An ansvver to a letter vvritten at Oxford, and superscribed to Dr. Samuel Turner, concerning the Church, and the revenues thereof. Wherein is shewed, how impossible it is for the King with a good conscience to yeeld to the change of church-government by bishops, or to the alienating the lands of the Church.
         Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651.
      
       
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             An ansvver to a letter vvritten at Oxford, and superscribed to Dr. Samuel Turner, concerning the Church, and the revenues thereof. Wherein is shewed, how impossible it is for the King with a good conscience to yeeld to the change of church-government by bishops, or to the alienating the lands of the Church.
             Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651.
             J. T.
             Turner, Samuel, D.D.
          
           [2], 53, [1] p.
           
             s.n.],
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             Printed in the yeere, M DC XLVII. [1647]
          
           
             Attributed to Richard Steward by Wing.
             A printing of and reply to: A letter written to D. Samuel Turner, concerning the Church, and the revenues thereof.
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           AN
           ANSVVER
           TO
           A
           LETTER
           VVritten
           at
           OXFORD
           ,
           And
           superscribed
           to
           Dr.
           
             SAMVEL
             TVRNER
             ,
          
           Concerning
           the
           CHURCH
           ,
           and
           the
           Revenues
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           is
           shewed
           ,
           how
           impossible
           it
           is
           for
           the
           King
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           to
           yeeld
           to
           the
           change
           of
           Church-Government
           by
           Bishops
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           alienating
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeere
           ,
           
             MDCXI
             .
             VII
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Faults
           escaped
           ,
           correct
           thus
           .
        
         
           Page
           5.
           line
           30.
           for
           
             Lawes
          
           read
           
             Lands
             .
          
           p.
           7.
           l.
           30.
           r.
           
             preserving
             .
          
           p.
           9.
           l.
           8.
           r.
           
             this
             in
             the
             Postscript
             .
          
           p.
           12.
           l.
           20.
           r.
           
             visum
             .
          
           p.
           17.
           l.
           15.
           r.
           
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             part
             .
          
           p.
           18.
           l.
           27.
           for
           
             then
          
           r.
           
             that
             .
          
           p.
           19.
           l.
           11.
           for
           
             since
             ,
          
           r.
           
             sure
             .
          
           p.
           19.
           l.
           15.
           r.
           
             aliquid
             .
          
           p.
           20.
           l.
           20.
           for
           
             this
          
           r.
           
             the
             .
          
           p.
           21.
           l.
           ult.
           r.
           
             that
             error
             .
          
           ibid.
           l.
           ult.
           r.
           
             that
             consent
             .
          
           p.
           24.
           l.
           8.
           r.
           
             Creet
             .
          
           ibid.
           l.
           27.
           r.
           
             Apostolicall
             .
          
           p.
           31.
           l.
           14.
           r.
           
             vindicta
             .
          
           p.
           35.
           l.
           26.
           dele
           
             not
             .
          
           p.
           39.
           l.
           1
           r.
           
             must
             not
             .
          
           p.
           44.
           l.
           5.
           for
           
             there
             ,
          
           r.
           
             other
             .
          
           p.
           47.
           l.
           ult.
           r.
           
             preserve
             .
          
           p.
           50.
           l.
           3.
           r.
           the
           Commons
           .
           p.
           51.
           l.
           22.
           for
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           r.
           
             are
             .
          
           p.
           52.
           l.
           19.
           dele
           
             that
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Letter
           written
           to
           D.
           SAMUEL
           TURNER
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Revenues
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             Noble
             Doctor
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Expected
           when
           you
           had
           seen
           the
           Kings
           last
           Messages
           ,
           your
           reason
           would
           have
           prompted
           you
           to
           have
           look'd
           this
           way
           ,
           which
           caused
           a
           delay
           in
           sending
           unto
           you
           ,
           untill
           the
           difficulty
           of
           the
           passage
           made
           me
           suspect
           whether
           this
           may
           come
           safe
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           preparations
           and
           designes
           here
           ,
           I
           feare
           I
           shall
           not
           have
           another
           oportunity
           ;
           take
           this
           therefore
           as
           a
           
             farwell-truth
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             moderate
             party
          
           here
           ,
           are
           at
           their
           
             Ne
             plus
             ultra
             ,
          
           the
           presbyterians
           &
           Independants
           will
           agree
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Scots
          
           and
           we
           shall
           not
           fall
           out
           ;
           and
           it
           must
           now
           be
           the
           wisdome
           of
           your selfe
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           have
           power
           and
           interest
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           save
           him
           ,
           your selves
           ,
           and
           Country
           from
           ruine
           :
           Your
           visible
           strength
           to
           hold
           out
           ,
           (
           much
           lesse
           to
           prevaile
           )
           is
           too
           well
           known
           here
           ,
           and
           your
           hopes
           from
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           will
           soon
           vanish
           ,
           which
           if
           successefull
           by
           a
           victorious
           Army
           (
           which
           I
           beleeve
           you
           shall
           never
           see
           )
           would
           but
           make
           you
           and
           us
           slaves
           to
           a
           forraign
           Nation
           ,
           and
           extirpate
           that
           Religion
           ,
           both
           sides
           pretend
           to
           maintaine
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           plaine
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           way
           left
           you
           ,
           but
           to
           accept
           such
           conditions
           of
           peace
           as
           may
           be
           had
           ;
           you
           are
           too
           
           much
           a
           souldier
           ,
           to
           thinke
           a
           retreate
           (
           upon
           so
           many
           disadvantages
           )
           dishonourable
           to
           a
           Generall
           ,
           or
           acceptance
           of
           hard
           conditions
           by
           a
           starved
           beleagured
           Garrison
           to
           the
           Governour
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           of
           evils
           choose
           the
           least
           ;
           and
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           expected
           from
           you
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           more
           wise
           and
           honest
           party
           with
           you
           )
           that
           they
           should
           make
           use
           of
           their
           reason
           ,
           and
           advise
           the
           King
           to
           save
           what
           is
           left
           ,
           wherein
           it
           is
           believed
           you
           may
           prevaile
           ;
           considering
           what
           hath
           already
           passed
           in
           so
           many
           free
           offers
           to
           give
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
             paiment
             of
             the
             publique
             Debts
             ,
             choice
             of
             Judges
             ,
             Lord
             Admirall
             ,
             Officers
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             with
             an
             Act
             of
             oblivion
             and
             free
             Pardon
             ,
             free
             exercise
             of
             Religion
             ,
             to
             Presbyterians
             ,
             and
             Independants
             their
             own
             way
             ,
             and
             a
             promise
             to
             endeavour
             in
             all
             particulars
             ,
             that
             none
             shall
             have
             cause
             to
             complaine
             for
             want
             of
             security
             :
          
           things
           so
           farre
           beyond
           our
           former
           hopes
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           doubt
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           reason
           which
           moved
           the
           offer
           of
           these
           ,
           will
           obtaine
           to
           concession
           of
           such
           others
           ,
           as
           the
           Parliament
           shall
           require
           in
           order
           to
           peace
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           neere
           as
           I
           can
           guesse
           )
           will
           be
           either
           the
           removall
           and
           punishment
           of
           evill
           Counsellors
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           have
           drawn
           the
           King
           into
           these
           troubles
           ,
           or
           the
           busines
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           all
           other
           materiall
           things
           to
           my
           apprehension
           being
           already
           offered
           .
           )
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           you
           can
           with
           reason
           gain-say
           the
           bringing
           offenders
           to
           Justice
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Parliament
           Prerogative
           streine
           justice
           in
           the
           tryall
           and
           punishment
           (
           beyond
           example
           of
           better
           times
           )
           it
           were
           wisdome
           for
           such
           as
           may
           therein
           be
           concerned
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           ,
           
             Dum
             furer
             in
             cursu
             ,
          
           for
           if
           it
           must
           come
           to
           suffering
           ,
           
             Melius
             unus
             quam
             unitas
             :
          
           for
           the
           busines
           of
           the
           Church
           I
           wish
           it
           could
           be
           prevented
           ,
           (
           there
           are
           who
           can
           witnesse
           the
           labour
           and
           hazards
           I
           have
           undergone
           for
           that
           end
           )
           
           conceiving
           no
           government
           equall
           to
           a
           well
           ordered
           Episcopall
           ,
           for
           the
           well-being
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           :
           But
           when
           the
           necessity
           of
           times
           hath
           proposed
           this
           sad
           question
           for
           resolution
           ,
           whether
           consent
           to
           alter
           Episcopall
           government
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           let
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ruine
           together
           ,
           my
           reason
           assents
           to
           the
           former
           .
           I
           beleeve
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           place
           where
           you
           are
           ,
           would
           perswade
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           from
           thence
           transmitted
           hither
           as
           an
           orthodox
           truth
           ,
           that
           the
           altering
           that
           government
           ,
           being
           as
           they
           say
           
             jure
             divino
             ,
          
           is
           sinfull
           ;
           and
           the
           taking
           away
           the
           
             Church-lands
             ,
             sacriledge
             ,
          
           at
           least
           unlawfull
           ;
           which
           if
           I
           could
           believe
           ,
           would
           change
           my
           opinion
           ,
           for
           I
           cannot
           give
           way
           for
           the
           committing
           a
           sin
           for
           a
           good
           end
           ,
           (
           what
           ever
           the
           
             Romanist
             ,
          
           or
           
             Jesuited
             Puritan
          
           pretend
           in
           defence
           of
           it
           )
           but
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           (
           and
           if
           I
           doe
           ,
           I
           pray
           reforme
           me
           )
           the
           opinion
           that
           the
           government
           by
           Bishops
           is
           
             jure
             divino
             ,
          
           hath
           but
           lately
           been
           countenanced
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           that
           but
           by
           some
           few
           of
           the
           more
           
             Lordly
             Clergy
             ;
          
           for
           we
           alwayes
           acknowledge
           the
           Protestants
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           the
           
             Low
             Countryes
             ,
          
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           part
           of
           the
           reformed
           Protestant
           Catholique
           Church
           though
           they
           had
           no
           
             Bishops
             ;
          
           and
           I
           am
           certaine
           the
           King
           would
           never
           have
           given
           way
           for
           the
           extirpation
           of
           
             Bishops
          
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           had
           he
           conceived
           them
           to
           be
           
             jure
             divino
             ;
          
           nor
           to
           the
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
          
           and
           
             Independants
          
           here
           to
           exercise
           their
           Religion
           their
           own
           way
           ,
           (
           as
           by
           his
           late
           Messages
           )
           when
           such
           a
           tolleration
           in
           the
           face
           of
           such
           a
           divine
           Law
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           sinfull
           :
           and
           for
           the
           latter
           opinion
           against
           taking
           away
           of
           Church
           Lands
           ,
           I
           am
           lesse
           satisfyed
           ,
           being
           so
           farre
           from
           conceiving
           it
           sacriledge
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           conceive
           it
           unlawfull
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           done
           without
           breach
           of
           any
           Law
           ,
           (
           which
           must
           be
           the
           rule
           for
           tryal
           of
           the
           lawfulnes
           or
           unlawfulnes
           of
           every
           action
           )
           nay
           though
           there
           
           be
           never
           so
           many
           curses
           or
           imprecations
           added
           to
           the
           donation
           :
           nor
           do
           I
           herein
           ground
           my
           opinion
           barely
           upon
           the
           frequent
           practise
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           times
           of
           Queen
           
             Eliz
             ,
          
           and
           King
           
             James
             ,
          
           and
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           if
           you
           have
           not
           forgotten
           the
           exchange
           of
           
             Durham
             house
             )
          
           aswell
           as
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eighth
           )
           but
           even
           by
           the
           Bishops
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Deanes
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           wisdome
           of
           the
           State
           (
           after
           Clergy
           men
           were
           permitted
           to
           marry
           )
           had
           not
           prohibited
           their
           alienations
           ,
           and
           restrained
           their
           Leases
           to
           21.
           yeares
           ,
           or
           3.
           lives
           ,
           their
           Revenues
           at
           this
           day
           would
           not
           have
           been
           subject
           to
           envy
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           deale
           clearely
           with
           you
           Doctor
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           yet
           understand
           how
           there
           can
           be
           any
           Sacriledge
           ,
           properly
           so
           called
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           a
           theft
           and
           more
           :
           
             viz.
          
           a
           theft
           of
           something
           dedicated
           to
           holy
           use
           ,
           (
           a
           Communion-Cup
           for
           instance
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           )
           &
           theft
           you
           know
           must
           be
           of
           things
           moveable
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           and
           how
           theft
           can
           be
           of
           Lands
           ,
           or
           sacriledge
           committed
           by
           aliening
           Church-Lands
           ,
           I
           pray
           aske
           your
           friend
           
             Holbourne
          
           and
           his
           fellow
           Lawyers
           ,
           for
           ours
           here
           deride
           us
           for
           the
           question
           .
           As
           for
           the
           main
           quere
           ,
           touching
           the
           lawfulnes
           of
           aliening
           Church-lands
           ,
           (
           I
           use
           the
           expression
           for
           the
           lands
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           Deanes
           ,
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           )
           good
           Doctor
           give
           me
           your
           patience
           to
           heare
           my
           reasons
           .
           And
           first
           I
           lay
           this
           as
           a
           foundation
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           divine
           command
           that
           Ministers
           under
           the
           Gospell
           should
           have
           any
           lands
           ,
           (
           the
           hire
           of
           a
           labourer
           at
           most
           ,
           a
           fitting
           maintenance
           is
           all
           to
           be
           challenged
           )
           nor
           do
           we
           read
           that
           the
           Apostles
           had
           any
           Lands
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           mention
           to
           avoid
           the
           groundlesse
           arguments
           upon
           the
           lands
           and
           portions
           allotted
           to
           the
           Tribe
           of
           
             Levi
          
           by
           Gods
           appointment
           ,
           to
           whom
           our
           Ministers
           have
           no
           succession
           )
           and
           then
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           they
           
           enjoy
           their
           lands
           by
           the
           same
           Law
           of
           the
           State
           as
           others
           doe
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           subject
           to
           that
           Law
           which
           alone
           gives
           strength
           to
           their
           title
           ;
           which
           being
           granted
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           will
           not
           be
           denyed
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           he
           that
           hath
           an
           estate
           in
           Lands
           in
           Fee-simple
           ,
           by
           an
           implyed
           power
           ,
           may
           lawfully
           alien
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           an
           expression
           in
           his
           Deed
           of
           purchase
           or
           donation
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           which
           being
           so
           ,
           makes
           the
           alienation
           of
           Bishops
           Lands
           even
           without
           any
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           lawfull
           ,
           being
           done
           by
           those
           who
           have
           an
           estate
           in
           Fee
           simple
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           with
           the
           Deane
           and
           Chapter
           hath
           .
           )
        
         
           Then
           further
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           will
           be
           granted
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           whosoever
           hath
           Lands
           or
           goods
           ,
           hath
           them
           with
           this
           inseparable
           implyed
           condition
           or
           limitation
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           the
           Parliament
           may
           dispose
           of
           them
           or
           any
           part
           of
           them
           at
           pleasure
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           they
           sometimes
           dispose
           some
           part
           in
           Subsidies
           and
           other
           Taxes
           ;
           enable
           a
           Tenant
           for
           life
           ,
           to
           sell
           an
           estate
           in
           Fee-simple
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           all
           unlawfull
           ,
           because
           of
           that
           limitation
           or
           condition
           before
           mentioned
           ;
           and
           who
           ever
           will
           be
           owner
           must
           take
           them
           according
           to
           this
           Law
           :
           Now
           hence
           comes
           the
           mistake
           ,
           by
           reason
           there
           is
           not
           such
           an
           expresse
           condition
           or
           limitation
           in
           the
           Deed
           of
           Donation
           ,
           (
           which
           would
           silence
           all
           disputes
           )
           whereas
           it
           is
           as
           cleare
           a
           truth
           ,
           that
           where
           any
           thing
           is
           necessarily
           by
           Law
           implied
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           much
           as
           if
           in
           plaine
           words
           expressed
           ,
           of
           which
           your
           Lawyers
           (
           if
           Reason
           need
           a
           helpe
           from
           them
           )
           can
           easily
           resolve
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           it
           were
           somewhat
           strange
           ,
           that
           the
           Donor
           of
           the
           Lawes
           should
           preserve
           them
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           from
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           which
           he
           could
           not
           doe
           in
           his
           owne
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           a
           greater
           and
           
           surer
           right
           then
           he
           had
           himselfe
           :
           Nor
           doe
           I
           understand
           their
           meaning
           ,
           who
           terme
           God
           the
           Proprieter
           of
           the
           Bishops
           Lands
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           the
           Usufructuary
           .
           For
           I
           know
           not
           how
           (
           in
           propriety
           of
           speech
           )
           God
           is
           more
           entituled
           to
           their
           Lands
           then
           to
           his
           whole
           Creation
           ;
           and
           were
           Clergie-men
           but
           Usufructuaries
           ,
           how
           come
           they
           to
           change
           ,
           dispose
           or
           alter
           the
           property
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           (
           which
           an
           Usufructuary
           cannot
           doe
           )
           and
           yet
           is
           by
           them
           done
           daily
           ?
           Aske
           them
           by
           what
           Divine
           Law
           S.
           
             Maries
          
           Church
           in
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           may
           not
           be
           equally
           imployed
           for
           temporall
           uses
           ,
           as
           for
           holding
           the
           Vice-chancellours
           Court
           ,
           the
           University
           Convocation
           ,
           or
           their
           yearly
           acts
           ?
           And
           for
           the
           Curses
           (
           those
           bug-beare
           words
           )
           I
           could
           yet
           never
           learne
           that
           an
           unlawfull
           curse
           was
           any
           prejudice
           but
           to
           the
           Author
           ,
           of
           which
           sort
           those
           curses
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           which
           restraine
           the
           Parliament
           or
           any
           other
           from
           exercising
           a
           lawfull
           and
           undenyable
           power
           ,
           which
           in
           instances
           would
           shew
           very
           ridiculous
           ,
           if
           any
           curse
           should
           prejudice
           anothers
           lawfull
           right
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           such
           curses
           have
           no
           warrant
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           or
           this
           Nation
           .
           If
           this
           doth
           not
           satisfie
           the
           former
           doubts
           in
           your
           Bishops
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           know
           you
           to
           be
           too
           great
           a
           Master
           of
           Reason
           to
           be
           unsatisfied
           )
           aske
           them
           whether
           Church-lands
           may
           not
           lawfully
           (
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           State
           not
           prohibiting
           )
           be
           transferred
           from
           one
           Church
           to
           another
           upon
           emergent
           occasions
           ?
           which
           I
           think
           they
           will
           not
           deny
           .
           If
           so
           ,
           who
           knowes
           that
           the
           Parliament
           will
           transferre
           them
           to
           Lay-hands
           ?
           they
           professe
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           not
           ,
           but
           continue
           them
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           (
           which
           prevents
           all
           disputes
           upon
           the
           last
           question
           )
           but
           if
           they
           shall
           hereafter
           do
           otherwise
           ,
           you
           know
           my
           opinion
           :
           Onely
           mistake
           me
           not
           in
           
           this
           free
           discourse
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           did
           countenance
           or
           commend
           the
           Parliaments
           proceedings
           in
           their
           new
           Reformation
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           caution
           to
           you
           in
           the
           exigencies
           of
           times
           ,
           what
           is
           fittest
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           when
           (
           I
           take
           it
           )
           Mistresse
           Necessity
           in
           all
           things
           indifferent
           ,
           or
           not
           unlawfull
           ,
           must
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           in
           which
           cases
           the
           most
           constant
           men
           must
           be
           contented
           to
           change
           their
           resolutions
           with
           the
           alteration
           of
           time
           .
           Your
           party
           have
           been
           resolute
           enough
           to
           preserve
           the
           rights
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           further
           peradventure
           then
           wise
           men
           would
           have
           done
           ,
           but
           at
           an
           
             ultra
             posse
          
           you
           and
           we
           must
           give
           over
           ,
           especially
           for
           an
           imaginary
           right
           .
           And
           think
           seriously
           with
           your selfe
           ,
           whether
           after
           all
           other
           things
           granted
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           fit
           to
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           very
           being
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           the
           King
           and
           his
           posterity
           ,
           and
           Monarchy
           it selfe
           ,
           onely
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           Church-government
           by
           Bishops
           ,
           or
           aliening
           the
           Church-lands
           ,
           or
           rather
           whether
           the
           Kings
           Councell
           (
           in
           duty
           )
           ought
           not
           to
           advise
           him
           the
           contrary
           ,
           who
           should
           be
           wise
           as
           well
           as
           pious
           ,
           yet
           herein
           may
           be
           both
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           doe
           not
           thinke
           Conveniencie
           or
           Necessity
           will
           excuse
           Conscience
           in
           a
           thing
           in
           it selfe
           unlawfull
           ,
           what
           ever
           States-men
           maintain
           to
           the
           contrary
           )
           your
           interest
           with
           the
           King
           is
           not
           small
           ,
           and
           your
           power
           with
           the
           Lords
           (
           who
           are
           guided
           by
           reason
           )
           very
           considerable
           ,
           you
           cannot
           doe
           better
           then
           make
           use
           of
           both
           at
           this
           time
           .
           If
           they
           have
           a
           desire
           to
           preserve
           the
           Church
           ,
           it
           were
           wel
           their
           thoughts
           were
           fixed
           upon
           some
           course
           for
           setling
           a
           Superintendencie
           in
           the
           Presbyteriall
           Government
           ,
           (
           which
           no
           way
           crosseth
           the
           Nationall
           Covenant
           )
           and
           preserve
           the
           Revenues
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           I
           beleeve
           at
           
             Uxbridge
          
           Treaty
           would
           have
           been
           granted
           ,
           what
           ever
           
           it
           will
           be
           now
           .
           I
           have
           given
           you
           my
           sense
           upon
           the
           whole
           businesse
           .
           
