bishop's
           living
           thus
           ,
           and
           the
           small
           Revenue
           that
           most
           of
           the
           Bishops
           have
           ,
           may
           turn
           his
           maligning
           them
           their
           Revenue
           ,
           into
           a
           wonder
           ,
           how
           they
           make
           their
           Revenue
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           pity
           it
           is
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           indeed
           ,
           some
           few
           of
           them
           ,
           whose
           Revenues
           do
           abound
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           mistaken
           if
           I
           say
           ,
           there
           have
           been
           by
           them
           more
           High-ways
           mended
           ,
           and
           more
           Hospitals
           ,
           Schools
           ,
           and
           Colledges
           built
           and
           endowed
           ,
           than
           by
           five
           
           times
           their
           number
           of
           Lay
           Lords
           ,
           or
           by
           all
           the
           Physicians
           and
           Lawyers
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           though
           very
           many
           of
           their
           employments
           ,
           turn
           to
           much
           more
           profit
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           theirs
           is
           not
           repined
           at
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           also
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           often
           that
           any
           is
           made
           a
           Bishop
           till
           the
           age
           of
           sixty
           years
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           undertakes
           the
           Care
           and
           toyl
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           prevent
           
             Heresie
          
           and
           
             Schism
             ,
          
           or
           suppress
           and
           punish
           them
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           occasion
           serves
           ,
           by
           his
           writing
           to
           defend
           this
           Church
           from
           the
           Clamours
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           or
           the
           resiless
           Sectaries
           of
           this
           .
           And
           may
           not
           the
           Revenue
           of
           a
           Bishop
           be
           thought
           a
           just
           reward
           for
           his
           forty
           years
           past
           study
           ,
           and
           his
           present
           care
           ,
           though
           he
           preach
           not
           ?
           And
           yet
           many
           of
           them
           do
           preach
           often
           ,
           though
           not
           weekly
           .
           And
           let
           me
           add
           this
           to
           what
           is
           said
           ;
           What
           if
           the
           King
           should
           give
           the
           Revenue
           to
           a
           Bishop
           only
           because
           he
           is
           learned
           ,
           and
           condition
           with
           him
           not
           to
           preach
           ;
           or
           make
           a
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Civil
           Law
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           in
           Orders
           ,
           and
           should
           not
           preach
           ,
           but
           govern
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           think
           he
           may
           do
           ,
           )
           what
           is
           this
           to
           you
           or
           your
           Party
           ?
           You
           ought
           to
           consider
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Bishops
           Revenues
           was
           never
           theirs
           ,
           nor
           yours
           ,
           nor
           your
           Predecessors
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           man
           now
           living
           claim
           it
           for
           his
           .
           
             It
             is
             only
             and
             most
             certainly
             Gods
             ;
          
           given
           to
           him
           by
           our
           Kings
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           our
           King
           appoints
           who
           shall
           govern
           the
           Church
           under
           him
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           Churches
           Revenue
           for
           their
           reward
           .
        
         
           More
           might
           be
           added
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           as
           weary
           of
           saying
           this
           ,
           as
           you
           will
           be
           to
           read
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           Preaching
           ,
           I
           praise
           God
           I
           understand
           my
           duty
           both
           to
           him
           and
           my
           neighbour
           ,
           the
           better
           by
           hearing
           of
           Sermons
           .
           And
           though
           I
           be
           defective
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           both
           (
           for
           which
           I
           beseech
           Almighty
           God
           to
           pardon
           me
           )
           yet
           ,
           I
           had
           been
           a
           much
           worse
           Christian
           if
           I
           had
           not
           frequented
           the
           blessed
           Ordinance
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           which
           has
           convinced
           me
           of
           my
           many
           sins
           past
           ,
           and
           begot
           such
           terrours
           of
           Conscience
           as
           have
           begot
           in
           me
           holy
           resolutions
           to
           amend
           my
           life
           ,
           and
           earnest
           Prayers
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           the
           giver
           of
           all
           grace
           ,
           to
           enable
           me
           by
           his
           grace
           to
           perform
           those
           holy
           resolutions
           :
           This
           benefit
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           like
           benefits
           ,
           I
           ,
           and
           other
           Christians
           have
           had
           by
           Preaching
           :
           And
           God
           forbid
           we
           should
           ever
           use
           it
           so
           ,
           or
           so
           provoke
           him
           by
           our
           other
           sins
           as
           to
           withdraw
           this
           blessed
           Ordinance
           from
           us
           ,
           or
           trun
           it
           into
           a
           curse
           by
           preaching
           
