A brief apologie for the sequestred clergie. VVherein (among other things) this case of conscience is judiciously handled: whether any minister of the Church of England may (to avoid sequestration) omit the publike use of the liturgie, and submit to the directory. In a letter from a sequestred divine, to Mr. Stephen Marshall.
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             A brief apologie for the sequestred clergie. VVherein (among other things) this case of conscience is judiciously handled: whether any minister of the Church of England may (to avoid sequestration) omit the publike use of the liturgie, and submit to the directory. In a letter from a sequestred divine, to Mr. Stephen Marshall.
             Allington, John, d. 1682.
             Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.
          
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           A
           BRIEF
           APOLOGIE
           FOR
           THE
           Sequestred
           Clergie
           .
           VVherein
           (
           among
           other
           things
           )
           this
           Case
           of
           Conscience
           is
           judiciously
           handled
           :
           
             Whether
             any
             Minister
             of
             the
          
           Church
           of
           England
           
             may
             (
             to
             avoid
             Sequestration
             )
             omit
             the
             publike
             use
             of
             the
          
           Liturgie
           ,
           
             and
             submit
             to
             the
          
           Directory
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Letter
           from
           a
           sequestred
           Divine
           ,
           to
           Mr.
           
             Stephen
             Marshall
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeere
           1649.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           In
           Nomine
           Crucifixi
           ,
           secundum
           illud
           primae
           ad
           Corinth
           .
           cap.
           secundo
           ,
           vers.
           secundo
           .
        
         
           
             Reverend
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THis
           addresse
           may
           seem
           very
           strange
           ;
           and
           yet
           if
           you
           shall
           consider
           the
           occasion
           ,
           it
           will
           appeare
           that
           I
           could
           not
           prudently
           do
           other
           ;
           for
           you
           being
           accompted
           a
           light
           in
           that
           very
           House
           in
           which
           I
           stand
           eclips'd
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           imagine
           by
           any
           other
           mean
           then
           your
           splendor
           ,
           how
           to
           obtain
           the
           dissipation
           of
           this
           Cloud
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           that
           Worshipfull
           and
           worthy
           
             Knight
          
           Sir
           
             John
             Trevor
          
           is
           one
           to
           whom
           I
           owe
           very
           much
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           his
           Letter
           and
           his
           influence
           that
           first
           guided
           and
           planted
           me
           to
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Schoole
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ;
           It
           was
           respect
           to
           him
           that
           gained
           me
           a
           tutor
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           now
           my
           respect
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           gaines
           you
           this
           trouble
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           when
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           Michaelmas
           Terme
           I
           was
           at
           London
           ,
           meeting
           him
           in
           the
           Palace
           yard
           ,
           I
           thanked
           him
           for
           a
           late
           courtesie
           ;
           his
           reply
           was
           ,
           I
           had
           disabled
           my selfe
           from
           the
           capacity
           of
           a
           Courtesie
           ;
           I
           took
           leave
           to
           answer
           ,
           it
           was
           my
           conscience
           and
           the
           tendernesse
           thereof
           that
           hath
           thus
           streightned
           me
           ;
           He
           told
           me
           againe
           in
           words
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           to
           these
           aequivalent
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           more
           byassed
           by
           
             conceit
             ,
          
           then
           
             conscience
             ;
          
           and
           guided
           rather
           by
           
             will
          
           then
           
             Judgement
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           so
           little
           left
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           demonstrate
           to
           the
           world
           I
           have
           not
           made
           gaine
           my
           godlynesse
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           now
           desire
           to
           make
           it
           as
           evident
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           not
           
             fancy
             ,
          
           but
           
             scruple
             ,
          
           and
           
             scruple
          
           onely
           ,
           for
           which
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           in
           me
           a
           wife
           and
           five
           children
           very
           deeply
           suffer
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           here
           ,
           with
           all
           respect
           implore
           your
           assistance
           ,
           either
           to
           satisfie
           my
           weaknesse
           and
           set
           me
           right
           ,
           or
           (
           which
           perchance
           may
           be
           the
           shorter
           work
           )
           be
           pleased
           to
           satisfie
           
           him
           whom
           I
           do
           so
           highly
           honor
           ,
           that
           you
           conceive
           my
           grounds
           and
           reasons
           are
           such
           as
           may
           conclude
           me
           a
           Rational
           and
           conscientious
           ,
           though
           weak
           Brother
           .
        
         
           The
           Misdemeanors
           (
           for
           so
           they
           are
           called
           )
           for
           which
           my
           conviction
           (
           bearing
           date
           May
           5.
           1646.
           
           )
           testifieth
           ,
           I
           am
           sequestred
           ,
           they
           are
           these
           ;
           1.
           
           Adoration
           or
           worshiping
           God
           by
           Bowing
           of
           my
           body
           Eastward
           ,
           or
           towards
           the
           Holy
           Table
           .
           2.
           
           For
           the
           exterior
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           Diety
           of
           my
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           summon'd
           to
           it
           by
           his
           blessed
           name
           
             Jesus
             .
          
           3.
           
           For
           deserting
           my
           cure
           two
           whole
           yeares
           .
           4.
           
           For
           officiating
           by
           the
           Common
           Prayer
           Book
           ,
           with
           refusall
           of
           the
           Directory
           :
           To
           which
           is
           added
           a
           generall
           surmise
           of
           Malignancy
           against
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           First
           as
           of
           least
           concernment
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           this
           briefe
           account
           of
           the
           third
           charge
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           negatively
           answer
           :
           I
           never
           at
           all
           did
           desert
           my
           Cure
           .
           For
           ,
           being
           ,
           as
           
             Justinian
             ,
             derelictum
             dicitur
             quod
             Dominus
             eâ
             mente
             abjecit
             ,
             ut
             id
             in
             numero
             rerum
             suarum
             esse
             nolit
             ,
          
           that
           only
           is
           deserted
           which
           is
           throwne
           off
           with
           a
           mind
           to
           be
           no
           more
           possest
           :
           I
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           said
           to
           have
           deserted
           my
           Cure
           ,
           when
           by
           Petition
           upon
           Petition
           ,
           by
           Letter
           upon
           Letter
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           waies
           I
           could
           imagine
           ,
           I
           implor'd
           my
           quiet
           at
           home
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           leave
           to
           know
           why
           ;
           and
           our
           Committee
           never
           would
           ,
           or
           did
           give
           way
           to
           either
           ;
           so
           that
           what
           is
           here
           called
           desertion
           ,
           is
           no
           more
           then
           what
           those
           words
           of
           Scripture
           will
           well
           warrant
           ,
           
             when
             you
             are
             persecuted
             in
             one
             City
             ,
             fly
             unto
             another
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Every
           absenting
           more
           then
           two
           years
           ,
           in
           these
           daies
           of
           triall
           ,
           hath
           not
           been
           accounted
           sequestrable
           ,
           and
           therefore
           under
           favor
           I
           suppose
           ,
           though
           this
           by
           way
           of
           cumulation
           is
           put
           in
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           the
           
             gravamen
             ;
          
           for
           there
           is
           not
           in
           the
           conviction
           any
           charge
           for
           flying
           to
           ,
           or
           being
           in
           any
           forbidden
           Quarters
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           was
           so
           far
           from
           deserting
           my
           Cure
           ,
           that
           I
           kept
           at
           my
           proper
           cost
           (
           though
           sequestred
           )
           a
           Curate
           ,
           all
           my
           absence
           ;
           one
           who
           kept
           my
           people
           freer
           from
           distractions
           and
           aversions
           from
           the
           waies
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           then
           since
           they
           have
           been
           .
           But
           
             haec
             obiter
             .
          
           That
           which
           my
           conviction
           declares
           me
           to
           suffer
           for
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           pretence
           of
           superstition
           ,
           exprest
           by
           bowing
           to
           the
           
             East
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Altar
             ,
          
           and
           at
           the
           
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             .
          
           2.
           
           For
           not
           laying
           aside
           and
           relinquishing
           the
           
             Liturgy
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           I
           beseech
           you
           with
           patience
           peruse
           this
           my
           defence
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           cleare
           first
           my
           acts
           of
           commission
           
           from
           being
           superstitious
           ,
           and
           then
           2.
           give
           my
           reasons
           why
           I
           take
           it
           to
           be
           a
           sin
           of
           omission
           to
           renounce
           the
           Liturgy
           .
        
         
           First
           bowing
           to
           the
           
             East
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             Altar
             ,
          
           are
           not
           onely
           false
           accusations
           ,
           but
           false
           in
           such
           a
           degree
           ,
           that
           (
           without
           my
           confession
           )
           are
           impossible
           to
           be
           proved
           ;
           for
           being
           the
           intention
           onely
           can
           specificate
           the
           terme
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           any
           man
           living
           ,
           to
           say
           to
           what
           I
           bow
           ,
           or
           to
           what
           I
           kneele
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           confident
           your selfe
           bends
           your
           knees
           toward
           many
           a
           thing
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           abhor
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Bow
             at
             his
             Footstoole
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           at
           the
           Ark
           and
           Mercy-seat
           ,
           for
           
           there
           he
           hath
           made
           a
           promise
           of
           his
           presence
           ,
           the
           words
           say
           not
           
             Bow
             to
             the
             Ark
             but
             to
             God
             at
             the
             Ark
             .
          
           Thus
           Mr.
           
             Perkins
             .
          
           And
           thus
           and
           no
           otherwise
           did
           your
           Christian
           Brother
           bow
           either
           toward
           the
           
             East
          
           or
           toward
           the
           
             Holy
             Table
             .
          
           Now
           as
           the
           Jewes
           (
           in
           Mr.
           
             Perkins
          
           charitable
           Divinity
           )
           did
           not
           bow
           to
           the
           Ark
           ,
           but
           to
           God
           at
           the
           Ark
           :
           Even
           so
           ,
           when
           occasionally
           your
           Christian
           Brother
           bowed
           at
           the
           Holy
           Table
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           to
           the
           Table
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Altar
           ,
           but
           to
           his
           God
           he
           made
           his
           Adoration
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           which
           M.
           
             Perkins
          
           useth
           ;
           For
           there
           he
           hath
           
             made
             a
             promise
             of
             his
             presence
             .
          
           There
           hath
           he
           enabled
           us
           
             (
             vi
             promissi
             )
          
           to
           say
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
             ,
             this
             is
             my
             Blood
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           that
           it
           is
           an
           act
           of
           superstition
           to
           worship
           God
           by
           bowing
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           is
           a
           scruple
           in
           which
           I
           cannot
           be
           satisfied
           :
           for
           
           as
           Mr.
           
             Perkins
             ,
          
           so
           think
           I
           —
           
             The
             worship
             of
             the
             Body
             is
             called
             Aderation
             ,
             which
             stands
             in
             bowing
             of
             the
             knee
             ,
             bending
             or
             prostrating
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             the
             lifting
             up
             of
             the
             hands
             or
             eys
             —
          
           A
           duty
           which
           the
           same
           reverend
           author
           proveth
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           himselfe
           speaketh
           ,
           
             altogether
             necessary
             ,
          
           and
           that
           for
           three
           irrefragable
           reasons
           .
           1.
           
           Because
           Love
           must
           not
           be
           conceived
           in
           the
           mind
           onely
           ,
           but
           also
           testified
           in
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           body
           .
           2.
           
           Christ
           redeemed
           both
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           be
           glorified
           with
           both
           .
           And
           lastly
           Christ
           being
           an
           Head
           to
           the
           whose
           man
           ,
           for
           this
           cause
           not
           onely
           soule
           but
           body
           also
           must
           stand
           in
           subjection
           to
           Christ
           .
           Many
           others
           might
           be
           added
           ,
           but
           it
           seemes
           to
           me
           vain
           to
           add
           a
           beam
           unto
           the
           sun
           .
           Now
           if
           to
           worship
           by
           bowing
           of
           the
           knee
           ,
           prostrating
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           lifting
           up
           of
           hands
           or
           eyes
           by
           a
           duty
           lawfull
           ,
           yea
           altogether
           necessary
           ,
           no
           matter
           which
           way
           soever
           it
           be
           done
           ,
           still
           it
           is
           as
           Mr.
           
             Perkins
          
           fully
           ,
           an
           act
           not
           of
           Superstition
           ,
           but
           Adoration
           .
           For
           as
           it
           was
           no
           superstition
           in
           the
           Jew
           to
           worship
           God
           by
           bowing
           
           before
           the
           
             Ark
          
           or
           
             Westward
             ,
          
           so
           superstition
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           to
           worship
           God
           by
           bowing
           before
           his
           
             Holy
             Table
             ,
          
           that
           is
           in
           the
           phrase
           of
           antiquity
           ,
           
             Eastward
             .
          