             Si
             quid
             novisti
             rectius
             ,
          
        
         
           
             
               Candidus
               imperti
               ,
               si
               non
               his
               utere
               .
            
             
             J.
             T.
             
             So
             farewell
             Doctor
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             give
             you
             commission
             to
             shew
             this
             to
             my
             Lord
             Dorset
             ,
             (
             who
             by
             +
             and
             something
             else
             can
             guesse
             my
             name
             )
             and
             to
             as
             many
             more
             as
             owne
             Reason
             and
             Honesty
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           the
           foregoing
           Letter
           ,
           superscribed
           to
           D.
           Samuel
           Turner
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           YOu
           have
           put
           an
           odde
           taske
           upon
           me
           ,
           in
           commanding
           my
           judgement
           on
           a
           Letter
           lately
           sent
           to
           a
           Doctor
           in
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           with
           a
           commission
           to
           shew
           it
           to
           the
           Lord
           of
           
             Dorset
             ,
             and
             to
             as
             many
             more
             as
             own
             reason
             and
             honesty
             ;
          
           for
           this
           is
           the
           Postscript
           ,
           and
           many
           the
           like
           passages
           in
           the
           Letter
           ,
           (
           as
           that
           the
           more
           
             wise
             and
             honest
             party
             would
             make
             use
             of
             their
             reason
             ,
          
           and
           
             I
             know
             you
             too
             great
             a
             master
             of
             reason
             ,
             to
             be
             unsatisfyed
             )
          
           makes
           me
           feare
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           should
           perhaps
           dissent
           in
           opinion
           from
           this
           
             Epistler
             ,
          
           I
           might
           be
           thought
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           in
           his
           conceite
           )
           to
           incurre
           a
           sharpe
           censure
           both
           in
           point
           of
           
             reason
          
           and
           
             honesty
             :
          
           Which
           I
           confesse
           at
           first
           somewhat
           troubled
           me
           ,
           untill
           I
           remembred
           you
           were
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           when
           
             vessels
             do
             once
             make
             such
             noises
             as
             these
             ,
             t
             is
             a
             very
             shrewd
             signe
             they
             are
             empty
             .
          
        
         
           He
           who
           wrote
           the
           Letter
           seemes
           most
           desirous
           of
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           truly
           Sir
           so
           am
           I
           ;
           besides
           we
           agree
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           
             we
             must
             not
             commit
             sinne
             for
             a
             good
             end
             ;
          
           so
           that
           if
           
             Peace
          
           it selfe
           cannot
           be
           attained
           without
           that
           guilt
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           content
           with
           a
           worse
           estate
           .
           But
           you
           very
           well
           know
           ,
           with
           how
           many
           severall
           deceipts
           our
           affections
           can
           mislead
           our
           reason
           ;
           you
           remember
           who
           it
           was
           that
           said
           it
           unto
           the
           very
           face
           of
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           
             I
             have
             kept
             the
             commandement
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           his
           sin
           remained
           still
           a
           great
           sinne
           ,
           and
           much
           the
           worse
           because
           he
           excused
           it
           :
           For
           his
           guilt
           is
           lesse
           that
           commits
           a
           crime
           ,
           then
           his
           that
           undertakes
           to
           defend
           it
           ;
           because
           this
           cuts
           off
           all
           repentance
           ,
           
           nay
           ,
           it
           makes
           a
           sin
           to
           grow
           up
           into
           that
           more
           wicked
           heighth
           of
           a
           scandall
           ,
           and
           so
           t
           is
           not
           only
           a
           snare
           to
           the
           sinner
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           it
           warrants
           many
           more
           to
           be
           sinfull
           .
        
         
           Whether
           this
           
             Oxford
             Londoner
             ,
          
           for
           so
           I
           take
           the
           
             Epistler
          
           to
           be
           ,
           hath
           not
           defended
           or
           made
           apologies
           for
           sinne
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           in
           that
           sense
           ,
           
             done
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             thereof
             ,
          
           I
           am
           now
           to
           make
           an
           enquiry
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           follow
           him
           in
           his
           two
           generals
           .
           1.
           
           
             The
             delivering
             up
             the
             Kings
             friends
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           above
           call
           
             evil
             counsellors
             .
          
           And
           2.
           
           
             The
             businesse
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             For
             the
             Kings
             friends
             .
          
           He
           sayes
           ,
           —
           
             I
             know
             not
             how
             you
             can
             with
             reason
             gainsay
             the
             bringing
             offenders
             to
             justice
             :
          
           indeed
           nor
           I
           neither
           ,
           but
           what
           if
           they
           be
           not
           offenders
           ?
           What
           if
           they
           must
           be
           brought
           to
           injustice
           ?
           I
           know
           no
           man
           that
           will
           refuse
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           whose
           undoubted
           Head
           is
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           sitting
           there
           ,
           with
           an
           unquestioned
           Negative
           ,
           nay
           for
           his
           Majesty
           to
           referre
           Delinquents
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           sitting
           in
           a
           free
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           judging
           according
           to
           the
           known
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Realme
           ,
           is
           that
           at
           least
           which
           in
           my
           opinion
           would
           not
           be
           stucke
           at
           .
           But
           the
           Parliament
           prerogative
           ,
           which
           this
           Letter
           speakes
           of
           ,
           being
           now
           so
           extended
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           cause
           to
           thinke
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           doubt
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           whether
           not
           only
           in
           point
           of
           honour
           ,
           but
           in
           point
           of
           justice
           and
           conscience
           ,
           the
           King
           for
           his
           own
           Peace
           ,
           can
           leave
           his
           friends
           to
           such
           men
           ,
           whom
           he
           is
           clearely
           bound
           by
           so
           many
           grand
           ties
           to
           protect
           .
           But
           this
           Sir
           I
           shall
           commit
           to
           you
           to
           determine
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           returne
           me
           a
           negative
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           presume
           to
           question
           your
           
             reason
          
           or
           
             honesty
             ;
          
           nor
           shall
           I
           perswade
           the
           Kings
           friends
           that
           they
           would
           banish
           themselves
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           were
           only
           to
           do
           that
           great
           favour
           to
           the
           two
           Houses
           now
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           as
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           some
           future
           foule
           acts
           of
           oppression
           and
           
           bloud
           ,
           because
           they
           shall
           have
           none
           left
           to
           act
           upon
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           For
           the
           busines
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           he
           againe
           divides
           into
           two
           parts
           ,
           first
           that
           of
           Episcopacy
           ,
           &
           secondly
           of
           Sacriledge
           .
           And
           in
           these
           Sir
           I
           shall
           speake
           with
           lesse
           hesitation
           ,
           I
           shall
           clearely
           tell
           you
           the
           Epistler
           is
           cleane
           out
           ;
           and
           though
           you
           very
           well
           know
           me
           a
           great
           honourer
           of
           your
           profession
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           hold
           it
           fit
           to
           decide
           cases
           of
           conscience
           ,
           or
           in
           humane
           actions
           to
           tell
           us
           what
           is
           sinne
           or
           no
           sinne
           :
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           take
           this
           ill
           at
           my
           hands
           .
        
         
           First
           for
           Episcopacy
           ,
           his
           words
           are
           ,
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           (
           and
           if
           I
           do
           ,
           I
           pray
           reforme
           me
           )
           
             The
             opinion
             that
             the
             government
             by
             Bishops
             is
          
           jure
           divino
           ,
           
             hath
             but
             lately
             been
             countenanced
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             some
             few
             of
             the
             more
             Lordly
             Cleargy
             .
          
           These
           last
           words
           make
           me
           suspect
           some
           passion
           in
           the
           Writer
           ,
           as
           being
           in
           scorne
           heretofore
           taken
           up
           by
           men
           ,
           who
           for
           a
           long
           time
           were
           Schismatiques
           ,
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           Rebels
           in
           their
           actions
           :
           And
           since
           the
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Land
           makes
           some
           Church
           men
           Lords
           ,
           I
           do
           the
           more
           marvaile
           that
           the
           Epistler
           lookes
           awry
           upon
           it
           :
           so
           that
           though
           his
           profession
           be
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           undergone
           labours
           and
           hazards
           for
           the
           Episcopall
           Government
           ,
           yet
           truly
           Sir
           I
           must
           thinke
           ,
           that
           t
           is
           then
           only
           fit
           for
           the
           Church
           to
           give
           him
           thankes
           ,
           when
           she
           has
           done
           all
           her
           other
           busines
           .
        
         
           But
           grant
           that
           Tenet
           to
           be
           but
           of
           late
           countenanced
           ,
           it
           thence
           followes
           not
           ,
           that
           t
           is
           any
           whit
           the
           lesse
           true
           .
           For
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           many
           hundred
           yeares
           of
           abuse
           ,
           the
           reformation
           it selfe
           was
           but
           of
           late
           countenanced
           here
           ,
           yet
           I
           take
           it
           for
           an
           unquestionable
           truth
           that
           the
           Laity
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           cuppe
           .
           And
           though
           I
           was
           not
           desired
           to
           reforme
           this
           Epistlers
           errour
           ,
           yet
           in
           charity
           I
           shall
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           out
           ,
           when
           he
           affirmes
           that
           this
           opinion
           
           was
           but
           of
           late
           countenanced
           in
           this
           Church
           ,
           as
           I
           could
           shew
           him
           out
           of
           Archbishop
           
             Whitgift
             ,
          
           and
           Bishop
           
             Bilson
          
           and
           others
           :
           and
           since
           perhaps
           he
           may
           thinke
           these
           to
           be
           but
           men
           of
           the
           more
           Lordly
           Clergy
           ,
           I
           shall
           name
           one
           more
           who
           may
           stand
           for
           many
           ,
           and
           who
           wrote
           forty
           yeares
           since
           ,
           that
           most
           excellent
           man
           M.
           
             Hooker
             ,
          
           (
           a
           person
           of
           most
           incomparable
           learning
           ,
           and
           of
           as
           much
           modesty
           ,
           who
           I
           dare
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           did
           not
           once
           dreame
           of
           a
           Rotchet
           )
           he
           averres
           in
           cleare
           tearmes
           ,
           
             There
             are
             at
             this
             day
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             no
             other
             then
             the
             same
             degrees
             of
             Ecclesiasticall
             order
             ,
             namely
             Bishops
             ,
             Presbyters
             ,
             and
             Deacons
             ,
             which
             had
             their
             beginning
             from
             Christ
             and
             his
             blessed
             Apostles
             themselves
             ,
          
           or
           as
           he
           expounds
           himselfe
           ,
           
             Bishops
          
           and
           
             Presbyters
             ,
          
           ordained
           by
           Christ
           himselfe
           in
           the
           Apostles
           and
           the
           seventy
           ,
           and
           then
           Deacons
           by
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           I
           may
           adde
           
             Bucer
          
           too
           ,
           no
           man
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           the
           Lordly
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           though
           he
           were
           not
           English
           born
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           professor
           here
           in
           King
           
             Edwards
          
           time
           ,
           and
           he
           wrote
           and
           dyed
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           
             Bishops
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           are
           
             Ex
             perpetua
             ecclesiarum
             ordinatione
             ab
             ipsis
             jam
             Apostolis
             ,
          
           and
           more
           ,
           
             Usum
             hoc
             est
             spiritui
             sancto
             :
          
           and
           sure
           if
           
             Bishops
          
           be
           from
           the
           Apostles
           and
           from
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           himselfe
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           divine
           institution
           .
           Nay
           what
           thinke
           you
           if
           this
           Tenet
           be
           approved
           by
           a
           plaine
           act
           of
           Parliament
           ?
           I
           hope
           then
           it
           wants
           no
           countenance
           which
           England
           can
           give
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           needs
           not
           fly
           for
           shelter
           under
           the
           wings
           of
           the
           Lordly
           Cleargy
           ;
           you
           have
           these
           words
           in
           the
           booke
           of
           Consecration
           of
           Archbishops
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           is
           confirmed
           by
           Parliament
           ;
           
             It
             is
             evident
             to
             all
             men
             reading
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             ancient
             Authors
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             Apostles
             times
             there
             have
             been
             these
             orders
             of
             Ministers
             in
             Christs
             Church
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Presbyters
             and
             Deacons
             .
          
           And
           againe
           ,
           the
           prayer
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           consecration
           of
           
             Bishops
             ,
             Almighty
             God
             giver
             of
             all
             good
             things
             ,
             
             which
             by
             thy
             holy
             Spirit
             hast
             appointed
             divers
             orders
             of
             Ministers
             in
             thy
             Church
             ,
             mercifully
             behold
             this
             thy
             servant
             now
             called
             to
             the
             worke
             and
             ministery
             of
             a
             Bishop
             ;
          
           and
           in
           questions
           to
           the
           person
           to
           be
           consecrated
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           
             Are
             you
             perswaded
             that
             you
             be
             truly
             called
             to
             this
             Ministration
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             ?
             &c.
          
           I
           beseech
           you
           Sir
           consider
           ,
           whether
           these
           words
           ,
           or
           this
           prayer
           could
           fall
           from
           any
           man
           ,
           not
           possessed
           with
           this
           Tenet
           ,
           that
           Episcopacy
           was
           of
           divine
           right
           :
           For
           if
           the
           three
           orders
           may
           be
           found
           by
           reading
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           together
           with
           ancient
           Authors
           :
           if
           men
           are
           taught
           to
           pray
           ,
           that
           God
           by
           his
           Spirit
           has
           appointed
           divers
           orders
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           this
           made
           the
           ground
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           present
           Bishop
           ,
           if
           the
           person
           to
           be
           consecrated
           must
           professe
           that
           he
           conceives
           he
           is
           called
           according
           to
           the
           will
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           either
           all
           this
           must
           be
           nothing
           else
           but
           pure
           pagentry
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Parliament
           mocked
           God
           by
           their
           
             Confirmation
             ,
          
           or
           else
           Episcopacy
           is
           grounded
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           appointed
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           according
           to
           the
           will
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           hath
           not
           been
           said
           of
           late
           ,
           nor
           countenanced
           only
           by
           some
           few
           of
           the
           more
           Lordly
           Cleargy
           .
           And
           we
           have
           the
           lesse
           reason
           to
           doubt
           that
           this
           Tenet
           was
           countenanced
           in
           this
           Church
           of
           ours
           ,
           because
           we
           find
           it
           in
           those
           parts
           that
           have
           lost
           Episcopacy
           ,
           for
           we
           are
           told
           by
           Doctor
           
             Carlton
             ,
          
           after
           Bishop
           of
           
             Chichester
             ,
          
           and
           that
           wrote
           against
           the
           
             Arminians
             ,
          
           more
           then
           twenty
           five
           yeares
           since
           ,
           that
           sitting
           at
           
             Dort
             ,
          
           he
           then
           protested
           in
           open
           Synod
           ,
           
             That
             Christ
             instituted
             no
             parity
             ,
             but
             made
             twelve
             Apostles
             ,
             the
             chiefe
             ,
             and
             under
             them
             seventy
             Disciples
             :
             That
             Bishops
             succeeded
             to
             the
             twelve
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             seventy
             ,
             Presbyters
             of
             an
             inferiour
             ranke
             ;
             he
             affirmed
             this
             order
             had
             been
             still
             maintained
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             then
             challenged
             the
             judgement
             of
             any
             learnned
             man
             ,
             that
             could
             speake
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
        
         
         
           Their
           answer
           was
           silence
           ,
           which
           was
           approbation
           enough
           ,
           but
           after
           ,
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           discoursing
           with
           diverse
           of
           the
           best
           learned
           in
           the
           Synod
           ,
           he
           told
           them
           how
           necessary
           Bishops
           were
           ,
           to
           suppresse
           their
           then
           risen
           Schismes
           ;
           their
           answer
           was
           ,
           
             That
             they
             did
             much
             honour
             and
             reverence
             the
             good
             order
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             their
             hearts
             would
             be
             glad
             to
             have
             it
             established
             among
             them
             ;
             but
             that
             could
             not
             be
             hoped
             for
             in
             their
             State
             :
             Their
             hope
             was
             ,
             that
             seeing
             they
             could
             not
             do
             what
             they
             desired
             ,
             God
             would
             be
             mercifull
             unto
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             but
             what
             they
             could
             .
          