             Heresie
          
           and
           
             Schism
             ,
          
           which
           too
           many
           have
           done
           in
           the
           late
           time
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           indeed
           now
           do
           in
           many
           Conventicles
           ,
           and
           their
           Auditors
           think
           such
           Preaching
           is
           serving
           God
           ;
           when
           God
           knows
           it
           is
           
           contrary
           .
           
             For
             can
             you
             think
             to
             sit
             an
             hour
             in
             a
             warm
             Room
             ,
             upon
             an
             easie
             seat
             ,
             your
             head
             covered
             .
             your
             mind
             at
             rest
             ,
             and
             your
             malicious
             humour
             pleased
             to
             hear
             your
             Governours
             scandalized
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             scandals
             some
             new
             needless
             Notions
             offered
             to
             your
             consideration
             ;
             and
             then
             their
             truth
             or
             falshood
             left
             for
             you
             to
             judge
             and
             determine
             ?
             Can
             you
             think
             you
             are
             at
             this
             time
             scrving
             God
             ,
             or
             satisfying
             your
             own
             curiosity
             or
             malicious
             humour
             ?
             doubtless
             not
             serving
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           granted
           ,
           that
           you
           hear
           nothing
           but
           truth
           preach'd
           ,
           yet
           I
           question
           whether
           the
           direction
           how
           you
           should
           honour
           and
           serve
           God
           ,
           be
           honouring
           and
           serving
           him
           .
        
         
           For
           example
           ,
           If
           a
           Master
           calls
           his
           Servant
           ,
           and
           gives
           him
           positive
           directions
           what
           he
           shall
           do
           the
           day
           following
           ,
           and
           the
           Servant
           hears
           him
           with
           good
           attention
           ,
           but
           neglects
           to
           do
           what
           he
           is
           directed
           ?
           Can
           you
           think
           the
           hearing
           his
           Masters
           direction
           is
           serving
           him
           ?
           No
           doubtless
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           ;
           it
           is
           granted
           he
           could
           not
           have
           known
           his
           Masters
           will
           without
           hearing
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           serves
           him
           not
           by
           hearing
           his
           direction
           ,
           but
           doing
           his
           Will.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           like
           may
           be
           observed
           ,
           concerning
           your
           magnifying
           
             extemp●rary
             Prayer
          
           by
           gifted
           men
           in
           publick
           :
           and
           contempt
           of
           the
           Church
           
             Liturgy
             .
          
           The
           first
           of
           which
           you
           call
           praying
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           but
           doubtless
           ,
           it
           was
           an
           evil
           Spirit
           that
           
             John
             Lilbourn
             ,
             Hugh
             Peters
             ,
          
           and
           many
           others
           of
           your
           Party
           prayed
           by
           ,
           in
           the
           days
           of
           
             Cromwel
          
           the
           Tyrant
           ,
           when
           they
           prayed
           to
           God
           to
           
             prolong
             his
             life
             ,
             to
             streugthen
             his
             Arm
             ,
             and
             inable
             him
             with
             zeal
             and
             courage
             ,
             to
             perfect
             what
             he
             had
             so
             happily
             begun
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             thorow
             Reformation
             in
             the
             Church
             and
             whole
             Nation
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           same
           Prayer
           to
           libel
           our
           late
           vertuous
           King
           ,
           by
           praying
           to
           God
           ,
           
             that
             if
             he
             had
             not
             wholly
             withdrawn
             his
             grace
             ,
             and
             given
             him
             over
             to
             a
             reprobate
             sense
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             at
             last
             bring
             him
             back
             from
             his
             present
             evil
             Council
             to
             his
             great
             Council
             the
             present
             godly
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           or
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           was
           that
           pious
           and
           prudent
           King
           libelled
           in
           your
           publick
           extemporary
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           the
           Tyrant
           magnified
           by
           those
           that
           were
           so
           shameless
           as
           to
           call
           themselves
           the
           
             godly
             Party
             .
          
