The defence of Iohn Etherington against Steven Denison and his witnesses their accusatons and depositions vvherein their whole proceedings and ground whereupon he was censured and committed to prison by the high commission court is in brief declared : which he having now opportunitie and speciall occasion also urging, thought needfull to publish.
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             The defence of Iohn Etherington against Steven Denison and his witnesses their accusatons and depositions vvherein their whole proceedings and ground whereupon he was censured and committed to prison by the high commission court is in brief declared : which he having now opportunitie and speciall occasion also urging, thought needfull to publish.
             Etherington, John, fl. 1641-1645.
          
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             s.n.]
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             1641.
          
           
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           THE
           DEFENCE
           OF
           IOHN
           ETHERINGTON
           AGAINST
           STEVEN
           DENISON
           ,
           and
           his
           Witnesses
           ,
           their
           Accusations
           ,
           and
           Depositions
           .
           VVherein
           their
           whole
           Proceedings
           and
           ground
           whereupon
           he
           was
           Censured
           and
           committed
           to
           prison
           by
           the
           high
           Commission
           Court
           ,
           is
           in
           briefe
           declared
           .
           Which
           he
           having
           now
           opportunitie
           ,
           and
           speciall
           occasion
           also
           urging
           ,
           thought
           needfull
           to
           publish
           .
        
         
           
             
               PROV.
            
             19.
             5.
             
          
           A
           false
           Witnesse
           shall
           not
           be
           unpunished
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           speaketh
           lyes
           shall
           not
           escape
           .
        
         
           
             
               LEVIT.
            
             19.
             15.
             
          
           Ye
           shall
           doe
           no
           unrighteous
           Iudgement
           ;
           Thou
           shalt
           not
           respect
           the
           person
           of
           the
           poore
           ,
           nor
           honour
           the
           person
           of
           the
           mightie
           .
        
         
           
             
               DEUT.
            
             1.
             17.
             
          
           Yee
           shall
           not
           respect
           persons
           in
           Iudgement
           ,
           but
           yee
           shall
           heare
           the
           small
           as
           well
           as
           the
           great
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           THE
           DEFENCE
           OF
           IOHN
           ETHERINGTON
           Against
           STEPHEN
           DENISON
           ,
           and
           his
           witnesses
           ,
           their
           accusations
           ,
           and
           depositions
           :
           upon
           which
           he
           was
           censured
           by
           the
           high
           Commission
           Court
           .
        
         
           Vnto
           all
           Christian
           people
           of
           what
           estate
           or
           calling
           soever
           ,
           which
           in
           your
           hearts
           doe
           preferre
           the
           love
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           his
           grace
           and
           truth
           ,
           To
           judge
           righteous
           judgement
           ,
           To
           shew
           mercy
           ,
           To
           defend
           the
           innocent
           ,
           To
           releeve
           the
           oppressed
           ,
           To
           comfort
           the
           afflicted
           brethren
           of
           Christ
           ,
           To
           suffer
           affliction
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           your
           owne
           eternall
           happinesse
           before
           all
           temporall
           honour
           ,
           pleasure
           ,
           profits
           ,
           promotions
           ,
           and
           reputations
           of
           this
           world
           .
           The
           love
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           his
           grace
           and
           truth
           ,
           mercies
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           an
           assured
           hope
           of
           eternall
           happinesse
           be
           with
           you
           all
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           BELOVED
           Christians
           ,
           for
           of
           what
           degree
           soever
           yee
           be
           ,
           a
           more
           honourable
           and
           blessed
           title
           yee
           cannot
           have
           ,
           being
           so
           indeed
           .
           If
           a
           Christian
           that
           is
           despised
           ,
           reviled
           ,
           and
           persecuted
           ,
           having
           all
           manner
           of
           evill
           that
           evill
           man
           can
           invent
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           persons
           professing
           
           a
           strictnesse
           in
           Religion
           above
           others
           ,
           as
           well
           Preachers
           as
           professors
           of
           that
           kinde
           ;
           not
           onely
           in
           their
           private
           talke
           and
           conferences
           together
           ,
           but
           publickly
           in
           Pulpits
           and
           printed
           bookes
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           open
           streets
           and
           parts
           both
           of
           City
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           as
           (
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           evils
           )
           That
           he
           will
           equivocate
           ,
           lye
           ,
           deny
           and
           forsweare
           all
           things
           before
           Authoritie
           ,
           which
           he
           beleeveth
           ,
           sayth
           ,
           and
           doth
           privately
           ,
           and
           submit
           with
           his
           body
           and
           word
           to
           any
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           suffer
           persecution
           for
           any
           thing
           .
           If
           such
           a
           one
           may
           be
           admitted
           to
           speake
           for
           himselfe
           in
           his
           owne
           defence
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           words
           may
           possibly
           be
           regarded
           ,
           then
           give
           me
           leave
           a
           little
           now
           once
           at
           last
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           you
           ,
           and
           regard
           my
           words
           so
           far
           forth
           as
           charitie
           and
           truth
           may
           bind
           you
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           so
           well
           knowne
           to
           many
           in
           this
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           both
           how
           my
           adversary
           ,
           before
           named
           ,
           hath
           dealt
           and
           proceeded
           against
           me
           from
           his
           first
           beginning
           to
           this
           present
           ,
           as
           also
           how
           I
           have
           dealt
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           what
           my
           minde
           concerning
           Religion
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           should
           set
           downe
           any
           thing
           that
           were
           untrue
           ,
           either
           in
           one
           respect
           or
           other
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           soone
           taxt
           for
           the
           same
           .
           Not
           onely
           by
           mine
           enemies
           (
           who
           having
           done
           so
           already
           without
           cause
           ,
           will
           doe
           it
           againe
           quickly
           when
           there
           is
           cause
           )
           but
           by
           others
           also
           which
           know
           me
           and
           understand
           truly
           how
           things
           are
           .
           And
           so
           I
           shall
           give
           all
           men
           just
           occasion
           to
           reject
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           account
           me
           a
           false
           deceitfull
           man
           ;
           which
           yet
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           have
           not
           done
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           I
           shall
           corrupt
           my
           conscience
           toward
           God
           ,
           and
           provoke
           him
           to
           displeasure
           against
           me
           ,
           unto
           whom
           now
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           evill
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           malice
           of
           Satan
           ,
           I
           can
           appeale
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           and
           make
           my
           petition
           and
           complaint
           vnto
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           childe
           to
           a
           most
           gracious
           Father
           and
           just
           avenger
           of
           all
           his
           childrens
           wrongs
           .
           Therefore
           whatsoever
           I
           here
           write
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           little
           in
           comparison
           to
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           sworne
           ,
           and
           published
           against
           me
           ,
           yet
           as
           prizing
           a
           good
           conscience
           farre
           above
           either
           liberty
           of
           my
           body
           ,
           or
           favour
           of
           the
           
           world
           ,
           through
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           so
           cleare
           ,
           and
           full
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           be
           able
           in
           so
           short
           a
           space
           to
           expresse
           .
        
         
           My
           accusers
           are
           many
           ,
           the
           first
           and
           chiefe
           of
           all
           ,
           the
           common
           accuser
           onely
           excepted
           ,
           is
           Mr.
           
             Stephen
             Denison
             ,
          
           Vicar
           of
           
             Katherine
             Cree-Church
          
           in
           
             London
             ;
          
           the
           rest
           as
           they
           stand
           recorded
           by
           the
           Register
           ,
           are
           ,
           
             
               
                 Rowland
                 Thomson
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 Rogers
                 ,
              
               Joyners
               .
            
             
               
                 Christopher
                 Nicholson
                 ,
              
               Chandler
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Worcester
                 ,
              
               Drawer
               .
            
             
               
                 Susan
                 Price
                 ,
              
               a
               Porters
               wife
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Robrowgh
                 ,
              
               Curate
               .
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Okey
                 ,
              
               Clothworker
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Dunne
                 ,
              
               Chirurgion
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Stephens
                 ,
              
               Clarke
               .
            
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           full
           number
           of
           Mr.
           
             Denisons
          
           Witnesses
           ,
           whose
           testimonies
           were
           taken
           by
           the
           Register
           ,
           and
           stand
           for
           proofe
           of
           the
           articles
           against
           me
           .
        
         
           Their
           accusations
           are
           these
           following
           .
        
         
           
             Their
             first
             accusation
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             said
             
               Iohn
               Etherington
               ,
            
             being
             a
             Boxmaker
             by
             his
             trade
             ,
             about
             five
             or
             six
             yeares
             since
             ,
             gave
             over
             his
             trade
             of
             Box-making
             ,
             and
             betooke
             himselfe
             to
             the
             expounding
             or
             interpreting
             of
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             to
             others
             besides
             those
             of
             his
             owne
             family
             ,
             and
             hath
             so
             done
             since
             the
             20
             of
             
               December
            
             1623.
             and
             taken
             upon
             him
             to
             instruct
             many
             persons
             ,
             not
             being
             of
             his
             owne
             family
             ,
             in
             poynts
             of
             doctrine
             and
             matters
             of
             faith
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             words
             conteined
             in
             the
             sentence
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             set
             downe
             by
             the
             Register
             ,
             to
             which
             
               Rowland
               Thomson
               ,
               Thamas
               Rogers
               ,
               Christopher
               Nicholson
               ,
               Henry
               Robrowgh
            
             doe
             testifie
             .
          
           
           
             
               The
               deposition
               of
               Thomson
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               first
               Article
               he
               saith
               and
               deposeth
               ,
               that
               this
               deponent
               hath
               known
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               the
               space
               of
               these
               seven
               yeares
               last
               past
               ,
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               which
               time
               he
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               professed
               the
               trade
               of
               a
               Box-maker
               ,
               and
               followed
               that
               trade
               for
               many
               yeares
               together
               ;
               and
               also
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               said
               
                 Iohn
                 Etherington
              
               hath
               of
               this
               deponents
               certaine
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               presence
               and
               hearing
               ,
               oftentimes
               tooke
               upon
               him
               to
               expound
               sundry
               places
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               to
               instruct
               many
               persons
               not
               being
               of
               his
               owne
               family
               ,
               in
               poynts
               of
               doctrine
               and
               matters
               of
               faith
               ,
               tending
               to
               the
               salvation
               of
               the
               soule
               ;
               and
               this
               he
               hath
               done
               within
               the
               time
               aforesaid
               ,
               and
               since
               the
               20
               of
               
                 December
              
               1623.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               deposition
               of
               Rogers
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               first
               Article
               he
               saith
               and
               deposeth
               ,
               that
               the
               articulate
               
                 Etherington
                 ,
              
               being
               for
               some
               yeares
               past
               (
               as
               this
               deponent
               hath
               heard
               )
               a
               Box-maker
               ,
               and
               professing
               that
               trade
               ,
               did
               about
               the
               time
               in
               the
               article
               mentioned
               ,
               give
               over
               his
               said
               trade
               and
               vocation
               ,
               since
               which
               time
               being
               since
               the
               20
               of
               
                 December
              
               1623.
               this
               deponent
               hath
               heard
               him
               take
               upon
               him
               to
               expound
               some
               part
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               to
               sundry
               persons
               not
               being
               of
               his
               owne
               houshold
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               deposition
               of
               Nicholson
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               first
               Article
               he
               deposeth
               and
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               knowne
               the
               articulate
               
                 Etherington
              
               for
               the
               space
               of
               six
               or
               seven
               yeares
               last
               past
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               this
               deponent
               beleeveth
               ,
               that
               he
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               professed
               the
               art
               of
               a
               Box-maker
               ,
               but
               since
               that
               time
               he
               utterly
               forsooke
               his
               said
               trade
               and
               vocation
               ;
               and
               further
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               (
               as
               he
               this
               deponent
               verily
               beleeveth
               )
               
               hath
               of
               late
               time
               ,
               and
               since
               the
               20
               of
               
                 December
              
               1623.
               endevoured
               to
               instruct
               divers
               persons
               inhabiting
               in
               severall
               places
               in
               or
               neere
               unto
               the
               Citie
               of
               
                 London
                 ,
              
               in
               new
               and
               strange
               poynts
               of
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               also
               to
               expound
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               doth
               take
               upon
               him
               as
               a
               Teacher
               in
               matters
               of
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               is
               so
               generally
               reputed
               among
               his
               proselites
               and
               followers
               ,
               as
               he
               this
               deponent
               hath
               heard
               and
               beleeveth
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               deposition
               of
               Robrowgh
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               first
               Article
               he
               deposeth
               and
               saith
               that
               he
               hath
               knowne
               the
               articulate
               
                 Etherington
              
               for
               these
               foure
               or
               five
               yeares
               past
               ,
               or
               thereabout
               ,
               and
               knoweth
               that
               he
               for
               most
               part
               of
               the
               time
               articulate
               professed
               himselfe
               to
               be
               a
               man
               able
               to
               interpret
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               that
               to
               those
               which
               are
               not
               of
               his
               owne
               family
               or
               houshold
               ,
               because
               he
               hath
               opposed
               some
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               in
               disputation
               ,
               which
               his
               writings
               between
               him
               and
               this
               deponent
               ,
               and
               likewise
               his
               printed
               bookes
               doe
               plainly
               shew
               ,
               and
               also
               because
               this
               deponent
               once
               meeting
               with
               him
               and
               his
               company
               to
               dispute
               of
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               told
               him
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
                 ,
              
               that
               he
               this
               deponent
               was
               exhorted
               by
               a
               Minister
               not
               to
               trouble
               himselfe
               in
               disputation
               with
               him
               ;
               whereupon
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               replyed
               ,
               that
               the
               said
               Minister
               so
               spake
               it
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               afraid
               to
               contest
               with
               him
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               are
               the
               words
               as
               they
               stand
               recorded
               by
               the
               Register
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               answer
               and
               defence
               .
            
             
               Here
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               and
               his
               Witnesses
               at
               their
               very
               first
               entrance
               doe
               plainly
               shew
               forth
               and
               discover
               their
               evill
               conspiring
               mindes
               against
               mee
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               well
               knowne
               (
               which
               they
               could
               not
               be
               ignorant
               of
               ,
               neither
               if
               they
               
               were
               will
               it
               in
               this
               case
               excuse
               them
               )
               that
               although
               I
               left
               the
               trade
               that
               I
               had
               used
               ,
               which
               they
               so
               often
               mention
               by
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Box-maker
               ,
               in
               scorne
               and
               der●sion
               as
               any
               man
               may
               well
               perceive
               ,
               though
               it
               may
               beseeme
               a
               poor
               Christian
               ,
               like
               my selfe
               ,
               well
               enough
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               meaner
               then
               it
               is
               ;
               yet
               did
               I
               not
               then
               or
               thereupon
               betake
               my selfe
               to
               the
               expounding
               or
               interpreting
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               as
               a
               teacher
               or
               instructer
               to
               many
               persons
               as
               they
               speake
               ;
               neither
               did
               I
               leave
               it
               for
               any
               such
               end
               ,
               nor
               to
               live
               or
               have
               any
               maintenance
               thenceforth
               for
               such
               a
               thing
               ,
               as
               they
               my
               accusers
               by
               their
               cunning
               Article
               and
               deceitfull
               testimonies
               would
               make
               the
               Court
               and
               the
               world
               beleeve
               ;
               but
               I
               betooke
               my selfe
               to
               another
               kinde
               of
               trade
               or
               worke
               ,
               as
               low
               and
               servile
               as
               it
               ,
               touching
               the
               conveyance
               of
               water
               in
               pipes
               that
               I
               made
               of
               earth
               ,
               which
               I
               had
               used
               seven
               or
               eight
               yeares
               before
               ,
               and
               had
               now
               necessary
               occasion
               requiring
               me
               to
               follow
               altogether
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               a
               worke
               I
               had
               to
               do
               for
               the
               serving
               of
               the
               City
               of
               
                 Westminster
              
               with
               water
               ,
               and
               not
               utterly
               leaving
               or
               forsaking
               the
               other
               ,
               as
               they
               depose
               ,
               but
               made
               use
               thereof
               also
               as
               need
               required
               in
               things
               concerning
               this
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               followed
               with
               much
               labour
               and
               paines
               night
               and
               day
               ,
               as
               well
               for
               the
               maintenance
               of
               my selfe
               ,
               my
               wife
               ,
               and
               children
               ,
               as
               for
               the
               good
               and
               benefit
               of
               others
               ;
               as
               all
               or
               most
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               
                 Westminster
                 ,
              
               and
               sundry
               other
               Gentlemen
               and
               Inhabitants
               of
               
                 London
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               Kingdome
               ,
               for
               whom
               I
               have
               done
               the
               same
               kinde
               of
               worke
               ,
               will
               testifie
               for
               me
               ,
               and
               wherein
               I
               should
               at
               this
               present
               time
               also
               be
               imployed
               for
               the
               supply
               of
               my
               own
               ,
               and
               my
               wife
               and
               childrens
               present
               wants
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               good
               of
               the
               Common-wealth
               ,
               if
               I
               were
               not
               (
               through
               the
               envy
               of
               my
               for-mentioned
               enemies
               ,
               &
               pleasure
               of
               the
               Court
               )
               restrained
               by
               imprisonment
               ;
               for
               God
               doth
               know
               ,
               that
               as
               I
               hold
               it
               to
               be
               a
               more
               blessed
               thing
               to
               give
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               to
               receive
               ,
               
               as
               Christ
               hath
               said
               ,
               and
               St.
               
                 Paul
              
               testifieth
               ,
               so
               I
               doe
               desire
               in
               my
               heart
               to
               give
               and
               doe
               service
               in
               that
               kinde
               to
               others
               ,
               
               rather
               then
               to
               receive
               of
               any
               .
            
             
             
               Neither
               have
               I
               ever
               in
               my
               life
               taken
               upon
               me
               ,
               or
               any
               way
               assumed
               to
               my selfe
               ,
               the
               office
               ,
               name
               ,
               or
               place
               of
               a
               teacher
               ,
               or
               instructer
               over
               any
               people
               in
               any
               private
               conventicle
               or
               meeting
               whatsoever
               ,
               nor
               have
               so
               much
               as
               to
               imitate
               Ministers
               or
               teachers
               in
               any
               manner
               of
               forme
               ,
               gesture
               ,
               expounding
               ,
               or
               interpreting
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               as
               a
               chiefe
               leader
               ,
               or
               to
               have
               proselites
               or
               followers
               ,
               or
               a
               company
               ,
               as
               they
               my
               accusers
               charge
               me
               ,
               but
               doe
               utterly
               dislike
               all
               such
               bold
               presumptuous
               practices
               ,
               and
               have
               opposed
               and
               reproved
               them
               ,
               as
               some
               that
               know
               me
               well
               ,
               and
               things
               that
               I
               have
               writ
               ,
               can
               witnesse
               .
            
             
               Neverthelesse
               ,
               this
               I
               confesse
               ,
               that
               not
               onely
               for
               five
               or
               six
               yeares
               past
               ,
               but
               for
               these
               five
               or
               six
               and
               thirty
               yeares
               ,
               since
               the
               time
               that
               it
               pleased
               God
               of
               his
               gracious
               goodnesse
               to
               call
               me
               from
               the
               pleasures
               of
               the
               sinnes
               of
               my
               youth
               to
               seeke
               him
               ,
               I
               have
               given
               my
               minde
               with
               earnest
               desire
               of
               my
               heart
               and
               prayer
               unto
               God
               ,
               to
               reade
               ,
               heare
               ,
               and
               understand
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               that
               understanding
               the
               truth
               and
               way
               of
               life
               conteined
               in
               the
               same
               ,
               I
               might
               walke
               therein
               all
               the
               dayes
               of
               my
               life
               ,
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               God
               and
               my
               owne
               comfort
               and
               salvation
               .
               For
               I
               remembred
               that
               Christ
               commanded
               to
               
                 search
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 :
              
               
               and
               foretelling
               of
               the
               abomination
               of
               desolation
               that
               was
               to
               come
               ,
               
               warneth
               his
               people
               ,
               that
               
                 who
                 so
                 readeth
                 ,
                 should
                 understand
                 :
              
               and
               how
               he
               doth
               pronounce
               them
               blessed
               ,
               that
               reade
               and
               heare
               the
               words
               of
               his
               prophecy
               ,
               and
               keepe
               those
               things
               which
               he
               hath
               spoken
               ,
               because
               the
               time
               of
               his
               comming
               is
               at
               hand
               :
               
               and
               as
               God
               vouchsafed
               to
               shew
               his
               grace
               and
               mercies
               unto
               me
               ,
               and
               give
               me
               understanding
               in
               the
               same
               his
               truth
               and
               way
               of
               life
               ,
               so
               I
               have
               endeavoured
               to
               impart
               that
               which
               I
               understood
               ,
               with
               admonition
               to
               my
               wife
               and
               children
               ,
               neighbour
               and
               friend
               ,
               desiring
               in
               my
               heart
               ,
               and
               praying
               unto
               God
               in
               secret
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               vouchsafe
               the
               same
               grace
               unto
               them
               .
               This
               I
               confesse
               ,
               I
               have
               done
               ,
               though
               in
               great
               weaknesse
               ,
               and
               so
               ,
               as
               holding
               it
               alwayes
               a
               speciall
               poynt
               of
               wisdome
               ,
               to
               be
               more
               ready
               in
               this
               respect
               to
               receive
               ,
               then
               
               to
               give
               ,
               to
               heare
               ,
               then
               to
               speake
               ;
               and
               I
               confesse
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               been
               in
               all
               this
               time
               of
               thirty-five
               yeares
               so
               conversant
               and
               sociable
               with
               the
               prophane
               multitude
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               been
               with
               the
               sober
               and
               well
               disposed
               ,
               the
               wise
               in
               heart
               .
               I
               have
               desired
               to
               converse
               with
               such
               especially
               above
               all
               other
               wheresoever
               I
               have
               come
               to
               talke
               and
               confer
               together
               of
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               wee
               have
               either
               heard
               or
               read
               ,
               or
               had
               in
               our
               hearts
               and
               memories
               ,
               edifying
               one
               another
               in
               the
               faith
               &
               hope
               of
               eternall
               life
               .
               This
               on
               the
               first
               day
               of
               the
               weeke
               ,
               and
               so
               daily
               as
               opportunitie
               might
               permit
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ,
               I
               have
               done
               in
               societie
               with
               such
               persons
               ;
               remembring
               the
               charge
               given
               by
               St.
               
                 Paul
              
               to
               every
               Christian
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Take
                 heed
                 brethren
                 ,
              
               
               
                 least
                 there
                 be
                 in
                 any
                 of
                 you
                 an
                 evill
                 heart
                 of
                 unbeliefe
                 in
                 departing
                 from
                 the
                 living
                 God
                 ,
                 but
                 exhort
                 one
                 another
                 daily
                 while
                 it
                 is
                 called
                 to
                 day
                 ,
                 least
                 any
                 of
                 you
                 be
                 hardened
                 through
                 the
                 deceitfulnesse
                 of
                 sinne
                 .
              
               And
               againe
               ,
               
               
                 Let
                 us
                 consider
                 one
                 another
                 to
                 provoke
                 unto
                 love
                 and
                 to
                 good
                 workes
                 ,
                 not
                 forsaking
                 the
                 assembling
                 of
                 our selves
                 together
                 as
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 some
                 is
                 ,
                 but
                 exhorting
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 much
                 the
                 more
                 as
                 yee
                 see
                 the
                 day
                 approaching
                 .
              
               All
               which
               I
               suppose
               the
               meanest
               Christian
               of
               the
               lowest
               degree
               or
               place
               that
               is
               ,
               may
               doe
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               concerneth
               him
               as
               much
               as
               it
               doth
               any
               other
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               great
               .
            
             
               If
               in
               this
               I
               have
               offended
               against
               the
               law
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               I
               have
               offended
               it
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ,
               but
               I
               doe
               suppose
               ,
               nay
               ,
               I
               verily
               beleeve
               there
               is
               no
               law
               in
               this
               Christian
               Kingdome
               ,
               now
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               forbidding
               these
               things
               .
               In
               the
               times
               of
               Papistry
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               held
               lawfull
               for
               the
               Scriptures
               to
               be
               in
               the
               English
               Language
               ,
               nor
               for
               the
               lay
               people
               to
               reade
               the
               same
               .
               But
               thankes
               be
               to
               God
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               so
               now
               ,
               those
               dayes
               of
               desolation
               are
               shortned
               in
               this
               Realme
               ;
               according
               to
               the
               word
               of
               Christ
               as
               he
               foretold
               ,
               saying
               .
               
                 But
                 for
                 the
                 elect
                 sake
                 those
                 dayes
                 shall
                 be
                 shortned
                 .
              
               
               The
               Scriptures
               wherein
               the
               light
               of
               the
               truth
               and
               way
               of
               salvation
               is
               conteined
               and
               held
               forth
               ,
               which
               by
               Antichrist
               and
               his
               Church
               hath
               beene
               so
               long
               obscured
               ,
               are
               
               by
               the
               Lawes
               and
               Authoritie
               of
               this
               Land
               translated
               into
               our
               owne
               native
               tongue
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               same
               Authoritie
               ,
               all
               men
               young
               and
               old
               ,
               have
               free
               libertie
               to
               reade
               and
               consider
               the
               same
               ,
               to
               talke
               and
               conferre
               thereof
               one
               neighbour
               with
               another
               ;
               and
               as
               the
               men
               of
               
                 Berea
              
               after
               they
               had
               heard
               
                 Paul
              
               preach
               ,
               did
               search
               the
               Scriptures
               daily
               ;
               so
               may
               we
               doe
               after
               we
               have
               heard
               ;
               and
               as
               
                 Timothy
              
               did
               know
               the
               Scriptures
               of
               a
               childe
               ,
               which
               were
               able
               to
               make
               him
               wise
               unto
               salvation
               ,
               so
               may
               wee
               even
               of
               children
               know
               the
               Scriptures
               .
               Therefore
               we
               are
               greatly
               bound
               to
               be
               thankfull
               unto
               God
               for
               this
               inestimable
               treasure
               ,
               and
               for
               those
               his
               servants
               ,
               who
               have
               beene
               the
               meanes
               of
               this
               so
               great
               good
               unto
               us
               .
               And
               God
               forbid
               ,
               that
               ever
               the
               Authoritie
               or
               Law
               of
               this
               Christian
               Kingdome
               should
               prohibit
               the
               same
               againe
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               whereas
               
                 Steven
                 Denison
              
               and
               his
               witnesses
               doe
               charge
               me
               that
               I
               have
               oftentimes
               taken
               upon
               me
               to
               expound
               sundry
               places
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               as
               a
               teacher
               or
               instructer
               to
               many
               persons
               ,
               &c.
               