           As
           for
           bowing
           to
           the
           East
           or
           to
           the
           Altar
           ,
           I
           am
           able
           to
           produce
           a
           Letter
           writ
           by
           me
           5.
           or
           6.
           yeares
           ago
           ,
           
             ex
             Diametro
          
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           am
           still
           ready
           to
           ratifie
           that
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           act
           of
           superstition
           ,
           it
           is
           
             bowing
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             :
          
           and
           to
           cleare
           that
           I
           shall
           thus
           argue
           .
           No
           act
           directly
           tending
           ,
           and
           intended
           ,
           for
           the
           Advance
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           can
           be
           superstitious
           ,
           but
           to
           bow
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Jesus
          
           in
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           is
           an
           act
           both
           tending
           and
           intended
           for
           the
           advance
           of
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           superstitious
           .
           For
           the
           proofe
           of
           the
           
             minor
          
           Proposition
           ,
           I
           appeale
           to
           the
           18.
           
           Canon
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           where
           the
           end
           and
           intention
           of
           that
           gesture
           is
           clearly
           thus
           .
        
         
           
             When
             in
             time
             of
             Divine
             Service
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             shall
             be
             mentioned
             ,
             due
             and
             lowly
             reverence
             shall
             be
             done
             by
             all
             persons
             present
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             accnstomed
             ,
             testifying
             by
             these
             outward
             Ceremonies
             and
             gestures
          
           [
           observe
           what
           ]
           
             their
             inward
             humility
             ,
             Christian
             resolution
             and
             due
             acknowledgement
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             true
             and
             Eternall
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             the
             onely
             Saviour
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           upon
           this
           ground
           I
           thus
           argue
           ;
           for
           as
           much
           as
           both
           words
           and
           gestures
           have
           their
           individuation
           and
           specification
           meerly
           by
           use
           Law
           or
           custome
           ,
           what
           this
           gesture
           of
           bowing
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           is
           to
           signifie
           and
           import
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           this
           the
           Representative
           part
           thereof
           having
           clearly
           manifested
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           take
           it
           in
           that
           sence
           and
           in
           that
           signification
           ,
           in
           which
           and
           for
           which
           it
           cometh
           from
           them
           proposed
           and
           commended
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           For
           as
           in
           Languages
           we
           receive
           and
           use
           words
           ,
           in
           and
           according
           to
           that
           power
           and
           meaning
           which
           the
           first
           authors
           and
           contrivers
           delivered
           them
           unto
           posterity
           ;
           even
           so
           that
           I
           might
           ever
           avoid
           the
           being
           contentious
           ,
           look
           what
           spirituall
           and
           internall
           duties
           my
           Mother
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           professed
           to
           expresse
           and
           signifie
           by
           such
           and
           such
           exterior
           gestures
           ,
           such
           I
           conceived
           they
           did
           import
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           sence
           and
           signification
           I
           did
           use
           and
           communicate
           them
           unto
           others
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           then
           (
           as
           the
           Canon
           clearly
           )
           the
           due
           and
           lowly
           Reverence
           exacted
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           is
           only
           to
           testifie
           our
           
             inward
             humility
             ,
             Christian
             resolution
             ,
          
           and
           due
           
             acknowledgement
             that
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             the
             true
             and
             Eternall
             Son
             of
             God
             .
          
           This
           being
           
           the
           knowne
           and
           declared
           end
           and
           meaning
           of
           this
           gesture
           ;
           Bowing
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           can
           no
           more
           in
           my
           weak
           apprehension
           be
           accounted
           Superstition
           ,
           then
           is
           inward
           humility
           ,
           Christian
           resolution
           ,
           or
           the
           due
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           to
           be
           the
           true
           and
           Eternall
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           being
           
             Actus
             exterior
             &
             interior
             candem
             constituunt
             virtutem
             ;
          
           being
           the
           outward
           expression
           and
           the
           inward
           meaning
           do
           make
           but
           one
           compleat
           act
           ;
           if
           the
           inward
           be
           vertuous
           the
           outward
           cannot
           be
           vicious
           ;
           if
           the
           inward
           be
           religious
           the
           outward
           cannot
           be
           superstitious
           ;
           so
           that
           since
           bowing
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           is
           by
           the
           Church
           and
           use
           of
           England
           determined
           to
           signifie
           an
           expression
           of
           inward
           humility
           ,
           Christian
           resolution
           ,
           and
           a
           due
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           Deity
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           I
           cannot
           yet
           imagine
           how
           ,
           to
           him
           who
           so
           understandeth
           and
           so
           useth
           it
           ,
           bowing
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           can
           be
           counted
           superstitious
           .
        
         
           Nor
           doth
           only
           the
           Canon
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           Canon
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           warrant
           mee
           sufficiently
           that
           superstitious
           it
           cannot
           be
           ;
           for
           
             Dato
             sed
             non
             concesso
             ,
          
           suppose
           it
           no
           duty
           of
           that
           knowne
           Text
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           congruity
           enough
           to
           avoid
           the
           Superstition
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           if
           by
           those
           knees
           the
           Apostle
           meaneth
           the
           spirituall
           and
           inward
           knees
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           then
           ,
           as
           he
           ,
           without
           thought
           of
           Superstition
           expressed
           that
           inward
           duty
           by
           bodily
           incurvation
           ;
           why
           may
           not
           I
           or
           any
           other
           (
           by
           his
           example
           )
           expresse
           my
           inward
           profession
           of
           the
           Deity
           ,
           as
           he
           ,
           by
           a
           corporall'expression
           ,
           by
           bowing
           at
           his
           Name
           ?
           But
           my
           intention
           is
           not
           to
           write
           a
           volume
           ,
           or
           indeed
           to
           say
           ought
           more
           then
           may
           conclude
           my
           design
           mentioned
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           I
           have
           not
           been
           ,
           nor
           yet
           am
           scrupulous
           without
           cause
           ,
           nor
           a
           sufferer
           without
           reason
           .
        
         
           Now
           my
           first
           scruple
           is
           ,
           whether
           a
           Minister
           may
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           renounce
           or
           leave
           off
           any
           act
           ,
           Rite
           ,
           or
           gesture
           ,
           under
           the
           brand
           and
           notion
           of
           superstitious
           ,
           which
           he
           believes
           is
           not
           so
           ?
        
         
           I
           dare
           not
           do
           it
           for
           these
           reasons
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           should
           bely
           mine
           owne
           soule
           ,
           in
           calling
           good
           evill
           ,
           and
           evill
           good
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           should
           confirme
           a
           scandall
           laid
           upon
           many
           godly
           Orthodox
           Divines
           ,
           that
           they
           in
           thus
           doing
           have
           been
           superstitious
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           should
           do
           an
           irreparable
           violation
           to
           those
           holy
           gestures
           which
           I
           do
           verily
           believe
           are
           advancers
           of
           Gods
           glory
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           dare
           not
           omit
           that
           as
           superstitious
           which
           I
           believe
           not
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           for
           fear
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           to
           this
           undetermined
           notion
           ,
           I
           might
           add
           such
           latitude
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           colour
           of
           Superstition
           ,
           even
           Religion
           
           it self
           may
           be
           violated
           .
           In
           a
           word
           for
           my
           particular
           ,
           whether
           I
           look
           upon
           adoration
           in
           
             abstracto
             ,
          
           as
           the
           meer
           expression
           of
           that
           subjection
           and
           distance
           which
           dust
           and
           ashes
           oweth
           to
           his
           maker
           ,
           or
           whether
           I
           looke
           upon
           it
           in
           
             concreto
             ,
          
           as
           joyned
           with
           some
           other
           duty
           ,
           as
           saying
           our
           prayers
           ,
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           or
           profession
           of
           our
           Saviours
           Deity
           ;
           in
           neither
           respect
           (
           it
           seemeth
           to
           me
           )
           more
           guilty
           of
           Superstition
           or
           troubling
           the
           waters
           ,
           then
           was
           the
           Lamb
           in
           the
           fable
           when
           the
           Wolf
           charged
           him
           :
           so
           that
           if
           by
           some
           greater
           light
           ,
           or
           latitude
           of
           understanding
           ,
           your
           clearer
           judgement
           shall
           discern
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           shall
           with
           all
           respect
           and
           thanks
           yeeld
           up
           my
           soule
           to
           further
           illumination
           ,
           which
           till
           it
           shall
           please
           God
           to
           give
           me
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           in
           coole
           blood
           call
           an
           honest
           woman
           whore
           ;
           or
           what
           I
           conceive
           religious
           superstitious
           ,
           for
           more
           then
           yet
           I
           am
           ,
           or
           hope
           for
           to
           be
           worth
           .
           And
           this
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           first
           scruple
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           my
           judgement
           concluding
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           acknowledge
           or
           relinquish
           Adoration
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           superstitious
           innovation
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           thing
           I
           have
           to
           do
           ,
           is
           to
           give
           my
           reasons
           ,
           wherefore
           I
           conceived
           it
           a
           sin
           of
           omission
           to
           lay
           aside
           ,
           much
           more
           to
           renounce
           the
           Liturgie
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           may
           do
           it
           methodically
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           my
           reasons
           why
           I
           dare
           not
           countenance
           the
           worshipping
           of
           God
           without
           a
           form
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           why
           I
           dare
           not
           
             in
             specie
          
           omit
           this
           form
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           countenance
           the
           worshipping
           of
           God
           without
           a
           form
           ;
           for
           being
           the
           Scripture
           chargeth
           not
           onely
           to
           hold
           the
           faith
           ,
           but
           to
           hold
           fast
           the
           
             very
             form
             of
             sound
             words
             ,
          
           I
           conceive
           set
           forme
           of
           prayer
           a
           necessary
           expedient
           to
           this
           end
           ;
           for
           being
           experience
           both
           ancient
           and
           modern
           hath
           taught
           us
           this
           sad
           truth
           ,
           that
           Errors
           ,
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           Innovations
           in
           Doctrine
           are
           instilled
           and
           infused
           by
           the
           conceived
           prayers
           of
           such
           who
           are
           either
           Authors
           or
           abettors
           of
           such
           opinions
           ,
           therefore
           (
           and
           especially
           in
           these
           times
           )
           I
           dare
           not
           but
           endeavour
           a
           set
           forme
           .
           A
           set
           form
           seeming
           now
           as
           necessary
           as
           an
           antidote
           in
           time
           of
           pestilence
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           worship
           without
           a
           prepared
           and
           set
           forme
           (
           it
           seemes
           to
           me
           )
           to
           serve
           the
           living
           God
           with
           lesse
           care
           then
           Pagans
           did
           their
           Idolls
           .
           For
           witnesse
           
             Plato
             ,
          
           a
           Law
           there
           was
           whatever
           
           Prayers
           or
           Hymnes
           the
           Poets
           composed
           to
           the
           gods
           ,
           they
           should
           first
           shew
           them
           their
           
             Priests
             .
          
           And
           
             Alexander
             ab
             Alexandro
          
           testifieth
           
           the
           Gentiles
           read
           their
           prayers
           out
           of
           a
           book
           before
           their
           sacrifice
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           this
           reason
           ,
           
             Ne
             quid
             preposterè
             dicatur
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Or
           for
           feare
           some
           thing
           rashly
           or
           preposterously
           might
           passe
           the
           lips
           ,
           
           as
           if
           stollen
           from
           that
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
             be
             not
             rash
             with
             thy
             mouth
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             let
             not
             thine
             heart
             be
             hasty
             ,
          
           an
           argument
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           even
           an
           heart
           may
           be
           over
           hasty
           ,
           and
           therefore
           my
           weaknesse
           desires
           a
           set
           forme
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           serving
           and
           worshipping
           God
           by
           a
           set
           forme
           seems
           to
           be
           approved
           by
           God
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           before
           the
           Law
           ,
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           under
           the
           Gospell
           .
           Before
           the
           Law
           we
           read
           thus
           ,
           
             Then
             began
             men
             to
             call
             upon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Eo
             tempore
             ritus
             certos
          
           
           
             colendi
             Deum
             institutos
             fuisse
             quos
             observarent
             filii
             Dei
             .
          