           And
           many
           well-meaning
           people
           were
           so
           beguiled
           as
           to
           say
           
             Amen
          
           to
           what
           was
           thus
           prayed
           .
           And
           by
           this
           means
           the
           Church
           
             Liturgy
          
           came
           to
           be
           abhorred
           by
           some
           ,
           and
           neglected
           by
           almost
           all
           :
           And
           can
           you
           think
           ,
           praying
           thus
           ,
           and
           appointing
           God
           in
           their
           Prayers
           what
           he
           was
           to
           do
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           Cause
           ,
           and
           when
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           manner
           and
           means
           he
           was
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           was
           honouring
           and
           serving
           him
           ?
           No
           doubtless
           .
        
         
         
           God
           forbid
           ,
           that
           private
           Christians
           should
           be
           so
           tied
           to
           set
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           as
           not
           in
           their
           retired
           and
           private
           devotions
           to
           make
           their
           private
           Confessions
           of
           their
           private
           sins
           to
           the
           searcher
           of
           all
           hearts
           :
           and
           beg
           their
           pardon
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           pray
           extempore
           for
           such
           a
           measure
           of
           his
           assisting
           grace
           so
           to
           strengthen
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           never
           relapse
           into
           those
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           sins
           :
           This
           doubtless
           is
           to
           honour
           and
           serve
           God
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           but
           to
           honour
           and
           serve
           him
           privately
           :
           And
           if
           I
           be
           mistaken
           in
           my
           private
           Prayers
           my
           mistakes
           concern
           only
           my self
           ,
           and
           end
           there
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           so
           in
           your
           
             Publick
             extemporray
             Prayers
             ,
          
           the
           mischief
           is
           not
           ended
           when
           the
           Prayers
           are
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           these
           should
           justle
           out
           the
           well-known
           ,
           and
           approved
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           were
           composed
           ,
           and
           so
           pathetically
           and
           properly
           worded
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           many
           of
           those
           blessed
           Martyrs
           and
           Consessors
           ,
           whom
           he
           made
           his
           Instruments
           to
           settle
           and
           resorm
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           from
           the
           gross
           Corruptions
           of
           that
           of
           
             Rome
             :
          
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           you
           and
           your
           Party
           should
           not
           when
           you
           consider
           this
           ,
           grieve
           to
           think
           it
           was
           done
           by
           you
           ,
           is
           to
           me
           a
           wonder
           ;
           and
           I
           praise
           God
           that
           he
           makes
           me
           look
           upon
           it
           with
           a
           thankful
           detestation
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           good
           Cosin
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           did
           your
           Brother
           in
           a
           Letter
           writ
           some
           years
           past
           )
           what
           I
           do
           (
           or
           ought
           in
           duty
           to
           do
           )
           when
           I
           make
           my self
           a
           Member
           of
           any
           Christian
           Congregation
           ,
           assembled
           to
           pay
           reverence
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           pray
           and
           praise
           him
           according
           to
           the
           Injunction
           and
           Custom
           of
           our
           Church
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
             We
             all
             do
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             they
             that
             know
             best
             ,
             and
             are
             most
             devout
             do
             ,
             all
             kneel
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             as
             well
             may
             with
             their
             faces
             toward
             the
             