               They
               charge
               me
               very
               falsly
               ,
               for
               I
               never
               did
               otherwise
               then
               as
               one
               Christian
               neighbour
               or
               friend
               may
               and
               ought
               to
               doe
               to
               and
               with
               another
               (
               so
               far
               forth
               as
               God
               hath
               given
               him
               grace
               and
               understanding
               )
               as
               I
               have
               sayd
               .
            
             
               But
               because
               it
               will
               be
               conceived
               ,
               that
               all
               this
               that
               hath
               been
               said
               and
               done
               against
               me
               ,
               was
               not
               for
               nothing
               ,
               I
               must
               therefore
               request
               the
               favour
               and
               patience
               of
               the
               Reader
               ,
               to
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               relate
               the
               beginning
               and
               ground
               of
               all
               ,
               which
               was
               this
               ;
            
             
               First
               ,
               it
               is
               true
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ,
               I
               did
               and
               doe
               still
               hold
               as
               a
               maine
               truth
               of
               the
               Gospel
               of
               Christ
               (
               contrary
               ,
               as
               it
               appeareth
               ,
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
                 )
              
               that
               repentance
               doth
               necessarily
               goe
               before
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               so
               before
               justifying
               faith
               also
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               before
               justification
               or
               remission
               ;
               and
               this
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ,
               I
               have
               endeavoured
               to
               maintaine
               against
               some
               that
               have
               held
               the
               contrary
               .
               Which
               thing
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               having
               heard
               of
               ,
               he
               tooke
               upon
               him
               with
               great
               violence
               ,
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               to
               oppose
               the
               same
               ,
               calling
               it
               a
               
               damnable
               errour
               ,
               a
               familisticall
               poynt
               of
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               that
               none
               but
               familists
               held
               it
               ,
               and
               naming
               me
               often
               by
               name
               and
               by
               trade
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               were
               the
               Author
               thereof
               ,
               and
               charged
               me
               also
               with
               many
               other
               things
               very
               false
               ,
               vilde
               ,
               and
               wicked
               .
               And
               this
               was
               before
               he
               began
               his
               suite
               in
               Court
               against
               me
               ,
               and
               not
               at
               all
               knowing
               me
               ,
               or
               having
               once
               ever
               spoken
               with
               me
               ,
               but
               being
               onely
               informed
               and
               set
               on
               by
               his
               two
               first
               witnesses
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
                 ,
              
               as
               
                 Thomson
              
               afterward
               acknowledged
               .
            
             
               These
               two
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
                 ,
              
               are
               men
               that
               I
               was
               never
               acquainted
               or
               conversant
               with
               ,
               either
               in
               one
               kinde
               or
               other
               ;
               neither
               have
               I
               ever
               been
               in
               their
               company
               ,
               but
               by
               their
               owne
               occasion
               or
               procurement
               ,
               or
               some
               of
               their
               owne
               or
               Mr.
               
                 Denisons
              
               sociates
               ,
               and
               alwayes
               with
               some
               others
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               under
               pretence
               of
               refuting
               the
               forementioned
               poynt
               of
               repentance
               before
               justifying
               faith
               ,
               which
               I
               held
               ,
               or
               ,
               (
               after
               Mr
               
                 Denison
              
               had
               begun
               so
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               )
               under
               colour
               of
               friendship
               ,
               as
               seeming
               to
               be
               desirous
               to
               know
               my
               minde
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               more
               fully
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               they
               might
               informe
               Mr.
               
                 D.
              
               thereof
               rightly
               ,
               and
               so
               stay
               his
               proceedings
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               ;
               for
               this
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
              
               were
               his
               speciall
               devotaries
               and
               inward
               with
               him
               .
            
             
               I
               say
               under
               these
               forementioned
               pretences
               ,
               they
               procured
               me
               into
               their
               company
               three
               or
               foure
               times
               ,
               which
               I
               for
               my
               part
               never
               sought
               .
               And
               when
               I
               was
               in
               their
               company
               ,
               they
               or
               some
               of
               their
               fellowes
               spake
               as
               much
               or
               more
               then
               I
               ,
               and
               especially
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
                 ,
              
               who
               for
               most
               part
               of
               the
               times
               was
               one
               with
               them
               ;
               and
               the
               speech
               was
               not
               in
               any
               manner
               of
               teaching
               or
               expounding
               as
               a
               teacher
               or
               instructer
               for
               my
               part
               especially
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               way
               of
               reasoning
               and
               answering
               to
               their
               questions
               and
               demands
               ;
               and
               the
               chiefe
               matter
               was
               concerning
               repentance
               ,
               which
               I
               hold
               for
               a
               principle
               of
               truth
               ,
               is
               and
               must
               be
               before
               justifying
               faith
               ;
               I
               say
               not
               all
               kinde
               of
               faith
               ,
               but
               justifying
               onely
               .
               We
               must
               repent
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               returne
               from
               the
               pleasures
               of
               our
               vaine
               and
               evill
               wayes
               ,
               and
               sinnes
               ,
               to
               a
               
               true
               and
               deepe
               sorrow
               and
               mourning
               for
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               in
               humblenesse
               and
               contrition
               of
               heart
               confesse
               them
               unto
               God
               ,
               and
               like
               the
               Publican
               ,
               standing
               a
               far
               off
               ,
               as
               not
               daring
               (
               because
               of
               our
               sinnes
               and
               vildnesse
               )
               to
               looke
               up
               to
               heaven
               ,
               but
               smiting
               our
               brest
               as
               truly
               confounded
               ,
               earnestly
               desire
               God
               to
               be
               mercifull
               to
               us
               sinners
               .
               
               This
               repentance
               ,
               
               being
               a
               principle
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               part
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               doe
               I
               hold
               ,
               is
               and
               must
               be
               before
               justifying
               faith
               ;
               as
               these
               Scriptures
               doe
               declare
               ,
               
                 Matth.
                 4.
                 17.
                 
                 Mar.
                 1.
                 15.
                 
                 Luk.
                 24.
                 47.
                 
                 Act.
                 2.
                 38.
                 
                 Act.
                 3.
                 19.
                 
                 Act.
                 5.
                 31.
                 
                 Act.
                 13.
                 23
                 ,
                 24
                 Act.
                 19.
                 4.
                 Luk
              
               18.
               13
               ,
               14.
               
               Which
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               being
               their
               chiefe
               disputer
               ,
               denied
               ,
               and
               opposed
               as
               a
               damnable
               errour
               ;
               denied
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               repentance
               to
               be
               before
               justifying
               faith
               ,
               but
               acknowledging
               it
               to
               be
               before
               justification
               and
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               ;
               for
               he
               maketh
               repentance
               and
               sanctification
               (
               meaning
               a
               holy
               and
               new
               life
               )
               to
               be
               both
               one
               ,
               and
               will
               have
               them
               to
               fall
               in
               and
               come
               betweene
               justifying
               faith
               and
               justification
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               writing
               which
               he
               before
               in
               his
               deposition
               mentioneth
               ,
               passed
               betweene
               him
               and
               me
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               seene
               ;
               as
               if
               justifying
               faith
               could
               be
               one
               moment
               of
               time
               ,
               without
               or
               before
               justification
               or
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               ,
               which
               are
               in
               effect
               both
               one
               ;
               for
               ,
               to
               have
               ones
               sinnes
               forgiven
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               justified
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               so
               of
               necessitie
               it
               will
               follow
               ,
               that
               if
               repentance
               be
               before
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               and
               justification
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               before
               justifying
               faith
               ,
               because
               where
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               is
               not
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               no
               justifying
               faith
               .
            
             
               Hereupon
               it
               is
               that
               the
               said
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
              
               doe
               depose
               that
               I
               have
               often
               times
               taken
               upon
               me
               to
               expound
               sundry
               places
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               to
               instruct
               many
               persons
               in
               their
               presence
               and
               hearing
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               name
               no
               time
               ,
               place
               ,
               part
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               poynt
               of
               doctrine
               ,
               nor
               person
               to
               be
               present
               besides
               themselves
               ,
               least
               their
               cunning
               equivocations
               should
               be
               discovered
               ,
               but
               since
               the
               20
               of
               
                 December
              
               1623
               :
               they
               are
               very
               carefull
               to
               have
               set
               down
               ,
               because
               they
               would
               not
               have
               King
               
                 Iames
              
               his
               pardon
               by
               any
               means
               to
               relieve
               me
               against
               their
               wicked
               conspiracy
               .
            
             
             
               And
               
                 Henry
                 Robrowgh
                 ,
              
               he
               sayth
               not
               that
               I
               have
               often
               times
               taken
               upon
               me
               to
               expound
               sundry
               places
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               to
               instruct
               many
               persons
               in
               his
               presence
               and
               hearing
               ,
               &c.
               
               Which
               he
               might
               have
               deposed
               as
               safely
               as
               they
               ,
               having
               all
               one
               and
               the
               same
               ground
               ,
               hereby
               seeming
               to
               have
               some
               more
               honesty
               in
               him
               .
               But
               that
               I
               professe
               my selfe
               to
               be
               a
               man
               able
               ,
               and
               sets
               downe
               the
               reason
               thereof
               to
               be
               ,
               because
               I
               have
               opposed
               some
               Ministers
               in
               disputation
               ,
               naming
               himselfe
               onely
               ,
               and
               the
               writing
               that
               passed
               betweene
               him
               and
               me
               ,
               for
               proofe
               thereof
               .
               Whereas
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               well
               knowne
               ,
               he
               was
               the
               man
               that
               desired
               it
               ,
               and
               promised
               faire
               and
               friendly
               proceeding
               ,
               though
               he
               now
               hath
               shewed
               himselfe
               otherwise
               ;
               and
               mentioning
               also
               my
               printed
               bookes
               ,
               as
               in
               his
               deposition
               ,
               for
               further
               ground
               .
               As
               if
               a
               man
               may
               not
               reason
               ,
               or
               dispute
               with
               a
               Minister
               ,
               nor
               speake
               or
               write
               of
               Religion
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               but
               he
               therein
               taketh
               upon
               him
               as
               a
               teacher
               or
               instructer
               ,
               and
               professeth
               himselfe
               to
               be
               a
               man
               able
               ;
               for
               this
               is
               the
               thing
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               drives
               at
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
                 ,
              
               to
               prove
               against
               me
               to
               the
               Court
               ;
               which
               for
               my
               part
               ,
               I
               never
               did
               professe
               ,
               nor
               take
               upon
               me
               ,
               although
               I
               know
               a
               man
               may
               through
               the
               grace
               and
               gift
               of
               God
               ,
               be
               in
               some
               measure
               able
               ,
               that
               dareth
               presume
               to
               take
               the
               office
               ,
               name
               ,
               or
               profession
               of
               a
               Teacher
               or
               Instructer
               upon
               him
               .
               And
               such
               gifts
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               to
               prophecy
               ,
               if
               in
               a
               man
               of
               the
               lowest
               degree
               ,
               place
               ,
               or
               calling
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               Shepheard
               ,
               Clown
               ,
               Carpenter
               ,
               or
               other
               ,
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               dispised
               or
               envied
               at
               for
               his
               low
               estate
               ,
               or
               meannesse
               of
               his
               person
               sake
               .
               Nay
               ,
               a
               greater
               Messenger
               of
               God
               then
               ever
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               was
               or
               will
               be
               ,
               sayd
               once
               of
               some
               that
               for
               the
               same
               causes
               were
               so
               envied
               ,
               and
               complained
               of
               ;
               
                 I
                 would
                 that
                 not
                 onely
                 they
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 whole
                 host
                 of
                 Israel
                 did
                 prophecy
                 .
              
               And
               St.
               
                 Paul
              
               sayth
               without
               excepting
               the
               meanest
               artificer
               ,
               
                 Desire
                 the
                 best
                 gifts
                 ,
                 and
                 chiefly
                 that
                 yee
                 may
                 prophecy
                 .
              
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               forgets
               that
               they
               were
               but
               envious
               scorners
               ,
               though
               Scribes
               and
               Pharises
               ,
               who
               once
               upon
               such
               tearmes
               ,
               so
               slighted
               and
               dispised
               the
               Lord
               himselfe
               ,
               
               his
               works
               and
               words
               .
               So
               that
               Mr.
               
                 R.
              
               comes
               nothing
               short
               of
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
              
               in
               false
               witnes-bearing
               and
               scorning
               ;
               I
               will
               not
               equall
               him
               with
               the
               old
               Scribes
               and
               Pharises
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               honour
               and
               grace
               of
               him
               whom
               they
               so
               dispised
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               
                 Nicholson
                 ,
              
               the
               other
               witnesse
               ,
               a
               man
               that
               I
               was
               never
               in
               any
               sort
               conversant
               with
               ,
               nor
               have
               had
               one
               halfe
               houres
               time
               of
               speech
               with
               in
               my
               life
               ,
               whose
               testimony
               therefore
               is
               altogether
               as
               he
               hath
               heard
               and
               beleeveth
               ,
               and
               so
               ,
               what
               he
               hath
               heard
               and
               beleeveth
               ,
               he
               presumeth
               to
               sweare
               ;
               what
               those
               new
               or
               strange
               poynts
               of
               doctrine
               are
               ,
               in
               his
               deposition
               ,
               he
               nameth
               not
               ,
               nor
               any
               one
               of
               those
               sundry
               persons
               that
               I
               should
               expound
               the
               Scriptures
               unto
               ,
               whom
               he
               calls
               my
               proselites
               and
               followers
               ,
               and
               me
               their
               Teacher
               in
               matter
               of
               doctrine
               .
               But
               howsoever
               ,
               though
               his
               deposition
               be
               but
               upon
               hearesay
               onely
               ,
               and
               as
               he
               verily
               beleeveth
               ,
               yet
               the
               Court
               hath
               so
               credited
               his
               testimony
               ,
               that
               the
               most
               of
               the
               words
               and
               matters
               of
               this
               first
               accusation
               in
               the
               sentence
               ,
               are
               his
               words
               ,
               and
               grounded
               chiefly
               upon
               his
               deposition
               ;
               and
               so
               he
               is
               and
               will
               be
               found
               a
               false
               witnesse
               like
               the
               rest
               ,
               and
               the
               Count
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               cannot
               be
               excused
               ,
               but
               I
               referre
               all
               to
               the
               understanding
               Reader
               to
               judge
               how
               rightly
               I
               have
               been
               dealt
               withall
               by
               my
               accusers
               and
               the
               Court
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               let
               me
               yet
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               little
               further
               to
               understand
               ,
               That
               before
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               began
               his
               suite
               in
               Court
               against
               me
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               begun
               to
               revile
               me
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               ,
               and
               I
               having
               used
               all
               meanes
               both
               by
               writing
               and
               friends
               of
               his
               and
               my
               own
               to
               speake
               with
               him
               ,
               to
               informe
               him
               rightly
               of
               things
               concerning
               my selfe
               and
               my
               minde
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               before
               some
               men
               of
               understanding
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               heare
               and
               discerne
               truly
               thereof
               ,
               and
               so
               pacifie
               him
               ,
               and
               stay
               his
               violent
               course
               ,
               and
               could
               by
               no
               meanes
               obtaine
               either
               the
               one
               or
               the
               other
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               still
               persisted
               both
               at
               
                 Cree-Church
              
               and
               great
               
                 Allhallowes
              
               for
               neere
               halfe
               a
               yeare
               together
               ,
               reviling
               me
               by
               name
               in
               most
               bitter
               manner
               ,
               calling
               me
               Viper
               ,
               Serpent
               ,
               
               Heretique
               ,
               Familist
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               vile
               reproachfull
               and
               scandalous
               names
               ,
               unseemly
               to
               be
               spoken
               ,
               and
               shamefull
               to
               be
               uttered
               by
               a
               Minister
               in
               a
               Pulpit
               ,
               and
               charging
               me
               with
               many
               very
               false
               and
               wicked
               things
               ,
               and
               saying
               to
               the
               people
               ,
               This
               is
               one
               
                 Etherington
              
               a
               Box-maker
               ,
               whither
               he
               be
               dead
               or
               alive
               with
               God
               or
               the
               devill
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ,
               I
               know
               him
               not
               if
               I
               meet
               him
               in
               my
               dish
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               utterly
               refusing
               still
               to
               be
               spoken
               with
               ,
               gave
               out
               in
               his
               Pulpit
               ,
               as
               a
               flat
               deniall
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Must
                 I
                 speake
                 with
                 every
                 Heretique
                 before
                 I
                 may
                 reprove
                 him
                 openly
                 ;
                 nay
                 ,
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 told
                 me
                 by
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 houshold
                 of
                 Cloe
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 beleeve
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 .
              
            
             
               Then
               I
               being
               much
               urged
               and
               provoked
               by
               reason
               of
               some
               that
               began
               to
               conceive
               and
               say
               ,
               If
               things
               were
               not
               so
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               were
               not
               such
               a
               one
               as
               he
               had
               charged
               me
               to
               be
               ,
               I
               would
               complaine
               .
               Hereupon
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ,
               I
               did
               complaine
               by
               Petition
               to
               Doctor
               
                 Martin
                 ,
              
               who
               was
               then
               Chancellor
               (
               for
               so
               I
               was
               advised
               )
               certifying
               him
               how
               matters
               had
               passed
               ,
               and
               requesting
               that
               he
               would
               send
               for
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               and
               examine
               the
               reason
               of
               his
               so
               strange
               and
               unlawfull
               proceedings
               ,
               and
               to
               stay
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               appoint
               that
               the
               things
               of
               difference
               in
               opinion
               ,
               or
               howsoever
               ,
               might
               be
               heard
               before
               some
               Ministers
               ,
               if
               he
               thought
               fit
               ;
               to
               which
               he
               answered
               ,
               You
               have
               brought
               me
               here
               a
               strange
               Petition
               ,
               I
               know
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               to
               be
               a
               very
               honest
               man
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               you
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               send
               for
               him
               
                 Dic
                 ecclesia
                 .
              
            
             
               Then
               as
               thinking
               it
               but
               my
               dutie
               to
               seeke
               to
               the
               Rulers
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               whose
               office
               is
               to
               defend
               the
               innocent
               ,
               and
               to
               rebuke
               the
               offenders
               ,
               and
               as
               hoping
               still
               things
               would
               be
               heard
               ,
               examined
               ,
               and
               ended
               in
               peace
               .
               I
               did
               complaine
               to
               the
               Bishop
               of
               
                 London
              
               to
               the
               same
               effect
               ,
               who
               granted
               my
               Petition
               ,
               and
               sent
               for
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               who
               at
               the
               time
               appointed
               came
               ,
               bringing
               with
               him
               his
               friend
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
                 ,
              
               to
               assist
               him
               ;
               And
               so
               the
               Bishop
               having
               questioned
               some
               thing
               about
               the
               matter
               ,
               and
               a
               little
               blaming
               him
               ,
               spake
               when
               to
               have
               another
               time
               of
               hearing
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               presently
               opposed
               ,
               saying
               ,
               I
               meant
               to
               have
               
               had
               him
               into
               the
               high
               Commission
               Court
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               not
               prevented
               me
               ,
               Dr.
               
                 Martin
              
               being
               also
               there
               present
               ,
               and
               speaking
               to
               his
               purpose
               ,
               as
               his
               speciall
               friend
               ,
               furthering
               his
               motion
               ,
               the
               Bishop
               answered
               ,
               you
               may
               then
               doe
               so
               yet
               ;
               which
               when
               I
               perceived
               ,
               and
               that
               Mr.
               
                 D.
              
               had
               such
               a
               friend
               of
               Dr.
               
                 Martin
                 ,
              
               I
               did
               with
               as
               much
               speed
               as
               I
               could
               Petition
               to
               the
               Archbishop
               of
               
                 Canterbury
                 ,
              
               certifying
               him
               also
               how
               things
               had
               passed
               ,
               and
               requesting
               that
               he
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               send
               for
               Mr.
               
                 D.
              
               and
               appoint
               that
               the
               matter
               might
               be
               heard
               &
               ended
               without
               suite
               of
               Law
               ,
               if
               it
               might
               be
               .
               To
               which
               he
               answered
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               
                 D.
              
               had
               been
               with
               him
               the
               day
               before
               ,
               and
               shewed
               him
               a
               scrowle
               of
               strange
               things
               against
               me
               ,
               and
               so
               contradictory
               one
               to
               another
               ,
               as
               never
               was
               knowne
               to
               be
               in
               any
               Heretique
               whatsoever
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               thought
               it
               not
               possible
               therefore
               they
               could
               be
               all
               true
               ,
               yet
               told
               me
               that
               he
               had
               Letters
               missive
               granted
               him
               ,
               but
               willed
               me
               to
               be
               at
               the
               Court
               the
               next
               thursday
               ,
               and
               he
               would
               order
               that
               I
               should
               cleere
               my selfe
               according
               to
               my
               owne
               conscience
               upon
               my
               oath
               ;
               which
               accordingly
               was
               done
               ;
               whereat
               Mr.
               
                 D.
              
               murmured
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               witnesses
               that
               will
               sweare
               against
               him
               ;
               to
               which
               the
               Bishop
               answered
               ,
               Peradventure
               you
               may
               have
               two
               or
               three
               evill
               persons
               that
               will
               sweare
               and
               cause
               a
               man
               that
               is
               innocent
               to
               be
               condemned
               ,
               he
               shall
               cleere
               himselfe
               upon
               his
               oath
               .
               And
               so
               I
               did
               according
               to
               the
               order
               ,
               give
               into
               the
               Register
               Office
               full
               answers
               upon
               oath
               to
               all
               
                 Steven
                 Denisons
              
               Articles
               ,
               which
               are
               to
               be
               seen
               .
               This
               being
               done
               ,
               and
               Mr
               
                 Denison
              
               perceiving
               that
               I
               was
               to
               be
               cleered
               thereupon
               ,
               and
               seeing
               that
               matters
               would
               then
               fall
               foule
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               having
               no
               way
               to
               heale
               himselfe
               ,
               but
               by
               wounding
               and
               suppressing
               me
               ,
               moved
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               vehemently
               affirming
               that
               I
               was
               a
               Familist
               ,
               and
               would
               forsweare
               and
               deny
               all
               things
               in
               publique
               which
               I
               held
               and
               did
               in
               private
               ,
               saying
               I
               have
               twenty
               witnesses
               that
               will
               sweare
               against
               him
               .
               Whereupon
               Dr.
               
                 M.
              
               stood
               up
               ,
               and
               spake
               so
               to
               the
               furthering
               of
               his
               motion
               ,
               as
               that
               the
               Archbishop
               was
               turned
               against
               me
               ;
               way
               was
               given
               
               him
               ,
               the
               order
               of
               my
               clearing
               upon
               my
               oath
               was
               crossed
               ,
               my
               answers
               to
               his
               articles
               rejected
               ,
               and
               never
               might
               come
               to
               the
               view
               or
               hearing
               of
               the
               Court
               .
               And
               so
               his
               Witnesses
               being
               all
               of
               them
               either
               those
               his
               associates
               and
               devotaries
               which
               first
               set
               him
               on
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               or
               such
               as
               he
               had
               in
               his
               Pulpit
               (
               three
               or
               foure
               dayes
               before
               he
               was
               to
               goe
               before
               the
               Bishop
               of
               
                 London
              
               )
               charged
               to
               assist
               him
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Whosoever
               hath
               any
               thing
               against
               
                 Iohn
                 Etherington
                 ,
              
               let
               him
               come
               to
               my
               Chamber
               to
               morrow
               by
               eight
               a
               clock
               ;
               As
               yee
               love
               the
               Ministers
               of
               God
               ,
               now
               stand
               for
               them
               ,
               for
               they
               goe
               about
               to
               silence
               all
               the
               good
               Ministers
               in
               the
               Citie
               ,
               such
               as
               by
               this
               meanes
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               diligent
               search
               and
               inquiry
               through
               the
               Citie
               ,
               partly
               by
               faire
               perswasions
               ,
               partly
               by
               threatnings
               ,
               had
               gathered
               together
               to
               conspire
               against
               me
               ;
               laying
               also
               plots
               to
               get
               me
               into
               their
               company
               ,
               that
               so
               they
               might
               finde
               occasion
               ,
               and
               get
               matter
               whereof
               to
               accuse
               me
               ;
               these
               came
               readily
               together
               with
               him
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               to
               take
               their
               oathes
               against
               me
               .
            
             
               Then
               upon
               Motion
               and
               Petition
               of
               complaint
               ,
               which
               I
               againe
               made
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Denisons
              
               unlawfull
               proceedings
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               ,
               the
               Court
               did
               order
               that
               I
               should
               bring
               in
               my
               Articles
               against
               him
               ,
               and
               I
               should
               be
               heard
               .
               Which
               to
               the
               end
               things
               should
               be
               the
               more
               cleared
               ,
               I
               did
               ;
               but
               the
               day
               that
               he
               was
               to
               make
               his
               appearance
               unto
               them
               ,
               Doctor
               
                 Martin
              
               with
               another
               speech
               which
               he
               then
               made
               ,
               caused
               my
               Articles
               to
               be
               rejected
               ,
               and
               this
               order
               also
               ,
               as
               the
               former
               ,
               to
               be
               crossed
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               might
               not
               proceed
               in
               Court
               against
               him
               ,
               till
               his
               suite
               against
               me
               were
               ended
               .
            
             
               Then
               after
               his
               Witnesses
               had
               beene
               examined
               ,
               I
               had
               upon
               motion
               a
               Defence
               granted
               me
               ;
               but
               King
               
                 Iames
              
               then
               dying
               ,
               the
               great
               plague
               of
               pestilence
               immediately
               ensuing
               ,
               the
               Court
               for
               a
               yeare
               or
               thereabout
               ceasing
               ,
               and
               I
               supposing
               that
               he
               my
               adversary
               (
               as
               being
               by
               this
               time
               in
               conscience
               rebuked
               ,
               had
               let
               fall
               his
               suite
               ,
               and
               I
               not
               willing
               of
               my selfe
               ,
               to
               stirre
               the
               matter
               up
               againe
               ,
               partly
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               great
               charge
               ,
               and
               for
               that
               I
               saw
               he
               was
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               his
               great
               friends
               in
               Court
               ,
               too
               strong
               
               for
               me
               ,
               though
               I
               knew
               my
               cause
               to
               be
               better
               then
               his
               )
               I
               neglected
               it
               ,
               he
               prevented
               me
               ,
               the
               matter
               was
               ordered
               to
               sentence
               before
               I
               knew
               or
               thought
               it
               was
               once
               againe
               called
               upon
               ;
               after
               which
               ,
               though
               in
               all
               humblenesse
               ,
               I
               moved
               and
               requested
               severall
               times
               for
               a
               defence
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               have
               it
               granted
               ,
               Doctor
               
                 Martin
              
               his
               voice
               ,
               which
               so
               greatly
               swayeth
               the
               Court
               ,
               as
               at
               other
               times
               ,
               so
               now
               likewise
               withstood
               me
               ,
               and
               so
               upon
               the
               last
               Court
               day
               of
               Michaelmas
               tearme
               1626.
               the
               Depositions
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Denisons
              
               Witnesses
               were
               by
               his
               Councell
               read
               ,
               and
               as
               their
               manner
               is
               ,
               aggravated
               against
               me
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               censured
               without
               any
               defence
               or
               permission
               to
               be
               heard
               speake
               for
               my selfe
               .
            
