Richard Baxter his account to his dearly beloved, the inhabitants of Kidderminster, of the causes of his being forbidden by the Bishop of Worcester to preach within his diocess with the Bishop of Worcester's letter in answer thereunto : and some short animadversions upon the said bishops letter.
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             Richard Baxter his account to his dearly beloved, the inhabitants of Kidderminster, of the causes of his being forbidden by the Bishop of Worcester to preach within his diocess with the Bishop of Worcester's letter in answer thereunto : and some short animadversions upon the said bishops letter.
             Account to his dearly beloved, the inhabitants of Kidderminster, of the causes of his being forbidden by the Bishop of Worcester to preach within his diocess
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           RICHARD
           BAXTER
           HIS
           ACCOUNT
           To
           his
           dearly
           beloved
           ,
           the
           Inhabitants
           OF
           
             KIDDER
             MINSTER
             ,
          
           Of
           the
           causes
           of
           his
           being
           forbidden
           by
           the
           Bishop
           of
           WORCESTER
           to
           preach
           within
           his
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           WITH
           ▪
           The
           Bishop
           of
           WORCESTER'S
           Letter
           in
           Answer
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           AND
           Some
           short
           
             Animadversions
          
           upon
           the
           said
           Bishops
           LETTER
           .
        
         
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1660.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           To
           my
           dearly
           beloved
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Burrough
           and
           Parish
           of
           
             Kederminster
          
           in
           
             Worcester-shire
             .
          
        
         
           AS
           I
           never
           desired
           any
           greater
           preferment
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           continued
           in
           the
           work
           of
           my
           Ministry
           among
           you
           ,
           so
           I
           once
           thought
           my
           dayes
           would
           have
           been
           ended
           in
           that
           desired
           station
           :
           But
           we
           are
           unmeet
           to
           tell
           God
           how
           he
           shall
           dispose
           of
           us
           ;
           or
           to
           foreknow
           what
           changes
           he
           intends
           to
           make
           .
           Though
           you
           are
           low
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           the
           Riches
           which
           cause
           mens
           estimation
           with
           the
           most
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           probability
           that
           we
           should
           have
           been
           separated
           till
           death
           ,
           could
           I
           but
           have
           obtained
           leave
           to
           preach
           for
           nothing
           .
        
         
           But
           being
           forbidden
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           in
           that
           Diocesse
           ,
           I
           must
           thankfully
           take
           the
           liberty
           which
           shall
           anywhere
           else
           be
           vouchsafed
           me
           .
           And
           while
           I
           may
           enjoy
           it
           ,
           I
           take
           it
           not
           for
           my
           duty
           to
           be
           over
           querulour
           ,
           though
           the
           wound
           that
           is
           made
           by
           my
           separation
           from
           you
           be
           very
           deep
           .
           And
           though
           to
           strangers
           it
           will
           seem
           probable
           that
           such
           severity
           had
           never
           been
           exercised
           against
           me
           ,
           but
           for
           some
           heynous
           crime
           ,
           yet
           to
           you
           that
           have
           known
           me
           ,
           I
           shall
           need
           to
           say
           but
           little
           in
           my
           defence
           .
           The
           great
           crime
           which
           is
           openly
           charged
           on
           me
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           I
           am
           thought
           unworthy
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           (
           even
           where
           there
           is
           no
           other
           to
           preach
           )
           is
           a
           matter
           that
           you
           are
           unacquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           me
           publikely
           accused
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           redder
           you
           such
           an
           account
           as
           is
           necessary
           to
           your
           just
           information
           and
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           It
           pleased
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           his
           most
           Christian
           resolution
           ,
           of
           uniting
           his
           differing
           subjects
           by
           the
           way
           of
           mutual
           approaches
           and
           abatements
           )
           to
           grant
           a
           Commission
           to
           twelve
           Bishops
           and
           nine
           assistances
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           to
           one
           Bishop
           and
           eleven
           other
           Divines
           and
           nine
           assistants
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           to
           treat
           about
           such
           alterations
           of
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           as
           are
           
             necessary
          
           to
           
             the
             satisfying
             of
             tender
             Consciences
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             the
             restoring
             of
             unity
             and
             reace
             .
          
           My
           experiences
           in
           a
           former
           Treaty
           (
           for
           Reconciliation
           in
           matter
           of
           Discipline
           )
           made
           me
           intreat
           those
           to
           whom
           the
           nomination
           on
           the
           one
           side
           was
           committed
           ,
           to
           excuse
           me
           from
           the
           service
           which
           I
           knew
           would
           prove
           troublesome
           to
           my self
           ,
           and
           ungrateful
           to
           others
           ;
           but
           I
           could
           
           not
           prevail
           .
           (
           But
           the
           Work
           it self
           ,
           I
           very
           much
           approved
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           done
           by
           fitter
           and
           more
           acceptable
           persons
           .
           )
           Being
           commanded
           by
           the
           Kings
           Commission
           ,
           I
           took
           it
           to
           be
           my
           duty
           to
           be
           faithful
           ,
           and
           to
           plead
           for
           such
           Alterations
           as
           I
           knew
           were
           necessary
           to
           the
           assigned
           ends
           ;
           thinking
           it
           to
           be
           treachery
           to
           his
           Majesty
           that
           entrusted
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           Cause
           for
           which
           we
           were
           entrusted
           ,
           if
           under
           pretence
           of
           making
           such
           Alterations
           as
           were
           necessary
           to
           the
           two
           forementioned
           ends
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           silently
           yield
           to
           have
           \
           [
           
             No
          
           Alterations\
           ]
           or
           \
           [
           
             next
             to
             none
             .
          
           \
           ]
           In
           the
           conclusion
           (
           when
           the
           chief
           work
           was
           done
           by
           writing
           )
           a
           Committee
           of
           each
           part
           ,
           was
           appointed
           to
           manage
           a
           Disputation
           in
           prefence
           (
           by
           writing
           also
           .
           )
           Therein
           those
           of
           the
           other
           part
           formed
           an
           Argument
           ,
           whose
           Major
           proposition
           was
           to
           this
           sense
           (
           for
           I
           have
           no
           copy
           )
           \
           [
           
             Whatsoever
             book
             enjoyneth
             nothing
             but
             what
             is
             of
             it self
             lawfal
             ,
             and
             by
             lawful
             authority
             ,
             enjoyneth
             nothing
             that
             is
             sinful
             :
          
           \
           ]
           We
           denied
           this
           proposition
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           gave
           divers
           Reasons
           of
           our
           denyal
           ;
           among
           which
           one
           was
           that
           \
           [
           
             It
             may
             be
             unlawful
             by
             Accident
             ,
             and
             therefore
          
           sinful\
           ]
           You
           now
           know
           my
           crime
           ;
           It
           is
           my
           concurring
           with
           learned
           ▪
           reverend
           Brethren
           ,
           to
           give
           
             this
             Reason
          
           of
           our
           denyal
           of
           a
           proposition
           :
           Yet
           
             they
          
           are
           not
           forbidden
           to
           preach
           for
           it
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           shall
           not
           be
           ▪
           )
           but
           only
           I.
           You
           have
           publikely
           heard
           ,
           from
           a
           mouth
           that
           should
           speak
           nothing
           but
           the
           words
           of
           Charity
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Sobernesse
           ,
           (
           especially
           there
           )
           that
           this
           was
           \
           [
           
             a
             desperate
             shift
             that
             men
             at
             the
             last
             extremity
             are
             forced
          
           to\
           ]
           and
           inferring
           \
           [
           
             that
             then
             neither
             God
             nor
             Man
             can
             enjoyn
             without
             sin
             .
          
           \
           ]
           In
           City
           and
           Country
           this
           soundeth
           forth
           to
           my
           reproach
           .
           I
           should
           take
           it
           for
           an
           act
           of
           clemency
           to
           have
           been
           smitten
           professedly
           for
           nothing
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           might
           not
           have
           been
           thought
           necessary
           to
           afflict
           me
           by
           a
           defamation
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           might
           seem
           justly
           afflicted
           by
           a
           prohibition
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           .
           But
           indeed
           is
           there
           in
           these
           words
           of
           ours
           so
           great
           a
           crime
           ?
           Though
           we
           doubted
           not
           but
           they
           knew
           that
           our
           Assertion
           made
           not
           
             Every
          
           evil
           accident
           ,
           to
           be
           such
           as
           made
           an
           Imposition
           unlawful
           ,
           yet
           we
           exprest
           this
           by
           word
           to
           them
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           misreported
           ;
           and
           I
           told
           it
           to
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Bishop
           when
           he
           forbad
           me
           to
           preach
           ,
           and
           gave
           this
           as
           a
           reason
           :
           And
           I
           must
           confesse
           I
           am
           still
           guilty
           of
           so
           much
           weaknesse
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           confident
           that
           
             some
             things
             not
             evil
             of
             themselves
             ,
             may
             have
             Accidents
             so
             evil
             ,
             as
             may
             make
             it
             a
             sin
             to
             him
             that
             shall
             command
             them
             .
          
           Is
           this
           opinion
           inconsistent
           with
           all
           Government
           ?
           Yea
           I
           must
           confesse
           my self
           guilty
           of
           so
           much
           greater
           weaknesse
           ;
           as
           that
           I
           thought
           I
           should
           never
           have
           found
           a
           man
           on
           earth
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           ordinary
           reason
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           that
           had
           made
           question
           of
           it
           ;
           yea
           I
           shall
           say
           
           more
           then
           that
           which
           hath
           offended
           ,
           viz.
           
             that
             whenever
             the
             commanding
             or
             forbidding
             of
             a
             thing
             indifferent
             is
             like
             to
             occasion
             more
             hurt
             than
             good
             ,
             and
             this
             may
             be
             foreseen
             ,
             the
             commanding
             or
             forbidding
             it
             is
             a
             sin
             .
          
           But
           yet
           this
           is
           not
           the
           Assertion
           that
           I
           am
           chargeable
           with
           ,
           but
           that
           \
           [
           
             some
             Accidents
             there
             may
             be
             that
             make
             the
             Imposition
             sinful
             ;
          
           \
           ]
           If
           I
           may
           ask
           it
           without
           accusing
           others
           ,
           how
           would
           my
           crime
           have
           been
           denominated
           if
           I
           had
           said
           the
           contrary
           ?
           Should
           I
           not
           have
           been
           judged
           unmeet
           to
           live
           in
           any
           Governed
           society
           ?
           It
           is
           not
           unlawfull
           of
           it self
           to
           command
           out
           a
           Navy
           to
           Sea
           :
           But
           if
           it
           were
           foreseen
           that
           they
           would
           fall
           into
           the
           enemies
           hands
           ,
           or
           were
           like
           to
           perish
           by
           any
           accident
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           sending
           them
           were
           small
           ,
           or
           none
           ,
           it
           were
           a
           sin
           to
           send
           them
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           of
           it self
           unlawful
           to
           sell
           poyson
           ,
           or
           to
           give
           a
           knife
           to
           another
           ,
           or
           to
           bid
           another
           do
           it
           :
           but
           if
           it
           were
           foreseen
           that
           they
           will
           be
           used
           to
           poyson
           or
           kill
           the
           buyer
           ,
           it
           is
           unlawful
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           the
           Law
           would
           make
           him
           believe
           it
           that
           were
           guilty
           .
           It
           is
           not
           of
           it self
           unlawful
           to
           light
           a
           Candle
           or
           set
           fire
           on
           a
           straw
           ;
           But
           if
           it
           may
           be
           foreknown
           ,
           that
           by
           anothers
           negligence
           or
           wilfulnesse
           ,
           it
           is
           like
           to
           set
           fire
           on
           the
           City
           ,
           or
           to
           give
           fire
           on
           a
           train
           and
           store
           of
           Gunpowder
           ,
           that
           is
           under
           the
           Parliament
           House
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           are
           there
           :
           I
           crave
           the
           Bishops
           pardon
           ,
           for
           believing
           that
           it
           were
           sinful
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           or
           command
           it
           :
           Yea
           or
           not
           to
           hinder
           it
           (
           in
           any
           such
           case
           ,
           )
           when
           
             Qui
             non
             vetat
             peccare
             cum
             potest
             ,
             jubet
             .
          
           Yea
           though
           going
           to
           Gods
           publike
           worship
           be
           of
           it self
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           sin
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           is
           a
           duty
           ,
           yet
           I
           think
           it
           is
           a
           sin
           to
           command
           it
           to
           all
           in
           time
           of
           a
           raging
           pestilence
           ,
           or
           when
           they
           should
           be
           defending
           the
           City
           against
           the
           assault
           of
           an
           enemy
           .
           It
           may
           rather
           be
           then
           a
           duty
           to
           prohibite
           it
           .
           I
           think
           
             Paul
          
           spake
           not
           any
           thing
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Government
           of
           God
           or
           Man
           ,
           when
           he
           bid
           both
           the
           Rulers
           and
           people
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           not
           to
           destroy
           him
           with
           their
           meat
           for
           whom
           Christ
           dyed
           :
           and
           when
           he
           saith
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           his
           Power
           to
           destruction
           ,
           but
           to
           Edification
           .
           Yea
           there
           are
           Evil
           Accidents
           of
           a
           thing
           not
           evil
           of
           it self
           ,
           that
           are
           caused
           by
           the
           Commander
           :
           and
           it
           is
           my
           opinion
           ▪
           that
           they
           may
           prove
           his
           command
           unlawful
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           need
           I
           use
           any
           other
           Instances
           then
           that
           which
           was
           the
           matter
           of
           our
           dispute
           ?
           Suppose
           it
           never
           so
           lawful
           of
           it self
           to
           kneel
           in
           the
           Reception
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           imposed
           by
           a
           penalty
           that
           is
           incomparably
           beyond
           the
           proportion
           of
           the
           offence
           ,
           that
           penalty
           is
           an
           Accident
           of
           the
           command
           ,
           and
           maketh
           it
           by
           accident
           sinful
           in
           the
           Commander
           :
           If
           a
           Prince
           should
           have
           Subjects
           so
           weak
           as
           that
           all
           of
           them
           thought
           it
           a
           sin
           against
           the
           example
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Canons
           
           of
           the
           general
           Councils
           ,
           and
           many
           hundred
           years
           practice
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           kneel
           in
           the
           act
           of
           Receiving
           on
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           make
           a
           Law
           that
           all
           should
           be
           put
           to
           death
           that
           would
           not
           kneel
           ,
           when
           he
           foreknew
           that
           their
           consciences
           would
           command
           them
           all
           ,
           or
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           die
           rather
           than
           obey
           ,
           would
           any
           man
           deny
           this
           command
           to
           be
           unlawful
           by
           this
           accident
           ?
           Whether
           the
           penalty
           of
           ejecting
           Ministers
           that
           dare
           not
           put
           away
           all
           that
           kneel
           ,
           and
           of
           casting
           out
           all
           the
           people
           that
           scruple
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           be
           too
           great
           for
           such
           a
           circumstance
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           in
           the
           rest
           ,
           )
           and
           whether
           this
           ,
           with
           the
           lamentable
           state
           of
           many
           Congregations
           ,
           and
           the
           divisions
           that
           will
           follow
           ,
           being
           all
           foreseen
           ,
           do
           prove
           the
           Impositions
           unlawful
           which
           were
           then
           in
           question
           ,
           is
           a
           case
           that
           I
           had
           then
           a
           clearer
           call
           to
           speak
           to
           ,
           then
           I
           have
           now
           .
           Only
           I
           may
           say
           that
           the
           ejection
           of
           the
           servants
           of
           Christ
           from
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           faithful
           Ministers
           from
           their
           sacred
           work
           ,
           when
           too
           many
           Congregations
           have
           none
           but
           insufficient
           or
           scandalous
           teachers
           ,
           or
           no
           preaching
           Ministers
           at
           all
           ,
           will
           appear
           a
           matter
           of
           very
           great
           moment
           ,
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           should
           not
           be
           done
           upon
           any
           but
           a
           Necessary
           cause
           ,
           where
           the
           benefit
           is
           greater
           then
           this
           hurt
           (
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           amounts
           to
           .
        
         
           Having
           given
           you
           (
           to
           whom
           I
           owe
           it
           )
           this
           account
           of
           the
           cause
           for
           which
           I
           am
           forbidden
           the
           exercise
           of
           my
           Ministry
           in
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           I
           now
           direct
           these
           Sermons
           to
           your
           hands
           ,
           that
           seeing
           I
           cannot
           teach
           you
           as
           I
           would
           ,
           I
           may
           teach
           you
           as
           I
           can
           .
           And
           if
           I
           much
           longer
           enjoy
           such
           liberty
           as
           this
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           much
           above
           my
           expectation
           .
        
         
           My
           dearly
           beloved
           ,
           stand
           fast
           in
           the
           Lord
           ;
           And
           
             fear
             ye
             not
             the
             reproach
             of
             men
             ,
             neither
             be
             afraid
          
           of
           
             their
             revilings
             :
             For
             the
             moth
             shall
             eat
             them
             up
             like
             a
             garment
             ,
             and
             the
             worm
             shall
             eat
             them
             like
             wooll
             :
             but
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             for
             ever
             ,
             and
             his
             salvation
             from
             generation
             to
             generation
             ,
             Isa.
          
           51.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           If
           I
           have
           taught
           you
           my
           doctrine
           of
           error
           or
           impiety
           ,
           of
           disobedience
           to
           your
           Governours
           in
           lawful
           things
           ,
           of
           schism
           or
           uncharit
           blenesse
           ,
           unlearn
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           renounce
           them
           with
           penitent
           detestation
           :
           But
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             mark
             them
             which
             cause
             divisions
             and
             offences
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             doctrine
             which
             you
             have
             learned
             ,
             and
             avoid
             them
             :
             For
             they
             are
             such
             as
             serve
             not
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             but
             their
             own
             belly
             ;
             and
             by
             good
             words
             and
             fair
             speeches
             deceive
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             simple
             ,
          
           Rom.
           16.
           17.
           
           If
           any
           shall
           speak
           against
           
             Truth
          
           or
           
             Godlinesse
             ,
          
           remember
           what
           you
           have
           received
           ;
           and
           how
           little
           any
           adversary
           could
           say
           ,
           that
           ever
           made
           such
           assaults
           upon
           you
           :
           
           and
           that
           it
           is
           easie
           for
           any
           man
           to
           talk
           confidently
           when
           no
           man
           must
           contradict
           him
           .
           I
           denyed
           no
           man
           liberty
           upon
           equal
           terms
           ,
           to
           have
           said
           his
           worst
           against
           any
           doctrine
           that
           ever
           I
           taught
           you
           .
           And
           how
           they
           succeeded
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           :
           your
           own
           stability
           tells
           the
           world
           .
           As
           you
           have
           maintained
           true
           Catholicism
           ,
           and
           never
           followed
           any
           sect
           ,
           so
           I
           beseech
           you
           still
           maintain
           the
           ancient
           faith
           ,
           the
           Love
           of
           every
           member
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           common
           charity
           to
           all
           ,
           your
           Loyalty
           to
           your
           King
           ,
           your
           peace
           with
           all
           men
           :
           And
           let
           none
           draw
           you
           from
           Catholick
           Unity
           to
           faction
           ,
           though
           the
           declaiming
           against
           Faction
           and
           Schism
           should
           be
           the
           device
           by
           which
           they
           would
           accomplish
           it
           ▪
           And
           as
           the
           world
           is
           
             nothing
             ,
          
           and
           God
           is
           
             all
             ,
          
           to
           all
           that
           are
           sincere
           believers
           ?
           so
           let
           no
           worldly
           interest
           seem
           regardable
           to
           you
           ,
           when
           it
           stands
           in
           any
           opposition
           to
           Christ
           ;
           but
           account
           all
           
             loss
          
           and
           
             dung
          
           for
           him
           ,
           
             Phil.
          
           3.
           8.
           
           And
           if
           you
           shall
           hear
           that
           I
           yet
           suffer
           more
           then
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           let
           it
           not
           be
           your
           discouragement
           or
           grief
           ;
           For
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           it
           will
           be
           my
           crown
           and
           joy
           :
           I
           have
           found
           no
           small
           consolation
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           suffered
           ,
           for
           sinfull
           ,
           or
           for
           small
           and
           indifferent
           things
           :
           And
           if
           my
           pleading
           against
           the
           ejection
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           excommunicating
           of
           his
           member
           ,
           for
           a
           ceremony
           ,
           and
           the
           divisions
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           &
           the
           destruction
           of
           Charity
           shall
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           my
           suffering
           (
           be
           it
           never
           so
           great
           ,
           )
           it
           shall
           as
           much
           rejoyce
           me
           to
           be
           a
           suffering
           witnesse
           for
           CHARITY
           and
           UNITY
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           were
           a
           Martyr
           for
           the
           Faith.
           I
           participate
           with
           
             Paul
          
           in
           an
           
             expectation
             and
             hope
             ,
             that
             Christ
             shall
             be
             magnified
             in
             my
             body
             whether
             by
             life
             or
             death
             :
             and
             as
             to
             live
             will
             be
             Christ
             ,
             so
             to
             die
             will
             be
             gain
             ;
             Only
             let
             your
             conversation
             be
             as
             it
             becometh
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             whether
             I
             ever
             see
             you
          
           more
           ,
           
             or
             be
             absent
          
           (
           till
           the
           joyfull
           day
           )
           
             I
             may
             hear
             of
             your
             affairs
             ,
             that
             ye
             stand
             fast
             in
             one
             spirit
             ,
             with
             one
             mind
             striving
             together
             for
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             and
             in
             nothing
             terrified
             by
             your
             adversaries
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             them
             an
             evident
             token
             of
             perdition
             ,
             but
             to
             you
             of
             salvation
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             God
             ;
             if
             to
             you
             it
             shall
             be
             given
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             Christ
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             believe
             on
             him
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             suffer
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
          
           Phil.
           1.
           10
           
           ▪
           21
           ,
           27
           ,
           28
           ,
           29.
           
           But
           let
           no
           injury
           from
           inferiors
           provoke
           you
           to
           dishonour
           ,
           the
           Governors
           that
           God
           himself
           hath
           set
           over
           you
           .
           
             Be
             meek
             and
             patient
             ;
          
           the
           
             Lord
             is
             at
             hand
             ;
             Honour
             all
             men
             ;
             Love
             the
             Brotherhood
             ;
             Fear
             God
             ;
             Honour
             the
             King
             :
             For
             so
             is
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             with
             well
             doing
             ye
             may
             put
             to
             silence
             the
             ignorance
             of
             foolish
             men
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           15
           ,
           17.
           