           From
           that
           time
           forward
           say
           Expositors
           ,
           certain
           rites
           or
           set
           forms
           were
           taken
           up
           for
           the
           publike
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           yea
           
             forsitan
             propter
             idblatriam
             insurgentem
             ,
          
           perchance
           for
           the
           prevention
           of
           incroaching
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           saith
           a
           learned
           Neoterick
           :
           therefore
           was
           
             Enoch
          
           
           sedulous
           to
           prescribe
           and
           deliver
           a
           set
           forme
           .
           But
           whether
           
             Enoch
          
           were
           or
           no
           ,
           sure
           we
           are
           ,
           God
           Almighty
           under
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           to
           prevent
           Idolatry
           had
           his
           set
           Rites
           ;
           and
           in
           particular
           to
           the
           point
           in
           hand
           ,
           a
           prescribed
           and
           set
           form
           of
           prayer
           ,
           
             —
             on
             this
          
           
           
             wise
             shall
             ye
             blesse
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             saying
             ,
          
           (
           as
           it
           followeth
           )
           
             The
             Lord
             blesse
             thee
             and
             keep
             thee
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Under
           the
           Gospell
           both
           
             S.
             John
          
           the
           fore-runner
           ,
           and
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           and
           Master
           ,
           for
           substance
           ,
           both
           we
           know
           taught
           to
           pray
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           strange
           teaching
           without
           a
           forme
           ;
           as
           the
           corner
           and
           first
           stone
           in
           the
           building
           the
           Lord
           left
           us
           a
           prayer
           ,
           and
           this
           prayer
           proved
           the
           basis
           and
           fundamentall
           of
           all
           future
           Liturgies
           :
           This
           through
           the
           devotion
           and
           piety
           of
           the
           Church
           increased
           and
           grew
           into
           a
           forme
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           I
           suppose
           M.
           
             Beza
          
           may
           be
           my
           advocate
           ,
           who
           tells
           me
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           
             Quae
             ad
             ordinem
             spectant
             ut
             precum
             formulae
             disposuit
             Apostolus
             ,
          
           those
           things
           which
           appertain
           to
           
           order
           as
           do
           forms
           of
           prayer
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           himselfe
           appointed
           and
           disposed
           ,
           so
           that
           set
           forms
           in
           the
           judgement
           of
           M.
           
             Beza
          
           are
           Apostolicall
           ,
           the
           English
           Translation
           reads
           it
           thus
           ,
           such
           things
           as
           appertaine
           to
           order
           ,
           and
           forme
           of
           prayers
           ,
           and
           other
           such
           like
           the
           Apostle
           took
           order
           for
           ,
           in
           the
           congregation
           according
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           times
           ,
           places
           ,
           persons
           ,
           1
           Cor
           11.
           39.
           
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           the
           want
           of
           set
           form
           prevents
           that
           which
           I
           am
           bound
           for
           to
           indeavour
           ,
           the
           
             conversion
             and
             communion
          
           of
           the
           adverse
           party
           ;
           for
           either
           I
           must
           perswade
           them
           to
           worship
           God
           according
           to
           my
           discretion
           ,
           and
           relie-upon
           the
           implicit
           faith
           of
           my
           prudence
           ,
           or
           else
           I
           must
           produce
           a
           
             forme
          
           in
           which
           I
           desire
           their
           communion
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           I
           must
           indeavour
           their
           conversion
           .
           
           Now
           I
           believe
           all
           those
           who
           renounoe
           an
           implicite
           faith
           in
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           
             Representative
          
           of
           it
           ,
           all
           such
           (
           I
           say
           )
           at
           least
           will
           abhor
           so
           far
           to
           resigne
           themselves
           unto
           a
           private
           Minister
           ,
           as
           to
           worship
           God
           all
           daies
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           mutable
           dictate
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Papists
           will
           say
           this
           is
           worse
           then
           what
           we
           call
           Popish
           servitude
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           bound
           onely
           to
           believe
           and
           serve
           God
           as
           the
           Church
           orders
           :
           but
           where
           all
           is
           left
           to
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Minister
           ,
           people
           are
           bound
           to
           worship
           and
           serve
           God
           as
           his
           private
           spirit
           leads
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           wish
           I
           could
           not
           feelingly
           say
           (
           even
           from
           follies
           vented
           in
           my
           owne
           Pulpit
           )
           what
           an
           
             Ignis
             fatuus
          
           that
           is
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           to
           avoid
           prolixity
           ,
           for
           my
           owne
           particular
           ,
           should
           I
           renounce
           a
           set
           forme
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           professe
           my self
           guilty
           either
           of
           
             Superstitious
             Innovation
             ,
          
           or
           (
           which
           
             in
             materia
             Religionis
          
           is
           bad
           enough
           )
           popular
           
             insinuation
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           to
           worship
           God
           without
           a
           forme
           is
           
             Innovation
             ,
          
           this
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           will
           attest
           unto
           me
           ,
           the
           Easterne
           and
           Westerne
           Churches
           ,
           Wittinberg
           where
           
             Luther
             ,
          
           Geneva
           where
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           Scotland
           where
           
             Knox
          
           flourished
           ;
           and
           to
           innovate
           and
           act
           against
           a
           Catholike
           Custome
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           of
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           ,
           may
           breed
           a
           scruple
           in
           a
           wise
           ,
           much
           more
           in
           a
           weak
           Christian
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           as
           Innovation
           ,
           so
           it
           would
           seem
           to
           me
           unavoidable
           superstition
           ,
           and
           that
           whether
           superstition
           be
           
             positively
          
           or
           
             negatively
          
           considered
           ?
           for
           superstition
           being
           positively
           considered
           ,
           being
           the
           issue
           of
           
             misgrounded
             zeale
             ,
          
           this
           superstition
           is
           active
           in
           the
           production
           of
           superstitious
           performances
           ,
           whereof
           this
           is
           one
           ,
           
             to
             conceive
             that
             God
             will
             be
             pleased
             with
             no
             prayer
             from
             me
             ,
             unlesse
             of
             my
             own
             conception
             ,
          
           nor
           no
           devotion
           unlesse
           it
           be
           of
           our
           owne
           invention
           ;
           this
           I
           say
           is
           the
           superstitious
           issue
           of
           a
           misguided
           zeale
           .
           Againe
           ,
           as
           misguided
           zeale
           is
           the
           mother
           of
           superstitious
           performances
           ,
           even
           so
           
             ignorant
             feare
          
           is
           the
           motive
           and
           cause
           of
           
             superstitious
             forbearances
             ,
          
           as
           when
           one
           vainly
           feares
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           feare
           refrains
           such
           an
           act
           ,
           as
           displeasing
           ,
           which
           indeed
           is
           rather
           pleasing
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           
             touch
             not
             ,
             tast
             not
             ,
             handle
             not
             ,
          
           these
           are
           negative
           superstitions
           ,
           issues
           of
           ignorant
           fear
           :
           And
           so
           far
           as
           I
           can
           conceive
           ,
           scrupulously
           to
           reject
           or
           lay
           aside
           set
           forms
           ,
           as
           
             superstitious
             ,
          
           is
           out
           of
           ignorant
           feare
           really
           and
           actually
           to
           commit
           (
           pardon
           the
           phrase
           )
           a
           negative
           superstition
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Again
           ,
           should
           I
           not
           superstitiously
           (
           which
           as
           drawing
           nigher
           
           Religion
           is
           more
           honest
           of
           the
           two
           )
           say
           aside
           a
           set
           forme
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           any
           other
           principle
           but
           
             popular
             insinuation
          
           to
           move
           me
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           that
           a
           motive
           in
           Religion
           scarce
           appeares
           to
           me
           religious
           .
           
             Omnia
             ponenda
             post
             Religionem
             nostra
             Civitas
             duxit
             .
          
           If
           the
           Pagan
           had
           so
           much
           Divinity
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           Law
           in
           their
           City
           ,
           that
           
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           must
           give
           way
           unto
           Religion
           ,
           certainely
           it
           behoves
           me
           ,
           who
           am
           a
           Christian
           in
           matter
           and
           point
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           look
           upon
           nothing
           through
           a
           carnall
           or
           secular
           perspective
           .
           Now
           to
           me
           (
           and
           with
           me
           runs
           the
           whole
           current
           of
           Antiquity
           )
           set
           forms
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Worship
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           most
           religious
           and
           assured
           meanes
           either
           to
           preserve
           or
           advance
           Religion
           .
           The
           scruple
           then
           is
           ,
           whether
           any
           of
           my
           judgement
           and
           perswasion
           may
           for
           any
           popular
           or
           secular
           end
           in
           the
           world
           (
           and
           for
           that
           end
           meerly
           )
           lay
           aside
           a
           better
           ,
           and
           assume
           in
           Gods
           Worship
           a
           worse
           way
           ?
           whether
           this
           be
           not
           having
           
             a
             male
             in
             my
             flocke
             ,
             to
             offer
             unto
             God
             a
             female
             ,
          
           judge
           you
           .
        
         
           That
           blessed
           speech
           of
           Sir
           
             Benj.
             Ruddierd
          
           to
           M.
           
             Pym
             ,
             he
             that
             thinks
          
           
           
             to
             save
             any
             thing
             by
             his
             Religion
             but
             his
             soul
             ,
             will
             be
             a
             terrible
             loser
             in
             the
             end
             ;
          
           it
           is
           worthy
           to
           be
           written
           in
           letters
           of
           gold
           ,
           yea
           worthy
           to
           be
           ingraven
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           every
           Parliament-man
           that
           sits
           ;
           it
           is
           indeed
           a
           saying
           that
           hath
           so
           farre
           prevailed
           on
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           begin
           extremely
           to
           question
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           vulgar
           opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Worship
          
           and
           
             Government
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           are
           so
           left
           as
           to
           be
           accommodated
           to
           the
           proportionable
           
             exigences
          
           of
           States
           and
           Kingdomes
           :
           For
           my
           particular
           I
           conceive
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           attended
           ,
           municipall
           Lawes
           ought
           rather
           to
           stoop
           then
           they
           to
           strain
           ;
           for
           Religion
           is
           so
           tender
           a
           Virgin
           ,
           that
           she
           may
           not
           admit
           the
           least
           prostitution
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           a
           conscientious
           breast
           feareth
           to
           pumple
           her
           very
           ornaments
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           then
           to
           worship
           God
           without
           a
           set
           forme
           seemes
           to
           me
           destructive
           of
           the
           form
           of
           sound
           words
           ,
           which
           charily
           must
           be
           preserved
           ,
           a
           Worship
           more
           carelesse
           then
           what
           Pagans
           used
           ,
           an
           Innovation
           which
           takes
           away
           the
           very
           ground
           and
           basis
           of
           conversion
           and
           communion
           with
           an
           adverse
           party
           ;
           whereas
           it
           would
           be
           in
           me
           either
           superstition
           or
           popularity
           to
           desert
           a
           set
           forme
           ;
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           follow
           these
           Dictates
           ,
           till
           I
           have
           better
           premises
           given
           me
           ,
           from
           which
           I
           may
           conclude
           otherwise
           .
           And
           so
           I
           shall
           desire
           your
           patience
           to
           accompany
           me
           to
           my
           last
           endeavour
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           renounce
           ,
           or
           as
           yet
           lay
           aside
           this
           our
           individuall
           Liturgie
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           these
           reasons
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           maketh
           our
           Religion
           to
           be
           ill
           spoken
           of
           by
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           and
           so
           preventeth
           the
           conversion
           of
           Papists
           ,
           who
           
           accuse
           us
           of
           unsetlednesse
           and
           changes
           ;
           yea
           ,
           it
           furnisheth
           them
           ,
           with
           an
           unanswerable
           exception
           ,
           viz.
           That
           we
           have
           these
           many
           yeares
           convicted
           ,
           punished
           ,
           and
           imprisoned
           them
           for
           what
           our selves
           now
           so
           far
           distast
           ,
           that
           at
           Sessions
           we
           give
           a
           charge
           against
           it
           ,
           traduce
           it
           under
           the
           brand
           of
           the
           old
           
