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             A parish looking-glasse for persecutors of ministers ... or, The persecuted ministers apologie published by Richard Culmer ... in defence of his father, Richard Culmer ...
             Culmer, Richard, 17th cent.
          
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       A35355  R17172  (Wing C7482).  civilwar no A parish looking-glasse for persecutors of ministers. Wherein such persecuting people may behold their ugly-faced sinfull condition, and the Culmer, Richard 1657    22483 21 10 0 0 0 0 14 C  The  rate of 14 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           PARISH
           LOOKING-GLASSE
           FOR
           Persecutors
           of
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           
             Wherein
          
           Such
           persecuting
           People
           may
           behold
           their
           ugly-faced
           sinfull
           Condition
           ,
           and
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           falling
           on
           their
           heads
           .
           
             OR
             ,
          
           The
           Persecuted
           Ministers
           Apologie
           .
        
         
           Published
           by
           
             Richard
             Culmer
          
           for
           the
           Common
           Good
           .
        
         
           
             Especially
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           may
           take
           more
           notice
           of
           ,
           and
           be
           more
           zealous
           against
           Persecutors
           and
           Oppressors
           of
           faithfull
           Ministers
           :
           which
           Persecutors
           endeavour
           ,
           first
           ,
           to
           ruine
           Ministers
           which
           are
           weaker
           in
           power
           than
           Magistrates
           ;
           intending
           afterwards
           more
           easily
           to
           ruine
           Magistrates
           also
           ,
           and
           level
           all
           .
        
         
           
             AND
          
           That
           people
           (
           Sectaries
           and
           others
           )
           which
           despise
           ,
           mock
           ,
           revile
           ,
           slander
           ,
           defraud
           ,
           oppress
           faithful
           Ministers
           ,
           sent
           by
           the
           care
           and
           wisdom
           of
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           ,
           may
           be
           warned
           by
           the
           Judgements
           full
           of
           horrour
           ,
           upon
           such
           Persecutors
           ,
           herein
           recorded
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           set
           forth
           for
           example
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           
             And
             published
             by
             him
             more
             especially
             ,
          
           In
           Defence
           of
           his
           Father
           
             Richard
             Culmer
             ,
          
           Minister
           of
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Thanet
             ,
          
           near
           
             Canterbury
             .
          
        
         
           To
           prevent
           his
           said
           Fathers
           causless
           ruin
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           endeavoured
           by
           those
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           the
           ensuing
           History
           shews
           ,
           after
           many
           publick
           ,
           shameless
           ,
           savage
           Persecutions
           of
           him
           ,
           by
           word
           and
           deed
           ,
           to
           the
           shedding
           of
           his
           bloud
           ,
           only
           for
           his
           actings
           for
           God
           and
           the
           present
           State
           )
           now
           go
           about
           by
           secret
           false
           suggestions
           ,
           to
           have
           him
           cast
           out
           of
           his
           Living
           ;
           and
           of
           their
           Confidence
           to
           prevail
           against
           him
           it
           is
           boasted
           in
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           elswhere
           publickly
           ,
           which
           hath
           caused
           this
           publick
           Apology
           .
        
         
           Psal.
           7.
           13.
           
        
         
           God
           ordaineth
           his
           Arrows
           against
           the
           Persecutors
           .
        
         
           Matth.
           23.
           37.
           
        
         
           O
           Hierusalem
           ,
           Hierusalem
           ,
           thou
           that
           killest
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           stonest
           them
           that
           are
           sent
           unto
           thee
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           32.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           fought
           with
           beasts
           at
           Ephesus
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           men
           .
        
         
           2
           Cor.
           6.
           9.
           
        
         
           Persecuted
           ,
           yet
           not
           forsaken
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           Abraham
           Miller
           ,
           1657.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONOURABLE
           Collonel
           ROBERT
           GIBBON
           ,
           Governour
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           Jersey
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
        
         
           YOur
           native
           Countrey
           (
           the
           County
           of
           
             Kent
             )
          
           hath
           many
           obligations
           of
           much
           due
           respect
           unto
           you
           ,
           for
           your
           prudent
           and
           valiant
           actings
           formerly
           ,
           and
           at
           present
           ,
           for
           the
           welfare
           and
           safety
           thereof
           .
           And
           your
           courteous
           respests
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           Father
           in
           special
           (
           heretofore
           and
           lately
           ,
           in
           that
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           honour
           him
           ,
           by
           calling
           on
           him
           to
           accompany
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           surveyed
           the
           places
           of
           danger
           for
           landing
           a
           forreign
           enemy
           along
           the
           Sea-coasts
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Tanet
             ,
          
           which
           lies
           over-against
           the
           Coasts
           of
           
             Flanders
             .
             )
          
           And
           your
           undeserved
           favours
           to
           my self
           ,
           have
           encouraged
           me
           to
           presume
           of
           ,
           and
           crave
           your
           worthy
           Patronage
           of
           the
           ensuing
           Apologie
           ,
           which
           the
           law
           of
           filial
           love
           and
           duty
           hath
           compelled
           me
           to
           write
           ,
           in
           the
           speedy
           and
           necessary
           defence
           of
           my
           aged
           Father
           ,
           whose
           Ministerial
           imploiments
           will
           not
           give
           him
           leisure
           to
           do
           it
           with
           his
           own
           pen
           :
           I
           do
           unfeignedly
           profess
           it
           rather
           a
           grief
           ,
           than
           any
           delight
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           (
           upon
           this
           occasion
           )
           I
           am
           necessitated
           to
           publish
           that
           any
           such
           savages
           ,
           as
           are
           here
           described
           should
           be
           found
           in
           
             Old-England
             ,
          
           in
           
             Kent
          
           or
           
             Christendom
             ,
          
           after
           so
           long
           continued
           gracious
           means
           of
           extraordinary
           civility
           and
           Christianity
           :
           But
           hereby
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           what
           ignorant
           ,
           barbarous
           ,
           profane
           condition
           ,
           Prelates
           ,
           and
           Dean
           and
           Chapter
           ,
           Non-resident
           Doctors
           
             (
             à
             non
             docendo
             )
          
           and
           their
           ignorant
           ,
           drnnken
           ,
           leud
           Curates
           ,
           have
           left
           people
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           miserable
           sad
           case
           of
           many
           Parishes
           ,
           as
           hundreds
           of
           faithful
           Ministers
           have
           found
           by
           wofull
           experience
           .
           But
           it
           is
           apparent
           ,
           that
           the
           All-seeing
           righteous
           God
           will
           not
           have
           the
           Persecutions
           and
           Oppressions
           herein
           recited
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           the
           grave
           of
           silence
           and
           oblivion
           ,
           seeing
           a
           publick
           discovery
           thereof
           is
           called
           for
           exraordinarily
           ,
           and
           necessited
           and
           extorted
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           open
           slanders
           ,
           by
           written
           and
           printed
           Libels
           ,
           but
           by
           publick
           revealings
           ,
           and
           loud
           boastings
           of
           secret
           actings
           of
           enemies
           ,
           by
           enemies
           themselves
           ;
           all
           which
           could
           not
           but
           be
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           without
           dishonour
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           injury
           to
           Justice
           it self
           .
           For
           those
           that
           have
           made
           lies
           their
           refuge
           ,
           and
           calumnies
           the
           weapons
           of
           their
           rage
           against
           my
           Father
           ,
           and
           have
           by
           a
           confederacy
           withheld
           all
           their
           Tythes
           wholly
           from
           him
           ,
           for
           above
           three
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           do
           grow
           now
           more
           than
           ever
           publickly
           clamorous
           against
           him
           .
           And
           their
           malice
           is
           grown
           to
           that
           monstrous
           height
           of
           rage
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           so
           blinded
           the
           little
           common
           
           reason
           that
           was
           left
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           presumed
           impudently
           (
           distrusting
           the
           merits
           of
           their
           cause
           )
           to
           pass
           by
           his
           Highnesses
           worthy
           Commissioners
           for
           ejecting
           of
           ignorant
           and
           scandalous
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           to
           wave
           the
           common
           Law
           ,
           and
           have
           petitioned
           against
           him
           to
           his
           Highnesse
           himself
           ;
           upon
           what
           grounds
           ,
           fancies
           or
           vain
           hopes
           ,
           they
           only
           know
           ;
           But
           this
           is
           certainly
           known
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           boastings
           (
           before
           they
           have
           put
           on
           their
           armour
           )
           they
           vaunt
           much
           of
           their
           potent
           military
           friends
           :
           But
           I
           am
           consident
           none
           of
           those
           worthies
           will
           ingage
           against
           my
           Father
           ,
           but
           cashier
           them
           out
           of
           their
           good
           affections
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           informed
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           by
           the
           ensuing
           defensive
           Narrative
           ,
           which
           is
           my
           Fathers
           defensive
           weapon
           ,
           which
           their
           extraordinary
           Alarm
           have
           forced
           him
           to
           arm
           himself
           withall
           ,
           and
           to
           stand
           upon
           his
           guard
           and
           defence
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           ruine
           of
           his
           good
           Name
           and
           Family
           ,
           which
           nearly
           concerns
           me
           in
           particular
           ,
           who
           am
           a
           souldier
           also
           at
           this
           present
           in
           commission
           for
           the
           present
           State
           .
           And
           this
           cause
           is
           of
           greater
           concernment
           ,
           than
           is
           at
           first
           conceived
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           publick
           ;
           And
           Gods
           glory
           is
           much
           concerned
           in
           it
           :
           For
           if
           his
           adversaries
           could
           by
           subtilty
           prevail
           to
           have
           him
           sacrificed
           to
           their
           malice
           &
           covetousnes
           ,
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           abused
           Justice
           and
           Authority
           :
           It
           would
           not
           only
           prove
           his
           undeserved
           ruine
           ,
           but
           much
           encourage
           the
           mutinous
           enemies
           of
           Reformation
           to
           endless
           oppositions
           ,
           and
           persecutions
           of
           faithful
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           would
           discourage
           Ministers
           to
           be
           faithful
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           ruine
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           just
           defence
           from
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           adhere
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           :
           which
           is
           not
           written
           out
           of
           fear
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           which
           his
           adversaries
           are
           so
           confident
           of
           ,
           to
           take
           effect
           against
           him
           ;
           as
           of
           old
           against
           absent
           
             Mephibosheth
             ;
          
           And
           although
           means
           of
           defence
           and
           preservation
           are
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           end
           the
           ensuing
           Apologetical
           History
           ,
           or
           Historical
           Apologie
           is
           written
           ,
           concerning
           things
           that
           have
           not
           been
           acted
           in
           a
           corner
           ,
           but
           publickly
           and
           lately
           ,
           and
           are
           notorious
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           be
           denied
           :
           Yet
           (
           as
           
             Nicodemus
          
           saith
           )
           
             Our
             Law
             judgeth
             no
             man
             before
             it
             hear
             him
             ,
             and
             know
             what
             he
             doth
             .
          
           No
           
             Ziba
          
           nor
           
             Haman
             ,
          
           though
           he
           may
           boast
           of
           his
           friends
           at
           Court
           ,
           can
           now
           procure
           such
           hasty
           Decrees
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           
             By
             whom
             Kings
             reign
             ,
             and
             Princes
             decree
             justice
             ,
             and
             who
             puls
             down
             mighty
             ones
             without
             number
             ,
             and
             sets
             up
             others
             in
             their
             rooms
             :
             He
             is
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             who
             hath
             taught
             your
             hands
             to
             warre
             ,
             and
             your
             fingers
             to
             fight
             :
          
           I
           beseech
           him
           to
           be
           your
           
             shield
             ,
             and
             your
             great
             reward
             :
          
           So
           craving
           pardon
           for
           my
           boldness
           ,
           I
           humbly
           take
           leave
           ,
           and
           remain
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           Your
           obliged
           ,
           assured
           Servant
           and
           Souldier
           to
           be
           commanded
           
             RICHARD
             CULMER
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           PARISH
           LOOKING-GLASSE
           FOR
           Persecutors
           of
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           THe
           Persecutors
           of
           faithfull
           Ministers
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           may
           behold
           as
           in
           a
           glasse
           ,
           the
           vilenesse
           of
           their
           sinne
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           displeasure
           of
           God
           against
           them
           for
           it
           :
           If
           they
           look
           into
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           later
           Histories
           ,
           and
           daily
           experience
           .
           We
           read
           (
           2
           
             Chron
          
           36.
           14
           ,
           15.
           )
           
             And
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             their
             Fathers
             sent
             unto
             them
             by
             his
             Messengers
             ,
             rising
             up
             betimes
             ,
             and
             sending
             them
             :
             because
             he
             had
             compassion
             on
             his
             house
             ,
             and
             on
             his
             dwelling
             place
             :
             But
             they
             mocked
             the
             Messengers
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             despised
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             misused
             his
             Prophets
             ,
             untill
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             arose
             against
             his
             people
             ,
             till
             there
             was
             no
             remedy
             :
             Therefore
             he
             brought
             upon
             them
             the
             King
             of
             the
             Chaldees
             ,
             who
             slow
             their
             young
             men
             with
             the
             sword
             ,
             in
             the
             house
             of
             their
             Sanctuary
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           
             Ahab
          
           and
           
             Jezabel
          
           persecuted
           the
           Prophets
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           dogs
           licked
           up
           the
           bloud
           of
           
             Ahab
             ,
          
           after
           he
           was
           slain
           ,
           and
           dogs
           did
           eat
           persecuting
           
             Jezabel
             .
          
           The
           children
           which
           did
           mock
           ,
           and
           miscall
           
             Elisha
          
           the
           Prophet
           and
           Minister
           of
           God
           ,
           were
           two
           and
           fourty
           of
           them
           torn
           in
           pieces
           by
           wilde
           Bears
           (
           2
           
             Kings
          
           2.
           )
           They
           were
           the
           children
           of
           Persecutors
           of
           Gods
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           spake
           their
           parents
           language
           .
           The
           Persecutors
           of
           the
           Prophet
           
             Jeremiah
             ,
          
           said
           ,
           
             Come
             let
             us
             devise
             devices
             against
             Jeremiah
             ,
             let
             us
             smite
             him
             with
             the
             tongue
          
           (
           Jer.
           18.
           18.
           )
           
             Therefore
             God
             delivered
             up
             their
             children
             to
             the
             famine
             ,
             and
             their
             bloud
             was
             poured
             out
             by
             force
             of
             the
             sword
             .
          
           Those
           that
           persecuted
           our
           Saviour
           the
           great
           Shepherd
           ,
           and
           did
           perswade
           people
           not
           to
           hear
           him
           preach
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             He
             is
             mad
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             Devil
             ,
             why
             hear
             ye
             him
             ?
          
           (
           Joh.
           10.
           20.
           
           )
           
             and
             would
             stone
             him
             ,
             
             though
             he
             spake
             as
             never
             man
             spake
             ,
             and
             did
             works
             which
             never
             man
             did
             :
          
           yet
           they
           having
           begun
           to
           persecute
           him
           ,
           did
           sinne
           against
           the
           light
           of
           their
           own
           conscience
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           their
           begun
           acts
           ,
           and
           hold
           up
           their
           reputation
           ,
           and
           did
           persecute
           him
           to
           the
           death
           :
           What
           became
           of
           those
           persecutors
           ?
           Is
           not
           their
           judgement
           eternal
           in
           hell
           for
           their
           unpardonable
           sinne
           ?
           
             Alexender
          
           the
           Coppersmith
           ,
           and
           other
           Persecutors
           of
           the
           Apostles
           have
           their
           woful
           reward
           ,
           though
           they
           clamoured
           and
           articled
           against
           St
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           as
           a
           
             pestilent
             fellow
             ,
             a
             mover
             of
             sedition
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             These
             things
             are
             written
             for
             our
             admonition
             ,
             upon
             whom
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             world
             are
             come
             ,
          
           and
           teach
           Ministers
           now
           for
           their
           comfort
           what
           Christ
           spake
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             ye
             when
             men
             shall
             revile
             you
             ,
             and
             persecute
             you
             ;
             for
             so
             persecuted
             they
             the
             Prophets
             that
             were
             before
             you
             ;
             And
             if
             they
             have
             persecuted
             me
             they
             will
             also
             persecute
             you
             .
          
        
         
           But
           some
           men
           will
           not
           be
           warned
           by
           other
           mens
           harms
           ,
           and
           examples
           ;
           therefore
           they
           are
           made
           examples
           to
           others
           .
           Our
           late
           Bishops
           and
           their
           Adherents
           are
           a
           rare
           and
           remarkable
           president
           of
           Gods
           Judgments
           on
           Persecutors
           of
           faithfull
           Ministers
           ,
           which
           sin
           made
           them
           ripe
           for
           their
           deserved
           downfall
           :
           But
           their
           Persecutions
           ended
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           long
           Parliament
           :
           Then
           the
           iron
           teeth
           of
           those
           beasts
           were
           knockt
           out
           ,
           and
           the
           iron
           yoaks
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           put
           on
           Ministers
           necks
           were
           all
           pull'd
           off
           :
           But
           when
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           were
           taken
           away
           ,
           the
           people
           took
           lawlesse
           liberty
           to
           themselves
           ,
           to
           put
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           a
           hogs
           yoak
           on
           Ministers
           necks
           ,
           and
           did
           persecute
           faithful
           Ministers
           sent
           unto
           them
           ,
           as
           sheep
           among
           wolves
           :
           Oh
           what
           woorying
           and
           wearying
           out
           most
           precious
           Ministers
           by
           word
           and
           deed
           ,
           by
           tearing
           and
           tugging
           ,
           lyings
           and
           slanderings
           ,
           revilings
           and
           defraudings
           ,
           and
           withholding
           their
           maintenance
           by
           confederacy
           !
           And
           these
           Persecutions
           (
           especially
           in
           point
           of
           maintenance
           )
           continue
           very
           great
           at
           this
           day
           all
           the
           Nation
           over
           ;
           people
           being
           encouraged
           hereunto
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           better
           Laws
           for
           Tything
           ,
           and
           of
           more
           speedy
           execution
           of
           justice
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           that
           are
           in
           force
           .
           Many
           hundreds
           of
           faithfull
           Ministers
           in
           
             England
          
           may
           justly
           write
           such
           books
           against
           their
           Persecutors
           ,
           to
           awaken
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           warn
           Persecutors
           ,
           against
           whom
           their
           cries
           are
           gone
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           have
           brought
           down
           vengeance
           upon
           very
           many
           :
           And
           their
           complaints
           and
           moans
           by
           words
           are
           daily
           heard
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           read
           ,
           some
           in
           print
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Bils
           against
           thousands
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Exchequer
           ,
           where
           relief
           is
           certain
           ,
           but
           so
           long
           waited
           for
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           poor
           Ministers
           and
           their
           families
           perish
           ;
           And
           oft-times
           
           the
           parties
           ,
           or
           witnesses
           ,
           or
           both
           die
           ,
           or
           the
           Tyth-robber
           breaks
           ,
           and
           runs
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           which
           is
           usuall
           ,
           before
           the
           Cause
           come
           to
           hearing
           .
           I
           could
           shew
           Persecutors
           many
           very
           fresh
           examples
           of
           their
           sinne
           ,
           and
           of
           punishments
           on
           people
           ,
           that
           have
           lately
           persecuted
           faithfull
           Ministers
           in
           several
           Parishes
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Mr
           
             E.
             K.
          
           of
           
             Dover
          
           in
           1644.
           who
           came
           out
           of
           his
           seat
           ,
           and
           joyned
           in
           the
           hurliburly
           made
           in
           St
           
             James
          
           Church
           against
           Mr
           
             Vincent
          
           a
           godly
           able
           Minister
           ,
           who
           was
           sent
           thither
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           persecuted
           him
           otherwise
           :
           But
           the
           Persecutor
           persecuted
           himself
           a
           little
           after
           by
           laying
           violent
           hands
           on
           himself
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           self-executioner
           by
           hanging
           himself
           .
           This
           and
           many
           such
           bleeding
           examples
           may
           be
           produced
           touching
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           against
           such
           Persecutors
           ,
           enough
           to
           fill
           volumes
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           now
           only
           instance
           in
           the
           Persecutors
           of
           Mr
           
             Richard
             Culmer
          
           (
           heretofore
           of
           
             Magdalen
          
           Colledge
           in
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           Master
           of
           Arts
           ,
           and
           )
           now
           Minister
           of
           
             Mynster
          
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Thanet
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           whose
           Persecutors
           are
           now
           very
           few
           living
           in
           that
           Parish
           ;
           but
           mighty
           and
           numerous
           elswhere
           ;
           even
           those
           of
           the
           Popish
           ,
           Prelatical
           and
           Cavalier
           Party
           that
           never
           saw
           him
           ,
           because
           of
           his
           activenesse
           against
           their
           Cause
           .
           They
           have
           printed
           two
           libellous
           Books
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           often
           articled
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           raised
           Persecution
           against
           him
           to
           the
           shedding
           of
           his
           bloud
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           as
           the
           ensuing
           History
           shews
           ;
           And
           to
           have
           their
           wils
           against
           him
           (
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           to
           ruine
           him
           )
           they
           have
           lately
           petitioned
           against
           him
           to
           his
           Highnesse
           himself
           ,
           and
           since
           publickly
           boasted
           against
           him
           in
           their
           confidence
           now
           to
           prevail
           against
           him
           ;
           which
           hath
           caused
           this
           Apology
           to
           be
           published
           in
           his
           just
           defence
           ,
           and
           for
           vindication
           of
           the
           truth
           .
           This
           man
           after
           he
           left
           the
           free
           Grammer-school
           at
           
             Canterbury
          
           (
           being
           
             senior
          
           of
           all
           that
           School
           ,
           then
           consisting
           of
           above
           two
           hundred
           Scholars
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Mr
           
             Roger
             Raven
             ,
          
           the
           King
           of
           Schoolmasters
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           deservedly
           styled
           at
           his
           Funeral
           ,
           an
           eminent
           ,
           godly
           ,
           learned
           ,
           yet
           persecuted
           and
           silenced
           Minister
           )
           lived
           about
           eight
           years
           a
           Student
           in
           
             Magdalen-Colledge
          
           in
           
             Cambridge
             .
          