           It
           is
           soon
           enough
           for
           you
           and
           me
           ▪
           to
           be
           justified
           at
           the
           bar
           of
           Christ
           (
           by
           himself
           that
           hath
           undertaken
           it
           )
           against
           all
           the
           Calumnies
           of
           malicious
           men
           .
           Till
           then
           let
           it
           seem
           no
           greater
           a
           matter
           
           then
           indeed
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           slandered
           ,
           vilified
           or
           abused
           by
           the
           world
           .
           Keep
           close
           to
           him
           that
           never
           faileth
           you
           ,
           and
           maintain
           your
           integrity
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           maintain
           the
           joys
           that
           none
           can
           take
           from
           you
           .
           Farewell
           my
           dear
           brethren
           ,
           who
           are
           my
           glory
           and
           joy
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           at
           his
           coming
           (
           1
           
             Thes.
          
           1.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
        
         
           
             Your
             faithful
             ,
             though
             unworthy
             Pastor
             ,
             Rich.
             Baxter
             .
          
           
             Nov.
             11.
             1661.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Bishop
           of
           
             Worcester's
          
           Letter
           to
           a
           Friend
           for
           Vindication
           of
           himself
           from
           
             Mr.
             Baxter's
          
           Calumny
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           received
           that
           Letter
           of
           yours
           ,
           whereby
           you
           inform
           me
           that
           Mr.
           
             Bazter
          
           hath
           lately
           written
           and
           printed
           something
           with
           such
           a
           reflection
           upon
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           thank
           you
           for
           your
           care
           of
           my
           Reputation
           ,
           which
           next
           to
           Conscience
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           dearest
           of
           all
           things
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           especially
           to
           men
           of
           my
           Profession
           and
           Order
           ,
           who
           the
           more
           they
           are
           vilified
           (
           whether
           justly
           or
           unjustly
           )
           the
           less
           good
           they
           will
           be
           able
           to
           doe
           ,
           especially
           amongst
           those
           that
           have
           industriously
           been
           prepossessed
           with
           prejudice
           either
           against
           their
           Persons
           or
           their
           Functions
           .
           This
           was
           St.
           
             Pauls
          
           Case
           ,
           when
           there
           were
           some
           that
           did
           what
           they
           could
           to
           make
           the
           
             Corinthians
          
           to
           undervalue
           his
           person
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           might
           discredit
           his
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           weaken
           his
           Authority
           ,
           whom
           therefore
           he
           thinks
           he
           may
           without
           breach
           of
           Charity
           call
           
             False
             Apostles
             and
             Deceitful
             Workers
             .
          
           Nay
           this
           was
           our
           Saviours
           own
           Case
           ,
           who
           ,
           whilest
           he
           lived
           here
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           was
           ever
           and
           anon
           traduced
           and
           slandred
           by
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           ,
           those
           proud
           Hypocrites
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           greatest
           Pretenders
           to
           holinesse
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           greatest
           Seducers
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           grossest
           falsifyers
           of
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           that
           ever
           were
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           until
           these
           our
           times
           ,
           which
           have
           brought
           forth
           a
           generation
           of
           men
           (
           St.
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           would
           have
           called
           them
           a
           
             Generation
             of
             Vipers
          
           )
           who
           in
           the
           Art
           of
           holy
           jugling
           and
           malicious
           slandring
           have
           out
           done
           the
           Pharisees
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           went
           before
           them
           ;
           witnesse
           their
           so
           often
           wresting
           and
           perverting
           the
           Scripture
           in
           their
           Sermons
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           people
           to
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           their
           as
           often
           Libelling
           the
           King
           in
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           making
           of
           his
           Subjects
           first
           to
           hate
           him
           ,
           then
           to
           fight
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           his
           Life
           from
           him
           .
           And
           is
           it
           any
           wonder
           that
           those
           that
           are
           such
           Enemies
           to
           Kings
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           friends
           to
           Bishops
           ?
           or
           that
           one
           (
           who
           hath
           done
           what
           he
           could
           to
           make
           the
           late
           King
           odious
           unto
           his
           people
           )
           should
           do
           what
           he
           can
           likewise
           to
           make
           the
           Pastor
           odious
           unto
           his
           Flock
           ?
           to
           this
           Flock
           I
           
           say
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           the
           
             bishop
          
           of
           
             Worcester
             ,
          
           and
           not
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           that
           is
           Pastor
           of
           
             Kidderminster
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           of
           all
           other
           Parochiall
           Churches
           in
           that
           Diocess
           ;
           neither
           did
           I
           or
           any
           other
           
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Worcester
             ,
          
           ever
           commit
           the
           care
           of
           Souls
           in
           that
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Parish
           of
           that
           Diocess
           to
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
             ,
          
           though
           by
           that
           Preface
           of
           his
           to
           those
           of
           
             Kidderminster
             ,
          
           he
           would
           make
           the
           world
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           
             his
          
           Flock
           ,
           and
           not
           
             mine
             ,
          
           and
           that
           therefore
           he
           hath
           the
           more
           reason
           to
           complain
           of
           my
           defamation
           of
           him
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           in
           that
           place
           and
           before
           that
           people
           :
           whereas
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           was
           never
           either
           
             Parson
             ,
             Vicar
          
           or
           
             Curate
          
           there
           or
           any
           where
           else
           in
           my
           Diocess
           ;
           for
           he
           never
           came
           in
           by
           the
           
             Door
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           any
           legal
           right
           or
           lawful
           admission
           into
           that
           sheepfold
           ,
           but
           climbed
           up
           some
           other
           way
           ,
           namely
           ,
           by
           violence
           and
           intrusion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           by
           Christs
           own
           inference
           he
           was
           a
           
             Thief
          
           and
           a
           
             Robber
             ;
          
           and
           indeed
           he
           did
           
             Rob
          
           him
           that
           was
           then
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           again
           the
           lawful
           
             Vicar
          
           of
           that
           Church
           ;
           he
           
             Robbed
          
           him
           I
           say
           ,
           first
           of
           his
           
             Reputation
          
           amongst
           his
           Flock
           ,
           and
           then
           of
           his
           
             means
          
           and
           
             maintenance
             ,
          
           by
           taking
           away
           the
           
             Fleece
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             Flock
          
           from
           him
           ;
           though
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           himself
           hath
           confessed
           to
           me
           )
           
             He
             be
             a
             man
             of
             an
             unblameable
             life
             and
             conversation
             ,
             though
             not
             of
             such
             parts
          
           (
           said
           Mr.
           Baxter
           )
           
             as
             are
             fit
             to
             qualifie
             him
             for
             the
             Cure
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Congregation
             ;
          
           which
           whether
           it
           were
           so
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           was
           not
           to
           be
           Judge
           ;
           but
           in
           that
           case
           the
           Bishop
           that
           was
           then
           living
           should
           and
           would
           have
           provided
           him
           a
           Coadjutor
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           done
           since
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           will
           feed
           that
           flock
           with
           much
           more
           wholsome
           Doctrine
           then
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           did
           ,
           when
           he
           sowed
           the
           seed
           of
           Schism
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           blew
           the
           Trumpet
           of
           Rebellion
           amongst
           them
           .
           For
           which
           cause
           I
           thought
           it
           my
           Duty
           (
           as
           being
           the
           Pastor
           in
           Chief
           )
           not
           only
           to
           forbid
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           to
           Preach
           there
           any
           more
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           he
           had
           done
           without
           any
           License
           ;
           but
           likewise
           to
           Preach
           there
           my self
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           what
           I
           could
           to
           undeceive
           that
           poor
           seduced
           and
           miserably
           deluded
           people
           ;
           which
           was
           not
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           had
           the
           person
           of
           their
           
             Seducer
          
           in
           so
           great
           admiration
           ;
           and
           therefore
           by
           the
           example
           of
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           who
           in
           order
           to
           the
           same
           end
           did
           take
           the
           same
           course
           with
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           Copper-smith
           ,
           with
           
             Demas
             ,
             Philetus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Hymenous
             ;
          
           as
           likewise
           by
           the
           example
           of
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           who
           in
           order
           to
           the
           same
           end
           ,
           did
           take
           the
           same
           course
           with
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           let
           them
           know
           
             that
             one
             that
             was
             of
             great
             authority
             amongst
             them
          
           (
           meaning
           indeed
           ,
           though
           not
           naming
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
             )
             was
             not
             the
             man
             they
             took
             him
             for
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             not
             dealt
             faithfully
             with
             them
             ,
             nor
             preached
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             sincerely
             to
             them
             ,
             when
             he
             made
             them
             believe
             it
             was
             ▪
             lawfull
             for
             them
             to
             take
          
           
           
             up
             Arms
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             nor
             in
             suffering
             (
             if
             not
             making
             )
             them
             to
             scruple
             at
             these
             things
             as
             unlawfull
             ,
             which
             he
             he
             himself
             confesses
             to
             be
             lawfull
             ;
          
           and
           afterwards
           making
           use
           of
           those
           scruples
           of
           theirs
           (
           which
           he
           himself
           had
           infused
           into
           them
           ,
           or
           not
           endeavoured
           to
           take
           from
           them
           )
           as
           the
           only
           argument
           why
           those
           things
           they
           did
           so
           scruple
           at
           should
           not
           be
           enjoyn'd
           by
           lawful
           Authority
           ,
           though
           lawful
           in
           themselves
           ,
           
             because
             ,
          
           forsooth
           ,
           
             the
             enjoyning
             of
             things
             lawful
             by
             lawful
             Authority
             ,
             if
             they
             may
             by
             accident
             be
             the
             occasion
             of
             sin
             ,
             is
             sinful
             ;
          
           which
           assertion
           of
           his
           (
           as
           then
           I
           said
           ,
           and
           must
           still
           maintain
           )
           is
           destructive
           of
           humane
           society
           in
           taking
           away
           the
           Authority
           of
           commanding
           and
           the
           obligation
           of
           obeying
           together
           with
           the
           whole
           Legislative
           power
           ,
           Civil
           as
           well
           as
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           and
           Divine
           as
           well
           as
           Humane
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           himself
           saith
           )
           I
           told
           him
           before
           in
           mine
           own
           house
           ,
           neither
           did
           he
           then
           deny
           the
           assertion
           ,
           or
           endeavour
           to
           disprove
           what
           I
           inferr'd
           from
           it
           ,
           by
           any
           of
           those
           distinctions
           or
           instances
           he
           now
           useth
           .
           And
           that
           this
           is
           true
           the
           
             Reverend
             Dr.
             Warmstry
          
           now
           
             Dean
          
           of
           
             Worcester
          
           will
           witness
           for
           me
           ,
           whom
           I
           desired
           to
           be
           by
           whilest
           I
           conferr'd
           with
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
             ,
          
           foreseeing
           what
           mis-report
           a
           man
           of
           Mr.
           
             Baxters
          
           principles
           and
           temper
           was
           like
           enough
           to
           make
           of
           what
           should
           pass
           betwixt
           us
           .
           And
           it
           was
           very
           well
           I
           did
           so
           ;
           for
           I
           find
           that
           the
           
             Presbyter
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             Papist
          
           will
           serve
           themselves
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           they
           are
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           of
           their
           
             piae
             fraudet
             ,
          
           or
           holy
           artifices
           ,
           of
           speaking
           more
           or
           lesse
           then
           the
           truth
           ,
           as
           it
           makes
           more
           or
           less
           for
           their
           purpose
           or
           advantage
           ;
           as
           likewise
           of
           putting
           
             non
             causam
             pro
             causa
             ,
          
           or
           a
           part
           and
           a
           less
           principal
           part
           of
           the
           cause
           for
           the
           whole
           cause
           .
           For
           who
           would
           not
           think
           that
           knows
           not
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
             ,
          
           that
           when
           he
           tells
           his
           Disciples
           of
           
             Kidderminster
             ,
             You
             now
             know
             my
             Crime
             ,
          
           with
           reference
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           assertion
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           only
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           think
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           either
           there
           was
           nothing
           else
           objected
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           nothing
           of
           moment
           ,
           or
           that
           could
           be
           any
           just
           and
           reasonable
           cause
           of
           my
           forbidding
           him
           to
           Preach
           in
           my
           Diocess
           ?
           especially
           when
           he
           adds
           that
           the
           
             Right
             Reverend
             Bishop
             gave
             him
             this
             as
             a
             reason
             for
             his
             forbidding
             him
             to
             Preach
             ;
          
           where
           if
           he
           means
           that
           the
           Bishop
           gave
           him
           this
           as
           the
           only
           ,
           or
           the
           principal
           reason
           ,
           he
           speaks
           without
           truth
           ,
           and
           against
           his
           Conscience
           ;
           for
           the
           first
           and
           principal
           reason
           the
           Bishop
           gave
           him
           for
           his
           forbidding
           him
           to
           preach
           ,
           was
           (
           as
           he
           well
           knows
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           
             Dean
          
           of
           
             Worcester
          
           will
           witness
           against
           him
           )
           
             His
             preaching
             before
             without
             License
             ,
             having
             no
             Cure
             of
             his
             own
             to
             preach
             to
             ;
          
           whereunto
           when
           he
           replyed
           ,
           
             I
             had
             promised
             to
             give
             him
             such
             a
             License
             as
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           London
           
             had
             given
             him
             ,
             viz.
          
           Quàm
           diu
           se
           bene
           gereret
           ,
           &
           durante
           beneplacito
           ;
           I
           rejoyn'd
           ,
           
             that
             it
             was
             true
             indeed
             ,
             I
             had
             once
             promised
             to
          
           
           
             give
             him
             such
             a
             License
             ,
             but
             withal
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             as
             true
             ,
             that
             first
             I
             had
             never
             promised
             to
             give
             him
             a
             License
             ,
             if
             he
             took
             it
             before
             I
             gave
             it
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             for
             this
             presumption
             of
             his
             ,
             I
             had
             now
             forbidden
             him
             to
             preach
             any
             more
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           
             That
             I
             knew
             more
             of
             him
             since
             then
             I
             did
             at
             that
             time
             ;
             for
             ,
          
           first
           ,
           
             I
             had
             been
             credibly
             informed
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             abused
             the
          
           Bishop
           
             of
          
           London's
           
             favour
             in
             preaching
             factiously
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             Diocess
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             and
             I
             named
             the
             place
             to
             him
             :
          
           Secondly
           ,
           
             that
             since
             that
             promise
             of
             mine
             (
             which
             cannot
             be
             supposed
             no
             other
             then
             conditional
             )
             I
             myself
             had
             heard
             him
             in
             a
             Conference
             in
             the
          
           Savoy
           ▪
           
             maintaining
             such
             a
             position
             as
             was
             destructive
             to
             Legislative
             power
             both
             in
             God
             and
             Man
          
           (
           meaning
           the
           Assertion
           before
           spoken
           of
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             the
             enjoining
             of
             things
             lawfull
             by
             lawfull
             Authority
             ,
             if
             they
             might
             by
             accident
             be
             the
             cause
             of
             sin
             ,
             was
             sinful
          
           )
           
             which
             Assertion
             of
             his
             with
             the
             horrible
             consequences
             of
             it
             I
             told
             him
             then
             at
          
           Worcester
           ,
           
             I
             had
             formerly
             told
             him
             of
             at
             the
          
           Savoy
           
             openly
             ,
             and
             before
             all
             the
             company
             that
             was
             at
             the
             Conference
             ;
          
           whereunto
           all
           that
           he
           replyed
           at
           my
           second
           telling
           him
           at
           
             Worcester
             ,
          
           was
           ,
           
             that
             he
             had
             used
             some
             distinctions
             to
             salve
             that
             Assertion
             from
             those
             consequences
             ;
          
           but
           what
           those
           distinctions
           were
           he
           did
           not
           then
           mention
           ,
           (
           as
           Dr.
           
             Warmstry
          
           can
           witness
           )
           though
           in
           this
           printed
           address
           of
           his
           to
           his
           friends
           of
           
             Kidderminster
             ,
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             he
             did
             tell
             the
          
           Bishop
           
             in
             what
             a
             limited
             and
             restrained
             sense
             he
             and
             his
             brethren
             understood
             that
             Assertion
             ;
          
           which
           whether
           they
           did
           or
           no
           ,
           will
           appear
           by
           and
           by
           ,
           when
           we
           shall
           more
           nearly
           examine
           his
           printed
           Narrative
           as
           to
           that
           particular
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           though
           I
           said
           indeed
           that
           one
           that
           held
           and
           was
           likely
           to
           teach
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           be
           suffered
           to
           Preach
           unto
           the
           people
           ,
           yet
           this
           was
           not
           then
           alledged
           by
           me
           as
           the
           cause
           or
           crime
           for
           which
           I
           had
           forbidden
           him
           to
           Preach
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           was
           
             His
             presuming
             to
             preach
             without
             License
          
           )
           but
           only
           as
           a
           reason
           why
           I
           should
           have
           thought
           myself
           not
           obliged
           by
           the
           promise
           I
           had
           formerly
           made
           him
           ,
           to
           give
           him
           License
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           not
           otherwise
           forfeited
           his
           claim
           to
           that
           promise
           by
           Preaching
           without
           ,
           or
           before
           he
           had
           it
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           He
           might
           have
           remembred
           another
           reason
           I
           gave
           him
           why
           I
           could
           not
           have
           made
           good
           that
           promise
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             those
             principles
             of
             Treason
             and
             Rebellion
             publickly
             extant
             in
             his
             books
             ,
             which
             I
             had
             not
             taken
             notice
             of
             till
             after
             the
             making
             of
             that
             promise
             ,
             and
             which
             till
             he
             should
             recant
             in
             as
             publick
             a
             manner
             ,
             I
             thought
             myself
             obliged
             in
             Conscience
             not
             to
             suffer
             him
             to
             preach
             in
             my
             Diocesse
             ;
          
           whereunto
           his
           Answer
           was
           ,
           
             That
             whatsoever
             he
             had
             said
             or
             done
             in
             that
             kind
             ,
             was
             pardoned
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             Indempnity
             :
             True
             ,
          
           said
           I
           ,
           
             so
             far
             as
             the
             King
             can
             pardon
             it
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             its
             corporal
             punishment
             here
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             God
             that
             must
             pardon
          
           
           
             the
             guilt
             or
             obligation
             to
             punishment
             in
             the
             world
             to
             come
             ,
             which
             he
             will
             not
             without
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             Church
             that
             must
             pardon
             the
             scandal
             ,
             which
             she
             cannot
             do
             neither
             without
             an
             honourable
             amends
             made
             her
             by
             publick
             Confession
             and
             Recantation
             .
          
           I
           could
           tell
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           in
           his
           ear
           likewise
           ,
           that
           in
           excuse
           of
           his
           Rebellious
           principles
           formerly
           published
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             That
             now
             the
             Parliament
             had
             declared
             where
             the
             Soveraign
             power
             was
             ,
             he
             should
             acknowledge
             it
             and
             submit
             to
             it
             ,
          
           as
           if
           the
           King
           owed
           his
           Soveraignty
           to
           the
           declaration
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           is
           as
           false
           as
           Rebellious
           ,
           and
           as
           dangerous
           a
           principle
           as
           any
           of
           his
           former
           ,
           however
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           it
           appears
           that
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           meant
           to
           impose
           upon
           his
           credulous
           friends
           at
           
             Kidderminster
             ,
          
           &
           upon
           his
           unwary
           Readers
           ,
           by
           making
           them
           believe
           that
           was
           the
           only
           cause
           for
           which
           the
           Bishop
           forbad
           him
           to
           Preach
           ,
           which
           was
           neither
           the
           only
           ,
           nor
           the
           principal
           cause
           ,
           why
           the
           Bishop
           did
           so
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           ,
           to
           speak
           properly
           ,
           any
           cause
           of
           it
           at
           all
           ;
           for
           the
           only
           proper
           cause
           for
           which
           the
           Bishop
           forbad
           him
           to
           Preach
           ,
           was
           
             His
             preaching
             before
             without
             the
          
           Bishops
           
             License
             ;
          
           the
           other
           which
           he
           pretends
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           third
           which
           he
           conceals
           ,
           where
           properly
           and
           professedly
           the
           Causes
           why
           the
           Bishop
           would
           not
           take
           off
           that
           prohibition
           ,
           or
           why
           he
           would
           not
           give
           him
           a
           License
           to
           Preach
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           either
           at
           
             Kidderminster
             ,
          
           or
           in
           any
           other
           place
           of
           his
           Diocess
           ,
           until
           he
           should
           publickly
           retract
           that
           Position
           which
           he
           had
           openly
           asserted
           at
           the
           Conference
           ,
           and
           should
           publickly
           renounce
           likewise
           those
           seditious
           and
           rebellious
           principles
           which
           are
           published
           in
           his
           Books
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           truth
           ,
           the
           whole
           truth
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           passed
           betwixt
           me
           and
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           at
           
             Worcester
             ,
          
           before
           I
           preached
           at
           
             Kidderminster
             ,
          
           where
           whether
           I
           defamed
           him
           ,
           or
           he
           ,
           by
           saying
           so
           ,
           hath
           not
           grosly
           defamed
           me
           ,
           will
           appear
           by
           that
           which
           follows
           ;
           wherein
           that
           I
           might
           neither
           be
           deceived
           myself
           ,
           nor
           deceive
           others
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           trusted
           to
           my
           own
           memory
           only
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           saith
           he
           doth
           to
           his
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           consulted
           with
           Dr.
           
             Gunning
          
           and
           Dr.
           
             Pearson
             ,
          
           two
           of
           the
           three
           that
           managed
           that
           Conference
           with
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           and
           his
           
             Assistants
             ,
          
           and
           have
           seen
           that
           Assertion
           in
           the
           same
           sense
           that
           I
           object
           it
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           disclaimes
           it
           ,
           affirmed
           by
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           himself
           under
           his
           own
           hand
           .
        
         
           I
           found
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           at
           the
           
             Savoy
          
           engaged
           in
           a
           Dispute
           ,
           and
           I
           perceived
           that
           to
           keep
           himself
           off
           from
           that
           part
           of
           the
           argument
           which
           would
           presse
           near
           to
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           he
           had
           often
           affirmed
           in
           his
           
             Answers
             ,
             That
             the
             Command
             of
             a
             most
             lawful
             Act
             was
             sinful
             ;
             if
             that
             Act
             commanded
             might
             prove
             to
             any
             one
             a
             sin
          
           per
           accidens
           .
           This
           assertion
           I
           did
           then
           and
           there
           presently
           and
           openly
           lay
           to
           his
           charge
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           denied
           it
           (
           as
           it
           was
           most
           frequent
           with
           him
           immediately
           ▪
           
           to
           deny
           what
           he
           had
           before
           affirmed
           )
           the
           answers
           which
           he
           had
           delivered
           written
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           were
           produced
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           reading
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           Justice
           of
           my
           charge
           was
           most
           apparent
           ;
           whereupon
           I
           urged
           him
           farther
           ,
           that
           this
           Assertion
           of
           his
           was
           not
           only
           false
           ,
           but
           destructive
           of
           all
           Authority
           ,
           Humane
           and
           Divine
           ,
           as
           not
           only
           denying
           all
           power
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           making
           Canons
           Ecclesiastical
           for
           the
           better
           ordering
           and
           governing
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           also
           taking
           away
           all
           Legislative
           Power
           from
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           even
           from
           God
           himself
           :
           I
           delivered
           at
           the
           same
           time
           my
           reason
           for
           what
           I
           said
           ,
           which
           was
           briefly
           this
           ,
           because
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Act
           so
           good
           of
           itself
           ,
           but
           may
           prove
           
             per
             Accidens
             ,
          
           or
           by
           Accident
           ,
           a
           sin
           ;
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           to
           command
           an
           Act
           which
           may
           prove
           
             per
             accidens
          
           a
           sin
           ,
           be
           a
           sin
           ,
           then
           every
           Command
           must
           be
           a
           sin
           .
           And
           if
           to
           command
           be
           a
           sin
           ,
           then
           certainly
           God
           can
           command
           nothing
           ,
           because
           God
           cannot
           sin
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           Kings
           ,
           Parliaments
           and
           Churches
           ought
           not
           to
           command
           any
           thing
           ,
           because
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           sin
           .
        