             Mumpsimus
             ,
          
           and
           indite
           it
           ,
           and
           punish
           one
           another
           for
           it
           ;
           this
           I
           professe
           my
           weaknesse
           cannot
           satisfie
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           better
           it
           were
           a
           Milstone
           were
           hanged
           about
           my
           neck
           ,
           then
           that
           I
           should
           be
           a
           scandall
           to
           my
           weak
           brother
           ,
           the
           omission
           of
           the
           Liturgie
           ,
           being
           at
           this
           time
           a
           scandall
           not
           only
           to
           the
           weak
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           strong
           ,
           being
           the
           cries
           and
           tears
           of
           both
           require
           it
           ,
           how
           should
           I
           dare
           to
           look
           my
           God
           in
           the
           face
           when
           I
           shall
           wilfully
           become
           
             scandalous
          
           both
           to
           the
           learned
           and
           unlearned
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           strong
           and
           to
           the
           weak
           Christian
           ?
           yea
           ,
           of
           this
           sad
           experience
           hath
           made
           me
           very
           confident
           ,
           such
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           such
           a
           stumbling
           block
           as
           is
           this
           ,
           the
           suppression
           of
           the
           Liturgie
           was
           never
           since
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           daies
           amongst
           us
           ;
           for
           the
           want
           of
           this
           hath
           hindred
           thousands
           from
           their
           accustomed
           piety
           and
           devotion
           ,
           the
           weak
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           no
           other
           ;
           the
           strong
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           no
           better
           way
           ,
           and
           whatever
           prevents
           piety
           cannot
           but
           be
           rather
           
             scandalum
             datum
             ,
          
           then
           
             acceptum
             ,
          
           a
           reall
           and
           true
           scandall
           ,
           so
           that
           till
           a
           better
           form
           be
           actually
           established
           in
           lieu
           of
           this
           ,
           my
           conscience
           tells
           me
           I
           may
           not
           leave
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           What
           by
           oath
           and
           subscription
           I
           am
           bound
           unto
           ,
           that
           without
           relaxation
           from
           the
           same
           authority
           to
           whom
           I
           sware
           ,
           and
           before
           whom
           I
           subscribed
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           relinquish
           .
           But
           I
           have
           sworne
           to
           my
           Dioecesan
           ,
           and
           subscribed
           to
           maintain
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           
             genere
             ,
          
           but
           in
           
             specie
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           particular
           forme
           and
           way
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           as
           an
           honest
           man
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           make
           that
           good
           which
           I
           have
           sworn
           ,
           subscribed
           ,
           and
           negatively
           promised
           to
           maintain
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           is
           against
           my
           Oath
           of
           
             Supremacy
          
           to
           acknowledge
           a
           power
           Ecclesiasticall
           Independent
           upon
           the
           only
           Supreme
           ,
           and
           this
           cannot
           (
           in
           my
           apprehension
           )
           be
           avoided
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           forbidding
           I
           receive
           the
           Directory
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           commanding
           to
           use
           it
           ,
           I
           reject
           the
           Liturgie
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             Beneficium
             supponit
             Officium
             .
          
           The
           duty
           which
           every
           parochiall
           Minister
           is
           bound
           unto
           ,
           is
           
             a
             daily
             recitall
             of
             his
             Office
             ;
          
           for
           being
           Parishes
           are
           of
           humane
           institution
           ,
           founded
           and
           endowed
           by
           the
           piety
           and
           liberality
           of
           devout
           Patrons
           ,
           look
           what
           they
           conditioned
           for
           ,
           (
           so
           far
           as
           just
           and
           pious
           )
           that
           I
           conceive
           I
           am
           bound
           unto
           .
           Forasmuch
           then
           as
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           
             prayer
             ,
             daily
             prayer
             ,
          
           yea
           (
           and
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           )
           this
           
             very
             form
             of
             prayer
          
           is
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           admittance
           ,
           
           though
           preaching
           be
           multiplied
           ,
           I
           cannot
           conscionably
           omit
           that
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           I
           had
           institution
           and
           induction
           to
           my
           living
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           my
           weake
           judgement
           it
           is
           a
           very
           considerable
           scruple
           ,
           —
           whether
           what
           is
           given
           for
           a
           publike
           and
           
             daily
             duty
             ,
          
           may
           conscionably
           be
           taken
           by
           him
           who
           doth
           it
           but
           once
           a
           week
           ,
           much
           lesse
           by
           him
           who
           doth
           it
           not
           at
           all
           ?
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           considerable
           to
           me
           ,
           whether
           those
           words
           in
           my
           Protestation
           
             (
             The
             true
             reformed
             Protestant
             Religion
             expressed
             in
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             against
             all
             Popery
             and
             Popish
             Innovations
             )
          
           do
           not
           bind
           me
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           lawfully
           I
           may
           with
           life
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           estate
           ,
           to
           maintaine
           either
           this
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           setforme
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           these
           reasons
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           This
           word
           or
           Notion
           ,
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           necessarily
           includes
           all
           the
           actuall
           muniments
           therof
           ,
           be
           it
           what
           religion
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           for
           if
           as
           
             Austin
          
           out
           of
           
             Cicero
             ,
             Religio
             est
             virtus
             quae
             superioris
             cujusdam
             naturae
             ,
             quam
             divinā
          
           
           
             vocant
             ,
             cul●ū
             ceremoniámque
             adfert
             ,
          
           Religion
           be
           a
           vertue
           which
           obligeth
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           Ceremony
           ,
           as
           to
           worship
           .
           And
           if
           as
           M.
           
             Calvin
             ,
             in
             professione
             religionis
             homines
             non
             posse
             ceremoniis
             carere
             ,
          
           Men
           cannot
           professe
           Religion
           without
           Ceremony
           ,
           be
           it
           what
           Religion
           it
           may
           be
           :
           Then
           (
           so
           far
           as
           my
           capacity
           reacheth
           )
           I
           cannot
           vow
           ,
           promise
           and
           professe
           ,
           to
           maintain
           and
           defend
           a
           Religion
           ,
           but
           under
           this
           
             Notion
          
           and
           
             terme
             Religion
             ,
          
           I
           binde
           my self
           to
           defend
           and
           maintain
           what
           ever
           congruously
           is
           requisite
           in
           the
           defence
           ,
           and
           support
           of
           it
           :
           for
           as
           he
           that
           is
           bound
           to
           maintain
           a
           
             house
             ,
          
           must
           preserve
           the
           thatch
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             grunsell
             :
          
           and
           as
           he
           who
           is
           bound
           to
           maintain
           a
           close
           ,
           must
           have
           a
           care
           of
           the
           hedg
           (
           though
           it
           be
           but
           a
           dead
           one
           )
           as
           well
           as
           the
           crop
           ;
           even
           so
           ,
           when
           I
           did
           promise
           ,
           vow
           ,
           and
           protest
           to
           defend
           and
           maintaine
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           was
           baptized
           and
           bred
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           I
           could
           hope
           to
           make
           good
           this
           ,
           unlesse
           the
           necessary
           muniments
           ,
           whereof
           the
           
             Liturgie
          
           is
           a
           maine
           one
           ,
           were
           preserved
           in
           it
           :
           And
           that
           in
           this
           I
           was
           not
           singular
           ,
           I
           may
           appeale
           unto
           a
           
             Vote
          
           afterward
           annexed
           to
           the
           Protestation
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           is
           declared
           ,
           
             that
             severall
             persons
             had
             raised
             the
             same
             doubt
             ,
          
           an
           argument
           that
           the
           deduction
           was
           very
           obvious
           ,
           and
           very
           naturall
           .
           Now
           forasmuch
           as
           I
           had
           vowed
           before
           I
           saw
           the
           limitation
           ,
           after
           the
           Vow
           I
           durst
           not
           inquire
           ;
           a
           Vow
           and
           an
           Oath
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           in
           this
           dissenting
           ,
           an
           Oath
           it
           must
           be
           taken
           in
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           giver
           ;
           a
           Vow
           because
           voluntary
           ,
           in
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           taker
           onely
           :
           so
           I
           took
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           obligation
           is
           still
           upon
           me
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           whereas
           Religion
           in
           the
           Protestation
           hath
           this
           restrictive
           difference
           ,
           
             Reformed
             ;
          
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           so
           
             Reformed
             ,
          
           as
           in
           the
           
           
             Church
             of
             England
             against
             all
             Popary
             ,
             and
             Popish
             Innovations
             ;
          
           I
           cannot
           see
           how
           I
           could
           protest
           to
           maintaine
           a
           Religion
           so
           reformed
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           must
           necessarily
           imply
           that
           
             service
          
           which
           the
           first
           Reformers
           ,
           and
           all
           succeeding
           Parliaments
           have
           made
           the
           
             Characteristicall
          
           note
           ,
           and
           formall
           difference
           betwixt
           us
           and
           them
           ;
           and
           this
           (
           we
           all
           know
           )
           hath
           been
           the
           
             Liturgie
             ;
          
           for
           from
           his
           denying
           
             Communion
          
           in
           this
           ,
           the
           
             Papist
          
           was
           called
           
             Recusant
             ,
          
           and
           by
           his
           joyning
           with
           us
           in
           this
           ,
           he
           was
           said
           and
           held
           as
           reconciled
           to
           our
           
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           in
           case
           the
           Protestation
           had
           run
           thus
           ;
           I
           promise
           ,
           vow
           ,
           and
           protest
           to
           maintain
           the
           
             true
             Religion
             established
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             against
          
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           
             hereticall
             innovations
             ;
          
           would
           any
           man
           believe
           the
           Missall
           were
           here
           excluded
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           very
           
             formality
          
           of
           their
           professions
           ?
           Or
           in
           case
           it
           had
           run
           thus
           ,
           I
           promise
           ,
           vow
           ,
           and
           protest
           to
           maintaine
           that
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           whose
           character
           and
           
             distinctive
             formality
          
           is
           the
           
             Directory
             ,
          
           would
           any
           doubt
           I
           vowed
           to
           maintain
           the
           Directory
           ?
           and
           can
           I
           hope
           to
           perform
           my
           Vow
           ,
           can
           I
           hope
           to
           maintaine
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           lay
           aside
           that
           which
           is
           the
           practicall
           character
           of
           my
           profession
           ?
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           if
           this
           notion
           
             Reformed
             Religion
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
          
           includes
           not
           
             Liturgie
             ,
          
           then
           they
           are
           not
           sufferers
           for
           the
           
             true
             reformed
             Religion
             of
             England
             ,
          
           who
           suffer
           meerly
           for
           the
           
             Liturgie
             ,
          
           but
           they
           who
           so
           suffer
           ,
           cannot
           imagine
           else
           what
           they
           suffer
           for
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           probable
           to
           me
           ,
           the
           compilers
           and
           chiefe
           mannagers
           of
           this
           Protestation
           ,
           by
           Religion
           mainly
           meant
           the
           
             forme
          
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           for
           in
           the
           first
           19.
           humble
           Propositions
           ,
           the
           
             eighth
          
           runs
           thus
           :
           
             That
             your
             Majesty
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             consent
             that
             such
             a
             Reformation
             be
             made
             of
             the
             Church-Government
             and
             Liturgie
             ,
             as
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             shall
             advise
             .
             —
          
           To
           the
           people
           in
           the
           same
           yeare
           the
           
             Lords
             and
             Commons
          
           declare
           thus
           ,
           April
           9.
           1642.
           they
           intend
           a
           due
           and
           
             necessary
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Government
             and
             Liturgie
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           A
           plaine
           and
           evident
           demonstration
           to
           my
           capacity
           ,
           that
           both
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           did
           then
           declare
           ,
           this
           notion
           or
           terme
           Religion
           ,
           it
           includes
           both
           
             Church-Government
             ,
          
           and
           
             Liturgie
             ,
          
           otherwise
           what
           ever
           is
           of
           late
           attempted
           or
           done
           concerning
           these
           ,
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           religious
           ,
           but
           a
           politike
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           how
           could
           I
           promise
           ,
           vow
           ,
           and
           protest
           to
           defend
           and
           maintaine
           a
           Religion
           which
           is
           said
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           
             actually
             reformed
             ,
          
           unlesse
           there
           be
           some
           forme
           actually
           in
           being
           ,
           which
           my
           judgment
           and
           my
           conscience
           must
           looke
           upon
           ;
           for
           to
           swear
           the
           maintenance
           of
           a
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Worship
           ,
           or
           Discipline
           not
           fixed
           ,
           and
           digested
           into
           a
           forme
           ,
           
           seems
           to
           me
           like
           that
           formidable
           
             et
             caetera
             ,
          
           to
           sweare
           and
           vow
           to
           maintain
           I
           know
           not
           what
           ;
           and
           upon
           this
           ground
           thousands
           there
           are
           who
           have
           stumbled
           at
           the
           very
           threshold
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           not
           daring
           to
           sweare
           to
           defend
           a
           Reformation
           where
           they
           cannot
           come
           to
           see
           the
           form
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           then
           beside
           Statute-subscription
           ,
           and
           those
           many
           obligations
           contracted
           under
           Episcopacy
           ,
           I
           conceive
           even
           by
           the
           