               East
               ,
            
             and
             in
             that
             order
             ,
             and
             humble
             posture
             ,
             and
             ,
             with
             one
             consent
             ,
             all
             make
             their
             general
             and
             humble
             Confession
             of
             their
             unworthiness
             to
             appear
             before
             God
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             many
             and
             grievous
             sins
             past
             :
             And
             we
             beg
             pardon
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             his
             grace
             to
             serve
             him
             the
             remaining
             part
             of
             our
             lives
             with
             more
             purity
             and
             holiness
             :
             And
             having
             confest
             ,
             and
             prayed
             thus
             ;
             if
             the
             Searcher
             of
             all
             hearts
             does
             bear
             witness
             with
             us
             ,
             that
             this
             Confession
             and
             these
             Prayers
             be
             sincere
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             purpose
             is
             to
             amend
             our
             lives
             ,
             and
             obey
             him
             better
             :
             We
             do
             ,
             and
             may
             put
             on
             a
             modest
             confidence
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             assist
             us
             with
             his
             grace
             ;
             and
             be
             assured
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             at
             peace
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             loves
             us
             .
          
           
           
             And
             this
             being
             done
             in
             an
             humble
             and
             ardent
             manner
             ,
             we
             proceed
             to
             laud
             and
             magnifie
             our
             God
             in
             a
             joynt
             repeating
             a
             part
             of
             the
             
               Psalms
               ,
            
             which
             are
             all
             composed
             of
             gratitude
             ,
             and
             mercy
             .
             And
             then
             apply
             our selves
             to
             the
             hearing
             some
             part
             of
             Gods
             holy
             Word
             read
             ,
             for
             our
             information
             and
             comfort
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             to
             a
             publick
             profession
             of
             our
             Christian
             Faith.
             And
             then
             we
             again
             betake
             our selves
             to
             beg
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             by
             his
             
               preventing
               grace
            
             we
             may
             be
             that
             day
             delivered
             from
             the
             temptations
             and
             miseries
             that
             threaten
             our
             souls
             and
             bodies
             ;
             and
             beg
             for
             his
             
               assisting
               grace
            
             to
             strengthen
             us
             so
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             oppose
             and
             overcome
             both
             .
          
           
             And
             having
             thus
             humbly
             confest
             our
             sins
             ,
             and
             thus
             profest
             our
             
               Christian
               Faith
               ,
            
             and
             thus
             
               begg'd
               his
               pardon
               ,
            
             and
             both
             his
             
               preventing
            
             and
             
               assisting
               grace
            
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             :
             And
             all
             these
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             they
             be
             all
             ,
             most
             pathetically
             exprest
             in
             the
             several
             Collects
             of
             our
             Church-prayers
             :
             The
             Congregation
             is
             dissolv'd
             with
             the
             Priests
             blessing
             ;
             and
             all
             betake
             themselves
             to
             their
             several
             employments
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             my
             part
             I
             think
             God
             and
             his
             holy
             Angels
             look
             down
             with
             joy
             when
             they
             behold
             a
             Christian
             Congregation
             thus
             in
             one
             manner
             adoring
             ,
             and
             praising
             God
             ,
             and
             praying
             for
             the
             remission
             of
             their
             sins
             .
          
        
         
           Your
           being
           so
           much
           a
           stranger
           to
           our
           
             Church
             Prayers
             ,
          
           has
           inclined
           me
           to
           give
           you
           this
           large
           account
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           own
           thoughts
           .
           I
           might
           here
           undertake
           also
           to
           satisfie
           your
           scruples
           of
           kneeling
           at
           the
           
             Sacrament
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Ring
           in
           
             Marriage
             ;
          
           but
           there
           has
           been
           so
           many
           good
           reasons
           given
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           several
           small
           Treatises
           ,
           for
           the
           justification
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           decline
           that
           trouble
           ,
           both
           for
           yours
           and
           my
           own
           sake
           :
           And
           offer
           unto
           you
           the
           few
           following
           observations
           ,
           and
           so
           put
           an
           end
           both
           of
           yours
           and
           my
           own
           trouble
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           doing
           this
           ,
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           look
           back
           with
           me
           to
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           late
           Long
           Parliament
           1640.
           at
           which
           time
           we
           were
           the
           quietest
           and
           happiest
           people
           in
           the
           Christian
           World
           :
           (
           And
           praised
           be
           God
           we
           yet
           are
           so
           ,
           )
           we
           had
           then
           a
           prudent
           and
           consciencious
           King
           ,
           whose
           life
           was
           a
           pattern
           of
           