         
           Thus
           farre
           I
           then
           charged
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
             ,
          
           and
           to
           this
           Charge
           he
           gave
           then
           no
           satisfaction
           .
           Neither
           can
           I
           yet
           conceive
           it
           possible
           to
           give
           any
           satisfaction
           ,
           but
           by
           one
           of
           these
           two
           waies
           ,
           either
           by
           proving
           that
           the
           assertion
           ,
           with
           which
           I
           charged
           him
           ,
           was
           never
           his
           ,
           or
           by
           shewing
           that
           the
           consequence
           I
           urged
           ,
           is
           not
           good
           ;
           neither
           of
           which
           was
           he
           then
           able
           to
           doe
           :
           and
           by
           what
           he
           hath
           now
           been
           pleased
           to
           publish
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           then
           probable
           that
           he
           can
           never
           perform
           either
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           in
           his
           bold
           ,
           but
           weak
           Apology
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           so
           much
           as
           pretend
           to
           shew
           any
           Invalidity
           in
           my
           Inference
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Assertion
           with
           which
           I
           charged
           him
           ,
           he
           denies
           it
           so
           poorly
           ,
           and
           goes
           about
           to
           prove
           another
           instead
           of
           it
           so
           manifestly
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           without
           any
           injury
           be
           interpreted
           to
           yield
           it
           ,
           He
           saith
           indeed
           now
           ,
           
             That
             he
             told
             us
             that
             his
             Assertion
             made
             not
             every
             Evill
             accident
             to
             be
             such
             as
             made
             an
             Imposition
             unlawfull
             .
          
           But
           whether
           he
           ever
           said
           so
           before
           this
           time
           or
           no
           ,
           it
           was
           then
           clearly
           proved
           that
           he
           did
           assert
           ,
           
             That
             an
             Act
             for
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             because
             it
             might
             be
          
           per
           accidens
           
             a
             sin
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             commanded
             without
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           in
           his
           publick
           appeal
           ,
           he
           hath
           taken
           a
           strange
           way
           to
           wipe
           off
           all
           this
           ,
           for
           he
           makes
           a
           very
           brief
           Narration
           ,
           and
           most
           notoriously
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           then
           sayes
           ,
           
             You
             know
             my
             crime
             ,
          
           as
           if
           that
           were
           all
           that
           had
           been
           ,
           or
           could
           be
           objected
           against
           him
           .
           Besides
           ,
           in
           the
           relating
           of
           this
           short
           Narrative
           ,
           he
           relies
           wholly
           upon
           his
           own
           memory
           ;
           not
           so
           much
           as
           endeavouring
           to
           satisfie
           himself
           ,
           before
           he
           
           presumed
           to
           satisfie
           others
           .
           How
           his
           memory
           may
           be
           in
           other
           things
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           in
           this
           if
           it
           hath
           been
           faithfull
           to
           him
           he
           hath
           been
           very
           unfaithfull
           to
           others
           .
           He
           relates
           an
           Answer
           in
           what
           terms
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           and
           brings
           one
           proposition
           ,
           as
           made
           by
           his
           Opponents
           ,
           in
           what
           terms
           he
           thinks
           fit
           ,
           and
           the
           Application
           of
           this
           answer
           to
           that
           proposition
           he
           propoundeth
           as
           all
           his
           Crime
           ;
           whereas
           his
           answer
           was
           farre
           more
           largely
           given
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           several
           propositions
           in
           several
           Syllogisms
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           proposition
           which
           he
           relateth
           was
           but
           one
           ,
           or
           rather
           none
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           hath
           most
           shamefully
           abused
           his
           Disciples
           at
           
             Kidderminster
             ,
          
           with
           a
           short
           and
           partial
           Narrative
           of
           his
           fact
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           his
           
             Concurring
             with
             Learned
             Reverend
             Brethren
             ,
          
           (
           which
           he
           would
           pretend
           to
           be
           part
           of
           his
           Crime
           )
           and
           his
           invidious
           insinuation
           ,
           
             That
             they
             are
             not
             forbidden
             to
             Preach
             for
             it
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             ;
          
           the
           reason
           is
           clear
           .
           He
           had
           often
           delivered
           this
           assertion
           before
           the
           company
           ,
           his
           Brethren
           had
           not
           ;
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Answer
           were
           written
           with
           his
           hand
           ,
           not
           with
           his
           Brethrens
           .
           His
           Brethren
           had
           several
           times
           declared
           themselves
           not
           to
           be
           of
           his
           Opinion
           (
           as
           particularly
           when
           he
           affirmed
           (
           
             That
             a
             man
             might
             live
             without
             any
             actual
             sin
          
           )
           And
           therefore
           we
           were
           so
           just
           as
           not
           to
           charge
           them
           with
           this
           Assertion
           ;
           especially
           considering
           they
           did
           shew
           themselves
           unwilling
           to
           enter
           upon
           this
           dispute
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           like
           much
           better
           another
           way
           tending
           to
           an
           amicable
           and
           fair
           complyance
           ,
           which
           was
           wholly
           frustrated
           by
           Mr.
           
             Baxters
          
           furious
           eagerness
           to
           engage
           in
           a
           Disputation
           .
        
         
           All
           his
           discourse
           which
           followeth
           (
           after
           his
           imperfect
           Narrative
           )
           in
           justification
           of
           himself
           ,
           is
           grounded
           first
           upon
           a
           mis-reporting
           of
           his
           own
           Assertion
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           upon
           the
           dissembling
           of
           the
           severall
           Propositions
           ,
           to
           which
           his
           answer
           was
           so
           often
           replyed
           ;
           Thirdly
           ,
           upon
           his
           pretending
           
             That
             he
             says
             more
             now
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             had
             offended
             formerly
             ;
          
           which
           is
           most
           palpably
           false
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           probability
           (
           if
           he
           have
           any
           memory
           )
           against
           his
           own
           Conscience
           .
           And
           this
           will
           presently
           appear
           by
           the
           vanity
           and
           impertinency
           of
           all
           those
           specious
           instances
           which
           he
           brings
           to
           mollifie
           his
           Assertion
           .
        
         
           
             To
             Command
             a
             Navy
             to
             Sea
          
           (
           he
           sayes
           )
           
             is
             lawfull
             ,
             but
             if
             it
             were
             foreseen
             that
             they
             would
             fall
             into
             the
             Enemies
             hand
             ,
             or
             were
             like
             to
             perish
             by
             any
             accident
             ,
             it
             were
             a
             sin
             to
             send
             them
             .
          
           Is
           there
           more
           then
           he
           said
           before
           ,
           or
           is
           it
           any
           defence
           of
           his
           Assertion
           at
           all
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           certainly
           ▪
           because
           the
           Opponents
           had
           put
           it
           expresly
           in
           the
           Proposition
           ;
           
             That
             the
             Act
             in
             it self
             lawful
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             supposed
             to
             have
             nothing
             consequent
             ,
             which
             the
             Commander
             of
             it
             ought
             to
             provide
             against
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           being
           so
           stated
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           affirmed
           ,
           
             That
             if
             the
             Act
             might
             be
          
           per
           accidens
           
             sinfull
             ,
             the
             Commanding
             of
             it
             was
             sin
             .
          
           Now
           certainly
           the
           
           falling
           of
           a
           Navy
           into
           the
           Enemies
           hand
           ,
           or
           the
           perishing
           of
           it
           another
           way
           ,
           
             if
             foreseen
             ,
          
           ought
           to
           be
           provided
           against
           by
           the
           Commander
           ;
           whereas
           Mr.
           
             Baxters
          
           answer
           did
           import
           ,
           That
           if
           any
           Prince
           did
           command
           a
           Fleet
           to
           Sea
           ,
           though
           he
           did
           not
           foresee
           the
           Fleet
           would
           fall
           into
           the
           Enemies
           hand
           ,
           or
           perish
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           yet
           if
           by
           Accident
           it
           miscarried
           that
           or
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           foresee
           ,
           or
           were
           not
           bound
           to
           provide
           against
           ,
           the
           very
           Command
           at
           first
           was
           sin
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           reason
           nullifies
           his
           instances
           of
           the
           
             poyson
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             knife
             ,
          
           because
           the
           sin
           in
           selling
           them
           supposeth
           the
           murder
           of
           the
           buyer
           to
           be
           foreseen
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           the
           seller
           ought
           to
           prevent
           it
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           will
           speak
           in
           correspondence
           to
           his
           former
           Answer
           ,
           he
           must
           shew
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           seller
           do
           not
           foresee
           that
           the
           buyer
           will
           use
           the
           poyson
           or
           the
           knife
           ,
           to
           his
           own
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           mans
           destruction
           ,
           yet
           if
           by
           any
           Accident
           or
           mistake
           ,
           either
           the
           buyer
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           perish
           by
           the
           poyson
           or
           the
           knife
           ,
           the
           Seller
           is
           guilty
           of
           his
           death
           .
        
         
           His
           instance
           of
           
             setting
             a
             City
             on
             fire
             ,
             or
             putting
             Gunpowder
             unto
             the
             Parliament
             House
             when
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             are
             there
             ,
          
           is
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           and
           needs
           no
           addition
           of
           answer
           but
           only
           this
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
             ,
          
           in
           a
           sense
           too
           true
           ,
           hath
           been
           very
           instrumental
           in
           setting
           the
           City
           on
           fire
           ▪
           and
           in
           adding
           powder
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           rest
           which
           follows
           betrayes
           the
           same
           weaknesse
           ,
           because
           the
           inconveniences
           are
           urged
           
             upon
             a
             Duty
             to
             prohibit
             them
             ,
          
           and
           his
           answer
           did
           charge
           the
           Command
           with
           sin
           in
           respect
           of
           such
           Accidents
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Commanders
           Duty
           to
           provide
           against
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           no
           one
           of
           those
           instances
           single
           ,
           nor
           all
           of
           them
           jointly
           have
           any
           force
           in
           any
           measure
           to
           justifie
           that
           Assertion
           which
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           did
           maintain
           ,
           and
           whereof
           he
           is
           accused
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           that
           last
           instance
           ,
           
             which
             was
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             Dispute
             ,
          
           and
           which
           he
           urgeth
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           (
           
             Suppose
             it
             never
             so
             lawful
             of
             it self
             to
             Kneel
             in
             the
             reception
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             imposed
             by
             a
             penalty
             ,
             that
             is
             incomparably
             beyond
             the
             proportion
             of
             the
             offence
             ,
             that
             penalty
             is
             an
             Accident
             of
             the
             Command
             ,
             and
             maketh
             it
             by
             Accident
             sinful
             to
             the
             Commander
          
           )
           he
           is
           manifestly
           guilty
           of
           a
           double
           falsification
           :
           First
           ,
           in
           pretending
           the
           matter
           in
           dispute
           ,
           
             was
             the
             imposition
             of
             kneeling
             at
             the
             Communion
             ;
          
           when
           this
           very
           matter
           was
           expresly
           rejected
           in
           the
           very
           beginning
           of
           the
           dispute
           ,
           as
           belonging
           to
           the
           
             Canons
          
           not
           the
           Common-Prayer-book
           ,
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           which
           
             Canons
          
           the
           Commissioners
           had
           no
           Authority
           to
           debate
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           knows
           ,
           that
           his
           Argument
           was
           denied
           upon
           that
           ground
           .
           The
           second
           falsification
           is
           yet
           greater
           ,
           in
           urging
           the
           penalty
           to
           make
           the
           
           Command
           sinful
           ,
           when
           his
           Answer
           did
           charge
           the
           Command
           with
           sin
           ,
           without
           any
           relation
           to
           the
           punishment
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Proposition
           he
           replyed
           to
           was
           so
           framed
           ,
           that
           all
           unjust
           penalties
           were
           
             in
             terminis
          
           expresly
           excluded
           ,
           even
           then
           I
           say
           he
           charged
           the
           Command
           of
           a
           lawful
           Act
           with
           sin
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           otherwise
           by
           Accident
           sinful
           ;
           though
           by
           the
           way
           I
           must
           not
           grant
           that
           the
           penalty
           imposed
           by
           the
           Law
           for
           not
           kneeling
           at
           the
           Receiving
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           (
           namely
           the
           not
           admitting
           of
           such
           as
           will
           not
           kneell
           ,
           at
           the
           receiving
           of
           it
           )
           
             is
             incomparably
             greater
             then
             the
             offence
             ;
          
           for
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           the
           offence
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           stands
           in
           relation
           to
           such
           or
           such
           a
           penalty
           appointed
           for
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           measured
           by
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Act
           considered
           in
           it self
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           more
           or
           lesse
           Mischievous
           consequences
           it
           is
           likely
           to
           produce
           ,
           if
           men
           be
           not
           restrain'd
           from
           such
           an
           Act
           by
           such
           a
           penalty
           ;
           for
           example
           ,
           when
           a
           Souldier
           is
           Hanged
           for
           stealing
           of
           a
           Hen
           ,
           or
           for
           taking
           away
           any
           thing
           of
           never
           so
           little
           a
           value
           ,
           without
           paying
           for
           it
           ,
           no
           wise
           man
           will
           blame
           the
           
             Generall
          
           for
           such
           a
           severity
           ;
           because
           if
           he
           did
           not
           do
           so
           ,
           every
           one
           would
           take
           what
           he
           pleased
           ,
           which
           would
           discourage
           the
           Countrey
           from
           bringing
           in
           provisions
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           whole
           Army
           would
           be
           ruin'd
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Martial
           ,
           so
           the
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Laws
           likewise
           in
           commanding
           or
           forbidding
           any
           thing
           under
           such
           or
           such
           a
           penalty
           ,
           have
           an
           eye
           not
           so
           much
           to
           the
           merit
           of
           the
           Action
           it self
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           more
           or
           less
           danger
           of
           the
           Publick
           in
           the
           consequences
           of
           it
           ;
           whence
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           a
           lesse
           evil
           may
           sometimes
           most
           justly
           be
           forbidden
           under
           a
           more
           severe
           penalty
           then
           a
           greater
           ,
           because
           the
           former
           may
           be
           of
           much
           more
           dangerous
           consequence
           then
           the
           latter
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           that
           will
           judge
           rightly
           ,
           and
           impartially
           of
           the
           equity
           or
           iniquity
           of
           appointing
           or
           inflicting
           such
           or
           such
           a
           penalty
           ,
           he
           must
           not
           so
           much
           consider
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           Transgression
           singly
           in
           it self
           ,
           nor
           whether
           it
           be
           from
           weaknesse
           ,
           or
           wilfulnesse
           in
           the
           party
           transgressing
           (
           as
           he
           is
           this
           or
           that
           individual
           person
           )
           but
           rather
           he
           must
           consider
           what
           the
           
             Consequence
          
           would
           be
           of
           the
           breach
           of
           such
           a
           command
           if
           it
           were
           not
           prevented
           by
           such
           a
           penelty
           ,
           alwayes
           supposing
           the
           Command
           it self
           to
           be
           lawful
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           transgressor
           of
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           as
           he
           stands
           in
           relation
           to
           that
           whole
           body
           ,
           whether
           Civil
           ,
           or
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           whereof
           he
           is
           a
           part
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           whole
           is
           not
           to
           be
           endangered
           out
           of
           tendernesse
           and
           indulgence
           to
           some
           particulars
           ,
           as
           evidently
           it
           would
           be
           ,
           if
           every
           man
           were
           left
           at
           liberty
           to
           do
           what
           seem'd
           best
           in
           his
           own
           eyes
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Ceremonials
           and
           Circumstantials
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ;
           for
           considering
           the
           pride
           and
           
           self-love
           that
           is
           in
           humane
           nature
           ,
           which
           makes
           men
           so
           overvalue
           their
           own
           practises
           and
           their
           opinions
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           alwayes
           apt
           to
           undervalue
           those
           that
           will
           not
           conform
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           alwayes
           hath
           been
           ,
           so
           it
           alwayes
           will
           be
           ;
           he
           that
           worshippeth
           God
           one
           way
           ,
           will
           either
           judge
           or
           condemn
           him
           that
           worshippeth
           God
           another
           way
           ;
           he
           that
           
             Kneeleth
          
           at
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           will
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           Idolatrous
           or
           Superstitious
           by
           him
           that
           
             Kneeleth
             not
             ,
          
           and
           him
           that
           kneeleth
           not
           will
           be
           thought
           wilful
           ,
           or
           weak
           ,
           by
           him
           that
           kneeleth
           .
           And
           thus
           from
           diversity
           grows
           dislike
           ,
           from
           dislike
           enmity
           ,
           from
           enmity
           opposition
           ,
           and
           from
           opposition
           ,
           first
           Separation
           and
           Schism
           in
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           then
           Faction
           ,
           Sedition
           and
           Rebellion
           in
           the
           State
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           progress
           very
           natural
           ,
           and
           I
           would
           we
           had
           not
           found
           it
           to
           be
           so
           by
           our
           own
           experience
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           State
           depends
           upon
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           so
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Church
           depends
           upon
           Unity
           ,
           and
           Unity
           it self
           depends
           upon
           Uniformity
           ,
           and
           Uniformity
           there
           cannot
           be
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           is
           diversity
           or
           divers
           wayes
           of
           worship
           in
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           alwaies
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           lawful
           for
           publick
           Authority
           to
           oblige
           all
           particulars
           to
           one
           way
           of
           publick
           worship
           ,
           and
           that
           under
           such
           penalties
           ,
           as
           the
           Law-givers
           shall
           think
           necessary
           to
           prevent
           the
           disturbing
           of
           the
           publick
           Peace
           and
           safety
           ;
           the
           preservation
           whereof
           being
           the
           main
           end
           of
           all
           Laws
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           penalties
           appointed
           by
           Law
           ,
           those
           practises
           that
           are
           either
           intentionally
           or
           consequentially
           destructive
           to
           this
           End
           ,
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           ought
           to
           be
           restrain'd
           by
           severe
           penalties
           .
           It
           is
           not
           therefore
           the
           
             not
             kneeling
          
           at
           the
           Sacrement
           ,
           but
           the
           
             breaking
          
           of
           the
           
             Orders
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           endangering
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           which
           our
           Lawes
           punish
           by
           not
           admitting
           such
           unto
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           as
           will
           not
           ,
           or
           perhaps
           dare
           not
           kneel
           at
           it
           ;
           for
           as
           they
           will
           not
           endanger
           the
           Peace
           of
           their
           Consciences
           for
           the
           Churches
           sake
           ;
           so
           it
           becomes
           the
           Law-givers
           not
           to
           endanger
           the
           Churches
           and
           the
           States
           Peace
           for
           their
           sakes
           .
           And
           surely
           when
           there
           is
           a
           necessity
           of
           the
           yielding
           of
           the
           one
           or
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           it
           is
           much
           more
           reasonable
           that
           a
           part
           should
           yield
           unto
           the
           whole
           ,
           then
           the
           whole
           unto
           a
           part
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           whole
           cannot
           yield
           without
           endangering
           it self
           ,
           and
           with
           it self
           even
           those
           themselves
           also
           ,
           that
           ,
           will
           they
           nill
           they
           ,
           must
           be
           involved
           in
           the
           ruine
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Presbyterians
          
           have
           found
           by
           their
           own
           experience
           also
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           groundlesse
           and
           needlesse
           separation
           from
           us
           ,
           have
           given
           example
           and
           ground
           enough
           for
           others
           to
           separate
           from
           them
           ,
           till
           by
           dividing
           and
           subdividing
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           of
           Uniformity
           ,
           or
           unity
           ,
           or
           order
           ,
           or
           decency
           left
           in
           that
           
             Church
             ,
          
           which
           was
           formerly
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           by
           
           the
           Prudence
           and
           Piety
           of
           publick
           Authority
           will
           be
           now
           again
           )
           the
           Glory
           and
           Pattern
           of
           all
           other
           Protestant
           and
           
             Reformed
          
           Churches
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           of
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           which
           doth
           not
           use
           as
           great
           severity
           for
           the
           preserving
           of
           Unity
           by
           Uniformity
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           particular
           ;
           for
           do
           not
           the
           Protestant
           Churches
           in
           
             France
          
           enjoyn
           
             Standing
             ,
          
           the
           Churches
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Germany
          
           that
           follow
           
             Calvin
          
           enjoyne
           sitting
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           that
           follow
           
             Luther
          
           there
           and
           elsewhere
           enjoyn
           
             Kneeling
          
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           upon
           the
           same
           penalty
           of
           not
           receiving
           it
           otherwise
           ?
           And
           is
           it
           not
           as
           lawful
           for
           our
           Church
           ,
           as
           for
           all
           other
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Christian
           Churches
           ,
           to
           require
           of
           her
           children
           the
           like
           conformity
           to
           her
           laws
           under
           the
           like
           penalty
           for
           the
           same
           end
           ,
           &
           to
           prevent
           the
           same
           danger
           ?
           
             yes
          
           (
           replyed
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           when
           this
           question
           was
           asked
           him
           )
           
             just
             as
             lawful
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             not
             lawful
             at
             all
             ,
             such
             an
             injunction
             upon
             such
             a
             penalty
             being
             sinful
             ,
             wheresoever
             and
             by
             whomsoever
             it
             is
             enjoyned
             .
          
           A
           happy
           
             England
             ,
          
           that
           hath
           such
           an
           
             Aristarchus
          
           as
           is
           worthy
           to
           censure
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           whose
           Catholick
           practise
           (
           if
           it
           cross
           Mr.
           
             Baxters
          
           opinion
           )
           must
           presently
           without
           more
           adoe
           be
           condemn'd
           as
           sinful
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           world
           must
           be
           Lyars
           rather
           then
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           must
           not
           be
           justified
           in
           his
           sayings
           .
           You
           have
           before
           seen
           the
           ingenuity
           and
           veracity
           ,
           you
           now
           see
           the
           humility
           ,
           and
           the
           modesty
           of
           the
           Man
           ;
           and
           indeed
           in
           proportion
           ,
           of
           the
           whole
           party
           ,
           for
           
             crimine
             ab
             uno
             ,
             —
             Disce
             omnes
             .
          