           If
           they
           hoped
           for
           mercy
           that
           might
           pardon
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           sure
           they
           must
           suppose
           that
           what
           they
           then
           did
           ,
           was
           sinfull
           :
           Nay
           ,
           they
           thought
           their
           necessity
           it selfe
           could
           not
           totally
           excuse
           their
           sinne
           ;
           for
           then
           in
           that
           particular
           there
           had
           been
           no
           need
           to
           hope
           for
           Gods
           mercy
           :
           nor
           could
           they
           well
           thinke
           otherwise
           ;
           since
           being
           pressed
           ,
           they
           denyed
           not
           but
           that
           Episcopacy
           was
           of
           Christs
           own
           institution
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           no
           Lordly
           Clergy
           ,
           nor
           do
           I
           well
           see
           how
           either
           by
           charitable
           or
           civil
           men
           ,
           they
           can
           at
           all
           be
           taxed
           either
           for
           want
           of
           reason
           or
           honesty
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Indeed
           some
           seem
           to
           startle
           at
           this
           Tenet
           ,
           that
           Episcopacy
           is
           of
           Divine
           right
           :
           as
           if
           ,
           because
           Divine
           ,
           it
           might
           therefore
           seem
           to
           endanger
           Monarchal
           power
           .
           But
           under
           favour
           I
           conceive
           this
           fear
           to
           be
           among
           us
           very
           groundlesse
           ,
           for
           since
           the
           Tenents
           of
           our
           Church
           are
           in
           this
           particular
           the
           very
           self
           same
           with
           the
           ancient
           times
           :
           as
           that
           the
           Bishops
           have
           no
           power
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           meerely
           directive
           only
           ;
           that
           all
           power
           co-active
           either
           in
           them
           or
           in
           others
           ,
           is
           derived
           meerly
           from
           the
           Royal
           authority
           ;
           that
           they
           cannot
           legally
           make
           use
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           of
           this
           directive
           power
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           the
           Kings
           leave
           :
           So
           that
           if
           the
           temporall
           Lawes
           should
           forbid
           them
           to
           preach
           that
           ,
           which
           in
           point
           of
           salvation
           is
           necessary
           to
           be
           spoken
           ,
           yet
           they
           
           cannot
           preach
           but
           upon
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           their
           Heads
           ,
           and
           those
           being
           demanded
           by
           the
           Kings
           Lawes
           ,
           they
           must
           submit
           to
           a
           Martyrdome
           ,
           (
           though
           t
           were
           sinne
           in
           them
           that
           demand
           it
           )
           so
           that
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           all
           ecclesiastical
           power
           ,
           the
           supremacy
           is
           in
           the
           King
           alone
           ;
           these
           I
           say
           being
           so
           much
           the
           Tenets
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           that
           I
           conceive
           there
           is
           no
           learned
           man
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           readily
           subscribe
           to
           them
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           at
           all
           where
           in
           the
           opinion
           we
           defend
           ,
           any
           danger
           lies
           to
           this
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           But
           examine
           the
           Presbyterian
           principles
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           clearely
           find
           ,
           Kings
           and
           they
           cannot
           stand
           together
           ,
           for
           either
           you
           consider
           that
           new
           government
           in
           the
           Scotish
           sence
           ,
           which
           allowes
           no
           appeale
           to
           any
           other
           power
           ,
           and
           then
           t
           is
           plaine
           ,
           that
           where
           men
           admit
           this
           ,
           they
           admit
           of
           a
           supremacy
           ,
           which
           doth
           not
           reside
           in
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           by
           consequent
           ,
           of
           two
           severall
           supremacies
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           selfe
           same
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           can
           no
           more
           stand
           with
           Monarchy
           ,
           then
           it
           can
           with
           Monogamy
           to
           be
           maried
           to
           two
           severall
           wives
           .
           And
           though
           t
           is
           said
           that
           this
           Presbyterian
           government
           meddles
           only
           with
           spirituall
           things
           ,
           which
           concerne
           the
           good
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           cannot
           hurt
           Regall
           power
           ,
           yet
           this
           is
           but
           onely
           said
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           :
           for
           it
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           
             in
             ordine
             ad
             spiritualia
             ,
          
           (
           and
           all
           things
           may
           by
           an
           ordinary
           wit
           be
           drawn
           into
           this
           ranke
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             )
          
           this
           government
           intrudes
           upon
           what
           things
           it
           pleaseth
           ;
           and
           indeed
           where
           a
           supremacy
           is
           once
           acknowledged
           ,
           no
           wise
           man
           can
           thinke
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           carry
           it selfe
           otherwise
           .
           So
           that
           King
           
             James
          
           his
           maxime
           was
           undoubtedly
           most
           true
           ,
           upon
           this
           same
           ground
           we
           are
           on
           ,
           
             No
             Bishop
             ,
             no
             King
             :
          
           For
           that
           most
           prudent
           Prince
           did
           soone
           discerne
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           power
           were
           once
           set
           up
           ,
           which
           at
           least
           
           in
           the
           legall
           execution
           of
           it
           ,
           did
           not
           derive
           it selfe
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           doubt
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           but
           it
           would
           ere
           long
           destroy
           the
           very
           King
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           Or
           consider
           Presbyterian
           government
           in
           the
           English
           sense
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           set
           up
           by
           the
           Two
           Houses
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           government
           limited
           by
           an
           appeale
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           either
           by
           Parliament
           here
           they
           meane
           the
           Two
           Houses
           excluding
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           then
           t
           is
           as
           plain
           as
           before
           ,
           they
           set
           up
           two
           supremacies
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           and
           their
           owne
           :
           or
           else
           by
           Parliament
           they
           meane
           the
           King
           with
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           either
           there
           must
           be
           a
           perpetuall
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           which
           sure
           neither
           King
           nor
           Kingdome
           can
           have
           cause
           to
           like
           )
           or
           else
           the
           supremacy
           will
           be
           for
           the
           most
           part
           in
           the
           Presbytery
           ;
           because
           when
           ever
           a
           Parliament
           sits
           not
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           Judge
           to
           appeale
           to
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           be
           said
           the
           Parliament
           may
           leave
           a
           standing
           Committee
           to
           receive
           appeales
           in
           such
           ecclesiasticall
           causes
           ;
           then
           either
           in
           this
           Committee
           the
           King
           hath
           no
           negative
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           case
           t
           is
           clear
           that
           the
           ecclesiasticall
           supremacy
           will
           be
           not
           at
           all
           in
           the
           King
           ;
           or
           else
           the
           King
           hath
           a
           negative
           ,
           but
           yet
           is
           joyned
           with
           persons
           whom
           he
           himself
           chooses
           not
           ,
           and
           so
           most
           probably
           will
           be
           check'd
           and
           affronted
           in
           any
           sentence
           he
           intends
           to
           give
           ;
           and
           this
           clearely
           overthrowes
           that
           which
           is
           already
           declared
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           
           to
           be
           a
           right
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           inherent
           in
           his
           Crowne
           ,
           that
           ecclesiasticall
           appeales
           may
           be
           made
           to
           him
           alone
           in
           Chancery
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           Statute
           names
           no
           other
           )
           and
           that
           his
           Majesty
           alone
           may
           appoint
           what
           Commissioners
           he
           please
           for
           their
           finall
           decision
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           consider
           the
           Presbyterian
           government
           in
           the
           English
           Parliament
           sense
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           English
           Assembly
           ,
           for
           the
           Presbyterians
           there
           are
           wholly
           for
           the
           Scotish
           forme
           ,
           as
           appeares
           by
           
           their
           quarrels
           at
           what
           the
           Houses
           have
           already
           done
           in
           their
           Ordinances
           ;
           so
           that
           their
           aime
           is
           not
           only
           to
           set
           up
           a
           new
           Government
           ,
           but
           in
           plain
           tearmes
           ,
           a
           new
           supremacy
           :
           And
           hence
           ,
           to
           say
           truth
           ,
           he
           must
           see
           very
           little
           who
           discernes
           not
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Presbyterian
           party
           seemes
           to
           strike
           at
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           yet
           their
           maine
           aime
           is
           at
           the
           King
           ;
           whose
           supremacy
           they
           endure
           not
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           flower
           which
           they
           intend
           for
           their
           owne
           Garland
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           though
           they
           hypocritically
           cry
           out
           (
           that
           they
           may
           abuse
           the
           People
           )
           against
           the
           pride
           of
           the
           Lordly
           Bishops
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           the
           wiser
           sort
           must
           needs
           see
           ,
           that
           they
           intend
           to
           make
           themselves
           no
           lesse
           then
           indeed
           Kingly
           Presbyters
           .
        
         
           We
           acknowledge
           the
           Protestants
           of
           Germany
           ,
           the
           Low
           countryes
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           the
           reformed
           Catholique
           Protestant
           Church
           ,
           
           though
           they
           had
           no
           Bishops
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Though
           we
           maintain
           Episcopacy
           to
           be
           of
           divine
           right
           ,
           
           
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
          
           of
           divine
           institution
           ,
           yet
           hence
           it
           doth
           not
           follow
           ,
           that
           Germany
           are
           no
           Protestant
           Churces
           ;
           No
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           a
           crime
           of
           a
           most
           horrid
           taint
           ,
           that
           makes
           a
           Church
           run
           into
           
             non
             ecclesiam
             ;
          
           For
           though
           that
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           was
           bad
           ,
           and
           Idolatrously
           bad
           ;
           yet
           God
           seriously
           protests
           he
           had
           not
           sent
           her
           a
           bill
           of
           divorce
           .
           Nay
           no
           learned
           man
           of
           judgement
           durst
           ever
           yet
           affirm
           that
           the
           Roman
           Church
           her selfe
           was
           become
           no
           true
           part
           of
           the
           Church
           Catholique
           ;
           and
           yet
           she
           breakes
           a
           flat
           Precept
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             [
             drinke
             yee
             all
             of
             this
             ]
          
           and
           shall
           we
           be
           thought
           to
           deny
           the
           same
           right
           to
           christians
           without
           Bishops
           ,
           when
           they
           breake
           but
           Christs
           institution
           ?
           No
           ,
           Churches
           they
           are
           ,
           true
           parts
           of
           the
           Catholique
           Church
           :
           but
           in
           point
           of
           ordination
           and
           of
           government
           Apostolicall
           they
           are
           not
           .
           
        
         
           I
           am
           certaine
           the
           King
           would
           never
           have
           given
           way
           to
           the
           
           extirpation
           of
           Bishops
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           had
           he
           conceived
           them
           to
           be
           
             jure
             divino
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Grant
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           
           yet
           of
           all
           mankind
           are
           Kings
           onely
           bound
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           not
           change
           their
           opinions
           ;
           or
           if
           perhaps
           they
           have
           done
           ill
           ,
           must
           they
           for
           their
           repentance
           be
           more
           lyable
           to
           reproach
           ,
           then
           Subjects
           are
           for
           their
           crimes
           ?
        
         
           The
           King
           would
           not
           have
           given
           way
           to
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           
           and
           Independents
           ,
           to
           exercise
           their
           Religion
           here
           their
           own
           way
           ,
           (
           as
           by
           his
           Messages
           )
           ▪
           when
           such
           a
           tolleration
           in
           the
           face
           of
           such
           a
           divine
           Law
           must
           needs
           be
           sinfull
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           great
           mistake
           in
           this
           Argument
           ;
           
           for
           to
           tollerate
           ,
           doth
           not
           at
           all
           signifie
           either
           to
           approve
           or
           commend
           their
           factions
           ,
           neither
           of
           which
           the
           King
           could
           at
           all
           do
           to
           those
           Schismatiques
           without
           sinne
           .
           But
           it
           meerely
           implies
           
             not
             to
             punish
             ,
          
           which
           Kings
           may
           forbeare
           upon
           just
           reason
           of
           State
           ,
           as
           
             David
          
           forbore
           to
           punish
           the
           murtherers
           of
           
             Joab
             ;
          
           and
           we
           our selves
           in
           our
           English
           State
           ,
           have
           no
           punishment
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Lyars
           ,
           and
           yet
           their
           sinne
           is
           against
           a
           flat
           Law
           divine
           .
        
         
           We
           affirme
           then
           Episcopacy
           to
           be
           of
           divine
           right
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           divine
           institution
           ,
           and
           that
           must
           needs
           tacitly
           imply
           a
           divine
           Precept
           too
           ;
           for
           to
           what
           end
           are
           things
           instituted
           by
           God
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           presumed
           ,
           it
           is
           our
           part
           to
           use
           them
           ?
           And
           to
           what
           end
           should
           some
           men
           be
           appointed
           to
           teach
           ,
           and
           to
           govern
           ,
           but
           that
           its
           clearely
           implyed
           ,
           then
           there
           are
           other
           men
           too
           ,
           that
           ought
           both
           to
           heare
           and
           obey
           ?
           He
           that
           institutes
           or
           erects
           a
           Bridge
           over
           a
           broad
           swelling
           stream
           ,
           needs
           not
           (
           you
           will
           think
           )
           adde
           an
           expresse
           command
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           not
           walke
           in
           the
           water
           :
           Thus
           when
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           made
           his
           institution
           of
           that
           great
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           
             Eucharist
             ,
          
           he
           gave
           command
           indeed
           concerning
           the
           Bread
           ,
           
             Do
             this
             in
             remembrance
             
             of
             me
             ;
          
           and
           concerning
           the
           Cup
           ,
           
             Drinke
             yee
             all
             of
             this
             ,
          
           But
           he
           gave
           no
           expresse
           command
           to
           do
           both
           these
           together
           ,
           and
           yet
           his
           institution
           hath
           been
           still
           held
           to
           have
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           command
           ;
           and
           so
           for
           a
           thousand
           yeares
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           did
           ever
           practise
           it
           ,
           save
           only
           in
           some
           few
           cases
           ,
           in
           which
           men
           supposed
           a
           kind
           of
           necessity
           :
           I
           say
           then
           Episcopacy
           is
           of
           divine
           right
           ,
           instituted
           by
           Christ
           in
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           since
           they
           took
           upon
           them
           to
           ordaine
           and
           to
           govern
           Churches
           ,
           you
           need
           not
           doubt
           they
           received
           an
           authority
           from
           their
           Master
           to
           do
           both
           ;
           for
           since
           men
           will
           not
           thinke
           they
           would
           breake
           their
           own
           rules
           :
           
             No
             man
             taketh
             this
             upon
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             is
             called
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             Aaron
             was
             .
          
        
         
           Episcopacy
           then
           was
           instituted
           in
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           wer
           Bishops
           
             et
             aliud
             amplius
             ;
          
           and
           distinguished
           by
           Christ
           himself
           from
           the
           Seventy
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Presbyters
           .
           So
           the
           most
           ancient
           Fathers
           generally
           ,
           or
           if
           you
           will
           take
           S.
           
             Hierom.
          
           opinion
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           neither
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           nor
           in
           his
           angry
           mood
           any
           great
           friend
           to
           that
           Order
           )
           they
           were
           instituted
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           being
           themselves
           
             Episcopi
             et
             amplius
             ,
          
           did
           in
           their
           latter
           dayes
           formalize
           and
           bound
           out
           that
           power
           which
           still
           we
           do
           cal
           Episcopacy
           .
           And
           so
           their
           received
           opinions
           may
           stand
           together
           for
           
             Episcopatus
             ,
          
           being
           
             in
             Apostolatu
             tanquam
             consulatus
             in
             dictatura
             ,
          
           as
           the
           lesser
           and
           subordinate
           power
           ,
           is
           alwayes
           in
           the
           greater
           :
           we
           may
           truly
           say
           it
           was
           instituted
           by
           Christ
           in
           his
           Apostles
           who
           had
           Episcopall
           Power
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           then
           t
           was
           formalized
           and
           bounded
           by
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           ,
           in
           the
           persons
           of
           
             Timothy
          
           and
           
             Titus
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           So
           that
           call
           the
           Episcopall
           order
           either
           of
           Divine
           right
           ,
           or
           Apostolicall
           Institution
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           not
           at
           all
           quarrell
           at
           it
           :
           For
           Apostolicall
           will
           seeme
           Divine
           enough
           ,
           unto
           Christians
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           
             Salmatius
          
           thinks
           so
           ,
           (
           a
           sharpe
           enemy
           to
           the
           Episcopall
           
           Order
           )
           if
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           it
           be
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           t
           is
           of
           Divine
           right
           ;
           thus
           we
           find
           the
           power
           of
           ordination
           and
           of
           jurisdiction
           to
           be
           given
           to
           those
           men
           alone
           ;
           For
           then
           that
           power
           is
           properly
           Episcopall
           ,
           when
           one
           man
           alone
           may
           execute
           it
           ,
           so
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           to
           
             Timothy
             ,
             Lay
             hands
             suddenly
             on
             no
             man
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           22.
           
           Lay
           hands
           in
           the
           singular
           number
           ,
           
             thou
             ,
             &
             thou
             alone
             ,
          
           without
           naming
           any
           other
           :
           
             Against
             an
             Elder
             ,
             receive
             not
             an
             accusation
             ,
          
           in
           the
           singular
           number
           too
           ;
           
             thou
             ,
             receive
             not
             ,
             thou
          
           alone
           ,
           
             but
             under
             two
             or
             three
             witnesses
             ;
          
           and
           then
           the
           Text
           is
           plaine
           ,
           
             He
          
           and
           
             he
             alone
          
           might
           do
           it
           .
           So
           to
           
             Titus
          
           for
           this
           cause
           ,
           and
           that
           
             thou
             ,
          
           and
           
             thou
             alone
             ,
             shouldest
             set
             in
             order
             the
             things
             that
             are
             wanting
             ,
             and
             ordaine
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             ,
          
           Tit.
           1.
           5.
           where
           plainly
           those
           two
           powers
           of
           government
           and
           ordination
           are
           given
           unto
           one
           man
           ;
           So
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           to
           the
           Churches
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
             Rev.
          
           2.
           3.
           when
           he
           presumes
           all
           the
           governing
           power
           to
           reside
           in
           the
           Angels
           of
           those
           Churches
           ,
           and
           only
           in
           them
           alone
           ,
           as
           all
           Ancients
           understand
           it
           .
           And
           hence
           t
           is
           plaine
           ,
           that
           though
           we
           should
           yeeld
           that
           the
           Apostles
           only
           did
           institute
           Bishops
           ,
           yet
           in
           this
           
             Revel.
          
           Christ
           himselfe
           immediately
           in
           his
           own
           person
           ,
           and
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           withall
           ,
           did
           both
           approve
           and
           confirme
           them
           :
           And
           the
           Learned
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           of
           those
           Sees
           ,
           are
           therefore
           called
           Angels
           by
           S.
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           who
           was
           born
           a
           Jew
           ,
           because
           in
           
             Palestina
          
           their
           chief
           Priests
           were
           then
           called
           their
           Angels
           ;
           and
           so
           this
           appellation
           was
           taken
           up
           by
           the
           Apostle
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           because
           the
           Bishops
           were
           those
           Churches
           Chiefes
           :
           this
           truth
           appeares
           not
           only
           from
           those
           cleare
           Texts
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           mutuall
           consent
           and
           pactise
           for
           more
           then
           1500.
           yeares
           space
           of
           all
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ;
           So
           that
           neither
           S.
           
             Hierome
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           other
           Ancient
           ,
           did
           ever
           hold
           orders
           to
           be
           lawfully
           given
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           given
           by
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           nor
           any
           Church
           jurisdiction
           to
           be
           lawfully
           administred
           ,
           
           which
           was
           not
           either
           done
           by
           their
           hands
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           by
           their
           deputation
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           there
           are
           men
           lately
           risen
           up
           ,
           especially
           in
           this
           last
           Century
           ,
           which
           have
           collected
           and
           spread
           abroad
           far
           other
           Conclusions
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Text
           it selfe
           :
           But
           as
           t
           is
           a
           Maxime
           in
           Humane
           Lawes
           ,
           
             Consuetudo
             optima
             Legum
             Interpres
             ,
          
           Custome
           and
           Practice
           is
           the
           best
           Interpreter
           :
           So
           no
           rationall
           man
           but
           will
           easily
           yeeld
           ,
           it
           as
           well
           holds
           in
           Lawes
           Divine
           :
           For
           I
           would
           gladly
           aske
           ,
           What
           better
           way
           can
           there
           be
           for
           the
           interpreting
           of
           Texts
           ,
           then
           that
           very
           same
           meanes
           whereby
           I
           know
           the
           Text
           it selfe
           to
           be
           Text
           ?
           Sure
           the
           same
           course
           whereby
           I
           know
           the
           Epistles
           to
           
             Timothy
          
           and
           
             Titus
          
           to
           have
           been
           written
           by
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           best
           course
           to
           understand
           the
           sense
           of
           those
           Epistles
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           therefore
           beleeve
           them
           to
           be
           written
           by
           that
           Apostle
           ,
           because
           the
           Universality
           of
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Church
           has
           brought
           me
           to
           that
           beliefe
           ,
           (
           and
           there
           's
           no
           other
           rationall
           way
           of
           beleeving
           it
           )
           why
           doe
           I
           not
           beleeve
           the
           same
           Christian
           sense
           ,
           which
           the
           universal
           consent
           assures
           me
           they
           were
           written
           in
           ?
           Shall
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           and
           yet
           disbeleeve
           that
           selfe-same
           consent
           which
           is
           the
           best
           ground
           of
           my
           beliefe
           ?
           This
           is
           as
           it
           were
           in
           cleare
           terms
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           beleeve
           such
           a
           tale
           for
           the
           Authors
           sake
           who
           hath
           told
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           doe
           now
           hold
           the
           selfe-same
           man
           to
           be
           a
           lyar
           .
           Men
           doe
           beleeve
           the
           testimony
           of
           universall
           consent
           ,
           in
           the
           sense
           it
           gives
           of
           single
           termes
           ,
           and
           why
           not
           in
           the
           sense
           it
           gives
           of
           sentences
           or
           Propositions
           ?
           without
           the
           help
           of
           this
           Consent
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           indeed
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           Dictionaries
           )
           how
           shall
           we
           know
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           signifies
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           which
           the
           Socinians
           at
           this
           day
           deny
           ?
           And
           I
           know
           no
           such
           way
           to
           confute
           your
           error
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           your
           consent
           .
        