             
               This
               hath
               been
               the
               beginning
               ,
               proceeding
               and
               prosecution
               of
               this
               businesse
               and
               cause
               hitherto
               ,
               which
               being
               first
               knowne
               and
               considered
               ,
               will
               make
               all
               things
               more
               plaine
               and
               cleare
               to
               be
               understood
               .
               The
               rest
               of
               the
               matters
               conteined
               in
               the
               sentence
               ,
               and
               the
               testimonies
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               which
               stand
               for
               proofe
               ,
               with
               my
               defence
               unto
               them
               ,
               follow
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             second
             accusation
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             sentence
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             said
             
               Etherington
            
             since
             the
             20
             of
             
               December
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             hath
             been
             and
             is
             a
             man
             disaffected
             to
             the
             government
             and
             discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             now
             by
             Law
             established
             ,
             and
             agreeth
             with
             the
             sect
             of
             the
             Familists
             and
             other
             Sectaries
             ,
             having
             said
             and
             writ
             touching
             their
             Conventicles
             and
             unlawfull
             meetings
             ,
             that
             
               Caesar
               may
               command
               a
               place
               in
               publique
               ,
               so
               he
               forbid
               none
               in
               private
               ;
            
             and
             further
             ,
             that
             he
             maintaineth
             and
             agreeth
             with
             the
             Familists
             ,
             in
             the
             perfect
             puritie
             of
             the
             soule
             .
          
           
             Touching
             the
             government
             and
             discipline
             ,
             
               Rowland
               Thomson
               ,
            
             Thomas
             Rogers
             ,
             and
             
               George
               Dunne
               ,
            
             doe
             depose
             and
             testifie
             .
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Thomson
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               second
               Article
               this
               deponent
               saith
               ,
               that
               by
               reason
               of
               some
               opinions
               ,
               that
               he
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               holdeth
               ,
               
               this
               deponent
               conceiveth
               him
               to
               be
               a
               man
               disaffected
               to
               the
               government
               and
               discipline
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Rogers
               .
            
             
               That
               this
               deponent
               knoweth
               that
               the
               articulate
               
                 Etherington
                 ,
              
               for
               all
               or
               most
               part
               of
               the
               time
               articulate
               ,
               hath
               beene
               and
               is
               a
               man
               disaffected
               to
               the
               present
               discipline
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               in
               regard
               this
               deponent
               hath
               in
               the
               time
               articulate
               heard
               him
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               maintaine
               some
               opinions
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               received
               judgement
               of
               the
               said
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               George
               Dunne
               .
            
             
               That
               this
               deponent
               well
               knoweth
               that
               the
               articulate
               
                 Etherington
              
               for
               these
               twentie
               yeares
               together
               ,
               hath
               beene
               and
               is
               a
               man
               disaffected
               to
               the
               government
               and
               discipline
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               in
               regard
               this
               deponent
               hath
               often
               conversed
               with
               him
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               are
               their
               words
               as
               they
               stand
               recorded
               by
               the
               Register
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               Answer
               and
               defence
               is
               this
               .
            
             
               These
               three
               Witnesses
               in
               these
               their
               testimonies
               ,
               howsoever
               it
               may
               stand
               with
               a
               good
               conscience
               ,
               they
               laying
               that
               aside
               ,
               have
               shewed
               themselves
               very
               willing
               men
               ,
               as
               before
               to
               the
               first
               Article
               ,
               so
               here
               to
               the
               second
               ,
               to
               witnesse
               any
               thing
               against
               me
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               falsly
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomson
              
               saith
               ,
               he
               conceiveth
               and
               holdeth
               it
               to
               be
               so
               by
               reason
               of
               some
               opinions
               which
               I
               hold
               ,
               but
               nameth
               none
               .
            
             
               
                 Rogers
              
               saith
               ,
               he
               knoweth
               it
               to
               be
               so
               by
               reason
               of
               some
               opinions
               he
               hath
               heard
               me
               maintaine
               ,
               but
               nameth
               none
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Dunne
              
               saith
               ,
               he
               knoweth
               it
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               by
               reason
               he
               hath
               often
               conversed
               with
               me
               ,
               &c.
               yet
               nameth
               nothing
               that
               he
               hath
               heard
               me
               say
               or
               knowne
               me
               practice
               or
               doe
               in
               all
               this
               his
               said
               time
               of
               twenty
               yeares
               ,
               tending
               
               to
               that
               purpose
               or
               any
               other
               .
               As
               it
               the
               Court
               would
               trust
               to
               their
               understandings
               of
               the
               discipline
               &
               government
               ,
               and
               to
               their
               judgements
               and
               conceivings
               of
               my
               opinions
               ,
               and
               not
               heare
               the
               opinions
               ,
               nor
               a
               word
               or
               practise
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               so
               passe
               sentence
               ;
               for
               who
               can
               know
               a
               mans
               affections
               ,
               but
               by
               his
               words
               or
               deeds
               ?
            
             
               First
               ,
               for
               
                 Dunne
                 ,
              
               I
               will
               excuse
               him
               in
               this
               ,
               that
               he
               nameth
               neither
               word
               nor
               deed
               ,
               because
               the
               truth
               is
               ,
               he
               never
               conversed
               with
               me
               in
               his
               life
               ,
               nor
               I
               with
               him
               ,
               neither
               had
               I
               ever
               any
               kinde
               of
               dealing
               with
               him
               in
               my
               life
               ,
               except
               onely
               that
               about
               nineteene
               or
               twenty
               yeares
               agoe
               ,
               my
               wife
               having
               sore
               eyes
               ,
               he
               came
               (
               by
               whose
               meanes
               I
               know
               not
               )
               and
               laid
               something
               to
               them
               ,
               for
               which
               I
               payed
               him
               .
               So
               that
               
                 Dunne
              
               could
               not
               well
               name
               any
               thing
               upon
               the
               ground
               of
               often
               conversing
               with
               me
               ,
               yet
               he
               is
               a
               false
               witnesse
               neverthelesse
               ,
               and
               a
               foresworne
               man
               every
               way
               to
               his
               owne
               knowledge
               ;
               first
               in
               this
               ,
               That
               he
               upon
               his
               oath
               saith
               ,
               he
               well
               knoweth
               that
               which
               he
               knows
               he
               knoweth
               not
               ,
               and
               sets
               downe
               that
               for
               his
               reason
               and
               ground
               ,
               upon
               oath
               also
               ,
               which
               he
               knowes
               is
               false
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               other
               matters
               wherein
               
                 George
                 Dunne
              
               hath
               upon
               his
               oath
               also
               testified
               falsly
               ,
               which
               because
               they
               are
               not
               taken
               for
               proofe
               of
               any
               thing
               conteined
               in
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               I
               passe
               them
               over
               untill
               some
               further
               occasion
               .
            
             
               But
               for
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
              
               they
               might
               have
               named
               what
               the
               opinions
               had
               beene
               ,
               for
               they
               heard
               me
               maintaine
               them
               ,
               they
               say
               .
               It
               seemeth
               they
               meane
               by
               opinions
               ,
               those
               before
               mentioned
               against
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               and
               
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               which
               
                 Rogers
              
               calleth
               the
               received
               judgement
               of
               the
               said
               Church
               ,
               as
               holding
               their
               doctrine
               to
               be
               the
               discipline
               and
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ;
              
               for
               such
               a
               devoted
               conceit
               have
               they
               of
               these
               two
               men
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               of
               their
               straine
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               doctrine
               ,
               government
               ,
               discipline
               ,
               and
               all
               matters
               else
               thereof
               did
               consist
               in
               them
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               to
               be
               noted
               ,
               that
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Now
                 by
                 Law
                 established
                 ,
              
               which
               are
               in
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               are
               not
               in
               any
               of
               their
               testimonies
               .
               But
               I
               leave
               the
               testimonies
               of
               
               these
               men
               to
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               understanding
               Reader
               ,
               to
               judge
               how
               good
               and
               sufficient
               they
               are
               ,
               and
               how
               judicially
               the
               Court
               hath
               proceeded
               against
               me
               ,
               to
               condemne
               me
               upon
               such
               evidence
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 as
                 touching
                 the
                 second
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 second
                 Article
                 passed
                 in
                 the
                 Sentence
                 ,
              
               That
               I
               doe
               agree
               with
               the
               sect
               of
               the
               Familists
               and
               other
               Sectaries
               ,
               &c.
               
               Rowland
               Thomson
               ,
               Thomas
               Rogers
               ,
               Henry
               Robrowgh
               ,
               
                 doe
                 testifie
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Thomson
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               doth
               agree
               with
               some
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               articulate
               in
               many
               tenents
               and
               opinions
               ,
               which
               he
               this
               deponent
               knoweth
               ,
               in
               regard
               he
               hath
               been
               present
               when
               he
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               hath
               strived
               to
               maintaine
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Rogers
               .
            
             
               That
               he
               the
               sayd
               
                 Etherington
              
               doth
               agree
               in
               some
               points
               and
               tenents
               with
               the
               Familists
               articulate
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               published
               in
               this
               deponents
               presence
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Robrowgh
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               concurreth
               with
               the
               Separatists
               and
               Sectaries
               in
               private
               Assemblies
               ,
               which
               this
               deponent
               knoweth
               by
               report
               ,
               and
               also
               by
               his
               printed
               booke
               against
               Separatists
               ,
               where
               he
               sayth
               ,
               
                 Caesar
                 may
                 command
                 a
                 place
                 in
                 publique
                 ,
                 so
                 he
                 forbid
                 none
                 in
                 private
                 ,
                 Page
              
               82.
               and
               he
               agreeth
               with
               the
               Familists
               in
               the
               perfect
               puritie
               of
               the
               soule
               after
               regeneration
               ,
               as
               one
               
                 Iesop
              
               confessed
               to
               this
               deponent
               to
               be
               his
               and
               the
               said
               
                 Etheringtons
              
               opinion
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               answer
               and
               defence
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomson
              
               pretends
               now
               to
               speake
               upon
               knowledge
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               
                 Rogers
                 ;
              
               their
               grounds
               are
               both
               one
               ;
               The
               one
               saith
               
               he
               hath
               heard
               me
               strive
               to
               maintaine
               ,
               the
               other
               to
               publish
               tenents
               and
               opinions
               ,
               and
               both
               of
               them
               ,
               like
               brethren
               in
               evill
               ,
               are
               still
               agreed
               to
               forbeare
               to
               tell
               what
               the
               tenents
               and
               opinions
               are
               ,
               least
               by
               naming
               them
               they
               should
               disable
               their
               testimonies
               to
               their
               purpose
               .
               No
               doubt
               they
               are
               the
               tenents
               and
               opinions
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               had
               told
               them
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               ,
               was
               a
               sure
               mark
               whereby
               they
               should
               know
               a
               Familist
               ,
               and
               so
               they
               presumed
               upon
               his
               judgement
               ,
               and
               by
               concealing
               what
               the
               tenents
               are
               ,
               make
               them
               serve
               their
               turne
               for
               this
               as
               well
               as
               to
               be
               against
               the
               government
               and
               discipline
               ,
               how
               sufficient
               the
               testimonies
               of
               these
               two
               men
               are
               ,
               to
               prove
               the
               things
               in
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               and
               how
               concionably
               they
               have
               dealt
               ,
               I
               referre
               to
               the
               Christian
               Reader
               to
               consider
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               defence
               against
               Robrowghs
               testimony
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               first
               concerning
               private
               Assemblies
               ,
               What
               Mr.
               
                 R.
              
               knowes
               by
               report
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               safely
               depose
               and
               say
               ,
               So
               God
               helpe
               him
               ,
               I
               refer
               to
               the
               Reader
               to
               consider
               .
               But
               where
               he
               sayth
               ,
               
                 And
                 also
                 by
                 his
                 printed
                 booke
                 against
                 Separatists
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               I
               confesse
               ,
               I
               wrote
               such
               a
               booke
               ,
               which
               being
               allowed
               ,
               was
               published
               in
               the
               yeare
               1610.
               where
               in
               
                 Pag.
              
               82.
               these
               words
               are
               ,
               
                 Caesar
                 may
                 command
                 a
                 place
                 for
                 the
                 publique
                 ,
                 so
                 he
                 forbid
                 none
                 in
                 private
                 ;
              
               yet
               neverthelesse
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               hath
               shewed
               himselfe
               a
               very
               evill
               minded
               man
               in
               two
               respects
               ;
               first
               ,
               in
               that
               he
               leaveth
               out
               the
               words
               and
               matters
               going
               before
               and
               following
               after
               in
               the
               said
               booke
               ,
               which
               would
               have
               cleared
               my
               meaning
               more
               fully
               ,
               and
               taketh
               onely
               those
               words
               as
               may
               most
               seeme
               to
               make
               for
               his
               purpose
               .
               And
               secondly
               in
               this
               ,
               that
               whereas
               my
               words
               are
               ,
               
                 Caesar
                 may
                 command
                 a
                 place
                 for
                 the
                 publique
                 ,
                 so
                 he
                 forbid
                 none
                 in
                 private
                 ;
              
               he
               gives
               it
               into
               the
               Court
               upon
               his
               oath
               ,
               
                 Caesar
                 may
                 command
                 a
                 place
                 in
                 publique
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               leaving
               out
               two
               of
               my
               words
               ,
               and
               putting
               in
               one
               of
               his
               owne
               in
               stead
               of
               them
               ,
               to
               alter
               the
               scope
               and
               intent
               of
               those
               few
               words
               which
               he
               doth
               take
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               serve
               
               his
               turne
               against
               me
               ,
               for
               who
               knoweth
               not
               ,
               that
               the
               leaving
               out
               or
               changing
               one
               word
               for
               another
               in
               a
               sentence
               ,
               doth
               oftentimes
               alter
               the
               intent
               and
               scope
               thereof
               ;
               as
               to
               build
               a
               house
               in
               a
               Citie
               ,
               and
               to
               build
               a
               house
               for
               a
               Citie
               ,
               are
               two
               differing
               things
               ;
               the
               King
               may
               build
               a
               house
               in
               the
               Citie
               of
               
                 London
              
               for
               his
               owne
               use
               ,
               but
               if
               the
               King
               ,
               say
               I
               ,
               build
               this
               house
               for
               the
               Citie
               of
               
                 London
                 ,
              
               all
               men
               will
               understand
               ,
               he
               meaneth
               for
               the
               Cities
               use
               :
               againe
               ,
               the
               King
               may
               command
               a
               place
               in
               publique
               ,
               for
               himselfe
               to
               come
               and
               worship
               God
               therein
               ;
               but
               to
               command
               a
               place
               for
               the
               publique
               ,
               is
               for
               the
               people
               also
               publiquely
               :
               So
               whereas
               I
               say
               ,
               
                 Caesar
                 may
                 command
                 a
                 place
                 for
                 the
                 publique
                 ,
              
               my
               meaning
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               may
               lawfully
               with
               authoritie
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               warrant
               from
               his
               word
               ,
               command
               a
               place
               and
               places
               for
               the
               publique
               worship
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               all
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               in
               and
               throughout
               all
               parts
               of
               his
               Dominions
               ;
               which
               if
               the
               King
               may
               ,
               and
               that
               my
               words
               doe
               intend
               and
               expresse
               so
               much
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               thinke
               no
               man
               that
               is
               wise
               and
               conscionable
               will
               deny
               )
               then
               all
               the
               Kings
               subjects
               are
               bound
               to
               obey
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               come
               to
               the
               publique
               worship
               of
               God
               in
               those
               publique
               places
               ;
               and
               as
               it
               is
               for
               place
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               for
               time
               ,
               and
               other
               such
               like
               circumstances
               ,
               (
               as
               in
               the
               83.
               
               
                 Pag.
              
               of
               the
               said
               booke
               against
               Anabaptists
               is
               also
               set
               downe
               )
               alwayes
               provided
               (
               as
               it
               must
               be
               understood
               )
               that
               it
               be
               the
               true
               worship
               of
               God
               that
               is
               commanded
               ,
               and
               not
               any
               idolatry
               or
               heathenish
               superstition
               ;
               as
               is
               now
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               commanded
               and
               practised
               :
               these
               things
               being
               so
               ,
               then
               I
               reason
               thus
               ,
               further
               ;
               If
               
                 Caesar
                 ,
              
               or
               our
               King
               ,
               Law
               and
               Authoritie
               ,
               may
               command
               a
               place
               and
               places
               ,
               times
               ,
               &c.
               for
               the
               publique
               worship
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               for
               the
               assembling
               together
               of
               the
               people
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               prayer
               ,
               preaching
               ,
               reading
               and
               hearing
               of
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               administration
               and
               participation
               of
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               praising
               and
               giving
               thankes
               unto
               God
               for
               all
               his
               benefits
               ,
               &c.
               and
               that
               all
               true
               Christian
               Subjects
               are
               bound
               to
               obey
               the
               King
               ,
               Law
               ,
               and
               Authoritie
               ,
               and
               come
               to
               the
               publique
               worship
               of
               
               God
               in
               those
               publique
               places
               ,
               times
               ,
               &c.
               then
               no
               Christian
               subject
               may
               separate
               or
               schisme
               therefrom
               ,
               nor
               make
               any
               private
               assemblies
               ,
               speake
               ,
               practise
               or
               doe
               any
               thing
               in
               opposition
               or
               contradictory
               thereunto
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               every
               Christian
               subject
               ,
               young
               and
               old
               ,
               is
               bound
               to
               be
               thankfull
               unto
               God
               day
               and
               night
               ,
               that
               hath
               vouchsafed
               to
               dispose
               the
               hearts
               of
               Kings
               ,
               Princes
               and
               Authoritie
               of
               that
               Nation
               whereof
               he
               is
               a
               member
               and
               a
               subject
               ,
               to
               set
               their
               helping
               hands
               to
               build
               the
               walls
               of
               
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
              
               to
               cast
               out
               the
               abominations
               of
               the
               Heathen
               ,
               and
               of
               Antichrist
               ,
               and
               restore
               the
               morning
               and
               evening
               sacrifice
               of
               praise
               and
               thanksgiving
               ,
               (
               as
               in
               the
               former
               time
               and
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               old
               )
               which
               the
               Kings
               ,
               Princes
               ,
               and
               Authority
               of
               this
               our
               Nation
               have
               in
               some
               good
               measure
               done
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               benefit
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               thankes
               be
               unto
               God
               therefore
               .
               So
               that
               taking
               my
               words
               right
               as
               they
               are
               ,
               
                 Caesar
                 may
                 command
                 a
                 place
                 for
                 the
                 publique
                 ,
              
               and
               this
               will
               be
               the
               true
               and
               necessary
               consequence
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               then
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 so
                 he
                 forbid
                 none
                 in
                 private
                 ,
              
               will
               receive
               of
               all
               charitable
               minded
               Christians
               ,
               a
               more
               favourable
               construction
               ,
               then
               to
               tend
               to
               the
               maintaining
               of
               the
               private
               assemblies
               of
               Familists
               ,
               Separatists
               ,
               or
               other
               Sectraies
               ;
               but
               onely
               to
               preserve
               the
               libertie
               that
               every
               Christian
               hath
               ,
               to
               worship
               God
               ,
               to
               pray
               unto
               him
               ,
               and
               doe
               him
               service
               ,
               at
               all
               times
               and
               in
               all
               places
               ,
               every where
               ,
               even
               in
               our
               secret
               chambers
               with
               humble
               and
               contrite
               hearts
               ,
               lifting
               up
               pure
               hands
               ,
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               speake
               ,
               
                 Ioh
                 4.
                 23.
                 
                 Mat.
                 6.
                 6.
                 1
                 Thes.
                 5.
                 17
                 ,
                 18.
                 1
                 Tim.
              
               2.
               8.
               and
               as
               it
               is
               in
               
                 Psal.
              
               111.
               1.
               
               How
               false
               and
               deceitfull
               therefore
               
                 Henry
                 Robrowgh
              
               hath
               here
               sworne
               and
               dealt
               ,
               I
               refer
               to
               the
               indifferent
               discreet
               Reader
               to
               consider
               .
            
             
               And
               secondly
               ,
               in
               that
               the
               chargeth
               me
               to
               agree
               with
               the
               Familists
               in
               the
               perfect
               puritie
               of
               the
               soule
               ,
               after
               regeneration
               ,
               and
               onely
               upon
               the
               report
               of
               one
               
                 Iesop
                 ,
              
               as
               himselfe
               saith
               :
               I
               refer
               also
               this
               to
               the
               wise
               to
               consider
               ,
               how
               safely
               he
               may
               depose
               the
               same
               of
               me
               upon
               the
               report
               of
               another
               ,
               whereas
               for
               my
               part
               ,
               whatsoever
               
                 Iesop
              
               hath
               said
               
               or
               holdeth
               ,
               I
               never
               held
               any
               such
               thing
               ,
               but
               doe
               hold
               the
               soule
               of
               the
               holiest
               man
               living
               to
               be
               impure
               ;
               and
               although
               as
               
                 Paul
              
               faith
               of
               himselfe
               ,
               a
               regenerate
               Christian
               doth
               in
               his
               minde
               serve
               the
               law
               of
               God
               ,
               yet
               neverthelesse
               through
               the
               law
               and
               strength
               of
               his
               corrupt
               members
               ,
               he
               even
               his
               soule
               is
               led
               captive
               to
               the
               law
               of
               sinne
               ,
               and
               of
               death
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               a
               captive
               to
               sinne
               ,
               but
               not
               a
               servant
               .
               Neither
               did
               I
               ever
               agree
               with
               the
               Familists
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               such
               like
               blasphemous
               sect
               ,
               in
               any
               of
               their
               tenents
               and
               opinions
               ,
               but
               have
               opposed
               and
               disproved
               them
               ,
               according
               to
               my
               abilitie
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               aforesaid
               booke
               against
               Anabaptists
               is
               to
               be
               seene
               ,
               and
               as
               some
               can
               testifie
               ,
               so
               that
               herein
               also
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               is
               a
               false
               witnesse
               ;
               how
               rightly
               I
               have
               been
               condemned
               by
               the
               Court
               for
               these
               things
               upon
               these
               testimonies
               ,
               I
               refer
               to
               the
               discreet
               Christian
               Reader
               to
               consider
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Their
             third
             Accusation
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             sentence
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             according
             to
             Mr.
             Denisons
             fourth
             Article
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             said
             
               Etherington
            
             within
             the
             time
             aforesaid
             ,
             hath
             also
             maintained
             and
             published
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             is
             no
             true
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             teacheth
             false
             doctrine
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             first
             part
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             is
             no
             true
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               Rowland
               Thomson
               ,
               Thomas
               Rogers
               ,
            
             and
             
               Henry
               Robrowgh
            
             doe
             depose
             and
             testifie
             .
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Thomson
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               fourth
               he
               deposeth
               and
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               this
               deponent
               hath
               within
               the
               time
               articulate
               heard
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               maintaine
               or
               publish
               some
               of
               the
               opinions
               articulate
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               as
               it
               is
               now
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               is
               no
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Rogers
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               fourth
               Article
               he
               deposeth
               and
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               hath
               within
               the
               time
               articulate
               ,
               and
               since
               the
               20
               of
               
                 December
              
               1623.
               held
               and
               published
               ,
               in
               this
               deponents
               and
               his
               precontest
               
                 Thomsons
              
               presence
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               as
               it
               is
               here
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               is
               no
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Robrowgh
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               fourth
               Article
               he
               deposeth
               ,
               that
               the
               articulate
               
                 Etherington
              
               hath
               of
               this
               deponents
               knowledge
               ,
               within
               the
               time
               articulate
               ,
               maintained
               and
               published
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               as
               it
               is
               here
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               is
               no
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               because
               he
               teacheth
               this
               true
               Church
               to
               consist
               of
               the
               regenerate
               onely
               ,
               as
               in
               his
               booke
               against
               Separatists
               ,
               
                 Pag.
              
               15.
               
            
          
           
             
               My
               answer
               and
               defence
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
                 ,
              
               they
               as
               two
               confederates
               keepe
               close
               together
               in
               their
               conspiracy
               against
               me
               ,
               for
               although
               I
               neither
               published
               nor
               spake
               to
               or
               in
               the
               hearing
               or
               presence
               of
               them
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               as
               it
               is
               now
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               is
               no
               true
               church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               nor
               any
               thing
               to
               such
               purpose
               ;
               yet
               these
               two
               Joyners
               as
               well
               acquainted
               before
               hand
               with
               Mr.
               
                 Denisons
              
               Articles
               ,
               and
               being
               with
               
                 Henry
                 Robrowgh
              
               the
               chiefe
               of
               his
               counsell
               in
               the
               inventing
               and
               making
               them
               ,
               to
               confirme
               what
               they
               had
               begun
               ,
               by
               a
               secret
               equivocation
               they
               depose
               upon
               some
               words
               which
               I
               spake
               in
               answer
               to
               their
               questions
               and
               demands
               ,
               that
               I
               had
               published
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               and
               because
               they
               will
               be
               sure
               to
               agree
               in
               one
               tale
               ,
               they
               come
               both
               together
               to
               the
               office
               to
               be
               examined
               ,
               and
               there
               
                 Rogers
              
               standing
               by
               
                 Thomson
              
               while
               he
               was
               examining
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               reason
               why
               the
               Examiner
               calleth
               
                 Thomson
                 Rogers
              
               precontest
               ,
               as
               being
               examined
               immediately
               before
               him
               and
               in
               his
               presence
               and
               hearing
               ;
               which
               my selfe
               comming
               to
               the
               Office
               the
               same
               time
               saw
               ;
               let
               
               not
               the
               Reader
               therefore
               marvaile
               that
               they
               so
               well
               agree
               .
            