           And
           being
           afterwards
           Minister
           of
           
             Goodnestone
          
           in
           
             East-Kent
             ,
          
           was
           persecuted
           from
           thence
           by
           Arch-bishop
           
             Laud
             ,
          
           only
           for
           refusing
           to
           publish
           the
           Kings
           Book
           for
           Sabbath-recreations
           :
           (
           See
           the
           History
           of
           that
           Arch-bishops
           Tryal
           in
           the
           Index
           letter
           
             C.
             Culmer
             .
             )
          
           And
           he
           continued
           three
           years
           and
           seven
           moneths
           silenced
           before
           the
           first
           Parliament
           was
           called
           ;
           In
           all
           which
           time
           he
           got
           not
           one
           farthing
           by
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           having
           seven
           children
           so
           little
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           ,
           and
           did
           carry
           them
           all
           at
           once
           on
           his
           back
           :
           And
           (
           to
           adde
           to
           his
           Persecutions
           by
           the
           Prelate
           )
           he
           was
           persecuted
           by
           the
           Patronesse
           Mrs
           
             P.
          
           (
           whose
           
           Posterity
           hath
           felt
           some
           reward
           of
           Persecution
           )
           who
           immediately
           upon
           his
           silencing
           gave
           his
           Living
           away
           to
           Mr
           
             A.
             H.
          
           who
           for
           lucre
           of
           that
           Benefice
           ,
           did
           joyn
           in
           the
           Persecution
           ,
           and
           did
           publish
           that
           prophane
           Book
           in
           that
           Parish
           Church
           on
           the
           Sabbath-day
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ;
          
           and
           of
           the
           people
           there
           :
           But
           a
           year
           after
           he
           lost
           his
           goods
           by
           fire
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           year
           he
           himself
           was
           drowned
           in
           the
           water
           .
           And
           Mr
           
             D.
          
           (
           yet
           living
           )
           then
           Curate
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rochester
          
           at
           
             Barham
             ,
          
           did
           that
           Sabbath
           also
           publish
           in
           the
           Church
           at
           
             Goodnestone
          
           the
           unjust
           Decree
           of
           Suspension
           made
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           in
           the
           Arch-bishops
           Ecclesiastical
           Court
           ,
           by
           the
           Arch
           bishops
           special
           Order
           and
           Command
           to
           Sr
           
             N.
             B.
          
           But
           a
           little
           after
           this
           ,
           the
           people
           of
           
             Barham
          
           fell
           to
           dancing
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           a
           quarrel
           arose
           about
           a
           wager
           between
           two
           dancers
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           won
           the
           wager
           had
           his
           brains
           knockt
           out
           that
           Sabbath
           .
        
         
           But
           at
           the
           first
           coming
           in
           of
           the
           
             Scots
          
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           the
           persecuting
           Arch-bishop
           (
           who
           a
           little
           after
           was
           beheaded
           at
           Tower-hill
           for
           Treason
           ,
           
             &c.
             )
          
           presently
           absolved
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           who
           might
           justly
           say
           ,
           Garamercy
           good
           
             Scot
          
           for
           his
           Absolution
           .
           And
           he
           being
           at
           liberty
           to
           preach
           ,
           was
           presently
           called
           by
           Dr
           
             Robert
             Aus●in
          
           (
           now
           living
           )
           to
           be
           his
           Assistant
           at
           
             Harbledown
          
           near
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           where
           he
           preached
           divers
           years
           ,
           and
           had
           very
           many
           Auditors
           from
           that
           famous
           City
           .
           But
           there
           also
           he
           was
           persecuted
           for
           his
           actings
           against
           drunkennesse
           ,
           and
           against
           prophaning
           the
           Sabbath
           by
           Crickit
           playing
           before
           his
           door
           ,
           to
           spite
           him
           ,
           which
           when
           he
           had
           reproved
           privately
           and
           publickly
           ,
           they
           removed
           that
           sport
           to
           a
           field
           near
           the
           Woods
           ,
           where
           they
           threw
           stones
           at
           his
           Sonnes
           ,
           whom
           he
           sent
           to
           see
           if
           they
           played
           there
           ;
           and
           upon
           publick
           reproof
           ,
           the
           Church-warden
           (
           whose
           wise
           was
           for
           just
           cause
           denied
           the
           Sacrament
           )
           bought
           boards
           to
           keep
           the
           people
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           Seats
           .
           And
           the
           grandee
           Persecutor
           
             J.
             W.
          
           used
           to
           go
           with
           his
           crew
           of
           brawlers
           and
           railers
           ,
           his
           wife
           especially
           ,
           upon
           the
           Sabbath
           to
           the
           Parsonage-house
           ,
           and
           there
           did
           clamour
           and
           bawl
           to
           the
           Doctor
           to
           move
           him
           ,
           that
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           might
           preach
           no
           more
           there
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           them
           
             S.
             S.
          
           cried
           out
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             It
             is
             a
             shame
             to
             speak
             what
             he
             hath
             done
             ;
          
           and
           being
           asked
           by
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           what
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           had
           done
           ,
           the
           only
           answer
           of
           the
           accuser
           was
           ,
           
             Why
             was
             he
             turned
             out
             of
          
           Goodnestone
           ?
           And
           being
           urged
           to
           speak
           what
           he
           could
           say
           more
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           alledge
           any
           thing
           else
           :
           By
           this
           the
           Magistrate
           may
           see
           ,
           that
           some
           people
           are
           like
           a
           kennel
           of
           Hounds
           ,
           that
           will
           bark
           for
           company
           ;
           if
           one
           or
           two
           bark
           against
           a
           Minister
           ,
           then
           presently
           one
           and
           all
           ,
           right
           or
           wrong
           :
           as
           of
           old
           they
           all
           cried
           ,
           
             Not
             him
             ,
          
           they
           all
           
           cried
           ,
           
             Crucifie
             him
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           The
           upholding
           of
           the
           noise
           and
           cry
           was
           ,
           
             Oh
             our
             souls
             ,
             our
             souls
             ,
             will
             you
             damn
             our
             souls
             !
             we
             cannot
             edifie
             by
             one
             we
             love
             not
             :
          
           But
           when
           their
           clamours
           prevailed
           not
           ,
           they
           writ
           Articles
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           as
           followeth
           ,
           
             That
             he
             refuseth
             to
             administer
             the
             Sacrament
             according
             to
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           :
           
             That
             he
             raised
             scandals
             of
             the
             Parish
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             :
             That
             he
             made
             differences
             between
             Neighbours
             :
             That
             some
             refuse
             to
             hear
             him
             ,
             and
             others
             declare
             they
             cannot
             edifie
             by
             him
             .
          
           These
           ,
           and
           only
           these
           Articles
           they
           exhibited
           to
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           who
           having
           heard
           all
           things
           objected
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           gave
           them
           an
           answer
           ,
           that
           what
           they
           objected
           he
           found
           either
           frivolous
           ,
           or
           false
           ;
           And
           he
           reproved
           a
           rich
           widow
           Mrs
           
             R
             ,
          
           who
           being
           asked
           ,
           Why
           she
           clamoured
           ?
           her
           only
           Answer
           was
           ,
           that
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           had
           said
           to
           the
           Overseers
           of
           the
           poor
           ,
           that
           he
           wondered
           that
           she
           refused
           to
           pay
           her
           assessement
           of
           2s
           .
           6d
           .
           to
           the
           poor
           .
           But
           the
           Doctor
           being
           elsewhere
           provided
           of
           a
           Benefice
           ,
           wholly
           left
           that
           place
           to
           the
           Patron
           ,
           who
           placed
           a
           Minister
           there
           ;
           And
           when
           they
           were
           told
           a
           little
           after
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           made
           a
           sorry
           exchange
           in
           the
           room
           of
           M
           
             Culmer
             ;
          
           It
           was
           answered
           ,
           
             We
             care
             not
             whom
             we
             have
             ,
             n●w
             we
             are
             rid
             of
             M.
          
           Culmer
           :
           But
           what
           is
           become
           of
           those
           Persecutors
           of
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           is
           famously
           known
           :
           One
           of
           them
           
             E.
             Br.
          
           (
           because
           M
           
             Culmer
          
           would
           not
           give
           him
           the
           Sacrament
           immediately
           after
           he
           had
           been
           drunk
           ,
           and
           did
           pursue
           his
           wife
           with
           a
           drawn
           sword
           ,
           did
           thereupon
           write
           a
           Petition
           against
           M.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           and
           went
           about
           the
           Parish
           to
           get
           Subscriptions
           to
           it
           )
           was
           a
           little
           after
           found
           guilty
           of
           Felony
           ,
           and
           was
           burnt
           in
           the
           hand
           at
           the
           Sessions
           at
           
             Canterbury
             :
          
           And
           you
           may
           now
           finde
           the
           Grandee
           Persecutor
           
             J.
             W.
          
           in
           the
           Goal
           at
           
             Canterbury
          
           (
           his
           sonne
           used
           to
           thresh
           Corn
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           mornings
           for
           fodder
           :
           )
           And
           now
           after
           the
           death
           of
           two
           Ministers
           ,
           the
           third
           (
           having
           little
           encouragement
           amongst
           them
           )
           left
           them
           destitute
           .
           And
           after
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           lest
           preaching
           at
           
             Harbledown
             ,
          
           he
           preached
           in
           
             Canterbury
             ;
          
           and
           there
           he
           and
           other
           Ministers
           were
           appointed
           by
           Authority
           or
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           detect
           ,
           and
           cause
           to
           be
           demolished
           the
           superstitious
           Inscriptions
           ,
           and
           Idolatrous
           Monuments
           ,
           in
           the
           Cathedral
           in
           
             Canterbury
             ;
          
           And
           when
           they
           came
           to
           the
           great
           high
           priz'd
           most
           idolatrous
           Window
           ,
           in
           the
           Chappel
           of
           
             Thomas
             Becket
             ,
          
           in
           that
           Cathedral
           (
           the
           Labourers
           ,
           not
           acting
           as
           was
           desired
           )
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           laid
           ,
           
             If
             we
             neglect
             this
             opportunity
             ,
             we
             may
             repent
             it
             ;
          
           and
           thereupon
           threw
           off
           his
           Cloak
           ,
           and
           took
           a
           whole
           Pike
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           went
           up
           a
           Ladder
           fifty
           six
           steps
           high
           ,
           and
           did
           full
           execution
           upon
           the
           Idolatrous
           Monuments
           there
           :
           whereupon
           some
           stirres
           began
           ,
           a
           Prebends
           wife
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             Save
             the
             childe
             ,
          
           meaning
           Christ
           
           lying
           in
           the
           Manger
           pictured
           there
           ;
           and
           M.
           
             Culmers
          
           bloud
           was
           then
           threatned
           by
           some
           that
           stood
           without
           the
           iron
           grates
           ,
           in
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           But
           M.
           
             John
             Lade
          
           then
           Maior
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           sent
           a
           file
           of
           Musqueteers
           ,
           who
           conveyed
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           safe
           home
           to
           his
           own
           house
           .
           And
           a
           little
           after
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           published
           a
           Book
           entituled
           ,
           
             Cathedral
             News
             from
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           true
           History
           of
           the
           sins
           and
           plagues
           of
           that
           Cathedral
           
             Babel
             ;
          
           The
           Title
           page
           of
           that
           Book
           is
           ,
           
             Cathedral
             News
             from
             Canterbury
             ,
             shewing
             the
             Canterburian
             Cathedral
             to
             be
             in
             an.
             Abbey
             like
             corrupt
             and
             rotten
             condition
             ,
             which
             cals
             for
             a
             speedy
             Reformation
             or
             Dissolution
             ,
             which
             Dissolution
             is
             already
             foreshewn
             ,
             and
             begun
             there
             by
             many
             remarkable
             Passages
             upon
             that
             place
             ,
             and
             the
             Prelates
             there
             :
             Recorded
             and
             published
             by
          
           Richard
           Culmer
           
             Minister
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             dwelling
             in
          
           Canterbury
           ,
           
             heretofore
             of
          
           Magdalen
           
             Colledge
             in
          
           Cambridge
           ,
           
             Master
             of
             Arts
             :
          
           If
           I
           should
           hold
           my
           peace
           the
           stones
           would
           immediately
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Luk.
             19.
             40.
             
             Imprimatur
          
           John
           White
           .
           
             I
             have
             perused
             this
             Relation
             of
             Cathedral
             News
             ,
             and
             therein
             observe
             ,
             that
             the
             hand
             of
             Providence
             hath
             indeed
             wrought
             a
             new
             thing
             in
             our
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             Worthy
             to
             be
             lookt
             upon
             by
             all
             ,
             with
             a
             due
             mixture
             of
             wonder
             and
             thankefulness
             :
             And
             therefore
             conceive
             it
             necessary
             to
             be
             published
             to
             the
             view
             of
             all
             :
          
           Jo.
           Caryl
           .
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Fulk
           Cliston
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           But
           this
           Book
           being
           the
           finger
           in
           the
           Bile
           ,
           and
           swelling
           Ulcer
           of
           Prelacy
           and
           Cathedrals
           ;
           Immediately
           upon
           the
           first
           publishing
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           nest
           of
           Cathedral
           Hornets
           at
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           their
           waspish
           Malignant
           Adherents
           ,
           flew
           about
           M.
           
             Culmers
          
           ears
           ,
           bombalizing
           and
           toating
           so
           loud
           ,
           that
           City
           and
           Countrey
           rang
           of
           their
           railing
           and
           libellings
           .
           They
           presently
           published
           in
           print
           two
           lying
           Libels
           against
           him
           ;
           One
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Razing
             of
             the
             Record
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           
             An
             Order
             to
             forbid
             any
             Thank●sgiving
             for
             the
          
           Canterbury
           
             News
             ,
             published
             by
          
           Richard
           Culmer
           ,
           
             Printed
             at
          
           Oxford
           ,
           
             in
             the
             year
             ,
          
           1644.
           
           The
           other
           entituled
           ,
           
             Antidetum
          
           Culmerianum
           ,
           or
           ,
           
             Animadversions
             upon
             a
             late
             Pamphlet
             ,
          
           entituled
           ,
           
             Cathedral
             News
             from
          
           Canterbury
           ;
           Oxford
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           H.
           Hall
           ,
           1644.
           
        
         
           These
           Libels
           of
           private
           concernment
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           thought
           fit
           to
           answer
           only
           with
           scorn
           and
           contempt
           amidst
           so
           many
           publick
           differences
           ;
           being
           confident
           that
           no
           wise
           man
           would
           believe
           that
           ,
           which
           no
           man
           doth
           avow
           ,
           or
           set
           his
           name
           to
           .
           They
           publish
           in
           the
           Libels
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             famous
             in
          
           Cambridge
           
             for
             foot-ball
             playing
             and
             swimming
             ;
             but
             never
             thought
             to
             be
             cut
             out
             for
             a
             Mercury
             :
          
           But
           he
           gave
           some
           specimen
           to
           the
           contrary
           in
           many
           publick
           Acts
           ,
           in
           the
           University
           ;
           I
           name
           only
           that
           in
           print
           ,
           in
           the
           Book
           ,
           called
           
             Lacryma
             Cantabrigienses
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           Queen
           
             Anne
             ,
          
           viz.
           
        
         
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Cyxthia
                   Lucisluo
                   conjungitur
                   aurea
                   
                     Phoebo
                     :
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Phoebeo
                  
                   in
                   terris
                   conjux
                   fuit
                   
                     Anna
                     Jacobo
                     :
                  
                
                 
                   Ecclipsin
                   patitur
                   
                     Phoebe
                     ;
                  
                   Sic
                   deficit
                   
                     Anna
                     :
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Phoebus
                  
                   in
                   Orbe
                   micat
                   :
                   Sic
                   〈…〉
                   lendet
                   in
                   Vrbe
                   
                     Jacobus
                     :
                  
                
                 
                   Luna
                   praeest
                   undis
                   :
                   Lachrymas
                   tulit
                   
                     Anna
                  
                   Britannis
                   :
                
                 
                   Sol
                   radiis
                   undas
                   siccat
                   :
                   Splendore
                   
                     Jacobus
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Richard
                       Culmer
                    
                     Col.
                     Mag.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           that
           report
           in
           the
           Libel
           ,
           touching
           his
           pulling
           out
           the
           spigots
           in
           the
           Colledge-cellar
           ,
           at
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           and
           his
           escape
           ,
           and
           running
           away
           ,
           and
           expulsion
           from
           the
           University
           ,
           is
           a
           meer
           forgery
           ,
           as
           many
           now
           living
           ,
           that
           were
           of
           that
           Colledge
           ,
           can
           testifie
           :
           That
           also
           is
           a
           meer
           slander
           touching
           
             Richard
             Pising
          
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           who
           is
           yet
           living
           there
           ,
           and
           can
           witnesse
           the
           contrary
           to
           that
           which
           the
           Libellers
           publisheth
           against
           M.
           
             Culmer
             :
          
           And
           as
           touching
           that
           which
           they
           record
           touching
           M.
           