         
         
           Admit
           then
           of
           that
           Rule
           ,
           that
           consent
           universall
           is
           the
           best
           interpretation
           of
           Texts
           ;
           and
           then
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           cleare
           as
           true
           ,
           that
           
             Episcopacy
          
           is
           of
           
             Divine
          
           or
           
             Apostolicall
             Right
             ;
          
           yea
           and
           that
           proposition
           ,
           
             There
             can
             be
             no
             Ordination
             ,
             without
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Bishop
             ,
          
           will
           clearely
           appeare
           to
           be
           as
           well
           grounded
           as
           this
           ;
           
             There
             can
             be
             no
             Baptisme
             without
             a
             lawfull
             Minister
             ,
          
           which
           is
           good
           Divinity
           amongst
           our
           new
           Masters
           in
           
             Scotland
             :
          
           and
           Antiquity
           allowed
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Extra
             casum
             necessitatis
             :
          
           For
           I
           aske
           upon
           what
           Text
           doe
           they
           ground
           this
           Rule
           ?
           I
           suppose
           they
           will
           say
           upon
           our
           Saviours
           words
           ,
           to
           the
           Eleven
           ,
           
             Matth.
             28.
             
             Go
             teach
             all
             Nations
             ,
             and
             baptize
             them
             :
          
           But
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           the
           
             Eucharist
          
           He
           spake
           those
           words
           too
           ;
           but
           only
           to
           the
           Twelve
           ,
           
             Drinke
             yee
             all
             of
             this
             ,
          
           Matth.
           26.
           
           I
           demand
           then
           how
           shall
           I
           know
           that
           when
           our
           Saviour
           spake
           those
           words
           unto
           the
           Eleven
           ,
           he
           spake
           them
           only
           as
           to
           lawfull
           Ministers
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           spake
           the
           other
           ,
           to
           the
           Twelve
           he
           spake
           at
           large
           as
           unto
           them
           that
           did
           represent
           all
           Christian
           men
           ?
           So
           that
           though
           only
           Ministers
           may
           Baptize
           ,
           yet
           all
           Christians
           may
           receive
           the
           Cup
           :
           Perhaps
           they
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           generall
           practise
           of
           receiving
           the
           Cup
           ,
           is
           manifest
           from
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           11.
           and
           I
           thinke
           so
           too
           ,
           where
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           seems
           to
           chide
           the
           whole
           Church
           for
           their
           irreverence
           at
           that
           great
           
             Sacrament
             :
          
           But
           if
           a
           quarreler
           should
           reply
           ,
           that
           he
           there
           speaks
           but
           of
           the
           Presbyters
           alone
           ,
           whereof
           many
           were
           at
           that
           time
           at
           
             Corinth
             :
          
           As
           when
           in
           the
           5.
           Chap.
           he
           seemes
           to
           chide
           the
           whole
           Church
           for
           not
           excommunicating
           the
           incestuous
           Person
           :
           yet
           t
           is
           plain
           ,
           he
           meanes
           none
           but
           the
           men
           in
           government
           (
           as
           sure
           all
           Presbyterians
           will
           allow
           me
           )
           I
           know
           not
           what
           could
           be
           said
           but
           to
           make
           it
           appeare
           out
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Church
           never
           tooke
           the
           words
           in
           that
           sense
           .
           And
           if
           to
           stop
           the
           mouthes
           of
           wranglers
           ,
           we
           must
           
           at
           length
           be
           constrained
           to
           quote
           the
           Authority
           of
           Universall
           consent
           ,
           and
           the
           Common
           practise
           of
           Christs
           Church
           ,
           then
           you
           will
           easily
           see
           that
           those
           two
           named
           Propositions
           do
           stand
           fast
           on
           the
           same
           bottome
           ,
           
             There
             can
             be
             no
             Baptisme
             without
             a
             lawfull
             Minister
             ,
             extra
             casum
             necessitatis
             ,
          
           for
           so
           the
           consent
           and
           practise
           of
           the
           Universall
           Church
           hath
           still
           interpreted
           that
           Text
           :
           And
           againe
           t
           is
           true
           ,
           
             There
             can
             be
             no
             Ordination
             without
             the
             Hands
             of
             a
             Bishop
             ,
          
           for
           so
           those
           Texts
           both
           out
           of
           
             Timothy
          
           and
           
             Titus
          
           have
           been
           understood
           ,
           and
           practised
           for
           1500.
           yeares
           together
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
           T
           is
           true
           that
           this
           precept
           ,
           
             Go
             ye
             teach
             ,
             &c.
          
           runnes
           not
           in
           exclusive
           words
           ,
           yee
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           yee
           lawfull
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           yee
           ;
           yet
           
             extra
             casum
             necessitatis
             ,
          
           no
           man
           was
           allowed
           to
           baptise
           but
           a
           lawfull
           Minister
           :
           so
           though
           these
           commands
           ,
           
             [
             Lay
             hands
             suddenly
             on
             no
             man
             ]
          
           and
           
             [
             Do
             thou
             ordaine
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             ]
          
           runne
           not
           
             in
             verbis
             exclusivis
             ,
             thou
          
           and
           
             none
             but
             thou
             ,
          
           or
           
             men
             of
             thine
             Order
             only
             :
          
           yet
           the
           Church
           understanding
           and
           practising
           them
           in
           an
           exclvsive
           sense
           ,
           no
           man
           for
           1500
           yeares
           in
           any
           setled
           Church
           ,
           was
           held
           rightly
           ordained
           ,
           without
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           Bishop
           .
        
         
           Nay
           that
           there
           is
           something
           Divine
           in
           the
           
             Episcopall
             Order
             ,
          
           will
           appeare
           clearely
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           immediately
           from
           the
           times
           of
           Christ
           &
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           (
           yea
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           those
           times
           )
           t
           was
           universally
           spread
           throughout
           the
           whole
           face
           of
           the
           Churches
           :
           so
           that
           no
           man
           can
           name
           a
           Nationthat
           was
           once
           wonne
           unto
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           but
           he
           shall
           soon
           find
           that
           there
           were
           Bishops
           :
           so
           that
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           an
           Uunversall
           Cause
           ,
           for
           an
           Effect
           that
           was
           so
           Universall
           .
           Generall
           Councell
           there
           was
           none
           about
           it
           ,
           at
           which
           all
           Christians
           might
           have
           met
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           thence
           obeyed
           her
           directions
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           any
           name
           a
           Power
           to
           which
           all
           Christians
           
           should
           submit
           (
           for
           they
           were
           soone
           fallen
           into
           Factions
           )
           but
           only
           the
           authority
           of
           Christ
           or
           of
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           from
           them
           then
           must
           needs
           flow
           the
           
             Episcopal
             Order
             ,
          
           and
           at
           that
           
             Fountaine
          
           I
           shall
           leave
           it
           .
           I
           say
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           Apostles
           times
           ,
           for
           before
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           dyed
           ,
           there
           are
           upon
           good
           Church
           Records
           above
           20.
           
           Bishops
           appointed
           to
           the
           several
           Sees
           ;
           as
           at
           
             Hierusalem
             ,
             Alexandria
             ,
             Antioch
             ,
          
           and
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           &
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           at
           
             Creece
             ,
          
           at
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           and
           
             Colosse
             ,
          
           &
           divers
           others
           ,
           it
           being
           easie
           to
           draw
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           them
           out
           of
           several
           Ecclesiasticall
           Writers
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           it
           will
           be
           plain
           ,
           that
           its
           a
           foule
           corruption
           ;
           nay
           ,
           how
           flat
           a
           sinne
           is
           brought
           into
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           where
           Episcopacy
           is
           thrown
           down
           !
           and
           so
           where
           Ordination
           is
           performed
           by
           any
           hands
           without
           theirs
           ,
           t
           is
           as
           grosse
           ,
           as
           if
           Lay-men
           should
           be
           allowed
           to
           baptize
           ,
           when
           a
           Presbyter
           doth
           stand
           by
           :
           nay
           more
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           bad
           as
           if
           the
           Order
           of
           Presbyters
           should
           therefore
           be
           thrown
           downe
           ,
           that
           Lay-men
           might
           Baptize
           :
           and
           what
           's
           this
           ,
           but
           willingly
           to
           runne
           into
           a
           Necessity
           it selfe
           ,
           that
           wee
           might
           thence
           create
           an
           Apology
           ?
           T
           is
           a
           corruption
           farre
           worse
           ,
           then
           if
           a
           Church
           should
           audaciously
           attempt
           to
           pull
           down
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ;
           since
           the
           observation
           of
           that
           Time
           is
           neither
           built
           on
           so
           cleare
           a
           Text
           ,
           nor
           on
           the
           helpe
           of
           so
           Universall
           a
           Consent
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           Order
           of
           Episcopacy
           :
           So
           that
           if
           men
           can
           thinke
           it
           sinfull
           to
           part
           with
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           though
           the
           institution
           of
           it
           be
           meerly
           Apocryphall
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           confesse
           there
           is
           at
           least
           so
           much
           sinne
           ,
           (
           nay
           indeed
           more
           )
           in
           parting
           with
           their
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           
             Oxford
          
           Doctrine
           which
           the
           
             Epistler
          
           gybes
           at
           ,
           and
           talkes
           of
           ,
           as
           transmitted
           for
           an
           orthodox
           truth
           ,
           will
           it
           seemes
           prove
           no
           lesse
           in
           earnest
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           for
           the
           point
           of
           Sacriledge
           ;
           the
           better
           to
           cl●●●e
           this
           ,
           I
           must
           premise
           these
           Assertions
           .
        
         
         
           
             1.
             
             That
             God
             accepts
             of
             things
             given
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             holds
             a
             Propriety
             as
             well
             in
             the
             New
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             God
             gets
             this
             Propriety
             in
             those
             things
             he
             holds
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             an
             acceptation
             of
             what
             is
             voluntarily
             given
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             command
             that
             such
             things
             should
             be
             presented
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             to
             invade
             those
             things
             ,
             be
             they
             moveable
             ,
             or
             immoveable
             ,
             is
             expresly
             the
             sinne
             of
             Sacriledge
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             this
             sinne
             is
             not
             only
             against
             Gods
             positive
             Law
             ,
             but
             plainly
             against
             his
             Morall
             Law
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Proposition
             .
          
           
             God
             accepts
             of
             things
             given
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             For
             proofe
             of
             this
             ,
             first
             I
             quote
             that
             Text
             ,
             
               I
               hungred
               and
               ye
               gave
               me
               meat
               ;
               I
               thirsted
               and
               ye
               gave
               me
               drinke
               ,
               &c.
               
               Mat.
            
             25.
             
             If
             Christ
             do
             not
             accept
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             he
             may
             say
             indeed
             ,
             yee
             
               offered
            
             me
             meat
             ,
             but
             he
             cannot
             say
             that
             yee
             
               gave
               it
               :
            
             for
             a
             Present
             is
             then
             only
             to
             be
             called
             a
             Gift
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             accepted
             as
             his
             own
             that
             takes
             it
             .
             And
             do's
             he
             thus
             accept
             of
             Meat
             and
             Clothing
             ,
             and
             do's
             he
             not
             accept
             of
             those
             kind
             of
             endowments
             ,
             that
             bring
             both
             these
             to
             perpetuity
             ?
             Will
             He
             take
             Meat
             and
             refuse
             Revenues
             ?
             Doth
             He
             like
             (
             can
             you
             imagine
             )
             to
             be
             Fed
             and
             Clothed
             to
             day
             ,
             and
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             Starved
             to
             morrow
             ?
             The
             men
             thus
             provided
             for
             ,
             He
             calles
             no
             lesse
             then
             His
             Brethren
             :
             
               In
               as
               much
               as
               you
               have
               done
               it
               unto
               the
               least
               of
               these
               my
               Brethren
               ,
               yee
               have
               done
               it
               unto
               me
               .
            
             Whether
             these
             were
             of
             those
             Brethren
             which
             he
             had
             enjoyned
             to
             teach
             others
             ,
             or
             of
             those
             which
             he
             would
             have
             instructed
             ,
             the
             Text
             there
             doth
             not
             decide
             ;
             without
             doubt
             it
             must
             be
             meant
             of
             both
             ;
             for
             it
             were
             a
             strange
             thing
             to
             affirme
             that
             Christ
             liked
             it
             extreame
             well
             to
             be
             Fed
             and
             to
             be
             Clothed
             ,
             in
             all
             those
             He
             called
             His
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             His
             Seventy
             ,
             and
             His
             Apostles
             ▪
             but
             to
             put
             it
             out
             of
             doubt
             ,
             that
             what
             is
             done
             to
             
             them
             ,
             is
             done
             to
             Him
             too
             ,
             His
             owne
             words
             are
             very
             plain
             ,
             
               He
               that
               receiveth
               you
               ,
            
             teaching
             Disciples
             ,
             
               receiveth
               me
               ;
            
             in
             the
             Tenth
             of
             that
             Gospell
             ,
             where
             He
             sends
             all
             forth
             to
             preach
             ,
             and
             that
             reception
             implyes
             all
             such
             kind
             of
             provisions
             ,
             as
             is
             apparently
             plaine
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Tenour
             of
             the
             Chapter
             .
             And
             againe
             ,
             I
             quote
             that
             so
             well
             known
             passage
             of
             
               Ananias
            
             and
             
               Saphyra
            
             his
             wife
             ,
             
               Act.
            
             5.
             his
             sin
             was
             ,
             he
             kept
             back
             part
             of
             the
             price
             of
             those
             Lands
             he
             had
             given
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             publique
             use
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             yea
             ,
             given
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             t
             is
             as
             plaine
             that
             he
             did
             accept
             it
             ;
             for
             S.
             
               Peter
            
             you
             know
             thus
             reprooves
             him
             ,
             
               Why
               hast
               thou
               lyed
               ,
               or
               why
               hast
               thou
               deceived
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ?
            
             for
             so
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             do's
             properly
             import
             ,
             why
             doest
             thou
             cheat
             him
             of
             what
             is
             now
             his
             own
             proper
             right
             ?
             And
             againe
             ,
             
               Thou
               hast
               not
               lyed
               unto
               men
               ,
               but
               unto
               God
               :
            
             and
             is
             this
             so
             strange
             a
             thing
             ?
             Are
             not
             all
             our
             
               lyes
            
             to
             be
             accounted
             
               sinnes
            
             before
             God
             ?
             yes
             ,
             all
             against
             God
             ,
             as
             a
             Witnesse
             and
             a
             Judge
             ;
             but
             yet
             not
             all
             against
             God
             as
             a
             Party
             :
             and
             therefore
             t
             is
             a
             more
             remarkeable
             ,
             a
             more
             signall
             lye
             ,
             
               Thou
               hast
               not
               lyed
               unto
               men
               ;
            
             a
             negative
             of
             comparison
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             to
             men
             ,
             as
             to
             God
             :
             what
             's
             done
             to
             them
             is
             scarce
             worth
             the
             naming
             ,
             
               but
               thou
               hast
               lyed
               unto
               God
               ,
            
             as
             a
             Witnesse
             and
             a
             Judge
             ;
             yea
             and
             a
             party
             too
             .
             Thou
             hast
             lyed
             ,
             &
             rob'd
             God
             by
             lying
             ,
             and
             so
             runne
             thy selfe
             into
             an
             eminent
             sinne
             :
             and
             that
             shall
             appeare
             in
             Gods
             judgement
             ,
             so
             the
             Fathers
             generally
             expound
             that
             place
             ;
             both
             of
             the
             Greek
             and
             Latine
             Church
             ,
             and
             affirme
             his
             crime
             was
             a
             robbing
             God
             of
             that
             wealth
             ,
             which
             by
             Vow
             or
             by
             promise
             was
             now
             become
             Gods
             propriety
             :
             So
             the
             Modern
             Interpreters
             ,
             yea
             ,
             so
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Sacrum
               esse
               Deo
               profitebatur
               ,
            
             He
             professed
             that
             his
             Land
             should
             be
             a
             sacred
             thing
             unto
             God
             ,
             (
             sayes
             he
             )
             on
             that
             place
             ;
             and
             there
             
               Beza
            
             too
             ,
             
               Pradium
               Deo
               consecrassent
               ;
            
             the
             the
             man
             and
             his
             wife
             ,
             they
             consecrated
             this
             Land
             to
             God
             ,
             
             And
             he
             that
             will
             not
             believe
             so
             Universall
             a
             consent
             in
             the
             interpreting
             a
             place
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             should
             do
             well
             to
             consider
             ,
             whether
             upon
             the
             same
             ground
             (
             as
             I
             told
             you
             before
             )
             he
             may
             not
             be
             brought
             to
             doubt
             of
             his
             Dictionary
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             but
             Universal
             consent
             ;
             he
             may
             almost
             as
             well
             doubt
             whether
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             signifyes
             God
             ,
             and
             altogether
             as
             well
             ,
             whether
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             signifyes
             the
             Gospell
             .
          
           
             The
             New
             Testament
             will
             afford
             more
             places
             for
             this
             purpose
             ;
             
               Thou
               that
               abhorrest
               Idols
               ,
               committest
               thou
               Sacriledge
               ?
            
             Rom.
             2.
             22.
             
             T
             is
             true
             ,
             these
             words
             are
             spoken
             as
             to
             the
             person
             of
             an
             unconverted
             Jew
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             therefore
             thought
             to
             aime
             only
             at
             those
             sinnes
             ,
             which
             were
             descryed
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             
               Moses
               :
            
             but
             do
             but
             view
             S.
             
               Pauls
            
             way
             of
             arguing
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             quickly
             find
             they
             come
             home
             to
             us
             Christians
             too
             :
             he
             there
             tells
             the
             Jew
             that
             he
             taught
             others
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             yet
             he
             would
             not
             do
             himselfe
             :
             and
             he
             strives
             to
             make
             this
             good
             by
             three
             severall
             instances
             ,
             first
             ,
             
               Thou
               that
               Preachest
               a
               man
               should
               not
               steale
               ,
               doest
               thou
               steale
               ?
            
             Secondly
             ,
             
               Thou
               that
               sayest
               a
               man
               should
               not
               commit
               adultery
               ,
               dost
               thou
               commit
               adultery
               ?
            
             In
             both
             these
             ,
             t
             is
             plain
             ,
             that
             the
             Jew
             he
             dealt
             with
             did
             the
             same
             things
             he
             reprehended
             :
             and
             straightway
             the
             third
             comes
             ,
             
               Thou
               that
               abhorrest
               Idols
               ,
               dost
               thou
               commit
               Sacriledge
               ?
            
             So
             that
             hence
             't
             will
             follow
             (
             if
             S.
             
               Pauls
            
             words
             have
             Logique
             in
             them
             )
             that
             these
             two
             sinnes
             are
             of
             the
             selfe
             same
             nature
             too
             :
             And
             that
             to
             commit
             a
             sacriledge
             is
             a
             breach
             of
             the
             same
             Law
             ,
             as
             to
             commit
             an
             Idolatry
             :
             so
             that
             crime
             will
             appeare
             without
             all
             doubt
             a
             plain
             robbery
             of
             God
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             steales
             from
             men
             ,
             yea
             though
             a
             whole
             community
             of
             men
             ,
             though
             
               bona
               universitatis
               ,
            
             yet
             he
             sinnes
             but
             against
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             t
             is
             but
             an
             offence
             against
             the
             second
             Table
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               steale
               :
            
             but
             Sacriledge
             layes
             hold
             on
             those
             things
             which
             the
             Latine
             
             Lawes
             call
             
               Bona
               nullius
               ,
            
             it
             strikes
             downright
             immediately
             at
             God
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             regard
             no
             Idolatry
             can
             out
             doe-it
             :
             as
             this
             is
             ,
             t
             is
             a
             breach
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             both
             these
             crimes
             are
             equally
             built
             upon
             the
             self-same
             contempt
             of
             God
             ;
             the
             offenders
             in
             both
             kinds
             ,
             the
             Idolater
             and
             sacrilegious
             person
             both
             thinke
             him
             a
             dull
             sluggish
             thing
             ;
             the
             first
             thinkes
             he
             will
             patiently
             looke
             on
             ,
             while
             his
             honour
             is
             shared
             to
             an
             Idol
             ;
             the
             other
             imagines
             he
             'l
             be
             as
             sottishly
             tame
             ,
             though
             his
             goods
             be
             stoln
             to
             his
             face
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             without
             doubt
             the
             sense
             of
             all
             ancient
             churches
             ;
             for
             upon
             what
             ground
             could
             they
             professe
             they
             gave
             gifts
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             only
             upon
             this
             ,
             that
             they
             presumed
             God
             did
             stil
             accept
             them
             ?
             So
             S.
             
               Iraeneus
               ,
               We
               offer
               unto
               our
               God
               our
               Goods
               in
               token
               of
               thankefullnesse
               .
            