             Temperance
             ,
             Patience
             ,
             Piety
             ,
          
           and
           indeed
           of
           all
           the
           Christian
           Graces
           .
           He
           governed
           I
           think
           by
           the
           known
           Laws
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           Every
           man
           sate
           then
           under
           the
           shadow
           of
           his
           own
           Vine
           ,
           and
           did
           eat
           his
           own
           Grapes
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           enjoy'd
           the
           benefit
           of
           his
           own
           labour
           ,
           and
           eat
           his
           own
           bread
           in
           peace
           .
           We
           had
           then
           no
           need
           of
           a
           
             Court
          
           of
           
             guard
          
           to
           keep
           
           the
           discontented
           inferiour
           people
           from
           rising
           against
           Government
           :
           We
           had
           then
           no
           need
           to
           raise
           those
           
             Monthly
             Taxes
          
           to
           pay
           those
           
             Courts
          
           of
           
             guard
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Charges
           ,
           that
           are
           now
           come
           to
           be
           of
           necessity
           ,
           to
           secure
           us
           from
           the
           yet
           unseen
           Commotions
           of
           a
           malicious
           ,
           restless
           ,
           discountented
           Party
           ,
           which
           were
           first
           made
           so
           by
           the
           example
           of
           the
           
             ill-natured
             Presbyterians
             :
          
           And
           continue
           to
           be
           so
           by
           retaining
           the
           destructive
           Principles
           they
           then
           taught
           them
           ;
           and
           which
           do
           still
           threaten
           us
           with
           new
           Commotions
           ;
           thus
           happy
           we
           were
           then
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           considers
           the
           present
           miseries
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
             Poland
             ,
             France
             ;
          
           and
           indeed
           ,
           of
           all
           Christian
           Nations
           ,
           how
           many
           Cities
           lately
           were
           ,
           and
           at
           this
           time
           are
           besieged
           ,
           what
           devastations
           ,
           and
           ravishings
           ,
           and
           fears
           follow
           running
           Armies
           ,
           what
           terrours
           and
           wants
           those
           poor
           distressed
           people
           now
           groan
           under
           !
           he
           that
           considers
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           compares
           our
           present
           condition
           with
           theirs
           ,
           ought
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             England
          
           is
           at
           this
           time
           the
           happiest
           Nation
           in
           the
           Christian
           world
           :
           But
           our
           unhappiness
           is
           ,
           that
           peace
           and
           plenty
           will
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           think
           so
           ,
           and
           study
           to
           be
           quiet
           and
           thankful
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           consider
           seriously
           ;
           and
           good
           Cosin
           ,
           let
           me
           advise
           you
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           thankful
           and
           quiet
           Party
           ;
           for
           it
           will
           bring
           peace
           at
           last
           .
           Let
           neither
           your
           discourse
           or
           practice
           be
           to
           encourage
           ,
           or
           assist
           in
           making
           a
           