             Culmers
          
           being
           cast
           into
           the
           
             Fleet
             ;
          
           It
           was
           a
           crying
           persecution
           and
           injury
           done
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Arch●bishop
           ,
           which
           the
           other
           Lords
           knew
           well
           ,
           and
           therefore
           released
           him
           ,
           upon
           their
           next
           sitting
           ,
           within
           five
           dayes
           :
           But
           M.
           
             B.
          
           may
           thank
           Sir
           
             J.
             F.
          
           for
           his
           head
           ;
           And
           may
           thank
           his
           own
           prating
           tongue
           (
           first
           and
           last
           )
           for
           all
           his
           trouble
           then
           .
        
         
           Many
           other
           silly
           fictions
           they
           invented
           and
           published
           in
           those
           railing
           Libels
           ;
           as
           that
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           tied
           a
           rope
           about
           his
           fathers
           Cows
           horns
           to
           let
           himself
           down
           the
           Cliff
           in
           
             Thanet
          
           to
           reach
           Daws
           .
        
         
           By
           such
           feigned
           Stories
           the
           Cathedrallists
           endeavoured
           to
           confute
           that
           true
           ,
           real
           History
           ,
           written
           by
           M.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           which
           caused
           them
           to
           gnaw
           their
           tongues
           for
           pain
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           so
           much
           Gall
           in
           their
           Ink
           ,
           in
           their
           pretended
           Confutation
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           by
           those
           forgeries
           ,
           which
           are
           falsly
           called
           ,
           
             Culmerianum
             Antidotum
             :
          
           Being
           deadly
           poyson
           to
           take
           away
           the
           life
           of
           his
           good
           Name
           and
           Reputation
           :
           But
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           that
           these
           ensuing
           Testimonials
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           forged
           ,
           but
           real
           ,
           under
           so
           many
           Names
           of
           worth
           ,
           will
           be
           a
           general
           Antidote
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           against
           all
           infection
           and
           prejudice
           to
           M.
           
             Culmers
          
           good
           Name
           and
           Reputation
           from
           those
           pestilent
           Libels
           ,
           whose
           Authors
           are
           
             De
             terra
             incognita
             ,
          
           of
           the
           unknown
           Land
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           namelesse
           :
           But
           these
           Testimonials
           are
           not
           namelesse
           .
        
         
           
             
               Civit.
               Cant.
               ss.
            
             
               WE
               the
               Maior
               and
               Aldermen
               of
               the
               City
               of
               
                 Canterbury
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               Inhabitants
               there
               (
               at
               the
               request
               of
               
                 Richard
                 Culmer
              
               of
               
               the
               said
               City
               Clerk
               ,
               who
               hath
               lived
               in
               ,
               or
               near
               the
               said
               City
               for
               many
               years
               last
               past
               )
               do
               hereby
               certifie
               ,
               That
               the
               said
               
                 Richard
                 Culmer
              
               is
               a
               man
               of
               exemplary
               Life
               and
               Conversation
               ,
               and
               an
               able
               and
               diligent
               Preacher
               of
               Gods
               Word
               :
               In
               Testimony
               whereof
               we
               have
               hereunto
               subscribed
               our
               Names
               ,
               this
               tenth
               day
               of
               
                 August
                 ,
              
               Anno
               Dom.
               1642.
               
            
             
               Cleve
               Carter
               
                 Maior
                 ,
              
               Avery
               Sabin
               .
               James
               Master
               ,
               wil
               .
               wbiting
               ,
               John
               Stanly
               ,
               John
               Lade
               ,
               William
               Bridge
               ,
               Danicl
               Masterson
               ,
               John
               Terry
               ,
               John
               Watson
               ,
               George
               Knot
               ,
               John
               Pollen
               .
               Paul
               Pettit
               ,
               Vispasian
               Harris
               ,
               Peter
               Pyard
               ,
               Richard
               Juxon
               ,
               Themas
               Player
               ,
               George
               Yong
               ,
               Roger
               Sympson
               ,
               William
               Cullen
               ,
               Francis
               Maplesden
               ,
               George
               Milles
               ,
               Edward
               Norden
               ,
               Thomas
               Kingsford
               ,
               Thomas
               Trusser
               ,
               John
               Sympson
               ,
               Walter
               Mond
               ,
               John
               Routh
               ,
               Edward
               Master
               ,
               John
               Nutt
               ,
               William
               Man
               ,
               Edward
               Berry
               ,
               John
               James
               ,
               Henry
               James
               ,
               Giles
               Master
               ,
               Nicholas
               knight
               ,
               Henry
               White
               ,
               Allen
               Epps
               ,
               John
               Bix
               ,
               William
               Russel
               William
               Jones
               ,
               William
               Master
               ,
               Robert
               Beak
               ,
               George
               Nichels
               ,
               William
               Cullen
               
                 Sen.
              
               William
               Glover
               ,
               Matthew
               Spencer
               ,
               John
               Woodware
               ,
               Richard
               Hardris
               ,
               Christopher
               Harslet
               ,
               Edmond
               Crisp
               ,
               Thomas
               Den
               ,
               Robert
               Lade
               ,
               Edward
               Engeham
               ,
               Edmona
               Randolph
               ,
               Edward
               Aldy
               
                 Rector
                 of
                 St
              
               Andrews
               
                 in
              
               Canterbury
               ,
               James
               Nicholson
               ,
               Philip
               Delme
               ,
               Thomas
               Ventris
               
                 Rector
                 Sanctae
                 Margaretae
                 ,
              
               John
               Player
               ,
               Thomas
               Courthop
               ,
               John
               Lee
               ,
               Michael
               Page
               ,
               William
               Taylour
               ,
               Thomas
               Ventris
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               true
               Copy
               of
               the
               Original
               remaining
               in
               the
               Assembly
               .
            
             
               Henry
               Roborough
               
                 Scriba
                 ,
              
               Adoniram
               Bifield
               
                 Scriba
                 ,
              
               John
               Wallis
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               To
               the
               Honourable
               Committee
               of
               Parliament
               for
               Plundered
               Ministers
               .
            
             
               
                 Honourable
                 Sirs
                 ,
              
            
             
               VVE
               are
               bold
               to
               move
               you
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               
                 Mr
                 Richard
                 Culmer
                 ,
              
               a
               Minister
               ,
               who
               lives
               in
               
                 Canterbury
                 ;
              
               The
               Burgesses
               ,
               Maior
               ,
               and
               Principal
               Inhabitants
               whereof
               ,
               do
               give
               a
               very
               good
               Testimony
               of
               him
               under
               their
               hands
               in
               writing
               ,
               whom
               we
               also
               know
               to
               be
               as
               they
               testifie
               of
               him
               ;
               And
               we
               further
               testifie
               ,
               That
               he
               hath
               been
               a
               very
               forward
               advancer
               of
               the
               Common
               Cause
               ,
               by
               his
               Ministry
               ,
               and
               otherwise
               ,
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               these
               distractions
               ;
               And
               was
               long
               suspended
               for
               not
               publishing
               the
               Book
               for
               Sabbath
               sports
               :
               But
               now
               is
               altogether
               unprovided
               of
               a
               setled
               Ministry
               .
               Our
               earnest
               request
               is
               ,
               That
               he
               may
               be
               taken
               into
               your
               consideration
               ,
               and
               provided
               for
               somewhere
               in
               these
               parts
               :
               We
               are
               very
               unwilling
               such
               men
               should
               be
               discouraged
               ,
               or
               
               that
               the
               ill-affected
               should
               point
               at
               them
               ,
               as
               unregarded
               ▪
               So
               we
               humbly
               take
               leave
               ,
               and
               remain
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   Octob
                   9.
                   1643.
                   
                
              
               
                 Your
                 Loving
                 Friends
                 to
                 be
                 commanded
                 ,
                 John
                 Lade
                 
                   Maior
                   ,
                
                 James
                 Oxinden
                 ,
                 John
                 Boys
                 ,
                 William
                 Man
                 ,
                 Michael
                 Lewsie
                 ,
                 Ri.
                 Hardres
                 ,
                 Edward
                 Scot
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 Westrow
                 ,
                 Mark
                 Dixwell
                 ,
                 Edward
                 Boys
                 ,
                 John
                 Boys
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 true
                 Copy
                 of
                 the
                 Original
                 remaining
                 in
                 the
                 Assembly
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Henry
                   Roborough
                   
                     Scriba
                     ,
                  
                   Adoniram
                   Bifield
                   
                     Scriba
                     ,
                  
                   John
                   Wallis
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               To
               the
               Honourable
               the
               Committee
               appointed
               by
               the
               Parliament
               for
               Plundered
               Ministers
               .
            
             
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Do
               herewith
               present
               unto
               you
               M.
               
                 Richard
                 Culmer
                 ,
              
               a
               Minister
               of
               
                 Canterbury
                 ,
              
               who
               though
               I
               cannot
               properly
               say
               he
               hath
               been
               plundered
               ,
               yet
               hath
               lost
               much
               for
               not
               publishing
               the
               Book
               for
               Sabbath
               sports
               :
               And
               I
               have
               had
               personal
               experience
               from
               the
               first
               of
               these
               distractions
               of
               his
               fidelity
               ,
               and
               great
               activenesse
               in
               the
               Common
               Cause
               .
               And
               now
               seeing
               a
               Testimonial
               under
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Burgesses
               for
               
                 Canterbury
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               the
               Maior
               ,
               and
               many
               well-affected
               chief
               Inhabitants
               there
               ;
               That
               he
               is
               a
               man
               of
               exemplary
               life
               ,
               and
               an
               able
               ,
               and
               diligent
               Preacher
               :
               And
               seeing
               also
               Letters
               directed
               to
               you
               in
               his
               behalf
               ,
               from
               many
               of
               the
               Deputy-Lieutenants
               of
               
                 Kent
                 :
              
               And
               for
               asmuch
               as
               I
               am
               certified
               that
               the
               Archdeacon
               of
               
                 Canterbury
              
               hath
               deserted
               his
               Cure
               at
               
                 Ickham
              
               near
               
                 Sandwich
              
               in
               
                 Kent
                 :
              
               My
               earnest
               request
               to
               you
               is
               ,
               That
               
                 Mr
                 Culmer
              
               may
               by
               your
               Order
               officiate
               that
               Cure
               ,
               and
               be
               setled
               in
               it
               ,
               if
               the
               Archdeacon
               shall
               be
               removed
               out
               of
               it
               :
               And
               I
               am
               the
               rather
               willing
               to
               move
               you
               on
               
                 Mr
                 Culmers
              
               behalf
               ,
               for
               that
               I
               know
               the
               House
               of
               Lords
               (
               taking
               him
               into
               special
               consideration
               )
               did
               Order
               that
               he
               should
               succeed
               the
               Dean
               of
               
                 Canterbury
              
               in
               the
               Parsonage
               of
               
                 Chartham
                 ;
              
               but
               at
               my
               motion
               he
               sate
               down
               ,
               and
               gave
               way
               that
               my
               Lord
               Generals
               Chaplain
               should
               have
               that
               Benifice
               :
               And
               so
               with
               my
               affectionate
               respects
               commended
               to
               you
               ,
               I
               rest
               ,
            
             
               
                 Warwick-house
                 ,
                 
                   Feb.
                   2.
                   1643.
                   
                
              
               Your
               very
               assured
               Friend
               .
               
                 WARWICK
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           to
           proceed
           ,
           after
           those
           Libels
           were
           spread
           abroad
           in
           Print
           :
           A
           Libel
           was
           written
           against
           him
           at
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           night
           thrown
           under
           the
           door
           of
           the
           then
           Maior
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           who
           sent
           it
           up
           to
           the
           Committee
           for
           Plundered
           Ministers
           :
           And
           (
           to
           cause
           the
           people
           to
           destroy
           him
           )
           they
           raised
           a
           false
           report
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           
           broken
           the
           earthen
           pots
           or
           pipes
           ,
           which
           conveyed
           water
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           seen
           to
           break
           them
           ;
           And
           that
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           neither
           could
           or
           would
           give
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           Parliaments
           proceedings
           ,
           should
           be
           put
           into
           a
           house
           ,
           and
           the
           house
           fired
           on
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           King
           would
           be
           at
           
             Canterbury
          
           at
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           and
           then
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           should
           be
           hanged
           ,
           
             But
             threatned
             folks
             live
             long
             .
          
           And
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           being
           so
           recommended
           to
           the
           Committee
           for
           Plundered
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           afore-said
           ;
           they
           thereupon
           resolved
           to
           place
           him
           in
           the
           Sequestred
           Vicarage
           of
           
             Mynster
          
           in
           
             Kent
             ;
          
           But
           the
           Malignants
           and
           Cathedrallists
           from
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           some
           from
           
             Harbledown
          
           presently
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           people
           of
           
             Mynster
          
           ill
           affected
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           said
           often
           openly
           in
           the
           streets
           at
           
             Canterbury
             ,
             Blue
             Dick
             should
             be
             set
             out
             of
          
           Mynster
           ;
           And
           divers
           Ministers
           that
           seemed
           to
           be
           his
           friends
           ,
           did
           him
           ill
           offices
           there
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           ends
           :
           One
           that
           aimed
           at
           that
           Living
           himself
           ,
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           although
           the
           Committee
           had
           voted
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           the
           Place
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           would
           stir
           and
           shew
           great
           opposition
           against
           him
           ,
           they
           might
           remove
           him
           :
           An
           other
           (
           when
           he
           saw
           he
           could
           not
           get
           it
           for
           himself
           )
           advised
           them
           maliciously
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Clog
             it
             with
             a
             Lecture
             ,
             clog
             it
             with
             a
             Lecture
             ;
          
           But
           after
           the
           people
           had
           heard
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           preach
           there
           ,
           nineteen
           of
           the
           Parish
           subscribed
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           willing
           to
           receive
           him
           as
           their
           Pastor
           :
           And
           one
           of
           the
           chiefest
           did
           then
           give
           him
           loving
           entertainment
           ,
           but
           desired
           him
           to
           entertain
           his
           brother-in-law
           Mr
           
             P.
          
           then
           Curate
           to
           be
           his
           Assistant
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           him
           40lb
           by
           the
           year
           ,
           which
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           desired
           to
           be
           excused
           in
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             He
             was
             able
             to
             officiate
             alone
             ,
             and
             that
             if
          
           40lb
           per
           annum
           
             Fifts
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             in
             Taxes
             ,
             and
          
           40lb
           
             to
             his
             Assistant
             ,
             Were
             paid
             out
             of
          
           200lb
           ,
           
             he
             should
             have
             little
             himself
             :
          
           But
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           That
           Curate
           was
           very
           scandalous
           ,
           called
           
             The
             Father
             of
             Drunkards
             ,
          
           because
           divers
           
             Toffe-pots
          
           in
           the
           Parish
           called
           him
           
             Father
             ,
          
           and
           he
           called
           them
           
             Sonnes
             :
          
           But
           one
           day
           in
           a
           Cellar
           they
           complained
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           called
           them
           
             Sonnes
             ,
          
           but
           gave
           them
           no
           portions
           :
           Then
           he
           gave
           them
           portions
           ;
           To
           one
           
             Knaves-acre
             ,
          
           to
           another
           
             Duns-acre
             ,
          
           to
           another
           
             Cuckolds-corner
             ,
          
           to
           another
           a
           
             Patent
             to
             hug
             and
             buss
             ,
          
           to
           another
           
             Meretrix-Hall
             :
          
           He
           would
           tipple
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Tap-house
           near
           the
           Church
           every
           day
           in
           the
           week
           ,
           and
           on
           Holy-dayes
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Ale-house
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Church
           to
           the
           Ale-house
           ,
           and
           come
           out
           hollowing
           at
           midnight
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           drunk
           that
           he
           could
           not
           stand
           :
           He
           would
           bowl
           with
           them
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           forced
           the
           people
           by
           threats
           openly
           in
           the
           Church
           to
           come
           up
           and
           kneel
           at
           the
           Alter
           rails
           ;
           And
           said
           ,
           
             Prince
          
           Rupert
           
           
             came
             over
             to
             right
             his
             Vncles
             Wrongs
             .
          
           And
           when
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           came
           to
           the
           Vicarage-house
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           large
           Picture
           of
           a
           man
           in
           the
           window
           ,
           and
           underneath
           it
           was
           written
           ,
           
             Salvator
             mundi
             ,
          
           the
           Saviour
           of
           the
           world
           .
           But
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           said
           before
           many
           present
           ,
           
             This
             is
             not
             the
             Saviour
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             it
             cannot
             save
             it self
             ,
          
           and
           thereupon
           dashed
           it
           in
           pieces
           ;
           But
           the
           Curate
           reviled
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             It
             was
             there
             in
             many
             Doctors
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             M.
          
           Bromwels
           
             time
             ;
             He
             had
             served
             above
             twenty
             years
             as
             Curate
             there
             ,
             and
             was
             well
             beloved
             .
          
           And
           his
           Predecessor
           Curate
           would
           go
           to
           
             Sandwich
          
           and
           fetch
           Bottles
           ,
           hanging
           round
           under
           his
           Priests
           coat
           ;
           He
           was
           wont
           to
           huddle
           up
           forenoon
           and
           afternoon
           Service
           altogether
           ,
           and
           tell
           the
           people
           he
           did
           it
           ,
           because
           there
           was
           a
           merry
           meeting
           in
           the
           afternoon
           ;
           And
           the
           Priest
           (
           as
           they
           call'd
           him
           )
           was
           sure
           to
           be
           present
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           their
           glory
           to
           have
           him
           amongst
           them
           ,
           in
           their
           drunken
           courses
           ,
           and
           to
           laugh
           at
           the
           drunken
           Priest
           .
        
         
           Another
           thing
           was
           then
           propounded
           to
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           he
           would
           give
           under
           his
           hand
           in
           writing
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           Tythes
           as
           the
           Sequestred
           Doctor
           had
           them
           :
           But
           he
           refused
           to
           make
           any
           composition
           ,
           whereupon
           differences
           arose
           :
           And
           the
           brother-in-law
           to
           the
           Curate
           said
           ,
           
             He
             would
             spend
          
           500lb
           
             to
             keep
             out
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           and
           procured
           divers
           others
           to
           joyn
           with
           him
           to
           keep
           out
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           and
           to
           bring
           in
           some
           other
           Minister
           .
           But
           when
           they
           saw
           they
           could
           not
           prevail
           to
           bring
           in
           whom
           they
           would
           ;
           They
           went
           up
           to
           the
           Reverend
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           ,
           sitting
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           to
           get
           any
           ,
           they
           cared
           not
           whom
           ,
           to
           supplant
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ;
          
           being
           confident
           that
           any
           Member
           of
           that
           Assembly
           would
           carry
           it
           from
           him
           :
           There
           they
           first
           met
           with
           Dr
           
             Smith
             ,
          
           who
           hearkned
           to
           them
           at
           the
           first
           :
           But
           having
           discoursed
           with
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           and
           seen
           his
           Testimonials
           ,
           and
           enquired
           of
           Mr
           
             Herbert
             Palmer
             ,
          
           and
           others
           touching
           him
           ;
           He
           came
           to
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           That
           if
           his
           Living
           were
           worth
           500lb
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           he
           would
           not
           have
           it
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           would
           assist
           him
           against
           his
           adversaries
           :
           But
           afterwards
           they
           surprized
           one
           of
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           who
           accepted
           of
           that
           place
           ;
           but
           when
           it
           was
           moved
           in
           the
           Assembly
           for
           his
           approbation
           from
           them
           to
           the
           Committee
           for
           Plundered
           Ministers
           ;
           Mr
           
             Herbert
             Palmer
             ,
          
           who
           had
           known
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           made
           a
           Speech
           in
           his
           behalf
           of
           at
           least
           half
           an
           hour
           long
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           penned
           ,
           and
           (
           amongst
           the
           rest
           )
           he
           said
           ,
           If
           
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           
             be
             supplanted
             of
             this
             Living
             ,
             I
             am
             confident
             the
             Malignants
             in
          
           Canterbury
           
             will
             make
             bonfires
             for
             joy
             :
          
           Then
           Dr
           
             Gouge
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Wilson
             ,
          
           Dr
           
             Corpet
             ,
          
           and
           others
           there
           ,
           which
           knew
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           spake
           also
           in
           his
           behalf
           :
           
           whereupon
           the
           Vote
           of
           the
           Assembly
           was
           ,
           
             That
             their
             Brother
             should
             be
             intreated
             to
             sit
             down
             ,
             and
             give
             way
             to
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           
             for
             that
             Place
             :
          
           And
           thereupon
           after
           that
           Assembly
           had
           certified
           to
           the
           Committee
           for
           Plundered
           Ministers
           ,
           touching
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           fitnesse
           to
           officiate
           at
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           that
           Committee
           granted
           him
           their
           Order
           of
           Sequestration
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           news
           of
           this
           came
           to
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           some
           began
           to
           rage
           at
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Such
             a
             devilish
             Round-headed
             Priest
             ,
             that
             brake
             the
             Windows
             at
          
           Canterbury
           ,
           
             and
             refused
             to
             give
             the
             Sacrament
             to
             all
             at
          
           Harbledown
           ,
           
             and
             would
             not
             use
             the
             Service-Book
             ,
             should
             not
             come
             there
             :
          
           And
           it
           was
           given
           out
           ,
           that
           a
           band
           of
           women
           should
           meet
           him
           at
           
             Sarwall
             ,
          
           and
           throw
           him
           into
           a
           ditch
           :
           But
           one
           Mrs
           
             O
             ,
          
           that
           had
           heard
           well
           of
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           said
           to
           the
           Gossips
           in
           the
           Church-porch
           ,
           
             What
             band
             ?
             Who
             shall
             be
             Captain
             ?
          