             Protestation
             ,
          
           and
           from
           the
           very
           sense
           of
           the
           House
           that
           made
           it
           ,
           
             Liturgie
          
           is
           a
           very
           considerable
           ingredient
           in
           the
           compound
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           this
           present
           
             Liturgie
          
           in
           this
           the
           
             reformed
             Religion
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
             :
          
           As
           then
           in
           Musick
           ,
           though
           there
           are
           many
           rare
           and
           exquisite
           
             voluntaries
             ,
          
           yet
           solemne
           and
           set
           Musick
           is
           not
           therefore
           to
           be
           rejected
           ,
           even
           so
           though
           there
           are
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           such
           who
           can
           expresse
           as
           readily
           as
           conceive
           ,
           and
           conceive
           as
           devoutly
           as
           can
           be
           imagined
           ,
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           this
           is
           no
           
             Supersedeas
          
           or
           bar
           against
           studyed
           ,
           penn'd
           ,
           and
           set
           formes
           of
           prayer
           ;
           and
           more
           then
           this
           ,
           as
           I
           read
           ,
           was
           heard
           ,
           and
           ordered
           to
           be
           printed
           by
           the
           honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           a
           Sermon
           called
           ,
           
             Babilons
             downfall
             ,
          
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           —
           Cursed
           shall
           he
           be
           that
           removeth
           the
           ancient
           Land-marke
           ,
           &c.
           what
           is
           the
           ancient
           Land-mark
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           our
           Lawes
           and
           Religion
           ?
           (
           which
           containes
           as
           well
           
             facienda
          
           as
           
             credenda
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           as
           well
           the
           
             Liturgie
          
           as
           the
           
             Articles
          
           and
           
             Homilies
          
           for
           her
           Boundaries
           )
           and
           therefore
           if
           any
           man
           shall
           remove
           this
           Land-marke
           ,
           cursed
           shall
           he
           be
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           let
           all
           the
           people
           say
           ,
           Amen
           .
           Certainely
           they
           who
           said
           Amen
           to
           this
           imprecation
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           ordered
           there
           should
           be
           an
           impression
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           were
           then
           no
           visible
           enemies
           to
           Liturgie
           ,
           no
           not
           this
           Liturgie
           .
           All
           then
           that
           I
           shall
           now
           trouble
           you
           withall
           ,
           shall
           be
           a
           slight
           proposall
           of
           this
           one
           Scruple
           .
        
         
           Whether
           a
           Minister
           is
           not
           as
           much
           bound
           to
           suffer
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           spirituall
           Muniments
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           any
           Subject
           for
           the
           temporall
           Muniments
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           State
           or
           Kingdome
           ?
        
         
           For
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           or
           the
           Muniments
           thereof
           ,
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           with
           
             Tertullian
             ,
          
           the
           Sword
           is
           no
           good
           advocate
           ,
           
             Lex
             nova
             non
             se
             vindicat
             ultore
             gladio
             ,
          
           the
           foolishnesse
           of
           preaching
           ,
           not
           the
           arme
           of
           flesh
           ,
           
           must
           and
           did
           establish
           these
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           propose
           the
           scruple
           only
           in
           point
           of
           
             suffering
             ;
          
           for
           if
           we
           looke
           unto
           the
           author
           and
           finisher
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           I
           conceive
           with
           S.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           that
           by
           his
           example
           we
           are
           called
           upon
           to
           suffer
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           case
           to
           suffer
           only
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           these
           times
           of
           losse
           and
           suffering
           ,
           I
           have
           oft
           considered
           with
           my selfe
           for
           what
           ,
           either
           as
           Subject
           ,
           or
           as
           Christian
           ,
           especially
           
           as
           a
           Christian
           Minister
           I
           stand
           bound
           to
           suffer
           .
        
         
           Now
           whilest
           I
           look
           upon
           my self
           as
           a
           subject
           having
           nothing
           at
           all
           before
           me
           but
           some
           secular
           or
           temporall
           advantage
           :
           my
           next
           consideration
           is
           ,
           what
           secular
           or
           temporall
           commodity
           is
           dearest
           to
           me
           ;
           for
           I
           suppose
           no
           man
           will
           lose
           gold
           to
           save
           chaffe
           ,
           nor
           expose
           his
           darling
           to
           preserve
           his
           vassall
           .
           Now
           forasmuch
           as
           all
           temporall
           or
           secular
           goods
           are
           reducible
           to
           these
           three
           heads
           ,
           
             jucundum
             ,
             utile
             ,
             honestum
             ,
          
           either
           pleasant
           ,
           profitable
           or
           honest
           ;
           that
           which
           of
           these
           three
           is
           dearest
           ,
           that
           which
           of
           these
           is
           absolutely
           the
           best
           ,
           that
           (
           I
           conceive
           ,
           though
           I
           suffer
           the
           losse
           of
           the
           other
           two
           )
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           preserve
           .
        
         
           Job
           2.
           
           
             Skin
             for
             skin
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             a
             man
             hath
             will
             he
             give
             for
             his
             life
             :
          
           though
           the
           Devill
           spake
           it
           ,
           both
           God
           and
           man
           approve
           it
           .
           Skin
           for
           skin
           ,
           whatever
           is
           pleasant
           ,
           or
           whatever
           is
           profitable
           ,
           a
           man
           will
           rather
           suffer
           in
           ,
           then
           in
           his
           life
           ;
           for
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           pleasant
           or
           profitable
           ,
           life
           is
           the
           dearest
           .
           Now
           albeit
           among
           things
           pleasant
           or
           profitable
           ,
           life
           is
           the
           jewel
           ;
           yet
           
             bonum
             honestum
             ,
          
           that
           good
           which
           doth
           consist
           in
           honor
           or
           honesty
           ,
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           oft
           even
           dearer
           then
           life
           it self
           :
           so
           that
           for
           defence
           of
           reputation
           &
           a
           good
           name
           ,
           for
           the
           advance
           &
           benefit
           of
           posterity
           ,
           for
           the
           vindication
           of
           a
           friend
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           a
           trust
           ;
           for
           these
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           there
           is
           many
           an
           one
           who
           will
           dare
           to
           die
           :
           but
           meerly
           for
           what
           is
           pleasant
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           profitable
           ,
           I
           think
           no
           man
           living
           :
           So
           that
           indeed
           't
           is
           onely
           
             bonum
             bonestum
             ,
          
           it
           is
           onely
           for
           what
           is
           honest
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           honorable
           ,
           a
           man
           as
           a
           man
           ,
           a
           man
           as
           rationall
           ,
           is
           bound
           to
           suffer
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           that
           honor
           and
           honesty
           hath
           so
           strong
           an
           influence
           upon
           a
           reasonable
           soule
           ,
           that
           Reason
           will
           perswade
           even
           the
           naturall
           man
           to
           prefer
           
             honor
          
           and
           
             honesty
          
           before
           life
           ;
           if
           property
           ,
           liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           are
           so
           deare
           to
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           even
           ▪
           for
           them
           ,
           thousands
           have
           laid
           down
           their
           lives
           ;
           my
           great
           and
           grand
           scruple
           is
           ,
           whether
           
             bonum
             religiosum
             ,
          
           whether
           a
           religious
           good
           ,
           whether
           that
           which
           I
           verily
           believe
           tends
           to
           the
           good
           of
           Religion
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           me
           ,
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           a
           Minister
           ,
           to
           be
           full
           as
           deare
           as
           any
           
             bonum
             honestum
             ,
          
           as
           any
           honest
           or
           mere
           secular
           good
           to
           me
           ,
           or
           any
           subject
           in
           the
           world
           :
           And
           (
           I
           professe
           to
           you
           upon
           the
           faith
           of
           a
           Christian
           )
           be
           it
           sound
           ,
           or
           be
           it
           weak
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           principall
           ground
           and
           motive
           of
           all
           my
           losses
           ,
           and
           to
           support
           me
           I
           have
           these
           reasons
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Corinth
           .
           9.
           
           
             If
             we
             have
             sowen
             unto
             you
             spirituall
             things
             ,
             is
             it
             a
             great
             thing
             if
             we
             shall
             reap
             your
             carnall
             things
             ?
          
           Between
           spirituall
           and
           carnall
           things
           the
           Apostle
           seems
           to
           make
           so
           despicable
           a
           difference
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           is
           not
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           the
           other
           :
           carnall
           things
           ,
           
           secular
           and
           worldly
           interests
           they
           are
           not
           considerable
           ,
           if
           compared
           with
           things
           spirituall
           .
           A
           cleare
           argument
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           no
           spirituall
           ,
           or
           religious
           performance
           ought
           to
           give
           way
           to
           any
           carnall
           end
           .
           And
           such
           I
           conceive
           are
           all
           the
           muniments
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           such
           in
           particular
           a
           blamelesse
           Liturgie
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           rule
           amongst
           Casuists
           ,
           that
           man
           that
           suffers
           either
           for
           doing
           this
           ,
           or
           for
           bearing
           that
           in
           relation
           unto
           Christ
           and
           his
           glory
           ,
           that
           person
           is
           a
           sufferer
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           Christ
           ;
           as
           he
           that
           will
           not
           lie
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           because
           dishonourable
           to
           the
           Christian
           profession
           ;
           if
           he
           should
           be
           persecuted
           ,
           because
           he
           will
           not
           lie
           ;
           such
           an
           one
           though
           not
           
             in
             materia
             fidei
             ,
          
           yet
           because
           his
           restraint
           is
           for
           Christ
           and
           his
           glory
           ,
           he
           were
           persecuted
           for
           Christ
           his
           sake
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           then
           in
           my
           poore
           judgement
           I
           am
           convinced
           there
           is
           no
           means
           generally
           more
           expedient
           for
           the
           advance
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           faith
           ,
           then
           a
           well
           composed
           and
           set
           form
           of
           Liturgie
           ;
           what
           ever
           I
           shall
           suffer
           for
           not
           rejecting
           this
           ,
           I
           shall
           confidently
           lay
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           my
           Saviour
           :
           for
           as
           much
           as
           I
           therefore
           onely
           by
           suffering
           endeavour
           the
           defence
           of
           of
           this
           ,
           because
           I
           do
           verily
           beleeve
           ,
           Liturgy
           is
           the
           advance
           of
           his
           glory
           :
           So
           that
           if
           a
           temporall
           good
           (
           whose
           reward
           and
           encouragement
           cannot
           be
           but
           temporall
           )
           can
           move
           a
           man
           to
           suffer
           ;
           much
           more
           a
           spirituall
           ,
           whose
           reward
           (
           through
           the
           mercy
           of
           a
           gracious
           accepter
           )
           may
           prove
           eternall
           .
           For
           he
           who
           will
           not
           see
           a
           cup
           of
           cold
           water
           given
           for
           his
           sake
           lost
           :
           neither
           will
           he
           forget
           the
           least
           of
           sufferings
           which
           relate
           to
           his
           glory
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           In
           suffering
           for
           spirituall
           muniments
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           only
           which
           relates
           to
           Christ
           onely
           ,
           and
           his
           glory
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           interest
           but
           God
           Almighties
           considered
           or
           concern'd
           ;
           But
           in
           suffering
           for
           temporall
           ,
           though
           publique
           good
           ,
           we
           have
           private
           ends
           and
           personall
           advantages
           of
           our
           owne
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           must
           be
           much
           more
           acceptable
           to
           God
           Almighty
           to
           suffer
           for
           spirituall
           ,
           that
           is
           
             his
             interest
             ,
          
           then
           for
           secular
           ,
           that
           is
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           If
           that
           Citizen
           be
           held
           an
           unworthy
           Member
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           spend
           his
           purse
           and
           paines
           for
           the
           priviledge
           of
           his
           Corporation
           :
           and
           if
           that
           Country-clowne
           be
           held
           no
           good
           Townesman
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           stiffly
           maintain
           the
           
             Modus
             Decimandi
             ,
          
           The
           custome
           of
           h●s
           Towne
           ;
           certainly
           then
           that
           Minister
           hath
           a
           very
           low
           and
           poore
           estimate
           of
           that
           Liturgy
           which
           he
           subscrib'd
           unto
           ,
           a
           very
           unworthy
           esteem
           of
           the
           Catholique
           custome
           of
           the
           reformed
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           will
           without
           suffering
           betray
           his
           trust
           ;
           making
           lesse
           account
           of
           what
           Martyrs
           
           sealed
           with
           their
           blood
           ,
           then
           will
           a
           Citizen
           or
           a
           Countryman
           of
           a
           trifling
           priviledge
           or
           custome
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           Considering
           and
           inquiring
           after
           the
           elder
           times
           ,
           when
           such
           was
           the
           purity
           of
           intention
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           Christs
           glory
           was
           attended
           ;
           I
           cannot
           find
           that
           any
           thing
           in
           Religion
           was
           moulded
           unto
           State
           ends
           .
        