           But
           doth
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           perswasion
           think
           indeed
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           so
           great
           and
           grievous
           a
           punishment
           to
           be
           kept
           from
           the
           Sacrament
           when
           men
           will
           not
           receive
           it
           in
           that
           way
           and
           upon
           those
           terms
           that
           the
           Church
           offers
           ?
           if
           they
           doe
           ,
           why
           then
           do
           they
           deny
           it
           to
           so
           many
           that
           hunger
           and
           thirst
           after
           it
           ,
           whensoever
           either
           by
           reason
           of
           Age
           ,
           or
           Lameness
           ,
           or
           sicknesse
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           bodily
           infirmity
           they
           cannot
           come
           to
           Church
           for
           it
           ?
           especially
           when
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           in
           the
           Twelfth
           Canon
           of
           the
           first
           General
           Council
           commands
           it
           be
           given
           even
           to
           those
           that
           are
           Excommunicate
           ,
           if
           they
           desire
           it
           when
           they
           are
           
             in
             Extremis
             ,
          
           or
           going
           out
           of
           the
           world
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           why
           have
           they
           suffered
           so
           many
           whole
           Parishes
           in
           
             England
          
           under
           their
           charge
           to
           have
           been
           without
           a
           Communion
           so
           many
           years
           together
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           credibly
           informed
           they
           have
           ?
           Thirdly
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           reject
           those
           from
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           come
           before
           hand
           to
           them
           to
           be
           examined
           by
           them
           ,
           there
           being
           neither
           precept
           nor
           practise
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           nor
           Canon
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           either
           to
           warrant
           them
           to
           require
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           oblige
           the
           People
           to
           submit
           to
           it
           upon
           any
           such
           penalty
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           when
           he
           chides
           those
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Corinth
          
           for
           
           coming
           ignorantly
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           for
           behaving
           themselves
           prophanely
           at
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           that
           which
           he
           prescribes
           for
           avoiding
           the
           same
           or
           the
           like
           faults
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           is
           not
           that
           every
           man
           should
           come
           and
           be
           examined
           by
           the
           Minister
           ,
           but
           that
           
             every
             man
             should
             examine
             himself
             before
             he
             eat
             of
             that
             Bread
             and
             drink
             of
             that
             Cup
             ;
          
           And
           yet
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           but
           that
           ▪
           every
           man
           before
           he
           Communicates
           ought
           to
           be
           well
           Catechis'd
           and
           instructed
           by
           the
           Minister
           ,
           and
           thereby
           enabled
           to
           examine
           himself
           the
           better
           ;
           nor
           will
           I
           deny
           neither
           but
           that
           every
           man
           may
           and
           ought
           in
           Case
           of
           scruple
           of
           mind
           or
           trouble
           of
           conscience
           to
           advise
           with
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           advised
           by
           him
           that
           hath
           the
           cure
           of
           his
           Soul
           ;
           but
           that
           every
           man
           as
           often
           as
           he
           intends
           to
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           should
           be
           obliged
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           being
           rejected
           from
           it
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           which
           I
           utterly
           deny
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           same
           thing
           in
           other
           words
           with
           that
           of
           
             Auricular
             Confession
             ;
          
           so
           that
           they
           who
           exact
           the
           one
           ,
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           condemn
           the
           other
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           because
           they
           would
           ingrosse
           it
           wholly
           unto
           themselves
           :
           Howsoever
           ,
           if
           refusing
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           those
           that
           will
           not
           kneel
           ,
           when
           the
           Church
           enjoyns
           it
           ,
           be
           a
           penalty
           so
           far
           transcending
           the
           offence
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           must
           the
           same
           penalty
           transcend
           the
           offence
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           indeed
           no
           offence
           at
           all
           ?
           for
           where
           there
           is
           no
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Law
           there
           can
           be
           no
           transgression
           ,
           and
           consequently
           there
           being
           no
           Law
           of
           God
           nor
           Man
           that
           requires
           all
           Communicants
           to
           be
           pre-examined
           by
           the
           Minister
           ,
           those
           that
           are
           refused
           the
           Sacrament
           because
           they
           will
           not
           be
           pre-examined
           ,
           are
           punished
           with
           the
           same
           punishment
           which
           they
           complain
           of
           ,
           for
           no
           offence
           at
           all
           .
           And
           therefore
           
             si
             maximè
             digna
             essem
          
           (
           may
           our
           Church
           say
           )
           
             ista
             contumelia
             ,
             indigni
             vos
             ,
             qui
             faceretis
             tamen
             ;
          
           for
           ,
           
             Who
             art
             thou
             O
             Man
             that
             judgest
             another
             ?
          
           nay
           ,
           that
           judgest
           thy
           Mother
           ,
           
             when
             thou
             doest
             the
             same
             ,
          
           or
           worse
           ,
           
             thing
             ,
          
           then
           those
           are
           for
           which
           thou
           condemnest
           her
           ?
           and
           how
           can
           any
           man
           of
           reason
           be
           so
           scrupulous
           ,
           as
           to
           quit
           his
           Calling
           ,
           rather
           then
           deny
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           those
           that
           will
           not
           receive
           it
           kneeling
           ,
           when
           the
           Church
           commands
           it
           should
           neither
           be
           taken
           nor
           given
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           yet
           make
           no
           scruple
           at
           all
           of
           denying
           it
           to
           whole
           Parishes
           ,
           of
           denying
           it
           to
           those
           that
           cannot
           come
           to
           Church
           for
           it
           ,
           though
           desirous
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           qualified
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           have
           most
           need
           of
           it
           to
           strengthen
           their
           faith
           in
           their
           last
           Agony
           ?
           and
           lastly
           ,
           of
           denying
           it
           to
           such
           as
           refuse
           to
           be
           pre-examined
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           without
           any
           command
           or
           warrant
           from
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Command
           and
           Custome
           of
           Gods
           Church
           ?
           whereby
           it
           plainly
           appears
           ,
           that
           either
           they
           do
           not
           think
           the
           receiving
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           so
           great
           
           importance
           ,
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           ,
           nor
           the
           denying
           of
           it
           so
           great
           an
           injury
           or
           punishment
           as
           they
           pretend
           it
           to
           be
           ;
           or
           else
           that
           they
           would
           have
           every
           Minister
           to
           be
           a
           Monarch
           or
           Soveraign
           Law-giver
           in
           his
           own
           Parish
           ,
           and
           this
           indeed
           is
           that
           they
           would
           fain
           be
           at
           ,
           now
           they
           have
           lost
           their
           hopes
           of
           Governing
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ;
           for
           you
           see
           by
           what
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           adds
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           may
           not
           be
           suffered
           to
           give
           or
           deny
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           whom
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           in
           effect
           to
           doe
           what
           they
           list
           in
           their
           own
           Parishes
           ,
           they
           threaten
           to
           quit
           their
           Stations
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           
             being
             Ejected
             because
             they
             dare
             not
             put
             away
             all
             that
             will
             not
             kneel
             at
             the
             Sacrament
             ▪
          
           And
           this
           menace
           they
           often
           repeat
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           the
           only
           men
           that
           could
           carry
           on
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           or
           as
           if
           the
           Church
           must
           needs
           sink
           and
           perish
           ,
           if
           it
           wanted
           such
           Pillars
           as
           they
           are
           to
           uphold
           it
           .
           But
           (
           thanks
           be
           to
           GOD
           for
           it
           )
           the
           CHURCH
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           not
           yet
           (
           notwithstamding
           all
           their
           endeavours
           to
           that
           purpose
           )
           reduced
           to
           so
           very
           ill
           a
           condition
           ,
           that
           she
           cannot
           subsist
           without
           them
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           they
           can
           continue
           to
           be
           what
           they
           have
           been
           the
           sowers
           and
           fomenters
           of
           Schism
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           sedition
           in
           the
           State
           ;
           and
           as
           long
           as
           they
           continue
           to
           do
           as
           they
           have
           done
           in
           humouring
           ,
           and
           hardning
           ,
           and
           confirming
           the
           people
           in
           their
           obstinate
           standing
           out
           against
           the
           lawful
           commands
           of
           their
           Superiours
           ;
           which
           they
           would
           never
           have
           done
           at
           all
           ,
           if
           these
           men
           had
           not
           at
           first
           infused
           into
           them
           these
           scruples
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           God
           asked
           
             Adam
          
           and
           
             Eve
             ,
             How
             ,
             came
             you
             to
             know
             that
             you
             are
             naked
             ?
          
           so
           if
           I
           should
           ask
           those
           poor
           souls
           whom
           those
           sly
           and
           subtle
           Serpents
           have
           beguiled
           and
           seduced
           ,
           How
           came
           you
           to
           know
           that
           you
           shall
           sin
           against
           God
           if
           you
           obey
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           Generall
           ?
           or
           particularly
           how
           came
           you
           to
           know
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             against
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Generall
             Councels
             ,
             and
             many
             hundred
             years
             practise
             of
             the
             Church
             to
             Kneel
             in
             the
             Act
             of
             receiving
             ?
          
           Did
           you
           or
           can
           you
           your selves
           read
           those
           General
           Councels
           ?
           Did
           you
           or
           can
           you
           examine
           so
           many
           hundred
           years
           practise
           of
           the
           Church
           as
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           speaks
           of
           ?
           What
           answer
           can
           they
           make
           to
           these
           demands
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           
             Eve
          
           made
           unto
           God
           ?
           
             The
             Serpent
             beguiled
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             did
             eat
             ;
          
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
             ,
          
           or
           some
           such
           Godly
           and
           Learned
           men
           as
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           is
           ,
           did
           tell
           us
           so
           ,
           and
           we
           believed
           them
           :
           But
           what
           if
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           himself
           which
           he
           would
           have
           you
           believe
           ?
           For
           first
           he
           would
           have
           you
           believe
           that
           there
           is
           great
           reverence
           and
           respect
           to
           be
           given
           (
           as
           indeed
           there
           is
           )
           to
           the
           Canons
           of
           
             Generall
             Gouncels
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             Catholick
             practise
          
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ;
           but
           doth
           he
           himself
           believe
           
           this
           ?
           if
           he
           do
           ,
           why
           did
           he
           so
           furiously
           oppose
           that
           which
           all
           General
           Councels
           approve
           of
           and
           confirm
           ?
           I
           mean
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           Bishops
           in
           the
           sense
           wherein
           it
           is
           asserted
           and
           practised
           in
           one
           Church
           ?
           Or
           why
           did
           he
           perswade
           Subjects
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           their
           
             Soveraign
             ?
          
           which
           he
           knows
           to
           be
           contrary
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           practise
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           for
           many
           hundred
           years
           more
           then
           he
           speaks
           of
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           would
           have
           you
           believe
           ,
           that
           Kneeling
           at
           the
           receiving
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           is
           forbidden
           by
           
             Generall
             Councels
             ,
          
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           custome
           and
           
             practise
          
           of
           the
           Antient
           Church
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           afraid
           he
           doth
           not
           belive
           himself
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           is
           no
           convincing
           reason
           to
           make
           him
           believe
           it
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Ancient
           Churches
           injunction
           to
           stand
           when
           they
           prayed
           betwixt
           
             Easter
          
           and
           
             Whitsontide
             ,
          
           that
           will
           prove
           they
           were
           forbidden
           to
           Kneel
           when
           they
           received
           ;
           especially
           if
           the
           
             Presbyterian
          
           opinion
           be
           true
           ,
           
             that
             we
             are
             not
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Act
             of
             praying
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             in
             the
             Act
             of
             receiving
             ;
          
           but
           if
           we
           may
           pray
           (
           as
           no
           doubt
           we
           may
           and
           ought
           to
           pray
           )
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           Receiving
           ,
           then
           supposing
           the
           Ancient
           Injunction
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           stand
           at
           Prayer
           upon
           Sundaies
           betwixt
           
             Easter
          
           and
           
             Whitsontide
          
           to
           be
           still
           in
           force
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           year
           we
           are
           to
           kneel
           when
           we
           Pray
           ,
           and
           consequently
           when
           we
           Receive
           ,
           though
           there
           were
           no
           particular
           command
           of
           our
           own
           Church
           for
           it
           .
           Besides
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           knows
           not
           the
           aforesaid
           Injunction
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           but
           Temporary
           ,
           till
           the
           people
           were
           sufficiently
           confirmed
           in
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Belief
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           for
           if
           it
           had
           been
           of
           perpetual
           obligation
           ,
           and
           were
           still
           in
           force
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           must
           needs
           condemn
           the
           whole
           present
           Church
           of
           God
           for
           kneeling
           when
           they
           pray
           betwixt
           
             Easter
          
           and
           
             Whitsontide
             ,
          
           and
           particularly
           he
           must
           most
           of
           all
           condemn
           himself
           and
           the
           
             Presbyterians
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           for
           not
           standing
           when
           they
           receive
           ,
           if
           at
           least
           that
           Injunction
           be
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           Receiving
           as
           well
           as
           Praying
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           be
           not
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           urged
           by
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           against
           us
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           ▪
           And
           therefore
           no
           doubt
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           doth
           not
           believe
           himselfe
           what
           he
           would
           have
           others
           believe
           ,
           when
           he
           presseth
           that
           occasional
           temporary
           injunction
           of
           the
           Church
           for
           
             standing
          
           against
           
             kneeling
             ;
          
           which
           if
           it
           be
           of
           force
           ,
           must
           needs
           condemn
           his
           own
           practice
           of
           
             sitting
          
           as
           well
           as
           ours
           of
           
             kneeling
             .
          
           The
           like
           may
           be
           said
           of
           Christs
           example
           ,
           alledged
           by
           him
           also
           ;
           for
           would
           he
           ,
           or
           would
           he
           not
           have
           his
           Disciples
           believe
           that
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           doe
           as
           Christ
           did
           ;
           if
           he
           would
           not
           have
           them
           believe
           so
           ,
           why
           doth
           he
           presse
           them
           with
           Christs
           example
           ?
           if
           he
           would
           have
           them
           believe
           so
           ,
           I
           demand
           again
           ,
           
           whether
           he
           doth
           believe
           it
           himself
           or
           no
           ?
           if
           he
           do
           not
           ,
           it
           is
           plain
           he
           is
           a
           seducer
           of
           the
           
             peeple
             :
          
           but
           if
           he
           do
           believe
           it
           ,
           he
           must
           needs
           condemn
           the
           
             French
             Presbyterians
          
           for
           
             standing
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             English
             Protestants
          
           for
           
             kneeling
             ;
          
           nay
           he
           must
           needs
           condemn
           himself
           and
           all
           other
           Christians
           in
           the
           world
           for
           not
           doing
           as
           Christ
           did
           in
           point
           of
           time
           ,
           I
           mean
           for
           not
           giving
           and
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           as
           Christ
           did
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           condemns
           us
           for
           not
           doing
           as
           Christ
           did
           in
           point
           of
           gesture
           ;
           unless
           he
           can
           prove
           (
           which
           I
           think
           he
           cannot
           )
           that
           we
           are
           of
           necessity
           to
           follow
           Christs
           example
           in
           one
           circumstance
           of
           the
           same
           action
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           another
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           circumstance
           which
           is
           lesse
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           that
           which
           is
           more
           material
           ;
           for
           certainly
           that
           circumstance
           which
           denominates
           the
           action
           (
           as
           the
           circumstance
           of
           time
           doth
           the
           Lords
           supper
           )
           is
           most
           material
           ;
           and
           yet
           that
           circumstance
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           all
           Christendome
           is
           altered
           from
           the
           Evening
           to
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           the
           gesture
           or
           posture
           of
           receiving
           also
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           most
           just
           and
           weighty
           reasons
           ,
           till
           those
           that
           delight
           in
           change
           would
           needs
           have
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           that
           perhaps
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           found
           it
           setled
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           This
           is
           not
           to
           follow
           Christs
           example
           ,
           who
           in
           things
           indifferent
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           conform'd
           his
           practise
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           which
           he
           lived
           ,
           though
           varying
           in
           some
           circumstances
           from
           the
           Primitive
           Institution
           ;
           and
           particularly
           in
           this
           very
           action
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           press
           us
           with
           Christs
           example
           :
           For
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           Christ
           and
           his
           Disciples
           sate
           at
           the
           Passeover
           ,
           (
           though
           it
           be
           uncertain
           whether
           he
           or
           they
           sate
           at
           the
           giving
           and
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           or
           no
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             after
             he
             had
             supped
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           22.
           20.
           )
           Howsoever
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           Christ
           and
           his
           Disciples
           sate
           when
           they
           eat
           the
           Passeover
           ,
           and
           this
           no
           doubt
           was
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           as
           certain
           that
           this
           was
           not
           the
           manner
           according
           to
           the
           first
           institution
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           eat
           it
           
             standing
             ,
          
           as
           you
           may
           read
           
             Exod.
          
           12.
           11.
           
           So
           that
           to
           urge
           Christs
           example
           against
           us
           ,
           is
           to
           urge
           Christs
           example
           against
           himself
           ;
           for
           as
           we
           conform
           our selves
           to
           the
           Churches
           order
           and
           custome
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           in
           receiving
           the
           Communion
           otherwise
           in
           point
           of
           gesture
           ,
           then
           perhaps
           it
           was
           received
           at
           the
           first
           institution
           ;
           so
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           conforming
           themselves
           to
           the
           order
           and
           practise
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           their
           times
           ,
           did
           celebrate
           the
           Passeover
           otherwise
           then
           according
           to
           the
           first
           Institution
           it
           was
           to
           be
           celebrated
           in
           point
           of
           gesture
           also
           ;
           thereby
           intending
           to
           teach
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           long
           as
           the
           Essentials
           of
           Doctrine
           and
           Worship
           (
           which
           are
           unalteraable
           )
           
           are
           preserved
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           separate
           from
           the
           Church
           or
           quarrel
           with
           our
           Superiours
           ,
           if
           those
           things
           that
           are
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           alterable
           ,
           be
           not
           alwaies
           and
           in
           all
           places
           just
           the
           same
           that
           they
           were
           at
           first
           ;
           because
           there
           may
           be
           very
           just
           cause
           for
           the
           alteration
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           whether
           there
           be
           such
           a
           cause
           or
           no
           in
           this
           and
           the
           like
           particulars
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Church
           that
           is
           to
           be
           the
           Judge
           .
           So
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           can
           be
           collected
           either
           from
           the
           Canons
           of
           the
           Councels
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           practise
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           no
           nor
           from
           Christs
           own
           example
           ,
           that
           can
           prove
           Kneeling
           at
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           be
           a
           sin
           ;
           neither
           doth
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           himself
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           sinful
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           did
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           say
           (
           as
           he
           does
           Pag.
           4.
           11.
           of
           his
           five
           Disputations
           )
           
             that
             he
             himself
             would
             kneel
             rather
             then
             disturb
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             be
             deprived
             of
             its
             Communion
             .
          
           In
           which
           words
           he
           confesseth
           ,
           First
           ,
           that
           Kneeling
           at
           the
           Sacrament
           is
           not
           sinful
           or
           unlawful
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           not
           to
           Kneel
           when
           it
           is
           imposed
           ,
           is
           to
           disturb
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           the
           imposing
           of
           it
           upon
           penalty
           of
           being
           deprived
           of
           the
           Communion
           ,
           is
           an
           effectual
           means
           to
           make
           those
           that
           otherwise
           would
           not
           kneel
           ,
           to
           conform
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           the
           imposing
           of
           it
           upon
           such
           a
           penalty
           is
           prudent
           and
           rational
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           is
           prudent
           and
           rational
           cannot
           be
           unlawful
           ;
           so
           that
           not
           only
           the
           Act
           of
           Kneeling
           it self
           ,
           but
           the
           imposition
           of
           it
           by
           lawful
           Authority
           must
           needs
           be
           lawful
           .
           Neither
           indeed
           would
           the
           People
           scruple
           at
           the
           imposition
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           taught
           that
           the
           thing
           it self
           were
           unlawful
           ,
           or
           if
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           would
           yet
           teach
           them
           to
           believe
           what
           he
           himself
           believes
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           lawful
           ;
           which
           with
           what
           conscience
           he
           can
           refuse
           to
           do
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           for
           sure
           he
           is
           obliged
           to
           teach
           them
           obedience
           not
           to
           Divine
           Authority
           only
           ,
           but
           to
           humane
           Authority
           also
           in
           all
           lawful
           things
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           let
           them
           go
           on
           in
           such
           an
           erroneous
           opinion
           ,
           
             as
             will
             disturb
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             deprive
             them
             of
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           make
           them
           sin
           against
           God
           and
           Man
           and
           their
           own
           Souls
           .
           Of
           which
           sin
           of
           theirs
           he
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           partaker
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           ,
           if
           he
           do
           not
           perswade
           them
           from
           it
           ;
           seeing
           (
           as
           he
           himself
           saith
           )
           
             Qui
             non
             vetat
             peccare
             cum
             potest
             ,
             jubet
             .
          
           And
           what
           
             Power
          
           he
           hath
           to
           lead
           or
           mislead
           those
           kind
           of
           men
           ,
           
             their
          
           venturing
           to
           kill
           and
           be
           killed
           in
           a
           most
           unrighteous
           quarrel
           (
           upon
           his
           perswasion
           )
           hath
           more
           then
           enough
           demonstrated
           during
           the
           time
           of
           the
           late
           troubles
           ;
           unlesse
           he
           will
           say
           that
           he
           hath
           conjured
           up
           a
           Spirit
           that
           he
           cannot
           lay
           .
           Howsoever
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           faulty
           he
           hath
           been
           in
           misleading
           them
           heretofore
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           zealous
           he
           should
           be
           to
           reduce
           them
           into
           the
           right
           way
           
           hereafter
           ;
           which
           if
           he
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Brethren
           can
           do
           (
           as
           I
           am
           confident
           they
           can
           if
           they
           wil
           )
           they
           wil
           make
           some
           amends
           for
           the
           mischief
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           will
           be
           no
           fear
           or
           danger
           
             of
             Ministers
             being
             Ejected
             for
             their
             tenderness
             towards
             the
             People
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             Ejecting
             of
             any
             of
             the
             People
             from
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             for
             not
             conforming
             themselves
             to
             the
             Orders
             and
             Commands
             of
             it
             ,
          
           &
           consequently
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           Schisms
           or
           Divisions
           amongst
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           shall
           all
           worship
           the
           same
           God
           the
           same
           way
           .
           But
           if
           they
           will
           not
           do
           this
           (
           which
           by
           all
           obligations
           Humane
           and
           Divine
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           do
           )
           for
           my
           part
           I
           know
           no
           better
           way
           for
           undeceiving
           &
           reducing
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           then
           by
           removing
           such
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           shall
           see
           when
           the
           blowing
           of
           those
           boisterous
           winds
           ceaseth
           ,
           whether
           the
           waves
           will
           not
           be
           still
           or
           no
           :
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           I
           hope
           the
           removing
           of
           
             erroneous
          
           and
           
             seditious
             ,
          
           will
           not
           necessitate
           the
           introducing
           of
           
             ignorant
          
           and
           
             scandalous
             Ministers
             ,
          
           though
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           ought
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           as
           there
           is
           no
           sin
           more
           heinous
           then
           Rebellion
           ,
           so
           no
           teacher
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           scandalous
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           is
           none
           more
           dangerous
           )
           then
           a
           teacher
           of
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           (
           to
           use
           Mr.
           