           One
           named
           ,
           such
           a
           woman
           ;
           The
           other
           replied
           ,
           
             Oh
             she
             ,
             she
             was
             brought
             a
             bed
             a
             moneth
             after
             she
             was
             married
             ,
             we
             are
             like
             to
             have
             a
             good
             band
             I
             hear
             ,
             either
             whores
             ,
             or
             with
             childe
             before
             marriage
             .
          
           And
           upon
           this
           occasion
           I
           cannot
           but
           recount
           what
           fell
           out
           lately
           in
           a
           Vestry
           there
           at
           a
           Debate
           about
           putting
           out
           Apprentices
           ,
           it
           was
           voted
           by
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           adversaries
           ,
           and
           set
           down
           in
           the
           Seffe-book
           ,
           
             That
             such
             a
             Girl
             (
             a
             Bastard
             )
             should
             be
             Mr
          
           Culmers
           
             Apprentice
             :
          
           But
           he
           afterward
           addressed
           himself
           to
           the
           Justices
           ,
           and
           desired
           them
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           affront
           might
           not
           be
           put
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           further
           ,
           
             There
             were
             yet
             but
             eight
             bastards
             since
             his
             coming
             thither
             ,
             and
             desired
             he
             might
             be
             excused
             until
             the
             tenth
             fell
             :
          
           The
           Justices
           smiled
           ,
           and
           ordered
           him
           another
           Apprentice
           .
           I
           rehearse
           this
           ,
           because
           I
           hear
           the
           accusation
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           is
           his
           rehearsing
           of
           a
           same
           of
           words
           of
           the
           feminine
           gender
           .
           But
           the
           band
           of
           women
           never
           advanced
           nor
           charged
           ,
           but
           with
           their
           sharp
           tongues
           .
        
         
           
             But
             the
             500lb
             man
             ,
             with
             others
             ,
             went
             presently
             (
             before
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           
             came
             down
             with
             his
             Order
             )
             with
             a
             Petition
             to
             divers
             Peers
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             which
             were
             then
             in
             the
             Isle
             ,
             upon
             pleasure
             of
             Hawking
             and
             Hunting
             ,
             and
             lay
             there
             :
             But
             when
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Warwick
           
             had
             read
             their
             Petition
             against
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             he
             said
             ,
          
           I
           know
           
             Mr
             Culmer
          
           well
           ,
           he
           is
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           I
           pray
           receive
           him
           according
           to
           Order
           ;
           If
           need
           be
           ,
           I
           have
           a
           better
           Living
           for
           
             Mr
             Culmer
             ;
          
           But
           we
           must
           not
           oppose
           Authority
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             A
             little
             after
             a
             chief
             Parishioner
             of
             another
             Parish
             (
             brother-in-law
             also
             to
             the
             said
             Curate
             ,
             since
             a
             sequestred
             Cavalier
             )
             went
             with
             two
             of
          
           Mynster
           
             to
          
           Canterbury
           
             to
             a
             Committee
             of
             Deputy-Lieutenants
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             clamoured
             against
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             who
             was
             thereupon
             sent
             for
             to
             the
             Chequer-Inne
             :
             But
             after
             they
             had
             heard
             him
             speak
             ,
             
             Sir
          
           James
           Oxinden
           
             said
             ,
          
           Now
           we
           have
           heard
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           speak
           ,
           all
           that
           you
           have
           said
           against
           him
           ,
           falls
           from
           him
           as
           water
           from
           a
           tiled
           house
           :
           
             And
             Mr.
             
          
           Boys
           
             of
          
           Bettishanger
           
             (
             then
             Knight
             of
             the
             shire
             for
          
           Kent
           )
           
             said
             ,
          
           their
           allegations
           were
           of
           no
           weight
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           prevail
           :
           
             and
             he
             said
             ,
             I
          
           pray
           oppose
           him
           not
           ;
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           will
           never
           prevail
           against
           him
           to
           remove
           him
           ,
           he
           hath
           been
           so
           eminently
           active
           for
           the
           common
           Cause
           ,
           and
           you
           have
           nothing
           to
           alledge
           against
           him
           ,
           I
           pray
           receive
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           sent
           unto
           you
           by
           Authority
           ,
           I
           dare
           ingage
           for
           him
           he
           will
           be
           an
           honest
           quiet
           man
           amongst
           you
           if
           you
           will
           be
           quiet
           .
           
             But
             he
             that
             was
             of
             another
             Parish
             said
             ,
          
           They
           had
           Scouts
           out
           against
           .
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           and
           would
           finde
           enough
           against
           him
           ,
           He
           were
           better
           leave
           them
           quietly
           .
           
             And
             indeed
             they
             sent
             out
             to
             all
             places
             where
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             had
             lived
             ,
             or
             had
             any
             dealing
             ,
             to
             find
             matter
             against
             him
             :
             The
             chief
             thing
             which
             they
             then
             alledged
             against
             him
             was
             ;
          
           that
           he
           was
           a
           contentious
           man
           at
           
             Harbledowne
             :
             whereupon
             the
             Committee
             sent
             to
             Dr
          
           Austin
           ,
           
             who
             is
             an
             eminent
             godly
             Minister
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             truth
             of
             matters
             concerning
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           
             at
          
           Harbledowne
           :
           
             The
             Doctor
             returned
             them
             an
             answer
             in
             writing
             as
             followeth
             :
          
           Octob.
           11.
           1644.
           
           Whereas
           I
           am
           desired
           to
           testifie
           what
           I
           know
           concerning
           
             Mr
             Culmers
          
           carriage
           and
           behaviour
           at
           
             Harbledowne
             ,
          
           especially
           for
           matters
           of
           contention
           between
           him
           and
           some
           there
           ;
           I
           doe
           hereby
           truely
           testifie
           ,
           that
           having
           heard
           all
           that
           hath
           any
           wayes
           been
           objected
           against
           him
           ,
           I
           judged
           it
           rather
           to
           proceed
           out
           of
           malice
           ,
           than
           from
           any
           ground
           of
           truth
           :
           and
           the
           contention
           spoken
           of
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           rather
           out
           of
           his
           zeal
           to
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           any
           private
           cause
           of
           his
           own
           :
           And
           though
           they
           did
           alledg
           matters
           against
           him
           ,
           yet
           I
           judged
           them
           but
           frivolous
           ;
           And
           I
           have
           been
           thanked
           for
           his
           ministry
           there
           ;
           which
           many
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           also
           thought
           so
           well
           of
           ,
           as
           they
           took
           the
           pains
           to
           travell
           thither
           to
           enjoy
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           many
           years
           :
           
             And
             I
             also
             testifie
             ,
          
           That
           I
           have
           had
           much
           dealing
           with
           
             Mr
             Culmer
          
           for
           at
           least
           twelve
           years
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           were
           now
           mine
           enemy
           ,
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           never
           found
           him
           but
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           both
           in
           word
           and
           deed
           :
           In
           testimony
           whereof
           I
           have
           hereunto
           set
           my
           Name
           ,
           Robert
           Austin
           .
           
             About
             that
             time
             the
             Committee
             of
             Deputy-Lieutenants
             for
          
           Kent
           ,
           
             made
             the
             Order
             following
             ,
          
           (
           viz.
           )
        
         
           
             Whereas
             we
             are
             informed
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             weekly
             Lecture
             at
             St
          
           Johns
           
             in
             the
             Isle
             of
          
           Thanet
           ,
           
             in
             the
             County
             of
          
           Kent
           ;
           
             we
             think
             fit
             that
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             being
             a
             very
             well-affected
             man
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             by
             the
             Parliament
             into
             a
             Cure
             in
             the
             said
             Isle
             ,
             shall
             take
             his
             turn
             in
             preaching
             the
             said
             Lecture
             .
          
           Alsford
           12
           June
           1645.
           
           
             Richard
             Hardress
             ,
             Anthony
             Welden
             ,
             Robert
             Scot
             ,
             William
             Miller
             ,
             John
             Boys
             ,
             William
             Kenrick
             ▪
          
           But
           after
           this
           Order
           ,
           and
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           preaching
           there
           ,
           that
           Lecture
           soon
           ceased
           ,
           because
           (
           it
           
           seems
           )
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           preaching
           was
           not
           pleasing
           to
           the
           Cavaller
           party
           :
           The
           Minister
           there
           was
           afterward
           sequestred
           for
           malignancy
           ,
           and
           not
           one
           of
           the
           seaven
           Ministers
           of
           that
           Isle
           but
           was
           neuter
           or
           two
           pockets
           at
           the
           best
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           worst
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           could
           make
           his
           Mill
           goe
           with
           any
           winde
           .
           But
           the
           ceasing
           of
           the
           Lecture
           did
           not
           satisfie
           them
           ;
           but
           their
           chief
           project
           was
           to
           remove
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           out
           of
           that
           Isle
           :
           They
           (
           as
           the
           event
           proved
           )
           having
           a
           designe
           to
           raise
           a
           new
           Warre
           ,
           they
           knew
           that
           Isle
           to
           be
           a
           fit
           place
           for
           landing
           an
           Enemy
           :
           There
           is
           
             Ramsgate
          
           alias
           
             Roman-gate
             ,
          
           where
           the
           
             Romans
          
           landed
           when
           they
           conquered
           this
           Nation
           :
           And
           not
           far
           from
           thence
           ,
           there
           is
           at
           this
           day
           found
           (
           after
           a
           great
           rayne
           )
           Romane
           Coyn
           ,
           with
           the
           Title
           and
           Effigies
           of
           Romane
           Emperours
           :
           And
           they
           considered
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           disposition
           ,
           activeness
           ,
           and
           resolution
           against
           them
           and
           their
           Cause
           :
           Thereupon
           they
           procured
           divers
           to
           go
           to
           
             Sandnich
          
           to
           a
           Committee
           of
           Deputy-Lieutenants
           ,
           where
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Boys
          
           (
           a
           Parliament
           man
           and
           Governour
           of
           
             Dover
          
           Castle
           )
           was
           Chair-man
           ;
           there
           at
           least
           fourty
           in
           their
           best
           cloathes
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           best
           friends
           and
           Sollicitors
           ,
           did
           earnestly
           petition
           ,
           and
           clamour
           as
           for
           life
           ,
           that
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           might
           be
           removed
           from
           
             Mynster
             .
          
           But
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Boys
          
           asked
           them
           ,
           
             What
             they
             〈…〉
             ad
             to
             object
             against
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           ?
           It
           was
           answered
           ,
           
             They
             had
             nothing
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             but
             they
             might
             have
             in
             time
             :
          
           
             
               (
               Non
               ame
               to
               Volusi
               .
               nec
               possum
               dicere
               quare
               .
            
             
               Hoc
               tantum
               possum
               dicere
               ,
               non
               ame
               tc
               .
               )
            
          
           
             They
             clamoured
             that
             they
             could
             not
             edifie
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             desired
             the
             Committee
             to
             pity
             their
             souls
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             But
             Sir
          
           Edward
           Boys
           
             answered
             them
             saying
             ,
          
           I
           have
           known
           
             Mr
             Culmer
          
           many
           years
           to
           be
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           and
           zealous
           for
           God
           in
           the
           worst
           times
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Preacher
           ;
           you
           do
           ill
           to
           oppose
           a
           man
           sent
           unto
           you
           by
           Authority
           without
           shewing
           cause
           :
           if
           he
           should
           be
           removed
           upon
           such
           opposition
           ,
           it
           would
           open
           a
           flood-gate
           to
           ruin
           all
           good
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           encourage
           opposition
           against
           them
           :
           I
           am
           a
           plainman
           ,
           and
           love
           to
           deal
           plainly
           ,
           I
           like
           not
           these
           courses
           ,
           and
           untill
           you
           have
           matter
           against
           him
           ,
           I
           shall
           engage
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           engage
           all
           the
           friends
           I
           have
           in
           
             England
          
           for
           him
           against
           you
           ;
           therefore
           pray
           honest
           men
           be
           quiet
           ,
           untill
           you
           have
           just
           and
           sufficient
           cause
           to
           complain
           of
           him
           .
           
             At
             another
             time
             they
             came
             to
             a
             Committee
             at
          
           Eastry
           ,
           
             and
             the
             500lb
             man
             spake
             against
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           
             a
             long
             time
             ;
             Then
             Sir
          
           Edward
           
             replyed
             saying
             ,
          
           He
           had
           heard
           him
           patiently
           ,
           and
           all
           was
           in
           their
           own
           commendations
           ,
           but
           nothing
           alledged
           against
           
             Mr
             Culmer
             ;
          
           but
           (
           said
           he
           ,
           )
           when
           you
           have
           said
           all
           ,
           
             Mr
             Culmer
          
           hath
           lent
           more
           voluntarily
           to
           the
           State
           than
           all
           your
           Parish
           ,
           besides
           his
           personall
           actings
           :
           pray
           trouble
           us
           no
           more
           with
           your
           clamours
           
           till
           you
           have
           cause
           .
           
             And
             afterwards
             Sir
          
           Edward
           Boys
           
             (
             hearing
             of
             some
             potent
             agents
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             procured
             against
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           
             at
          
           Westminster
           )
           
             wrote
             a
             Letter
             as
             followeth
             .
          
        
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           Committee
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           plundered
           Ministers
           ,
           present
           these
           .
        
         
           Honoured
           Sirs
           ,
           I
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Deputy
           Lieutenants
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           have
           heretofore
           written
           earnestly
           unto
           you
           ,
           in
           
             Mr
             Richard
             Culmers
          
           behalf
           ,
           whom
           you
           have
           since
           setled
           in
           the
           Vicarage
           of
           
             Mynster
          
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Thanet
          
           in
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           for
           which
           I
           ,
           amongst
           others
           ,
           heartily
           thank
           you
           :
           Some
           of
           which
           Parish
           (
           being
           men
           of
           note
           for
           Religion
           ,
           and
           activeness
           in
           the
           common
           Cause
           )
           have
           this
           day
           been
           with
           me
           ,
           earnestly
           moving
           me
           to
           be
           a
           means
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           upheld
           and
           continued
           there
           against
           a
           few
           violent
           opposers
           ,
           who
           ,
           having
           begun
           to
           oppose
           him
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           make
           good
           their
           own
           wills
           and
           acts
           ,
           and
           leave
           no
           stone
           unremoved
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           although
           I
           have
           once
           and
           again
           shewed
           my
           dislike
           upon
           good
           grounds
           ;
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           when
           you
           understand
           the
           truth
           of
           things
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           sensible
           of
           this
           cause
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           great
           concernment
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           such
           a
           president
           if
           his
           enemies
           prevail
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           of
           very
           ill
           consequence
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           certified
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           cordiall
           opposition
           in
           the
           most
           of
           the
           Parish
           as
           is
           pretended
           ;
           but
           if
           two
           or
           three
           would
           surcease
           ,
           all
           were
           at
           an
           end
           ;
           his
           life
           and
           Doctrine
           being
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           prevailed
           already
           with
           divers
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           you
           further
           ,
           only
           I
           intreat
           this
           honorable
           Assembly
           ,
           to
           continue
           him
           there
           untill
           be
           shall
           give
           just
           cause
           to
           be
           removed
           ,
           or
           outed
           in
           a
           Legall
           way
           ;
           which
           I
           presume
           to
           crave
           at
           your
           hands
           ,
           for
           him
           ▪
           that
           in
           the
           worst
           times
           suffered
           under
           the
           tyranny
           of
           the
           Archbishop
           ;
           and
           for
           a
           man
           which
           (
           to
           my
           knowledg
           )
           hath
           been
           most
           famously
           active
           for
           the
           Parliament
           many
           wayes
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           of
           these
           distractions
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           man
           so
           well
           attested
           as
           he
           is
           by
           so
           many
           godly
           Ministers
           and
           others
           .
           So
           I
           rest
           .
           Your
           humble
           servant
           
             Edward
             Boys
             .
          
           Dover
           Castle
           this
           
             27th
          
           of
           
             January
          
           1644.
           
        
         
           A
           little
           after
           this
           ,
           when
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           had
           ended
           his
           morning
           Sermon
           at
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           day
           ,
           one
           
             R.
             H.
          
           came
           crouding
           up
           to
           his
           desk
           door
           ,
           and
           clamoured
           saying
           ;
           
             Neighbours
             ,
             You
             that
             have
             set
             your
             hands
             against
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             for
             a
             more
             abler
             man
             ,
             pray
             stand
             to
             it
             against
             him
             ;
             we
             have
             had
             no
             Communion
             this
             blessed
             Nativity
             ,
             nor
             Prayers
             all
             this
             Christmas
             Holydayes
             :
          
           Whereupon
           one
           or
           two
           clamoured
           ,
           but
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           went
           out
           presently
           :
           and
           the
           afternoon
           Sermon
           being
           ended
           ,
           the
           clamourer
           came
           ,
           and
           cried
           out
           as
           in
           the
           morning
           ;
           then
           a
           chief
           man
           of
           the
           Parish
           cryed
           
             all
             ,
             all
             :
          
           and
           the
           clamourer
           said
           aloud
           in
           the
           Church
           to
           the
           forenamed
           Scout
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           another
           Parish
           and
           then
           present
           ;
           
             Captain
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             joyn
             with
             us
             :
          
           The
           Scout
           answered
           
           aloud
           in
           the
           Church
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             will
             both
             ride
             and
             write
             :
          
           but
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           soon
           left
           them
           clamouring
           and
           talking
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           that
           they
           raised
           a
           slander
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           said
           
             they
             were
             Malignauts
             :
          
           which
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           they
           meerly
           forged
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           only
           said
           ,
           
             he
             knew
             it
             was
             a
             plot
             of
             Malignants
             to
             incense
             them
             against
             him
             :
          
           Upon
           this
           the
           500lb
           man
           and
           some
           others
           went
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           County
           at
           
             Alesford
             ,
          
           and
           there
           accused
           him
           of
           that
           saying
           ,
           which
           they
           indeed
           had
           forged
           for
           their
           own
           ends
           ,
           to
           strengthen
           themselves
           to
           get
           a
           Certificate
           from
           that
           Committee
           ,
           
             That
             some
             of
             them
             being
             of
             the
             Trayned
             bands
             ,
             did
             advance
             towards
          
           Arundell
           ,
           
             and
             that
             they
             conceived
             them
             to
             be
             no
             Malignants
             .
          