             Schism
          
           in
           that
           Church
           in
           which
           you
           were
           baptized
           ,
           and
           adopted
           a
           Christian
           ,
           for
           you
           may
           continue
           in
           it
           with
           safety
           to
           your
           soul
           ;
           you
           may
           in
           it
           study
           sanctification
           ,
           and
           practise
           it
           to
           what
           degree
           God
           by
           his
           grace
           shall
           enable
           you
           :
           You
           may
           fast
           as
           much
           as
           you
           will
           ;
           be
           as
           humble
           as
           you
           will
           ;
           pray
           both
           publickly
           and
           privately
           as
           much
           as
           you
           will
           ;
           visit
           and
           comfort
           as
           many
           distressed
           and
           dejected
           Families
           as
           you
           will
           ;
           be
           as
           liberal
           and
           charitable
           to
           the
           poor
           as
           you
           think
           fit
           ,
           and
           are
           able
           .
           These
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           of
           those
           undoubted
           Christian
           graces
           ,
           that
           accompany
           Salvation
           you
           may
           practise
           ,
           either
           publickly
           or
           privately
           ,
           as
           much
           ,
           and
           as
           often
           as
           you
           think
           fit
           ;
           and
           yet
           keep
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           that
           Church
           of
           which
           you
           were
           made
           a
           Member
           at
           your
           Baptism
           .
           These
           Graces
           you
           may
           practise
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           a
           busie-body
           ,
           in
           promoting
           
             Schism
          
           and
           
             Faction
             :
          
           As
           God
           knows
           your
           Fathers
           Friends
           ,
           
             Hugh
             Peters
          
           and
           
             John
             Lilbourn
          
           did
           ,
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           their
           Disciples
           .
           Their
           turbulent
           lives
           ,
           and
           uncomfortable
           deaths
           are
           not
           I
           hope
           yet
           worn
           out
           of
           the
           memory
           of
           many
           .
           He
           that
           compares
           them
           with
           the
           holy
           life
           and
           happy
           death
           of
           Mr.
           
             George
             Herbert
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           plainly
           and
           I
           hope
           truly
           writ
           by
           Mr.
           
             Isaac
             Walton
             ,
          
           may
           in
           it
           find
           a
           perfect
           pattern
           for
           an
           humble
           and
           devout
           Christian
           to
           
           imitate
           :
           And
           he
           that
           considers
           the
           restless
           lives
           ,
           and
           uncomfortable
           deaths
           of
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           (
           who
           always
           liv'd
           like
           the
           
             Salamander
          
           in
           the
           fire
           of
           contention
           )
           and
           considers
           the
           dismal
           consequences
           of
           
             Schism
          
           and
           
             Sedition
             ,
          
           will
           (
           if
           prejudice
           ,
           or
           a
           malicious
           Zeal
           have
           not
           so
           blinded
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           see
           reason
           )
           be
           so
           convinc'd
           as
           to
           beg
           to
           God
           to
           give
           him
           a
           meek
           and
           quiet
           spirit
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           may
           by
           his
           grace
           be
           prevented
           from
           being
           a
           busie-body
           in
           what
           concerns
           him
           not
           .
        
         
           The
           reasons
           that
           I
           have
           offered
           to
           your
           consideration
           ,
           have
           crouded
           so
           fast
           into
           my
           present
           memory
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           made
           my
           Letter
           more
           perplext
           ,
           and
           longer
           ,
           and
           indeed
           some
           expressions
           in
           it
           bitterer
           than
           I
           intended
           when
           I
           began
           it
           :
           But
           I
           beg
           your
           pardon
           for
           both
           .
           And
           supposing
           I
           have
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           close
           all
           with
           this
           friendly
           advice
           and
           caution
           .
        
         
           Remember
           you
           and
           I
           are
           but
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           must
           take
           much
           that
           concerns
           our
           Religion
           and
           Salvation
           upon
           trust
           :
           I
           will
           explain
           my
           meaning
           for
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           have
           said
           ,
           by
           this
           following
           Parable
           .
        
         
           