             Baxters
          
           own
           words
           )
           I
           think
           there
           is
           
             no
             man
             to
             be
             found
             on
             earth
             ,
             that
             hath
             the
             ordinary
             reason
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             but
             will
             confess
             ▪
             That
             it
             is
             indeed
             destructive
             of
             all
             Government
             and
             Legislative
             power
             ,
             to
             Assert
          
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           did
           Assert
           )
           
             the
             command
             of
             a
             thing
             in
             it self
             lawful
             by
             lawful
             Authority
             ,
             under
             no
             unjust
             punishment
             ,
             with
             no
             evil
             circumstance
             ,
             which
             the
             Commander
             can
             foresee
             or
             ought
             to
             provide
             against
          
           (
           for
           all
           these
           pre-cautions
           were
           expresly
           put
           in
           the
           proposition
           which
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           denied
           )
           
             as
             a
             sinful
             Command
             ,
             for
             a●●
             other
             reason
             ,
             but
             because
             the
             Act
             Commanded
             may
             be
             by
             Accident
             a
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           then
           know
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           he
           have
           ingenuity
           enough
           )
           confess
           ,
           that
           the
           words
           I
           spoke
           (
           as
           to
           this
           particular
           )
           were
           
             words
             of
             truth
             ,
          
           and
           
             words
             of
             charity
          
           also
           ,
           as
           being
           intended
           and
           spoken
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           undeceive
           that
           People
           ,
           who
           by
           having
           his
           person
           too
           much
           in
           admiration
           (
           as
           if
           he
           could
           neither
           deceive
           nor
           be
           deceived
           )
           had
           been
           so
           long
           and
           so
           dangerously
           mislead
           by
           him
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           not
           I
           that
           defamed
           him
           then
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           he
           that
           hath
           defamed
           me
           now
           .
           Neither
           could
           I
           expect
           lesse
           from
           the
           boldnesse
           of
           this
           man
           and
           that
           party
           ,
           who
           have
           had
           the
           confidence
           publickly
           to
           own
           the
           obligation
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           even
           since
           it
           hath
           been
           condemn'd
           to
           be
           burnt
           by
           the
           Parliament
           .
           And
           truly
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           all
           those
           Books
           and
           Sermons
           which
           have
           been
           Preach'd
           and
           Printed
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           to
           maintain
           the
           same
           or
           worse
           principles
           of
           Sedition
           
           then
           are
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           burnt
           also
           .
           Nay
           I
           dare
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Authors
           of
           such
           Books
           and
           Sermons
           were
           not
           still
           of
           the
           same
           opinions
           (
           and
           if
           they
           be
           ,
           God
           deliver
           us
           from
           such
           Preachers
           )
           if
           they
           were
           not
           still
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           opinions
           ,
           but
           did
           truly
           repent
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           were
           heartily
           sorry
           for
           the
           horrible
           mischief
           they
           have
           done
           by
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           with
           those
           converted
           Exorcists
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           16.
           19.
           bring
           all
           those
           Conjuring
           Books
           of
           theirs
           togethers
           and
           to
           save
           the
           Hang-man
           a
           labour
           ,
           would
           publickly
           burn
           them
           all
           with
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           that
           so
           ,
           though
           by
           the
           burning
           of
           their
           works
           they
           may
           perhaps
           suffer
           some
           losse
           in
           point
           of
           reputation
           with
           some
           of
           their
           Disciples
           ,
           yet
           they
           themselves
           may
           be
           saved
           ,
           but
           so
           as
           by
           fire
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           3.
           15.
           
           At
           least
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           enjoyned
           to
           write
           Books
           of
           Retractation
           ,
           as
           St.
           
             Augustine
          
           did
           ,
           having
           much
           more
           reason
           to
           do
           so
           then
           St.
           
             Augustine
          
           had
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Sir
           is
           all
           I
           have
           to
           say
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           and
           more
           a
           great
           deal
           then
           I
           thought
           to
           have
           said
           ,
           or
           then
           perhaps
           was
           needfull
           to
           be
           said
           to
           one
           that
           knows
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           and
           me
           as
           well
           as
           you
           do
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           satisfie
           you
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           ,
           you
           may
           do
           what
           you
           please
           with
           it
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           satisfying
           of
           others
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           the
           first
           and
           last
           trouble
           I
           mean
           to
           put
           my self
           to
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           whatsoever
           provocation
           I
           may
           have
           from
           him
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             very
             affectionate
             Friend
             ,
             and
             Servant
             ,
             G.
             Worcester
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
           
             The
             Attestation
             of
             Dr.
             
               Gunning
            
             and
             Dr.
             
               Pearson
               .
            
          
           
             
               Concerning
               a
               Command
               of
               Lawful
               Superiours
               ,
               what
               was
               sufficient
               to
               its
               being
               a
               lawful
               Command
               .
            
          
           
             
               THis
               Proposition
               being
               brought
               by
               us
               ,
            
             viz.
             
          
           
             That
             Command
             which
             commands
             an
             Act
             in
             it self
             lawful
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             act
             or
             circumstance
             unlawful
             ,
             is
             not
             sinful
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
            
             denied
             it
             for
             two
             reasons
             which
             he
             gave
             in
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             in
             writing
             thus
             :
             One
             is
             ,
             
               Because
               that
               may
               be
               a
               sin
            
             per
             accidens
             ,
             
               which
               is
               not
               so
               in
               it self
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               unlawfully
               commanded
               though
               that
               accident
               be
               not
               in
               the
               command
               .
            
             Another
             is
             ,
             
               That
               it
               may
               be
               commanded
               under
               an
               unjust
               penalty
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             this
             Proposition
             being
             brought
             by
             us
             ,
          
           
             That
             Command
             which
             commandeth
             an
             Act
             in
             it self
             lawful
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             Act
             wherby
             any
             just
             penalty
             is
             injoyned
             ,
             nor
             any
             circumstance
             whence
             
               per
               accidens
            
             any
             sin
             is
             consequent
             which
             the
             Commander
             ought
             to
             provide
             against
             ,
             is
             not
             sinful
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
            
             denied
             it
             for
             this
             reason
             given
             in
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             in
             writing
             thus
             :
             
               Because
               the
               first
               Act
               commanded
               may
               be
            
             per
             accidens
             
               unlawful
               and
               be
               commanded
               by
               an
               unjust
               penalty
               ,
               though
               no
               other
               Act
               or
               circumstance
               commanded
               be
               such
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             this
             Proposition
             being
             brought
             by
             us
             ,
          
           
             That
             Command
             which
             commandeth
             an
             Act
             in
             it self
             lawful
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             Act
             whereby
             any
             unjust
             penalty
             is
             injoyned
             .
             nor
             any
             circumstance
             whence
             directly
             or
             
               per
               accidens
            
             any
             sin
             is
             consequent
             ▪
             which
             the
             Commander
             ought
             to
             provide
             against
             ,
             hath
             in
             it
             all
             things
             requisite
             to
             the
             lawfulness
             of
             a
             Command
             ,
             and
             particularly
             cannot
             be
             guilty
             of
             commanding
             an
             Act
             
               per
               accidens
            
             unlawful
             ,
             nor
             of
             commanding
             an
             Act
             under
             an
             unjust
             penalty
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
            
             denied
             it
             upon
             the
             same
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             
               Peter
               Cunning.
               
            
             
               John
               Pearson
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             LEast
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
            
             should
             say
             I
             have
             defamed
             him
             once
             more
             ,
             by
             charging
             him
             with
             devising
             and
             publishing
             
               Maxims
            
             of
             Treason
             ,
             Sedition
             and
             Rebellion
             (
             which
             till
             he
             should
             as
             publiquely
             recant
             ,
             I
             thought
             it
             unfit
             to
             restore
             him
             to
             the
             exercise
             of
             any
             act
             of
             the
             Ministry
             in
             my
             Diocess
             )
             I
             think
             my self
             obliged
             to
             set
             down
             some
             few
             of
             his
             political
             
               Theses
            
             or
             
               Aphorisms
            
             in
             his
             own
             words
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             extant
             (
             though
             it
             be
             strange
             such
             a
             Book
             should
             still
             be
             extant
             )
             in
             his
             \
             [
             
               Holy
            
             Common-wealth\
             ]
             most
             falsly
             and
             prophanely
             so
             called
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Baxter's
            
             Theses
             of
             Government
             and
             Governours
             in
             generall
             .
          
           
             I
             GOvernours
             are
             some
             limited
             ,
             some
             
               de
               facto
            
             unlimited
             :
             The
             unlimited
             are
             Tyrants
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             right
             to
             that
             unlimited
             Government
             ,
             
               P.
            
             106.
             
             
               Thes.
            
             101.
             
          
           
             II.
             The
             3.
             qualifications
             of
             necessity
             to
             the
             being
             of
             Soveraign
             Power
             are
             ,
             1.
             
             So
             much
             understanding
             ,
             2.
             
             So
             much
             will
             or
             goodness
             in
             himself
             ,
             3.
             
             So
             much
             strength
             or
             executive
             power
             by
             his
             interest
             in
             the
             People
             or
             others
             ,
             as
             are
             necessary
             to
             the
             said
             ends
             of
             Government
             ,
             
               P.
            
             130.
             
             
               Thes.
            
             133.
             
          
           
             III.
             From
             whence
             he
             deduceth
             3.
             
             Corollaries
             ,
             (
             
               viz.
            
             )
          
           
             
               1.
               
               When
               Providence
               depriveth
               a
               man
               of
               his
               understanding
               and
               intellectual
               Capacity
               ,
               and
               that
               statedly
               or
               to
               his
               ordinary
               temper
               ,
               it
               maketh
               him
               
                 materiam
                 indispositam
              
               and
               uncapable
               of
               Government
               ,
               though
               not
               of
               the
               name
               .
               
                 Thes.
              
               135.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               If
               God
               permit
               Princes
               to
               turn
               so
               wicked
               as
               to
               be
               uncapable
               of
               governing
               so
               as
               is
               consistent
               with
               the
               ends
               of
               Government
               ,
               he
               permits
               them
               to
               depose
               themselves
               .
               
                 Thes.
              
               136.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               If
               Providence
               statedly
               disable
               him
               that
               was
               the
               Soveraign
               from
               the
               executing
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               protecting
               the
               just
               ,
               and
               other
               ends
               of
               Government
               ,
               it
               makes
               him
               an
               uncapable
               subject
               of
               the
               power
               ,
               and
               so
               deposeth
               him
               .
               
                 Thes.
              
               137.
               
            
          
           
             IV.
             
               Whereunto
               he
               subjoyns
               ,
            
             that
             though
             it
             is
             possible
             and
             likely
             that
             the
             guilt
             is
             or
             may
             be
             theirs
             ,
             who
             have
             disabled
             their
             Ruler
             by
             deserting
             him
             ,
             yet
             he
             is
             dismissed
             and
             disobliged
             from
             the
             charge
             of
             
             Government
             ;
             and
             particular
             innocent
             members
             are
             disobliged
             from
             being
             Governed
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             V.
             If
             the
             person
             (
             
               viz.
               the
               Soveraign
            
             )
             be
             justly
             dispossest
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             lawful
             War
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             loseth
             his
             right
             ,
             especially
             if
             he
             violate
             the
             Constitution
             and
             end
             enter
             into
             a
             Military
             state
             against
             the
             People
             themselves
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             be
             conquered
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             obliged
             to
             restore
             him
             ,
             unlesse
             there
             be
             some
             special
             obligation
             upon
             them
             besides
             their
             Allegiance
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             145.
             
          
           
             VI.
             If
             the
             person
             dispossess'd
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             unjustly
             ,
             do
             afterwards
             become
             uncapable
             of
             Government
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             the
             Duty
             of
             his
             Subjects
             to
             seek
             his
             restitution
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             146.
             
             No
             not
             although
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             the
             incapacity
             be
             but
             accidental
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             cannot
             be
             restored
             but
             by
             Arms
             of
             the
             Enemies
             of
             God
             or
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
          
           
             VII
             .
             If
             an
             Army
             (
             of
             Neighbours
             ,
             Inhabitants
             ,
             or
             whoever
             )
             do
             (
             though
             injuriously
             )
             expel
             the
             Soveraign
             ,
             and
             resolve
             to
             ruine
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             rather
             then
             he
             shall
             be
             restored
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Commonwealth
             may
             prosper
             without
             his
             restauration
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Duty
             of
             such
             an
             injured
             Prince
             for
             the
             Common
             good
             to
             resign
             his
             Government
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             will
             not
             ,
             the
             people
             ought
             to
             judge
             him
             as
             made
             uncapable
             by
             Providence
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             seek
             his
             restitution
             to
             the
             apparent
             ruine
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             147.
             
          
           
             Where
             by
             the
             way
             we
             are
             to
             note
             ,
             he
             makes
             the
             people
             judge
             of
             this
             and
             all
             other
             incapacities
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             consequently
             when
             or
             for
             what
             he
             is
             to
             be
             Depos'd
             ,
             or
             not
             Restored
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             VIII
             .
             If
             therefore
             the
             rightful
             Governour
             be
             so
             long
             dispossess'd
             ,
             that
             the
             Commonwealth
             can
             be
             no
             longer
             without
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             apparent
             hazard
             of
             its
             ruine
             ,
             we
             (
             
               that
               is
               ,
               we
               the
               people
               ,
               or
               we
               the
               Rebels
               that
               dispossess'd
               him
            
             )
             are
             to
             judge
             that
             Providence
             hath
             dispossess'd
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             presently
             to
             consent
             to
             another
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             149
             ,
          
           
             IX
             When
             the
             People
             are
             without
             a
             Governour
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             the
             duty
             of
             such
             as
             have
             most
             strength
             ,
             
               ex
               charitate
               ,
            
             to
             protect
             the
             rest
             from
             injury
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             150.
             
               and
               consequently
               they
               are
               to
               submit
               themselves
               to
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               or
               to
               that
               Army
               which
               deposed
               or
               dispossess'd
               or
               murdered
               the
               rightful
               Governour
               .
            
          
           
           
             X.
             Providence
             by
             Conquest
             or
             other
             means
             doth
             use
             so
             to
             qualifie
             some
             persons
             above
             other
             for
             the
             Government
             when
             the
             place
             is
             void
             ,
             that
             no
             other
             persons
             shall
             be
             capable
             competitors
             ,
             and
             the
             persons
             (
             
               doth
               not
               he
               mean
               the
            
             Cromwells
             ?
             )
             shall
             be
             as
             good
             as
             named
             by
             Providence
             ,
             whom
             the
             People
             are
             bound
             by
             God
             to
             choose
             ,
             or
             consent
             to
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             are
             usually
             brought
             under
             a
             divine
             obligation
             to
             submit
             to
             such
             or
             such
             ,
             and
             take
             them
             for
             their
             Governours
             ,
             before
             those
             persons
             have
             an
             actual
             right
             to
             Govern.
             
               Thes.
            
             151.
             
          
           
             XI
             .
             Any
             thing
             that
             is
             a
             sufficient
             sign
             of
             the
             will
             of
             God
             that
             this
             is
             the
             person
             ,
             by
             whom
             we
             must
             be
             Governed
             is
             enough
             (
             as
             joyned
             to
             Gods
             Laws
             )
             to
             oblige
             us
             to
             consent
             and
             obey
             him
             as
             our
             Governour
             ,
             
               Thes.
            
             153.
             
          
           
             XII
             .
             When
             God
             doth
             not
             notably
             declare
             any
             person
             or
             persons
             qualified
             above
             others
             ,
             there
             the
             people
             must
             judge
             as
             well
             as
             they
             are
             able
             according
             to
             Gods
             general
             rules
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             157.
             
          
           
             XIII
             .
             
               And
               yet
            
             All
             the
             people
             have
             not
             this
             right
             of
             choosing
             their
             Governours
             ,
             but
             commonly
             a
             part
             of
             every
             Nation
             must
             be
             compelled
             to
             consent
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             XIV
             .
             Those
             that
             are
             known
             enemies
             of
             the
             Common
             Good
             in
             the
             chiefest
             parts
             of
             it
             ,
             are
             unmeet
             to
             Govern
             or
             choose
             Governours
             ,
             but
             such
             are
             multitudes
             of
             ungodly
             vicious
             men
             .
             
               Pag.
            
             174.
             
             
               So
               that
               if
               those
               that
               are
               strongest
               (
               though
               fewest
               )
               call
               themselves
               the
               Godly
               Partty
               ,
               all
               others
               besides
               themselves
               are
               to
               be
               excluded
               from
               Governing
               or
               choosing
               of
               Governours
               .
               As
               amongst
               the
               ungodly
               that
               are
               to
               be
               thus
               excluded
               he
               reckons
               all
               those
            
             that
             will
             not
             hearken
             to
             their
             Pastors
             (
             
               he
               means
               the
               Preshyterian
               Classis
            
             )
             or
             that
             are
             despisers
             of
             the
             Lords-Day
             ,
             
               that
               is
               ,
               all
               such
               as
               are
               not
               Sabbatarians
               ,
               or
               will
               not
               keep
               the
               Lords-Day
               after
               the
               Jewish
               manner
               ,
               which
               they
               prescribe
               ,
               and
               which
               is
               condemned
               for
               Judaism
               by
               all
               even
               of
               the
               presbyterian
               perswasion
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               but
               those
               of
            
             England
             
               and
            
             Scotland
             
               only
               .
            
          
           
             XV.
             If
             a
             People
             that
             by
             Oath
             and
             Duty
             are
             obliged
             to
             a
             Soveraign
             ,
             shall
             sinfully
             dispossess
             him
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             their
             Covenants
             ,
             choose
             and
             Covenant
             with
             another
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             obliged
             ,
             by
             their
             latter
             Covenant
             notwithstanding
             their
             former
             ;
             and
             particular
             subjects
             that
             consented
             not
             in
             the
             breaking
             of
             their
             former
             Covenants
             ,
             may
             
             yet
             be
             obliged
             by
             occasion
             of
             their
             latter
             choice
             to
             the
             person
             whom
             they
             choose
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             181.
             
          
           
             XVI
             .
             If
             a
             Nation
             injuriously
             deprive
             themselves
             of
             a
             worthy
             Prince
             ,
             the
             hurt
             will
             be
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             they
             punish
             themselves
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             be
             necessarily
             to
             their
             welfare
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             injury
             to
             him
             .
             But
             a
             King
             that
             by
             war
             will
             seek
             reparations
             from
             the
             body
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             doth
             put
             himself
             into
             an
             hostile
             State
             ,
             and
             tells
             them
             actually
             that
             he
             looks
             to
             his
             own
             good
             more
             then
             theirs
             ,
             and
             bids
             them
             take
             him
             for
             their
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             so
             defend
             themselves
             if
             they
             can
             .
             
               Pag.
            
             424.
             
          
           
             XVII
             .
             Though
             a
             Nation
             wrong
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             so
             
               quoad
               Meritum
               causae
               ,
            
             they
             are
             on
             the
             worser
             side
             ,
             yet
             may
             he
             not
             lawfully
             war
             against
             the
             publick
             good
             on
             that
             account
             ,
             nor
             any
             help
             him
             in
             such
             a
             war
             ,
             because
             
               propter
               finem
            
             he
             hath
             the
             worser
             cause
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             352.
             
          
           
             
               And
               yet
               as
               he
               tells
               us
            
             (
             
               pag.
            
             476.
             )
             we
             were
             to
             believe
             the
             Parliaments
             Declarations
             and
             Professions
             which
             they
             made
             ,
             that
             the
             war
             which
             they
             raised
             was
             not
             against
             the
             King
             either
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             Authority
             ,
             or
             of
             his
             Person
             ;
             but
             only
             against
             Delinquent
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             actually
             fought
             against
             the
             King
             in
             person
             ,
             and
             
               we
               are
            
             to
             believe
             (
             saith
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
            
             pag.
             422.
             )
             that
             men
             would
             kill
             them
             whom
             they
             fight
             against
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Baxter's
               Doctrine
            
             concerning
             the
             Government
             of
             
               England
            
             in
             particular
             .
          
           
             
               HE
               denies
               the
               Government
               of
            
             England
             
               to
               be
               Monarchical
               in
               these
               words
               .
            
          
           
             I
             ,
             The
             real
             Soveraignty
             here
             amongst
             us
             was
             in
             King
             ,
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Commons
             .
             
               Pag.
            
             72.
             
          
           
           
             II.
             As
             to
             them
             that
             argue
             from
             the
             Oath
             of
             Supremacy
             and
             title
             given
             the
             King
             ,
             I
             refer
             them
             (
             saith
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
            
             )
             
             to
             Mr.
             
             Lawson's
             answer
             to
             
             Hobb's
             Politicks
             ,
             where
             he
             sheweth
             that
             the
             Title
             is
             often
             given
             in
             the
             single
             Person
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             and
             his
             encouragement
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             an
             eminet
             interest
             ,
             but
             will
             not
             prove
             the
             whole
             Soveraignty
             to
             be
             in
             him
             :
             and
             the
             Oath
             excludeth
             all
             others
             from
             without
             ,
             not
             those
             whose
             interest
             is
             implied
             as
             conjunct
             with
             his
             —
             The
             eminent
             dignity
             and
             interest
             of
             the
             King
             above
             others
             allowed
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Monarchy
             or
             Kingdome
             to
             the
             Common
             wealth
             ,
             though
             indeed
             the
             Soveraignty
             was
             mixed
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             .
             
               pag.
            
             88.
             
          
           
             III.
             
               He
               calls
               it
            
             a
             false
             supposition
             .
             1.
             
             That
             the
             Soveraign
             power
             was
             onely
             in
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             so
             that
             it
             was
             an
             absolute
             Monarchy
             .
             2.
             
             That
             the
             Parliament
             had
             but
             onely
             the
             proposing
             of
             Laws
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             enacted
             onely
             by
             the
             Kings
             Authority
             upon
             their
             request
             .
             3.
             