           The
           Certificate
           was
           drawn
           up
           by
           the
           Clerk
           of
           that
           Committee
           ,
           and
           upon
           debate
           about
           it
           ,
           Colonel
           
             Blunt
          
           said
           ,
           
             I
             see
             you
             have
             cloathed
             Mr
          
           Culmers
           
             opposers
             ,
             but
             you
             send
             him
             away
             stark
             naked
             ,
             one
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           :
           
             I
             dwell
             far
             from
             him
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             observed
             his
             activeness
             in
             the
             common
             Cause
             :
             and
             once
             I
             made
             a
             Speech
             in
             the
             Lords
             House
             ,
             and
             he
             presently
             made
             another
             there
             ,
             to
             good
             purpose
             :
             What
             say
             you
             Gentlemen
             of
          
           East-Kent
           ,
           
             who
             are
             his
             neighbours
             ?
          
           Whereupon
           they
           cloathed
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           so
           well
           with
           Commendations
           ,
           that
           his
           adversaries
           were
           unwilling
           to
           make
           use
           of
           their
           Certificate
           .
           A
           little
           after
           that
           ,
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           was
           advised
           to
           call
           the
           Parishioners
           together
           after
           evening
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           to
           read
           his
           Certificates
           unto
           them
           ;
           which
           he
           did
           accordingly
           :
           But
           so
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           read
           ,
           the
           500lb
           man
           clamoured
           saying
           ;
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
             Now
             the
             people
             have
             heard
             your
             papers
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             much
             against
             you
             as
             ever
             they
             were
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             not
             speak
             ho
             :
          
           whereupon
           only
           one
           man
           
             (
             J.
             W.
             )
          
           spake
           ,
           he
           cried
           out
           
             all
             ,
             all
             ,
             all
             ,
             all
             :
          
           Then
           the
           500lb
           man
           and
           some
           others
           spake
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           to
           incense
           the
           people
           against
           him
           :
           The
           500lb
           man
           fell
           a jeering
           him
           about
           his
           little
           flock
           at
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           because
           he
           had
           mentioned
           that
           day
           ,
           
             Fear
             not
             little
             flock
             .
          
           And
           one
           accused
           him
           saying
           ,
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
             you
             make
             dissention
             in
             the
             Parish
             ;
             you
             say
             when
             you
             begin
             your
             Sermons
             ,
          
           you
           that
           fear
           God
           ,
           hearken
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           
             as
             if
             some
             in
             the
             Parish
             did
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             some
             in
             the
             Parish
             did
             not
             fear
             God
             ;
             and
             so
             you
             divide
             the
             Parish
             ,
             and
             set
             us
             all
             at
             difference
             .
          
           Another
           cried
           out
           ,
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
             you
             may
             preach
             ,
             but
             you
             get
             no
             Tythes
             of
             me
             but
             by
             Law
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             come
             by
             them
             by
             Law
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             :
             Nor
             of
             me
             but
             by
             Law
             ,
          
           said
           another
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           Then
           said
           one
           ,
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
             you
             gave
             thanks
             for
             a
             Lye
             ,
             for
             taking
             of
          
           Scarborow
           
             Castle
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             yet
             taken
             .
          
           But
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           did
           indeed
           give
           thanks
           for
           the
           taking
           of
           
             Scarborow
          
           Town
           ,
           and
           regayning
           of
           
             Weymouth
             .
          
           Then
           the
           clamourer
           
             J.
             W.
          
           said
           
             he
             would
             take
             his
             Oath
             on
             it
             ,
          
           although
           it
           was
           false
           which
           he
           would
           so
           attest
           against
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             .
          
           But
           
           
             J.
             W.
          
           (
           that
           so
           clamoured
           
             all
             ,
             all
             ,
          
           and
           offered
           to
           swear
           falsly
           ;
           )
           about
           a
           week
           after
           being
           drunk
           ,
           fell
           (
           in
           his
           drunken
           reel
           )
           under
           the
           wheels
           of
           a
           wagon
           laden
           with
           1500
           house-tyles
           ,
           and
           was
           crushed
           to
           death
           ,
           vomiting
           up
           his
           bloud
           at
           his
           throat
           and
           mouth
           :
           
             God
             is
             known
             by
             the
             judgments
             which
             he
             executeth
             .
          
           But
           some
           notwithstanding
           continued
           after
           that
           to
           revile
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           publikely
           calling
           him
           
             devillish
             roundheadid
             Priest
             ;
          
           and
           
             Ha
             Blew
             Dick
             ,
             the
             devil
             break
             your
             neck
             :
          
           and
           roaring
           out
           of
           the
           Alehouse
           window
           ,
           as
           he
           went
           by
           ;
           
             You
             sirra
             Jack
             Priest
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           some
           came
           of
           purpose
           from
           other
           Parishes
           to
           jeer
           the
           Priest
           ,
           and
           affronted
           him
           at
           his
           door
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           as
           is
           unfit
           to
           be
           named
           ,
           much
           less
           committed
           to
           paper
           .
           And
           because
           he
           used
           not
           the
           Service-Book
           ,
           they
           called
           it
           
             the
             Round-headed
             kinde
             of
             Service
             .
             Come
             ,
             will
             you
             hear
             the
             Roundheaded
             kinde
             of
             Christning
             too
             .
          
           And
           one
           that
           was
           married
           by
           him
           ,
           affronted
           him
           in
           the
           Church
           at
           the
           time
           of
           marriage
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           
             he
             did
             not
             say
             right
          
           &c.
           but
           he
           had
           not
           done
           right
           ,
           who
           had
           made
           a
           whore
           of
           the
           Bride
           divers
           moneths
           before
           the
           marriage
           .
           And
           he
           was
           much
           reviled
           because
           he
           did
           not
           officiate
           at
           the
           grave
           :
           but
           he
           said
           ,
           
             he
             would
             not
             be
             Chaplain
             to
             the
             wormes
             ,
             to
             say
             grace
             to
             them
             before
             they
             go
             to
             dinner
             and
             feed
             on
             the
             dead
             corps
             :
          
           upon
           this
           account
           he
           was
           threatned
           to
           be
           buried
           alive
           .
           He
           desired
           them
           to
           go
           into
           the
           Church
           after
           the
           corps
           was
           interred
           ,
           and
           said
           
             he
             would
             there
             give
             them
             a
             word
             of
             Exhortation
             ,
             seeing
             so
             many
             were
             there
             met
             together
             :
          
           but
           their
           usuall
           answer
           was
           ,
           
             If
             we
             can
             have
             nothing
             at
             the
             grave
             ,
             we
             will
             have
             nothing
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           It
           were
           well
           if
           all
           Ministeriall
           speakings
           at
           the
           grave
           were
           prohibited
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           all
           appearance
           of
           evill
           ;
           for
           by
           such
           officiating
           of
           the
           Minister
           ,
           there
           is
           hardning
           of
           popish
           ,
           ignorant
           and
           superstitious
           people
           ;
           as
           if
           some
           good
           came
           to
           the
           dead
           by
           the
           Ministers
           speaking
           over
           the
           dead
           at
           the
           grave
           ,
           and
           as
           if
           the
           devil
           will
           not
           come
           nigh
           Holy
           Priesthood
           ,
           Holy
           Church
           ground
           ,
           Holy
           Service
           :
           And
           upon
           this
           account
           there
           is
           much
           enmity
           raised
           against
           good
           Ministers
           ,
           because
           some
           Ministers
           practice
           it
           out
           of
           superstition
           ,
           and
           some
           to
           humour
           and
           please
           the
           people
           ,
           least
           they
           should
           Article
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           not
           pay
           their
           Tythes
           well
           .
           At
           one
           buriall
           when
           they
           began
           to
           raise
           at
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           because
           he
           did
           not
           officiate
           there
           ;
           one
           
             J.
             D.
          
           (
           a
           common
           swearer
           )
           fell
           flat
           on
           his
           belly
           ,
           and
           thrust
           his
           arm
           into
           the
           grave
           ,
           and
           said
           aloud
           ,
           
             We
             shall
             have
             him
             here
             ,
             here
             ,
             here
             shortly
             :
          
           but
           this
           man
           (
           a
           young
           man
           )
           died
           a
           little
           after
           stark
           mad
           ,
           cursing
           and
           calling
           out
           ,
           
             the
             devil
             ,
             the
             devil
             .
          
           And
           one
           
             T.
             D.
          
           who
           had
           two
           wives
           living
           ,
           and
           children
           by
           them
           both
           ,
           who
           did
           beat
           his
           own
           aged
           dearest
           father
           ,
           was
           instrumentall
           in
           the
           persecution
           of
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           used
           to
           
           affront
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             he
             had
             as
             much
             to
             do
             at
             the
             Vicarage
             as
             he
             ;
          
           and
           said
           ,
           
             he
             would
             go
             no
             more
             to
             the
             Steeple-house
             :
          
           this
           man
           was
           a
           little
           after
           hanged
           in
           
             Sussex
             .
          
           And
           when
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           gave
           meat
           and
           money
           to
           divers
           poor
           people
           ,
           the
           persecutors
           told
           the
           people
           ,
           
             that
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             did
             that
             in
             policy
             to
             get
             their
             good
             wills
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             joyn
             with
             the
             rich
             men
             against
             him
             ;
             but
             they
             should
             not
             finde
             him
             so
             liberall
             afterwards
             .
          
           A
           Grandee
           of
           the
           faction
           did
           use
           to
           lead
           many
           after
           him
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           as
           they
           went
           to
           the
           next
           Parish
           ,
           which
           when
           a
           worthy
           Gentleman
           of
           that
           Parish
           observed
           ;
           He
           sent
           the
           Grandee
           word
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             a
             badge
             of
             malice
             to
             leave
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             to
             come
             to
             hear
             at
             that
             Parish
             ,
             where
             there
             was
             a
             Preacher
             ,
             whose
             gifts
             were
             farre
             inferiour
             to
             their
             own
             Ministers
             :
          
           But
           this
           is
           an
           ordinary
           persecution
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           now
           ,
           when
           lately
           in
           that
           Isle
           ,
           a
           drunken
           ,
           scandalous
           ,
           railing
           Priest
           was
           ejected
           ,
           there
           comes
           scarce
           one
           of
           ten
           to
           hear
           the
           godly
           Minister
           ,
           placed
           in
           his
           room
           .
           And
           when
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           reproved
           them
           for
           setting
           up
           a
           Tree
           
             May-pole
          
           ,
           it
           was
           told
           him
           to
           his
           face
           ,
           
             That
             there
             was
             a
             Bough
             strong
             enough
             to
             hang
             him
             on
             it
             :
          
           And
           when
           he
           preached
           not
           on
           their
           
             Christmasse-day
          
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ;
           He
           was
           reviled
           for
           it
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           called
           Rogue
           ,
           and
           assaulted
           in
           the
           Church-yard
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           told
           him
           ,
           
             Such
             a
             Minister
             did
             preach
             then
             ,
             and
             why
             not
             you
             ?
          
           The
           usual
           saying
           of
           the
           500lb
           man
           ,
           and
           his
           faction
           was
           ,
           
             We
             don't
             take
             you
             for
             our
             Minister
             .
          
        
         
           At
           last
           the
           Persecutors
           plotted
           to
           advance
           their
           design
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           by
           articling
           against
           him
           ,
           before
           the
           Committee
           for
           Plundered
           Ministers
           ,
           thereby
           to
           make
           publick
           shews
           of
           numerous
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           to
           manifest
           their
           implacable
           and
           violent
           opposition
           against
           him
           ;
           Only
           by
           that
           pretence
           of
           enmity
           against
           him
           ,
           to
           prevail
           to
           remove
           him
           ;
           because
           thereupon
           it
           would
           be
           conceived
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           not
           like
           to
           do
           any
           good
           amongst
           them
           ,
           who
           acted
           with
           such
           animosity
           ,
           charge
           ,
           trouble
           ,
           or
           travel
           :
           That
           was
           the
           mystery
           of
           the
           iniquity
           of
           all
           that
           opposition
           ,
           a
           confidence
           to
           prevail
           meerly
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           pretended
           opposition
           ,
           and
           unlikelihood
           of
           not
           edifying
           by
           him
           upon
           that
           account
           :
           That
           's
           the
           knack
           of
           it
           all
           the
           Nation
           over
           ;
           when
           only
           self-will
           ,
           and
           malice
           ,
           and
           private
           interest
           ,
           and
           self-ends
           ,
           are
           the
           weights
           that
           set
           all
           the
           Wheels
           a
           going
           :
           For
           they
           could
           not
           be
           so
           sottish
           ,
           as
           to
           imagine
           to
           prevail
           by
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           cause
           .
           They
           had
           a
           Treasurer
           (
           at
           warre
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           so
           say
           )
           who
           kept
           the
           money
           which
           was
           collected
           to
           defray
           the
           Charges
           in
           pursuance
           of
           those
           Articles
           ,
           to
           pay
           Witnesses
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           They
           raised
           and
           spent
           above
           300lb
           ,
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           own
           confession
           )
           in
           prosecuting
           of
           him
           Some
           
           of
           the
           Articles
           are
           
             verbatim
          
           in
           the
           printed
           Libels
           ,
           
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           
             That
             he
             was
             a
             fantastick
             narrow
             brain'd
             man
             .
             That
             false
             News
             was
             by
             a
             Proverb
             called
          
           Culmers
           
             News
             .
             That
             he
             made
             a
             popular
             shew
             ,
             but
             gave
             very
             little
             .
             That
             he
             denied
             to
             pay
             Parliament
             Texis
             .
             That
             he
             is
             an
             impudent
             man
             ,
             and
             did
             pisse
             in
             the
             Cathedral
             in
          
           Canterbury
           .
           
             That
             he
             gave
             not
             the
             Communion
             at
          
           Harbledown
           
             as
             he
             ought
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           (
           to
           steel
           their
           numerous
           ,
           frivolous
           ,
           woodden
           Articles
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           an
           edge
           on
           them
           )
           they
           accused
           him
           to
           be
           a
           common
           swearer
           ,
           and
           a
           Protector
           of
           Malignants
           .
           They
           carried
           whole
           Coaches
           full
           of
           Witnesses
           through
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           in
           a
           triumphant
           bravado
           ;
           But
           at
           the
           hearing
           before
           the
           Committee
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           produce
           one
           Witness
           that
           ever
           heard
           him
           swear
           one
           oath
           ,
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           one
           
             Wilde
          
           of
           
             Vpstreet
          
           (
           a
           Ditcher
           )
           was
           fitted
           with
           russet-boots
           ,
           and
           Yeoman-like
           ,
           and
           carried
           up
           to
           
             Westminster
          
           to
           witness
           one
           Oath
           against
           M.
           
             Culmer
             ;
          
           But
           when
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Committee
           door
           ,
           his
           heart
           failed
           him
           :
           For
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           falsly
           accused
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ;
          
           whom
           he
           met
           one
           Morning
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           
             He
             did
             ride
             upon
             a
             Round-headed
             horse
             ;
          
           but
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           said
           little
           to
           him
           ,
           using
           no
           oath
           or
           evil
           word
           against
           him
           ,
           as
           
             Thomas
             Heath
          
           who
           heard
           all
           that
           was
           spoken
           was
           ready
           to
           witness
           ,
           if
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           had
           been
           called
           to
           his
           defence
           :
           But
           a
           little
           after
           
             Wilde
          
           fell
           sick
           ,
           and
           consumed
           ,
           and
           died
           in
           a
           fearfull
           manner
           .
           And
           that
           scandal
           touching
           Mr.
           
           
             Culmers
          
           protecting
           of
           Malignants
           ;
           It
           was
           raised
           by
           the
           persecutors
           from
           
             Harbledown
             ,
          
           because
           he
           dealt
           courteously
           with
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           was
           taken
           to
           be
           the
           Lord
           
             Digby
             ,
          
           being
           found
           at
           an
           Inne
           there
           in
           the
           night
           :
           But
           the
           true
           Lord
           
             Digby
          
           rid
           through
           
             Canterbury
          
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           escaped
           over
           Sea
           .
           The
           Gentleman
           in
           his
           frolick
           put
           his
           scarlet
           cloak
           on
           the
           Can-maker
           ,
           and
           he
           put
           on
           the
           Can-makers
           lethern
           apron
           ,
           and
           so
           danced
           in
           his
           gold
           lace
           ;
           But
           upon
           suspicion
           )
           the
           house
           was
           beset
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           (
           then
           Minister
           there
           )
           was
           called
           up
           at
           midnight
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           the
           Justice
           at
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           did
           write
           a
           Warrant
           at
           the
           Justices
           bed
           side
           ,
           and
           called
           up
           
             Richard
             Redwood
          
           then
           Constable
           :
           The
           young
           Spark
           kept
           his
           room
           with
           his
           naked
           Rapier
           ,
           which
           be
           thrust
           thorow
           the
           glasse-window
           :
           But
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           entred
           in
           upon
           him
           alone
           ,
           and
           he
           yielded
           and
           put
           up
           his
           Rapier
           ;
           whereupon
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           promised
           him
           gentle
           carriage
           ,
           which
           was
           performed
           :
           For
           he
           went
           (
           as
           he
           desired
           with
           his
           〈◊〉
           by
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           with
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           alone
           ,
           and
           the
           rabble
           not
           near
           him
           ,
           and
           was
           brough
           a
           back
           way
           privately
           to
           the
           Justice
           ,
           and
           there
           delivered
           to
           the
           Constable
           ;
           but
           he
           proved
           no
           Lord
           
             Digby
             ,
          
           but
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           And
           that
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           was
           no
           protector
           of
           Malignants
           ,
           his
           recited
           Cathedral
           History
           ,
           and
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           Committee
           
           for
           Examinations
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           can
           testifie
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           that
           said
           ,
           
             He
             would
             fain
             go
             like
             himself
             to
          
           Westminster
           ,
           
             to
             witnesse
             against
             M.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           had
           about
           five
           pounds
           towards
           his
           charges
           ,
           when
           he
           went
           up
           to
           witnesse
           ,
           
             where
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             made
             water
             in
             a
             dusty
             corner
             behinde
             old
             boards
             and
             rubbage
             ,
             in
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Cathedral
          
           (
           where
           afterwards
           the
           Ammunition-wagons
           stood
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Pauls
             London
             ,
          
           and
           where
           afterwards
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           prisoners
           were
           kept
           )
           which
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           was
           necessitated
           unto
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           demolishing
           the
           Idols
           there
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           doors
           were
           shut
           ,
           and
           those
           without
           ready
           to
           knock
           out
           his
           brains
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           gone
           forth
           to
           make
           water
           .
           And
           a
           Gentlewoman
           (
           then
           of
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           now
           of
           
             Canterbury
             )
          
           being
           asked
           by
           the
           Chair
           man
           of
           that
           Committee
           ,
           
             What
             she
             could
             witness
             against
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           ,
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             she
             heard
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             say
             ,
             That
             if
             her
             husband
          
           William
           Goldfinch
           ,
           
             Would
             not
             agree
             to
             pay
             his
             small
             Tythes
             at
             a
             rate
             in
             money
             ,
             he
             expected
             his
             Tythes
             in
             kinde
             of
             T
             〈…〉
             ,
             Pigs
             .
          