             There
             was
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             was
             and
             continued
             under
             so
             great
             a
             mistake
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             thought
             and
             granted
             his
             Neighbour
             to
             be
             strong
             enough
             to
             lift
             a
             hundred
             pound
             weight
             from
             the
             ground
             ,
             yet
             could
             not
             be
             brought
             to
             believe
             ,
             or
             grant
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             able
             to
             lift
             fifty
             pound
             weight
             from
             it
             ;
             which
             was
             doubtless
             a
             great
             mistake
             .
             But
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             give
             me
             leave
             ,
             I
             will
             explain
             my self
             by
             a
             more
             proper
             Parable
             ,
             and
             then
             make
             my
             Application
             .
             The
             same
             mistaking-man
             offered
             ,
             and
             was
             willing
             to
             lend
             his
             Neighbour
             a
             hundred
             pound
             (
             though
             it
             were
             his
             whole
             Estate
             )
             upon
             his
             single
             Bond
             ,
             but
             being
             desired
             to
             lend
             him
             fifty
             pound
             upon
             his
             Bond
             ,
             he
             durst
             not
             trust
             him
             with
             that
             lesser
             Sum
             ,
             lest
             the
             Borrower
             should
             not
             be
             able
             to
             repay
             him
             :
             And
             so
             he
             (
             the
             Lender
             )
             prove
             to
             be
             undone
             by
             the
             Borrowers
             inability
             to
             repay
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Before
           I
           make
           my
           Application
           of
           what
           I
           have
           told
           you
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           the
           Papists
           would
           obtrude
           upon
           all
           Christians
           a
           belief
           that
           all
           those
           doubtful
           Books
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
          
           calls
           
             Apocryphal
             ,
          
           were
           certainly
           writ
           by
           Divine
           Inspiration
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           of
           equal
           Authority
           with
           those
           which
           we
           call
           
             Canonical
             Scripture
             ;
          
           and
           that
           the
           foundation
           for
           our
           faith
           and
           manners
           to
           God
           and
           man
           may
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           laid
           equally
           upon
           both
           .
           But
           I
           think
           we
           agree
           with
           the
           Papists
           concerning
           all
           the
           Books
           of
           the
           
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           
             all
             were
             writ
             by
             Divine
             Inspiration
             .
          
           But
           the
           
             Lutherans
          
           deny
           some
           part
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           which
           both
           the
           Papists
           and
           we
           believe
           and
           grant
           to
           be
           writ
           by
           Divine
           Inspiration
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           for
           my
           Application
           ;
           let
           me
           ask
           you
           seriously
           ,
           Are
           not
           you
           like
           this
           mistaking-man
           ,
           that
           durst
           trust
           a
           greater
           ,
           but
           not
           trust
           the
           Borrower
           with
           a
           lesser
           Sum
           of
           money
           ?
           You
           have
           trusted
           the
           
             Bishops
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             select
             Clergy
             in
             a
             Convocation
          
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           
             These
             you
             shall
             take
             to
             be
             Canonical
             Books
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             :
          
           Upon
           the
           truth
           of
           those
           ,
           and
           only
           those
           ,
           that
           they
           declare
           to
           be
           the
           
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
          
           you
           lay
           the
           foundation
           of
           your
           Faith
           ,
           and
           hope
           of
           Salvation
           .
           You
           have
           trusted
           the
           
             Bishops
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           first
           ,
           their
           Learning
           and
           Wisdom
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           then
           their
           Integrity
           to
           tell
           you
           truly
           which
           is
           the
           
             blessed
             and
             holy
             Scripture
             :
          
           With
           these
           great
           and
           necessary
           concerns
           of
           your
           Faith
           and
           Salvation
           you
           have
           trusted
           them
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           like
           the
           mistaking
           man
           ,
           you
           dare
           not
           trust
           them
           with
           what
           is
           of
           less
           concern
           :
           Namely
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           believe
           them
           when
           they
           tell
           you
           how
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           did
           worship
           ,
           and
           praise
           ,
           and
           pray
           to
           God
           :
           And
           though
           you
           have
           trusted
           them
           to
           translate
           the
           Scriptures
           into
           English
           ,
           as
           being
           best
           learned
           in
           the
           Original
           Languages
           ;
           yet
           you
           dare
           not
           ,
           or
           do
           not
           trust
           them
           with
           the
           explanation
           of
           many
           words
           which
           have
           in
           the
           Original
           an
           ambiguous
           or
           doubtful
           meaning
           ,
           especially
           to
           us
           of
           the
           Laity
           ,
           who
           cannot
           know
           the
           Customs
           and
           Phrases
           of
           those
           Nations
           where
           our
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Disciples
           preached
           the
           glad
           tidings
           of
           our
           common
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Cosin
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           in
           this
           made
           some
           unforc'd
           ,
           and
           so
           useful
           Observations
           ,
           as
           an
           humble
           and
           good
           Christian
           will
           not
           gainsay
           :
           And
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           a
           soul
           truly
           humble
           ,
           will
           both
           think
           and
           say
           ,
        