             That
             the
             power
             of
             Armes
             ,
             and
             of
             Warre
             and
             peace
             was
             in
             the
             King
             alone
             .
             And
             therefore
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             those
             that
             argue
             from
             these
             false
             suppositions
             ,
             conclude
             that
             the
             Parliament
             being
             Subjects
             ,
             may
             not
             take
             up
             Arms
             without
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             Rebellion
             to
             resist
             him
             ;
             and
             most
             of
             this
             they
             gather
             from
             the
             Oath
             of
             Supremacy
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Parliaments
             calling
             of
             themselves
             his
             Subjects
             ;
             but
             their
             ground
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             are
             sandy
             ,
             and
             their
             superstructure
             false
             ,
             
               pag.
            
             459
             &
             460.
             
          
           
             
               And
               therefore
               Mr.
            
             Baxter
             
               tells
               us
               ,
            
             That
             though
             the
             Parliament
             are
             Subjects
             in
             one
             capacity
             ,
             yet
             have
             they
             their
             ptrt
             in
             the
             Soveraignty
             also
             in
             their
             higher
             capacity
             ,
             
               Ibid.
               And
               upon
               this
               false
               and
               trayterous
               supposition
               he
               endeavours
               to
               justifie
               the
               late
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               his
               own
               more
               then
               ordinary
               activeness
               in
               it
               .
               For
               ,
            
          
           
             IV.
             Where
             the
             Soverainty
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             is
             distributed
             into
             several
             hands
             (
             as
             the
             Kings
             and
             Parliaments
             )
             and
             the
             King
             invades
             the
             others
             part
             ,
             they
             may
             lawfully
             defend
             their
             own
             by
             war
             ,
             and
             the
             Subject
             lawfully
             assist
             them
             ,
             yea
             though
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Militia
             be
             expresly
             given
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             be
             also
             exprest
             that
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             in
             the
             other
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             363.
             
          
           
             The
             conclusion
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             needs
             no
             proof
             ,
             because
             Soveraignty
             ,
             
             as
             such
             ,
             hath
             the
             power
             of
             Arms
             and
             of
             the
             Laws
             themselves
             .
             The
             Law
             that
             saith
             the
             King
             shall
             have
             the
             
               Militia
               ,
            
             supposeth
             it
             to
             be
             against
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             not
             against
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             nor
             them
             that
             have
             part
             of
             the
             Soveraignty
             with
             him
             .
             To
             resist
             him
             here
             is
             not
             to
             resist
             power
             but
             usurpation
             and
             private
             will
             ;
             in
             such
             a
             case
             the
             Parliament
             is
             no
             more
             to
             be
             resisted
             than
             he
             .
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             V.
             If
             the
             King
             raise
             War
             against
             such
             a
             Parliament
             upon
             their
             Declaration
             of
             the
             dangers
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             the
             people
             are
             to
             take
             it
             as
             raised
             against
             the
             Common-wealth
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             358.
             
          
           
             And
             in
             that
             case
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             the
             King
             may
             not
             only
             be
             resisted
             ,
             but
             ceaseth
             to
             be
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             entreth
             into
             a
             state
             of
             War
             with
             the
             people
             .
             
               Thes.
            
             368.
             
          
           
             VI.
             Again
             ,
             if
             a
             Prince
             that
             hath
             not
             the
             whole
             Soveraignty
             ,
             be
             conquered
             by
             a
             Senate
             that
             hath
             the
             other
             part
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             a
             just
             defensive
             War
             ,
             that
             Senate
             cannot
             assume
             the
             whole
             Soveraignty
             ,
             but
             supposeth
             that
             Government
             in
             
               specie
            
             to
             remain
             ,
             and
             therefore
             another
             King
             must
             be
             chosen
             ,
             if
             the
             former
             be
             incapable
             .
             (
             
               Thes.
            
             374.
             )
             
               as
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               he
               is
               ,
            
             by
             ceasing
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             
               in
               the
               immediately
               precedent
            
             Thes.
             
          
           
             VII
             .
             
               And
               yet
               in
               the
               Preface
               to
               this
               Book
               he
               tells
               us
               that
            
             the
             King
             withdrawing
             (
             
               so
               he
               calls
               the
               murdering
               of
               one
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               casting
               off
               of
               another
            
             )
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ruled
             alone
             ;
             
               was
               not
               this
               to
               change
               the
            
             species
             
               of
               the
               Government
               ?
               Which
               in
               the
               immediate
               words
               before
               he
               had
               affirmed
            
             to
             be
             in
             King
             ,
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ;
             which
             constitution
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             we
             were
             sworn
             ,
             and
             sworn
             ,
             and
             sworn
             again
             ,
             to
             be
             faithful
             to
             ,
             and
             to
             defend
             .
             
               And
               yet
               speaking
               of
               that
               Parliament
               which
               contrary
               to
               their
               Oaths
               changed
               this
               Government
            
             by
             ruling
             alone
             ,
             and
             taking
             
             upon
             them
             the
             Supremacy
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             that
             they
             were
             the
             best
             Governours
             in
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             it
             is
             forbidden
             to
             Subjects
             to
             depose
             upon
             pain
             of
             damnation
             .
          
           
             
               What
               then
               was
               he
               that
               deposed
               them
               ?
               one
               would
               think
               Mr.
            
             Baxter
             
               should
               have
               called
               him
               a
               Traytor
               ,
               but
               he
               calls
               him
               in
               the
               same
               Preface
               ,
            
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             ,
             
               adding
               ,
            
             That
             he
             did
             prudently
             ,
             piously
             ,
             faithfully
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             immortal
             honour
             exercise
             the
             Government
             ,
             
               which
               he
               left
               to
               his
               Son
               ,
            
             to
             whom
             (
             
               as
               Mr.
            
             Baxter
             
               saith
               pag.
            
             481.
             )
             he
             is
             bound
             to
             submit
             as
             set
             over
             us
             by
             God
             ;
             and
             to
             obey
             for
             conscience
             sake
             ,
             and
             to
             hehave
             himself
             as
             a
             Loyal
             Subject
             towards
             him
             ,
             because
             (
             
               as
               he
               saith
               in
               the
               same
               place
            
             )
             a
             full
             and
             free
             Parliament
             had
             owned
             him
             :
             
               thereby
               implying
               ,
               That
               a
               maimed
               and
               manacled
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
               without
               King
               and
               Lords
               ,
               and
               notwithstanding
               the
               violent
               expulsion
               of
               the
               secluded
               Members
               ,
            
             were
             a
             full
             and
             free
             Parliament
             ;
             
               and
               consequently
               that
               if
               such
               a
               Parliament
               should
               have
               taken
               Arms
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               he
               must
               have
               sided
               with
               them
               .
               Yea
               ,
               though
               they
               had
               been
               never
               so
               much
               in
               fault
               ,
               and
               though
               they
               had
               been
               the
               beginners
               of
               the
            
             
             
               War
               ,
               for
               he
               tells
               us
               in
               plain
               and
               expresse
               terms
               ,
            
          
           
             VIII
             .
             That
             if
             he
             had
             known
             the
             Parliament
             had
             been
             the
             beginners
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             in
             most
             fault
             ,
             yet
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             Trustees
             and
             Representatives
             ,
             and
             so
             of
             all
             the
             security
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             being
             a
             punishment
             greater
             than
             any
             faults
             of
             theirs
             against
             the
             King
             could
             deserve
             from
             him
             ,
             their
             faults
             could
             not
             dis-oblige
             him
             (
             
               meaning
               himself
            
             )
             from
             defending
             the
             Common-wealth
             ▪
             
               Pag.
            
             480.
             
          
           
             
               And
               that
               he
               might
               do
               this
               lawfully
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               good
               Conscience
               ,
               he
               seems
               to
               be
               so
               confident
               ,
               that
               in
               his
               Preface
               ,
               he
               makes
               as
               it
               were
               a
               challenge
               ,
               saying
               ;
               that
            
             if
             any
             man
             can
             prove
             that
             the
             King
             was
             the
             highest
             power
             in
             the
             time
             of
             those
             Divisions
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             power
             to
             make
             that
             War
             which
             he
             made
             ,
             he
             will
             offer
             his
             head
             to
             Justice
             as
             a
             Rebel
             .
          
           
             As
             if
             in
             those
             times
             of
             Division
             the
             King
             had
             lost
             or
             forfeited
             his
             Soveraignty
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             had
             not
             only
             a
             part
             ,
             but
             the
             whole
             Soveraignty
             in
             themselves
             .
          
           
             IX
             .
             
               Finally
               Mr.
            
             Baxter
             
               tells
               us
               ,
               pag.
            
             486.
             
             That
             having
             often
             searched
             into
             his
             heart
             ;
             whether
             he
             did
             lawfully
             engage
             into
             the
             War
             or
             not
             ,
             and
             whether
             he
             did
             lawfully
             encourage
             so
             many
             thousands
             to
             it
             ;
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             issue
             of
             all
             his
             search
             was
             but
             this
             ,
             —
             That
             he
             cannot
             yet
             see
             that
             he
             was
             mistaken
             in
             the
             main
             cause
             ,
             nor
             dares
             he
             repent
             of
             it
             ,
             not
             forbear
             doing
             the
             same
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             to
             do
             again
             in
             the
             same
             state
             of
             things
             .
             
               He
               tells
               us
               indeed
               in
               the
               same
               place
               ,
            
             that
             if
             he
             could
             be
             convinced
             he
             had
             sinned
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             he
             would
             as
             gladly
             make
             a
             publick
             recantation
             ,
             as
             he
             would
             eat
             or
             drink
             :
             
               which
               seeing
               he
               hath
               not
               yet
               done
               ,
               it
               is
               evident
               he
               is
               still
               of
               the
               same
               mind
               ,
               and
               consequently
               would
               upon
               the
               same
               occasion
               do
               the
               same
               things
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               fight
               ,
               and
               encourage
               as
               many
               thousands
               as
               he
               could
               to
               fight
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               for
               any
               thing
               that
               calls
               it self
               ,
               or
               which
               he
               is
               pleased
               to
               call
            
             a
             full
             and
             free
             Parliament
             :
             
               as
               likewise
               that
               he
               would
               own
               and
               submit
               to
               any
               Usurper
               of
               the
               Soveraignty
               ,
            
             as
             set
             up
             by
             God
             ,
             
               although
               he
               came
               to
               it
               by
               the
               murder
               of
               his
               Master
               ,
               and
               by
               trampling
               upon
               the
               Parliament
               .
            
             Lastly
             ,
             
               That
               he
               would
               hinder
               as
               much
               as
               possibly
               he
               could
               ,
               the
               restoring
               of
               the
               rightful
               Heir
               unto
               the
               Crown
               .
               And
               now
               whether
               a
               man
               of
               this
               Judgement
               ,
               and
               of
               these
               affections
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               permitted
               to
               Preach
               or
               no
               ,
               let
               any
               ,
               but
               himself
               ,
               judge
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             A
             Letter
             unto
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             and
             Quality
             ,
             Containing
             some
             Animadversions
             upon
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Worcester's
            
             Letter
             .
          
           
             
               Honourable
               and
               Worthy
               Sir
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Am
             to
             thank
             You
             for
             the
             last
             piece
             of
             Divertisement
             you
             gave
             me
             ,
             in
             sending
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Worcester's
            
             Letter
             ,
             and
             I
             wish
             you
             would
             have
             let
             me
             enjoyed
             the
             satisfaction
             I
             took
             in
             reading
             it
             ,
             without
             obliging
             me
             to
             give
             You
             my
             sense
             upon
             it
             :
             For
             besides
             my
             unwillingness
             to
             meddle
             in
             a
             Personal
             quarrel
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             be
             very
             safe
             for
             any
             to
             engage
             against
             so
             angry
             an
             Adversary
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             be
             thought
             to
             do
             ,
             though
             I
             resolve
             to
             speak
             nothing
             but
             Truth
             in
             the
             Character
             I
             intend
             to
             give
             of
             him
             ;
             And
             it
             is
             briefly
             this
             ,
             That
             ,
             in
             fewer
             leaves
             I
             never
             yet
             read
             more
             Passion
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             very
             predominant
             ,
             that
             his
             disorderly
             and
             abrupt
             stile
             doth
             altogether
             partake
             of
             it
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Bishops
             best
             way
             will
             be
             ,
             to
             get
             his
             Heat
             mistaken
             so
             Zeal
             ,
             for
             else
             it
             may
             justly
             be
             accounted
             something
             that
             hath
             a
             worse
             Name
             ,
             and
             which
             ,
             in
             the
             Dog-dayes
             will
             be
             very
             dangerous
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             my
             Judgement
             upon
             the
             whole
             Letter
             ,
             You
             may
             well
             expect
             that
             I
             should
             make
             it
             good
             ,
             by
             an
             Induction
             from
             particular
             instances
             ;
             but
             before
             I
             do
             this
             ,
             I
             must
             deal
             impartially
             ,
             and
             assure
             you
             ,
             that
             as
             to
             the
             main
             Controversie
             ,
             I
             think
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             much
             the
             better
             of
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
               :
            
             For
             if
             the
             Question
             between
             them
             ,
             was
             as
             D.
             
               Gunning
               ,
            
             and
             Dr.
             
               Pearson
            
             do
             attest
             ,
             such
             a
             Command
             is
             so
             evidently
             lawful
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             much
             wonder
             if
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
            
             did
             ever
             dispute
             it
             ;
             and
             till
             he
             doth
             clearly
             disprove
             that
             that
             was
             not
             the
             thing
             in
             Question
             ,
             I
             must
             needs
             think
             that
             he
             hath
             much
             forgot
             himself
             in
             making
             an
             Imperfect
             and
             Partial
             Relation
             .
          
           
             Setting
             therefore
             aside
             the
             business
             of
             that
             particular
             Contest
             (
             wherein
             You
             see
             how
             much
             I
             am
             inclined
             to
             favour
             the
             Bishop
             )
             there
             are
             other
             things
             in
             his
             Letter
             of
             general
             Concernment
             ,
             which
             I
             think
             lyable
             to
             just
             Exception
             ;
             As
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             That
             he
             supposeth
             there
             is
             so
             strict
             an
             Union
             ,
             and
             so
             inseperable
             a
             Dependence
             between
             
               Kings
               and
               Bishops
               ,
               that
               they
               must
               stand
               and
               fall
               together
               ;
               and
               all
               who
               are
               Enemies
               to
               the
               one
               ,
               must
               needs
               be
               Enemies
               to
               the
               other
               .
            
             I
             know
             very
             well
             this
             Axiom
             is
             much
             talked
             of
             ,
             and
             some
             advantage
             may
             
             be
             taken
             to
             confirm
             it
             ,
             from
             the
             event
             of
             our
             late
             Wars
             :
             You
             know
             likewise
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             how
             much
             my
             Judgement
             is
             for
             the
             Order
             of
             Bishops
             ;
             and
             how
             Passionate
             a
             Lover
             I
             am
             both
             of
             the
             Kings
             Person
             and
             Government
             ,
             but
             yet
             ,
             being
             thus
             called
             by
             You
             to
             declare
             the
             truth
             ,
             though
             contrary
             to
             my
             own
             Humour
             and
             Interest
             ,
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             ,
             1.
             
             It
             is
             clear
             from
             Story
             ,
             that
             
               Kings
            
             were
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             in
             their
             most
             flourishing
             Estate
             ,
             before
             ever
             
               Bishops
            
             were
             heard
             of
             ;
             and
             no
             reason
             can
             be
             given
             ,
             why
             what
             hath
             once
             been
             ,
             may
             not
             with
             the
             same
             terms
             of
             convenience
             be
             again
             ?
             2.
             
             
               Bishops
            
             as
             they
             are
             by
             Law
             established
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             are
             purely
             the
             
               Kings
               subordinate
               Ministers
               ,
               in
               the
               management
               of
               Ecclesiastical
               Affairs
               ;
            
             which
             His
             Majesty
             may
             confer
             upon
             what
             order
             of
             men
             he
             pleases
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             as
             much
             
               Lay
               persons
            
             as
             You
             and
             I
             are
             .
             It
             is
             therefore
             very
             injurious
             to
             the
             
               Kings
               Authority
               ,
            
             to
             averre
             that
             He
             could
             not
             otherwise
             uphold
             and
             maintain
             it
             ,
             than
             by
             preserving
             the
             Undue
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             some
             think
             ,
             Antichristian
             Dignity
             and
             Prelation
             of
             His
             inferiour
             Officers
             .
             3.
             
             
               Bishops
            
             are
             so
             little
             useful
             to
             support
             the
             
               Regal
               Dignity
            
             (
             which
             is
             founded
             upon
             a
             distinct
             Basis
             of
             its
             own
             )
             that
             upon
             enquiry
             it
             will
             be
             found
             ,
             how
             none
             have
             been
             greater
             Enemies
             to
             the
             True
             and
             Undoubted
             Soveraignty
             of
             Princes
             ,
             than
             some
             Bishops
             themselves
             :
             For
             by
             their
             Officious
             ,
             and
             scarce
             warrantable
             ,
             intermedling
             in
             Civil
             Affairs
             ;
             by
             their
             Absurd
             and
             Insignificant
             distinguishing
             between
             
               Civil
            
             and
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Causes
            
             (
             of
             which
             last
             they
             have
             alwayes
             made
             themselves
             sole
             Judges
             )
             they
             mangle
             the
             Kings
             Authority
             ,
             and
             as
             to
             
               Church-matters
            
             (
             which
             may
             be
             extended
             as
             far
             as
             they
             please
             )
             they
             leave
             the
             King
             nothing
             of
             
               Supremacy
            
             but
             the
             Name
             .
             The
             
               Pope
            
             of
             
               Rome
            
             therefore
             (
             who
             is
             the
             great
             Father
             of
             all
             such
             Bishops
             )
             hath
             improved
             this
             Notion
             and
             Distinction
             so
             far
             that
             
               in
               ordine
               ad
               spiritualia
               ,
            
             he
             hath
             laboured
             to
             subject
             all
             Civil
             Empires
             unto
             his
             sole
             Jurisdiction
             .
             So
             that
             if
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
             Worcester's
             Rule
             hold
             good
             ,
             of
             
               Crimine
               ab
               uno
               —
               Disce
               omnes
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             
               That
               all
               men
               who
               are
               of
               a
               Party
               may
               be
            
             
             
               judged
               of
               by
               the
               miscarriages
               of
               one
               ,
            
             then
             I
             must
             leave
             it
             to
             You
             to
             judge
             ,
             what
             all
             those
             Bishops
             ,
             that
             are
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
             Worcester's
             complexion
             ,
             do
             really
             drive
             at
             ,
             by
             the
             fatal
             example
             of
             that
             one
             Bishops
             Usurpation
             ?
             For
             ,
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             Assertion
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Worcester
            
             (
             and
             consequently
             every
             other
             Bishop
             )
             
               is
               the
               sole
               Pastor
               of
               all
               the
               Congregations
               in
               his
               Diocesse
               ,
            
             if
             it
             be
             at
             all
             defensible
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             can
             be
             
             defended
             only
             by
             those
             Arguments
             ,
             which
             are
             commonly
             alledged
             to
             maintain
             the
             
               Popes
               Supremacy
            
             over
             all
             Churches
             whatever
             .
             For
             since
             a
             Bishop
             can
             no
             otherwise
             discharge
             his
             duty
             herein
             ,
             than
             by
             providing
             
               Substitutes
               ,
            
             what
             hinders
             but
             the
             
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
            
             may
             as
             well
             oversee
             a
             million
             of
             Churches
             ,
             as
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Worcester
            
             five
             hundred
             ?
             
             Since
             if
             Deputation
             be
             lawful
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             compass
             and
             circuit
             of
             ground
             doth
             not
             at
             all
             alter
             the
             case
             .
             I
             forbear
             to
             urge
             how
             contrary
             this
             Practise
             is
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             both
             
               Paul
            
             and
             
               Peter
            
             (
             I
             hope
             the
             Bishop
             will
             not
             take
             it
             ill
             that
             I
             do
             not
             call
             them
             
               Saints
               ,
            
             for
             these
             
               Holy
               men
            
             do
             not
             need
             any
             stile
             of
             Honour
             out
             of
             the
             
               Popes
               Kalender
               .
            
             )
             When
             
               Paul
            
             had
             sent
             for
             the
             
               Elders
               of
               the
               Church
               at
               Ephesus
               ,
            
             he
             bids
             
             them
             
               to
               feed
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               over
               which
            
             (
             not
             he
             himself
             ,
             by
             his
             sole
             Authority
             ,
             as
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Diocesse
             ,
             but
             )
             
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               had
               made
               them
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             i.
             e.
             
               Overseers
               ,
            
             or
             to
             use
             the
             proper
             stile
             ,
             
               Bishops
               .
            
             And
             
               Peter
            
             commands
             his
             
               Fellow-Elders
               ,
            
             (
             for
             so
             doth
             that
             Apostle
             condescend
             to
             call
             himself
             )
             
               to
               feed
               :
               the
               Flock
               which
               was
               among
               them
               ,
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               Overseeing
               ,
            
             or
             
               Acting
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               not
            
             (
             like
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Worcester
            
             )
             
               as
               Lording
               it
               over
               Gods
               Heritage
               ,
               but
               as
               Patterns
               of
               the
               Flock
               .
            
             From
             which
             places
             we
             learn
             ,
             not
             only
             that
             those
             two
             so
             much
             controverted
             Names
             of
             
               Bishop
            
             and
             
               Presbyter
               ,
            
             are
             without
             distinction
             ascribed
             to
             the
             same
             Persons
             ,
             but
             likewise
             ,
             that
             whoever
             
               feed
               the
               Flock
               ,
            
             are
             ,
             
               under
               Christ
            
             (
             whom
             the
             Apostle
             there
             stiles
             the
             
               Chief-Shepherd
            
             )
             the
             next
             and
             immediate
             
               Pastors
            
             of
             the
             
               Flock
               ;
            
             And
             to
             extend
             the
             
               Pastoral
               Power
            
             beyond
             the
             actual
             care
             of
             
               Feeding
               ,
            
             is
             a
             Notion
             altogether
             unscriptural
             ,
             and
             likewise
             leaves
             us
             no
             bounds
             where
             to
             fix
             ,
             till
             we
             come
             to
             center
             upon
             some
             one
             
               Universal
               Pastor
               ,
            
             who
             may
             claim
             this
             Power
             over
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             parity
             of
             reason
             ,
             that
             a
             Bishop
             doth
             over
             one
             
               Diocesse
               .
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             It
             seems
             to
             be
             a
             Light
             ,
             and
             (
             to
             say
             no
             more
             )
             unseemly
             trifling
             with
             sacred
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             affirm
             ,
             that
             those
             words
             of
             our
             Saviour
             concerning
             such
             as
             
               come
               not
               in
               by
               the
               Door
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             
               are
            
             
             
               Thieves
               and
               Robbers
               ,
            
             ought
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             such
             
               Ministers
               ,
               as
               preach
               to
               Congregations
               without
               the
               Bishops
               License
               ,
            
             Which
             thing
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             (
             in
             great
             Heat
             and
             Earnestnesse
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             done
             very
             well
             in
             it
             )
             tells
             us
             more
             than
             once
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             
             
               Principal
               reason
               why
               he
               silenced
            
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
               .
            