           And
           she
           said
           further
           ,
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             told
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             at
             our
             house
             ,
             that
             I
             wondered
             that
             he
             would
             not
             go
             away
             from
          
           Mynster
           ,
           
             and
             that
             it
             did
             not
             move
             his
             patience
             to
             be
             so
             hated
             and
             houted
             at
             .
             And
          
           Sir
           ,
           
             his
             answer
             to
             me
             was
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             a
             cholerick
             man
             by
             nature
             ,
             and
             soon
             moved
             ,
             but
             he
             did
             wear
             a
             hat
             with
             broad
             brims
             ,
             Which
             did
             keep
             the
             rain
             from
             his
             collar
             .
          
           This
           was
           all
           she
           did
           ,
           or
           could
           accuse
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           of
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           the
           Records
           of
           that
           Committee
           ;
           which
           Committee
           said
           ,
           
             They
             found
             nothing
             against
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             fit
             for
             their
             Cognizance
             to
             eject
             a
             Minister
             :
          
           And
           the
           worthy
           Chair-man
           gave
           them
           good
           counsel
           ,
           and
           in
           conclusion
           bid
           them
           
             Go
             home
             and
             live
             quietly
             :
          
           Whereupon
           the
           faction
           to
           have
           their
           wils
           against
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           then
           offered
           a
           Petition
           to
           the
           Committee
           ,
           wherein
           they
           freely
           offered
           to
           give
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           during
           his
           life
           ,
           the
           whole
           revenue
           of
           the
           Vicarage
           ,
           and
           to
           provide
           a
           Minister
           at
           their
           own
           charge
           ,
           upon
           condition
           that
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           might
           be
           removed
           from
           them
           :
           And
           in
           that
           Petition
           it
           is
           propounded
           as
           an
           argument
           to
           have
           him
           cast
           out
           ,
           
             That
             they
             had
             spent
             in
             prosecuting
             him
             ,
             two
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             pounds
             ,
          
           and
           clamoured
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           ,
           
             That
             they
             had
             spent
             about
             three
             hundred
             pound
             .
          
           But
           the
           answer
           to
           that
           was
           very
           unpleasing
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           said
           ,
           
             Beneficium
             propter
             officium
             ,
          
           and
           
             Officium
             propter
             beneficium
             .
          
           But
           
             Flictere
             si
             nequeo
             superos
             Acheronta
             movebo
             .
          
           Presently
           after
           that
           the
           Prosecutors
           ,
           being
           returned
           home
           ,
           two
           of
           them
           stirred
           up
           others
           to
           confederate
           to
           carry
           away
           all
           Mr.
           
           
             Culmers
          
           Tythe-corn
           that
           harvest
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           (
           almost
           all
           )
           accordingly
           ;
           One
           that
           paid
           him
           a
           little
           was
           reproved
           for
           it
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           who
           
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           
             You
             wrong
             all
             the
             Parish
             in
             paying
             your
             Tythes
             ,
             seeing
             we
             are
             all
             agreed
             to
             pay
             none
             .
          
           One
           (
           when
           the
           Tythes
           were
           demanded
           )
           answered
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Others
             do
             not
             pay
             ,
             I
             am
             loath
             to
             foul
             the
             Vicarage-barn
             with
             our
             little
             Tythe-corn
             .
          
           Another
           said
           ,
           
             We
             have
             possession
             ,
             which
             is
             eleven
             points
             of
             the
             Law
             :
             The
             first
             point
             in
             Hawking
             is
             hold-fast
             .
          
           Another
           said
           ,
           
             I
             will
             pay
             no
             Tythes
             ,
             but
             go
             along
             with
             my
             Neighbours
             ,
             as
             dogs
             go
             to
             Church
             ,
             and
             take
             Neighbours
             fare
             ,
             come
             what
             will
             come
             ;
          
           But
           he
           a
           little
           after
           riding
           in
           a
           Cart
           ,
           it
           overthrew
           and
           killed
           the
           childe
           that
           was
           with
           him
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           crushed
           his
           own
           Leg
           so
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           cured
           ,
           but
           remains
           with
           wounds
           and
           bruises
           that
           he
           (
           continuing
           lame
           )
           cannot
           go
           along
           with
           his
           Neighbours
           .
           A
           little
           before
           that
           ,
           he
           (
           hearing
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           say
           in
           his
           prayer
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             thy
             mercy
             is
             great
             to
             us
             ;
             there
             be
             many
             in
             Hell
             ,
             that
             never
             sinned
             as
             we
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             thy
             mercy
             we
             have
             time
             to
             call
             for
             mercy
             ;
          
           thereupon
           )
           vowed
           ,
           
             never
             to
             come
             to
             Church
             more
             ,
             if
             M.
          
           Culmer
           
             preached
             :
          
           And
           being
           disabled
           to
           go
           elswhere
           ,
           remains
           obstinate
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           glorieth
           in
           keeping
           his
           vows
           :
           He
           is
           called
           
             Will
             Wounds
             ,
          
           because
           of
           his
           usual
           oaths
           ,
           
             by
             Wounds
             ,
          
           &c.
           but
           now
           he
           &
           others
           may
           read
           his
           sin
           in
           his
           punishment
           .
        
         
           Another
           (
           a
           Sectary
           Leveller
           of
           another
           Parish
           )
           denied
           his
           Tythes
           ,
           and
           gave
           this
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             desire
             the
             ruine
             of
             all
             the
             Ministers
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             know
             no
             way
             better
             to
             effect
             it
             ,
             than
             by
             starving
             them
             out
             ,
             by
             keeping
             their
             maintenance
             from
             them
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             were
             in
             my
             power
             ,
             I
             would
             sheath
             my
             sword
             in
             the
             bowels
             of
             all
             the
             Ministers
             in
          
           England
           .
           Another
           refusing
           to
           pay
           his
           Tythes
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             If
             the
             Parliament
             set
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             on
             work
             ,
             if
             they
             provide
             us
             servants
             ,
             let
             them
             provide
             them
             wages
             .
          
           The
           Tythe
           robbers
           servants
           would
           cry
           out
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           when
           the
           Tythe
           was
           gone
           ,
           
             Ha!
             the
             Bird
             is
             flown
             ,
             the
             Bird
             is
             flown
             ,
          
           and
           would
           hollow
           and
           hoop
           like
           mad
           men
           .
           
             Come
          
           (
           said
           a
           Sectary
           )
           
             Don't
             the
             Priests
             men
             want
             boughs
             to
             mark
             out
             their
             Tythes
             ,
          
           &
           c
           ?
           Some
           did
           threaten
           his
           servants
           from
           off
           their
           ground
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             We
             know
             the
             Law
             forty
             thing
             :
             By
             Law
             you
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             to
             meddle
             about
             setting
             out
             the
             Tythe
             ,
             we
             by
             Law
             can
             tythe
             when
             we
             list
             ,
             whether
             you
             be
             present
             or
             absent
             :
          
           His
           tything
           servant
           was
           knockt
           down
           ,
           and
           beaten
           ,
           and
           bruised
           ,
           and
           was
           after
           stripped
           before
           the
           Justice
           ,
           who
           ,
           with
           others
           ,
           saw
           the
           bruises
           .
           They
           would
           not
           Tythe
           in
           his
           servants
           presence
           ,
           but
           some
           left
           a
           little
           Tythe-corn
           in
           their
           absence
           ,
           to
           colour
           the
           matter
           .
           If
           his
           servants
           waited
           all
           day
           ,
           they
           would
           let
           the
           corn
           lie
           unheaped
           ,
           and
           go
           home
           at
           night
           ,
           and
           after
           arise
           at
           midnight
           ,
           and
           leave
           what
           Tythe
           they
           pleased
           ,
           and
           change
           the
           Tythe
           ,
           and
           bring
           bad
           corn
           from
           elswhere
           ,
           and
           trash
           out
           of
           the
           Barn
           to
           put
           in
           the
           room
           of
           good
           Tythe
           :
           
             Come
             Ned
             arise
             ,
             
             we
             must
             go
             and
             do
             righteous
             things
             ;
          
           No
           Knave
           to
           the
           pretended
           Religious
           Knave
           ;
           No
           enemy
           to
           the
           pretended
           ,
           yet
           false
           friend
           :
           As
           he
           that
           overtook
           the
           honest
           Traveller
           over
           night
           ,
           and
           supped
           ,
           and
           lay
           with
           him
           ;
           but
           next
           day
           morning
           ,
           when
           thieves
           assaulted
           and
           robbed
           the
           true
           man
           ,
           the
           pretended
           friend
           joyned
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           many
           other
           Tythe-robbing
           tricks
           were
           used
           ,
           against
           which
           tricks
           there
           is
           no-remedy
           provided
           in
           the
           Law
           :
           Whereupon
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           printed
           two
           Books
           touching
           the
           frauds
           in
           Tything
           ,
           hoping
           that
           upon
           such
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           Defects
           of
           Law
           and
           Justice
           about
           Tythes
           ,
           either
           Ministers
           should
           have
           been
           left
           wholly
           to
           the
           charity
           of
           people
           ,
           or
           that
           better
           Laws
           would
           be
           made
           for
           their
           enjoyment
           of
           Tythes
           ,
           which
           are
           esteemed
           as
           their
           Livelihood
           ,
           and
           in
           consideration
           of
           them
           they
           pay
           Taxes
           ,
           Fifths
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           Yet
           the
           frauds
           of
           the
           lawlesse
           Tythe-robber
           are
           such
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           matter
           (
           though
           not
           intended
           by
           the
           makers
           of
           former
           Laws
           )
           Tythes
           in
           kinde
           are
           but
           a
           State-cheat
           ,
           or
           mock-maintenance
           ,
           those
           good
           Laws
           being
           now
           outplodded
           by
           malicious
           and
           covetous
           people
           :
           I
           pray
           God
           that
           those
           Books
           ,
           especially
           that
           called
           
             The
             Lawless
             Tythe-robber
             discovered
             ,
          
           may
           never
           rise
           up
           in
           judgement
           against
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           ,
           or
           against
           any
           other
           that
           have
           read
           them
           .
           But
           those
           confederated
           Tyth-robbers
           acted
           so
           against
           M.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           that
           for
           two
           years
           together
           he
           had
           not
           half
           so
           much
           Tythe-revenue
           (
           one
           way
           or
           other
           )
           as
           would
           pay
           his
           Fifths
           ,
           and
           Tenths
           ,
           and
           Taxes
           ,
           which
           were
           severely
           exacted
           of
           him
           ,
           when
           almost
           all
           his
           Tythes
           were
           in
           the
           peoples
           hands
           :
           He
           had
           ten
           Troopers
           at
           a
           time
           quartered
           upon
           him
           ,
           horse
           and
           man
           ;
           and
           was
           constrained
           to
           borrow
           money
           of
           the
           next
           Justices
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Paramor
          
           and
           Major
           
             Foach
          
           to
           pay
           his
           Taxes
           ,
           which
           Taxes
           have
           been
           assessed
           and
           exacted
           to
           the
           utmost
           farthing
           of
           his
           Living
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Parish
           was
           eased
           a
           fifth
           part
           ,
           some
           a
           full
           half
           .
           The
           Persecutions
           and
           oppressions
           that
           way
           have
           been
           unparallel'd
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           never
           complained
           of
           it
           ,
           untill
           they
           made
           that
           injury
           a
           rule
           of
           other
           assessements
           ,
           wherein
           they
           ease
           themselves
           and
           burden
           him
           .
           There
           was
           then
           little
           or
           no
           relief
           for
           Ministers
           in
           Sequestred
           Livings
           ,
           though
           he
           made
           many
           journeys
           for
           relief
           about
           his
           Tythes
           :
           And
           the
           Sesse-book
           was
           denied
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           see
           who
           occupied
           Marshland
           ,
           and
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           Deputy-Lieutenants
           slighted
           by
           the
           Persecutors
           ,
           who
           answered
           them
           at
           
             Canterbury
             ,
             That
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             should
             not
             see
             it
             ,
             but
             by
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           so
           matters
           rested
           .
           And
           to
           adde
           to
           his
           oppressions
           ,
           besides
           the
           scoffs
           formerly
           rehearsed
           ,
           it
           was
           clamoured
           to
           him
           as
           he
           rid
           in
           
             Mynster-street
          
           ,
           
             Look
             how
             the
             Priests
             horse
             ears
             loll
             ,
             he
             goes
             so
             oft
             to
          
           London
           ,
           
             and
             can
             get
             nothing
             :
          
           
           Yet
           these
           men
           paid
           their
           Tythes
           in
           corn
           to
           the
           full
           to
           the
           
             Non-resident
             Doctor
             ,
          
           who
           had
           1s
           .
           6d
           .
           
             per
             Acre
          
           for
           the
           Marshland
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           was
           contented
           with
           1s
           ,
           yet
           could
           not
           ,
           nor
           cannot
           enjoy
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           Minister
           of
           
             W.
             H.
          
           in
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           abated
           2d
           .
           of
           1s
           .
           due
           by
           custome
           for
           the
           Acre
           ,
           hoping
           they
           would
           pay
           that
           freely
           ,
           but
           I
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           
             That
             if
             he
             had
             abated
          
           10d
           ,
           
             and
             took
          
           2d
           ,
           
             he
             findes
             they
             would
             have
             been
             as
             backward
             to
             pay
             that
             .
          
           And
           although
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           have
           forborn
           many
           for
           five
           ,
           seven
           ,
           ten
           years
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           sued
           them
           ;
           yet
           he
           findes
           it
           to
           redound
           to
           his
           greater
           losse
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           ,
           and
           others
           hardning
           ,
           only
           to
           avoid
           contention
           ;
           least
           thereby
           they
           should
           prejudice
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           but
           they
           now
           finde
           by
           experience
           ,
           wofull
           experience
           ,
           that
           their
           forbearance
           hath
           hardened
           men
           to
           be
           more
           unrighteous
           ,
           as
           soft
           fires
           harden
           some
           things
           :
           By
           bearing
           one
           injury
           wicked
           men
           are
           invited
           to
           do
           more
           injury
           .
           A
           Minister
           in
           
             Essex
          
           (
           Mr
           
             Willet
             )
          
           for
           peace-sake
           remitted
           20lb
           due
           to
           him
           for
           Tythes
           taken
           from
           him
           in
           Harvest
           ,
           1652.
           and
           the
           same
           Tythe-robber
           carried
           away
           all
           his
           Tythe-corn
           in
           Harvest
           ,
           1653.
           
           And
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           had
           the
           same
           experience
           in
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           because
           he
           sued
           not
           those
           that
           carried
           away
           all
           his
           Tythe-corn
           in
           Harvest
           ,
           1646.
           they
           carried
           away
           all
           also
           in
           Harvest
           ,
           1647.
           
           But
           before
           Harvest
           ,
           1648.
           
           
             The
             Sword
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             of
             Gideon
          
           made
           them
           pay
           their
           dues
           .
           Oh
           blessed
           Law
           and
           Sword
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           thou
           prevailest
           more
           with
           wicked
           men
           ,
           than
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           of
           Reason
           ,
           or
           the
           Law
           in
           judgements
           of
           God
           himself
           !
           But
           this
           is
           observable
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           one
           of
           the
           wilfull
           Tythe-robbers
           then
           ,
           or
           now
           ,
           but
           are
           confounded
           as
           to
           their
           estates
           ,
           one
           ,
           and
           all
           ,
           to
           admiration
           :
           One
           being
           a
           prisoner
           at
           the
           suit
           of
           others
           had
           thirty
           pound
           forgiven
           him
           by
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ;
          
           yet
           within
           two
           dayes
           after
           the
           first
           Parliaments
           dissolution
           ,
           he
           clapt
           two
           Actions
           on
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           who
           afterwards
           had
           eight
           pound
           costs
           in
           those
           Suites
           ;
           Now
           their
           own
           ears
           loll
           in
           other
           Parishes
           ,
           while
           they
           make
           their
           houses
           their
           prison
           for
           fear
           of
           Lawyers
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           revenue
           out
           of
           which
           they
           may
           pay
           Tythes
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           Tythe
           lice
           .
           And
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           these
           oppressors
           of
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           did
           not
           only
           pay
           their
           dues
           fully
           and
           quietly
           to
           the
           
             Non-resident
             ,
          
           but
           were
           exceeding
           bountifull
           to
           their
           beloved
           Curates
           ,
           and
           paid
           a
           kinde
           of
           Tythe
           or
           Contribution
           of
           Hay
           and
           Pease
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           to
           him
           for
           horse-meat
           ,
           besides
           continual
           gifts
           and
           entertainment
           of
           him
           and
           his
           wife
           .
           And
           to
           oppresse
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           the
           more
           ,
           they
           regard
           not
           the
           Limits
           of
           their
           Parish
           that
           he
           may
           know
           his
           maintenance
           ,
           utterly
           refusing
           to
           go
           the
           Bounds
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           he
           have
           often
           privately
           and
           publickly
           intreated
           them
           .
        
         
         
           And
           besides
           all
           these
           oppressions
           ,
           one
           thing
           more
           in
           point
           of
           livelihood
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           mention
           ,
           That
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           having
           laid
           out
           about
           5lb
           in
           demolishing
           the
           Monuments
           of
           Idolatry
           at
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           by
           special
           Order
           according
           to
           the
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           for
           their
           demolishing
           ,
           cannot
           get
           his
           money
           so
           laid
           out
           .
           At
           his
           first
           coming
           thither
           he
           often
           desired
           the
           Churchwardens
           to
           do
           that
           work
           according
           to
           that
           Act
           :
           But
           the
           500lb
           man
           being
           Churchwarden
           refused
           to
           act
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             He
             could
             not
             get
             a
             Sailor
             at
          
           Sandwich
           
             to
             climb
             up
             to
             the
             Crosses
             on
             the
             Spire
             of
             the
             Steeple
             under
          
           15lb
           .
           So
           that
           that
           work
           was
           left
           undone
           about
           a
           whole
           year
           after
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           coming
           thither
           ;
           But
           then
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           was
           jeered
           by
           a
           Sequestred
           Malignant
           Priest
           ,
           who
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Physician
             heal
             thy self
             ;
          
           telling
           him
           of
           his
           actings
           at
           
             Canterbury
             :
          
           These
           words
           took
           such
           deep
           impression
           on
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           no
           longer
           wait
           the
           Churchwardens
           leisure
           :
           But
           a
           day
           or
           two
           after
           ,
           being
           the
           5th
           of
           
             Novem.
          
           he
           got
           up
           into
           the
           Steeple
           before
           day
           ,
           and
           by
           Moon-light
           ,
           got
           up
           to
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Spire
           ,
           seven
           roods
           or
           poles
           from
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           did
           sit
           on
           the
           round
           Globe
           there
           ;
           and
           did
           with
           a
           rope
           affix
           ladders
           so
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           then
           little
           danger
           to
           go
           up
           &
           down
           from
           the
           flat
           Steeple
           to
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Spire
           .
           And
           then
           he
           came
           down
           and
           hired
           
             Peter
             Wotton
             ,
          
           and
           
             Thomas
             Austin
          
           to
           go
           up
           the
           Ladder
           ,
           and
           demolish
           the
           two
           crosses
           there
           :
           The
           huge
           wooden
           Cross
           covered
           with
           lead
           under
           the
           Vane
           ,
           and
           the
           iron
           cross
           above
           that
           .
           And
           many
           other
           Idolatrous
           Monuments
           ,
           were
           demolished
           ,
           and
           the
           Chancel
           ground
           levelled
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           by
           the
           Workmen
           and
           Masons
           ,
           whom
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           to
           this
           day
           he
           cannot
           get
           one
           farthing
           of
           those
           charges
           repayed
           him
           ,
           though
           the
           Justices
           have
           ordered
           it
           according
           to
           that
           Act
           :
           And
           although
           he
           never
           demanded
           any
           thing
           for
           his
           own
           actings
           about
           that
           work
           of
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           this
           oppression
           did
           not
           quench
           the
           burning
           malice
           of
           the
           500lb
           man
           and
           his
           faction
           :
           They
           said
           ,
           
             The
             greatest
             crosse
             (
             the
             Priest
             )
             was
             yet
             remaining
             .
          