         
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           appointed
           me
           to
           live
           in
           an
           Age
           ,
           in
           which
           Contention
           increases
           ,
           and
           Charity
           decays
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           variety
           of
           Opinions
           and
           Controversies
           in
           Religion
           declare
           difficulty
           to
           know
           them
           truly
           ;
           but
           my
           comfort
           is
           ,
           
             That
             without
             Controversie
             ,
             there
             is
             so
             much
             Religion
             without
             Controversie
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             true
             practice
             of
             what
             is
             so
             I
             may
             save
             my
             ;
             Soul.
          
           And
           therefore
           ,
           to
           make
           sure
           of
           that
           ,
           I
           will
           first
           become
           an
           humble
           Christian
           ,
           and
           conclude
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           in
           all
           doubtful
           things
           obey
           my
           Governours
           ,
           for
           sure
           they
           see
           a
           reason
           ,
           which
           I
           neither
           can
           ,
           or
           need
           to
           know
           ,
           why
           they
           command
           
           them
           :
           I
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           
             humble
             ,
          
           to
           
             fast
          
           and
           
             pray
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             Charitable
             ,
          
           to
           visit
           and
           comfort
           dejected
           Families
           ,
           to
           love
           my
           Neighbours
           ,
           to
           pardon
           my
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           good
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           God
           shall
           enable
           me
           :
           For
           I
           am
           sure
           these
           be
           Sacrifices
           which
           please
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           will
           
             bring
             peace
             at
             last
             :
          
           And
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           that
           by
           using
           these
           graces
           ,
           these
           graces
           ,
           
             and
             my
             faith
             in
             Christs
             Merits
             for
             my
             Salvation
             ,
          
           will
           be
           more
           and
           more
           confirmed
           ;
           and
           by
           still
           using
           them
           ,
           more
           ,
           and
           more
           new
           graces
           will
           be
           still
           added
           ;
           and
           all
           be
           still
           more
           and
           more
           confirmed
           ;
           so
           confirmed
           ,
           as
           to
           bear
           witness
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           be
           my
           comfort
           when
           I
           must
           make
           my
           last
           and
           great
           account
           to
           the
           Searcher
           of
           all
           hearts
           .
        
         
           Almighty
           God
           give
           me
           grace
           to
           practise
           what
           I
           have
           commended
           to
           your
           consideration
           ;
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           this
           only
           ,
           can
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           my
           life
           quiet
           and
           comfortable
           ,
           and
           my
           death
           happy
           .
           And
           ,
           my
           dear
           Cosin
           ,
           as
           I
           wish
           my
           own
           ,
           so
           I
           wish
           yours
           may
           be
           .
        
         
           
             September
             12.
             1679.
             
          
           
             Your
             Affectionate
             Kinsman
             ,
          
           
             R.
             W.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67472-e1700
           
             *
             The
             truth
             needs
             not
             be
             doubted
             ,
             by
             any
             that
             shall
             first
             know
             that
             
               Father
               Paul
            
             writ
             the
             History
             of
             the
             
               Council
               of
               Trent
               :
            
             And
             then
             ,
             reads
             his
             
               Life
            
             as
             it
             is
             truly
             writ
             by
             his
             Disciple
             and
             Successour
             ,
             this
             
               Father
               Fulgentio●●
            
             and
             now
             Printed
             before
             the
             said
             distory
             .
          
           
             *
             Witness
             the
             late
             murther
             of
             the
             Scotch
             Bishop
             .