             So
             
               Origen
               ,
               By
               gifts
               to
               God
               we
               acknowledge
               him
               Lord
               of
               all
               :
            
             So
             the
             Fathers
             generally
             ;
             so
             Emperours
             and
             Kings
             ;
             so
             
               Charles
               the
               Great
               ,
               To
               God
               we
               offer
               what
               we
               deliver
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             in
             his
             well
             known
             
               Capitulars
               :
            
             And
             our
             own
             Kings
             have
             still
             spoken
             in
             this
             good
             old
             Christian
             language
             ;
             
               We
               have
               granted
               to
               God
               ,
               for
               Us
               and
               Our
               Heires
               for
               ever
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               shall
               be
               free
               ,
               and
               have
               her
               whole
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
               inviolable
               ;
            
             they
             are
             all
             the
             first
             words
             of
             our
             
               Magna
               Chart.
               
               Her
               whole
               Rights
               &
               Liberties
               ,
            
             words
             of
             a
             very
             large
             extent
             ,
             and
             imply
             farre
             more
             then
             Her
             Substance
             :
             and
             yet
             these
             ,
             and
             all
             these
             Lands
             ,
             and
             Honours
             ,
             and
             Jurisdictions
             ;
             all
             these
             have
             beene
             given
             to
             God
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             frequently
             confirmed
             by
             the
             publique
             Acts
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             :
             and
             yet
             if
             
               Ananias
            
             might
             thus
             promise
             ,
             and
             yet
             rob
             God
             ,
             consider
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             whether
             
               England
            
             may
             not
             do
             so
             too
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             2.
             
             Proposition
             ,
          
           
             God
             gets
             this
             Propriety
             as
             well
             by
             an
             acceptation
             of
             what
             is
             voluntarily
             given
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             command
             ,
             that
             such
             things
             should
             be
             presented
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             second
             ,
             t
             is
             plaine
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             that
             God
             did
             as
             much
             take
             the
             Temple
             to
             be
             his
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             the
             Jewes
             Tithes
             and
             Offerings
             .
             These
             last
             indeed
             were
             his
             by
             expresse
             law
             &
             command
             ,
             but
             the
             Temple
             was
             the
             voluntary
             designe
             of
             good
             
               David
               ,
            
             and
             the
             voluntary
             work
             of
             King
             
               Solomon
               .
            
             
             Nay
             God
             expresly
             tels
             
               David
               ,
            
             that
             he
             had
             been
             so
             far
             from
             commanding
             that
             house
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             not
             so
             much
             as
             once
             asked
             this
             service
             .
             And
             therefore
             in
             his
             Apologie
             Saint
             
               Paul
            
             tels
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             
             
               Neither
            
             (
             sayes
             he
             )
             
               against
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Jewes
               ,
               nor
               against
               the
               Temple
               ,
               have
               I
               offended
               any
               thing
               :
            
             For
             he
             might
             in
             some
             case
             offend
             against
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             against
             the
             Law
             :
             Notwithstanding
             all
             this
             ,
             God
             pleads
             as
             much
             for
             his
             Temple
             in
             the
             Prophet
             
               Haggai
               ,
            
             
             as
             he
             doth
             in
             
               Malachi
            
             for
             his
             tithes
             ,
             In
             this
             his
             words
             are
             ,
             
               Ye
               have
               robbed
               we
               in
               tithes
               and
               offerings
               ;
            
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             
               Is
               it
               time
               for
               you
               ,
               O
               ye
               ,
               to
               dwell
               in
               sieled
               houses
               ,
               and
               this
               house
               lie
               waste
               ?
               therefore
               ye
               have
               sowne
               much
               ,
               and
               bring
               in
               little
               ,
               ye
               eate
               ,
               but
               have
               not
               enough
               ,
            
             so
             
               Hag.
            
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             And
             to
             affirme
             ,
             that
             God
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             doth
             accept
             of
             meat
             ,
             and
             drink
             ,
             and
             cloathing
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             plaine
             ,
             
               Mat.
            
             25.
             he
             doth
             accept
             of
             money
             land
             was
             sold
             for
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             
               Ananias
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             that
             he
             doth
             not
             accept
             Land
             it selfe
             ,
             is
             so
             contrary
             to
             all
             reason
             ,
             so
             contrary
             to
             the
             practice
             not
             onely
             of
             the
             Christian
             ,
             but
             humane
             world
             ,
             so
             contrary
             to
             what
             God
             himselfe
             has
             expressed
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             and
             no where
             ●●called
             it
             in
             the
             New
             ,
             that
             he
             ▪
             that
             can
             quiet
             his
             conscience
             with
             such
             concepts
             as
             these
             ,
             may
             I
             doubt
             not
             attaine
             to
             the
             discovery
             
             of
             some
             Quirkes
             ,
             which
             in
             his
             conceipt
             may
             either
             palliate
             murthers
             or
             adulteries
             :
             For
             to
             think
             that
             those
             possessions
             are
             indeed
             Gods
             which
             he
             doth
             command
             ,
             but
             not
             those
             which
             he
             doth
             accept
             ,
             is
             to
             use
             God
             so
             as
             we
             would
             neither
             use
             our selves
             nor
             our
             neighbours
             :
             for
             no
             man
             doubts
             but
             that
             's
             as
             properly
             mine
             which
             I
             accept
             as
             a
             gift
             from
             others
             ,
             as
             what
             I
             attaine
             to
             by
             mine
             owne
             personall
             acquisition
             ,
             be
             it
             by
             a
             just
             war
             ,
             by
             study
             ,
             by
             merchandice
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             .
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
             Proposition
             .
          
           
             That
             to
             invade
             those
             things
             consecrated
             ,
             be
             they
             moveable
             or
             immoveable
             ,
             is
             expresly
             the
             sin
             of
             Sacriledge
             .
          
           
             Sacriledge
             is
             then
             committed
             ,
             say
             the
             Schooles
             and
             the
             Casuists
             ,
             (
             and
             they
             speak
             in
             their
             owne
             profession
             )
             
               quando
               reverentia
               rei
               sacrae
               debita
               violatur
               :
            
             
             When
             we
             violate
             that
             reverence
             due
             to
             a
             thing
             sacred
             ,
             by
             turning
             it
             into
             a
             thing
             profane
             :
             so
             as
             the
             violation
             may
             be
             committed
             either
             
               per
               furtum
               ,
            
             by
             theft
             ,
             strictly
             so
             taken
             ,
             by
             stealing
             a
             thing
             moveable
             ;
             or
             
               per
               Plagium
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             stealing
             of
             a
             man
             ;
             or
             
               per
               invasionem
               ,
            
             which
             is
             a
             spoiling
             men
             of
             lands
             ,
             or
             of
             things
             immoveable
             :
             for
             as
             any
             one
             of
             these
             done
             against
             our
             neighbour
             is
             no
             doubt
             in
             Scripture
             phrase
             a
             theft
             ,
             a
             sin
             against
             the
             8.
             
             Commandment
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               steale
               :
            
             So
             done
             against
             God
             ,
             t
             is
             no
             doubt
             a
             Sacriledge
             ,
             and
             a
             breach
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             ,
             be
             it
             either
             against
             the
             first
             or
             the
             second
             Commandement
             ,
             I
             stand
             not
             now
             to
             dispute
             :
             for
             the
             word
             used
             in
             the
             New
             Test
             .
             to
             expresse
             this
             sin
             ,
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             from
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Praeda
               ,
            
             or
             
               spolium
               :
            
             So
             that
             Sacriledge
             is
             not
             to
             be
             defined
             onely
             by
             theft
             strictly
             taken
             ,
             but
             t
             is
             a
             depredation
             ,
             a
             spoliation
             of
             things
             consecrated
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             word
             extends
             it selfe
             as
             properly
             (
             if
             not
             more
             )
             to
             Lands
             ,
             as
             it
             doth
             to
             things
             moveable
             .
             And
             hence
             
               Aquinas
            
             is
             plaine
             ,
             
             that
             Sacriledge
             reaches
             out
             
             its
             proper
             sense
             
               ad
               ea
               quae
               deputata
               sunt
               ad
               sustentationem
               ministrorum
               ,
               sive
               sint
               mobilia
               ,
               sive
               immobilia
               :
            
             For
             it
             would
             be
             very
             strange
             to
             affirme
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             sacking
             of
             
               Jerusalem
               ,
               Nebuchadnezzar
            
             was
             sacrilegious
             ,
             when
             he
             transported
             the
             holy
             vessels
             ,
             but
             not
             at
             all
             when
             he
             burnt
             the
             Temple
             .
          
        
         
           
             4.
             
             Proposition
             ,
          
           
             That
             this
             sinne
             is
             not
             onely
             against
             Gods
             positive
             Law
             ,
             but
             plainly
             against
             the
             Morall
             Law
             .
          
           
             For
             this
             common
             reason
             hath
             taught
             all
             ,
             even
             Pagan
             nations
             to
             hold
             Sacriledge
             a
             sinne
             :
             So
             that
             
               Lactantius
            
             observes
             ,
             (
             and
             he
             was
             well
             read
             in
             humane
             learning
             ,
             which
             made
             him
             to
             be
             chose
             Tutor
             to
             a
             sonne
             of
             
               Constantine
            
             the
             Great
             )
             
               Inomni
               Religione
               nihil
               tale
               sine
               vindicto
               :
            
             God
             did
             still
             remarkably
             revenge
             this
             sinne
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             true
             ,
             but
             amongst
             men
             of
             the
             most
             false
             Religions
             :
             And
             't
             were
             easie
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             never
             any
             Nation
             did
             yet
             adore
             a
             God
             ,
             but
             they
             thought
             he
             did
             accept
             ,
             and
             did
             possesse
             himselfe
             of
             some
             substance
             .
             I
             omit
             those
             proofs
             that
             would
             be
             thought
             far
             too
             tedious
             ,
             t
             is
             enough
             to
             quote
             the
             Prophets
             words
             ,
             
               Will
               a
               man
               rob
               God
               ?
               yet
               ye
               have
               robbed
               me
               ,
               Mal.
            
             3.
             8.
             
             A
             man
             ,
             any
             man
             ,
             though
             an
             Ammonite
             ,
             or
             a
             meere
             Philistine
             ,
             no
             Pagan
             (
             that
             must
             be
             the
             sense
             )
             will
             doe
             it
             to
             his
             God
             ,
             which
             you
             Jewes
             doe
             to
             me
             ;
             for
             the
             Law
             written
             in
             his
             heart
             (
             and
             he
             can
             goe
             by
             no
             other
             )
             that
             law
             controlls
             this
             offence
             ,
             and
             so
             plainly
             tells
             him
             ,
             that
             because
             his
             God
             may
             be
             robb'd
             ,
             he
             may
             therefore
             have
             a
             Propriety
             ;
             And
             if
             Sacriledge
             be
             a
             sin
             against
             the
             Law
             Morall
             ,
             it
             will
             follow
             ,
             that
             what
             wee
             read
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             against
             that
             sinne
             ,
             must
             be
             as
             morall
             ,
             and
             that
             whereby
             we
             Christians
             are
             as
             much
             obliged
             ,
             as
             by
             what
             we
             read
             against
             theft
             ,
             or
             against
             adultery
             ;
             save
             onely
             in
             those
             passages
             which
             are
             particularly
             
             proper
             unto
             the
             policie
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             let
             them
             goe
             for
             Judiciall
             .
          
           
             These
             Assertions
             being
             premised
             ,
             I
             returne
             to
             the
             
               Epistler
               ,
            
             who
             conceives
             it
             to
             be
             no
             sacriledge
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Church
             Lands
             ;
             
               [
               Nor
               do
               I
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               herein
               ground
               my
               opinion
               barely
               upon
               the
               frequent
               practise
               of
               former
               times
               ,
               not
               onely
               by
               acts
               of
               Parliament
               in
               the
               times
               of
               Queen
            
             Elizabeth
             ,
             
               King
            
             James
             ,
             
               and
               so
               King
            
             Charles
             ,
             
               if
               you
               have
               not
               forgotten
               the
               exchange
               of
               Durham
               house
               ,
               as
               well
               as
            
             H.
             8.
             
               but
               even
               by
               the
               Bishops
               themselves
               ,
               &c.
               ]
            
             He
             will
             not
             ground
             his
             opinion
             upon
             the
             practise
             ;
             and
             indeed
             he
             hath
             little
             reason
             for
             it
             :
             For
             if
             from
             a
             frequent
             practise
             of
             sinne
             ,
             we
             might
             conclude
             it
             were
             no
             sinne
             ,
             we
             might
             take
             our
             leaves
             of
             the
             Decalogue
             ;
             and
             as
             our
             new
             Masters
             do
             ,
             put
             it
             out
             of
             our
             
               Directory
               ,
            
             because
             our
             intent
             is
             to
             sinne
             it
             downe
             :
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             say
             no
             more
             of
             such
             Lawes
             of
             
               Hen.
            
             8.
             then
             I
             would
             of
             
               Davids
            
             adultery
             a
             that
             t
             is
             no
             ground
             at
             all
             to
             make
             men
             bold
             with
             their
             neighbours
             Wives
             .
             Queene
             
               Elizabeth
            
             made
             a
             Law
             (
             so
             you
             have
             told
             me
             Sir
             ,
             for
             I
             do
             speake
             nothing
             in
             this
             kind
             but
             from
             you
             )
             that
             Bishops
             might
             not
             alienate
             their
             Mannors
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             &c.
             but
             only
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             but
             if
             she
             sometimes
             tooke
             order
             that
             Church
             ,
             men
             should
             not
             be
             Bishops
             ,
             untill
             they
             had
             first
             made
             such
             alienations
             (
             as
             I
             have
             heard
             you
             say
             they
             did
             )
             I
             know
             not
             how
             to
             defend
             it
             ,
             but
             must
             withall
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             if
             Princes
             or
             Subjects
             resolve
             to
             sell
             the
             Church
             preferments
             ,
             t
             is
             great
             odds
             but
             that
             in
             a
             Clergy
             consisting
             of
             above
             16000.
             
             Persons
             ,
             they
             shall
             not
             want
             Chapmen
             for
             them
             :
             For
             
               King
               James
               ,
            
             I
             must
             highly
             commend
             that
             most
             Christian
             Prince
             ,
             who
             (
             you
             say
             )
             amongst
             his
             first
             Lawes
             ,
             tooke
             away
             that
             of
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               :
            
             not
             can
             I
             well
             tell
             why
             this
             
               Epistler
            
             here
             doth
             quote
             that
             King
             for
             his
             purpose
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             were
             only
             for
             the
             alienation
             of
             
             
               York
               ▪
            
             House
             ;
             but
             I
             must
             informe
             him
             that
             that
             Act
             was
             lawfull
             ,
             because
             't
             was
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Archiepiscopall
             See
             ,
             there
             being
             cleare
             Text
             for
             it
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Levits
               themselves
               might
               change
               what
               was
               theirs
               by
               a
               Divine
               Law
               ,
            
             so
             they
             gained
             by
             the
             permutation
             ;
             and
             this
             answer
             will
             serve
             for
             what
             King
             
               Charles
            
             did
             about
             
               Durham
               House
               .
            
          
           
             But
             he
             thinks
             it
             an
             Argument
             ,
             
               That
               even
               by
               Bishops
               themselves
               ,
               Deanes
               ,
               and
               Chapters
               ,
               &c.
            
             such
             things
             were
             done
             ,
             
               Alienations
               made
               ,
               and
               long
               Leases
               granted
               :
            
             True
             Sir
             ,
             for
             those
             Clergymen
             were
             but
             men
             ,
             and
             their
             sinnes
             can
             at
             all
             no
             more
             abrogate
             Gods
             Law
             ,
             then
             can
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             Laity
             :
             yet
             I
             could
             name
             you
             Church-men
             of
             great
             note
             ,
             who
             totally
             refused
             to
             be
             preferred
             by
             that
             Queene
             to
             any
             Bishopricke
             at
             all
             ,
             because
             they
             would
             by
             no
             meanes
             submit
             their
             conscience
             unto
             the
             base
             acts
             of
             such
             Alienations
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             them
             was
             Bishop
             
               Andrews
               :
            
             I
             could
             tell
             you
             too
             that
             those
             long
             
               Leases
            
             he
             speakes
             of
             ,
             might
             have
             one
             cause
             more
             then
             the
             Marriage
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ;
             for
             when
             they
             saw
             men
             so
             sharply
             set
             upon
             the
             inheritance
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             when
             they
             saw
             a
             Stoole
             of
             wickednesse
             set
             up
             ,
             of
             sacrilegious
             wickednes
             ,
             that
             imagined
             mischiefe
             by
             a
             Law
             ,
             some
             ,
             not
             the
             worst
             of
             men
             ,
             thought
             it
             fit
             to
             make
             those
             long
             Leases
             ,
             that
             the
             estate
             of
             the
             Church
             might
             appeare
             the
             more
             poore
             ,
             and
             so
             lesse
             subject
             unto
             Harpies
             ,
             and
             then
             their
             hope
             was
             ,
             at
             the
             length
             ▪
             at
             least
             after
             many
             yeares
             spent
             ,
             it
             might
             returne
             whole
             unto
             their
             successours
             .
          
           
             
               He
               goes
               on
               ,
            
             But
             to
             deale
             clearely
             with
             you
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             understand
             how
             there
             can
             be
             any
             sacriledge
             (
             properly
             so
             called
             )
             which
             is
             not
             a
             theft
             and
             more
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             a
             theft
             of
             some
             thing
             dedicated
             to
             holy
             use
             ,
             (
             a
             Co●●munion
             Cup
             for
             instance
             or
             the
             like
             )
             and
             th●se
             you
             know
             must
             be
             of
             things
             moveable
             ,
             〈…〉
             civil
             Law
             ,
             and
             how
             theft
             can
             be
             of
             Lands
             ,
             or
             〈…〉
             
             by
             alienating
             Church
             Lands
             ;
             I
             pray
             aske
             your
             friend
             
               Holborne
               ,
            
             and
             his
             fellow
             Lawyers
             ,
             for
             ours
             here
             deride
             us
             for
             the
             question
             .
             )
             
               It
               seemes
               Sir
               they
               are
               very
               merry
               at
            
             London
             ,
             
               or
               at
               least
               this
            
             Epistler
             
               thinks
               so
               ;
               for
               being
               winners
               he
               might
               perhaps
               conceive
               they
               make
               themselves
               pleasant
               at
               a
               Feather
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             this
             Argument
             is
             as
             light
             a
             thing
             ,
             appeares
             before
             from
             my
             third
             Assertion
             :
             for
             can
             any
             man
             thinke
             in
             earnest
             ,
             that
             t
             is
             Sacriledge
             ,
             and
             so
             a
             sinne
             ,
             to
             take
             a
             Cup
             from
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             t
             is
             none
             to
             take
             away
             a
             Mannour
             ?
             as
             if
             
               Ahab
            
             had
             been
             indeed
             a
             thiefe
             ,
             had
             he
             rob'd
             
               Naboth
            
             of
             his
             Grapes
             ,
             but
             
               Eliah
            
             was
             too
             harsh
             to
             that
             good
             King
             ,
             because
             he
             only
             tooke
             away
             his
             Vineyard
             :
             Indeed
             there
             is
             such
             a
             nicety
             in
             the
             Civill
             Law
             ,
             that
             
               actio
               furti
            
             lyes
             only
             against
             him
             ,
             
             who
             has
             stolne
             
               Rem
               mobilem
               :
            
             for
             
               Justinian
            
             it
             seemes
             in
             the
             composition
             of
             his
             Digests
             (
             which
             he
             tooke
             from
             the
             writings
             of
             the
             old
             
               Jurisprudentes
               )
            
             thought
             it
             fit
             to
             follow
             
               Ulpians
            
             judgement
             ,
             and
             yet
             
               Sabinus
            
             in
             his
             booke
             
               De
               Furtis
               ,
            
             a
             man
             of
             note
             amongst
             those
             men
             ,
             was
             known
             to
             be
             of
             another
             opinion
             :
             
               Non
               tantum
            
             (
             sayes
             he
             )
             
               rerum
               moventium
               ,
               sed
               fundi
               quoque
               ,
               et
               aedium
               fieri
               furtum
               :
            
             a
             theft
             properly
             so
             call'd
             may
             be
             of
             things
             immoveable
             :
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             of
             the
             
               Epistler
            
             whether
             he
             thinks
             all
             men
             both
             Divines
             and
             others
             ,
             bound
             to
             frame
             all
             the
             phrases
             of
             their
             speech
             according
             to
             the
             criticismes
             of
             the
             Civill
             Law
             ,
             as
             it
             s
             now
             put
             out
             by
             
               Justinian
               ?
            