             
               They
               name
               no
               time
               ,
               place
               ,
               nor
               person
               to
               be
               present
               besides
               themselves
               ,
               
                 Rogers
              
               and
               his
               precontest
               ,
               when
               I
               should
               publish
               this
               thing
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               never
               in
               company
               with
               these
               two
               men
               alone
               at
               any
               time
               .
               Christ
               sayth
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 doth
                 evill
                 hateth
                 the
                 light
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 doth
                 well
                 commeth
                 to
                 the
                 light
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               wherefore
               if
               these
               mens
               consciences
               had
               not
               accused
               them
               of
               their
               false
               and
               evill
               dealing
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               had
               not
               feared
               their
               evill
               deeds
               to
               be
               discovered
               ,
               they
               would
               no
               doubt
               have
               named
               both
               time
               and
               place
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               the
               persons
               that
               were
               present
               beside
               themselves
               ,
               for
               by
               that
               meanes
               their
               testimonies
               would
               have
               carried
               a
               more
               faire
               and
               honest
               countenance
               then
               now
               they
               doe
               ,
               but
               since
               the
               20
               of
               
                 December
                 ,
              
               that
               must
               not
               be
               omitted
               ,
               they
               will
               not
               have
               me
               pardoned
               by
               any
               meanes
               .
               I
               doe
               well
               remember
               ,
               that
               about
               the
               time
               that
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               first
               began
               his
               suite
               in
               Court
               against
               me
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               a
               long
               time
               before
               reviled
               me
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               ,
               these
               two
               men
               ,
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
                 ,
              
               sought
               to
               get
               me
               into
               their
               company
               ,
               
                 Rogers
              
               being
               the
               sollicitor
               or
               earnest
               suit
               or
               for
               the
               same
               to
               one
               
                 Salomon
                 Seabright
                 ,
              
               being
               of
               his
               acquaintance
               and
               one
               that
               knew
               me
               ,
               to
               bring
               it
               to
               passe
               ,
               pretending
               and
               promising
               that
               if
               they
               might
               speake
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               should
               finde
               things
               to
               be
               otherwise
               then
               they
               had
               conceived
               ,
               they
               would
               enforme
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               thereof
               ,
               and
               cause
               him
               to
               cease
               his
               course
               and
               proceedings
               against
               me
               .
               Whereupon
               I
               did
               consent
               to
               speake
               with
               them
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               would
               appoint
               the
               time
               and
               place
               ,
               for
               I
               suspected
               it
               to
               be
               a
               plot
               layd
               between
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
              
               and
               them
               ,
               to
               get
               matter
               against
               mee
               ,
               either
               to
               prove
               a
               conventicle
               or
               otherwise
               to
               entrap
               me
               in
               my
               words
               ,
               being
               forewarned
               by
               one
               that
               knew
               some
               of
               their
               secrets
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               thing
               was
               plotted
               and
               intended
               by
               them
               ,
               which
               accordingly
               so
               proved
               ;
               So
               the
               place
               being
               at
               the
               said
               
                 Salomon
                 Seabrights
              
               neere
               Algate
               ,
               I
               met
               them
               there
               at
               the
               time
               they
               appointed
               ,
               where
               in
               the
               hearing
               of
               sundry
               persons
               ,
               they
               
               moved
               many
               questions
               unto
               me
               ,
               concerning
               repentance
               and
               faith
               ,
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               other
               things
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               did
               answer
               them
               according
               as
               I
               did
               understand
               and
               beleeve
               .
            
             
               As
               touching
               the
               Church
               ,
               they
               asked
               mee
               ,
               what
               I
               held
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               to
               be
               ;
               To
               this
               I
               answered
               and
               told
               them
               plainly
               ,
               that
               I
               held
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               to
               be
               and
               consist
               of
               the
               true
               regenerate
               servants
               and
               people
               of
               God
               ,
               sanctified
               in
               heart
               by
               faith
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               lively
               stones
               ,
               built
               upon
               the
               rock
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               the
               chiefe
               corner
               stone
               ,
               
               according
               to
               the
               words
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               as
               S.
               
                 Peter
              
               describeth
               it
               ,
               which
               St.
               
                 Paul
              
               calleth
               the
               
                 body
                 and
                 spouse
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 the
                 pillar
                 and
                 ground
                 of
                 truth
                 ;
              
               according
               also
               as
               it
               is
               conteined
               in
               the
               Creed
               ,
               
                 I
                 beleeve
                 in
                 the
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 the
                 holy
                 Catholique
                 Church
                 ,
                 the
                 communion
                 of
                 Saints
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Then
               they
               asked
               me
               of
               the
               outward
               state
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               if
               all
               in
               generall
               were
               the
               same
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               or
               of
               it
               ;
               to
               which
               I
               answered
               ,
               nay
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               say
               so
               ;
               Then
               if
               any
               whole
               Parish
               that
               I
               knew
               were
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               also
               answered
               ,
               nay
               ,
               I
               knew
               no
               such
               Parish
               that
               I
               could
               so
               conclude
               of
               all
               ,
               God
               knoweth
               who
               are
               his
               :
               Then
               lastly
               ,
               if
               I
               did
               not
               hold
               some
               private
               company
               with
               my selfe
               to
               be
               the
               same
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ;
               to
               which
               I
               answered
               also
               and
               told
               them
               ,
               nay
               ,
               but
               that
               all
               of
               all
               degrees
               and
               callings
               in
               the
               whole
               Kingdome
               ,
               whose
               hearts
               were
               sanctified
               by
               faith
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               were
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               here
               of
               
                 England
                 :
              
               and
               that
               if
               I
               ,
               or
               they
               that
               asked
               those
               questions
               ,
               or
               the
               rest
               there
               present
               ,
               were
               so
               sanctified
               in
               heart
               ,
               then
               were
               wee
               of
               the
               same
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               else
               not
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               was
               never
               any
               Church
               ,
               generally
               considered
               as
               it
               was
               outward
               and
               visible
               to
               the
               eye
               of
               man
               ,
               but
               some
               ,
               yea
               many
               times
               the
               most
               part
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               greatest
               of
               them
               in
               most
               eminent
               place
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               of
               the
               lowest
               and
               meanest
               ,
               have
               been
               unfaithfull
               ,
               ungodly
               ,
               unholy
               ,
               and
               so
               ,
               not
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               though
               they
               were
               in
               it
               :
               And
               I
               told
               them
               plainly
               ,
               that
               I
               held
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               as
               it
               was
               by
               the
               authoritie
               
               of
               Princes
               and
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               best
               reformed
               ,
               so
               generally
               considered
               ,
               this
               day
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               did
               beleeve
               God
               had
               a
               speciall
               respect
               unto
               it
               above
               any
               one
               Nation
               or
               Kingdome
               whatsoever
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               had
               many
               faithfull
               servants
               ,
               sonnes
               ,
               and
               daughters
               therein
               ,
               and
               much
               people
               to
               save
               ,
               for
               whose
               sakes
               the
               rest
               doe
               fare
               well
               ,
               and
               are
               the
               more
               happy
               .
            
             
               These
               were
               my
               answers
               to
               their
               questions
               ,
               touching
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               to
               this
               very
               effect
               ,
               as
               some
               that
               were
               there
               present
               and
               heard
               me
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               they
               ,
               can
               testifie
               .
               It
               seemeth
               that
               upon
               my
               answer
               to
               their
               question
               of
               the
               outward
               state
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               if
               all
               in
               generall
               were
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               or
               of
               it
               ,
               because
               I
               said
               ,
               nay
               I
               could
               not
               say
               so
               ,
               therefore
               they
               presume
               to
               sweare
               ,
               that
               I
               held
               and
               published
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               as
               it
               is
               now
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               is
               no
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               would
               have
               some
               other
               outward
               forme
               established
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               true
               Church
               ,
               or
               that
               none
               could
               be
               in
               the
               outward
               state
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               partake
               with
               it
               in
               the
               outward
               calling
               of
               the
               ministry
               ,
               preaching
               ,
               administring
               ,
               hearing
               ;
               receiving
               ,
               but
               regenerate
               persons
               onely
               ,
               all
               which
               was
               far
               from
               my
               thought
               ;
               So
               that
               in
               this
               also
               as
               well
               as
               the
               former
               ,
               they
               are
               very
               false
               witnesses
               .
            
             
               And
               concerning
               
                 Robrowghs
              
               testimony
               ,
               who
               deposeth
               that
               because
               I
               say
               the
               true
               Church
               doth
               consist
               of
               the
               regenerate
               ,
               therefore
               I
               teach
               and
               maintaine
               that
               the
               church
               of
               
                 England
              
               as
               it
               is
               now
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               is
               not
               a
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               My
               answer
               is
               ,
               that
               if
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               can
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               shall
               prove
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               as
               it
               is
               now
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               is
               not
               part
               of
               the
               holy
               Catholike
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               whereof
               all
               are
               Saints
               ,
               then
               will
               I
               grant
               his
               testimony
               to
               be
               true
               ;
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               false
               accuser
               ,
               and
               one
               that
               doth
               deny
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               now
               by
               Law
               established
               ,
               to
               be
               part
               of
               the
               true
               holy
               Catholique
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               of
               the
               Communion
               of
               Saints
               ;
               proving
               himselfe
               guiltie
               of
               that
               whereof
               he
               chargeth
               me
               .
               
               It
               would
               small
               avayle
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               to
               have
               the
               name
               of
               a
               true
               Church
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               be
               of
               the
               holy
               Catholike
               Church
               ,
               which
               the
               Creed
               and
               the
               Scriptures
               doe
               describe
               unto
               us
               ,
               and
               require
               us
               to
               beleeve
               and
               acknowledge
               for
               Christs
               true
               Church
               ,
               his
               body
               ,
               his
               spouse
               ,
               &c.
               for
               although
               all
               be
               not
               Saints
               that
               are
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               touching
               the
               outward
               estate
               and
               societie
               thereof
               ,
               yet
               as
               touching
               the
               true
               spirituall
               communion
               ,
               all
               are
               Saints
               that
               are
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               are
               one
               body
               and
               one
               bread
               ,
               being
               all
               made
               partakers
               of
               that
               one
               bread
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               baptized
               by
               one
               Spirit
               into
               one
               body
               ,
               
               and
               made
               to
               drinke
               into
               one
               Spirit
               ,
               as
               St.
               
                 Paul
              
               declareth
               ,
               according
               as
               St.
               
                 Iohn
              
               testifying
               against
               some
               Antichrists
               of
               his
               time
               ;
               
               
                 They
                 went
                 out
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 no
                 doubt
                 have
                 continued
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 went
                 out
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 manifest
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 all
                 of
                 us
                 :
              
               and
               St.
               
                 Paul
              
               againe
               ;
               But
               
                 Christ
                 the
                 sonne
                 over
                 his
                 owne
                 house
                 ,
              
               
               
                 whose
                 house
                 are
                 wee
                 ,
                 if
                 wee
                 hold
                 fast
                 the
                 confidence
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rejoycing
                 of
                 the
                 hope
                 firme
                 unto
                 the
                 end
                 .
              
               So
               that
               they
               onely
               which
               are
               truly
               faithfull
               ,
               and
               hold
               fast
               the
               confidence
               ,
               &c.
               are
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               If
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
              
               doth
               or
               will
               deny
               himselfe
               to
               be
               one
               of
               these
               ,
               I
               dare
               then
               deny
               him
               to
               be
               one
               of
               Christ
               true
               Church
               ,
               notwithstanding
               he
               hath
               the
               office
               of
               a
               Curate
               in
               the
               outward
               state
               thereof
               .
            
             
               And
               secondly
               ,
               whereas
               I
               stand
               charged
               in
               the
               sentence
               to
               have
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               teacheth
               false
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               testimony
               of
               
                 Susan
                 Price
              
               onely
               ,
               a
               woman
               greatly
               devoted
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               and
               an
               associate
               of
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
                 ;
              
               My
               answer
               is
               ,
               shee
               testifieth
               falsely
               ,
               unlesse
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               doth
               consist
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               Mr.
               
                 Robrowgh
                 ,
              
               and
               some
               other
               of
               their
               corrupt
               humour
               ,
               as
               many
               such
               women
               (
               and
               some
               men
               also
               as
               unwise
               as
               they
               )
               doe
               conceive
               it
               doth
               ,
               and
               therefore
               dare
               sweare
               that
               whatsoever
               is
               spoken
               against
               them
               and
               their
               doctrine
               ,
               is
               spoken
               against
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Their
             fourth
             Accusation
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             said
             
               Etherington
            
             within
             the
             time
             aforesaid
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             since
             the
             20th
             of
             
               December
            
             1623.
             hath
             maintained
             and
             published
             ,
             that
             the
             Sabbath
             since
             the
             Apostles
             times
             was
             of
             no
             force
             ,
             and
             that
             every
             day
             is
             a
             Sabbath
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             which
             wee
             call
             the
             Lords
             day
             or
             Sunday
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             first
             position
             of
             the
             fourth
             Article
             ,
             
               Rowland
               Thomson
               ,
               Thomas
               Rogers
               ,
               Suzan
               Price
               ,
               Peter
               Worcester
               ,
               Heury
               Robrowgh
               ,
            
             doe
             depose
             and
             testifie
             .
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Thomson
               .
            
             
               That
               he
               this
               deponent
               hath
               within
               the
               time
               articulate
               ,
               heard
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               maintaine
               or
               publish
               ,
               that
               the
               Sabbath
               was
               of
               no
               force
               since
               the
               Apostles
               times
               ,
               and
               that
               every
               day
               is
               a
               Sabbath
               as
               much
               as
               that
               which
               wee
               call
               the
               Lords
               day
               or
               Sunday
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Rogers
               .
            
             
               He
               deposeth
               and
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               hath
               within
               the
               time
               in
               this
               Article
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               since
               the
               20
               of
               
                 December
              
               1623.
               held
               and
               published
               that
               the
               Sabbath
               was
               of
               no
               force
               since
               the
               Apostles
               time
               ,
               and
               that
               every
               day
               is
               a
               Sabbath
               as
               much
               as
               that
               which
               we
               call
               the
               Lords
               day
               or
               Sunday
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Suzan
               Price
               .
            
             
               That
               shee
               this
               deponent
               doth
               certainly
               know
               that
               the
               articulate
               
                 Etherington
              
               within
               the
               time
               articulate
               ,
               maintained
               and
               published
               ,
               that
               the
               Sabbath
               was
               of
               no
               force
               since
               the
               Apostles
               times
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Worcester
               .
            
             
               That
               he
               this
               deponent
               hath
               within
               these
               eight
               moneths
               last
               past
               ,
               before
               his
               examination
               ,
               heard
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               maintaine
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               day
               to
               be
               set
               apart
               for
               outward
               rest
               ,
               by
               vertue
               of
               any
               commandement
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               The
               testimony
               of
               Robrough
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               articulate
               
                 Etherington
              
               hath
               of
               his
               deponent●
               knowledge
               within
               the
               time
               articulate
               ,
               held
               ,
               maintained
               ,
               and
               published
               ,
               that
               the
               Sabbath
               is
               of
               no
               force
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               are
               not
               now
               bound
               to
               keepe
               it
               ,
               by
               vertue
               of
               the
               fourth
               Commandement
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               answer
               and
               defence
               .
            
             
               The
               words
               of
               
                 Tomson
                 ,
                 Rogers
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Susan
                 Price
                 ,
              
               which
               are
               the
               words
               contained
               in
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               I
               never
               spake
               in
               my
               life
               ,
               much
               lesse
               maintained
               or
               published
               as
               they
               depose
               ,
               nor
               yet
               the
               words
               of
               
                 Henry
                 Robrough
                 ,
              
               but
               I
               doe
               hold
               the
               Sabbath
               to
               be
               in
               force
               according
               as
               I
               shall
               hereafter
               manifest
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               first
               day
               of
               the
               weeke
               is
               to
               be
               observed
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               touching
               
                 Worcester
              
               and
               his
               testimony
               ,
               for
               him
               he
               is
               a
               man
               that
               I
               was
               never
               conversant
               with
               ,
               onely
               I
               have
               beene
               in
               his
               company
               two
               or
               three
               times
               ,
               and
               the
               last
               time
               was
               as
               he
               saith
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               house
               of
               one
               Master
               
                 Pike
              
               in
               East-cheape
               ,
               where
               hee
               the
               said
               
                 Worcester
              
               with
               some
               other
               of
               Master
               
                 Denisons
              
               favorites
               ,
               had
               occasioned
               me
               to
               meet
               them
               ,
               under
               pretence
               of
               friendship
               also
               ,
               and
               of
               making
               peace
               ,
               but
               being
               indeed
               another
               traine
               to
               intrap
               me
               .
               This
               
                 Worcester
              
               with
               some
               of
               his
               sociates
               then
               present
               ,
               were
               very
               importunate
               with
               me
               to
               reason
               with
               them
               concerning
               repentance
               ,
               and
               the
               Sabbath
               ,
               which
               I
               refused
               to
               doe
               ,
               being
               forewarned
               of
               their
               conspiracy
               ,
               and
               that
               this
               
                 Worcester
              
               with
               others
               of
               them
               ,
               had
               given
               out
               threatning
               words
               ,
               tending
               to
               the
               taking
               away
               of
               my
               life
               ,
               one
               saying
               it
               is
               pitie
               that
               he
               liveth
               ,
               hee
               deserveth
               to
               be
               burned
               ,
               another
               ,
               I
               will
               never
               leave
               him
               till
               I
               make
               him
               fry
               ,
               and
               others
               to
               the
               like
               effect
               ,
               and
               because
               I
               held
               it
               not
               a
               thing
               fitting
               to
               make
               a
               controversie
               of
               this
               matter
               of
               the
               Sabbath
               ,
               which
               they
               most
               desired
               to
               have
               me
               speake
               of
               with
               them
               ,
               neither
               did
               I
               ever
               contend
               with
               any
               man
               about
               it
               ,
               untill
               Master
               
                 Denison
              
               had
               
               begun
               to
               revile
               me
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               ,
               and
               charging
               me
               falsely
               in
               many
               things
               concerning
               it
               ,
               nor
               had
               I
               then
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               was
               drawn
               to
               it
               once
               through
               faire
               pretences
               also
               ,
               with
               one
               Master
               
                 Cleaver
                 ,
              
               at
               which
               time
               we
               seemed
               to
               part
               friends
               ,
               and
               not
               so
               disagreeing
               as
               there
               need
               to
               be
               any
               enmity
               between
               us
               for
               the
               difference
               .
               So
               that
               I
               only
               told
               
                 Worcester
              
               and
               the
               other
               with
               him
               ,
               my
               mind
               in
               few
               words
               ,
               but
               not
               in
               way
               of
               maintaining
               as
               he
               deposeth
               ,
               for
               the
               words
               ,
               it
               is
               like
               I
               did
               say
               thus
               or
               to
               this
               effect
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               fourth
               Commandement
               ,
               as
               it
               did
               concerne
               the
               outward
               bodily
               rest
               of
               the
               seventh
               day
               ,
               be
               abrogated
               (
               as
               I
               thinke
               all
               the
               Christian
               Churches
               in
               the
               world
               doe
               hold
               it
               is
               )
               then
               there
               is
               no
               Commandement
               in
               the
               word
               of
               God
               requiring
               the
               same
               outward
               bodily
               rest
               upon
               any
               other
               day
               instead
               thereof
               :
               and
               this
               I
               say
               still
               ,
               yet
               not
               denying
               the
               observation
               of
               the
               first
               day
               of
               the
               weeke
               ,
               as
               I
               shall
               declare
               ,
               so
               that
               thus
               farre
               I
               deny
               not
               
                 Worcesters
              
               testimony
               ,
               though
               otherwise
               ,
               and
               in
               other
               matters
               he
               is
               false
               like
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               But
               whence
               these
               two
               sworne
               brethren
               
                 Thomson
              
               and
               
                 Rogers
              
               (
               whose
               testimonies
               :
               because
               they
               so
               well
               agree
               ,
               are
               so
               oft
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Sentence
               )
               
                 Susan
                 Price
              
               and
               
                 Henry
                 Robrough
                 ,
              
               have
               had
               the
               words
               they
               depose
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ,
               neither
               doe
               themselves
               declare
               ,
               nor
               mention
               any
               time
               ,
               place
               ,
               or
               person
               to
               be
               present
               ,
               when
               I
               should
               publish
               ,
               and
               maintaine
               them
               as
               they
               speake
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               sure
               I
               never
               said
               to
               any
               man
               living
               ,
               that
               the
               Sabbath
               was
               of
               no
               force
               ,
               but
               doe
               hold
               that
               it
               is
               in
               force
               ,
               and
               the
               Commandement
               also
               according
               to
               the
               spirituall
               intent
               therof
               ;
               I
               meane
               by
               Sabbath
               the
               true
               and
               perfect
               rest
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               hee
               did
               rest
               the
               seventh
               day
               ,
               having
               finished
               all
               his
               workes
               ,
               therefore
               called
               his
               rest
               ,
               as
               hee
               saith
               ,
               
                 If
                 they
                 shall
                 enter
                 into
                 my
                 rest
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               that
               it
               is
               here
               entred
               into
               of
               us
               ,
               and
               kept
               not
               through
               the
               Law
               ,
               by
               doing
               any
               kind
               of
               worke
               or
               works
               therein
               contained
               ,
               but
               through
               the
               promise
               ,
               eventhe
               the
               Gospell
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               by
               beleeving
               ,
               as
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               saith
               ;
               
                 For
                 wee
                 which
                 have
                 beleeved
                 doe
                 enter
                 into
                 rest
                 ,
              
               as
               h●e
               
               said
               ,
               
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 sworns
                 in
                 my
                 wrath
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 shall
                 enter
                 into
                 my
                 rest
                 ,
                 although
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 the
                 workes
                 were
                 finished
                 from
                 the
                 foundation
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 for
                 hee
                 spake
                 in
                 a
                 certaine
                 place
                 of
                 the
                 seventh
                 day
                 on
                 this
                 wise
                 ,
                 And
                 God
                 did
                 rest
                 the
                 seventh
                 Day
                 from
                 all
                 his
                 workes
                 ;
              
               and
               in
               this
               place
               againe
               ,
               
                 If
                 they
                 shall
                 enter
                 into
                 my
                 rest
                 ,
                 Heb.
              
               4.
               
               Where
               the
               Apostle
               declareth
               plainely
               ,
               that
               the
               rest
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               hee
               is
               said
               to
               rest
               the
               seventh
               day
               ,
               and
               this
               in
               
                 David
                 ,
              
               which
               the
               faithfull
               doe
               enter
               into
               ,
               is
               all
               one
               and
               the
               same
               rest
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               is
               preached
               unto
               us
               in
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               to
               the
               Israelites
               in
               
                 Davids
              
               time
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               wildernesse
               ;
               And
               the
               reason
               why
               they
               that
               fell
               in
               the
               Wildernesse
               entred
               not
               in
               ;
               was
               their
               hardnesse
               of
               heart
               and
               unbeleefe
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               15.
               ver.
               of
               the
               3.
               chap.
               and
               the
               2.
               ver.
               of
               the
               4.
               chap.
               
               He
               declareth
               and
               saith
               further
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
                 that
                 are
                 so
                 entred
                 ●●ve
                 ceased
                 from
                 their
                 owne
                 workes
                 ,
                 as
                 God
                 did
                 from
                 his
                 ;
              
               that
               is
               ,
               from
               seeking
               their
               owne
               pleasures
               ,
               and
               speaking
               their
               owne
               words
               ,
               from
               all
               their
               corrupt
               carnall
               and
               sinfull
               pleasures
               and
               delights
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               wherein
               their
               soule
               as
               well
               as
               their
               bodie
               and
               members
               thereof
               had
               walked
               ;
               (
               the
               whole
               man
               being
               corrupted
               through
               the
               fall
               )
               and
               which
               are
               therefore
               called
               their
               owne
               workes
               and
               their
               owne
               pleasures
               ,
               and
               their
               delight
               is
               now
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               holy
               and
               heavenly
               wayes
               ,
               seeking
               his
               face
               continually
               ,
               &
               honouring
               him
               ,
               &c.
               as
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Esay
              
               saith
               ;
               And
               they
               that
               are
               so
               entred
               here
               by
               faith
               and
               keepe
               the
               Lords
               holy
               Sabbath
               ,
               will
               the
               Lord
               cause
               to
               ride
               upon
               the
               high
               places
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               will
               feed
               them
               with
               the
               heritage
               of
               
                 Iacob
              
               their
               father
               ,
               for
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Lord
               hath
               spoken
               it
               ,
               
               which
               heritage
               of
               of
               
                 Iacob
              
               is
               the
               everlasting
               Kingdom
               ,
               the
               heavenly
               Country
               and
               Citty
               promised
               which
               all
               the
               holy
               Fathers
               looked
               for
               and
               is
               to
               be
               manifested
               and
               fully
               accomplished
               ,
               when
               Christ
               shall
               come
               in
               his
               glory
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               shall
               be
               restored
               according
               to
               the
               Prophets
               .
               And
               so
               I
               hold
               the
               Sabbath
               spirituall
               ,
               and
               eternall
               to
               be
               in
               force
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               outward
               rest
               of
               man
               and
               beast
               commanded
               the
               Jewes
               on
               the
               seaventh
               day
               was
               but
               a
               shaddow
               thereof
               
               and
               is
               now
               ceased
               to
               Christians
               ;
               So
               that
               as
               wee
               are
               〈◊〉
               bound
               to
               Circumcision
               ,
               nor
               other
               ceremonies
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               which
               is
               manifest
               by
               
                 Acts
                 15.
                 
                 Gal.
              