         
           
             Si
             ecclesiasticum
             negotium
             sit
             ,
             nullam
             Communionem
             habento
             civiles
             Magistratus
             cum
             câ
             disceptatione
             ,
             sed
             Religiosissimi
             Episcopi
             secundum
             sacros
             Canones
             negotio
             fine
             imponuntom
             ,
             in
             Authentica
             Con.
          
           123.
           
        
         
           Not
           to
           the
           civill
           Magistrate
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Religious
           Bishops
           ,
           
             Justinian
          
           (
           no
           lesse
           then
           an
           Emperour
           )
           attributes
           and
           decrees
           the
           decision
           and
           determination
           of
           Ecclesiasticall
           affaires
           ;
           and
           certainly
           if
           there
           be
           any
           Ecclesiasticall
           Government
           ,
           as
           the
           Law
           speakes
           
             —
             Cui
             jurisdictio
             data
             est
             ,
             ea
             quoque
             concessa
             esse
             intelliguntur
             sine
             quibus
             jurisdictio
             expleri
             non
             potuit
             .
             —
          
           To
           whom
           jurisdiction
           is
           committed
           all
           that
           must
           be
           granted
           without
           which
           he
           cannot
           exercise
           jurisdiction
           ;
           and
           that
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           directive
           and
           a
           coactive
           power
           .
        
         
           Now
           impossible
           (
           it
           seemes
           to
           me
           )
           that
           those
           who
           have
           ,
           (
           be
           they
           Prelates
           ,
           be
           they
           Presbyters
           ,
           or
           be
           they
           of
           what
           name
           or
           title
           soever
           ,
           our
           next
           
             new
             light
          
           shall
           call
           them
           )
           I
           say
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           impossible
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           have
           this
           spirituall
           power
           should
           ever
           discharge
           their
           trust
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           resolve
           to
           suffer
           ,
           and
           to
           suffer
           precisely
           ,
           for
           the
           muniments
           and
           defence
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           him
           committed
           to
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           impartiall
           and
           thorough
           executing
           of
           this
           charge
           ,
           cannot
           but
           displease
           great
           ones
           :
           and
           flesh
           and
           blood
           is
           a
           bitter
           adversary
           ;
           so
           that
           indeed
           it
           will
           evidently
           appeare
           ,
           the
           decay
           of
           
             Discipline
             ,
             Liturgy
          
           and
           all
           the
           
             muniments
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           have
           therfore
           suffered
           because
           those
           who
           should
           have
           suffered
           for
           them
           ,
           would
           not
           .
           And
           I
           beseech
           God
           this
           sin
           be
           not
           laid
           to
           our
           charge
           ;
           for
           my
           own
           particular
           ,
           I
           beseech
           God
           give
           me
           grace
           to
           say
           heartily
           as
           did
           some
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           ,
           
             though
             I
             cannot
             dispute
             ,
             I
             can
             suffer
             for
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           For
           me
           to
           omit
           any
           act
           ,
           gesture
           or
           forme
           of
           worship
           ,
           which
           I
           beleeve
           or
           feel
           to
           be
           an
           advance
           to
           piety
           ,
           meerly
           from
           secular
           or
           private
           interest
           ,
           this
           in
           my
           judgement
           is
           to
           prefer
           a
           
             carnall
          
           thing
           before
           a
           
             spirituall
             ,
          
           &
           to
           endeavour
           rather
           to
           please
           man
           then
           my
           God
           .
           And
           indeed
           I
           could
           here
           with
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           truth
           and
           sadnesse
           relate
           unto
           you
           ,
           the
           serious
           and
           sharp
           complaints
           of
           such
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           professe
           their
           souls
           long
           after
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           grieved
           at
           heart
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           they
           pretend
           )
           troubled
           at
           soule
           ,
           because
           they
           dare
           not
           use
           what
           they
           conceive
           much
           the
           better
           way
           .
           A
           lamentable
           condition
           is
           the
           
           Church
           in
           ,
           when
           Ministers
           worship
           God
           with
           reluctancie
           ,
           and
           onely
           to
           save
           their
           stakes
           ,
           comply
           and
           do
           as
           the
           State
           would
           have
           them
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Forasmuch
           as
           the
           muniments
           of
           Religion
           are
           preservers
           of
           the
           dearest
           thing
           imaginable
           ,
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           and
           our
           soules
           welfare
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           what
           I
           should
           suffer
           in
           defence
           of
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           these
           .
        
         
           I
           lately
           reading
           (
           as
           it
           fell
           proper
           to
           the
           day
           )
           the
           fifth
           of
           
             Esay
             ,
          
           when
           I
           came
           to
           those
           dreadfull
           words
           
             —
             I
             will
             take
             away
             thy
             hedge
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             eaten
             up
             ,
             break
             downe
             the
             wall
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             trodden
             downe
             ,
          
           it
           made
           my
           heart
           even
           ake
           ,
           to
           think
           how
           applicable
           this
           methodicall
           destruction
           is
           to
           our
           ungratefull
           vineyard
           .
           
             I
             will
             take
             away
             the
             hedge
             ,
             I
             will
             break
             downe
             the
             wall
             .
          
           Take
           the
           hedge
           and
           the
           wall
           away
           cut
           up
           the
           fence
           ,
           and
           the
           Vinyard
           will
           soon
           be
           wast
           ;
           The
           Government
           ,
           the
           Discipline
           ,
           the
           Liturgy
           which
           as
           a
           hedge
           or
           a
           wall
           ever
           since
           our
           reformation
           preserved
           the
           Vineyard
           ;
           since
           I
           see
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           suffer
           
             this
             hedge
          
           and
           the
           wall
           to
           be
           trodden
           downe
           ,
           I
           can
           but
           feare
           confusion
           and
           desolation
           to
           be
           the
           sequest
           .
           For
           since
           the
           worldly
           wiseman
           verily
           believes
           ,
           where
           the
           fence
           is
           wanting
           ,
           spoile
           and
           wast
           inevitably
           followeth
           ;
           and
           therefore
           his
           maine
           care
           is
           to
           tend
           it
           :
           Even
           so
           where
           the
           muniments
           of
           any
           prosession
           or
           Religion
           are
           slighted
           and
           taken
           away
           ;
           where
           Liturgy
           (
           this
           13.
           hundred
           years
           without
           controversie
           ,
           held
           the
           hedge
           and
           mound
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           Gods
           worship
           in
           Natiohall
           Church
           )
           where
           (
           I
           say
           )
           this
           is
           pull'd
           downe
           and
           taken
           away
           ,
           there
           is
           iminent
           and
           evident
           feare
           ;
           a
           gap
           is
           opened
           to
           let
           in
           what
           ever
           will
           come
           .
           Be
           it
           the
           beast
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           be
           it
           the
           little
           foxes
           be
           it
           the
           wild
           bore
           of
           the
           forrest
           ,
           come
           what
           will
           there
           is
           no
           muniment
           ,
           no
           provision
           ,
           no
           fence
           against
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           my
           poor
           conceptions
           the
           hedge
           ,
           the
           fence
           ,
           the
           muniment
           of
           the
           Church
           they
           are
           matters
           of
           such
           necessary
           consequence
           ,
           that
           Ministers
           I
           conceive
           ,
           had
           better
           lay
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           fortunes
           in
           the
           gap
           ,
           then
           for
           want
           of
           fence
           to
           suffer
           the
           destroyer
           to
           come
           in
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           I
           have
           been
           told
           by
           some
           who
           wish
           very
           well
           unto
           me
           ,
           that
           
             humane
             inventions
          
           and
           things
           meerly
           
             circumstantiall
          
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           thus
           stood
           upon
           :
           I
           thank
           them
           heartily
           for
           their
           affection
           ,
           and
           blesse
           them
           for
           their
           good
           will
           ,
           but
           our
           judgments
           yet
           must
           differ
           .
           For
           if
           no
           suffering
           for
           humane
           invention
           ,
           if
           life
           it selfe
           may
           not
           be
           exposed
           to
           hazzard
           in
           defence
           of
           humane
           constitutions
           ,
           certainly
           then
           no
           fighting
           for
           the
           Lawes
           of
           Land
           ,
           nor
           no
           taking
           up
           arms
           for
           Priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           these
           sure
           are
           humane
           and
           politicall
           institutions
           ;
           and
           as
           these
           are
           necessary
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           a
           State
           ,
           even
           some
           such
           are
           also
           necessary
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           
             Church-men
          
           cannot
           be
           too
           chary
           .
        
         
         
           Againe
           ,
           whereas
           Liturgie
           
             in
             genere
             ,
          
           or
           ours
           
             in
             specie
          
           is
           counted
           but
           a
           circumstantiall
           businesse
           ,
           I
           believe
           I
           may
           find
           out
           such
           circumstantialls
           in
           a
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           as
           will
           hazard
           the
           whole
           if
           they
           perish
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           tenth
           persecution
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           
             Dioclesian
             ,
          
           a
           Decree
           past
           ,
           
             ut
             Templa
             &
             libri
             delerentur
             ,
          
           that
           Christians
           should
           deliver
           
           up
           their
           books
           and
           destroy
           (
           or
           at
           least
           permit
           the
           destruction
           of
           )
           their
           Churches
           .
           Books
           and
           Churches
           I
           conceive
           are
           but
           circumstantialls
           to
           Religion
           ;
           for
           the
           world
           was
           more
           then
           2400.
           yeers
           old
           before
           there
           was
           any
           
             Scripture
          
           in
           it
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           Christian
           Church
           it
           was
           from
           the
           birth
           of
           Christ
           more
           then
           90.
           years
           before
           the
           Canon
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           was
           compleated
           ,
           yea
           after
           the
           death
           and
           Resurrection
           of
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           there
           is
           (
           supposing
           his
           passion
           at
           31.
           )
           ten
           years
           
           numbred
           before
           any
           Gospell
           at
           all
           was
           committed
           unto
           writing
           ,
           twice
           ten
           before
           the
           second
           ,
           thrice
           ten
           before
           the
           third
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           three
           twenti●s
           before
           the
           last
           ;
           a
           plaine
           argument
           that
           bookes
           and
           writings
           are
           but
           circumstantiall
           to
           Religion
           ;
           for
           one
           may
           live
           and
           die
           a
           very
           good
           Christian
           ,
           and
           know
           never
           a
           letter
           on
           the
           booke
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           now
           the
           Pope
           and
           Popery
           should
           so
           far
           prevaile
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           books
           hereticall
           (
           for
           so
           they
           will
           sticke
           to
           call
           our
           Bibles
           )
           to
           call
           in
           ,
           and
           under
           paine
           of
           death
           to
           deliver
           up
           our
           Bibles
           even
           to
           the
           
             fire
             ,
          
           could
           any
           conscientious
           Protestant
           satisfie
           his
           soule
           with
           this
           poore
           evasion
           ,
           alas
           the
           Bible
           is
           but
           circumstantiall
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Religion
           of
           it
           I
           can
           preserve
           though
           the
           Bible
           be
           gone
           ?
           without
           all
           peradventure
           it
           is
           most
           true
           ,
           a
           learned
           and
           well
           grounded
           Christian
           ,
           he
           may
           preserve
           the
           faith
           ,
           he
           may
           deliver
           and
           hold
           fast
           the
           forme
           of
           sound
           words
           ▪
           though
           among
           
             Turks
             ,
          
           where
           a
           Bible
           is
           not
           to
           be
           looked
           upon
           :
           and
           yet
           for
           my
           particular
           I
           should
           scarce
           looke
           upon
           that
           man
           as
           Christian
           ,
           who
           to
           save
           his
           purse
           ,
           yea
           his
           body
           should
           deliver
           up
           his
           Bible
           to
           the
           fire
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Roman
           Martyrologie
           there
           is
           a
           commemoration
           made
           of
           many
           holy
           Martyrs
           ,
           who
           despising
           the
           sacrilegious
           Edict
           of
           
             Dioclesian
          
           
           7.
           
             quo
             tradi
             Sacros
             codices
             jubebantur
             ,
             potiùs
             corpora
             carnificibus
             quàm
             sanctadare
             canibus
             maluerunt
             ]
          
           chose
           rather
           to
           deliver
           their
           bodies
           to
           the
           executioner
           then
           holy
           things
           to
           dogs
           ,
           or
           holy
           books
           unto
           the
           fire
           .
           And
           truly
           I
           should
           rather
           honour
           these
           as
           Martyrs
           ,
           then
           those
           for
           good
           Christians
           ,
           who
           under
           pretence
           of
           things
           circumstantiall
           ,
           should
           deliver
           those
           to
           save
           themselves
           ;
           so
           highly
           (
           I
           conceive
           )
           God
           would
           be
           dishonoured
           in
           the
           betraying
           of
           so
           great
           a
           preserver
           ,
           and
           muniment
           of
           his
           Honour
           .
        