             If
             not
             ,
             why
             may
             not
             some
             use
             the
             word
             
               furtum
            
             in
             
               Sabinus
            
             his
             sense
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             others
             may
             in
             
               Ulpians
               ?
            
             and
             then
             sacriledge
             may
             be
             properly
             called
             a
             theft
             ,
             and
             as
             properly
             in
             immoveables
             ;
             or
             if
             we
             will
             needs
             speake
             according
             to
             his
             sense
             whom
             
               Justinian
            
             hath
             approved
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             well
             see
             how
             men
             can
             spoile
             the
             Church
             of
             her
             Lands
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Civil
             Law
             escape
             an
             action
             of
             theft
             :
             for
             
             it
             lyeth
             against
             him
             that
             takes
             the
             trees
             ,
             &
             the
             fruits
             ,
             and
             the
             stones
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             confident
             there
             is
             no
             Church-robber
             ,
             but
             he
             intends
             to
             make
             use
             of
             these
             kinds
             of
             moveables
             ;
             otherwise
             what
             good
             wil
             the
             Church-land
             do
             him
             ?
             
             And
             if
             he
             does
             make
             this
             use
             ,
             a
             thiefe
             he
             is
             in
             the
             Civill
             Law
             phrase
             ,
             &
             then
             in
             the
             very
             sense
             of
             this
             
               Epistler
            
             himself
             ,
             he
             is
             without
             doubt
             a
             sacrilegious
             person
             :
             but
             where
             I
             wonder
             did
             that
             Londoner
             learne
             ,
             that
             
               Furtum
               strictè
               sumptum
               ,
            
             was
             the
             
               genus
            
             of
             sacriledge
             ?
             so
             that
             where
             there
             is
             no
             theft
             in
             the
             Civill
             Law
             sense
             there
             is
             none
             of
             this
             kind
             of
             Sin
             :
             I
             am
             sure
             t
             is
             neither
             intimated
             by
             the
             Greek
             ,
             nor
             the
             Latine
             word
             :
             nor
             I
             believe
             delivered
             by
             any
             learned
             Authors
             on
             the
             Subject
             :
             so
             that
             I
             must
             set
             down
             an
             assertion
             ,
             (
             I
             conceive
             well
             grounded
             too
             )
             point
             blanck
             against
             this
             
               Londoner
               ,
            
             and
             affirme
             there
             may
             be
             a
             sacriledge
             properly
             so
             call'd
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             a
             theft
             in
             the
             Civill
             law-sense
             (
             which
             has
             been
             grounded
             in
             the
             third
             Assertion
             )
             and
             then
             we
             need
             not
             trouble
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Holborne
            
             (
             that
             learned
             Gentleman
             may
             have
             other
             busines
             )
             nor
             his
             fellow
             
               Lawyers
               ,
            
             for
             I
             doubt
             not
             there
             are
             enough
             besides
             ,
             who
             will
             here
             smile
             at
             this
             passage
             ,
             and
             will
             thinke
             that
             this
             
               Epistler
            
             hath
             met
             with
             a
             
               Civill
               Law
            
             quirke
             ,
             which
             he
             knew
             not
             well
             how
             to
             weild
             :
             But
             to
             say
             truth
             he
             deales
             clearely
             with
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             tels
             him
             that
             for
             his
             particular
             ,
             he
             doth
             not
             yet
             understand
             ;
             which
             for
             my
             part
             I
             believe
             ;
             and
             do
             not
             only
             wonder
             ,
             he
             would
             gibe
             at
             another
             man
             ,
             in
             a
             point
             he
             could
             no
             better
             Master
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             Arguments
             it
             seemes
             are
             but
             only
             the
             forlorne-hope
             ,
             the
             main
             Battell
             is
             yet
             to
             come
             .
             He
             calls
             this
             the
             main
             quere
             ,
             and
             desires
             patience
             from
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             First
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               I
               lay
               this
               as
               a
               foundation
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               divine
               command
               that
               Ministers
               under
               the
               Gospell
               should
               have
               any
               Lands
               .
            
             True
             ,
             the
             Clergy
             under
             the
             Gospell
             hold
             not
             
             their
             lands
             by
             a
             Divine
             command
             ,
             but
             they
             do
             by
             a
             Divine
             acceptation
             by
             Christs
             most
             gracious
             acceptance
             of
             such
             goods
             and
             possessions
             which
             have
             been
             given
             him
             by
             good
             Christians
             :
             and
             this
             title
             you
             now
             heare
             will
             go
             as
             farre
             as
             a
             law
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             we
             conceive
             farre
             enough
             ,
             for
             it
             gives
             God
             a
             propriety
             in
             such
             lands
             ,
             and
             so
             keeps
             men
             from
             a
             re-assumption
             .
          
           
             He
             goes
             on
             ,
             
               The
               hire
               of
               a
               Labourer
               at
               most
               ,
               as
               fitting
               maintenance
               ,
               is
               all
               that
               can
               be
               challenged
               :
            
             I
             but
             that
             maintenance
             must
             be
             honourable
             ,
             or
             else
             we
             Christians
             shall
             use
             God
             like
             no
             other
             men
             ;
             farre
             worse
             I
             am
             sure
             then
             do
             Pagans
             :
             And
             when
             such
             a
             maintenance
             hath
             been
             once
             given
             in
             lands
             ,
             the
             acceptation
             of
             Christ
             will
             soone
             make
             it
             irrevocable
             :
             so
             that
             it
             signifyes
             little
             to
             say
             
               the
               Apostles
               had
               no
               Lands
               ;
            
             for
             they
             who
             had
             the
             money
             for
             lands
             fold
             ,
             might
             (
             no
             man
             can
             well
             doubt
             )
             have
             still
             kept
             the
             lands
             had
             they
             liked
             it
             :
             but
             the
             Church
             was
             straight
             to
             be
             in
             hot
             persecution
             ,
             the
             Disciples
             were
             to
             fly
             ,
             and
             Lands
             we
             know
             are
             no
             moveables
             ,
             and
             it
             were
             very
             strange
             if
             not
             ridiculous
             to
             affirme
             that
             
               Ananias
            
             and
             his
             wife
             sinned
             in
             taking
             back●
             that
             money
             which
             they
             promised
             ,
             but
             if
             
               in
               specie
            
             they
             had
             given
             their
             Lands
             ,
             they
             might
             have
             revoked
             that
             gift
             without
             sacriledge
             .
          
           
             He
             proceeds
             ,
             
               Which
               I
               mention
               to
               avoid
               the
               groundlesse
               argument
               upon
               the
               Lands
               and
               portions
               allotted
               to
               the
               tribe
               of
               Levi
               by
               Gods
               appointment
               ▪
               to
               whom
               our
               Ministere
               have
               no
               succession
               .
            
             Our
             Ministers
             challenge
             nothing
             which
             belongs
             to
             that
             Tribe
             ,
             by
             Leviticall
             right
             :
             but
             where
             things
             are
             once
             given
             to
             God
             for
             the
             use
             of
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             they
             there
             get
             a
             morall
             interest
             ;
             and
             what
             wee
             read
             of
             this
             kind
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             doth
             as
             much
             obli●ge
             Christians
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             found
             in
             the
             Now
             .
             
               [
               And
               〈…〉
               that
               they
               enjoy
               their
               〈◊〉
               by
               the
               〈…〉
               
               others
               do
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               subject
               to
               that
               Law
               which
               alone
               gives
               strength
               to
               their
               title
               .
               ]
            
             Out
             
               into
               〈◊〉
               :
            
             Have
             Church-men
             no
             title
             to
             those
             possessions
             they
             enjoy
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             law
             of
             this
             Land
             alone
             ?
             Yes
             ,
             besides
             these
             ,
             they
             have
             Christs
             acceptation
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             are
             become
             theirs
             by
             Law
             evangelicall
             :
             their
             Lands
             are
             Gods
             own
             propriety
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             hold
             from
             him
             by
             the
             Law
             morall
             too
             ;
             and
             therefore
             though
             by
             the
             lawes
             of
             the
             land
             they
             hold
             estates
             in
             Fee-simple
             ,
             and
             so
             may
             alienate
             without
             punishment
             from
             the
             law
             of
             England
             :
             yet
             they
             cannot
             do
             it
             without
             the
             guilt
             of
             sinne
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             breach
             of
             the
             law
             evangelicall
             and
             morall
             :
             except
             then
             only
             when
             they
             better
             themselves
             by
             some
             gainfull
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             by
             some
             not
             hurtfull
             permutation
             .
             Besides
             ,
             were
             the
             argument
             good
             ,
             it
             would
             only
             follow
             ,
             that
             the
             Clergy
             by
             their
             owne
             act
             might
             alienate
             their
             lands
             ,
             but
             no
             man
             else
             without
             their
             consent
             .
             And
             I
             conceive
             it
             would
             not
             now
             prove
             so
             easie
             a
             taske
             to
             bring
             Church-men
             to
             such
             an
             alienation
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Parliament
             may
             do
             it
             ▪
             for
             (
             sayes
             he
             )
             
               I
               am
               sure
               it
               will
               be
               granted
               ,
               that
               (
               by
               the
               Lawes
               of
               this
               Nation
               )
               whosoever
               hath
               Lands
               or
               Goods
               ,
               hath
               them
               with
               this
               inseparable
               limitation
               and
               condition
               :
            
             viz.
             
               that
               the
               Parliament
               may
               dispose
               of
               them
               or
               any
               part
               of
               them
               at
               pleasure
               .
            
             This
             you
             have
             oft
             told
             me
             Sir
             is
             strange
             Doctrine
             ;
             for
             either
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             (
             I
             hope
             he
             meanes
             the
             King
             in
             Parliament
             )
             doth
             this
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             supreame
             power
             ,
             or
             as
             being
             representative
             ,
             and
             so
             including
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             whole
             People
             of
             England
             .
             If
             as
             being
             the
             supreame
             power
             ,
             it
             will
             follow
             ,
             that
             any
             absolute
             Prince
             may
             as
             lawfully
             do
             the
             like
             ▪
             and
             yet
             this
             hath
             been
             ever
             held
             tyrannicall
             in
             the
             Great
             Turk
             ,
             as
             being
             against
             the
             rules
             of
             justice
             and
             humanity
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             
               Samuel
            
             〈◊〉
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             that
             since
             they
             would
             
             needs
             change
             their
             Theocracy
             ,
             the
             immediate
             government
             of
             God
             himselfe
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             into
             Monarchy
             ,
             the
             best
             of
             all
             humane
             Governments
             ,
             
               the
               King
               should
               take
               their
               sons
               and
               their
               daughters
               ,
               their
               fields
               ,
               and
               their
               vineyards
               ,
               &c.
               and
               they
               should
               cry
               ,
               and
               should
               find
               no
               help
               :
            
             Yet
             the
             best
             Divines
             think
             ,
             that
             this
             would
             be
             most
             unjust
             ,
             most
             sinful
             in
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             expresly
             against
             the
             law
             of
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             who
             leaves
             every
             man
             his
             propriety
             ,
             onely
             the
             Prophet
             there
             averres
             it
             should
             be
             not
             punishable
             in
             him
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             no
             remedy
             ,
             since
             being
             the
             supreame
             power
             ,
             't
             was
             in
             no
             Subjects
             hands
             to
             judge
             him
             :
             So
             if
             the
             King
             in
             Parliament
             should
             take
             away
             Church-lands
             ,
             there
             is
             (
             I
             confesse
             )
             no
             resistance
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             though
             the
             act
             were
             inhumanely
             sinfull
             .
             Or
             secondly
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             does
             this
             as
             representing
             the
             whole
             people
             ▪
             and
             so
             including
             their
             consent
             (
             for
             they
             who
             consent
             can
             receive
             no
             injury
             )
             and
             then
             I
             understand
             not
             which
             way
             it
             can
             at
             all
             touch
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             who
             are
             neither
             to
             be
             there
             by
             themselves
             ,
             nor
             yet
             (
             God
             knowes
             )
             by
             representation
             :
             Or
             if
             againe
             they
             were
             there
             ,
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             what
             Burgesse
             ,
             or
             what
             Knight
             of
             a
             shire
             ,
             nay
             what
             Clerke
             ,
             or
             what
             Bishop
             doth
             represent
             Christ
             (
             whose
             Lands
             these
             are
             )
             and
             by
             vertue
             of
             what
             deputation
             ?
             Nor
             doe
             I
             beleeve
             that
             any
             Subject
             intends
             to
             give
             that
             power
             to
             him
             that
             represents
             him
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             to
             destroy
             his
             whole
             estate
             ,
             except
             then
             onely
             ,
             when
             the
             known
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             make
             him
             lyable
             to
             so
             high
             a
             censure
             .
          
           
             But
             grant
             that
             this
             were
             true
             in
             Mens
             lands
             ,
             yet
             sure
             it
             will
             not
             hold
             in
             God's
             .
             For
             since
             in
             
               Magna
               Charta
            
             (
             that
             hath
             received
             by
             Parliament
             at
             least
             30.
             
             Confirmations
             )
             the
             Lands
             we
             speak
             of
             are
             now
             given
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             promise
             there
             made
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Church
               shall
               hold
               her
               whole
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
               inviolable
               .
            
             Sure
             the
             Kingdome
             must
             keep
             
             what
             she
             hath
             thus
             promised
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             must
             now
             think
             to
             beginne
             to
             tell
             him
             of
             implyed
             conditions
             ,
             or
             limitations
             :
             For
             it
             were
             a
             strange
             scorne
             put
             upon
             God
             ,
             if
             men
             should
             make
             this
             grand
             promise
             to
             their
             Maker
             ,
             and
             then
             tell
             him
             after
             so
             many
             hundreds
             of
             yeares
             ,
             that
             their
             meaning
             was
             to
             take
             it
             back
             at
             their
             pleasure
             :
             I
             believe
             there
             is
             no
             good
             Pagan
             that
             would
             not
             blush
             at
             this
             dealing
             ,
             and
             conclude
             ,
             that
             if
             Christians
             may
             thus
             use
             their
             God
             ,
             without
             doubt
             he
             is
             no
             God
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             He
             goes
             on
             ,
             
               [
               Hence
               is
               it
               they
               sometimes
               dispose
               some
               part
               in
               Subsidies
               ,
               and
               other
               Taxes
               .
               ]
            
             The
             Parliament
             disposeth
             part
             of
             mens
             estates
             in
             Subsidies
             ,
             and
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             consents
             ,
             
               ergo
               ,
            
             It
             may
             dispose
             of
             all
             the
             Church
             Lands
             ,
             though
             Church-men
             themselves
             should
             in
             down
             right
             termes
             contradict
             it
             :
             Truly
             Sir
             ,
             this
             Argument
             is
             neither
             worth
             an
             answere
             nor
             a
             smile
             :
             For
             I
             am
             sure
             you
             have
             often
             told
             me
             that
             the
             Parliament
             in
             justice
             can
             destroy
             no
             private
             mans
             estate
             :
             Or
             if
             upon
             necessity
             it
             may
             need
             this
             or
             that
             Subjects
             Land
             for
             some
             publique
             use
             ,
             yet
             that
             Court
             is
             in
             justice
             bound
             to
             make
             that
             private
             man
             an
             amends
             .
             Subsidies
             you
             said
             were
             supposed
             to
             be
             laid
             on
             
               Salvo
               contenemento
               ,
            
             so
             that
             a
             Duke
             might
             still
             live
             like
             a
             Duke
             ,
             and
             a
             Gentleman
             like
             a
             Gentleman
             :
             Is
             it
             not
             so
             with
             the
             Clergy
             too
             ?
             By
             their
             own
             consent
             indeed
             ,
             and
             not
             otherwise
             ;
             they
             are
             often
             imposed
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             paid
             by
             them
             ;
             but
             yet
             they
             are
             burthens
             which
             they
             may
             beare
             
               Salvo
               contenemento
               :
            
             and
             they
             are
             paid
             not
             out
             of
             Gods
             propriety
             ,
             by
             alienating
             of
             his
             Lands
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             that
             
               usus
               fructus
            
             they
             receive
             from
             God
             :
             and
             so
             the
             maine
             doth
             still
             go
             on
             to
             their
             successors
             .
             So
             that
             to
             inferre
             from
             any
             of
             these
             usages
             ,
             that
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             Deanes
             ,
             and
             Chapters
             ,
             may
             be
             wholly
             alienated
             from
             the
             Church
             ,
             is
             an
             inference
             that
             will
             prevaile
             
             with
             none
             but
             those
             ,
             who
             being
             led
             by
             strong
             passions
             that
             it
             should
             be
             so
             ,
             make
             very
             little
             use
             of
             their
             reason
             to
             oppose
             that
             passion
             .
          
           
             He
             proceeds
             ,
             
               [
               Now
               hence
               comes
               the
               mistake
               ,
               by
               reason
               there
               is
               not
               such
               an
               expresse
               condition
               or
               limitation
               in
               the
               Deeds
               of
               Donation
               ,
               (
               which
               would
               silence
               all
               dispute
               )
               whereas
               it
               is
               as
               cleare
               a
               truth
               ,
               that
               where
               any
               thing
               is
               necessarily
               by
               Law
               implyed
               ,
               It
               is
               as
               much
               as
               in
               plain
               termes
               expressed
               .
               ]
            
             No
             marvell
             if
             such
             conditions
             be
             not
             expressed
             in
             Benefactors
             Deeds
             of
             Donation
             ,
             because
             it
             would
             make
             pious
             deeds
             most
             impiously
             ridiculous
             :
             For
             who
             would
             not
             blush
             to
             tell
             God
             ,
             that
             indeed
             he
             gives
             him
             such
             Lands
             ,
             but
             with
             a
             very
             clear
             intent
             to
             revoke
             them
             ;
             And
             what
             Christian
             will
             say
             that
             such
             an
             intent
             is
             tacitely
             there
             ,
             which
             it
             were
             impiety
             to
             expresse
             ?
             Nay
             t
             is
             apparantly
             cleare
             ,
             in
             the
             curses
             added
             by
             such
             Donors
             ,
             upon
             those
             who
             shall
             attempt
             to
             make
             void
             their
             gifts
             ,
             that
             their
             meaning
             was
             plaine
             ,
             such
             lands
             should
             remaine
             Gods
             for
             ever
             :
             By
             
               Magna
               Charta
            
             these
             gifts
             are
             confirmed
             unto
             the
             Church
             for
             ever
             ,
             
               (
               She
               shall
               have
               her
               whole
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
               inviolable
               )
            
             and
             yet
             is
             there
             a
             tacite
             condition
             in
             the
             selfe-same
             Law
             that
             they
             may
             be
             violated
             .
          
           
             No
             marvell
             if
             with
             us
             men
             cannot
             trust
             men
             ,
             if
             God
             himselfe
             cannot
             trust
             our
             lawes
             .
             And
             if
             that
             Charter
             ,
             or
             any
             else
             made
             by
             succeeding
             Princes
             ,
             do
             indeed
             confirme
             such
             Donations
             (
             as
             without
             all
             doubt
             they
             do
             )
             sure
             they
             must
             confirme
             such
             Donations
             in
             that
             same
             sence
             wherein
             the
             Donors
             made
             them
             ;
             for
             so
             do
             all
             other
             confirmations
             ;
             nay
             in
             this
             case
             of
             a
             totall
             dis-inhaerison
             ,
             there
             cannot
             be
             in
             law
             any
             such
             tacite
             conditions
             or
             limitations
             as
             the
             
               Epistler
            
             speakes
             of
             :
             For
             I
             have
             shewed
             such
             to
             be
             unjust
             ▪
             and
             tyrannicall
             in
             a
             private
             Subjects
             estate
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             Gods
             they
             are
             much
             more
             unjust
             ;
             because
             they
             
             are
             sure
             he
             cannot
             offend
             ;
             and
             an
             unjust
             and
             tyrannicall
             meaning
             must
             not
             be
             called
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             Law
             .
          
           
             The
             Letter
             goes
             on
             .
             