           And
           they
           suffered
           the
           Churchyard
           to
           be
           without
           a
           gate
           ,
           that
           the
           pasture
           there
           might
           be
           common
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           continued
           :
           at
           last
           they
           put
           a
           Wattle
           or
           Hurdle
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           a
           Gate
           ,
           which
           continued
           so
           for
           divers
           years
           ,
           to
           the
           laughter
           and
           derision
           of
           all
           that
           passed
           by
           :
           And
           they
           handled
           the
           matter
           so
           ,
           that
           none
           durst
           help
           the
           Sexton
           to
           ring
           the
           great
           Sermon-bell
           on
           the
           Sabbaths
           :
           But
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           own
           Servants
           did
           constantly
           do
           that
           service
           .
           After
           that
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           of
           the
           faction
           took
           away
           the
           Key
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           the
           Sexton
           ,
           and
           kept
           the
           doors
           locked
           ,
           when
           about
           two
           hundred
           people
           (
           Parishioners
           and
           others
           )
           were
           assembled
           in
           the
           Churchyard
           ,
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           
           morning
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           were
           all
           constrained
           to
           return
           home
           without
           any
           publick
           Worship
           .
           A
           Grandee
           said
           aloud
           ,
           
             The
             Church-doors
             shall
             not
             be
             opened
             :
          
           Another
           crouded
           up
           to
           the
           door
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Let
             me
             see
             who
             dares
             break
             open
             the
             Church-door
             ?
          
           And
           the
           next
           Sabbath
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           got
           into
           the
           Church
           at
           the
           broken
           Chancel
           windows
           ,
           which
           were
           left
           unrepaired
           about
           half
           a
           year
           by
           the
           500lb
           man
           ,
           in
           hope
           that
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           should
           pay
           for
           all
           the
           ruines
           ,
           which
           came
           through
           the
           wilfull
           neglect
           of
           the
           500lb
           mans
           speedy
           reparations
           of
           those
           windows
           ,
           which
           belong'd
           to
           him
           to
           repair
           as
           Parson
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           said
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           There
           was
           not
           at
           first
           ten
           foot
           of
           glasse
           broken
           there
           :
           And
           when
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           was
           gotten
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           he
           rung
           the
           Bels
           ,
           and
           when
           people
           were
           come
           thither
           ,
           he
           unbolted
           one
           door
           ,
           which
           had
           no
           lock
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           into
           the
           Church
           :
           But
           about
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           after
           he
           had
           begun
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           ,
           there
           came
           into
           the
           Church
           seven
           men
           of
           the
           Parish
           with
           their
           hats
           on
           ,
           clamouring
           and
           yelling
           like
           Tygers
           :
           Five
           of
           them
           rushed
           into
           his
           Desk
           :
           One
           called
           him
           
             Thief
             ,
             because
             he
             came
             not
             in
             at
             the
             door
             ,
             but
             at
             the
             window
             :
          
           And
           those
           five
           laid
           hands
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           thrust
           him
           violently
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           two
           at
           the
           door
           tugged
           and
           pulled
           him
           ;
           but
           they
           could
           not
           move
           him
           ,
           untill
           the
           Constable
           
             Robert
             Wells
          
           (
           seeing
           him
           look
           pale
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           fainting
           )
           prayed
           him
           to
           give
           way
           :
           They
           thrust
           his
           ribs
           on
           the
           edge
           or
           point
           of
           a
           plank
           ,
           and
           bent
           them
           ,
           and
           crushed
           his
           body
           so
           ,
           that
           he
           vomited
           bloud
           ,
           and
           purged
           bloud
           :
           They
           dragged
           him
           by
           head
           and
           shoulders
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           he
           did
           not
           lift
           up
           his
           hand
           against
           them
           ;
           yet
           I
           have
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           
             He
             could
             easily
             have
             killed
             them
             every
             one
             with
             his
             steeletto
             :
          
           But
           he
           often
           said
           ,
           
             He
             blessed
             God
             ,
             who
             kept
             his
             hands
             from
             shedding
             their
             blouds
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             admired
             at
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             God
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             gave
             him
             such
             a
             spirit
             of
             meeknesse
             upon
             such
             an
             occasion
             ,
             contrary
             to
             his
             natural
             and
             usual
             disposition
             in
             his
             own
             defence
             ,
             when
             violence
             hath
             been
             done
             him
             :
          
           But
           when
           he
           was
           gotten
           out
           of
           their
           clutches
           in
           the
           Churchyard
           ,
           he
           presently
           ran
           into
           the
           Church
           at
           the
           other
           Church-door
           ,
           and
           went
           on
           in
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           ,
           and
           anon
           the
           Rioters
           came
           in
           again
           ,
           clamouring
           with
           their
           hats
           on
           :
           But
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           went
           on
           in
           his
           reading
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           and
           then
           many
           good
           people
           were
           come
           into
           the
           Church
           :
           And
           Mr.
           
           
             Har
             〈…〉
             is
          
           of
           
             Birchington
             ,
          
           and
           many
           Parishioners
           came
           out
           of
           their
           seats
           ,
           one
           said
           ,
           
             They
             should
             have
             his
             heart-bloud
             before
             they
             should
             touch
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             again
             :
          
           And
           then
           they
           laid
           hands
           on
           the
           Rioters
           ,
           who
           pressed
           forwards
           to
           come
           at
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             :
          
           But
           they
           were
           all
           crouded
           and
           tugged
           in
           a
           throng
           down
           to
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           where
           being
           left
           ,
           they
           
           went
           out
           into
           the
           Churchyard
           ,
           to
           〈…〉
           themselves
           ;
           But
           while
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           was
           praying
           before
           Serm
           〈…〉
           he
           Pulpit
           ,
           they
           came
           in
           again
           clamouring
           as
           before
           ,
           but
           〈…〉
           presse
           towards
           him
           ;
           But
           they
           interrupted
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             He
             should
             not
             preach
             then
             ,
             though
             it
             should
             cost
             them
             their
             lives
             :
          
           Then
           said
           M●Culmer
           ,
           
             though
             you
             will
             not
             let
             me
             preach
             ,
             yet
             (
             I
             hope
             )
             you
             will
             let
             me
             read
             a
             little
             Scripture
             out
             of
             the
             Bible
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             come
             down
             :
          
           They
           yeelded
           to
           that
           :
           Then
           he
           read
           out
           of
           
             Gen.
          
           19.
           how
           they
           pressed
           upon
           
             Lots
          
           door
           in
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           and
           how
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           presently
           consumed
           them
           ,
           and
           he
           applied
           it
           to
           the
           Rioters
           .
           Then
           he
           read
           
             Numb.
          
           16.
           of
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           and
           
             Abiram
             ;
          
           And
           2
           
             Chron.
             36.
             15.
             
             They
             abused
             his
             Messengers
             ,
          
           &c.
           Then
           
             Jer.
          
           18.
           18.
           and
           
             Matth.
             23.
             
             Oh
             Hierusalem
             ,
             Hierusalem
             ,
             thou
             that
             killest
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Then
           they
           clamoured
           :
           But
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           desired
           them
           to
           hear
           one
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           more
           ,
           and
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           would
           come
           down
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           were
           silent
           :
           Then
           he
           read
           ,
           
             Rom.
             13.
             
             All
             Powers
             are
             ordained
             of
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             and
             he
             that
             resisteth
             receiveth
             damnation
             .
          
           Then
           he
           dismissed
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           and
           came
           down
           .
        
         
           No
           marvel
           if
           his
           Highnesse
           in
           his
           Commission
           for
           
             Ejecting
             scandalous
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             placing
             Godly
             Ministers
             in
             their
             rooms
             ,
             provide
             against
             Riots
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           there
           was
           just
           cause
           to
           fear
           .
           Such
           practices
           have
           been
           in
           many
           other
           Parishes
           also
           ,
           where
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           
             Non-residents
             ,
          
           and
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           drunken
           Curates
           have
           let
           in
           the
           Devil
           ,
           who
           ,
           now
           he
           is
           to
           be
           cast
           out
           in
           these
           blessed
           dayes
           of
           the
           Sonne
           of
           Man
           ,
           rends
           and
           tears
           ,
           as
           he
           dealt
           with
           the
           possessed
           man
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           he
           must
           be
           cast
           out
           :
           When
           
             there
             was
             like
             Priest
             like
             people
             ,
          
           and
           where
           it
           is
           so
           now
           ,
           and
           
             the
             strong
             man
             is
             in
             possession
             ,
             all
             was
             and
             is
             in
             peace
             ,
          
           and
           honey-love
           between
           Minister
           and
           people
           in
           many
           Parishes
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           articling
           or
           complaint
           against
           most
           scandalous
           Priests
           ,
           that
           humour
           the
           people
           in
           their
           superstition
           and
           prophanenesse
           .
           But
           if
           faithfull
           Ministers
           be
           placed
           in
           their
           rooms
           ;
           then
           the
           Devil
           roars
           against
           such
           Ministers
           ;
           He
           moves
           his
           Vassals
           to
           spend
           their
           bodies
           in
           journeys
           ,
           their
           estates
           in
           expences
           ,
           their
           souls
           in
           Tythe-robbings
           ,
           lies
           ,
           slanders
           ,
           riots
           ,
           persecutions
           ,
           to
           worry
           out
           such
           Ministers
           ;
           They
           seem
           to
           say
           ,
           when
           such
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           are
           sent
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Devils
           said
           to
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           
             Art
             thou
             come
             to
             torment
             us
             before
             the
             time
             ?
             Neighbours
             ,
             stand
             to
             it
             against
             this
             devilish
             Round-headed
             Priest
             ,
             and
             either
             keep
             him
             out
             ,
             or
             weary
             him
             out
             ,
             or
             else
             we
             shall
             be
             weary
             of
             our
             lives
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             so
             plagued
             with
             him
             ,
             with
             his
             bawling
             at
             Church
             ,
             and
             new
             Round-headed
             tricks
             .
          
        
         
           But
           (
           to
           proceed
           )
           in
           the
           afternoon
           of
           that
           rioted
           Sabbath
           ,
           they
           
           placed
           a
           guard
           of
           men
           under
           the
           broken
           Chancel
           windows
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           be
           daubed
           with
           filthy
           sir-reverence
           ;
           but
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           vaulted
           over
           the
           heads
           of
           the
           guard
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           the
           hearts
           to
           touch
           him
           ;
           and
           (
           being
           got
           into
           the
           Church
           )
           he
           tolled
           the
           Bels
           ,
           and
           unbolted
           the
           Church-door
           ,
           and
           preached
           that
           afternoon
           ,
           and
           no
           Rioters
           acted
           against
           him
           ;
           But
           the
           next
           Sabbath
           (
           when
           he
           was
           got
           into
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           ring
           )
           the
           clappers
           were
           all
           taken
           out
           of
           all
           the
           five
           Bels
           ,
           so
           that
           none
           of
           the
           Bels
           could
           speak
           (
           as
           they
           use
           to
           say
           :
           )
           But
           he
           went
           home
           ,
           and
           took
           his
           wives
           great
           iron-pestle
           ,
           and
           went
           up
           into
           the
           Steeple
           ,
           and
           tonged
           the
           Bels
           with
           the
           pestle
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           clappers
           ,
           and
           did
           preach
           twice
           that
           Sabbath
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           these
           Rioters
           ,
           who
           said
           
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             was
             a
             thief
             ,
          
           was
           after
           that
           a
           Pirate
           ,
           a
           thief
           at
           Sea
           ,
           being
           a
           Cavalier
           Captain
           ,
           and
           was
           slain
           at
           Sea
           .
           And
           another
           of
           the
           Rioters
           that
           pulled
           out
           the
           clappers
           ,
           a
           lusty
           young
           man
           ,
           was
           the
           first
           of
           that
           Parish
           that
           wanted
           a
           clapper
           to
           ring
           his
           knell
           :
           He
           used
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           returned
           from
           
             London
          
           (
           whether
           he
           was
           necessitated
           to
           go
           often
           in
           his
           own
           defence
           ,
           and
           
             needs
             must
             he
             runne
             whom
             the
             Devil
             drives
             )
          
           the
           Rioter
           used
           to
           swear
           fearfully
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Hath
             not
             the
             Devil
             broke
             his
             neck
             yet
             ?
             Is
             he
             not
             hanged
             yet
             ?
          
           And
           the
           next
           Sabbath
           after
           the
           Riot
           ,
           they
           sent
           about
           the
           Parish
           ,
           to
           warn
           people
           from
           coming
           to
           Church
           ,
           and
           when
           any
           said
           ,
           
             They
             would
             come
             ,
          
           then
           the
           Messenger
           prayed
           them
           that
           they
           would
           not
           tell
           
             that
             they
             were
             sent
             ;
          
           but
           now
           the
           Messenger
           is
           lame
           ,
           and
           another
           looks
           behinde
           him
           .
           At
           last
           there
           came
           a
           Warrant
           from
           the
           Committee
           of
           Parliament
           for
           Plundred
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           the
           Sheriff
           to
           
             raise
             Forces
             and
             assist
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           
             against
             the
             Ricters
             ;
          
           And
           some
           of
           the
           Parish
           ,
           who
           opposed
           the
           Rioters
           ,
           went
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Warwick
             ,
          
           who
           was
           Lord
           Admiral
           then
           ,
           and
           lay
           at
           
             Walmer
          
           Castle
           ;
           He
           presently
           sent
           his
           Warrant
           to
           have
           the
           Peace
           kept
           .
           Afterward
           two
           Justices
           did
           sit
           upon
           the
           Riot
           ,
           and
           the
           Rioters
           were
           bound
           over
           to
           the
           Sessions
           ;
           and
           there
           indicted
           and
           found
           guilty
           ,
           and
           fined
           each
           of
           them
           fourty
           shillings
           ,
           which
           they
           received
           again
           from
           their
           good
           masters
           and
           dames
           ,
           by
           a
           Collection
           in
           the
           Parish
           .
           But
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           did
           not
           prosecute
           the
           Law
           against
           any
           of
           them
           for
           the
           assault
           and
           battery
           ,
           neither
           had
           he
           his
           charges
           expended
           at
           the
           Justices
           sitting
           about
           the
           Riot
           ,
           and
           about
           journeys
           ,
           Warrants
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           about
           8lb
           .
           He
           had
           no
           recompence
           for
           his
           bloud
           and
           bruises
           ,
           though
           the
           Physicians
           and
           Chyrurgions
           bils
           were
           costly
           .
           When
           the
           Justices
           sate
           at
           
             Mynster
          
           upon
           the
           Riot
           ,
           a
           godly
           man
           of
           the
           next
           Parish
           (
           St
           
             Laurence
          
           Parish
           )
           where
           they
           had
           no
           Minister
           at
           all
           ,
           seeing
           these
           actings
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             Here
             is
             a
             stirre
             against
             a
             
             Minister
             ,
             we
             would
             praise
             God
             if
             we
             had
             a
             Minister
             :
          
           Then
           the
           500lb
           man
           ,
           and
           three
           more
           (
           I
           have
           their
           Names
           in
           writing
           )
           said
           ,
           
             Would
             to
             God
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             Gods
             blessed
             will
             ,
             that
             we
             were
             in
             your
             case
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             Minister
             neither
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             Gods
             sweet
             will
             and
             pleasure
             .
          
           At
           the
           Sessions
           the
           Ring-leader
           and
           Incendiary
           of
           the
           Rioters
           ,
           being
           called
           to
           the
           Bar
           ,
           the
           Judge
           called
           him
           the
           Trumpeter
           ,
           because
           he
           being
           decrepid
           and
           limping
           ,
           only
           clamoured
           :
           But
           he
           put
           up
           a
           Petition
           ,
           and
           these
           Articles
           to
           the
           Bench
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ;
          
           These
           Articles
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           only
           these
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             said
             Mr.
             
               Culmer
            
             did
             preach
             ,
             That
             many
             be
             like
             the
             Dogge
             in
             the
             manger
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             let
             the
             Horse
             eat
             ,
             nor
             eat
             himself
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             he
             preached
             ,
             That
             a
             man
             was
             taken
             up
             at
             Sea
             alive
             ,
             swimming
             with
             a
             Testament
             in
             his
             bosom
             ,
             and
             his
             flesh
             soaked
             ,
             as
             if
             sodden
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             the
             Popish-Priest
             did
             drink
             all
             ,
             
               supernaclum
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             the
             Papists
             reserve
             the
             Communion
             bread
             in
             a
             box
             ,
             and
             give
             it
             to
             dying
             men
             ,
             who
             die
             with
             their
             mouths
             full
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             Satan
             was
             a
             subtil
             Fox
             ,
             and
             was
             above
             five
             thousand
             year
             old
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             one
             called
             him
             a
             soul-murtherer
             ,
             and
             he
             took
             no
             course
             to
             clear
             himself
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             That
             he
             said
             in
             his
             Prayer
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             thou
             knowest
             there
             be
             many
             in
             hell
             ,
             better
             than
             we
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             dangerous
             thing
             to
             bring
             weak
             Christians
             into
             the
             sin
             of
             despair
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             That
             he
             prayed
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             how
             long
             wilt
             thou
             avenge
             our
             bloud
             on
             them
             that
             dwell
             on
             the
             earth
             ?
             Lord
             ,
             give
             the
             scarlet
             whore
             plenty
             of
             bloud
             to
             drink
             ,
             for
             she
             is
             worthy
             :
             We
             do
             think
             it
             a
             dangerous
             thing
             to
             meddle
             with
             the
             judgement
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             direct
             him
             how
             he
             shall
             punish
             sinners
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             He
             said
             the
             Rebels
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             caused
             a
             Protestants
             guts
             to
             be
             wound
             out
             alive
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             That
             he
             laid
             aspersion
             of
             Malignants
             upon
             some
             of
             the
             Parish
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             When
             the
             Parishioners
             pitched
             upon
             Mr.
             to
             be
             their
             Minister
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Culmer
            
             said
             ,
             The
             poor
             of
             the
             Parish
             did
             set
             their
             hands
             ,
             because
             he
             would
             give
             two
             messes
             of
             porridge
             to
             Mr.
             
             
               Culmers
            
             one
             ,
             which
             is
             enough
             to
             discourage
             any
             Minister
             from
             coming
             amongst
             us
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             more
             regarded
             the
             food
             of
             our
             bodies
             ,
             than
             of
             our
             souls
             ,
             which
             are
             immortal
             .
          