             Truly
             if
             this
             practise
             be
             justifiable
             ▪
             and
             those
             who
             design
             themselves
             
               to
               preach
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             must
             ,
             besides
             their
             
               Ordination
               ,
            
             procure
             
               a
               License
               from
               a
               Bishop
               ,
            
             to
             do
             that
             ,
             which
             a
             
               Woe
            
             is
             denounced
             against
             ,
             if
             they
             offer
             to
             omit
             .
             Then
             1.
             
             I
             see
             not
             what
             
               Ordination
            
             signifies
             ,
             since
             the
             Power
             that
             then
             is
             given
             ,
             no
             Authority
             from
             Man
             can
             take
             away
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             dissolve
             the
             Contract
             of
             a
             Marriage
             ,
             much
             less
             impeach
             and
             hinder
             the
             free
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             except
             for
             Moral
             and
             notoriously
             vicious
             Misdemeanours
             .
             2.
             
             For
             one
             
               Minister
               of
               the
               Gospel
            
             (
             for
             certainly
             a
             
               Bishop
            
             is
             no
             more
             )
             to
             Silence
             another
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             no
             better
             Reason
             ,
             than
             because
             his
             Fellow-Minister
             is
             desirous
             to
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             without
             a
             
               new
               License
               ,
            
             this
             is
             an
             abuse
             of
             Dominion
             ,
             which
             as
             our
             Saviour
             doth
             no
             where
             countenance
             ,
             so
             the
             first
             Ages
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             were
             altogether
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             unacquainted
             with
             .
             For
             the
             
               Bishops
            
             instance
             of
             our
             Saviours
             
               putting
               to
               silence
               the
               Scribes
               and
               Pharisees
               ,
            
             is
             both
             Impertinent
             and
             False
             ,
             because
             our
             Saviour
             did
             only
             
               silence
               them
               by
               Argument
               ,
            
             which
             the
             Bishop
             may
             do
             when
             ever
             he
             is
             able
             ;
             but
             what
             is
             that
             to
             an
             Authoritative
             and
             Imperious
             commanding
             men
             to
             be
             Silent
             .
             Besides
             ,
             even
             then
             when
             our
             Saviour
             was
             most
             strict
             in
             pronouncing
             
               Woes
            
             against
             the
             
               Pharisees
               ,
            
             in
             that
             very
             Chapter
             ,
             he
             is
             so
             far
             from
             forbidding
             the
             
               Pharisees
            
             to
             preach
             ,
             that
             he
             commands
             his
             Disciples
             both
             to
             Hear
             and
             to
             Obey
             their
             Doctrine
             .
             So
             that
             since
             the
             Bishop
             will
             needs
             have
             the
             
               Presbyterians
            
             to
             be
             
               Pharisees
               ,
            
             let
             him
             but
             allow
             them
             the
             same
             Liberty
             of
             Teaching
             the
             People
             ,
             as
             our
             Saviour
             did
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             I
             believe
             they
             will
             not
             (
             at
             least
             were
             I
             a
             
               Presbyterian
            
             I
             should
             not
             )
             envy
             his
             Lordship
             ,
             either
             his
             Title
             or
             Maintenance
             ,
             how
             undue
             and
             unmeri●●ed
             soever
             they
             ●●oth
             be
             .
             And
             though
             the
             Bishop
             is
             pleased
             to
             say
             that
             the
             
               Presbyterians
            
             preach
             nothing
             but
             
               Sedition
               and
               Treason
            
             (
             which
             is
             most
             false
             ,
             as
             being
             directly
             contrary
             to
             their
             declared
             Principles
             )
             yet
             the
             
               Pharisees
            
             taught
             something
             worse
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             
               Blasphemy
               :
            
             Yet
             our
             Saviour
             (
             who
             sure
             had
             more
             power
             ,
             and
             withall
             ,
             more
             care
             of
             his
             Church
             than
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Worcester
            
             )
             did
             not
             go
             about
             by
             Force
             to
             prohibit
             them
             .
             I
             wish
             therefore
             ,
             th●●
             this
             bishop
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Brethren
             (
             if
             any
             are
             Cholerick
             and
             Testy
             enough
             to
             be
             of
             his
             mind
             )
             would
             consider
             ,
             that
             as
             by
             silencing
             their
             
               Fellow-Ministers
               ,
            
             for
             such
             frivolous
             and
             slight
             pretences
             ,
             they
             usurp
             a
             Power
             ,
             which
             Christ
             never
             gave
             ,
             so
             at
             the
             last
             day
             he
             will
             not
             thank
             them
             for
             the
             Exercise
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             How
             consistent
             with
             the
             
               Civil
               Peace
            
             (
             for
             as
             to
             
               Christian
               Charity
               ,
            
             the
             whole
             thing
             is
             but
             a
             
               Letter
               of
               defiance
            
             against
             it
             )
             the
             
               Bishops
               Distinction
            
             is
             about
             the
             
               Act
               of
               Indempnity
               ▪
            
             and
             (
             the
             so
             
             much
             forgotten
             
               Act
               of
               Oblivion
               ,
            
             I
             hope
             His
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Parliament
             will
             in
             due
             time
             consider
             .
             For
             he
             is
             so
             hardy
             as
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             
               That
               the
               King
               by
               it
               only
               pardoned
               the
               corporal
               Punishment
               ;
               but
               the
               Church
               had
               not
               ,
               nor
               ought
               not
               to
               forgive
               the
               Scandal
               ,
               till
               honourable
               amends
               were
               made
               her
               by
               Confession
               and
               Recantation
               .
            
             Where
             by
             speaking
             of
             the
             
               Church
               ,
            
             as
             distinct
             from
             the
             
               State
            
             (
             I
             mean
             in
             point
             of
             
               Coercive
               Jurisdiction
            
             )
             the
             Bishop
             would
             make
             us
             believe
             ,
             that
             after
             His
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Parliament
             have
             forgiven
             men
             their
             Civil
             Crimes
             ,
             there
             is
             still
             another
             Power
             ,
             which
             he
             calls
             
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             unto
             which
             they
             are
             still
             accountable
             ,
             even
             so
             far
             as
             to
             make
             a
             
               Publick
               Recantation
               .
            
             Here
             I
             wish
             the
             Bishop
             would
             have
             spoken
             out
             of
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             and
             plainly
             told
             us
             ,
             what
             he
             meant
             by
             
               the
               Church
               :
            
             For
             i●●
             it
             b●●
             
               a
               Congregation
               of
               the
               Faithful
               met
               together
               for
               the
               Worship
               of
               God
               ,
            
             as
             t●●
             Defin●●ion
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             is
             in
             the
             39.
             
             Arti●●les
             ;
             this
             will
             not
             at
             all
             advantage
             him
             ,
             since
             such
             a
             Church
             hath
             no
             Coercive
             or
             Imposing
             Power
             :
             But
             if
             he
             means
             the
             
               Hierarchy
            
             or
             
               Ecclesiastical
            
             
             
               State
               ,
            
             by
             
               Arch-Bishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             There
             can
             be
             nothing
             more
             False
             ,
             or
             more
             dishonourable
             unto
             our
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             than
             to
             affirm
             that
             it
             lies
             in
             their
             power
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             Punish
             ,
             but
             likewise
             to
             exact
             a
             
               Recantation
               ,
            
             for
             those
             Faults
             which
             the
             
               King
               and
               Parliament
            
             have
             not
             only
             pardoned
             ,
             but
             under
             severe
             Penalties
             commanded
             should
             never
             more
             be
             remembred
             :
             And
             therefore
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             resent
             this
             Malicious
             and
             Ill-grounded
             Fancy
             .
             And
             since
             the
             Bishop
             is
             so
             over-zealous
             for
             the
             very
             Letter
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             when
             it
             imposes
             
               Ceremonies
               ,
            
             give
             me
             leave
             a
             little
             to
             wonder
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             his
             Profession
             and
             Place
             in
             the
             Church
             should
             so
             unchristianly
             go
             against
             it
             ,
             when
             it
             enjoyns
             Moderation
             and
             Forgiveness
             as
             to
             Civil
             Injuries
             .
             Such
             as
             he
             ,
             who
             make
             the
             Law
             ,
             instead
             of
             being
             a
             
               Buckler
            
             to
             protect
             
               Converts
               ,
            
             a
             
               Sword
            
             only
             to
             cut
             off
             all
             such
             as
             were
             once
             Offenders
             ,
             labour
             what
             they
             can
             to
             make
             men
             Desperate
             ,
             and
             thereby
             render
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             the
             prosperity
             and
             Welfare
             of
             His
             Majesty
             very
             Insecure
             and
             Hazardous
             .
             For
             what
             can
             more
             enrage
             Men
             to
             take
             Wild
             and
             Forbidden
             Courses
             ,
             than
             to
             see
             even
             Preachers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             strive
             to
             widen
             their
             Wounds
             ,
             and
             ,
             contrary
             to
             their
             own
             former
             Professions
             ,
             to
             pull
             off
             that
             Plaister
             ,
             which
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             our
             State
             Physicians
             had
             provided
             to
             heal
             our
             Distempers
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             It
             is
             Bold
             and
             Impious
             (
             I
             know
             not
             how
             to
             express
             it
             more
             mildly
             )
             what
             he
             affirms
             ,
             that
             
               If
               to
               command
               an
               Act
               ,
               which
               by
               accident
               may
               prove
               an
               occasion
               of
               sin
               ,
               be
               sinful
               ,
               then
               God
               himself
               cannot
               command
               any
               thing
               .
            
             For
             ,
             though
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             I
             will
             by
             no
             means
             own
             that
             Assertion
             ,
             yet
             ,
             a
             thing
             ,
             which
             by
             accident
             may
             become
             sinful
             ,
             may
             be
             Unlawful
             in
             another
             to
             command
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             sufficient
             Authority
             ,
             whereas
             Gods
             Soveraign
             power
             doth
             without
             dispute
             or
             controversy
             make
             all
             his
             Commands
             to
             be
             just
             ;
             and
             therefore
             his
             Name
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             mentioned
             in
             our
             trivial
             disputes
             ▪
             because
             every
             such
             vain
             Use
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             diminution
             and
             lessening
             of
             his
             Greatness
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             
               That
               an
               Offence
               ;
               to
               which
               a
               disproportionable
               Penalty
               is
               annexed
               ,
               is
               not
               to
               be
               measured
               by
               the
               Quality
               of
               the
               Act
               considered
               in
               it self
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               mischievous
               consequences
               it
               may
               produce
               ▪
            
             wh●●ther
             this
             ought
             to
             hold
             good
             in
             
               Civil
               Laws
               ,
            
             becomes
             neither
             the
             Bishop
             nor
             me
             to
             dispute
             :
             but
             in
             
               Divinity
            
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             False
             and
             Dangerous
             .
             For
             to
             impose
             ,
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             as
             necessary
             circumstances
             of
             it
             ,
             things
             confessedly
             trivial
             and
             needless
             ;
             and
             ,
             upon
             the
             forbearance
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             debar
             any
             from
             the
             benefits
             first
             of
             Christian
             ,
             and
             then
             of
             Civil
             Communion
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             which
             hath
             not
             the
             least
             pretence
             of
             Scripture
             or
             Primitive
             practice
             to
             justifie
             it
             .
             For
             our
             Saviour
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             
               whoever
               were
               not
               against
               him
               ,
               were
               for
               him
               ;
            
             and
             the
             Apostle
             bids
             us
             
               to
               receive
               our
               weak
               Brother
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               judge
               ,
            
             much
             less
             to
             
               burden
               his
               Conscience
               .
            
             Unto
             which
             
               Sacred
               Canon
               ;
            
             nothing
             
             can
             be
             more
             directly
             contrary
             ,
             than
             what
             the
             Bishop
             most
             Incompassionately
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Laws
               do
               well
               to
               punish
               ,
               even
               with
               non-admission
               to
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               such
               as
               will
               not
               ,
               or
               perhaps
               dare
               not
               ,
               kneel
               .
            
             And
             the
             Reason
             he
             gives
             is
             equally
             
               Apocrypha
               ,
               Because
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               it
               becomes
               not
               the
               Law-givers
               to
               endanger
               the
               Churches
               peace
               for
               their
               sake
               :
            
             As
             if
             first
             ,
             It
             did
             not
             much
             more
             become
             all
             Law-givers
             ,
             in
             the
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             observe
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             Law
             of
             
               Love
            
             and
             
               Liberty
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             As
             if
             the
             Churches
             peace
             would
             not
             be
             much
             more
             endangered
             ,
             by
             the
             pressing
             of
             things
             doubtful
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             forbearance
             of
             them
             .
             For
             since
             by
             the
             enforcing
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             as
             God
             hath
             no
             where
             commanded
             ,
             our
             Christian
             liberty
             is
             entringed
             ;
             from
             hence
             it
             follows
             ,
             that
             ,
             if
             we
             ought
             not
             ,
             yet
             we
             lawfully
             may
             refuse
             to
             submit
             unto
             such
             Impositions
             ;
             as
             our
             Saviour
             did
             
               in
               not
               washing
               his
               hands
               before
               Meat
               ;
            
             and
             the
             Apostle
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             in
             the
             case
             of
             
               Circumcision
               .
            
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             As
             for
             the
             chain
             of
             Consequences
             ,
             which
             the
             Bishop
             links
             and
             ties
             together
             .
             As
             that
             
               from
               Diversity
               in
               external
               Rites
               ,
               ariseth
               Dislike
               ;
               from
               Dislike
               ,
               Enmity
               ;
               from
               Enmity
               ,
               Opposition
               ;
            
             
             
               thence
               Schism
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               Sedition
               in
               the
               State
               ;
            
             For
             proof
             of
             which
             ,
             he
             doth
             very
             virulently
             instance
             in
             our
             Unhappy
             times
             .
             To
             prevent
             which
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             
               the
               State
               cannot
               be
               safe
               without
               the
               Church
               ,
               nor
               the
               Church
               without
               the
               Unity
               ,
               nor
               Unity
               without
               Uniformity
               ,
               nor
               Uniformity
               without
               a
               strict
               and
               rigorous
               Imposition
               .
            
             To
             all
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             meer
             ▪
             Rope
             of
             Sand
             ,
             and
             the
             Parts
             of
             his
             Chain
             do
             as
             little
             harg
             together
             ,
             as
             
               Sampsons
               Foxes
            
             did
             before
             they
             were
             tied
             by
             the
             Tails
             ,
             which
             course
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             imitated
             ,
             not
             forgetting
             to
             put
             in
             even
             the
             
               Firebrand
            
             it self
             to
             make
             up
             the
             comparison
             .
             For
             1.
             
             Nothing
             is
             more
             clear
             than
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             ,
             nay
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             
               Diversity
               in
               external
               Forms
               ,
            
             without
             any
             
               Dislike
            
             at
             all
             as
             to
             the
             Person
             of
             another
             :
             For
             the
             
               Apostles
               that
               preached
               to
               the
               Circumcision
            
             gave
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             Fellowship
             unto
             the
             
               Apostles
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ;
            
             although
             their
             
               Outward
               Rites
            
             in
             publick
             Worship
             ,
             were
             far
             more
             different
             ,
             than
             those
             ,
             which
             ,
             by
             any
             of
             the
             most
             distant
             perswasions
             ,
             are
             now
             practised
             in
             
               England
               .
            
             2.
             
             The
             
               State
            
             may
             be
             preserved
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             reference
             to
             the
             
               Church
               ,
            
             unless
             it
             turns
             Persecuter
             of
             it
             ;
             as
             is
             evident
             in
             those
             300
             years
             before
             
               Constantines
            
             time
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             was
             no
             Church
             at
             all
             legally
             countenanced
             ;
             and
             for
             some
             scores
             of
             years
             after
             ,
             both
             the
             
               Christians
            
             and
             
               Gentiles
            
             were
             equally
             advanced
             and
             favoured
             .
             3.
             
             
               Unity
               ,
            
             I
             mean
             such
             as
             Christ
             came
             to
             establish
             (
             which
             is
             an
             
               Unity
            
             in
             heart
             and
             spirit
             )
             doth
             not
             in
             the
             least
             depend
             upon
             
               Uniformity
            
             but
             upon
             
               Charity
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             a
             Christian
             and
             a
             Candid
             forbearance
             of
             one
             another
             in
             things
             
               Circumstantial
               ,
            
             when
             we
             agree
             in
             the
             
               Essentials
               of
               Worship
               ;
            
             which
             is
             a
             thing
             ,
             that
             meer
             Civility
             would
             teach
             ,
             though
             Religion
             
             were
             silent
             in
             it
             .
             And
             whereas
             the
             Bishop
             thinks
             he
             hath
             got
             some
             advantage
             ,
             by
             reviving
             the
             memory
             of
             our
             late
             
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
            
             which
             ,
             were
             he
             either
             Christian
             or
             Man
             enough
             ,
             he
             would
             wish
             were
             eternally
             buried
             in
             silence
             )
             I
             must
             (
             to
             use
             his
             own
             Phrase
             )
             
               tell
               him
               in
               his
               ear
               ,
            
             that
             our
             Wars
             did
             not
             arise
             from
             the
             separation
             of
             Conscientious
             Dissentors
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             violence
             and
             Fury
             of
             Unconscionable
             Imposers
             :
             Who
             would
             not
             allow
             their
             Brethren
             (
             who
             desired
             nothing
             more
             than
             to
             live
             peaceably
             by
             them
             )
             that
             sober
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             the
             
               Law
               of
               God
            
             commanded
             ,
             and
             no
             Law
             of
             Man
             could
             justly
             deprive
             them
             of
             .
             And
             whether
             the
             publick
             maintaining
             of
             the
             very
             same
             Positions
             and
             Practises
             ,
             may
             not
             in
             time
             beget
             the
             same
             Feuds
             and
             Animosities
             ,
             although
             this
             Bishop
             cares
             not
             ,
             yet
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             he
             now
             doth
             ,
             so
             will
             alwayes
             graciously
             consider
             .
          
           
             Eighthly
             ,
             Whether
             as
             to
             the
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             the
             
               French
               Protestants
            
             do
             enjoyn
             
               standing
            
             at
             the
             
               Sacrament
               ;
            
             and
             the
             
               Dutch
               kneeling
               ;
            
             I
             will
             labour
             to
             inform
             my self
             of
             some
             more
             Un●●yassed
             witness
             than
             this
             Bishop
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Laws
            
             of
             those
             
               Churches
               ,
            
             which
             I
             have
             carefully
             perused
             ,
             I
             can
             find
             no
             such
             matter
             .
             But
             if
             they
             did
             so
             ,
             this
             would
             not
             at
             all
             justifie
             the
             Imposition
             of
             
               Kneeling
               ;
            
             because
             1.
             
             The
             Question
             is
             
               de
               Jure
               ,
            
             whether
             it
             be
             lawful
             to
             prescribe
             any
             one
             such
             certain
             Posture
             ,
             without
             submiting
             to
             which
             ,
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             lawful
             to
             admit
             any
             to
             the
             Sacrament
             ;
             and
             till
             the
             Affirmative
             of
             this
             be
             proved
             by
             Scriptures
             ,
             Examples
             ,
             and
             Instances
             from
             the
             Practice
             of
             men
             ,
             will
             not
             satisfie
             a
             doubting
             conscience
             ▪
             2.
             
             Neither
             of
             those
             fore-mentioned
             Postures
             are
             so
             much
             to
             exception
             as
             
               Kneeling
               ;
            
             because
             this
             last
             is
             manifestly
             more
             superstitious
             ,
             for
             1.
             
             It
             varies
             most
             of
             any
             from
             the
             
               First
               Pattern
               .
            
             2.
             
             It
             hath
             been
             monstrously
             abused
             by
             the
             
               Papists
            
             to
             
               Idolatry
               ;
            
             which
             alone
             renders
             it
             most
             Unsafe
             to
             be
             practised
             ,
             &
             most
             Unwarrantable
             to
             be
             imposed
             :
             Especially
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             again
             explained
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             very
             first
             
               Liturgy
            
             of
             all
             it
             was
             ;
             which
             I
             particularly
             mention
             ,
             to
             shew
             how
             little
             our
             
               Reformation
            
             since
             
               Edw.
               6th
               .
            
             time
             ,
             hath
             been
             improved
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             As
             it
             was
             Needlesly
             ,
             so
             was
             it
             likewise
             Uncharitably
             done
             ,
             to
             revile
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             
               Presbyterians
            
             for
             the
             Faults
             of
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
               ;
            
             upon
             supposition
             that
             either
             he
             is
             a
             
               Presbyterian
               ,
            
             or
             so
             culpable
             as
             the
             Bishop
             would
             make
             him
             .
             For
             since
             every
             man
             is
             
               to
               bear
               his
               own
               Burden
               ,
            
             what
             Bible
             did
             the
             Bishop
             find
             it
             in
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             without
             scruple
             ,
             asperse
             a
             whole
             order
             of
             Men
             ,
             for
             the
             pretended
             miscarrige
             of
             one
             ;
             who
             ,
             by
             the
             Bishop's
             own
             Confession
             ,
             was
             not
             of
             so
             Amicable
             and
             com●●i●●t
             a
             Temper
             as
             the
             rest
             :
             And
             therefore
             certainly
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             brought
             in
             as
             Parties
             i●●
             that
             ●●r●●e
             of
             Unpeaceableness
             ,
             from
             which
             the
             Bishop
             just
             before
             had
             absolved
             them
             :
             but
             chol●●
             spoils
             the
             Memory
             ;
             and
             s●●e
             his
             
             
             
             
             
             Brethren
             the
             Bishops
             would
             not
             take
             it
             well
             of
             a
             
               Presbyterian
               ,
            
             should
             he
             cry
             out
             
               Crimine
               ab
               uno
               ,
               disce
               omnes
               —
               See
               what
               manner
               of
               Spirit
               these
               Bishops
               are
               of
               ,
               and
               judge
               them
               all
               by
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Worcester
             '
             
               s
               example
               .
            
             Truly
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             a
             little
             angry
             ,
             when
             I
             confider
             how
             much
             this
             one
             mans
             Indiscretion
             hath
             exposed
             all
             of
             the
             same
             Order
             to
             Censure
             ;
             For
             were
             they
             all
             like
             him
             ,
             (
             which
             I
             do
             not
             ,
             nor
             dare
             not
             think
             )
             I
             should
             not
             scruple
             to
             pray
             heartily
             ,
             what
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             doth
             in
             scorn
             concerning
             the
             Preachers
             —
             
               Lord
               deliver
               us
               from
               such
               Bishops
               .
            
             And
             let
             all
             the
             People
             say
             Amen
             .
          