               [
               Besides
               ,
               it
               were
               somewhat
               strange
               ,
               that
               the
               Donors
               of
               the
               Lands
               should
               preserve
               them
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Bishops
               from
               the
               power
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               which
               he
               could
               not
               doe
               in
               his
               owne
               ,
               and
               give
               them
               a
               greater
               and
               surer
               right
               then
               he
               had
               himselfe
               .
               ]
            
             The
             Lay-Donee
             might
             preserve
             them
             thus
             in
             his
             owne
             hands
             ,
             suppose
             him
             but
             an
             honest
             person
             :
             for
             though
             a
             Parliament
             may
             
               Impunè
            
             disinherit
             such
             an
             innocent
             man
             ,
             yet
             they
             cannot
             doe
             it
             
               Justè
               ;
            
             and
             so
             in
             this
             regard
             both
             the
             Donor
             and
             the
             Donee
             are
             in
             the
             same
             condition
             .
             Besides
             ,
             t
             is
             no
             such
             strange
             thing
             ,
             for
             the
             self-same
             right
             (
             as
             a
             right
             suppose
             of
             Fee-simple
             )
             to
             become
             more
             sure
             in
             his
             hands
             that
             takes
             ,
             then
             it
             ever
             was
             in
             his
             hands
             that
             gave
             it
             .
             For
             though
             the
             right
             it self
             be
             still
             the
             same
             right
             ,
             (
             for
             
               Nemo
               dat
               quod
               non
               habet
               )
            
             yet
             by
             gift
             it
             may
             now
             come
             into
             a
             more
             strong
             hand
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             meanes
             that
             selfe-same
             right
             may
             become
             the
             stronger
             .
             And
             sure
             with
             us
             Gods
             hand
             should
             be
             more
             strong
             then
             mans
             :
             Nay
             hence
             ,
             as
             some
             think
             ,
             Lands
             given
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             were
             said
             to
             come
             
               in
               manum
               mortuam
               ,
            
             as
             it
             were
             into
             a
             dead
             hand
             ,
             which
             parts
             with
             nothing
             it
             hath
             once
             closed
             upon
             .
             And
             why
             the
             Epistler
             should
             call
             this
             a
             strange
             thing
             ,
             I
             doe
             not
             yet
             see
             the
             reason
             ,
             because
             t
             is
             alwayes
             so
             ,
             when
             any
             one
             Benefactor
             doth
             by
             vertue
             of
             a
             Mortmaine
             convey
             his
             Lands
             to
             any
             kind
             of
             Corporation
             .
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             
               [
               Nor
               doe
               I
               understand
               their
               meaning
               ,
               who
               terme
               God
               the
               Proprietor
               of
               the
               Bishops
               Lands
               ,
               and
               the
               Bishop
               the
               Usufructuary
               .
               ]
            
             I
             conceive
             I
             have
             made
             this
             plaine
             ,
             because
             such
             Lands
             were
             first
             offered
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             became
             his
             owne
             Property
             by
             his
             owne
             divine
             acceptation
             :
             And
             if
             the
             
               Dominium
               directum
            
             of
             these
             things
             doe
             once
             rest
             in
             
             God
             ,
             the
             
               Dominium
               utile
               ,
            
             the
             
               usus
               fructus
            
             alone
             is
             the
             onely
             thing
             left
             to
             be
             the
             patrimony
             of
             his
             Clergie
             .
             But
             he
             addes
             a
             reason
             ,
             
               [
               For
               I
               know
               not
               how
               (
               in
               propriety
               of
               speech
               )
               God
               is
               more
               entitled
               to
               their
               Lands
               ,
               then
               to
               his
               whole
               Creation
               .
               ]
            
             Here
             the
             Epistler
             speaks
             out
             :
             For
             truly
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             feare
             the
             Lawyer
             your
             friend
             is
             little
             better
             then
             an
             Independent
             .
             How
             ?
             hath
             God
             no
             more
             Title
             in
             propriety
             of
             speech
             to
             one
             piece
             of
             ground
             then
             another
             ?
             No
             more
             to
             a
             place
             where
             a
             Church
             is
             built
             ,
             then
             where
             men
             have
             now
             placed
             a
             Stable
             ?
             Our
             English
             Homilies
             ,
             which
             are
             confirmed
             by
             Law
             ,
             cry
             downe
             this
             crosse
             piece
             of
             Anabaptisme
             .
             T
             is
             true
             ,
             God
             made
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             whole
             world
             is
             most
             justly
             his
             by
             that
             great
             right
             of
             Creation
             :
             But
             yet
             the
             Psalmists
             words
             are
             as
             true
             ,
             
               The
               earth
               hath
               he
               given
               to
               the
               children
               of
               men
               .
            
             So
             as
             that
             great
             God
             is
             now
             wel
             content
             to
             receive
             back
             what
             men
             will
             give
             him
             :
             And
             this
             acceptance
             of
             his
             must
             needs
             in
             all
             reason
             make
             those
             things
             his
             more
             peculiarly
             .
             Thus
             Christ
             calls
             the
             Temple
             his
             
               Fathers
               house
               :
            
             'T
             was
             God's
             ,
             and
             God's
             more
             peculiarly
             ,
             not
             onely
             by
             right
             of
             Creation
             ,
             but
             by
             gift
             .
             Thus
             Lands
             given
             unto
             God
             are
             his
             ,
             and
             his
             more
             peculiarly
             ;
             His
             ,
             because
             he
             made
             them
             ,
             and
             his
             againe
             ,
             because
             having
             once
             given
             them
             to
             the
             children
             of
             men
             ,
             upon
             their
             gift
             he
             did
             accept
             them
             :
             So
             that
             his
             Priests
             ,
             and
             his
             Poore
             being
             sustained
             by
             them
             ,
             he
             calls
             it
             in
             a
             more
             peculiar
             manner
             ,
             
               His
            
             meat
             ,
             
               His
            
             drinke
             ,
             and
             
               His
            
             cloathing
             :
             And
             then
             if
             in
             point
             of
             acceptance
             with
             God
             ,
             there
             be
             great
             difference
             between
             feeding
             his
             Priests
             ,
             and
             feeding
             them
             that
             doe
             him
             no
             such
             service
             ,
             there
             must
             needs
             be
             as
             much
             difference
             between
             Lands
             set
             out
             unto
             that
             sacred
             use
             ,
             and
             Lands
             of
             a
             more
             common
             employment
             .
          
           
             He
             gives
             a
             second
             reason
             ,
             
               [
               Were
               Clergie-men
               but
               Usufructuaries
               ,
               
               how
               come
               they
               to
               change
               ,
               dispose
               ,
               or
               alter
               the
               property
               of
               any
               thing
               ,
               (
               which
               an
               Usufructuary
               cannot
               doe
               )
               and
               yet
               is
               done
               by
               you
               daily
               ?
               ]
            
             How
             come
             they
             to
             change
             or
             dispose
             any
             thing
             ?
             Yes
             ,
             they
             may
             change
             ,
             or
             dispose
             ,
             or
             alter
             many
             kinds
             of
             things
             ,
             for
             so
             without
             doubt
             any
             Usufructuary
             may
             doe
             ,
             so
             he
             wrong
             not
             his
             Lord
             by
             an
             abuse
             done
             to
             his
             Propriety
             .
             Thus
             he
             may
             change
             his
             Corne
             into
             Clothing
             ,
             or
             ,
             if
             he
             please
             ,
             his
             Wool
             into
             Books
             :
             Nay
             he
             may
             alter
             the
             property
             of
             his
             possessions
             too
             ,
             if
             he
             have
             expresse
             leave
             of
             his
             Lord
             :
             And
             God
             himself
             did
             tell
             
               Levi
               ,
            
             That
             he
             was
             well
             content
             that
             men
             should
             alter
             some
             things
             that
             belonged
             to
             him
             ,
             so
             it
             were
             for
             the
             Tribes
             advantage
             ,
             
               Levit.
            
             27.
             13
             :
          
           
             The
             Letter
             goes
             on
             .
             
               [
               Aske
               them
               by
               what
               Divine
               Law
               S.
            
             Maries
             
               Church
               in
            
             Oxford
             
               may
               not
               be
               equally
               imployed
               for
               Temporall
               uses
               ,
               as
               for
               holding
               the
               Vice
               chancellors
               Court
               ,
               the
               University
               Convocation
               ,
               or
               their
               yeerly
               acts
               ?
               ]
            
             He
             might
             as
             well
             have
             asked
             ,
             Why
             not
             as
             well
             for
             temporall
             uses
             ,
             as
             for
             temporall
             uses
             ?
             For
             if
             those
             he
             names
             be
             not
             so
             ,
             his
             argument
             is
             naught
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             be
             so
             ,
             t
             is
             not
             well
             put
             downe
             .
             His
             meaning
             sure
             was
             for
             other
             temporall
             uses
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             for
             those
             .
             And
             truly
             Sir
             ,
             to
             put
             a
             Church
             to
             any
             such
             kind
             of
             use
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             defended
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             excuse
             not
             the
             University
             :
             especially
             she
             having
             had
             (
             at
             least
             for
             a
             good
             time
             )
             so
             many
             large
             places
             for
             those
             meetings
             .
             Yet
             something
             might
             be
             said
             for
             the
             Vice-Chancellours
             Court
             ,
             because
             t
             is
             partly
             Episcopal
             ,
             something
             for
             the
             act
             at
             least
             
               in
               Comitiis
               ,
            
             because
             t
             is
             partly
             Divine
             ;
             but
             I
             had
             rather
             it
             should
             receive
             an
             amendment
             then
             an
             excuse
             .
             Though
             it
             follow
             not
             neither
             ,
             that
             because
             this
             Church
             is
             sometimes
             for
             some
             few
             houres
             abused
             ,
             therefore
             it
             may
             be
             alwayes
             so
             ;
             as
             if
             because
             sometimes
             t
             is
             made
             a
             profane
             Church
             ,
             t
             is
             therefore
             fit
             
             't
             were
             no
             Church
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             He
             proceeds
             .
             
               [
               And
               as
               for
               their
               curses
               (
               those
               Bug-beare
               words
               )
               I
               could
               never
               yet
               learne
               that
               an
               unlawfull
               curse
               was
               any
               prejudice
               but
               to
               the
               Author
               :
               of
               which
               sort
               those
               curses
               must
               needs
               be
               ,
               which
               restraine
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               or
               any
               there
               from
               exercising
               a
               lawfull
               and
               undenyable
               power
               ,
               which
               in
               instances
               would
               shew
               very
               ridiculous
               ,
               if
               any
               curse
               should
               prejudice
               anothers
               lawfull
               right
               .
               I
               am
               sure
               such
               curses
               have
               no
               warrant
               from
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               this
               Nation
               .
               ]
            
             No
             warrant
             from
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ?
             I
             conceive
             there
             is
             a
             very
             cleare
             one
             :
             &
             our
             Mother-Church
             commends
             it
             to
             the
             use
             of
             her
             sons
             in
             the
             expresse
             words
             of
             her
             Commination
             ,
             
               Cursed
               be
               he
               that
               removeth
               away
               the
               mark
               of
               his
               neighbours
               lands
               :
               and
               all
               the
               people
               shall
               say
               ,
               Amen
               .
               Deut.
            
             27.
             17.
             
             If
             he
             be
             accursed
             that
             wrongs
             his
             neighbour
             in
             his
             Lands
             ,
             what
             shall
             he
             be
             that
             injures
             God
             ?
             If
             a
             curse
             light
             upon
             him
             (
             and
             a
             publique
             curse
             confirmed
             by
             an
             
               Amen
            
             made
             by
             all
             the
             people
             )
             who
             removes
             but
             the
             mark
             whereby
             his
             neighbours
             Lands
             are
             distinguisht
             ;
             sure
             a
             private
             curse
             may
             be
             annexed
             by
             a
             Benefactor
             unto
             his
             Deed
             of
             Donation
             ,
             in
             case
             men
             should
             rob
             the
             very
             lands
             themselves
             that
             have
             been
             once
             given
             to
             their
             mother
             .
          
           
             That
             such
             curses
             restraine
             the
             Parliament
             in
             its
             lawfull
             undenyable
             Rights
             ,
             is
             (
             you
             have
             told
             me
             )
             but
             a
             great
             mistake
             :
             For
             though
             the
             Parliament
             may
             
               Impunè
            
             (
             which
             in
             some
             sense
             is
             called
             lawfully
             )
             take
             away
             the
             Church
             Lands
             ,
             (
             though
             it
             may
             doe
             it
             without
             punishment
             ,
             because
             (
             the
             King
             being
             there
             )
             it
             is
             the
             highest
             power
             )
             yet
             that
             Court
             it selfe
             cannot
             do
             it
             
               Justè
               ,
            
             cannot
             doe
             it
             without
             sinne
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             fouler
             sinne
             then
             the
             removing
             a
             Land-marke
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             fouler
             curse
             may
             follow
             it
             .
             Let
             the
             Epistler
             then
             take
             heed
             of
             these
             more
             then
             bug-beare
             words
             ;
             For
             believe
             it
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             in
             such
             curses
             
             as
             these
             there
             is
             much
             more
             then
             Showes
             and
             Vizards
             :
             And
             if
             you
             will
             give
             trust
             to
             any
             Stories
             at
             all
             ,
             many
             great
             Families
             and
             Men
             have
             felt
             it
             .
          
           
             His
             last
             Argument
             is
             (
             for
             all
             the
             rest
             is
             but
             declamation
             )
             
               [
               Aske
               your
               Bishops
               whether
               Church
               Lands
               may
               not
               lawfully
               (
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               State
               not
               prohibiting
               )
               be
               transferred
               from
               one
               Church
               to
               another
               upon
               emergent
               occasions
               ,
               which
               I
               thinke
               they
               will
               not
               deny
               :
               if
               so
               ,
               who
               knowes
               that
               the
               Parliament
               will
               transferre
               them
               to
               Layhands
               ?
               they-professe
               no
               such
               thing
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               they
               will
               not
               ,
               but
               continue
               them
               for
               the
               maintenance
               of
               the
               Ministery
               .
               ]
            
             I
             conceive
             the
             Bishops
             answer
             would
             be
             ,
             that
             t
             is
             no
             sacriledge
             to
             transferre
             lands
             from
             one
             Church
             to
             another
             :
             but
             yet
             there
             may
             be
             much
             rapine
             and
             injustice
             ,
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Dead
             may
             be
             violated
             ,
             and
             so
             sinne
             enough
             in
             that
             Action
             ;
             many
             may
             be
             injuriously
             put
             from
             their
             estates
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             have
             as
             good
             Title
             by
             the
             lawes
             of
             the
             land
             ,
             as
             those
             same
             men
             that
             put
             them
             out
             .
             To
             say
             then
             the
             Church
             lands
             may
             be
             totally
             given
             up
             ,
             because
             the
             Epistler
             hopes
             the
             Parliament
             will
             commit
             no
             sacriledge
             ,
             is
             a
             pretty
             way
             of
             perswasion
             ,
             and
             may
             equally
             worke
             on
             him
             to
             give
             up
             his
             own
             lands
             ,
             because
             he
             may
             as
             well
             hope
             to
             be
             re-estated
             again
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             Parliament
             will
             do
             no
             injustice
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             Sir
             ,
             having
             thus
             observed
             your
             commands
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             ceased
             to
             trouble
             you
             ;
             yet
             one
             thing
             more
             I
             shall
             adventure
             to
             crave
             your
             patience
             in
             :
             and
             t
             is
             to
             let
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             if
             this
             
               Epistler
            
             had
             been
             right
             in
             both
             his
             Conclusions
             ,
             
               That
               Episcopacy
               is
               not
               of
               Divine
               institution
               ,
               &
               that
               Sacriledge
               is
               no
               sinne
               ;
            
             yet
             if
             you
             cast
             your
             Eyes
             upon
             His
             Majesties
             Coronation
             Oath
             ,
             wherein
             he
             is
             so
             strictly
             sworne
             to
             defend
             both
             the
             Episcopall
             Order
             ,
             and
             the
             Church-lands
             and
             possessions
             ,
             you
             would
             easily
             acknowledge
             that
             the
             King
             cannot
             yeeld
             to
             what
             this
             
               Letter
            
             aims
             
             at
             ,
             though
             he
             were
             in
             danger
             of
             no
             other
             sinne
             then
             that
             of
             Perjury
             ▪
             And
             though
             I
             must
             needs
             guesse
             that
             the
             
               Epistler
            
             knew
             well
             of
             this
             juratory
             tye
             ,
             yet
             you
             will
             the
             lesse
             blame
             him
             for
             a
             concealment
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             not
             retained
             of
             the
             Churches
             Counsell
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesties
             Oath
             you
             may
             read
             published
             by
             himselfe
             in
             an
             Answer
             to
             the
             
               Lords
            
             and
             
               Commons
            
             in
             Parliament
             .
             26.
             
             
               May
               ,
            
             1642.
             
             It
             runnes
             thus
             :
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Episcopus
                       .
                    
                     Sir
                     ,
                     Will
                     you
                     grant
                     and
                     keepe
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     your
                     Oath
                     confirme
                     to
                     the
                     People
                     of
                     
                       England
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     Lawes
                     and
                     Customes
                     to
                     them
                     granted
                     by
                     the
                     Kings
                     of
                     
                       England
                       ,
                    
                     your
                     lawfull
                     and
                     religious
                     Predecessors
                     ,
                     and
                     namely
                     the
                     Lawes
                     ,
                     Customes
                     ,
                     and
                     Franchizes
                     granted
                     to
                     the
                     Clergy
                     by
                     the
                     glorious
                     King
                     S.
                     
                       Edward
                       ,
                    
                     your
                     Predecessour
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Lawes
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     the
                     true
                     profession
                     of
                     the
                     Gospell
                     established
                     in
                     this
                     Kingdome
                     ,
                     and
                     agreeable
                     to
                     the
                     Prerogative
                     of
                     the
                     Kings
                     thereof
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     ancient
                     Customes
                     of
                     this
                     Realme
                     ?
                  
                   
                     
                       Rex
                       .
                    
                     
                       I
                       grant
                       and
                       promise
                       to
                       keepe
                       them
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Episc.
                    
                     
                       Sir
                       ,
                       will
                       you
                       keepe
                       Peace
                       and
                       godly
                       agreement
                       entirely
                       (
                       according
                       to
                       your
                       power
                       )
                       both
                       to
                       God
                       ,
                       the
                       holy
                       Church
                       ,
                       the
                       Clergy
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       People
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Rex
                       .
                    
                     
                       I
                       will
                       keepe
                       it
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Episc.
                    
                     
                       Sir
                       ,
                       will
                       you
                       (
                       to
                       your
                       power
                       )
                       cause
                       Law
                       ,
                       Justice
                       ,
                       and
                       Discretion
                       in
                       mercy
                       and
                       truth
                       to
                       be
                       executed
                       in
                       all
                       your
                       judgements
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Rex
                       .
                    
                     
                       I
                       will
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Episc.
                    
                     
                       Will
                       you
                       grant
                       to
                       hold
                       and
                       keep
                       the
                       Lawes
                       and
                       rightfull
                       Customes
                       which
                       the
                       Commonalty
                       of
                       this
                       your
                       Kingdome
                       have
                       ,
                       and
                       will
                       you
                       defend
                       and
                       uphold
                       them
                       ,
                       to
                       the
                       honour
                       of
                       God
                       ,
                       so
                       much
                       as
                       in
                       you
                       lyeth
                       ?
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Rex
                       .
                    