               4.
               and
               other
               places
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               neither
               are
               we
               to
               the
               strict
               observation
               of
               any
               litterall
               Sabbaths
               of
               yeeres
               ,
               times
               ,
               moneths
               ,
               or
               dayes
               ,
               as
               the
               Jewes
               were
               by
               the
               Law
               ,
               but
               are
               free
               as
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               sayth
               
                 Let
                 no
                 man
                 judge
                 you
                 in
                 meates
                 or
                 in
                 drinkes
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 an
                 holy
                 day
                 or
                 of
                 the
                 new
                 Moone
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 day
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 a
                 shaddow
                 of
                 the
                 things
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 body
                 is
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               
               And
               he
               said
               to
               them
               of
               
                 Galatia
                 ,
              
               who
               were
               by
               false
               Teachers
               brought
               to
               an
               extreame
               in
               that
               kind
               more
               then
               the
               Law
               it selfe
               ,
               
               (
               ever
               intended
               )
               
                 Ye
                 observe
                 dayes
                 ,
                 and
                 moneths
                 ,
                 and
                 times
                 ,
                 and
                 yeares
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 afraid
                 of
                 you
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               in
               both
               which
               places
               ,
               the
               Apostle
               speaketh
               of
               the
               seventh
               day
               Sabbath
               ,
               and
               concludeth
               of
               it
               as
               of
               the
               rest
               ,
               In
               
                 Gal.
              
               he
               beginneth
               with
               it
               before
               the
               monthly
               Sabbathes
               ,
               as
               besides
               which
               before
               the
               monthly
               there
               is
               not
               another
               to
               be
               rekoned
               ,
               and
               in
               
                 Col●
                 .
              
               He
               ends
               with
               it
               ,
               in
               reckoning
               next
               after
               the
               new
               Moones
               or
               monthly
               Sabbathes
               ,
               except
               which
               after
               the
               monethly
               there
               is
               not
               another
               to
               be
               named
               ,
               and
               counteth
               it
               with
               the
               rest
               a
               shadow
               of
               things
               to
               come
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               ,
               no
               doubt
               was
               the
               reason
               why
               the
               Apostles
               and
               Christian
               Churches
               to
               this
               day
               ,
               have
               left
               it
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               signes
               and
               shadowes
               of
               the
               law
               ,
               as
               holding
               that
               Christians
               are
               free
               ,
               as
               touching
               their
               consciences
               in
               all
               such
               respects
               .
            
             
               If
               this
               be
               true
               ,
               that
               the
               litterall
               rest
               of
               the
               seventh
               day
               commanded
               in
               the
               Law
               be
               a
               shadow
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               Apostles
               words
               ,
               is
               most
               cleere
               and
               past
               all
               contradiction
               ,
               then
               the
               first
               day
               of
               the
               weeke
               used
               in
               the
               Apostles
               times
               ,
               and
               ever
               since
               in
               the
               Christian
               Churches
               ,
               for
               the
               assembling
               together
               of
               the
               people
               of
               God
               to
               breaking
               of
               bread
               and
               prayer
               ,
               and
               preaching
               ,
               and
               hearing
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               for
               exhortation
               ,
               spirituall
               communion
               ,
               edification
               and
               comfort
               one
               another
               ,
               praysing
               the
               Lord
               ,
               &c.
               
               Was
               taken
               up
               freely
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               free
               observation
               ,
               and
               not
               by
               force
               of
               any
               commandement
               of
               the
               Law
               or
               of
               the
               Gospell
               .
            
             
             
               And
               this
               doth
               the
               Apostle
               further
               declare
               in
               
                 Rom.
              
               14.
               where
               he
               plainely
               sheweth
               ,
               as
               he
               doth
               also
               in
               
                 Colo.
              
               2.
               the
               in●iferency
               now
               under
               the
               Gospell
               of
               eating
               and
               not
               eating
               of
               meates
               ,
               and
               of
               esteeming
               and
               not
               esteeming
               one
               day
               above
               another
               .
               So
               that
               although
               Christians
               be
               now
               free
               in
               these
               things
               ,
               as
               touching
               the
               conscience
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               bound
               ,
               yet
               ,
               they
               not
               only
               may
               observe
               a
               day
               to
               the
               Lord
               for
               the
               ends
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               forbeare
               therein
               their
               common
               worldly
               affaires
               ,
               but
               ought
               ,
               it
               so
               being
               ordained
               and
               appointed
               by
               the
               state
               and
               Church
               wherein
               they
               live
               ,
               and
               so
               farre
               wee
               are
               bound
               by
               the
               command
               of
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               all
               good
               and
               lawfull
               things
               to
               obey
               ;
               And
               some
               day
               or
               time
               is
               needfull
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               time
               the
               bett●r
               ,
               and
               hee
               that
               makes
               the
               most
               use
               of
               the
               same
               time
               to
               the
               same
               ends
               doth
               the
               best
               ;
               and
               the
               first
               day
               of
               the
               weeke
               may
               very
               well
               be
               the
               day
               ,
               rather
               then
               any
               other
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               for
               some
               reasons
               ,
               no
               doubt
               ,
               taken
               up
               ,
               and
               used
               for
               those
               ends
               in
               the
               Apostles
               times
               ,
               whither
               because
               they
               might
               be
               more
               free
               therein
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               Jewes
               ,
               then
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               day
               ,
               or
               for
               what
               reason
               else
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               written
               ,
               being
               not
               so
               needfull
               to
               be
               knowne
               .
               And
               so
               in
               respect
               of
               this
               spirituall
               use
               and
               end
               ,
               it
               hath
               beene
               and
               is
               appointed
               and
               imployed
               unto
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               called
               a
               Sabbath
               day
               ,
               though
               not
               by
               force
               of
               the
               commandement
               .
            
             
               But
               whosoever
               shall
               lay
               such
               a
               burthen
               upon
               the
               consciences
               of
               Christian
               touching
               the
               day
               ,
               as
               Master
               
                 Denison
              
               and
               some
               others
               have
               done
               ,
               charging
               the
               people
               upon
               heavy
               curses
               and
               condemnation
               to
               doe
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               doe
               such
               ,
               and
               such
               kind
               of
               things
               as
               they
               prescribe
               ,
               These
               things
               .
            
             
               Which
               although
               you
               may
               lawfully
               leave
               them
               undone
               upon
               any
               other
               day
               and
               not
               sinne
               ,
               you
               are
               bound
               to
               doe
               them
               in
               this
               day
               in
               paine
               of
               condemnation
               .
            
             
               And
               these
               and
               those
               kind
               of
               things
               or
               actions
               ,
               which
               although
               you
               may
               lawfully
               doe
               them
               on
               any
               other
               day
               and
               not
               sinne
               ,
               you
               are
               bound
               not
               to
               doe
               any
               of
               them
               in
               
               this
               day
               on
               paine
               of
               condemnation
               ,
               and
               whosoever
               doth
               not
               constionably
               ,
               so
               observe
               the
               day
               cannot
               be
               a
               true
               Christian
               ;
               wherewith
               they
               have
               so
               inthralled
               the
               minds
               of
               many
               people
               ,
               some
               of
               tender
               consciences
               zealously
               affected
               towards
               God
               ,
               and
               have
               brought
               them
               to
               such
               distraction
               and
               unquietnesse
               of
               spirit
               ,
               by
               reason
               they
               are
               not
               nor
               can
               be
               satisfied
               in
               every
               particular
               action
               ,
               what
               they
               are
               so
               bound
               to
               doe
               ,
               and
               what
               not
               to
               doe
               upon
               that
               day
               ,
               when
               to
               begin
               and
               when
               to
               end
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               more
               talke
               and
               questioning
               among
               them
               ,
               and
               and
               more
               resorting
               to
               Ministers
               for
               satisfaction
               about
               the
               same
               ,
               then
               about
               any
               matter
               of
               religion
               whatsoever
               .
            
             
               This
               doctrine
               (
               I
               say
               )
               is
               very
               unsound
               ,
               and
               just
               like
               unto
               that
               which
               the
               false
               Apostles
               and
               Teachers
               taught
               and
               charged
               them
               of
               
                 Antioch
              
               and
               them
               of
               
                 Galatia
              
               touching
               Circumcision
               and
               the
               Sabbath
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               which
               was
               very
               erroneous
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               and
               a
               burthen
               as
               Saint
               
                 Peter
              
               saith
               ,
               which
               they
               nor
               their
               fathers
               were
               able
               to
               beare
               ,
               for
               such
               doctrine
               had
               beene
               taught
               the
               Jewes
               by
               such
               Pharisees
               and
               false
               Teachers
               ,
               a
               long
               time
               before
               
                 Peters
              
               dayes
               ,
               and
               is
               by
               the
               Church
               ,
               in
               
                 Acts
              
               15.
               and
               by
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               in
               
                 Gal.
              
               4.
               condemned
               for
               false
               and
               very
               erroneous
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               a
               dangerous
               step
               of
               falling
               from
               Christ
               ,
               for
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               testifieth
               plainly
               ,
               that
               the
               Gentiles
               which
               had
               not
               that
               Law
               of
               Circumcision
               ,
               and
               the
               Sabbaths
               ,
               &c.
               might
               have
               the
               truth
               and
               effect
               thereof
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               and
               be
               a
               Iew
               inwardly
               in
               the
               spirit
               though
               not
               outwardly
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               so
               that
               there
               was
               never
               such
               a
               necessity
               as
               those
               false
               Teachers
               taught
               ,
               and
               most
               part
               of
               the
               Jewes
               conceived
               ,
               nay
               ,
               they
               ought
               to
               have
               knowne
               ,
               that
               although
               themselves
               that
               had
               the
               Law
               ,
               (
               to
               whom
               especially
               it
               was
               given
               )
               were
               bound
               to
               observe
               it
               to
               the
               utter-most
               of
               their
               power
               ,
               yet
               if
               they
               fayled
               in
               any
               part
               (
               as
               all
               did
               in
               many
               )
               and
               so
               in
               all
               parts
               ,
               they
               might
               be
               saved
               another
               way
               ,
               through
               the
               grace
               and
               mercy
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               this
               there
               was
               alwayes
               a
               necessitie
               ,
               and
               
               without
               the
               same
               no
               man
               could
               be
               saved
               ;
               and
               that
               a
               Gentile
               having
               the
               same
               grace
               ,
               should
               be
               saved
               ,
               though
               he
               were
               ignorant
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               for
               this
               is
               the
               effect
               which
               was
               signified
               by
               those
               signes
               and
               shadowes
               which
               are
               now
               (
               as
               it
               was
               a
               law
               to
               the
               Iewes
               )
               ceased
               to
               Christians
               .
            
             
               Unto
               all
               this
               doe
               agree
               the
               best
               approved
               writers
               of
               the
               Christian
               Church
               ,
               both
               of
               the
               antient
               and
               latter
               ,
               s●●ce
               the
               Apostles
               times
               ,
               as
               
                 Hierome
              
               upon
               
                 Gal.
                 4.
                 
                 Augustine
              
               in
               his
               Epistles
               ch.
               19.
               and
               in
               his
               booke
               
                 Conscientiae
                 Diaeta
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               the
               Spirit
               and
               letter
               ,
               chap.
               14.
               and
               upon
               these
               words
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
                 Take
                 up
                 thy
                 bed
                 and
                 walke
                 ,
              
               Tract.
               17.
               
               
                 Tertullian
              
               also
               in
               his
               booke
               
                 Adversus
                 Iudae●s
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               ;
               And
               of
               the
               latter
               Master
               
                 Tindall
              
               in
               his
               answer
               to
               Master
               
                 Moores
              
               first
               booke
               ,
               page
               287.
               
               
                 Doctor
                 Barnes
              
               in
               declaration
               of
               the
               cause
               of
               his
               condemnation
               ,
               page
               106.
               
               Master
               
                 F●ith
              
               in
               his
               declaration
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               page
               96.
               
               Master
               
                 Calvin
              
               and
               others
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               is
               contayned
               in
               the
               
                 Harmony
                 of
                 consessions
              
               of
               the
               Reformed
               Churches
               ,
               page
               473.
               and
               page
               499.
               besides
               sundry
               writers
               of
               this
               present
               age
               ;
               So
               that
               in
               this
               I
               am
               not
               singular
               ,
               though
               I
               differ
               from
               Master
               
                 Denison
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Their
             fift
             accusation
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Bookes
             of
             Esdras
             are
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             esteemed
             part
             of
             the
             Canonicall
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             They
             that
             testifie
             to
             this
             are
             
               Rowland
               Tomson
            
             and
             
               Susan
               Price
               ,
            
             their
             testimonies
             are
             both
             according
             to
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Sentence
             .
          
           
             
               My
               Answer
               and
               defence
               .
            
             
               Their
               testimonies
               to
               this
               also
               ,
               as
               they
               have
               given
               it
               into
               the
               Court
               are
               false
               ,
               for
               I
               never
               said
               that
               the
               two
               last
               Bookes
               of
               
                 Esdras
              
               (
               which
               it
               seemeth
               they
               meane
               )
               are
               or
               ought
               to
               be
               held
               canonicall
               ,
               or
               part
               of
               the
               canonicall
               Scripture
               ,
               But
               this
               I
               say
               ,
               and
               doe
               beleeve
               ,
               that
               
                 Esdras
              
               
               was
               a
               holy
               Prophet
               and
               true
               servant
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               those
               his
               two
               last
               Bookes
               are
               as
               well
               as
               the
               rest
               ,
               holy
               and
               true
               ,
               as
               sundry
               Divines
               have
               esteemed
               him
               ,
               and
               written
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               one
               Booke
               now
               publike
               ,
               Printed
               first
               in
               Queene
               
                 Elizabeths
              
               dayes
               ,
               and
               presented
               to
               the
               Lord
               
                 Robert
                 Devoreux
              
               Earle
               of
               
                 Essex
                 ,
              
               upon
               the
               11.
               chap
               ,
               of
               the
               last
               Booke
               of
               
                 Esdras
                 ,
              
               wherein
               matters
               of
               great
               moment
               ,
               are
               manifested
               worthy
               ,
               I
               dare
               say
               ,
               to
               be
               regarded
               of
               every
               true
               Christian
               that
               desires
               understanding
               .
            
             
               And
               I
               dare
               say
               further
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               done
               and
               doe
               very
               wickedly
               which
               rayle
               against
               him
               ,
               calling
               and
               counting
               him
               a
               counterfeit
               ,
               a
               lyer
               ,
               a
               blasphemer
               ,
               as
               some
               have
               done
               ,
               it
               had
               beene
               farre
               more
               wisdome
               for
               them
               to
               have
               left
               him
               in
               these
               his
               last
               Bookes
               ,
               and
               suspended
               their
               judgements
               untill
               time
               ,
               the
               tryer
               and
               discoverer
               of
               truth
               from
               falshood
               ,
               should
               manifest
               things
               more
               clearely
               ,
               that
               so
               upon
               cleare
               proofe
               of
               experience
               ,
               they
               might
               have
               judged
               rightly
               of
               that
               ,
               which
               through
               want
               of
               understanding
               ,
               they
               could
               see
               before
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Their
             sixt
             accusation
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Sentence
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             said
             
               Iohn
               Etherington
            
             within
             the
             time
             aforesaid
             ,
             hath
             kept
             private
             Conventicles
             or
             exercises
             of
             Religion
             by
             the
             Lawes
             of
             the
             Realme
             prohibited
             ,
             and
             taken
             upon
             him
             in
             such
             Conventicles
             to
             be
             the
             chiefe
             speaker
             or
             expound●r
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             hath
             many
             adherents
             disciples
             and
             followers
             of
             his
             doctrine
             ,
             and
             giveth
             many
             oppositions
             contrary
             to
             the
             received
             opinions
             taught
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             saying
             ,
             that
             outward
             ordination
             of
             a
             Minister
             doth
             snot
             make
             a
             true
             Minister
             ,
             And
             hath
             useth
             many
             reproachfull
             speeches
             ,
             to
             and
             of
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             And
             by
             this
             meanes
             hath
             seduced
             and
             drawn
             many
             from
             th
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             to
             be
             Scismatiques
             and
             separatists
             ,
             and
             caused
             them
             ,
             or
             some
             of
             them
             to
             forbeare
             to
             participate
             with
             us
             in
             the
             celebrating
             of
             Devine
             service
             and
             Sacraments
             .
          
           
             
               They
               that
               testifie
               to
               this
               are
            
             Rowland
             Tomson
             ,
             Thomas
             Rogers
             ,
             Christopher
             N●cholson
             ,
             Peter
             Worcester
             ,
             Susan
             Price
             ,
             Henry
             Robrough
             ,
             Iohn
             Okey
             ,
             George
             Dunne
             .
          
           
           
             Here
             like
             pursuers
             of
             blood
             ,
             they
             cry
             out
             together
             with
             open
             mouth
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             meant
             now
             at
             last
             to
             swallow
             me
             up
             quite
             and
             cleane
             ,
             this
             being
             the
             maine
             toyle
             which
             they
             (
             from
             the
             beginning
             )
             had
             layed
             ,
             whereby
             above
             all
             ,
             they
             made
             sure
             account
             to
             take
             me
             .
          
           
             Their
             depositions
             to
             this
             sixt
             Accusation
             are
             not
             onely
             many
             ,
             but
             so
             long
             and
             tedious
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             should
             set
             them
             all
             downe
             ,
             with
             answers
             to
             every
             particular
             thing
             in
             them
             ,
             it
             would
             require
             more
             time
             and
             space
             then
             all
             that
             is
             already
             past
             ,
             and
             would
             weary
             any
             sober
             mind
             to
             read
             them
             over
             ,
             I
             will
             therefore
             give
             my
             answer
             &
             defence
             to
             that
             which
             is
             contained
             in
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             maine
             and
             summe
             of
             all
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             the
             chiefe
             of
             their
             depositions
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             rest
             untill
             some
             further
             occasion
             shall
             serve
             .
          
           
             
               My
               Answer
               and
               Defence
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               first
               ,
               concerning
               private
               Conventicles
               and
               exercises
               of
               Religion
               by
               the
               Lawes
               of
               this
               Realme
               prohibited
               ,
               my
               answer
               is
               .
               It
               is
               a
               false
               accusation
               ,
               I
               never
               kept
               any
               such
               ,
               nor
               have
               done
               otherwise
               then
               I
               have
               acknowledged
               in
               my
               Defence
               to
               their
               first
               Article
               ,
               as
               one
               Christian
               neighbour
               or
               friend
               ,
               may
               and
               ought
               to
               doe
               to
               and
               with
               another
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               out
               of
               all
               doubt
               ,
               the
               lawes
               of
               this
               Realme
               doe
               not
               forbid
               ,
               neither
               I
               hope
               ever
               will
               .
            
             
               And
               secondly
               ,
               whereas
               they
               say
               that
               I
               take
               upon
               me
               to
               be
               a
               chiefe
               speaker
               or
               expounder
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               many
               adherents
               ,
               disciples
               and
               followers
               ,
               &c.
               
               My
               answer
               is
               ,
               They
               charge
               me
               in
               this
               also
               very
               falsely
               ,
               I
               am
               so
               farre
               from
               taking
               upon
               me
               such
               things
               as
               that
               I
               doe
               reject
               ,
               the
               very
               thought
               thereof
               in
               my selfe
               ,
               especially
               ,
               and
               have
               opposed
               and
               reproved
               such
               as
               have
               so
               done
               and
               beene
               so
               affected
               ,
               as
               some
               can
               witnesse
               ,
               although
               I
               confesse
               I
               have
               beene
               free
               ,
               and
               alwayes
               ready
               to
               speake
               to
               my
               neighbour
               and
               friend
               ,
               and
               children
               ,
               &c.
               whatsoever
               I
               have
               knowne
               and
               understood
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               wayes
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               beene
               also
               to
               heare
               and
               recite
               ,
               
               and
               so
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               continue
               to
               doe
               ,
               as
               time
               and
               occasion
               shall
               serve
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               I
               live
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               in
               that
               they
               charge
               me
               to
               give
               many
               expositions
               contrary
               to
               the
               received
               opinions
               taught
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               chiefe
               besides
               those
               before
               mentioned
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               &c.
               (
               which
               I
               confesse
               are
               contrary
               to
               M●ster
               
                 Denisons
              
               and
               
                 Robroughs
              
               doctrine
               )
               being
               (
               as
               it
               seemeth
               )
               this
               contained
               in
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               
                 That
                 outward
                 Ordination
                 of
                 a
                 Minister
                 ,
                 doth
                 not
                 make
                 a
                 true
                 Minister
                 ,
              
               
               Deposed
               by
               
                 Henry
                 Robiough
              
               from
               the
               foresaid
               booke
               against
               Anabaptists
               .
               To
               which
               I
               answer
               and
               confesse
               ,
               that
               the
               words
               are
               in
               the
               place
               of
               the
               booke
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               not
               afraid
               to
               justifie
               them
               to
               be
               truth
               agreeing
               with
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               as
               I
               meant
               them
               ,
               I
               doe
               not
               say
               that
               out
               ward
               Ordination
               of
               a
               Minister
               doth
               not
               make
               a
               lawfull
               Minister
               outwardly
               ,
               nay
               ,
               I
               acknowledge
               it
               doth
               .
               So
               as
               that
               hee
               may
               lawfully
               Minister
               ,
               and
               people
               may
               lawfully
               receive
               the
               word
               and
               Sacraments
               with
               him
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               26.
               and
               36.
               
               Articles
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               and
               as
               it
               was
               in
               the
               Apostles
               times
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               with
               Christs
               approbation
               .
               But
               this
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               outward
               Ordination
               doth
               not
               make
               a
               true
               and
               faithfull
               Minister
               inwardly
               ,
               in
               Gods
               accounts
               he
               may
               be
               a
               deceiver
               ,
               a
               false
               Prophet
               ,
               an
               Antichrist
               ,
               notwithstanding
               which
               they
               that
               are
               true
               in
               Gods
               account
               ,
               called
               and
               sanctified
               of
               him
               by
               a
               more
               speciall
               ,
               heavenly
               ,
               inward
               calling
               may
               not
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               built
               upon
               the
               Rocke
               ,
               the
               gates
               of
               hell
               shall
               not
               prevaile
               against
               them
               .
               Otherwise
               ,
               if
               outward
               Ordination
               of
               a
               Minister
               did
               make
               a
               true
               Minister
               inwardly
               in
               Gods
               account
               ,
               then
               all
               they
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 Rome
              
               must
               needs
               be
               true
               Ministers
               ,
               for
               they
               have
               outward
               Ordination
               ,
               as
               they
               have
               also
               outward
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               wee
               doe
               not
               hold
               needfull
               to
               be
               cast
               off
               ,
               (
               if
               any
               come
               out
               from
               them
               )
               and
               receive
               another
               outward
               Ordination
               and
               Baptisme
               before
               they
               may
               administer
               ,
               or
               be
               received
               for
               true
               Ministers
               or
               true
               Christians
               ,
               (
               as
               
               the
               Anabaptists
               opinions
               is
               ,
               So
               that
               of
               necessity
               there
               must
               be
               some
               more
               excellent
               thing
               or
               things
               besides
               outward
               Ordination
               and
               outward
               Baptisme
               to
               make
               a
               true
               Minister
               and
               a
               true
               Christian
               in
               Gods
               account
               .
            
             
               Neither
               were
               the
               words
               spoken
               or
               given
               in
               a
               private
               Conventicle
               to
               adherents
               or
               disciples
               of
               mine
               ,
               as
               my
               doctrine
               to
               them
               ,
               as
               my
               answers
               seeme
               to
               depose
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               as
               the
               Register
               set
               it
               downe
               and
               is
               in
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               But
               they
               were
               written
               in
               defence
               of
               the
               calling
               of
               the
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               Baptisme
               here
               administred
               against
               the
               Separatists
               and
               Anabaptists
               ,
               who
               denyed
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               was
               published
               in
               print
               with
               licence
               of
               the
               Bishop
               of
               
                 London
                 .
              
               being
               first
               viewed
               over
               by
               himselfe
               and
               by
               his
               appointment
               by
               Master
               
                 Crashaw
                 ,
              
               then
               Minister
               of
               White-Chappell
               ,
               who
               did
               also
               approve
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               suscribe
               to
               them
               ,
               which
               is
               well
               knowne
               to
               be
               true
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 this
                 deponent
              
               Henry
               Robrough
               
                 chargeth
                 me
                 further
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
              
               That
               hee
               knoweth
               the
               Articulate
               
                 Etherington
              
               doth
               teach
               and
               maintaine
               opinions
               which
               doe
               derogate
               from
               the
               Iurisdiction
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               because
               he
               interpreteth
               that
               place
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               Math
               18.
               
               Tell
               the
               Church
               to
               be
               understood
               of
               the
               little
               ones
               borne
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               in
               his
               booke
               against
               Separatists
               ,
               page
               74.
               
            
             
               To
               which
               I
               answer
               ,
               That
               if
               Master
               
                 Robrough
              
               can
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               shall
               infallibly
               prove
               as
               he
               doth
               here
               in
               effect
               sweare
               ,
               that
               Bishops
               are
               not
               not
               can
               be
               of
               the
               little
               ones
               ,
               borne
               of
               God
               ,
               spoken
               of
               in
               
                 Mat.
              
               18.
               then
               will
               I
               grant
               his
               deposition
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               hee
               proveth
               himselfe
               a
               false
               accuser
               ,
               and
               one
               that
               denieth
               Bishops
               to
               be
               of
               the
               holy
               Catholicke
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               which
               I
               doe
               not
               .
               For
               although
               it
               be
               true
               that
               the
               little
               ones
               borne
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               lively
               stones
               built
               on
               the
               head
               corner-stone
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               be
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               against
               which
               the
               gates
               of
               hell
               shall
               not
               prevaile
               ,
               and
               to
               which
               Christ
               hath
               given
               the
               keyes
               of
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               heaven
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Mat.
              
               16.
               and
               
                 Matt.
              
               18.
               and
               1
               
                 Pet.
              
               2.
               and
               other
               Scriptures
               is
               evident
               .
               And
               that
               
               the
               places
               and
               Iurisdictions
               of
               Bishops
               be
               now
               great
               ,
               and
               great
               and
               high
               places
               be
               dangerous
               and
               slippery
               places
               ,
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               speake
               ,
               and
               experience
               (
               lamentable
               )
               hath
               a
               long
               time
               and
               often
               proved
               ,
               yet
               notwithding
               ,
               I
               undoubtedly
               beleeve
               ,
               that
               Bishops
               have
               been
               ,
               or
               may
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               found
               to
               be
               of
               the
               little
               ones
               borne
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               so
               of
               Christ
               true
               Church
               ,
               against
               which
               the
               gates
               of
               hell
               shall
               not
               prevayle
               ,
               &c.
               