         
         
           Again
           ,
           as
           Books
           ,
           even
           so
           (
           to
           some
           much
           more
           clearly
           )
           
             Churches
             ,
             Oratories
             ,
             Temples
             ,
          
           they
           are
           meer
           circumstantialls
           .
           Now
           suppose
           the
           
             Independent
          
           and
           Congregationall
           Brother-hood
           should
           so
           far
           over-power
           ,
           as
           to
           command
           the
           demolition
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           of
           our
           
             Steeple-houses
             ,
          
           the
           destruction
           and
           levelling
           of
           our
           Churches
           ,
           I
           would
           very
           fain
           know
           whether
           in
           point
           of
           conscience
           I
           were
           not
           rather
           bound
           to
           suffer
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           measure
           to
           appeare
           willing
           to
           so
           high
           a
           sacriledge
           ?
           I
           who
           am
           flesh
           and
           blood
           as
           well
           as
           other
           men
           ,
           could
           find
           
             pretty
          
           evasions
           and
           glosses
           to
           foole
           my
           soule
           withall
           ;
           I
           could
           say
           (
           as
           I
           hear
           )
           is
           not
           a
           Sermon
           as
           well
           in
           a
           
             Parlour
          
           as
           in
           a
           
             Church
             .
          
           Did
           not
           Christ
           preach
           in
           a
           
             Ship
             ,
             Paul
          
           pray
           upon
           the
           sands
           ,
           and
           shall
           I
           suffer
           in
           defence
           of
           so
           unnecessary
           a
           trifle
           as
           an
           heap
           of
           stones
           ,
           a
           
             Popish
             Relique
             ,
          
           a
           sorry
           meeting
           house
           ?
           For
           my
           particular
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           many
           things
           are
           daily
           called
           circumstantiall
           ,
           not
           with
           consideration
           whether
           so
           or
           no
           ,
           but
           because
           these
           are
           the
           things
           in
           question
           ,
           these
           the
           points
           which
           I
           must
           either
           dissemble
           ,
           desert
           or
           suffer
           for
           .
           I
           pray
           let
           me
           as
           a
           close
           to
           this
           present
           you
           with
           the
           example
           of
           one
           ,
           who
           though
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           was
           ever
           reverenced
           as
           a
           Saint
           ,
           &
           a
           good
           man
           ;
           I
           mean
           that
           great
           Doctor
           S.
           
             Ambrose
             ,
          
           who
           being
           once
           tempted
           and
           provoked
           even
           in
           this
           very
           point
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           to
           deliver
           up
           
           his
           Church
           ,
           though
           it
           pleased
           the
           Emperour
           in
           a
           faire
           way
           to
           send
           Earles
           and
           Tribunes
           to
           him
           ,
           
             —
             ut
             Basilicae
             fieret
             matura
             traditio
             ,
          
           that
           there
           might
           be
           a
           seasonable
           del●verance
           of
           that
           Royall
           Pallace
           (
           for
           so
           his
           piety
           termes
           the
           Church
           )
           yet
           you
           shall
           find
           this
           reverend
           Bastor
           so
           far
           from
           deeming
           this
           a
           circumstantiall
           trifle
           ,
           that
           he
           offers
           his
           goods
           ,
           his
           body
           ,
           his
           life
           in
           lieu
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Ea
             quae
             Divina
             Imperatoriae
             potestatinon
             subjecta
             .
          
           The
           things
           of
           God
           are
           not
           subject
           to
           imperiall
           power
           ,
           was
           the
           peremptory
           position
           of
           this
           Bishop
           ;
           and
           then
           proceeds
           .
           
             —
             Si
             patrimonium
             petitur
             ,
             invadite
             ;
             si
             corpus
             ,
             occurram
             :
             vultis
             in
             vincula
             rapere
             ,
             vultis
             in
             mortem
             ?
             voluptatiest
             mihi
             .
             —
          
           If
           you
           who
           are
           sent
           ,
           demand
           my
           patrimony
           ,
           invade
           it
           ,
           take
           it
           !
           if
           my
           body
           ,
           here
           it
           is
           ;
           if
           to
           bonds
           or
           death
           you
           desire
           to
           carry
           me
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           a
           pleasure
           to
           me
           ;
           
             —
             pro
             altaribus
             gratiùs
             immolabor
             ,
             —
          
           I
           will
           gladly
           be
           a
           sacrifice
           to
           preserve
           my
           Altar
           .
           He
           would
           rather
           dye
           the
           death
           then
           suffer
           an
           
             Arrian
          
           Minister
           to
           officiate
           in
           his
           Church
           ;
           yea
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           same
           Epistle
           
             —
             cum
             propositum
             esset
             ut
             ecclesiae
             vasa
             jam
             traderemus
             —
          
           when
           the
           Emperors
           Officers
           demanded
           a
           present
           delivery
           of
           the
           Church
           Vessells
           ,
           the
           conscientious
           Bishop
           was
           so
           far
           from
           holding
           these
           such
           circumstantialls
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           be
           stood
           upon
           ,
           that
           he
           plainly
           tells
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           it
           was
           neither
           lawfull
           for
           him
           to
           deliver
           ,
           or
           the
           Emperor
           to
           demand
           them
           .
        
         
         
           
             Trade
             basilicam
             ;
          
           deliver
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           (
           as
           the
           
           same
           Father
           to
           his
           Flock
           )
           speak
           a
           word
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           dye
           ;
           nay
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           
             Nec
             solum
             dic
             ad
             versus
             Deum
             etians
             fac
             ad
             versus
             Deum
             ,
          
           It
           is
           not
           only
           to
           speak
           but
           to
           do
           against
           God
           ,
           which
           in
           his
           judgement
           deserved
           no
           lesse
           then
           death
           ;
           Thus
           zealous
           of
           a
           circumstantiall
           ,
           and
           of
           exterior
           muniments
           ,
           was
           that
           holy
           Bishop
           to
           betray
           a
           Church
           ,
           yea
           a
           Vessell
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           his
           divinity
           a
           sin
           against
           the
           Deity
           ;
           an
           act
           against
           him
           for
           whose
           glory
           and
           service
           they
           were
           preserved
           .
        
         
           In
           these
           sad
           times
           of
           triall
           ,
           I
           conceive
           one
           main
           end
           of
           Gods
           judgements
           (
           especially
           upon
           his
           Clergy
           )
           is
           to
           discern
           who
           those
           are
           who
           have
           hitherto
           meerly
           related
           to
           him
           for
           
             their
             bellies
             ;
          
           and
           who
           for
           his
           
             glory
          
           mainly
           ?
           who
           have
           been
           
             spirituall
             ,
          
           and
           who
           
             carnall
          
           professors
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ?
           For
           those
           who
           served
           him
           chiefly
           ?
           for
           their
           bellies
           ,
           and
           carnall
           ends
           ,
           to
           them
           the
           invasion
           of
           nothing
           is
           considerable
           ,
           in
           which
           their
           interest
           and
           their
           ends
           are
           not
           involved
           ;
           but
           such
           who
           with
           purity
           of
           intention
           have
           mainly
           studied
           and
           sought
           the
           advance
           of
           Gods
           service
           ,
           to
           them
           as
           to
           S.
           
             Ambrose
             ,
          
           the
           muniments
           of
           Religion
           ,
           the
           abridgement
           or
           abatement
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           adjuvant
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           is
           more
           considerable
           then
           all
           
             their
             secular
          
           interest
           ,
           or
           personall
           advantages
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           insomuch
           as
           I
           can
           knowingly
           say
           it
           for
           some
           :
           Threescore
           pound
           a
           yeare
           ,
           and
           our
           old
           way
           ,
           will
           be
           prefer'd
           before
           300.
           in
           a
           worse
           Moddell
           .
           It
           is
           to
           me
           a
           consideration
           not
           unworthy
           my
           pen
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           the
           judgement
           of
           God
           hath
           followed
           such
           who
           have
           measured
           and
           stuck
           to
           his
           interests
           ,
           meerly
           as
           they
           moved
           with
           their
           owne
           .
           In
           the
           21
           ,
           year
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8th
           .
           in
           a
           Parliament
           
           which
           began
           the
           3.
           of
           Novemb.
           the
           Commons
           sent
           up
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           a
           Bill
           against
           the
           exaction
           of
           unconscionable
           Mortuaries
           ;
           To
           which
           Bill
           it
           is
           observed
           the
           spirituall
           Lords
           made
           a
           
             faire
             face
          
           and
           were
           well
           content
           a
           reasonable
           Order
           should
           passe
           against
           them
           ;
           But
           this
           was
           (
           saith
           my
           author
           )
           
             Because
             it
             touched
             them
             little
          
           for
           when
           within
           two
           daies
           after
           a
           Bill
           concerning
           probates
           of
           Testaments
           (
           in
           which
           there
           had
           been
           incrediale
           extortion
           )
           was
           sent
           up
           to
           the
           Lords
           ,
           then
           the
           Bishops
           in
           generall
           (
           saith
           the
           Historian
           )
           frown'd
           and
           grunted
           ,
           
             for
             that
             touched
             their
             profit
             ;
          
           then
           said
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rochester
             ,
          
           now
           with
           the
           Commons
           is
           nothing
           but
           downe
           with
           the
           Church
           .
           When
           the
           Bishops
           personall
           profits
           were
           toucht
           upon
           ,
           then
           (
           as
           if
           the
           very
           Church
           were
           falling
           ,
           
             Fisher
          
           crieth
           out
           ,
           the
           Commons
           lack
           faith
           ,
           the
           Commons
           think
           of
           nothing
           but
           down
           with
           the
           Church
           .
           Yea
           in
           the
           progresse
           of
           this
           reformation
           are
           not
           Bishops
           found
           conniving
           and
           abetting
           the
           demolishing
           of
           religious
           houses
           ;
           and
           was
           
           not
           this
           probably
           with
           an
           eye
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           said
           ,
           let
           Monasteries
           go
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           Bishopricks
           bee
           preserv'd
           :
           well
           ,
           they
           are
           dead
           and
           gone
           ;
           But
           hath
           not
           vengeance
           followed
           upon
           Episcopacy
           ?
           Are
           there
           not
           now
           amongst
           us
           who
           cry
           ,
           downe
           with
           Bishops
           ,
           sell
           their
           Lands
           ,
           and
           think
           this
           no
           sacriledge
           ,
           provided
           that
           
             Parsonages
          
           may
           be
           augmented
           ,
           and
           Tythes
           supported
           ?
           well
           ,
           Bishops
           are
           preach't
           down
           and
           their
           honors
           laid
           in
           the
           dust
           ;
           But
           doth
           not
           vengeance
           hasten
           after
           the
           promoters
           of
           it
           ?
           Do
           not
           the
           Presbyters
           find
           that
           there
           are
           who
           conceive
           they
           have
           lesse
           right
           to
           Tythes
           then
           Bishops
           to
           their
           Lands
           ?
           Are
           there
           not
           who
           are
           as
           industrious
           to
           deprive
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           (
           for
           their
           own
           ends
           )
           to
           deprive
           their
           God
           ?
           An
           evident
           argument
           ,
           that
           
             just
             and
             righteous
             art
             thou
             O
             God
             in
             all
             shy
             waies
             .
          