                     
                       I
                       grant
                       and
                       promise
                       so
                       to
                       do
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Then
                     one
                     of
                     the
                     Bishops
                     reads
                     this
                     Admonition
                     to
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     before
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     with
                     a
                     loud
                     voice
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     
                       Our
                       Lord
                       and
                       King
                       ,
                       Wee
                       beseech
                       you
                       to
                       pardon
                       and
                       grant
                       ,
                       &
                       to
                       preserve
                       unto
                       us
                       ,
                       &
                       to
                       the
                       Churches
                       committed
                       to
                       our
                       charge
                       ,
                       all
                       Canonicall
                       priviledges
                       ,
                       and
                       due
                       Law
                       and
                       Justice
                       :
                       and
                       that
                       you
                       would
                       protect
                       and
                       defend
                       us
                       ,
                       as
                       every
                       good
                       King
                       ought
                       to
                       be
                       a
                       Protector
                       and
                       Defender
                       of
                       the
                       Bishops
                       and
                       Churches
                       under
                       his
                       government
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       King
                       answereth
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       With
                       a
                       willing
                       and
                       devout
                       heart
                       I
                       promise
                       and
                       grant
                       my
                       part
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       I
                       will
                       preserve
                       and
                       maintaine
                       to
                       you
                       and
                       the
                       Churches
                       committed
                       to
                       your
                       charge
                       ,
                       all
                       Canonicall
                       priviledges
                       ,
                       and
                       due
                       Law
                       and
                       Justice
                       :
                       and
                       that
                       I
                       will
                       be
                       your
                       Protector
                       and
                       Defender
                       to
                       my
                       power
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       assistance
                       of
                       God
                       ,
                       as
                       every
                       good
                       King
                       in
                       his
                       Kingdome
                       by
                       right
                       ought
                       to
                       protect
                       and
                       defend
                       the
                       Bishops
                       and
                       Churches
                       under
                       his
                       government
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Then
                       the
                       King
                       ariseth
                       ,
                       and
                       is
                       led
                       to
                       the
                       Communion
                       table
                       ,
                       where
                       he
                       makes
                       a
                       solemne
                       Oath
                       in
                       sight
                       of
                       all
                       the
                       People
                       to
                       observe
                       the
                       promises
                       ,
                       and
                       laying
                       his
                       hand
                       upon
                       the
                       Booke
                       ,
                       saith
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Oath
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Things
                       that
                       I
                       have
                       before
                       promised
                       ,
                       I
                       shall
                       performe
                       ,
                       and
                       keep
                       ;
                       So
                       helpe
                       me
                       God
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       contents
                       of
                       this
                       Booke
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             In
             the
             First
             Clause
             t
             is
             plaine
             ,
             he
             makes
             a
             promissory
             Oath
             unto
             the
             whole
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             (
             a
             word
             that
             includes
             both
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             Commons
             )
             that
             he
             will
             confirme
             their
             Lawes
             and
             Customes
             :
             And
             in
             the
             second
             
               Paragraph
            
             thereof
             he
             sweares
             peculiarly
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             keepe
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             Customes
             ,
             and
             Franchises
             granted
             to
             the
             Clergy
             by
             the
             glorious
             King
             S.
             
               Edward
               :
            
             And
             more
             plainly
             in
             the
             fift
             clause
             ,
             he
             makes
             like
             promissory
             Oath
             unto
             the
             Bishops
             alone
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             themselves
             and
             their
             Churches
             :
             that
             he
             will
             reserve
             
             and
             maintaine
             to
             them
             all
             Canonicall
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             due
             Law
             and
             Justice
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             will
             be
             their
             Protector
             and
             Defender
             .
             Where
             first
             ,
             since
             he
             sweares
             defence
             unto
             the
             Bishops
             by
             name
             ,
             t
             is
             plaine
             ,
             he
             sweares
             to
             maintain
             their
             order
             :
             For
             he
             that
             Sweares
             he
             will
             take
             care
             the
             Bishops
             shall
             be
             protected
             in
             such
             and
             such
             Rights
             ,
             must
             needs
             sweare
             to
             take
             care
             that
             Bishops
             must
             first
             be
             :
             For
             their
             Rights
             must
             needs
             suppose
             their
             Essence
             .
          
           
             And
             where
             a
             King
             sweares
             defence
             ,
             what
             can
             it
             imply
             but
             defence
             in
             a
             Royall
             Kingly
             way
             ?
             
               Tu
               defende
               me
               gladio
               ,
               &
               ego
               defendam
               te
               calamo
               ,
            
             is
             the
             well
             known
             speech
             of
             an
             old
             Church-man
             to
             a
             Prince
             :
             For
             sure
             where
             Kings
             sweare
             defence
             to
             Bishops
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             thinke
             they
             sweare
             to
             write
             Bookes
             in
             their
             behalfe
             ,
             or
             attempt
             to
             make
             it
             clear
             to
             the
             People
             that
             Episcopacy
             is
             
               jure
               divino
               :
            
             But
             a
             King
             ,
             whose
             propriety
             it
             is
             to
             beare
             the
             Sword
             ,
             sweares
             to
             weare
             it
             in
             the
             defence
             of
             Bishops
             ;
             for
             though
             t
             is
             against
             the
             very
             Principles
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             that
             Religion
             should
             be
             planted
             or
             reformed
             by
             bloud
             ,
             yet
             when
             Christian
             Kings
             have
             by
             Law
             setled
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             sworne
             to
             defend
             those
             persons
             that
             should
             preach
             it
             ,
             he
             ought
             sure
             to
             beare
             his
             Sword
             to
             defend
             his
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             to
             keepe
             his
             soule
             free
             from
             perjury
             .
          
           
             And
             by
             Canonicall
             priviledges
             that
             belong
             to
             them
             and
             their
             Churches
             ,
             there
             must
             needs
             be
             implyed
             the
             honour
             of
             their
             severall
             Orders
             ,
             as
             that
             Bishops
             should
             be
             above
             Presbyters
             ,
             &c.
             together
             with
             all
             their
             due
             Rights
             and
             Jurisdictions
             .
          
           
             The
             words
             ,
             
               Due
               Law
            
             and
             
               Justice
               ,
            
             cannot
             but
             import
             that
             His
             Majesty
             binds
             himselfe
             to
             see
             that
             justice
             be
             done
             to
             them
             and
             the
             Churches
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             then
             in
             force
             when
             he
             tooke
             that
             Oath
             .
             And
             when
             the
             King
             sweares
             Protection
             and
             Defence
             ,
             that
             Clause
             must
             
             needs
             reach
             not
             only
             to
             their
             persons
             ,
             but
             to
             their
             rights
             and
             estates
             ;
             for
             he
             sweares
             not
             onely
             to
             men
             ,
             but
             to
             men
             in
             such
             a
             condition
             ,
             to
             Bishops
             and
             their
             Churches
             ;
             and
             those
             conditions
             of
             men
             grow
             little
             lesse
             then
             ridiculous
             ,
             if
             their
             estates
             be
             brought
             to
             ruine
             ;
             so
             that
             such
             a
             protection
             were
             neither
             at
             all
             worth
             the
             asking
             ,
             nor
             the
             swearing
             ,
             if
             the
             King
             should
             protect
             a
             Bishop
             in
             his
             life
             ,
             and
             yet
             suffer
             him
             to
             be
             made
             a
             begger
             ,
             since
             to
             see
             himselfe
             in
             scorne
             and
             contempt
             ,
             might
             more
             trouble
             him
             then
             to
             dye
             .
          
           
             And
             whereas
             He
             sweares
             to
             be
             their
             Protector
             and
             Defender
             to
             his
             power
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             God
             ,
             these
             words
             
               (
               to
               his
               power
               )
            
             may
             seem
             to
             acquit
             him
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             if
             he
             fall
             into
             a
             condition
             wherein
             all
             power
             seemes
             taken
             from
             him
             :
             But
             that
             Sir
             will
             prove
             a
             mistake
             ;
             for
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Powers
             of
             the
             King
             of
             England
             is
             in
             the
             Negative
             in
             Parliament
             ;
             So
             that
             without
             him
             no
             Law
             can
             be
             enacted
             there
             ,
             since
             t
             is
             only
             the
             power-royall
             that
             can
             make
             a
             Law
             to
             be
             a
             Law
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             the
             King
             should
             passe
             a
             Statute
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Church-lands
             ,
             he
             protects
             it
             not
             to
             his
             power
             :
             since
             t
             is
             plaine
             ,
             that
             so
             long
             as
             a
             man
             lives
             and
             speakes
             ,
             he
             hath
             still
             power
             to
             say
             ,
             No
             :
             For
             it
             cannot
             be
             said
             that
             the
             Church
             in
             this
             case
             may
             be
             as
             it
             were
             ravished
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             then
             he
             may
             be
             no
             more
             guilty
             of
             that
             sinne
             then
             
               Lucrece
            
             was
             in
             her
             rape
             ,
             for
             though
             a
             chaste
             body
             may
             suffer
             ravishment
             ,
             yet
             the
             strength
             of
             a
             
               Tarquin
            
             cannot
             possibly
             reach
             unto
             a
             mans
             will
             or
             his
             assent
             .
          
           
             Now
             in
             all
             promissory
             Oathes
             made
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             that
             Party
             to
             whom
             we
             sweare
             ;
             t
             is
             a
             rule
             with
             Divines
             ,
             that
             they
             of
             all
             others
             do
             more
             strictly
             bind
             ,
             except
             then
             alone
             when
             remission
             is
             made
             ,
             
               Consensu
               illius
               cui
               facta
               est
               promissio
               .
            
          
           
           
             So
             although
             the
             King
             sweare
             unto
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             keepe
             and
             confirme
             their
             Lawes
             ,
             yet
             if
             you
             their
             Commons
             desire
             these
             said
             Lawes
             ,
             be
             either
             abrogated
             or
             altered
             ,
             t
             is
             cleare
             that
             Oath
             binds
             no
             further
             ,
             because
             remission
             is
             made
             by
             their
             own
             consent
             who
             desired
             that
             promise
             from
             him
             :
             and
             upon
             this
             very
             ground
             t
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             sweares
             to
             observe
             the
             lawes
             only
             
               in
               sensu
               composito
               ,
            
             so
             long
             as
             they
             are
             Lawes
             .
          
           
             But
             should
             the
             desire
             either
             to
             alter
             or
             abrogate
             either
             Law
             or
             Priviledges
             ,
             proceed
             from
             any
             other
             ,
             but
             from
             them
             alone
             to
             whose
             benefit
             he
             was
             sworne
             ,
             t
             is
             cleerely
             plaine
             by
             the
             rules
             of
             all
             justice
             ,
             that
             by
             such
             an
             act
             or
             desire
             his
             Oath
             receives
             no
             remission
             :
             For
             the
             foundation
             of
             this
             promissory
             Oath
             is
             their
             interest
             he
             was
             sworn
             to
             And
             it
             cannot
             therefore
             be
             remitted
             but
             by
             them
             alone
             for
             whose
             sake
             the
             Oath
             was
             taken
             .
             So
             that
             when
             (
             in
             the
             second
             Paragraph
             of
             the
             first
             clause
             ,
             and
             more
             plainly
             in
             the
             fift
             )
             he
             sweares
             a
             benefit
             to
             the
             Bishops
             alone
             ,
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             them
             and
             their
             Churches
             ,
             t
             is
             apparent
             that
             this
             Oath
             must
             perpetually
             bind
             ,
             except
             a
             remission
             can
             be
             obtained
             from
             the
             Bishops
             themselves
             ,
             and
             their
             Churches
             he
             was
             sworne
             to
             .
          
           
             This
             then
             must
             be
             confessed
             to
             be
             the
             sense
             of
             the
             oath
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             King
             hath
             first
             sworn
             in
             generall
             to
             grant
             ,
             keepe
             and
             confirme
             the
             Lawes
             and
             Customes
             of
             the
             people
             of
             England
             ,
             he
             farther
             yet
             particularly
             sweares
             unto
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             to
             preserve
             their
             Lawes
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             Customes
             ;
             because
             since
             they
             are
             not
             able
             to
             make
             a
             negative
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Clergy
             may
             easily
             be
             swallowed
             up
             by
             the
             People
             and
             the
             
               Lords
               :
            
             Therefore
             in
             a
             more
             particular
             manner
             they
             have
             obtained
             an
             oath
             to
             be
             made
             unto
             them
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             being
             for
             their
             particular
             benefit
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             remitted
             without
             their
             
             expresse
             consent
             ,
             so
             that
             although
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             being
             once
             passed
             by
             the
             Votes
             of
             the
             King
             and
             both
             Houses
             ,
             it
             doth
             Sir
             (
             as
             you
             have
             told
             me
             )
             bind
             the
             whole
             People
             of
             England
             :
             yea
             the
             whole
             People
             as
             it
             includes
             the
             Clergy
             too
             ;
             yet
             it
             concernes
             the
             King
             by
             vertue
             of
             his
             Oath
             to
             give
             his
             Vote
             unto
             no
             such
             Act
             as
             shall
             prejudice
             what
             he
             hath
             formerly
             sworne
             unto
             them
             ,
             except
             he
             can
             first
             obtain
             their
             expresse
             consent
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             thereby
             freed
             from
             his
             
               juratory
               obligation
               .
            
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             said
             perhaps
             that
             in
             the
             consent
             given
             by
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             Clergy
             is
             tacitely
             implyed
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             (
             say
             our
             Lawyers
             as
             you
             have
             told
             me
             Sir
             )
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             power
             obligatory
             ,
             which
             an
             Act
             so
             passed
             obtaines
             upon
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             affirme
             that
             it
             shall
             as
             strongly
             bind
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             themselves
             had
             in
             expresse
             termes
             consented
             to
             it
             .
             Although
             Bishops
             being
             men
             barred
             from
             their
             Votes
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             And
             neither
             they
             nor
             their
             inferiour
             Clergy
             having
             made
             choice
             of
             any
             to
             represent
             them
             in
             that
             great
             Councell
             ,
             their
             consents
             can
             in
             no
             faire
             sense
             be
             said
             to
             be
             involved
             in
             such
             Acts
             as
             are
             done
             as
             well
             without
             their
             representative
             presence
             ,
             as
             they
             once
             without
             their
             personall
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Question
             is
             ,
             whether
             a
             tacite
             consent
             ,
             (
             though
             it
             be
             indeed
             against
             their
             expresse
             wils
             )
             can
             have
             a
             power
             remissory
             to
             absolve
             the
             King
             from
             his
             Oath
             ;
             he
             that
             affirmes
             it
             hath
             ,
             must
             resolve
             to
             meet
             with
             this
             great
             absurdity
             ,
             that
             although
             (
             besides
             his
             Generall
             Oath
             unto
             the
             whole
             People
             of
             England
             )
             His
             Majesty
             be
             in
             particular
             sworne
             unto
             the
             Rights
             .
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             yet
             they
             obtaine
             no
             more
             benefit
             by
             this
             ,
             then
             if
             he
             had
             sworn
             onely
             in
             generall
             ;
             which
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             little
             draught
             Oathes
             are
             multiplyed
             without
             necessity
             ,
             nay
             
             without
             signification
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             fourth
             clause
             ,
             are
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             meere
             painfull
             draught
             of
             superfluous
             tautologies
             .
          
           
             For
             his
             yeelding
             to
             the
             two
             first
             lines
             swears
             him
             to
             keep
             and
             confirme
             the
             Lawes
             and
             customes
             of
             the
             whole
             people
             of
             England
             ;
             which
             word
             
               (
               People
               )
            
             includes
             those
             of
             the
             Clergy
             too
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             generall
             their
             Lawes
             and
             Customes
             are
             confirmed
             no
             doubt
             in
             those
             words
             ,
             and
             so
             confirmed
             that
             they
             cannot
             be
             shaken
             but
             at
             least
             by
             their
             tacite
             consent
             in
             a
             Parliamentary
             way
             .
             But
             since
             the
             King
             condescends
             to
             afford
             to
             their
             Rights
             ,
             a
             more
             particular
             juratory
             tye
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             it
             binds
             in
             a
             way
             too
             ,
             that
             is
             more
             particular
             ;
             so
             that
             His
             Majesty
             cannot
             expect
             a
             remission
             of
             this
             oath
             ,
             without
             their
             consents
             clearely
             expressed
             :
             For
             as
             when
             the
             King
             sweares
             to
             keep
             the
             Lawes
             of
             the
             People
             in
             general
             ,
             he
             cannot
             be
             acquitted
             but
             by
             the
             expresse
             consent
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             or
             by
             a
             body
             that
             represents
             the
             People
             ,
             
               quatenus
            
             the
             people
             ▪
             so
             that
             when
             in
             particular
             he
             sweares
             unto
             the
             Lawes
             and
             Customes
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             this
             Oath
             must
             needs
             bind
             until
             it
             be
             remitted
             in
             an
             expresse
             forme
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             whole
             Clergy
             ,
             themselves
             ,
             or
             by
             some
             Body
             of
             men
             at
             least
             ,
             that
             represents
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             
               quatenus
            
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             as
             they
             are
             involved
             in
             the
             great
             body
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             that
             shall
             presume
             to
             perswade
             His
             Majesty
             to
             passe
             an
             Act
             in
             prejudice
             of
             this
             ecclesiastical
             Body
             (
             to
             whom
             he
             is
             thus
             sworn
             )
             without
             their
             expresse
             consent
             first
             obtained
             ,
             councels
             him
             to
             that
             which
             is
             both
             grosly
             injurious
             unto
             his
             fellow
             Subjects
             ,
             nay
             which
             is
             indeed
             a
             most
             damnable
             wickednesse
             against
             the
             very
             soule
             of
             the
             King
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             as
             I
             conceive
             t
             is
             now
             plaine
             enough
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Parliament
             should
             destroy
             the
             Episcopall
             Order
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             
             the
             Lands
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             the
             Houses
             in
             that
             Act
             would
             runne
             themselves
             into
             two
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             His
             Majesty
             into
             three
             ;
             and
             upon
             this
             supposition
             the
             
               Epistler
            
             and
             I
             are
             agreed
             :
             
               [
               I
               do
               not
               thinke
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               Conveniency
               or
               Necessity
               will
               excuse
               Conscience
               in
               a
               thing
               in
               it selfe
               unlawfull
               ]
            
             and
             before
             that
             ,
             he
             calls
             the
             contrary
             the
             Tenet
             of
             
               the
               Romanist
               ,
               or
               Jesuited
               Puritan
               :
            
             Onely
             I
             would
             beseech
             him
             for
             his
             own
             soules
             sake
             to
             consider
             how
             great
             a
             scandall
             he
             hath
             given
             to
             mankind
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             such
             sinnes
             as
             these
             .
             For
             I
             conceive
             that
             
               Durand
            
             offended
             more
             in
             holding
             Fornication
             was
             no
             sinne
             against
             the
             Law
             naturall
             ,
             then
             
               Shechem
            
             did
             (
             who
             was
             onely
             under
             that
             Law
             )
             in
             his
             Lust
             upon
             old
             
               Jacobs
            
             Daughter
             ,
             
               Fraudem
               legi
               facere
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Civilian
             )
             is
             worse
             then
             
               Legem
               violare
               ,
            
             it
             argues
             a
             more
             un-Subject-like
             disposition
             for
             a
             man
             to
             put
             tricks
             and
             quirks
             upon
             his
             Prince
             his
             Lawes
             ,
             then
             to
             runne
             himselfe
             into
             a
             down-right
             violation
             :
             And
             God
             we
             know
             is
             King
             ,
             
               I
               am
               a
               great
               King
               (
               saith
               the
               Lord
               of
               Hosts
               )
               and
               a
               King
               in
               whose
               hand
               is
               vengeance
               ,
            
             Malach.
             1.
             14.
             
             T
             is
             true
             Sir
             ,
             we
             are
             thus
             put
             into
             a
             very
             sad
             condition
             ,
             when
             the
             only
             Option
             that
             seemes
             left
             us
             now
             ,
             is
             either
             to
             choose
             sinne
             or
             ruine
             ;
             but
             yet
             (
             if
             well
             used
             )
             t
             is
             a
             condition
             glorious
             ;
             a
             condition
             wherein
             all
             that
             noble
             Army
             of
             Martyrs
             stood
             ,
             before
             they
             could
             come
             at
             Martyrdome
             ,
             and
             if
             in
             preparation
             of
             mind
             we
             thus
             lay
             our
             lives
             downe
             at
             the
             feet
             of
             Christ
             ,
             I
             am
             undoubtedly
             perswaded
             t
             is
             our
             only
             way
             to
             preserve
             them
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A93888e-940
           
             25.
             H.
             8.
             c.
             19.
             
          
           
             Epist.
          
           
             Ans.
          
           
             Epist
             ▪
             
          
           
             Ans.
          
           
             Epist.
          
           
             Ans.
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             7.
             
          
           
             Act.
             27.
             8.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Aquin.
             2.
             2.
             qu.
             39.
             
             Art.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             Art.
             3.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             verum
             de
             Furto
             .
             
               Gel.
            
             l.
             11.
             c.
             ●lt
             .
          
           
             L.
             verum
             .