               When
               many
               a
               one
               of
               as
               low
               a
               place
               in
               the
               Church
               as
               Master
               
                 Robrough
              
               shall
               come
               short
               of
               being
               of
               that
               number
               .
               For
               I
               know
               that
               he
               that
               is
               greatest
               may
               be
               as
               the
               least
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               is
               chiefe
               ,
               as
               him
               that
               serveth
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               word
               and
               commandement
               of
               Christ
               ,
               And
               it
               greatly
               concerneth
               every
               such
               one
               so
               to
               be
               ,
               and
               to
               beare
               with
               his
               weake
               Christian
               brother
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               constraine
               him
               with
               any
               kind
               of
               violence
               ,
               either
               in
               words
               or
               deeds
               ,
               to
               doe
               things
               against
               his
               conscience
               ,
               which
               he
               is
               not
               ,
               nor
               can
               yet
               be
               perswaded
               of
               ,
               though
               otherwise
               lawfull
               ,
               because
               whatsoever
               is
               not
               of
               faith
               is
               sinne
               .
               That
               so
               ruling
               in
               wisedome
               ,
               and
               judging
               alwayes
               righteous
               judgement
               ,
               instructing
               with
               truth
               in
               the
               spirit
               of
               meekenesse
               and
               love
               ,
               shewing
               mercy
               with
               good
               works
               of
               charity
               ,
               hee
               may
               receive
               double
               honour
               of
               his
               Christian
               brethren
               ,
               and
               so
               continuing
               ,
               be
               found
               one
               of
               those
               of
               whom
               Christ
               sayeth
               ,
               
                 Blessed
                 is
                 that
                 Servant
                 whom
                 his
                 Lord
                 when
                 he
                 commeth
                 shall
                 find
                 so
                 doing
                 .
              
               But
               otherwise
               ,
               if
               any
               one
               so
               intrusted
               in
               place
               of
               authority
               ,
               shall
               begin
               to
               smite
               his
               fellowes
               ,
               to
               eate
               and
               drinke
               with
               the
               drunken
               ,
               &c.
               the
               same
               servants
               Lord
               will
               come
               in
               a
               day
               that
               hee
               is
               not
               aware
               of
               ,
               &c.
               and
               will
               hew
               him
               in
               peeces
               ,
               and
               give
               him
               his
               portion
               with
               hyporites
               .
            
             
               And
               
                 Iohn
                 Okey
                 ,
              
               the
               man
               that
               vowed
               hee
               would
               not
               leave
               me
               till
               he
               made
               me
               fry
               ,
               to
               this
               of
               the
               fourth
               Article
               he
               deposeth
               saying
               ,
            
             
               That
               he
               knoweth
               that
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               held
               ,
               that
               hee
               was
               as
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               left
               alone
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               knew
               none
               to
               be
               of
               the
               visible
               Church
               of
               God
               but
               himselfe
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               
                 Okeys
              
               words
               as
               they
               stand
               in
               the
               deposition
               ,
               
               which
               in
               the
               Briefe
               that
               was
               read
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               are
               altered
               and
               set
               downe
               thus
               .
            
             
               That
               within
               the
               time
               articulate
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
                 ,
              
               hath
               affirmed
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               as
               
                 Elyas
                 ,
              
               left
               alone
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               knew
               none
               of
               the
               visible
               Church
               of
               God
               but
               himselfe
               .
            
             
               And
               to
               this
               deposition
               of
               
                 Okeys
              
               is
               also
               added
               another
               of
               
                 Henry
                 Robroughs
                 ,
              
               his
               words
               as
               they
               stand
               in
               the
               briefe
               which
               was
               read
               to
               the
               Court
               are
               these
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               viz.
               
                 Iohn
                 Etherington
              
               affirmeth
               ,
               that
               he
               knoweth
               no
               man
               in
               the
               flesh
               that
               holdeth
               with
               him
               ,
               That
               the
               said
               
                 Etherington
              
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               book
               intituled
               The
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 Rome
                 .
              
               looke
               page
               9.
               
            
          
           
             
               My
               Answer
               and
               Defence
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               for
               the
               words
               of
               
                 Okey
                 ,
              
               they
               are
               a
               very
               false
               accusation
               in
               both
               places
               .
               I
               never
               held
               ,
               neither
               affirmed
               ,
               nor
               thought
               any
               such
               thing
               of
               my selfe
               ,
               but
               doe
               hold
               it
               a
               vile
               and
               wicked
               thing
               for
               any
               man
               so
               to
               thinke
               ,
               much
               more
               to
               affirme
               to
               himselfe
               or
               of
               any
               other
               .
               How
               
                 Okey
              
               knoweth
               that
               I
               held
               this
               of
               my selfe
               ,
               which
               he
               deposeth
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               or
               who
               heard
               me
               affirme
               so
               of
               my selfe
               ,
               in
               the
               second
               place
               he
               mentioneth
               not
               .
               And
               for
               him
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               man
               that
               I
               never
               had
               any
               acquaintance
               or
               dealing
               with
               ,
               neither
               have
               I
               beene
               in
               his
               company
               ,
               to
               my
               knowledge
               ,
               one
               halfe
               houre
               together
               in
               my
               life
               ,
               nor
               have
               spoken
               two
               words
               with
               him
               these
               twenty
               yeares
               at
               least
               ,
               but
               onely
               ,
               about
               three
               or
               foure
               yeares
               agoe
               ,
               I
               having
               heard
               that
               he
               had
               threatned
               me
               ,
               spake
               to
               him
               at
               a
               Book-sellers
               stall
               in
               Cheape-side
               ,
               who
               heard
               what
               I
               said
               unto
               him
               .
            
             
               And
               secondly
               ,
               for
               
                 Robroughs
              
               testimony
               ,
               as
               touching
               an
               Epistleto
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               I
               confesse
               I
               have
               seen
               &
               read
               such
               a
               Booke
               ,
               which
               was
               published
               in
               the
               yeare
               1588.
               when
               I
               was
               not
               eighteene
               yeares
               of
               age
               ,
               and
               therefore
               farre
               unable
               to
               write
               such
               a
               book
               ,
               as
               I
               am
               still
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ;
               
                 So
              
               that
               
                 I
              
               could
               not
               possible
               be
               the
               Author
               thereof
               .
            
             
             
               
                 And
                 whereas
              
               Robrough
               
                 directeth
                 to
                 the
                 ninth
                 page
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 booke
                 for
                 proofe
                 of
                 his
                 deposition
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Author
                 having
                 described
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               Rome
               
                 the
                 true
                 Church
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 her
                 true
                 children
                 ,
                 sayth
                 himselfe
                 ,
                 being
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 seemeth
                 )
                 then
                 in
              
               Rome
               .
               And
               yet
               thou
               sayest
               ,
               let
               me
               see
               her
               ,
               Behold
               be
               that
               writeth
               testifieth
               before
               the
               Throne
               of
               God
               and
               all
               his
               holy
               Angels
               ,
               that
               hee
               knoweth
               no
               one
               this
               day
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               that
               taketh
               part
               with
               him
               ;
               what
               then
               shall
               I
               say
               ,
               I
               am
               left
               alone
               ?
               God
               forbid
               ,
               for
               I
               see
               and
               heare
               with
               the
               eares
               and
               eyes
               of
               my
               soule
               ,
               the
               groanes
               ,
               the
               chaynes
               and
               teares
               of
               seven
               thousand
               ,
               whose
               obedience
               is
               greater
               then
               mine
               ,
               and
               of
               which
               number
               I
               am
               the
               least
               and
               as
               a
               poore
               and
               miserable
               ,
               and
               borne
               out
               of
               time
               ,
               am
               not
               worthy
               to
               be
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               she
               who
               once
               
                 Balam
              
               walkes
               in
               thy
               streets
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               earth
               was
               filled
               with
               her
               beauty
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 And
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 page
                 of
                 the
                 booke
                 he
                 sayeth
                 ,
              
               Whose
               modest
               countenance
               ,
               whose
               chast
               and
               comely
               steps
               walke
               in
               our
               streets
               ,
               &c.
               
                 meaning
                 here
                 in
              
               England
               ,
               
                 himselfe
                 being
                 an
                 English
                 man
                 .
              
            
             
               So
               that
               
                 Henry
                 Robrough
              
               doth
               here
               also
               declare
               himselfe
               to
               be
               a
               very
               evill
               minded
               man
               in
               severall
               respects
               .
               First
               ,
               in
               that
               hee
               altereth
               the
               Authors
               words
               ,
               where
               he
               sayeth
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 knoweth
                 no
                 one
                 this
                 day
                 after
                 the
                 flesh
                 that
                 taketh
                 part
                 with
                 him
                 ,
              
               and
               sets
               it
               downe
               ,
               that
               hee
               knoweth
               no
               man
               in
               the
               flesh
               that
               holdeth
               with
               him
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               Author
               meant
               and
               affirmed
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               no
               man
               living
               of
               his
               opinion
               ,
               so
               altering
               not
               onely
               his
               words
               ,
               but
               his
               very
               intent
               and
               meaning
               to
               another
               purpose
               ,
               for
               so
               it
               is
               set
               downe
               in
               the
               Briefe
               that
               was
               read
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               that
               
                 I
              
               affirmed
               that
               there
               was
               no
               man
               of
               my
               opinion
               but
               my selfe
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               in
               that
               hee
               leaveth
               the
               words
               going
               before
               and
               comming
               after
               ,
               which
               doe
               plainely
               shew
               ,
               that
               he
               speaketh
               not
               of
               his
               opinion
               ,
               but
               of
               his
               sorrow
               and
               teares
               of
               repentance
               ,
               and
               therefore
               sayeth
               ,
               that
               he
               saw
               and
               heard
               with
               the
               eares
               &
               eyes
               of
               his
               soule
               ,
               the
               groans
               ,
               the
               chaines
               ,
               and
               teares
               of
               seven
               thousand
               ,
               whose
               obedience
               was
               greater
               then
               his
               ,
               and
               judges
               himselfe
               not
               worthy
               to
               be
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               so
               that
               although
               at
               that
               instant
               
               he
               knew
               no
               one
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               yet
               he
               saw
               thousands
               after
               the
               spirit
               with
               the
               eyes
               of
               his
               mind
               ,
               whom
               hee
               preferreth
               before
               himselfe
               .
            
             
               And
               thirdly
               ,
               in
               that
               the
               said
               
                 Robrough
              
               deposeth
               and
               would
               prove
               by
               the
               said
               page
               of
               the
               said
               booke
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               the
               Author
               thereof
               ,
               that
               so
               by
               making
               himselfe
               another
               false
               witnesse
               with
               
                 Okey
                 ,
              
               he
               might
               accomplish
               
                 Okeys
              
               vow
               against
               me
               ,
               that
               hee
               would
               never
               leave
               me
               till
               hee
               made
               me
               frie
               ;
               For
               
                 Okey
              
               deposeth
               as
               it
               seemeth
               from
               the
               same
               page
               of
               the
               said
               book
               ,
               (
               judging
               also
               me
               to
               be
               the
               Author
               )
               that
               I
               affirmed
               that
               I
               was
               as
               
                 Elyas
              
               left
               alone
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               voyce
               of
               one
               Bishop
               in
               the
               passing
               sentence
               against
               me
               ,
               was
               that
               I
               should
               goe
               the
               same
               way
               to
               heaven
               that
               
                 Elyas
              
               went
               ,
               through
               fire
               ,
               though
               he
               thought
               (
               he
               said
               I
               should
               never
               come
               there
               as
               
                 Elias
              
               did
               )
               whereas
               the
               Author
               doth
               not
               say
               hee
               was
               as
               
                 Elyas
              
               left
               alone
               ,
               but
               what
               then
               shall
               I
               say
               ,
               I
               am
               left
               alone
               ?
               
                 God
                 forbid
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               the
               cleane
               contrary
               ;
               and
               therefore
               these
               two
               evill
               men
               (
               as
               before
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               fellowes
               )
               so
               here
               from
               the
               fountaine
               and
               evill
               treasure
               of
               their
               hearts
               ,
               they
               have
               brought
               forth
               their
               evill
               and
               bitter
               fruit
               ,
               which
               any
               judicious
               Christian
               may
               perceive
               .
            
             
               And
               whereas
               I
               am
               charged
               to
               have
               used
               many
               reproachfull
               speeches
               of
               the
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               which
               though
               they
               be
               not
               set
               downe
               in
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               in
               their
               testimonies
               ,
               the
               speeches
               are
               these
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               generation
               of
               Pharisees
               among
               the
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 .
              
            
             
               They
               that
               testifie
               to
               this
               ,
               are
               
                 Peter
                 Worcester
              
               and
               
                 Susan
                 Price
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               Ministers
               that
               I
               should
               use
               these
               speeches
               of
               ,
               
                 Susan
                 Price
              
               nameth
               Master
               
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               and
               Master
               
                 Robrough
                 ,
              
               for
               the
               principall
               ,
               and
               
                 Worcester
              
               another
               whom
               I
               will
               not
               here
               name
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               Answer
               and
               Defence
               .
            
             
               I
               would
               it
               were
               not
               true
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               generation
               of
               Pharisees
               among
               the
               Ministers
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               among
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               although
               it
               be
               not
               an
               usuall
               thing
               with
               me
               
               so
               to
               speake
               of
               any
               Minister
               by
               name
               ,
               yet
               I
               might
               well
               say
               it
               of
               these
               two
               ,
               which
               this
               woman
               nameth
               for
               principall
               ,
               and
               doe
               them
               no
               wrong
               at
               all
               ,
               and
               no
               doubt
               they
               have
               more
               fellowes
               ,
               else
               were
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               the
               rarest
               Church
               that
               ever
               was
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               And
               lastly
               ,
               whereas
               they
               charge
               me
               that
               I
               have
               by
               this
               meanes
               drawne
               many
               from
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               to
               be
               Schismaticks
               ,
               and
               Separatists
               ,
               and
               caused
               them
               or
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               to
               forbeare
               to
               participate
               with
               us
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               My
               Answer
               and
               Defence
               is
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               very
               false
               accusation
               ,
               not
               withstanding
               their
               mouthes
               be
               all
               open
               to
               witnesse
               it
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               for
               my selfe
               it
               is
               well
               knowne
               in
               all
               places
               where
               I
               have
               lived
               ,
               what
               my
               behaviour
               hath
               beene
               ,
               For
               so
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               since
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               yeare
               1588.
               now
               above
               these
               forty
               yeares
               ,
               I
               have
               lived
               in
               or
               nere
               unto
               the
               Citty
               of
               
                 London
                 ,
              
               and
               untill
               now
               ,
               that
               Master
               
                 Denison
              
               and
               his
               Sociats
               had
               thus
               prosecuted
               against
               me
               .
               I
               was
               never
               presented
               ,
               nor
               once
               complained
               of
               ,
               for
               any
               neglect
               or
               ill
               carriage
               towards
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 Englands
              
               either
               in
               one
               respect
               or
               other
               ;
               and
               that
               I
               have
               frequented
               the
               publike
               Assemblies
               and
               Sacraments
               ,
               for
               neere
               twenty
               yeares
               last
               past
               before
               my
               imprisonment
               ,
               
                 I
              
               have
               sufficient
               Certificate
               and
               testimony
               ,
               for
               proofe
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               which
               I
               had
               ready
               to
               shew
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               if
               my
               defence
               had
               beene
               admitted
               ;
               and
               I
               never
               was
               in
               any
               private
               Assembly
               in
               my
               life
               ,
               where
               I
               have
               either
               received
               the
               Sacrament
               my selfe
               ,
               nor
               seene
               it
               done
               by
               others
               ;
               So
               that
               for
               mine
               owne
               part
               ,
               I
               am
               neither
               Schismaticke
               nor
               Separatist
               .
               And
               for
               others
               ,
               I
               know
               there
               is
               not
               a
               man
               living
               that
               can
               truely
               say
               ,
               much
               lesse
               depose
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               drawne
               ,
               or
               caused
               any
               one
               to
               Schisme
               or
               Separation
               from
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               not
               to
               refuse
               to
               participate
               ,
               either
               in
               Prayers
               ,
               Preaching
               ,
               or
               Sacraments
               ,
               nay
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               that
               neither
               Master
               
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               nor
               all
               the
               enemies
               else
               I
               have
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               are
               able
               to
               bring
               forth
               one
               .
            
             
             
               But
               on
               the
               Contrary
               there
               be
               sundry
               can
               witnesse
               that
               I
               have
               beene
               a
               meanes
               of
               the
               withdrawing
               and
               disswading
               some
               ,
               from
               Schisme
               ,
               Separation
               ,
               Anabaptisme
               ,
               Familisme
               ,
               and
               other
               corrupt
               opinions
               and
               unlawfull
               practises
               ,
               so
               that
               their
               testimonies
               to
               these
               things
               also
               ,
               are
               all
               likewise
               false
               .
            
             
               This
               hath
               beene
               the
               passage
               and
               proceeding
               of
               this
               businesse
               and
               cause
               against
               me
               ,
               these
               be
               the
               things
               contained
               in
               the
               sentence
               ,
               and
               these
               be
               the
               testimonies
               that
               are
               for
               proofe
               of
               them
               ,
               for
               which
               ,
               and
               whereupon
               I
               was
               censured
               by
               the
               high
               Commission
               Court
               on
               the
               last
               day
               of
               
                 November
              
               1626.
               not
               having
               any
               defence
               ,
               nor
               being
               heard
               what
               I
               could
               say
               for
               my selfe
               .
            
             
               The
               sentence
               or
               judgement
               of
               the
               Court
               is
               this
               ,
               I
               was
               fined
               five
               hundred
               pounds
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               pay
               cost
               of
               suit
               ,
               I
               was
               committed
               to
               the
               new
               prison
               there
               to
               remaine
               during
               the
               pleasure
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               injoyned
               to
               make
               a
               publike
               recantation
               in
               such
               words
               as
               should
               be
               set
               downe
               by
               the
               Court
               .
            
             
               And
               although
               Master
               
                 Denison
              
               had
               prevailed
               thus
               farre
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               was
               layed
               up
               in
               prison
               ,
               yet
               was
               he
               not
               herewith
               satisfied
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               
                 Hillary
              
               terme
               next
               following
               ,
               he
               moved
               and
               requested
               to
               the
               Arch-bishop
               and
               the
               Court
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               preach
               at
               
                 Pauls
              
               crosse
               the
               last
               Sunday
               in
               the
               said
               Terme
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               should
               bee
               brought
               to
               stand
               there
               before
               him
               during
               his
               Sermon
               ,
               which
               his
               request
               as
               unreasonable
               and
               unnaturall
               as
               it
               was
               ,
               (
               by
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Martins
              
               meanes
               )
               was
               soone
               granted
               him
               .
               And
               I
               was
               by
               a
               Pursuivant
               and
               a
               keeper
               ,
               the
               same
               day
               ,
               brought
               to
               stand
               there
               before
               him
               ,
               in
               the
               view
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               being
               come
               to
               the
               place
               ,
               they
               having
               a
               Paper
               contayning
               the
               chiefe
               things
               of
               the
               sentence
               ,
               Written
               with
               large
               Letters
               ,
               which
               I
               taking
               in
               my
               hand
               ,
               protested
               against
               unto
               the
               people
               ,
               as
               falsly
               charg'd
               upon
               me
               ,
               and
               falsly
               ,
               by
               false
               witnesses
               ,
               deposed
               against
               me
               .
               But
               they
               ,
               the
               Pursuivant
               and
               keeper
               laying
               hold
               of
               my
               armes
               ,
               took
               the
               Paper
               from
               me
               ,
               and
               pinned
               it
               on
               my
               brest
               ,
               and
               so
               held
               me
               till
               I
               intreated
               them
               to
               let
               my
               armes
               
               loose
               ,
               and
               promised
               that
               I
               would
               not
               remove
               it
               ,
               that
               so
               he
               my
               adversary
               and
               prosecutor
               might
               make
               open
               shew
               of
               me
               the
               person
               whom
               he
               had
               so
               long
               hunted
               for
               ,
               and
               having
               me
               now
               under
               his
               clawes
               ,
               might
               prey
               on
               me
               at
               his
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               make
               knowne
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               what
               he
               had
               done
               before
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               ,
               without
               &
               against
               all
               Law
               and
               Christianity
               ,
               he
               could
               doe
               now
               boldly
               with
               authority
               .
               And
               how
               maliciously
               ,
               contemptuously
               ,
               and
               falsly
               ,
               he
               there
               spake
               and
               dealt
               ,
               (
               reviling
               me
               by
               the
               names
               of
               )
               this
               seducer
               ,
               this
               Woolfe
               
                 Iohn
                 Etherington
                 ,
              
               that
               stands
               heere
               before
               you
               ,
               this
               Varlet
               ,
               Hereticke
               ,
               Faruilist
               ,
               with
               sundry
               other
               vile
               ,
               false
               ,
               and
               evill
               speeches
               which
               he
               there
               uttered
               of
               me
               ,
               many
               that
               then
               heard
               him
               can
               witnesse
               .
            
             
               And
               so
               ,
               I
               having
               stood
               there
               before
               him
               about
               the
               space
               of
               three
               houres
               ,
               he
               took
               forth
               a
               Paper
               wherein
               the
               words
               for
               my
               recantation
               (
               which
               the
               Court
               had
               ordered
               )
               were
               Written
               ,
               and
               began
               to
               read
               them
               ,
               saying
               ;
               
                 Whereas
                 I
                 Iohn
                 Etherington
                 stand
                 by
                 the
                 depositions
                 of
                 sundry
                 witneses
                 judicially
                 convicted
                 before
                 the
                 Kings
                 Majesties
                 Commissioners
                 appointed
                 for
                 causes
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 ,
              
               for
               that
               since
               the
               20
               of
               
                 December
              
               1623
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 maintained
                 &c.
                 
              
               (
               The
               words
               following
               being
               all
               the
               matters
               contayned
               in
               the
               sentence
               which
               they
               would
               have
               had
               me
               to
               acknowledge
               as
               justly
               proved
               and
               so
               condemne
               my selfe
               ,
               and
               justifie
               all
               their
               proceedings
               .
               )
               So
               hee
               having
               read
               a
               part
               twice
               over
               ,
               called
               upon
               me
               twice
               to
               say
               after
               him
               ,
               which
               I
               refused
               to
               doe
               ,
               knowing
               my selfe
               to
               be
               cleere
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               before
               declared
               ,
               onely
               I
               answered
               and
               testified
               to
               the
               people
               ,
               that
               the
               witnesses
               were
               false
               witnesses
               ,
               and
               their
               testimonies
               false
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               had
               delivered
               many
               lyes
               and
               false
               things
               of
               me
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               was
               taken
               away
               from
               the
               Crosse
               to
               the
               prison
               againe
               .
            
             
               And
               yet
               ,
               further
               ,
               for
               after
               all
               this
               ,
               he
               got
               lycence
               to
               publish
               a
               Booke
               of
               that
               Sermon
               in
               Print
               ,
               partly
               refined
               of
               some
               of
               the
               palpable
               untruths
               ,
               and
               bitter
               reviling
               speeches
               he
               then
               uttered
               ,
               and
               partly
               filled
               with
               more
               malice
               and
               falshood
               ,
               by
               which
               ,
               in
               the
               most
               disgracefullest
               manner
               ,
               as
               (
               I
               thinke
               )
               ever
               was
               knowne
               .
               He
               hath
               devised
               to
               defame
               me
               ,
               my
               name
               ,
               and
               posterity
               for
               ever
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               
               possible
               for
               the
               spirit
               of
               wickednesse
               by
               evill
               inventions
               and
               lyes
               to
               doe
               it
               .
            
             
               And
               except
               Christ
               had
               foretold
               ,
               that
               men
               should
               not
               onely
               revile
               and
               persecute
               his
               servants
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               would
               falsly
               say
               all
               manner
               of
               evill
               against
               them
               for
               his
               name
               sake
               ,
               all
               manner
               of
               evill
               ,
               nothing
               excepted
               ,
               that
               the
               evill
               heart
               of
               man
               can
               invent
               ,
               I
               should
               never
               have
               beleeved
               that
               there
               had
               beene
               or
               would
               be
               such
               manner
               of
               evill
               things
               invented
               ,
               spoken
               ,
               and
               practised
               ,
               published
               ,
               and
               beleeved
               ,
               against
               any
               one
               ,
               as
               hath
               beene
               ,
               all
               fasly
               (
               God
               knoweth
               )
               against
               me
               ,
               the
               most
               unworthy
               to
               be
               so
               blessed
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               such
               cause
               of
               rejoycing
               ,
               as
               Christ
               testifieth
               and
               promiseth
               to
               such
               ,
               though
               for
               the
               present
               as
               touching
               the
               body
               and
               outward
               name
               and
               estate
               :
               I
               with
               my
               wife
               and
               children
               doe
               suffer
               and
               undergoe
               distresses
               ,
               scandals
               ,
               defamations
               ,
               and
               reproaches
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               In
               all
               which
               ,
               how
               unchristian-like
               ,
               and
               unnaturally
               I
               have
               beene
               delt
               withall
               ,
               by
               this
               
                 Steven
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               how
               evill
               ,
               false
               ,
               and
               dishonest
               his
               witnesses
               have
               manifested
               themselves
               to
               be
               in
               their
               practises
               and
               depositions
               ,
               And
               how
               rightly
               and
               upon
               what
               just
               grounds
               the
               Court
               hath
               proceeded
               ,
               judged
               ,
               imprisoned
               ,
               appoynted
               ,
               and
               given
               way
               for
               all
               these
               things
               to
               passe
               and
               be
               done
               against
               me
               ,
               I
               referre
               to
               the
               judicious
               understanding
               Christian
               Reader
               ,
               of
               what
               estate
               or
               calling
               soever
               ,
               to
               weigh
               and
               consider
               .
            
             
               I
               doe
               confesse
               ,
               that
               after
               Master
               
                 Denison
              
               had
               done
               his
               pleasure
               against
               me
               at
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               I
               having
               complayned
               of
               the
               great
               wrong
               I
               had
               sustained
               by
               him
               &
               his
               witnesses
               ,
               first
               by
               a
               letter
               that
               I
               wrote
               to
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               then
               of
               
                 Durham
                 ,
              
               now
               of
               
                 Winchester
                 ;
              
               whom
               I
               made
               bold
               to
               acquaint
               with
               the
               matter
               ,
               by
               reason
               I
               had
               beene
               with
               him
               some
               few
               dayes
               before
               this
               unexpected
               sentence
               was
               passed
               against
               me
               ,
               to
               speake
               with
               him
               about
               the
               conveyance
               of
               water
               to
               his
               house
               of
               
                 Akeland
              
               in
               the
               County
               of
               
                 Durham
                 ,
              
               and
               was
               by
               his
               apoyntment
               to
               come
               to
               him
               againe
               to
               speake
               further
               of
               the
               same
               ;
               but
               being
               now
               prevented
               by
               imprisonment
               ,
               I
               wrote
               ,
               giving
               him
               to
               understand
               the
               cause
               therof
               ,
               (
               for
               he
               was
               not
               at
               the
               Court
               when
               I
               was
               cenred
               .
               