           
             Thus
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             see
             how
             willing
             I
             am
             to
             serve
             you
             ,
             in
             proposing
             my
             Exceptions
             ,
             the
             fuller
             prosecution
             of
             which
             ,
             I
             must
             leave
             to
             some
             other
             Pen
             ,
             more
             able
             both
             in
             
               Divinity
            
             and
             
               Policy
               ,
            
             who
             may
             convince
             both
             the
             Bishop
             and
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             yet
             time
             to
             sow
             such
             
               Tares
               ;
            
             This
             Age
             is
             a
             little
             too
             knowing
             to
             be
             gull'd
             with
             an
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             or
             to
             take
             every
             thing
             for
             Oracle
             which
             a
             Bishops
             Passion
             dictates
             .
             But
             before
             I
             ease
             you
             of
             your
             Trouble
             in
             reading
             this
             ,
             I
             will
             crave
             leave
             to
             give
             you
             a
             Taste
             of
             the
             
               Reverend
            
             Father's
             deep
             wisdom
             in
             two
             or
             three
             particulars
             .
             —
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             that
             he
             declaims
             ,
             so
             fiercely
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             would
             crack
             his
             Girdle
             ,
             against
             all
             those
             
               who
               force
               all
               Communicants
               to
               come
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               be
               particularly
               examined
               before
               they
               admit
               them
               to
               the
               Sacrament
               .
            
             Indeed
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             this
             was
             an
             Imposition
             ,
             as
             no
             way
             Justifiable
             ,
             so
             ,
             for
             ought
             I
             can
             here
             ,
             no
             where
             practised
             .
             The
             Custom
             being
             that
             men
             were
             only
             once
             for
             all
             examined
             ,
             at
             their
             first
             coming
             to
             the
             Sacrament
             ;
             which
             the
             Bishop
             himself
             allows
             under
             other
             Names
             of
             being
             Catechised
             and
             Instructed
             .
             It
             was
             therefore
             wisely
             done
             of
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             this
             cold
             weather
             ,
             to
             set
             up
             a
             
               Man
               of
               straw
               ,
            
             and
             then
             get
             himself
             heat
             by
             threshing
             it
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             is
             methinks
             very
             Politickly
             done
             to
             Exclaim
             against
             the
             poor
             
               Covenant
               ;
            
             and
             ,
             in
             great
             zeal
             ,
             to
             wish
             all
             the
             
               Books
               ,
               which
               defend
               it
               ,
               were
               burnt
               by
               the
               Authors
               ,
               to
               save
               the
               Hangman
               a
               labour
               .
            
             For
             here
             let
             his
             Adversary
             do
             what
             he
             can
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             will
             be
             too
             hard
             for
             him
             :
             For
             if
             he
             takes
             no
             notice
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             clearly
             gains
             the
             Cause
             ,
             if
             he
             ventures
             to
             assert
             it
             ,
             he
             shall
             presently
             be
             confuted
             with
             a
             Confiscation
             .
             So
             that
             under
             the
             shelter
             of
             this
             Unanswerable
             
               Dilemma
               ,
            
             I
             leave
             him
             ,
             lest
             I
             should
             be
             gored
             with
             the
             Horns
             of
             it
             .
             And
             this
             I
             speak
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             as
             one
             that
             ,
             though
             I
             never
             took
             ,
             but
             always
             opposed
             the
             
               Covenant
               ;
            
             yet
             I
             have
             a
             very
             good
             opinion
             of
             many
             that
             did
             ,
             and
             withal
             a
             great
             Tenderness
             for
             the
             lawful
             Part
             of
             an
             Oath
             ,
             after
             it
             is
             once
             solemnly
             taken
             .
             I
             will
             only
             adde
             this
             ,
             That
             since
             that
             Oath
             hath
             been
             so
             generally
             taken
             ,
             even
             by
             those
             that
             were
             most
             Active
             in
             His
             Majesties
             Service
             ;
             and
             several
             times
             ventured
             their
             Lives
             ,
             to
             signalize
             their
             Loyalty
             ;
             I
             think
             the
             Ashes
             
             of
             it
             (
             since
             it
             was
             burnt
             by
             Publick
             Authority
             )
             had
             much
             better
             have
             been
             suffered
             to
             rest
             quietly
             ,
             than
             thus
             to
             be
             blown
             up
             and
             scattered
             abrbad
             by
             the
             Bishop's
             furious
             breath
             ,
             when
             no
             occasion
             was
             given
             him
             so
             much
             as
             to
             mention
             it
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             I
             can
             never
             enough
             commend
             the
             Bishops
             wisdom
             ,
             in
             resolving
             so
             angrily
             never
             to
             write
             again
             ▪
             for
             he
             is
             Old
             ,
             and
             hath
             Travelled
             far
             ,
             and
             knows
             that
             it
             is
             much
             easier
             to
             speak
             rash
             and
             unjustifiable
             things
             ,
             than
             to
             defend
             them
             .
             And
             therefore
             he
             deals
             with
             those
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             provoked
             ,
             as
             witty
             School-boyes
             do
             with
             their
             Companions
             ,
             first
             he
             hits
             them
             a
             box
             on
             the
             Ear
             ,
             and
             then
             very
             discreetly
             retreats
             ,
             and
             fairly
             runs
             away
             .
             But
             if
             
               Goliah
               ,
            
             who
             took
             upon
             him
             to
             defie
             the
             Host
             of
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             should
             as
             soon
             as
             ever
             he
             had
             dope
             ,
             have
             sneaked
             out
             of
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             thought
             he
             had
             done
             manfully
             enough
             in
             making
             a
             bold
             Challenge
             ,
             and
             in
             shewing
             his
             Teeth
             at
             them
             ;
             I
             believe
             the
             
               Philistines
            
             would
             hardly
             have
             thanked
             him
             for
             that
             Empty
             shew
             of
             Valour
             ,
             whereby
             he
             could
             not
             Conquer
             ,
             but
             only
             Enrage
             the
             Enemy
             .
             And
             whether
             the
             Bishops
             will
             not
             have
             the
             same
             opinion
             of
             this
             over-forward
             and
             unwary
             Champion
             of
             theirs
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             will
             neither
             enquire
             your self
             ,
             nor
             desire
             that
             I
             should
             :
             For
             I
             have
             already
             done
             enough
             to
             shew
             how
             much
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 Jan
                 ▪
                 21.
                 
              
            
             
               SIR
               ,
            
             
               Your
               most
               humble
               Servant
               D.
               E.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Second
             Letter
             unto
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             and
             Quality
             ,
             containing
             some
             Animadversions
             upon
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Worcester's
            
             Letter
             .
             Together
             with
             a
             brief
             Answer
             unto
             all
             that
             one
             
               L'S
               —
            
             intends
             to
             write
             .
          
           
             
               Honourable
               and
               worthy
               Sir
               ,
            
          
           
             YOU
             much
             surprized
             me
             in
             your
             last
             ,
             wherein
             you
             acquainted
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             Letter
             I
             sent
             you
             (
             which
             was
             the
             hasty
             issue
             of
             one
             or
             two
             leasure
             hours
             ,
             and
             therefore
             very
             unfit
             for
             Publick
             View
             )
             was
             by
             your self
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             trouble
             of
             transcribing
             ,
             communicated
             to
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             the
             Result
             ,
             you
             tell
             me
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             many
             sober
             Persons
             (
             who
             thought
             it
             very
             fit
             that
             the
             Bishop
             should
             be
             a
             little
             humbled
             )
             are
             much
             satisfied
             by
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             Bishop
             himself
             so
             far
             concerned
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             employed
             one
             
               L'S
            
             —
             to
             answer
             it
             .
             Truly
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             so
             taken
             with
             this
             last
             part
             of
             your
             News
             ,
             that
             ,
             instead
             of
             prosecuting
             my
             resentments
             against
             the
             Reverend
             Bishop
             (
             which
             nothing
             but
             Publick
             Considerations
             made
             me
             take
             up
             (
             I
             now
             begin
             to
             pity
             him
             ;
             and
             am
             heartily
             sorry
             he
             should
             be
             driven
             to
             so
             desperate
             a
             shift
             ,
             as
             that
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             better
             Champions
             ,
             he
             is
             forced
             to
             commit
             his
             Cause
             to
             the
             Patronage
             of
             such
             a
             Pen
             ,
             whose
             Defence
             will
             more
             dishonour
             him
             than
             the
             sharpest
             Accusation
             .
             For
             who
             that
             knows
             any
             thing
             of
             Civility
             and
             Learning
             ,
             doth
             not
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Character
             you
             give
             of
             that
             
               L'S
            
             —
             is
             not
             more
             sharp
             than
             serious
             ,
             when
             you
             call
             him
             a
             Person
             so
             lost
             to
             all
             good
             Breeding
             ,
             of
             so
             forfeited
             ,
             so
             undone
             a
             Reputation
             in
             point
             of
             meet
             Morality
             ,
             that
             for
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             to
             countenance
             him
             ▪
             is
             a
             crime
             which
             some
             Councels
             have
             pronounced
             ●●n
             
               Anathema
            
             against
             ;
             but
             to
             employ
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             either
             he
             is
             fit
             to
             manage
             such
             Nice
             Points
             as
             that
             Letter
             glanceth
             upon
             ;
             or
             that
             such
             indigested
             stuffe
             as
             he
             must
             needs
             disgorge
             ,
             will
             not
             create
             a
             
               Nausea
            
             
             and
             Loathing
             in
             all
             Sober
             Readers
             ,
             is
             altogether
             as
             improper
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Bishop
             should
             set
             (
             to
             use
             a
             Phrase
             which
             that
             Gentleman
             understands
             )
             
               a
               Hog
               to
               play
               upon
               his
               Organs
               ,
            
             or
             appoint
             a
             Scavenger
             to
             wash
             his
             Surplice
             ;
             the
             very
             attempting
             of
             which
             would
             betray
             ,
             that
             he
             loved
             neither
             Musick
             nor
             Cleanlinesse
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             very
             tender
             of
             the
             Bishops
             Reputation
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             yet
             a
             possibility
             for
             him
             to
             recover
             his
             Credit
             again
             ;
             For
             though
             he
             be
             a
             little
             Angry
             ,
             yet
             the
             World
             must
             needs
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             a
             plain
             dealing
             man
             ;
             since
             his
             Dudgeon
             phrase
             of
             
             
               this
               is
               the
               Truth
               ,
               the
               whole
               Truth
               ,
               and
               nothing
               but
               the
               Truth
               ,
            
             with
             such
             kind
             of
             Home-spun
             .
             Harmless
             Elegancies
             that
             are
             scattered
             in
             his
             Letter
             ,
             Savour
             very
             much
             of
             the
             old
             
               English
            
             Breeding
             ,
             and
             call
             to
             mind
             the
             Trunk-Breeches
             ,
             and
             Wooden
             Daggers
             of
             our
             Ancestors
             ;
             who
             I
             believe
             ,
             spake
             all
             in
             the
             same
             uncounterfeit
             stile
             ,
             which
             it
             well
             becomes
             a
             Bishop
             who
             loves
             Antiquity
             ,
             to
             imitate
             :
             But
             for
             him
             now
             to
             grow
             weary
             of
             this
             Primitive
             simplicity
             ,
             to
             suspect
             his
             own
             strength
             ,
             and
             to
             entrust
             
               Mounsieur
               Le
               Friske
            
             the
             Morice-dancer
             to
             undertake
             his
             Quarrel
             ;
             To
             chuse
             one
             for
             his
             Champion
             ,
             who
             hath
             been
             a
             Fidler
             in
             all
             Governments
             ▪
             and
             would
             have
             been
             a
             Fidler
             to
             the
             worst
             of
             them
             (
             for
             which
             end
             he
             knows
             how
             many
             pitiful
             Begs
             and
             Faces
             he
             made
             ,
             to
             scrape
             acquaintance
             with
             the
             Tyrant
             
               Oliver
            
             )
             for
             him
             now
             to
             be
             suddenly
             advanced
             so
             much
             beyond
             his
             Art
             ,
             will
             run
             the
             poor
             man
             into
             a
             dangerous
             
               Vertigo
               ;
            
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             much
             discredit
             the
             Bishops
             Cause
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             could
             get
             none
             to
             maintain
             it
             but
             this
             common
             Barreter
             ,
             this
             Mercenary
             Songster
             ,
             that
             for
             two
             Crowns
             more
             will
             change
             his
             Note
             ,
             and
             rail
             against
             his
             Patron
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             much
             more
             low
             and
             mean
             being
             my
             Opinion
             of
             that
             Whiffling
             and
             Thin
             souled
             Adversary
             you
             mention
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             so
             little
             concerned
             in
             any
             thing
             he
             intends
             to
             write
             ,
             that
             since
             you
             resolved
             to
             divulge
             the
             Letter
             I
             sent
             you
             ,
             I
             am
             sorry
             you
             did
             not
             likewise
             publish
             my
             Name
             to
             the
             World
             to
             ;
             that
             so
             ,
             another
             ,
             whom
             ,
             as
             you
             tell
             me
             ,
             he
             designes
             to
             fall
             upon
             ,
             might
             not
             ,
             upon
             Mistake
             ,
             have
             the
             Credit
             of
             his
             Calumnies
             ;
             since
             every
             Reproach
             from
             him
             (
             who
             hath
             not
             let
             any
             thing
             Sacred
             ,
             whether
             Person
             or
             Doctrine
             ,
             escape
             his
             venomous
             Pasquils
             )
             I
             look
             upon
             as
             a
             Signal
             Mark
             of
             Honour
             ,
             beyond
             what
             any
             other
             Epitaph
             can
             give
             me
             .
             As
             when
             men
             scatter
             Dung
             upon
             a
             Garden
             ,
             the
             Flowers
             grow
             more
             Fair
             and
             Fragant
             ever
             after
             ;
             So
             were
             I
             ambitious
             of
             ▪
             a
             Name
             ,
             I
             think
             I
             could
             not
             more
             speedily
             procure
             it
             among
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             than
             by
             entreating
             that
             
               L'S
            
             —
             to
             appear
             against
             me
             .
          
           
             As
             therefore
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             love
             my
             Credit
             ,
             manage
             this
             Design
             for
             me
             ,
             and
             promote
             the
             Work
             as
             much
             as
             you
             can
             ;
             And
             by
             divulging
             my
             true
             Name
             ,
             
             let
             not
             any
             Jot
             of
             the
             Commendation
             he
             designes
             me
             ,
             be
             derived
             upon
             that
             Gentleman
             you
             mention
             ,
             whose
             Vein
             ,
             if
             I
             mistake
             not
             ,
             lies
             in
             another
             way
             .
             However
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             no
             Help
             ,
             but
             the
             Innocent
             must
             suffer
             ,
             pray
             think
             so
             Nobly
             of
             me
             ,
             as
             that
             I
             do
             religiously
             intend
             to
             follow
             your
             Advice
             ,
             and
             not
             offer
             to
             answer
             one
             ,
             who
             would
             fain
             be
             Answered
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             appear
             Considerable
             .
             I
             will
             not
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             by
             taking
             any
             notice
             of
             him
             ,
             suffer
             him
             to
             Rail
             himself
             into
             Reputation
             :
             But
             as
             hitherto
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             little
             
               Witticismes
               ,
            
             and
             Twenty
             
               Good
               morrows
            
             (
             to
             shew
             what
             Trade
             he
             drives
             )
             he
             could
             never
             gain
             so
             much
             Respect
             from
             any
             ,
             as
             to
             deserve
             a
             Confutation
             ;
             So
             shall
             I
             let
             him
             pass
             still
             ,
             like
             
               Bessus
            
             in
             the
             Comedy
             ,
             secure
             in
             his
             own
             Want
             of
             Worth
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             ,
             safe
             from
             Censure
             .
             And
             thus
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             dismiss
             that
             Puny
             Authour
             ,
             unto
             his
             Learned
             Labours
             ,
             of
             which
             ,
             you
             tell
             me
             ,
             he
             is
             now
             lying
             in
             ;
             And
             if
             there
             be
             any
             Vertue
             in
             Sack
             (
             for
             he
             drinks
             and
             writes
             in
             the
             same
             measure
             ,
             only
             with
             this
             Difference
             ,
             that
             what
             goes
             in
             Wine
             ,
             comes
             out
             Water
             )
             the
             Women
             of
             
               Turnball-Street
            
             shall
             not
             long
             be
             unfurnished
             of
             a
             Pamphlet
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             to
             conclude
             with
             something
             more
             serious
             ,
             I
             can
             assure
             you
             ;
             that
             I
             am
             perfectly
             reconciled
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             will
             point
             him
             out
             a
             Fair
             and
             Noble
             way
             of
             righting
             himself
             .
             For
             ,
             setting
             aside
             those
             Merry
             Passages
             in
             my
             Letter
             ,
             which
             his
             too
             much
             Heat
             gave
             but
             too
             just
             an
             Occasion
             for
             ,
             I
             give
             you
             free
             Leave
             to
             acquaint
             both
             him
             and
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             I
             intend
             to
             make
             him
             an
             Acknowledgment
             as
             submiss
             as
             any
             Canon
             enjones
             ▪
             if
             he
             will
             either
             by
             Writing
             ,
             or
             Conference
             ,
             make
             good
             any
             of
             these
             Positions
             ,
             which
             he
             asserts
             in
             his
             Book
             ,
             and
             against
             which
             ,
             I
             have
             briefly
             subjoyned
             my
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             Pos.
             1.
             
             
               That
               Monarchy
               cannot
               consist
               without
               Episcopacy
               .
               Neg.
            
             F●●
             Monarchy
             was
             many
             1000.
             
             Years
             before
             Episcopacy
             ,
             and
             therefore
             demonstrably
             may
             be
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             Pos.
             2.
             
             
               That
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Worcester
             
               is
               the
               Sole
               and
               Immediate
               Pastor
               of
               all
               the
               Congregations
               in
               his
               Diocesse
               .
               Neg.
            
             For
             it
             is
             utterly
             against
             Scripture
             Rule
             ,
             to
             extend
             the
             Name
             of
             Pastor
             ,
             beyond
             the
             Flock
             which
             one
             actually
             feeds
             .
          
           
             Pos.
             3.
             
             
               That
               it
               is
               unlawful
               for
               any
               ,
               though
               Ordained
               ,
               to
               preach
               in
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Worcester
             '
             
               s
               Diocesse
               ,
               without
               his
               License
               .
               Neg.
            
             For
             Ordination
             is
             a
             sufficient
             License
             ,
             which
             runs
             as
             the
             Apostles
             Commission
             did
             ,
             
               Go
               preach
               the
               Gospel
               ;
            
             without
             being
             confined
             to
             Place
             ,
             or
             needing
             a
             new
             License
             .
          
           
             Pos.
             4.
             
             
               That
               it
               is
               Lawful
               in
               the
               Worship
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               enjoyn
               a
               small
               thing
               under
               a
               great
               Penalty
               .
               Neg.
            
             For
             we
             have
             no
             Warrant
             for
             such
             an
             Imposition
             in
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             sole
             Rule
             of
             all
             Religious
             Worship
             .
          
           
             Pos.
             5.
             
             
               That
               the
               Church
               hath
               Power
               to
               exact
               Confession
               and
               Recantation
               ,
            
             
             
               for
               those
               Crimes
               which
               the
               State
               hath
               pardoned
               .
               Neg.
            
             For
             ,
             as
             to
             Coercive
             Power
             and
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             difference
             at
             all
             between
             the
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
           
             Pos.
             6.
             
             
               That
               the
               Presbyterians
            
             (
             I
             suppose
             ,
             he
             means
             ,
             not
             Imposers
             of
             their
             own
             Formes
             ,
             but
             barely
             Dissenters
             from
             those
             Imposed
             by
             others
             )
             
               are
               all
               Seditious
               .
               Neg.
            
             For
             it
             is
             against
             their
             publick
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             the
             39.
             
             Articles
             ,
             and
             Church-Canons
             are
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             ,
             so
             that
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             Test
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             Perswasion
             .
          
           
             Thus
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             You
             see
             I
             am
             willing
             to
             reduce
             this
             Controversie
             unto
             a
             Rational
             and
             Calm
             way
             of
             Debate
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             or
             any
             sober
             Person
             for
             him
             ,
             will
             undertake
             to
             maintain
             ,
             either
             all
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             the
             forementioned
             Positions
             ,
             I
             will
             either
             make
             good
             my
             Negative
             ,
             or
             declare
             my
             Conversion
             .
          
           
             And
             because
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             it
             is
             possible
             you
             may
             be
             asked
             ,
             Who
             it
             is
             that
             thus
             boldly
             makes
             a
             Challenge
             unto
             one
             of
             our
             Learned
             Prelates
             ?
             Your
             personal
             Knowledge
             of
             me
             can
             abundantly
             satisfie
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             very
             much
             for
             Bishops
             ,
             more
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             most
             of
             all
             for
             the
             Purity
             and
             Peace
             of
             Religion
             ;
             And
             were
             he
             not
             for
             all
             these
             ,
             in
             their
             Due
             and
             Just
             Subordination
             ,
             he
             thinks
             you
             would
             not
             own
             him
             for
             ,
          
           
             
               Feb.
               6.
               1661.
               
            
             
               SIR
               ,
            
             
               Your
               most
               humble
               Servant
               ,
               D.
               E.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             POSTSCRIPT
             .
          
           
             
               I
            
             Have
             just
             now
             received
             an
             Elaborate
             Piece
             ,
             written
             by
             one
             that
             stiles
             himself
             
               J.
               C.
               M.
               D.
            
             a
             man
             very
             well
             read
             in
             the
             Modern
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             Elegant
             and
             Facete
             a
             Style
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             sorry
             all
             the
             places
             in
             
               Gotham-Colledge
            
             are
             taken
             up
             ,
             for
             this
             man
             would
             be
             an
             excellent
             President
             of
             it
             :
             I
             hope
             the
             Bishop
             will
             be
             so
             Charitable
             as
             to
             provide
             a
             
               Sine-Cura
            
             for
             him
             ,
             for
             his
             Employment
             in
             Physick
             will
             never
             be
             able
             to
             maintain
             him
             in
             Books
             and
             clean
             Linnen
             else
             ;
             I
             wish
             neither
             he
             may
             ever
             want
             such
             able
             Champions
             ,
             nor
             they
             befitting
             Pensions
             .
             
               Adieu
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26854-e3420
           
             He
             might
             have
             refer'd
             them
             to
             himself
             ,
             pag.
             460.
             where
             he
             gives
             the
             same
             answer
             to
             the
             same
             objection
             .
          
           
             
               Vid.
            
             Preface
             to
             the
             
               Holy
               Common
               wealth
               .
            
             pag.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26854-e5240
           
             Pag.
             ●●
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             2
             ▪
             &
             3.
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             3.
             
          
           
             P.
             3
             ,
             6
             ,
             8
             ,
             &
             9.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             8.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             20.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             5.