           An
           argument
           that
           makes
           me
           verily
           believe
           ,
           those
           who
           for
           
             private
             interest
             ,
          
           and
           meerly
           either
           for
           praise
           or
           profit
           throw
           off
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           forbeare
           their
           duties
           ,
           and
           betray
           the
           muniments
           of
           Religion
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           God
           will
           in
           his
           due
           time
           reward
           such
           into
           their
           owne
           bosomes
           ,
           blasting
           that
           private
           interest
           for
           which
           they
           have
           betrayed
           his
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           then
           I
           must
           professe
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           ,
           I
           can
           apprehend
           no
           motive
           or
           inducement
           so
           prevalent
           as
           to
           perswade
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Liturgie
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           any
           way
           a
           
             hinderer
          
           of
           Gods
           holy
           Worship
           ,
           or
           an
           
             obstacle
          
           to
           the
           solid
           and
           sufficient
           Ministration
           of
           the
           Word
           agreeable
           to
           Orthodox
           Antiquity
           ,
           and
           an
           approved
           promoter
           of
           Gods
           glory
           in
           the
           Church
           I
           live
           in
           :
           being
           (
           I
           say
           )
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           abolition
           of
           Liturgie
           ,
           I
           find
           in
           my
           soule
           no
           moving
           motive
           ,
           but
           either
           the
           hope
           of
           more
           ,
           or
           the
           holding
           of
           what
           I
           have
           ;
           I
           dare
           not
           ,
           (
           finding
           within
           me
           nothing
           but
           carnall
           interest
           )
           put
           a
           
             specious
          
           shew
           of
           Religion
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           tell
           the
           world
           that
           I
           lay
           aside
           the
           truly
           Divine
           Service
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           because
           Prelates
           overvalued
           it
           ,
           the
           ignorant
           doted
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Papists
           nos'd
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           an
           idle
           and
           unedifying
           Ministery
           maintained
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           These
           I
           professe
           ,
           to
           me
           are
           neither
           true
           nor
           weighty
           considerations
           ;
           for
           if
           I
           should
           now
           (
           as
           I
           am
           )
           forbear
           or
           lay
           it
           aside
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           any
           ,
           or
           all
           these
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           mine
           own
           defence
           ,
           only
           for
           mine
           own
           ends
           I
           should
           do
           it
           :
           Now
           whether
           any
           man
           may
           
             salvâ
             conscientiâ
          
           prefer
           what
           he
           conceives
           in
           Gods
           service
           a
           worse
           way
           ,
           meerly
           for
           the
           boot
           of
           private
           interest
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           your
           prudent
           consideration
           ;
           concluding
           with
           that
           of
           
             Chrystost
             .
             —
             Qui
             hominem
             timet
             ab
             co
             ipso
             quem
             timet
             deridebitur
             ,
             sin
             vero
             Deum
             ,
          
           
           
             hominibus
             quoque
             venerabilis
             crit
             .
          
           He
           who
           in
           Gods
           cause
           prefers
           man
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           scorn'd
           of
           him
           he
           fears
           ;
           but
           he
           who
           fearing
           God
           despiseth
           man
           ,
           shall
           be
           had
           in
           reverence
           even
           of
           those
           men
           :
           
             The
             patient
             abiding
             of
             the
             meek
             shall
             not
             alway
             be
             forgotten
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           had
           thought
           to
           have
           put
           a
           period
           both
           to
           your
           trouble
           ,
           and
           my
           owne
           ;
           but
           I
           must
           needs
           crave-leave
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           thus
           far
           be
           an
           advocate
           both
           for
           me
           ,
           and
           all
           in
           my
           condition
           ,
           as
           to
           procure
           a
           beliefe
           that
           such
           who
           are
           constant
           to
           their
           faith
           ,
           and
           principles
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           established
           and
           old
           way
           of
           England
           ,
           may
           be
           held
           if
           weak
           ,
           yet
           
             conscientious
             Christians
             ;
          
           for
           it
           's
           none
           of
           the
           lest
           pressures
           of
           the
           Crosse
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           of
           all
           men
           are
           thought
           to
           have
           no
           foundation
           ;
           whereas
           we
           in
           our
           judgements
           believe
           verily
           ,
           if
           what
           we
           hold
           and
           suffer
           for
           be
           not
           that
           very
           Religion
           which
           the
           Divines
           of
           England
           unanimously
           subscribed
           ,
           and
           professed
           to
           ratifie
           ;
           there
           is
           not
           any
           in
           England
           that
           is
           above
           seven
           yeares
           old
           ,
           and
           to
           innovate
           in
           Religion
           
           hath
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           )
           By
           the
           sages
           of
           this
           present
           :
           Parliament
           been
           so
           severely
           looked
           upon
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           be
           very
           loath
           to
           be
           such
           a
           capitall
           offendor
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           my
           soule
           longeth
           after
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           obtaine
           the
           same
           liberty
           which
           all
           different
           parties
           (
           but
           such
           as
           hold
           to
           their
           rule
           and
           conformity
           )
           daily
           have
           ;
           a
           free
           exercise
           of
           my
           conscience
           in
           that
           way
           of
           Worship
           ,
           in
           which
           both
           Church
           &
           State
           visibly
           held
           ,
           and
           profest
           communion
           till
           very
           lately
           ;
           a
           way
           of
           worship
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           Q.
           
             Mary
          
           justified
           against
           the
           Papist
           ;
           a
           way
           of
           Worship
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           Q.
           
             Elizabeth
          
           so
           highly
           protested
           against
           by
           the
           Puritan
           ,
           that
           
             Stow
          
           in
           his
           Chronicle
           hath
           recorded
           at
           Bury
           
           Sizes
           ,
           1583.
           
           
             Hacke●
          
           and
           
             Coppinger
          
           were
           hang'd
           for
           spreading
           certain
           books
           seditiously
           penn'd
           by
           one
           
             Robert
             Browne
          
           against
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Book
           .
        
         
           Now
           reverend
           Sir
           ,
           till
           some
           better
           judgment
           shall
           unfold
           the
           mystery
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           my
           wonder
           ,
           tha
           〈…〉
           very
           form
           which
           this
           very
           Parliament
           past
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           
             Divine
             Service
             ;
          
           should
           on
           a
           sudden
           become
           such
           an
           abomination
           ,
           that
           any
           way
           of
           Worship
           ,
           but
           it
           ,
           is
           permitted
           ;
           my
           
             body
          
           of
           professors
           conscientious
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           use
           this
           ;
           all
           other
           wayes
           being
           held
           if
           not
           religious
           ,
           yet
           tolerable
           :
           This
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           is
           no
           meane
           scandall
           and
           riddle
           to
           such
           as
           are
           very
           intelligent
           ,
           and
           very
           conscientious
           Christians
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           a
           Declaration
           past
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           was
           ordered
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           be
           p●inted
           ,
           but
           by
           speciall
           order
           to
           be
           published
           by
           the
           care
           of
           Knights
           and
           Burgesses
           ,
           against
           all
           such
           persons
           as
           should
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           preach
           or
           expound
           ,
           not
           
           being
           ordained
           here
           ,
           or
           in
           some
           reformed
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           whereas
           in
           October
           last
           a
           Petition
           against
           this
           Declaration
           was
           exhibited
           ,
           and
           with
           thanks
           received
           by
           both
           Houses
           ;
           whereas
           notwithstanding
           that
           Declaration
           ,
           such
           as
           have
           no
           act
           of
           Ministeriall
           Ordination
           past
           upon
           them
           ,
           do
           daily
           uncheck'd
           ,
           preach
           and
           expound
           in
           Churches
           ,
           and
           publike
           places
           ;
        
         
           I
           humbly
           desire
           you
           so
           to
           qualifie
           my
           conscientious
           constancy
           to
           the
           most
           Christian
           form
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           to
           persevere
           in
           it
           ,
           be
           no
           more
           held
           
             contumacy
          
           against
           
             Ordinance
             ,
          
           then
           was
           that
           Petition
           against
           the
           Declaration
           ;
           so
           shall
           I
           be
           bound
           to
           give
           you
           more
           thanks
           then
           were
           the
           Houses
           to
           give
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           (
           good
           Sir
           )
           by
           that
           conscientious
           subscription
           in
           which
           we
           both
           visibly
           agreed
           ;
           by
           that
           canonicall
           obedience
           which
           we
           both
           deliberately
           sware
           ;
           by
           that
           Doctrine
           which
           at
           cur
           Inductions
           in
           the
           face
           of
           our
           Congregations
           ,
           and
           the
           presence
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           we
           did
           professe
           to
           ratisie
           ;
           by
           that
           solemne
           Protestation
           which
           since
           this
           Parliament
           began
           we
           both
           took
           ;
           by
           these
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           those
           duties
           ,
           in
           which
           (
           I
           suppose
           without
           scruple
           )
           we
           did
           both
           within
           seven
           years
           last
           past
           practise
           and
           communicate
           ;
        
         
           Be
           pleased
           to
           looke
           with
           some
           charitable
           respect
           upon
           one
           who
           now
           only
           is
           what
           generally
           all
           the
           Divines
           of
           England
           very
           lately
           professed
           ,
           at
           least
           pretended
           for
           to
           be
           ;
           one
           I
           am
           who
           fear
           to
           change
           ,
           least
           (
           as
           a
           defloured
           Virgin
           that
           having
           lost
           the
           chast
           vaile
           of
           her
           strict
           modesty
           ,
           then
           lyeth
           opan
           to
           al
           proff●●s
           )
           I
           should
           find
           my self
           tractable
           to
           all
           changes
           :
           and
           how
           various
           they
           may
           yet
           prov●
           God
           knowes
           .
        
         
           Blessed
           be
           God
           for
           Religion
           ,
           whether
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           Discipline
           ,
           Government
           ,
           or
           form
           of
           Worship
           ,
           I
           am
           very
           well
           ;
           might
           I
           enjoy
           my
           peace
           within
           this
           pale
           I
           should
           blesse
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           contrivers
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           might
           there
           be
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           not
           abolition
           ,
           I
           should
           yet
           hope
           to
           live
           in
           a
           Ministeriall
           way
           :
           but
           however
           let
           me
           live
           (
           I
           beseech
           you
           )
           in
           your
           esteem
           either
           as
           a
           conscientious
           brother
           ,
           or
           as
           your
           convert
           ;
           arguments
           may
           pierce
           deeper
           then
           afflictions
           ,
           the
           one
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           I
           have
           born
           with
           a
           tolerable
           patience
           ,
           &
           the
           other
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           receive
           with
           a
           proportionable
           meeknes
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           the
           totall
           of
           my
           desire
           and
           indeavour
           is
           ,
           that
           either
           as
           Divine
           you
           would
           satisfie
           my
           Scruples
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           Christian
           satisfie
           my
           friend
           ,
           and
           for
           either
           of
           these
           I
           shall
           subscribe
           my self
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             thankfull
             Brother
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
               J.
               A.
               
            
          
           
             
               Decemb.
            
             22.
             1647.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A75036e-120
           
             Reformed
             Catholike
             707.
             
          
           
             pag.
             855.
             ibid.
          
           
             lib.
             7.
             de
             leg.
          
           
             lib.
             4.
             c.
             17.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Eccles.
          
           
             4.
             Gen.
             26.
             
             Ioan.
             Dr●sius
             in
             difficilioribus
             Geneseôs
             .
          
           
             Barradius
             ,
             Tom.
             4.
             l.
             10.
             c.
             12.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             Numb.
             23.
             
          
           
             In
             1
             Cor.
             11
             ver.
             ultim
             .
          
           
             Val.
             Max.
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             de
             Religio
             .
          
           
             Printed
             1628.
             
          
           
             lib.
             83.
             quaest.
             31.
             
             I●stit
             .
             l
             4.
             c.
             14.
             p.
             19.
             
          
           
             As
             Grotius
             cites
             him
             de
             Iure
             belli
             .
          
           
             Chron.
             Chario
             .
             Diocles
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             41.
             
             Luk.
             5.
             
             ●
             .
             Mark
             61
             Joh
             98.
             
          
           
             Ian.
             2
             
          
           
             Epist.
             33.
             
          
           
             In
             Sermone
             ad
             plebem
             intra
             basilicam
             ,
             Ep.
             33.
             
          
           
             p.
             118.
             in
             Bridewell
             .
          
           
             Hom.
             84.
             in
             Mat.
             th●
             .
          
           
             See
             the
             Supplication
             of
             the
             men
             of
             Norfolk
             and
             Sust
             .
             in
             the
             Booke
             of
             Mart.
             1728
             Abridg.
             pag.
             413.
             
          
           
             31.
             
             Decem
             1646.