               And
               requesting
               his
               favourable
               helpe
               to
               relieve
               me
               ,
               who
               hereupon
               with
               the
               Bishop
               of
               
                 Rochester
              
               tooke
               the
               matter
               into
               their
               consideration
               ,
               &
               began
               to
               commiserate
               my
               case
               ,
               so
               that
               when
               my
               Petitions
               of
               complaint
               came
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               they
               were
               willing
               to
               have
               them
               read
               ,
               &
               moved
               for
               me
               to
               the
               Arch-bishop
               that
               things
               should
               be
               yet
               further
               examined
               according
               to
               my
               request
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               matter
               was
               referred
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               I
               acknowledge
               they
               took
               pains
               therein
               ,
               &
               were
               very
               willing
               to
               relieve
               me
               ,
               perceiving
               that
               I
               was
               wronged
               ,
               &
               as
               they
               found
               the
               falshood
               of
               the
               accusations
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               depositions
               of
               the
               witnesses
               caused
               the
               Register
               to
               write
               them
               downe
               .
               But
               
                 Denison
              
               my
               adversary
               ,
               accuser
               ,
               and
               prosecuter
               ,
               being
               there
               present
               at
               my
               elbow
               ,
               when
               things
               were
               now
               examining
               ,
               and
               knowing
               that
               my
               cleering
               would
               discover
               his
               unjust
               and
               evill
               dealing
               ,
               moved
               the
               Bishops
               with
               another
               poynt
               ,
               not
               in
               the
               sentence
               ,
               concerning
               Baptisme
               ,
               which
               I
               could
               not
               deny
               ;
               but
               indeavored
               to
               maintaine
               for
               a
               truth
               ,
               and
               they
               much
               apposed
               me
               in
               ,
               and
               alledged
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Booke
               of
               Common
               prayer
               ,
               that
               God
               had
               sanctified
               the
               flood
               Jordan
               and
               all
               other
               waters
               ,
               to
               the
               mysticall
               washing
               away
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               said
               unto
               me
               ,
               as
               thou
               dost
               convey
               water
               in
               thy
               Pipes
               ,
               so
               is
               grace
               conveyed
               in
               the
               act
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               so
               it
               was
               by
               Circumcision
               
                 &c.
                 
              
               And
               Doctor
               
                 Cozens
              
               he
               being
               by
               ,
               withstood
               me
               also
               in
               that
               I
               said
               ,
               and
               affirmed
               withall
               ,
               as
               touching
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               that
               the
               very
               flesh
               of
               Christ
               was
               eaten
               with
               our
               teeth
               ,
               which
               I
               could
               not
               but
               say
               was
               grosse
               Popery
               ,
               so
               upon
               these
               occasions
               the
               Bishops
               displeasures
               were
               kindled
               against
               me
               ,
               things
               were
               left
               without
               any
               further
               examining
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               sent
               again
               to
               prison
               wherewith
               straighter
               usage
               then
               I
               had
               before
               ,
               I
               have
               now
               endured
               above
               these
               twenty
               months
               ,
               and
               he
               my
               accuser
               was
               now
               further
               allowed
               to
               publish
               what
               he
               listed
               against
               me
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               Print
               ,
               but
               in
               his
               Pulpits
               also
               ,
               as
               hee
               still
               doth
               ,
               his
               Booke
               hee
               presenteth
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               made
               suite
               as
               I
               heere
               ,
               to
               have
               me
               put
               to
               death
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               my
               blood
               he
               thirsted
               after
               ,
               as
               his
               Sermons
               and
               Bookes
               doe
               prove
               ,
               the
               cause
               you
               have
               seene
               related
               .
            
             
             
               Otherwise
               if
               this
               point
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               which
               he
               (
               as
               it
               seemeth
               )
               knew
               ,
               would
               moove
               the
               Bishops
               against
               me
               ,
               had
               not
               beene
               by
               him
               forced
               unto
               them
               ,
               I
               had
               no
               doubt
               been
               cleered
               by
               them
               .
               Therefore
               ,
               because
               Inow
               suffer
               for
               it
               as
               well
               as
               for
               any
               things
               else
               ,
               I
               will
               declare
               my
               minde
               therein
               more
               fully
               .
            
             
               The
               point
               or
               tenent
               is
               this
               :
               That
               outward
               Baptisme
               doth
               neither
               conferre
               nor
               confirme
               grace
               to
               the
               heart
               of
               any
               man
               no
               more
               than
               Circumcision
               did
               ;
               in
               the
               aforesaid
               booke
               against
               Anabaptists
               ,
               page
               61.
               
               Which
               I
               doe
               acknowledge
               and
               justifie
               to
               bee
               true
               ,
               in
               defense
               of
               the
               Baptisme
               and
               doctrine
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               against
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Arminians
               and
               Papists
               ;
               against
               Anabaptists
               who
               held
               that
               all
               such
               as
               they
               Baptised
               with
               outward
               Baptisme
               ,
               were
               thereby
               confirmed
               to
               bee
               true
               Christians
               ,
               inwardly
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ;
               against
               Arminians
               and
               Papists
               ,
               who
               hold
               that
               outward
               Baptisme
               doth
               conferre
               grace
               to
               the
               heart
               ,
               and
               maketh
               a
               Christian
               inwardly
               ;
               From
               which
               doctrine
               of
               each
               ,
               falling
               away
               after
               regeneration
               from
               the
               estate
               of
               salvation
               to
               everlasting
               condemnation
               ,
               doth
               necessarily
               follow
               ,
               free
               will
               ;
               and
               other
               absurd
               and
               unsound
               points
               of
               doctrine
               ,
               which
               they
               likewise
               hold
               and
               teach
               ;
               contrary
               to
               the
               doctrine
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               (
               which
               are
               also
               disproved
               in
               the
               same
               Book
               against
               Anabaptists
               ;
               the
               Book
               being
               viewed
               over
               by
               the
               Bishop
               of
               London
               ,
               and
               by
               himselfe
               allowed
               as
               is
               aforesaid
               ;
               I
               doe
               acknowledge
               as
               I
               also
               believe
               ,
               that
               outward
               Baptisme
               is
               a
               visible
               signe
               or
               outward
               signification
               of
               the
               new
               birth
               from
               above
               ,
               and
               of
               that
               Baptisme
               wherein
               wee
               are
               said
               to
               bee
               buried
               with
               Christ
               and
               risen
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               put
               him
               on
               ,
               and
               which
               saveth
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               doth
               signifie
               and
               set
               forth
               the
               same
               unto
               us
               ;
               and
               I
               doe
               believe
               also
               that
               it
               is
               a
               seale
               or
               token
               of
               the
               Covenant
               which
               God
               hath
               made
               with
               the
               faithfull
               and
               their
               seed
               ,
               as
               Circumcision
               in
               the
               flesh
               was
               to
               faithfull
               
                 Abraham
              
               and
               his
               seed
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Gen.
              
               17.
               7.
               8.
               11.
               and
               
                 Rom.
                 4.
                 11.
                 
                 Not
                 all
                 that
                 came
                 of
                 Abraham
                 after
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 nor
                 all
                 that
                 were
                 circumcised
                 or
                 that
                 are
                 now
                 Baptised
                 in
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 but
                 〈◊〉
                 God
                 said
                 
                 to
                 Abraham
                 ,
              
               In
               Isaac
               
                 shall
                 thy
                 seed
                 be
                 called
              
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               as
               Saint
               Paul
               saith
               )
               
                 they
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 not
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 the
                 promise
                 are
                 counted
                 for
                 the
                 Seed
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               9.
               78.
               
                 they
                 that
                 are
                 Circumcised
                 in
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 faith
                 ,
                 As
              
               Rom.
               4.
               16.
               
                 for
                 that
                 is
                 the
                 sure
                 seak
                 of
                 the
                 covenant
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               on
               our
               parts
               wee
               doe
               thereby
               give
               our
               names
               to
               Christ
               and
               Covenant
               with
               God
               to
               bee
               his
               people
               ,
               and
               to
               serve
               him
               ;
               and
               so
               it
               giveth
               us
               the
               name
               and
               state
               of
               a
               Christian
               outwardly
               ,
               as
               circumcision
               on
               the
               flesh
               did
               the
               name
               and
               state
               of
               a
               Jew
               outwardly
               ;
               It
               doth
               no
               more
               give
               or
               conferre
               grace
               to
               the
               heart
               to
               make
               a
               Christian
               inwardly
               ,
               then
               circumcision
               in
               the
               flesh
               did
               to
               make
               a
               Jew
               or
               a
               Christian
               inwardly
               ;
               for
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               Jew
               inwardly
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               a
               Christian
               inwardly
               is
               all
               one
               in
               truth
               ;
               as
               also
               to
               bee
               circumcised
               in
               heart
               ,
               and
               to
               bee
               baptized
               in
               heart
               is
               all
               one
               in
               trueth
               ,
               as
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               declareth
               ;
               
                 Coloss.
              
               2.
               11.
               12.
               and
               so
               it
               followeth
               ,
               
                 that
                 Circumcision
                 in
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 and
                 Baptisme
                 in
                 the
                 flesh
                 are
                 both
                 one
                 in
                 signification
                 and
                 operation
                 .
              
            
             
               Wherefore
               if
               these
               things
               bee
               so
               ,
               and
               that
               hee
               is
               not
               a
               Jew
               which
               is
               one
               outwardly
               ;
               nor
               that
               circumcision
               which
               is
               outward
               in
               the
               flesh
               ;
               but
               he
               is
               a
               Jew
               which
               is
               one
               inwardly
               ,
               and
               Circumcision
               is
               that
               of
               the
               heart
               in
               the
               spirit
               ,
               not
               in
               the
               letter
               ,
               whose
               praise
               is
               not
               of
               men
               ,
               but
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               
                 Paul
              
               saith
               ,
               then
               ,
            
             
               Neither
               Circumcision
               in
               the
               flesh
               nor
               Baptisme
               in
               the
               flesh
               doth
               give
               or
               conferre
               or
               worke
               grace
               in
               the
               heart
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               Jew
               or
               a
               Christian
               inwardly
               ;
               neither
               are
               they
               or
               either
               of
               them
               any
               part
               of
               the
               new
               birth
               ,
               from
               above
               ,
               or
               of
               that
               Baptisme
               wherein
               wee
               are
               said
               to
               put
               on
               Christ
               ,
               and
               to
               bee
               buried
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               which
               saveth
               ,
               as
               Saint
               
                 Peter
              
               also
               confirmeth
               saying
               ;
               
                 The
                 like
                 figure
                 whereunto
                 ,
                 even
                 Baptisme
                 ,
                 doth
                 also
                 now
                 save
                 us
                 ;
                 not
                 the
                 putting
                 away
                 of
                 the
                 filth
                 of
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 answer
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 conscience
                 toward
                 God
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 .
                 1.
                 Pet.
              
               3.
               21.
               
            
             
               Otherwise
               if
               either
               Circumcision
               or
               Baptisme
               on
               the
               flesh
               did
               conferre
               grace
               to
               the
               heart
               ,
               then
               all
               are
               thereby
               set
               in
               the
               state
               of
               salvation
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               errour
               of
               falling
               
               away
               ,
               which
               the
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Arminians
               and
               Papists
               hold
               ,
               will
               necessarily
               follow
               ;
               because
               it
               is
               evident
               that
               all
               are
               not
               saved
               ,
               that
               have
               beene
               circumcised
               or
               baptized
               in
               the
               flesh
               ;
               or
               ,
               if
               either
               of
               them
               were
               a
               part
               of
               regeneration
               ,
               then
               no
               one
               could
               be
               saved
               without
               the
               one
               or
               the
               other
               ,
               because
               every
               part
               of
               regeneration
               is
               of
               necessitie
               to
               salvation
               .
            
             
               But
               it
               is
               certaine
               ,
               that
               many
               are
               saved
               which
               were
               never
               circumcised
               nor
               baptized
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               as
               (
               besides
               all
               those
               faithfull
               that
               lived
               before
               either
               Circumcision
               or
               Baptisme
               on
               the
               flesh
               was
               instituted
               )
               all
               the
               holy
               women
               of
               the
               Jewes
               ;
               That
               every
               part
               of
               regeneration
               is
               of
               necessitie
               to
               salvation
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               hath
               irrevocably
               concluded
               saying
               ;
               
                 Except
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 borne
                 of
                 Water
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 he
                 cannot
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 Iohn
              
               3.
               both
               the
               parts
               of
               this
               new
               birth
               are
               of
               necessity
               to
               salvation
               .
            
             
               These
               words
               ,
               except
               a
               man
               bee
               borne
               ,
               doe
               stand
               as
               firme
               for
               the
               first
               part
               (
               of
               Water
               )
               as
               for
               the
               second
               part
               ,
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               And
               under
               the
               name
               man
               ,
               every
               child
               of
               man
               ,
               born
               of
               flesh
               young
               and
               old
               ,
               male
               and
               female
               ,
               are
               comprehended
               ,
               so
               that
               whosoever
               dyeth
               without
               the
               first
               part
               of
               this
               birth
               ,
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               water
               here
               meant
               ,
               shall
               as
               certainly
               be
               excluded
               from
               entring
               into
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               he
               that
               dyeth
               without
               the
               second
               part
               ,
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               the
               spirit
               ;
               That
               the
               first
               part
               of
               this
               birth
               from
               above
               is
               something
               called
               in
               Scripture
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               besides
               that
               which
               is
               called
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               ,
               is
               out
               of
               question
               (
               I
               thinke
               )
               to
               all
               .
               Outward
               baptisme
               it
               cannot
               be
               ,
               for
               the
               reasons
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               because
               one
               may
               be
               saved
               that
               is
               never
               baptized
               therwith
               ,
               as
               hath
               been
               proved
               ;
               Then
               without
               all
               doubt
               it
               must
               bee
               some
               speciall
               necessarie
               principle
               of
               Christ
               called
               in
               Scripture
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               signified
               also
               by
               outward
               Baptisme
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               layd
               downe
               in
               the
               first
               place
               as
               a
               necessarie
               part
               of
               the
               new
               birth
               ,
               and
               first
               plantation
               of
               a
               Christian
               .
            
             
               And
               there
               is
               no
               principle
               of
               Christ
               so
               speciall
               and
               necessary
               
               called
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               signified
               by
               outward
               Baptisme
               ,
               that
               is
               required
               to
               the
               first
               plantation
               of
               a
               Christian
               (
               besides
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               )
               but
               onely
               repentance
               ;
               That
               repentance
               is
               a
               speciall
               principle
               of
               Christ
               is
               evident
               by
               
                 Marke
                 1.
                 1.
                 2.
                 3.
                 4
                 Luk.
                 24.
                 47.
                 
                 Act.
                 20.
                 21.
                 
                 Heb.
              
               6.
               1.
               
               That
               it
               is
               so
               necessary
               is
               also
               evident
               by
               Christs
               owne
               testimony
               in
               
                 Luke
              
               13.
               where
               hee
               urgeth
               it
               with
               the
               same
               words
               of
               necessitie
               saying
               ,
               
                 Except
                 yee
                 repent
                 ,
                 yee
                 shall
                 all
                 likewise
                 perish
                 ;
                 Vers
              
               3.
               
               That
               it
               is
               called
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               signified
               by
               outward
               Baptisme
               ,
               is
               manifest
               by
               
                 Mat.
                 3.
                 11.
                 
                 Mar.
                 1.
                 1.
                 2.
                 3.
                 4.
                 
                 Luke
                 .
                 3.
                 3
                 Act.
                 10.
                 37.
                 
                 Act.
                 13.
                 24.
                 
                 Act.
              
               19.
               4.
               
               And
               that
               it
               is
               required
               in
               the
               first
               place
               to
               the
               first
               plantation
               of
               a
               Christian
               is
               also
               manifest
               by
               sundry
               Scriptures
               where
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               saith
               ,
               
                 Repent
                 and
                 believe
                 the
                 Gospell
                 ,
                 Repent
                 that
                 your
                 sinnes
                 may
                 be
                 blotted
                 out
                 ;
                 Repent
                 and
                 be
                 Baptised
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 you
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 for
                 the
                 remission
                 of
                 sinnes
                 ;
                 and
                 ye
                 shall
                 receive
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 .
                 Mar.
                 1.
                 15.
                 
                 Act.
                 3.
                 19.
                 
                 Act.
              
               2.
               38.
               
            
             
               Therefore
               the
               first
               part
               of
               regeneration
               is
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               repentance
               ,
               even
               the
               same
               which
               
                 Iohn
                 the
                 Baptist
              
               a
               speciall
               Minister
               and
               patterne
               thereof
               preached
               in
               the
               power
               and
               spirit
               of
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               wherewith
               hee
               made
               ready
               a
               people
               prepared
               for
               the
               Lord
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               prophesyed
               of
               him
               
                 Esay
              
               43.
               
               
               And
               is
               a
               turning
               and
               dissolving
               of
               the
               heart
               ,
               which
               naturally
               through
               sin
               ,
               is
               hard
               and
               stony
               ,
               to
               water
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               to
               flesh
               ,
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               speake
               ,
               even
               to
               weeping
               and
               mourning
               and
               humble
               confession
               of
               sinnes
               unto
               God
               ,
               as
               Christ
               himselfe
               expresseth
               it
               in
               a
               Parable
               saying
               :
               
                 Wee
                 have
                 lamented
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 yee
                 have
                 not
                 wept
                 ,
              
               and
               is
               caused
               by
               the
               speciall
               power
               and
               working
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               is
               of
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               the
               Law
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               part
               of
               this
               birth
               from
               above
               is
               that
               Baptisme
               of
               Christ
               which
               
                 Iohn
                 the
                 Baptist
              
               also
               spake
               of
               to
               his
               disciples
               ,
               whom
               he
               had
               prepared
               by
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               repentance
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
               
                 I
                 indeed
                 Baptise
                 you
                 ,
                 with
                 Water
                 to
                 repentance
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 that
                 commeth
                 after
                 me
                 is
                 mightier
                 then
                 I
                 ,
                 hee
                 shall
                 Baptise
                 you
                 with
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 and
                 with
                 fire
                 ,
              
               as
               if
               hee
               had
               said
               ,
               I
               indeed
               
               through
               the
               power
               and
               Spirit
               of
               God
               preaching
               unto
               you
               repentance
               ,
               have
               prepared
               you
               ready
               for
               the
               Lord
               .
               I
               have
               brought
               you
               into
               the
               travell
               of
               the
               birth
               ,
               to
               weepe
               and
               mourne
               for
               your
               finnes
               ,
               the
               first
               laver
               of
               regeneration
               .
               But
               Christ
               which
               cometh
               after
               me
               ,
               he
               is
               mightier
               then
               I
               ,
               he
               by
               a
               more
               excellent
               gift
               of
               the
               Spirit
               (
               as
               it
               were
               with
               fire
               )
               will
               purge
               and
               sanctifie
               your
               hearts
               by
               faith
               and
               so
               justifie
               you
               from
               all
               your
               finnes
               ,
               he
               will
               deliver
               you
               that
               labour
               and
               are
               heavy
               loaden
               and
               accomplish
               in
               you
               the
               new
               birth
               ,
               comfort
               you
               that
               mourne
               ,
               bind
               up
               your
               broken
               hearts
               ,
               and
               speake
               peace
               to
               your
               soules
               :
               For
               although
               repentance
               be
               a
               part
               of
               the
               Gospell
               in
               a
               generall
               confideration
               ,
               the
               first
               principle
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               purchase
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               manifest
               by
               
                 Luke
                 24.
                 47.
                 48.
                 
                 Act.
                 20.
                 20.
                 21.
                 
                 Heb.
              
               6.
               1.
               
               &c.
               yet
               the
               Word
               preaching
               peace
               by
               Iesus
               Christ
               the
               glad
               tidings
               of
               remission
               of
               sins
               to
               the
               repentant
               is
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               and
               so
               called
               in
               a
               speciall
               distinct
               manner
               from
               repentance
               ,
               and
               the
               preaching
               and
               the
               enjoyment
               thereof
               by
               faith
               is
               a
               more
               excellent
               thing
               then
               the
               ministery
               and
               enjoyment
               of
               repentance
               .
               And
               in
               this
               regard
               hee
               that
               is
               the
               least
               messenger
               of
               the
               latter
               ,
               is
               greater
               then
               hee
               that
               is
               the
               greatest
               messenger
               of
               the
               first
               .
               as
               Christ
               himselfe
               testifieth
               ,
               
                 Matth.
              
               11.
               11.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               it
               which
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Esay
              
               prophecied
               of
               before
               concerning
               Christ
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 The
                 Spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 God
                 is
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 hee
                 hath
                 annoynted
                 me
                 to
                 preach
                 glad
                 tidings
                 to
                 the
                 poore
                 and
                 to
                 bind
                 up
                 the
                 broken
                 hearted
                 &c.
              
               he
               saith
               not
               to
               all
               or
               every
               one
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               but
               the
               poore
               ,
               the
               broken
               in
               heart
               
                 onely
                 .
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               This
               is
               that
               word
               preaching
               peace
               by
               Iesus
               Christ
               which
               is
               said
               to
               begin
               to
               be
               preached
               after
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               repentance
               which
               
                 Iohn
              
               peached
               ,
               
               Not
               but
               that
               it
               was
               preached
               before
               this
               time
               even
               in
               all
               ages
               from
               the
               beginning
               ,
               
               but
               because
               no
               one
               did
               receive
               it
               or
               had
               it
               so
               preached
               unto
               him
               in
               such
               a
               speciall
               peculiar
               manner
               ,
               but
               such
               a
               one
               as
               was
               first
               prepared
               by
               repentance
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               said
               to
               begin
               to
               be
               preached
               after
               .
            
             
               And
               because
               it
               was
               now
               to
               bee
               done
               in
               a
               more
               plentifull
               
               and
               larger
               manner
               then
               ever
               it
               was
               before
               .
               Therefore
               was
               
                 Iohn
              
               sent
               before
               the
               face
               of
               the
               Lord
               in
               the
               power
               and
               spirit
               of
               
                 Elias
              
               to
               prepare
               his
               way
               before
               him
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               it
               which
               Christ
               sent
               
                 Iohn
              
               word
               of
               saying
               ,
               
                 Goe
                 tell
                 Iohn
                 ,
              
               
               
                 The
                 blind
                 doe
                 see
                 ,
                 the
                 lame
                 doe
                 walk
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 the
                 poor
                 have
                 the
                 Gospell
                 preached
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
              
               as
               much
               as
               to
               say
               ,
               the
               humble
               repentant
               sinners
               ,
               the
               poore
               and
               contrite
               in
               heart
               ,
               they
               have
               the
               glad
               tidings
               of
               peace
               and
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               preached
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               ministred
               unto
               their
               soules
               according
               to
               the
               prophecie
               of
               
                 Esay
                 ,
              
               and
               they
               receive
               the
               same
               ,
               or
               believed
               it
               with
               joy
               and
               peace
               in
               their
               heats
               ,
               for
               this
               preaching
               implieth
               such
               a
               believing
               or
               receiving
               .
               And
               so
               doth
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               interpret
               the
               words
               of
               
                 Iohn
              
               concerning
               this
               Baptisme
               of
               Christ
               in
               
                 Act.
              
               19.
               where
               he
               saith
               
                 Iohn
                 verily
                 Baptized
                 with
                 the
                 Baptisme
                 of
                 Repentance
                 ,
              
               saying
               unto
               the
               people
               ,
               
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 believe
                 in
                 him
                 which
                 should
                 come
                 after
                 him
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               in
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               
                 Iohns
              
               words
               beeing
               ,
               
                 He
                 shall
                 Baptise
                 you
                 with
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 &
                 with
                 fire
                 .
              
               So
               that
               ,
               as
               ,
               to
               bee
               Baptized
               with
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               is
               to
               repent
               ,
               to
               weepe
               and
               mourne
               for
               our
               sinnes
               ,
               washing
               them
               as
               it
               were
               in
               this
               first
               laver
               :
               So
               ,
               
                 to
                 bee
                 Baptixed
                 with
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 and
                 with
                 fire
                 ,
              
               is
               to
               believe
               in
               Christ
               ,
               to
               bee
               justified
               and
               purged
               from
               our
               sinnes
               by
               faith
               in
               him
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               the
               true
               parts
               of
               regeneration
               ,
               the
               special
               and
               most
               necessary
               principles
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               foundation
               ,
               as
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               calleth
               them
               the
               briefe
               or
               sum
               of
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               
               as
               Christ
               declareth
               .
               
               This
               did
               Christ
               Preach
               at
               the
               first
               ,
               saying
               
                 Repent
                 and
                 believe
                 the
                 Gospell
                 ,
              
               this
               did
               the
               Apostles
               Preach
               after
               him
               as
               he
               commanded
               them
               ,
               
               
                 Act.
                 2.
                 38
                 
                 Act.
              
               〈◊〉
               and
               
                 Act.
              
               
               20.
               20.
               21.
               
               Where
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               saith
               ,
               
                 I
                 kepte
                 ●●ching
                 backe
                 that
                 was
                 profitables
                 ,
              
               
               
                 but
                 taught
                 and
                 testified
                 both
                 to
                 the
                 Iewes
                 and
                 also
                 to
                 the
                 Greeks
                 repentance
                 towards
                 God
                 .
              
               
               
                 and
                 saith
                 in
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 .
              
               
               This
               did
               
                 Moses
              
               and
               the
               Prophets
               also
               ,
               before
               Christ
               came
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               Preach
               and
               require
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               as
               the
               most
               necessary
               things
               to
               be
               attained
               if
               they
               would
               be
               saved
               .
            
             
               This
               
                 Abel
                 ,
                 Hen
                 cb
                 ,
                 Noah
                 ,
              
               and
               all
               the
               blessed
               of
               their
               times
               attained
               unto
               ,
               and
               had
               it
               wrought
               in
               them
               from
               
               above
               .
               
               And
               
                 Abraham
              
               also
               before
               circumcision
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               was
               required
               .
               This
               all
               the
               holy
               Patriarchs
               ,
               Prophets
               and
               righteous
               men
               and
               women
               of
               the
               Jewes
               had
               .
               
               And
               that
               woman
               which
               is
               so
               specially
               remembred
               unto
               us
               in
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               
               whose
               Baptisme
               of
               repentance
               is
               so
               truely
               manifested
               by
               her
               plentifull
               teares
               wherewith
               she
               washed
               Christs
               feet
               .
               
               And
               her
               Baptisme
               of
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               and
               justification
               by
               faith
               from
               her
               sins
               ,
               
               by
               her
               true
               and
               much
               love
               to
               Christ
               expressed
               in
               her
               washing
               and
               kissing
               his
               feet
               ,
               
               and
               anoynting
               them
               with
               oyle
               .
               
               For
               every
               one
               that
               is
               borne
               from
               above
               ,
               of
               water
               and
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               is
               inwardly
               of
               the
               same
               heavenly
               nature
               all
               the
               dayes
               of
               his
               life
               after
               ,
               whose
               fruit
               doth
               alwayes
               in
               his
               due
               times
               and
               seasons
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               measure
               ,
               (
               like
               the
               tree
               planted
               by
               the
               river
               side
               )
               shew
               forth
               the
               fame
               .
            
             
               This
               al
               the
               elect
               of
               God
               that
               ever
               were
               ,
               now
               are
               or
               hereafter
               shal
               be
               ,
               have
               had
               ,
               have
               &
               must
               have
               ,
               yea
               the
               youngest
               child
               dying
               in
               the
               birth
               or
               the
               womb
               ,
               if
               not
               in
               outward
               expression
               ,
               yet
               inwardly
               in
               the
               true
               nature
               thereof
               ,
               for
               no
               one
               child
               of
               man
               begotten
               of
               flesh
               can
               be
               saved
               ,
               except
               he
               be
               begotten
               from
               above
               ,
               of
               water
               and
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               so
               changed
               or
               renewed
               from
               the
               polluted
               and
               inthralled
               estate
               of
               nature
               ,
               which
               we
               all
               had
               and
               received
               originally
               in
               the
               very
               conception
               ,
               into
               the
               estate
               of
               grace
               and
               love
               with
               God
               in
               Christ
               .
            
             
               And
               God
               may
               worke
               this
               change
               ,
               this
               new
               birth
               ,
               or
               rebegetting
               ,
               in
               the
               wombe
               if
               it
               pleaseth
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               in
               
                 Iohn
              
               the
               
                 Baptist
                 ,
              
               or
               at
               the
               time
               of
               outward
               baptisme
               ,
               if
               he
               so
               please
               ,
               or
               before
               it
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               in
               
                 Abraham
              
               before
               circumcision
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               as
               in
               the
               Apostles
               times
               he
               did
               to
               some
               ,
               or
               after
               it
               ,
               as
               he
               had
               done
               formerly
               after
               circumcision
               and
               now
               most
               usually
               doth
               ,
               since
               all
               are
               so
               generally
               baptized
               in
               their
               young
               estate
               .
               For
               we
               may
               not
               limit
               God
               ,
               neither
               hath
               he
               tyed
               himselfe
               to
               any
               time
               or
               estate
               of
               nature
               in
               us
               ,
               nor
               to
               any
               one
               outward
               action
               performed
               by
               man
               unto
               us
               ,
               although
               he
               hath
               ordained
               sundry
               excellent
               ,
               holy
               out
               ward
               meanes
               whereby
               he
               doth
               direct
               and
               lead
               us
               ,
               (
               as
               it
               were
               by
               the
               hand
               )
               to
               the
               
               things
               that
               are
               spirituall
               and
               indeed
               necessary
               ,
               which
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               imbrace
               with
               much
               thankfulnesse
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               use
               with
               reverence
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               despise
               the
               least
               of
               them
               ,
               nor
               in
               any
               part
               wilfully
               neglect
               them
               ,
               in
               paine
               of
               Gods
               high
               displeasure
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               death
               and
               resurrection
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               sacrifice
               of
               his
               body
               and
               blood
               ,
               the
               value
               ,
               vertue
               ,
               price
               ,
               and
               purchase
               thereof
               ,
               he
               hath
               tyed
               himselfe
               unto
               ,
               so
               as
               that
               without
               it
               ,
               and
               some
               powerfull
               administration
               the
               same
               to
               the
               soule
               of
               man
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               salvation
               ,
               as
               Christ
               pronounceth
               saying
               ,
               
                 Except
                 yee
                 eate
                 the
                 flesh
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 man
                 and
                 drinke
                 his
                 blood
                 ,
                 yee
                 have
                 no
                 life
                 in
                 you
                 ,
                 Iohn
              
               6.
               53.
               
            
             
               The
               Sacraments
               of
               Baptisme
               and
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               have
               both
               respect
               unto
               this
               .
               Baptisme
               to
               the
               new
               birth
               ,
               wherein
               weare
               set
               in
               the
               estate
               of
               life
               thereby
               ;
               the
               Lord
               :
               Supper
               to
               the
               continuall
               Commmunion
               which
               every
               one
               that
               is
               once
               made
               alive
               by
               it
               ,
               hath
               therein
               to
               eternall
               life
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               flesh
               of
               Christ
               
                 Is
                 meat
                 indeed
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 blod
                 is
                 drinke
                 indeed
                 ,
              
               to
               them
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               word
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
                 Iohn
              
               6.
               54.
               55.
               
            
             
               Not
               as
               if
               any
               man
               did
               or
               could
               eat
               the
               very
               flesh
               or
               drinke
               his
               blood
               carnally
               ,
               as
               Doctor
               
                 Cosins
              
               affirmed
               ;
               not
               that
               the
               bread
               of
               the
               Sacrament
               or
               the
               wine
               is
               turned
               into
               the
               flesh
               or
               blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               either
               before
               we
               receive
               them
               ,
               or
               after
               ,
               &
               so
               conveied
               into
               us
               as
               some
               would
               make
               us
               beleev
               ;
               nor
               any
               other
               kind
               of
               way
               is
               the
               flesh
               or
               blood
               of
               Christ
               conveied
               ,
               or
               infused
               into
               our
               bodies
               or
               soules
               ,
               to
               set
               us
               in
               the
               estate
               of
               life
               ,
               or
               to
               continue
               us
               in
               the
               same
               ;
               nay
               ,
               then
               how
               could
               they
               that
               were
               before
               Christ
               came
               in
               the
               flesh
               be
               saved
               ?
               for
               the
               same
               necessity
               of
               eating
               his
               flesh
               and
               drinking
               his
               blood
               ,
               was
               to
               them
               then
               ,
               even
               from
               the
               first
               fall
               of
               
                 Adam
                 ,
              
               as
               is
               now
               to
               us
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               the
               grace
               purchased
               thereby
               ,
               which
               we
               doe
               receive
               in
               our
               hearts
               by
               faith
               ,
               and
               which
               by
               his
               mediation
               is
               continued
               with
               us
               .
               For
               as
               the
               Law
               (
               which
               is
               the
               Minister
               of
               death
               )
               came
               by
               
                 Moses
                 ,
              
               ●o●
               grace
               and
               truth
               which
               bringeth
               life
               ,
               is
               by
               JESUS
               GHRIST
               ;
               And
               therefore
               the
               Apostles
               so
               often
               Write
               and
               
               say
               ,
               
               
                 The
                 grace
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 bee
                 with
                 you
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               For
               although
               the
               very
               body
               and
               blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
               be
               the
               price
               of
               the
               purchase
               ,
               
               &
               in
               that
               respect
               the
               only
               mediate
               cause
               of
               our
               life
               and
               salvation
               ,
               
               yet
               doth
               not
               his
               body
               and
               blood
               enter
               into
               us
               to
               revive
               and
               save
               us
               ;
               
               nay
               ,
               so
               it
               profiteth
               nothing
               ,
               
               as
               Christ
               himselfe
               said
               against
               some
               that
               conceived
               his
               words
               ,
               
               in
               such
               a
               carnall
               manner
               as
               now
               at
               this
               time
               many
               doe
               ;
               
                 What
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 man
                 ascend
                 up
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 before
                 ?
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 spirit
                 that
                 quickneth
                 ,
                 the
                 flesh
                 profiteth
                 nothing
                 ;
                 the
                 words
                 that
                 I
                 speake
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 spirit
                 and
                 they
                 are
                 life
                 ;
                 Iohn
              
               6.
               62.
               63.
               
               Neither
               doe
               we
               by
               the
               acts
               of
               eating
               the
               bread
               or
               drinking
               the
               wine
               of
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               eate
               or
               drinke
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               purchased
               by
               the
               body
               and
               blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               neither
               is
               grace
               conferred
               ,
               or
               any
               way
               secretly
               conveied
               to
               our
               hearts
               in
               the
               bread
               or
               wine
               ,
               or
               by
               them
               ,
               nor
               by
               any
               thing
               inferior
               unto
               it selfe
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               conferred
               to
               the
               heart
               of
               man
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               through
               the
               word
               of
               his
               promise
               ,
               therefore
               called
               the
               word
               of
               his
               grace
               .
            
             
               And
               the
               instrument
               ,
               hand
               or
               mouth
               wherewith
               wee
               doe
               receive
               the
               same
               ,
               is
               faith
               in
               the
               heart
               ,
               caused
               also
               therein
               by
               the
               operation
               of
               the
               same
               spirit
               ,
               
               as
               
                 Paul
              
               declareth
               ,
               for
               the
               habit
               and
               estate
               of
               eternall
               life
               ,
               
               and
               the
               promise
               of
               raysing
               up
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ;
               which
               Christ
               doth
               certifie
               to
               those
               that
               eate
               his
               flesh
               and
               drinke
               his
               blood
               ,
               
               doth
               he
               assure
               to
               them
               that
               beleeve
               in
               him
               ;
               
               so
               that
               to
               beleeve
               in
               Christ
               ,
               is
               to
               eate
               his
               flesh
               and
               drinke
               his
               blood
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               meaning
               ;
               and
               therefore
               a
               sinner
               is
               sometimes
               said
               ,
               to
               be
               justified
               by
               grace
               ,
               sometimes
               by
               the
               blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               sometimes
               by
               faith
               ,
               because
               in
               the
               act
               of
               our
               justification
               ,
               all
               these
               doe
               concur
               ,
               and
               are
               together
               ,
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               being
               the
               prime
               and
               chiefe
               cause
               therof
               ;
               the
               body
               and
               blood
               of
               Christ
               the
               second
               principal
               or
               mediate
               cause
               ,
               &
               faith
               the
               instrumentall
               and
               inferiour
               cause
               ;
               and
               the
               justified
               are
               said
               also
               to
               live
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               saved
               by
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               blood
               ,
               and
               life
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               by
               faith
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 in
                 this
                 consideration
                 ,
                 (
                 because
                 Christ
                 is
                 the
                 onely
                 
                 mediator
                 and
                 reconciler
                 between
                 God
                 and
                 man
                 )
                 doth
                 he
                 so
                 often
                 speake
                 of
                 himselfe
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 ,
              
               My
               Father
               giveth
               you
               the
               true
               bread
               from
               heaven
               ;
               the
               bread
               of
               God
               is
               he
               which
               commeth
               downe
               from
               heaven
               ,
               and
               giveth
               life
               unto
               the
               world
               ,
               I
               am
               the
               bread
               of
               life
               ;
               this
               is
               the
               bread
               of
               life
               which
               commeth
               down
               from
               heaven
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               may
               eate
               thereof
               and
               not
               dye
               ;
               I
               am
               the
               living
               bread
               which
               came
               down
               from
               heaven
               ;
               if
               any
               man
               eate
               of
               this
               bread
               ,
               he
               shall
               live
               for
               ever
               ;
               and
               the
               bread
               that
               I
               will
               give
               is
               my
               flesh
               ,
               which
               I
               will
               give
               for
               the
               life
               of
               the
               world
               ;
               except
               yee
               eate
               the
               flesh
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               and
               drinke
               his
               blood
               ,
               yee
               have
               no
               life
               in
               you
               :
               who
               so
               eateth
               my
               flesh
               and
               drinketh
               my
               blood
               ,
               hath
               eternall
               life
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               raise
               him
               up
               at
               the
               last
               day
               .
               For
               my
               flesh
               is
               meate
               indeed
               ,
               and
               my
               blood
               is
               drinke
               indeed
               ;
               he
               that
               eateth
               my
               flesh
               and
               drinketh
               my
               blood
               ,
               dwelleth
               in
               me
               ,
               and
               I
               in
               him
               ;
               as
               the
               living
               Father
               hath
               sent
               me
               ,
               and
               I
               live
               by
               the
               Father
               ,
               so
               he
               that
               eateth
               me
               ,
               
               even
               he
               shall
               live
               by
               me
               .
               &c.
               
            
             
               And
               in
               this
               manner
               spake
               he
               afterwards
               of
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Supper
               ,
               which
               hee
               left
               and
               commanded
               unto
               his
               Church
               to
               bee
               done
               to
               shew
               forth
               his
               death
               ,
               untill
               his
               second
               comming
               ;
               saying
               of
               the
               Bread
               ,
               
                 Take
                 ●
                 eate
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 my
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Cup
                 ;
                 Drinke
                 yee
                 all
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 Blood
                 of
                 the
                 New
                 Testament
                 which
                 is
                 shed
                 for
                 many
                 for
                 the
                 remission
                 of
                 sinnes
                 Matth.
              
               26.
               26.
               27.
               28.
               
               And
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               likewise
               saith
               of
               the
               same
               Sacrament
               ;
               
                 The
                 cup
                 of
                 blessing
                 which
                 wee
                 blesse
                 is
                 it
                 not
                 the
                 communion
                 of
                 the
                 Blood
                 of
                 Christ
                 ?
                 and
                 the
                 Bread
                 which
                 wee
                 breake
                 is
                 it
                 not
                 the
                 communion
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 Christ
                 ?
                 for
                 wee
                 being
                 many
                 are
                 one
                 Bread
                 ,
                 for
                 wee
                 are
                 all
                 pertakers
                 of
                 that
                 one
                 bread
                 ,
                 1
                 Cor.
              
               10.
               16.
               17.
               as
               if
               he
               should
               say
               is
               not
               this
               the
               spirituall
               intent
               and
               true
               meaning
               or
               signification
               thereof
               ?
               doth
               it
               not
               shew
               forth
               and
               give
               us
               to
               understand
               the
               Communion
               that
               is
               betweene
               Christ
               and
               his
               Church
               and
               every
               member
               of
               it
               ?
               how
               hee
               hath
               purchased
               it
               and
               life
               ,
               and
               eternall
               salvation
               for
               it
               ,
               with
               his
               owne
               Body
               and
               Blood
               ,
               and
               that
               although
               the
               members
               thereof
               bee
               many
               ,
               yet
               they
               being
               by
               faith
               made
               partakers
               of
               him
               ,
               the
               true
               and
               living
               Bread
               ,
               are
               all
               in
               a
               spirituall
               manner
               ,
               one
               body
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               one
               bread
               ,
               and
               doe
               live
               by
               him
               .
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 like
                 whereof
                 hee
                 had
                 said
                 before
                 to
                 the
                 same
              
               Corrinthians
               ,
               
                 of
                 the
                 forefathers
                 :
              
               Moreover
               ,
               brethren
               I
               would
               not
               that
               yee
               should
               bee
               ignorant
               ,
               how
               that
               all
               our
               fathers
               were
               under
               the
               cloud
               ,
               and
               all
               passed
               through
               the
               Sea
               ,
               and
               were
               baptized
               unto
               
                 Moses
              
               in
               the
               Cloud
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Sea
               ,
               and
               did
               all
               eate
               the
               same
               spirituall
               meate
               ,
               and
               did
               all
               drinke
               the
               same
               spirituall
               drinke
               ,
               for
               they
               dranke
               of
               that
               spirituall
               Rocke
               which
               followed
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               Rocke
               was
               Christ
               ,
               1.
               Cor.
               10.
               1.
               2.
               3.
               4.
               
            
             
               So
               that
               all
               the
               holy
               fathers
               ,
               not
               onely
               they
               that
               had
               passed
               through
               the
               Sea
               with
               
                 Moses
                 ,
              
               whom
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               doth
               here
               instance
               for
               proofe
               ,
               but
               all
               that
               were
               before
               them
               and
               after
               them
               to
               his
               dayes
               ,
               were
               baptized
               with
               the
               same
               spirituall
               Baptisme
               ,
               wherewith
               hee
               himselfe
               and
               all
               the
               faithfull
               to
               this
               day
               have
               beene
               and
               are
               Baptized
               ,
               and
               did
               all
               eate
               the
               same
               spirituall
               meat
               ,
               and
               drinke
               the
               same
               spirituall
               drinke
               ,
               as
               wee
               now
               doe
               ;
               having
               all
               the
               same
               benefit
               of
               Christ
               and
               of
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               his
               Body
               and
               Blood
               ,
               as
               wee
               now
               have
               ,
               and
               are
               all
               of
               him
               and
               one
               body
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               wee
               with
               them
               ,
               as
               Saint
               
                 Paul
              
               also
               further
               manifesteth
               saying
               ;
               
                 For
                 as
                 the
                 body
                 is
                 one
                 and
                 hath
                 many
                 members
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 members
                 of
                 this
                 one
                 body
                 being
                 many
                 ,
                 are
                 one
                 body
                 ;
                 so
                 also
                 is
                 Christ
                 ;
                 For
                 by
                 one
                 spirit
                 are
                 we
                 all
                 Baptized
                 into
                 one
                 body
                 ,
                 whether
                 we
                 be
                 Iewes
                 or
                 Gentiles
                 ,
                 whether
                 we
                 be
                 bond
                 or
                 free
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 beene
                 all
                 made
                 drinke
                 into
                 one
                 spirit
                 .
              
               1.
               Cor.
               12
               12.
               13.
               
            
             
               For
               although
               Christ
               dyed
               but
               once
               in
               the
               latter
               time
               ,
               and
               in
               one
               place
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               yet
               his
               death
               was
               as
               avayleable
               with
               God
               ,
               (
               with
               whom
               all
               things
               to
               come
               and
               past
               ,
               are
               present
               )
               before
               his
               comming
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               death
               as
               since
               ;
               and
               as
               effectuall
               to
               his
               elect
               of
               all
               nations
               ,
               in
               all
               times
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               places
               ,
               then
               ,
               as
               now
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               but
               one
               way
               of
               salvation
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               by
               him
               ,
               unto
               all
               ,
               in
               all
               times
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               places
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               not
               declared
               in
               a
               like
               manner
               and
               measure
               to
               all
               ,
               in
               all
               times
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               places
               .
            
             
               These
               things
               I
               doe
               beleeve
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               for
               which
               ,
               if
               I
               shall
               still
               be
               judged
               vile
               ,
               and
               continued
               a
               prisoner
               ,
               I
               must
               
               still
               have
               patience
               :
               If
               otherwise
               and
               that
               I
               shall
               find
               reliefe
               ,
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               be
               thankfull
               unto
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               forget
               my
               duty
               to
               my
               relievers
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   From
                   the
                   new
                   Prison
                   in
                   Maiden-lane
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   1627.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   doe
                   now
                   confesse
                   againe
                   ,
                   that
                   after
                   all
                   these
                   things
                   I
                   having
                   indured
                   three
                   yeares
                   imprisonment
                   ,
                   and
                   having
                   often
                   petitioned
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   within
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   ,
                   shewing
                   my
                   wrongs
                   and
                   grievances
                   ,
                   and
                   requesting
                   my
                   liberty
                   (
                   those
                   two
                   fore-mentioned
                   Bishops
                   of
                   
                     Winchester
                  
                   and
                   
                     Rochester
                     ,
                  
                   Doctor
                   
                     Ne●
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   Doctor
                   
                     Buckridg
                     ,
                  
                   furthering
                   my
                   request
                   to
                   the
                   Arch-Bishop
                   )
                   I
                   was
                   discharged
                   and
                   released
                   without
                   any
                   kind
                   of
                   justification
                   ,
                   either
                   of
                   the
                   Courts
                   proceedings
                   or
                   the
                   witnesses
                   depositions
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   part
                   of
                   
                     Denisons
                  
                   doings
                   ,
                   or
                   acknowledging
                   my selfe
                   guilty
                   of
                   the
                   things
                   wherewith
                   I
                   was
                   charged
                   further
                   then
                   I
                   have
                   declared
                   .
                   The
                   last
                   Court
                   day
                   of
                   
                     Michaelmas
                  
                   terme
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   yeare
                   1629.
                   for
                   if
                   I
                   would
                   but
                   have
                   acknowledged
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   been
                   judicially
                   convicted
                   .
                   which
                   I
                   could
                   not
                   doe
                   ,
                   I
                   might
                   have
                   beene
                   discharged
                   long
                   before
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   notwithstanding
                   this
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   now
                   at
                   libertie
                   from
                   prison
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   scandalls
                   and
                   reproaches
                   of
                   my
                   adversaries
                   ,
                   remain
                   still
                   all
                   over
                   this
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   parts
                   likewise
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   ,
                   not
                   onely
                   of
                   that
                   unrighteous
                   sentence
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   passed
                   on
                   me
                   upon
                   those
                   insufficient
                   and
                   false
                   depositions
                   ,
                   but
                   especially
                   of
                   those
                   wicked
                   infamous
                   Sermons
                   and
                   bookes
                   which
                   my
                   accuser
                   and
                   prosecutor
                   
                     Denison
                  
                   hath
                   published
                   against
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   disperst
                   through
                   the
                   Kingdome
                   .
                   So
                   that
                   not
                   onely
                   my
                   person
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   name
                   is
                   odious
                   and
                   hatefull
                   to
                   many
                   ,
                   my
                   friends
                   ,
                   my
                   children
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   beare
                   my
                   name
                   suffer
                   by
                   this
                   meanes
                   .
                   But
                   why
                   should
                   it
                   so
                   much
                   grieve
                   me
                   ,
                   or
                   trouble
                   them
                   ?
                   seeing
                   that
                   the
                   more
                   any
                   one
                   suffereth
                   for
                   the
                   truth
                   sake
                   ,
                   the
                   more
                   he
                   hath
                   cause
                   to
                   rejoyce
                   ,
                   because
                   so
                   much
                   the
                   greater
                   is
                   his
                   reward
                   in
                   heaven
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Lord
                   himselfe
                   ,
                   
                     Who
                     is
                     the
                     way
                     ,
                     the
                     truth
                     ,
                     and
                     life
                     ,
                  
                   hath
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Mat.
                  
                   5.
                   
                   So
                   commending
                   the
                   judicious
                   true
                   Christian
                   Reader
                   ,
                   
                     To
                     the
                     grace
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     Lord
                     Iesus
                     Christ
                     ;
                  
                   I
                   rest
                   his
                   true
                   Christian
                   friend
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     JOHN
                     ETHERINGTON
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
             
               And
               if
               any
               shall
               thinke
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               answered
               that
               Booke
               of
               the
               Sermon
               preacht
               against
               me
               at
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               tituled
               ,
               
                 The
                 white
                 w●olfe
                 ,
              
               by
               Doctor
               
                 Denison
                 ,
              
               (
               for
               he
               hath
               now
               by
               reason
               of
               that
               worke
               as
               it
               seemeth
               ,
               obtained
               the
               name
               of
               Doctor
               ,
               which
               before
               he
               had
               not
               )
               let
               such
               a
               one
               but
               consider
               well
               without
               partiallity
               ,
               what
               is
               declared
               in
               this
               my
               defence
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               he
               shall
               see
               every
               thing
               in
               the
               Doctors
               
                 White
                 w●olfe
              
               that
               conserneth
               me
               ,
               in
               substance
               fully
               answered
               ,
               and
               whether
               he
               or
               I
               have
               played
               the
               ravening
               Woolves
               part
               ,
               I
               refer
               to
               the
               judicious
               Christian
               Reader
               (
               that
               hath
               read
               both
               )
               to
               consider
               .
               And
               so
               I
               rest
               his
               christian
               friend
               ,
               wishing
               him
               all
               true
               wisdome
               from
               above
               whereby
               to
               discerne
               betweene
               truth
               and
               falsehood
               ,
               and
               betweene
               true
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               false
               ,
               that
               so
               he
               be
               not
               deceived
               .
            
             
               
                 I.
                 E.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           IN
           pag.
           1.
           l.
           the
           last
           after
           invent
           ,
           read
           spoken
           against
           him
           .
           In
           pag.
           2.
           l.
           19.
           read
           mind
           i●
           ,
           In
           pag.
           12.
           l.
           23.
           for
           dareth
           read
           dareth
           not
           .
           In
           pag.
           31.
           l.
           the
           1.
           for
           his
           read
           this
           .
           In
           pag.
           36.
           l.
           18.
           for
           Sabbath
           read
           Sabbaths
           .
           In
           pag.
           38.
           l.
           19.
           read
           could
           not
           In
           pag.
           38
           1.
           25.
           for
           oposition
           read
           exposition
           .
           In
           pag.
           38.
           l.
           28.
           for
           used
           read
           useth
           .
           In
           pag.
           39.
           l.
           the
           last
           .
           recit
           read
           receive
           .
           In
           pag.
           41.
           l.
           the
           7.
           for
           answers
           read
           adversaries
           .
           In
           pag.
           41.
           l.
           the
           16.
           for
           suscribe
           read
           subscribe
           .
           In
           pag.
           42.
           l.
           6.
           for
           or
           may
           ,
           read
           are
           ,
           may
           .
           In
           pag.
           44.
           l.
           14.
           for
           walks
           read
           walt
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A38702e-160
           
             Matth.
             25.
             
          
           
             Acts
             20.
             
          
           
             John
             5.
             39.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             24.
             5.
             
          
           
             Revel.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             3.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             24.
             25.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             22.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             
          
           
             Mark
             ,
             1.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             16.
             18.
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             17.
             
             &
             12.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Esay
             58.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             
          
           
             Page
             70
             &
             71.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             11.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             3.
             11.
             12.
             
          
           
             Esay
             61.
             1.
             2.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Act.
             10.
             37.
             
          
           
             Act.
             13.
             23.
             24.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             11.
             5.
             
          
           
             Luke
             7.
             22.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             
          
           
             Luke
             24.
             47.
             48.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             1.
             15.
             
          
           
             Act.
             2.
             38.
             
          
           
             Act.
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             30.
             6.
             7.
             8.
             9.
             10.
             11.
             12.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             Esay
             57.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Esay
             66.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iere.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Hose
             .
             10.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ioel
             2.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             51.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             95.
             7.
             8.
             11.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             16.
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             ●
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             Philip
             .
             4.
             23.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             5.
             28.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             22.
             21.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             6.
             54.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             35.
             40
             :
             and
             47.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.
             32.
             33.
             35.
             48.
             51.
             53.
             55.
             56.
             57.
             58.
             &c.