        
         
           These
           Articles
           are
           to
           be
           seen
           under
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           they
           were
           delivered
           to
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           after
           the
           Justices
           had
           perused
           them
           :
           But
           the
           
           two
           last
           Articles
           were
           wholly
           forged
           against
           him
           ;
           And
           that
           of
           the
           man
           taken
           up
           at
           Sea
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Martyrs
           .
           And
           after
           this
           Riot
           ,
           the
           Minister
           of
           the
           next
           Parish
           dying
           ,
           most
           of
           that
           place
           came
           usually
           to
           
             Mynster
          
           Church
           ;
           And
           especially
           two
           Justices
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Deputy-Lieutenants
           came
           with
           their
           Families
           constantly
           ,
           for
           about
           two
           years
           ,
           untill
           it
           did
           please
           God
           to
           provide
           a
           godly
           Minister
           for
           them
           in
           their
           own
           Parish
           :
           But
           their
           coming
           pleased
           not
           the
           faction
           ;
           for
           (
           to
           use
           the
           Gentlemens
           own
           words
           )
           the
           style
           over
           which
           they
           were
           to
           come
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           was
           bedawbed
           with
           reaking
           hot
           sir-reverence
           ,
           of
           purpose
           by
           some
           that
           waited
           their
           coming
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           were
           constrained
           to
           have
           a
           gap
           made
           in
           the
           hedge
           to
           go
           thorow
           .
           And
           the
           wife
           of
           the
           500lb
           man
           (
           who
           told
           her
           husband
           ,
           
             She
             edified
             most
             by
             Mr.
             
          
           Culmer's
           
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             carry
             her
             no
             more
             about
             to
             other
             Parishes
             with
             him
             on
             the
             Sabbath
             )
          
           when
           she
           was
           gone
           home
           in
           the
           Sabbath
           noon-tide
           ,
           a
           sir-reverence
           was
           laid
           in
           her
           Pew
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           But
           a
           stranger
           (
           a
           Gentlewoman
           of
           
             London
             )
          
           coming
           from
           the
           next
           Parish
           before
           her
           to
           Church
           ,
           when
           Divine
           Worship
           was
           begun
           ,
           kneeling
           down
           suddenly
           in
           the
           Pew
           ,
           was
           so
           bedawbed
           with
           that
           stinking
           excrement
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           constrained
           to
           strip
           her
           white
           Sattin-peticoat
           over
           her
           feet
           in
           publick
           ,
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           divine
           Worship
           ,
           and
           wrapping
           it
           up
           ,
           gave
           it
           to
           her
           man
           over
           the
           Pew
           ,
           in
           the
           face
           of
           all
           the
           Congregation
           .
           And
           many
           other
           abuses
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           have
           been
           put
           upon
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           for
           his
           good
           affection
           to
           the
           present
           Powers
           and
           Government
           ,
           enough
           to
           fill
           a
           volume
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           the
           Grandees
           of
           the
           Faction
           that
           cried
           
             All
             ,
             All
          
           in
           the
           Church
           at
           
             Mynster
          
           (
           seeing
           him
           in
           
             Sandwich
          
           when
           the
           mock-Prince
           was
           there
           ,
           the
           day
           before
           the
           
             Kentish
          
           Petitioning
           with
           Swords
           )
           made
           a
           clamour
           against
           him
           in
           the
           open
           streets
           as
           he
           passed
           by
           ,
           to
           incense
           the
           numerous
           crew
           there
           against
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           but
           he
           then
           escaped
           .
        
         
           And
           at
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           he
           coming
           thither
           from
           
             London
          
           about
           Noon
           upon
           the
           25th
           day
           of
           
             December
             ,
          
           1647.
           called
           
             Christmas-day
          
           ;
           and
           being
           in
           his
           Inne
           ,
           a
           tumult
           was
           made
           in
           the
           streets
           against
           godly
           men
           which
           opened
           their
           Shops
           that
           day
           ;
           and
           when
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           heard
           the
           Maior
           was
           knockt
           down
           ,
           he
           was
           running
           out
           to
           help
           the
           Maior
           :
           But
           Mr
           
             Joseph
             Phillips
          
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           
             Saracens-head
             ,
          
           shut
           his
           doors
           ,
           and
           he
           and
           his
           men
           laid
           hands
           on
           Master
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           and
           kept
           him
           in
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           after
           he
           was
           perswaded
           to
           ride
           out
           at
           the
           back
           gate
           ;
           But
           he
           was
           not
           gone
           half
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           ,
           but
           the
           Rioters
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           searched
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           be
           perswaded
           but
           that
           he
           was
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           swore
           ,
           
             They
             would
             hang
             the
             Round-headed
             
             Rogue
             ;
          
           and
           afterward
           he
           was
           informed
           ,
           
             they
             would
             have
             hanged
             him
             over
             the
             Cathedral-gate
             ,
             where
             he
             helped
             to
             pull
             down
             the
             large
             Image
             of
             Christ
             ,
             with
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             in
             form
             of
             a
             Dove
             over
             his
             head
             ,
             in
             full
             proportion
             .
          
           And
           he
           then
           riding
           thorow
           the
           back-street
           ,
           there
           were
           few
           people
           there
           :
           for
           all
           were
           in
           a
           tumult
           in
           the
           High-street
           ,
           after
           some
           
             Plumporridge-Priests
          
           (
           as
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           used
           to
           call
           them
           )
           had
           ended
           their
           Sermons
           :
           But
           at
           North
           gate
           street
           ,
           some
           women
           seeing
           him
           ride
           that
           day
           with
           his
           Cloak
           bag
           behinde
           him
           ,
           railed
           at
           him
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Oh
             Rogue
             ,
             will
             not
             you
             give
             Christ
             his
             day
             ?
          
           he
           was
           compelled
           to
           escape
           the
           dirt
           thrown
           at
           him
           ,
           to
           runne
           the
           Gantlet
           ,
           or
           thorow
           Purgatory
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           it
           .
           And
           on
           Moonday-morning
           (
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           to
           a
           friend
           )
           he
           returned
           to
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           having
           heard
           nothing
           of
           their
           search
           for
           him
           the
           Saturday
           before
           :
           And
           at
           North-gate-street
           there
           were
           few
           people
           :
           But
           two
           women
           there
           asked
           him
           ,
           
             If
             he
             were
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           knew
           ,
           
             Oh
             Sir
             ,
          
           said
           they
           ,
           
             ride
             no
             further
             ,
             for
             the
             City-gates
             are
             shut
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             all
             together
             by
             the
             ears
             ,
             and
             some
             in
          
           Canterbury
           
             swore
             ,
             If
             they
             had
             taken
             you
             upon
             Saturday
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             stoned
             you
             to
             death
             ,
             or
             hanged
             you
             :
          
           But
           (
           being
           mindfull
           of
           his
           promise
           )
           rid
           on
           to
           the
           midst
           of
           
             Ruttenton-lane
          
           ;
           but
           upon
           better
           consideration
           ,
           he
           took
           this
           as
           a
           warning
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           returned
           to
           
             Forditch
             ,
          
           where
           he
           wrote
           a
           Letter
           to
           excuse
           his
           not
           coming
           according
           to
           promise
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           rode
           to
           Sir
           
             James
             Oxendens
             ,
          
           where
           after
           Dinner
           the
           News
           being
           seconded
           of
           the
           Rising
           in
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           he
           and
           his
           Sonne
           (
           being
           Deputy-Lieutenants
           )
           sent
           Orders
           to
           raise
           the
           trained
           Bands
           ;
           and
           a
           Regiment
           came
           from
           the
           
             Wilde
          
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           which
           quelled
           the
           Rioters
           ,
           who
           were
           many
           of
           them
           carried
           to
           
             Leeds
          
           Castle
           :
           But
           when
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           came
           to
           
             Canterbury
          
           at
           the
           coming
           in
           of
           those
           forces
           ,
           a
           woman
           in
           
             North-gate
          
           said
           
             Oh
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             there
             's
             good
             quarter
             for
             you
             now
             in
          
           Canterbury
           .
           But
           I
           cannot
           conceive
           for
           which
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Culmers
          
           good
           works
           in
           
             Canterbury
          
           any
           there
           should
           stone
           him
           ,
           whose
           Ministry
           they
           enjoyed
           
             gratis
          
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           and
           where
           he
           endeavoured
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           to
           quench
           their
           fires
           in
           
             Dover-lane
          
           ,
           and
           elswhere
           ,
           and
           where
           he
           hath
           leaped
           into
           a
           deep
           whirl-pit
           ,
           and
           dived
           to
           save
           life
           ,
           and
           fetched
           up
           the
           party
           from
           the
           bottom
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           Minister
           at
           
             Harbledown
             ,
          
           as
           hundreds
           there
           know
           ,
           being
           eye-witnesses
           thereof
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           year
           1648.
           the
           Scout
           and
           the
           500lb
           man
           ,
           and
           their
           Faction
           ,
           
             One
             ,
             and
             All
             ,
             All
             ,
             All
             ,
          
           proved
           themselves
           Malignants
           with
           a
           witnesse
           ,
           by
           their
           practice
           and
           actings
           in
           the
           
             Kentish
          
           Rising
           ,
           wherein
           divers
           of
           them
           were
           Commanders
           ,
           and
           were
           Sequestred
           ;
           The
           Scout
           
           was
           a
           Captain
           therein
           .
           Two
           dayes
           before
           the
           Rising
           they
           summoned
           a
           meeting
           at
           Church
           ,
           to
           sign
           the
           Cavaller-Petition
           ,
           which
           when
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           had
           read
           ,
           he
           earnestly
           disswaded
           them
           from
           subscribing
           it
           ;
           The
           Petition
           cried
           down
           
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             the
             Army
             disbanded
             ,
             &c.
          
           But
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           shewed
           them
           the
           necessity
           of
           Taxes
           ,
           to
           defend
           our selves
           against
           the
           enemies
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           lives
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           and
           that
           wars
           were
           chargeable
           ,
           as
           Physick
           in
           sicknesse
           ,
           more
           chargeable
           than
           ordinary
           Diet
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           were
           in
           a
           Tempest
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           times
           men
           throw
           their
           goods
           overboard
           ,
           to
           save
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           Taxes
           were
           not
           ordinary
           ,
           but
           upon
           necessity
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           Kings
           Taxes
           of
           Ship-money
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           were
           made
           without
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           without
           necessity
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           illegal
           pressures
           were
           taken
           away
           .
           Then
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           of
           the
           Faction
           (
           who
           after
           was
           a
           Commander
           ,
           and
           an
           Imprisoner
           )
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Parliament
             hath
             taken
             a
             Flea
             out
             of
             our
             bosome
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             a
             Serpent
             :
          
           And
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           speaking
           against
           the
           disbanding
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Wolves
             would
             make
             peace
             with
             the
             Shepherds
             ,
             upon
             condition
             they
             would
             hang
             up
             their
             Dogs
             ;
             The
             Shepherds
             desirous
             of
             peace
             ,
             hung
             up
             their
             Dogs
             ,
             but
             when
             the
             Dogs
             were
             gone
             ,
             the
             Wolves
             devoured
             Sheep
             and
             Shepherds
             too
             :
          
           And
           this
           my
           father
           applied
           ,
           shewing
           ,
           that
           the
           Army
           kept
           us
           ,
           Governours
           and
           People
           from
           bloudy
           Wolves
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           Papists
           ,
           Atheists
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           Many
           thereupon
           refused
           to
           subscribe
           ,
           but
           the
           
             All
             ,
             All
             ,
             All-man
          
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             Pen
             and
             Ink
             :
          
           Then
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           left
           them
           subscribing
           :
           And
           the
           next
           day
           
             Richard
             Langley
          
           of
           St
           
             Laurence
          
           Parish
           (
           a
           very
           godly
           man
           ,
           and
           active
           for
           the
           State
           )
           was
           set
           upon
           ,
           and
           put
           to
           it
           to
           flie
           for
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           was
           pursued
           to
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           and
           murdered
           there
           upon
           
             Thourn-down
             :
          
           But
           the
           Gentleman
           Cavalier
           that
           sent
           out
           the
           pursuers
           ,
           and
           furnished
           them
           with
           Horse
           and
           Pistols
           ,
           did
           afterwards
           cut
           his
           own
           wife
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           was
           hanged
           at
           
             Sandwich
             .
          
           This
           man
           was
           a
           great
           jeerer
           at
           praying
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           a
           contemner
           of
           publick
           Ordinances
           ,
           a
           great
           Incendiary
           against
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           and
           came
           to
           him
           ,
           reviled
           and
           berogued
           him
           before
           hundreds
           of
           people
           at
           a
           publick
           meeting
           in
           the
           Tents
           at
           
             Mynster
          
           at
           a
           muster
           .
           And
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           being
           at
           home
           ,
           when
           the
           Rising
           began
           ,
           knew
           nothing
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           murder
           of
           
             Langley
             ,
          
           untill
           his
           servant
           came
           home
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           how
           matters
           stood
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           arming
           in
           the
           street
           to
           fall
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Court
           of
           Guard
           at
           
             Ebbsfleet
             ,
          
           and
           at
           
             Sarr
             :
          
           Whereupon
           he
           (
           knowing
           himself
           unable
           to
           defend
           himself
           in
           his
           own
           house
           )
           presently
           escaped
           out
           ,
           before
           they
           came
           to
           his
           house
           ;
           And
           (
           night
           coming
           on
           )
           he
           went
           to
           the
           River
           side
           next
           
             Ash
             ,
          
           and
           did
           swim
           in
           his
           cloaths
           over
           the
           River
           ;
           and
           
           having
           left
           his
           Boots
           when
           he
           took
           water
           ,
           he
           went
           without
           shoes
           on
           the
           South
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           past
           
             Ebbsfleet
             ,
          
           where
           the
           Court
           of
           Guard
           was
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           River
           :
           And
           then
           he
           crossed
           the
           Haven
           again
           nearer
           
             Sandwich
             ,
          
           at
           a
           place
           called
           
             Little-joy
             .
          
           And
           who
           it
           was
           shot
           at
           him
           ,
           God
           knoweth
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           fain
           to
           play
           the
           
             Dydapper
             ,
          
           and
           crossing
           the
           Haven
           again
           below
           
             Sandwich
          
           (
           Mr
           
             Wade
          
           now
           Gentleman
           Usher
           at
           
             White-hall
          
           can
           tell
           more
           of
           this
           .
           )
           Then
           he
           travelled
           bare-foot
           on
           the
           sands
           to
           
             Deal
             ,
          
           where
           he
           had
           entertainment
           at
           Pilot
           
             Culmers
          
           house
           ,
           whither
           he
           came
           at
           break
           of
           day
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           had
           a
           gray
           Sute
           ,
           and
           refreshed
           himself
           :
           But
           presently
           there
           begun
           a
           Tumult
           before
           the
           door
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           swore
           ,
           
             They
             would
             hang
             the
             Round-headed
             Priest
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Rout
           increased
           ;
           but
           by
           means
           of
           Mr
           
             Wood
          
           a
           Physician
           there
           ,
           and
           his
           said
           Kinsman
           
             John
             Culmer
          
           and
           Mr
           
             Potter
             ,
          
           he
           escaped
           and
           got
           safe
           to
           
             Deal-Castle
          
           to
           Col.
           
             Rainsborow
             ,
          
           which
           was
           his
           intent
           ,
           when
           he
           first
           set
           out
           .
           The
           noble
           Collonel
           used
           him
           very
           courteously
           .
           And
           Mr
           
             ●●lmer
          
           of
           
             Sandwich
          
           (
           coming
           newly
           out
           of
           the
           Isle
           )
           told
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           how
           his
           friend
           
             Richard
             Langly
          
           lay
           in
           his
           bloud
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           said
           ,
           
             If
             they
             had
             taken
             him
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             have
             died
             that
             death
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             no
             way
             to
             escape
             them
             ,
             but
             by
             swimming
             .
          
           And
           that
           day
           the
           Collonel
           carried
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           aboard
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Long-boat
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           aboard
           Captain
           
             Nubery
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Hunter
          
           Frigot
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           dispatcht
           for
           
             London
             ,
          
           whither
           M
           
             Culmer
          
           came
           one
           
             Saturday
          
           night
           late
           .
           And
           the
           next
           day
           he
           preached
           in
           his
           gray
           Pilots
           sute
           at
           Mr
           
             Whitakers
          
           Church
           ,
           called
           St
           
             Mary
             Bermonsey
             ,
          
           and
           incouraged
           the
           people
           to
           stand
           fast
           and
           cleave
           to
           the
           present
           Cause
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           And
           when
           the
           Lord
           
             Fairfax
          
           marched
           into
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           he
           returned
           homeward
           with
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           came
           safe
           to
           his
           Family
           and
           Charge
           ,
           where
           they
           had
           plundred
           him
           of
           horses
           and
           other
           goods
           :
           But
           in
           Mr.
           
           
             Culmers
          
           absence
           ,
           the
           Faction
           had
           got
           a
           
             like
             Priest
             ,
             like
             People
             ,
          
           and
           they
           had
           
             Service-Book
             worship
             ,
             Gloria
             Patri
             ,
          
           and
           
             Dominus
             vobiscum
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Afterwards
           they
           compelled
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           to
           pay
           what
           they
           had
           lavished
           upon
           a
           Malignant
           Priest
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           and
           he
           (
           for
           peace
           sake
           )
           gave
           them
           their
           demands
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           his
           absence
           a
           grand
           Persecutor
           of
           his
           of
           another
           Parish
           (
           who
           came
           to
           the
           Ale
           house
           at
           
             Mynster
             )
          
           incensed
           them
           against
           him
           ,
           jeering
           and
           calling
           him
           ,
           
             The
             godly
             ,
             able
             ,
             orthodox
             Divine
             .
          
           This
           man
           sent
           word
           to
           Mr
           
             Paramour
          
           (
           at
           his
           first
           advance
           in
           that
           Rising
           )
           
             That
             he
             never
             did
             see
             a
             Sword
             scarletted
             ,
          
           but
           he
           was
           slain
           at
           
             Wye
             ,
          
           and
           left
           stark
           naked
           lying
           in
           his
           bloud
           .
           And
           a
           little
           after
           that
           Rising
           the
           500lb
           man
           died
           :
           And
           for
           divers
           years
           after
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           lived
           peaceably
           
           without
           disturbance
           ,
           untill
           he
           entred
           upon
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Lords-Supper
           ,
           and
           refused
           to
           give
           it
           to
           all
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Island
           Ministers
           then
           gave
           it
           .
           
             (
             Hinc
             illae
             lachryma
             )
          
           Then
           some
           opposed
           that
           way
           publickly
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           stir
           began
           against
           him
           ;
           The
           Communion-Table
           Carpet
           was
           cut
           out
           into
           Breeches
           ,
           slanders
           raised
           ,
           Tythes
           detained
           .
           And
           divers
           did
           hate
           him
           upon
           other
           grounds
           also
           ,
           because
           after
           private
           and
           publick
           means
           used
           by
           him
           in
           his
           Ministry
           to
           reform
           abuses
           in
           the
           Parish
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           prevailing
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           refusing
           to
           act
           by
           complaints
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           complained
           against
           divers
           swearers
           and
           drunkards
           ,
           and
           prophaners
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ;
           And
           (
           amongst
           the
           rest
           )
           he
           complained
           of
           the
           Scouts
           prodigious
           executions
           ;
           And
           he
           indicted
           him
           (
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           divers
           of
           the
           Parish
           )
           for
           erecting
           two
           new
           Cottages
           there
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           prejudice
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Parish
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           lately
           charged
           with
           above
           300lb
           a
           year
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           who
           cannot
           all
           be
           imployed
           there
           ,
           and
           will
           (
           in
           all
           likelihood
           ,
           if
           Cottages
           and
           Inmates
           be
           so
           increased
           )
           pull
           the
           rich
           men
           out
           of
           their
           houses
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           the
           Minister
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           It
           is
           not
           so
           proper
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           for
           a
           Minister
           to
           indict
           such
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           attend
           the
           publick
           Sessions
           ,
           with
           such
           complaints
           ,
           though
           for
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           as
           
             England
          
           finds
           by
           experience
           ,
           and
           will
           finde
           more
           need
           of
           ,
           and
           incouragements
           to
           such
           Indictments
           :
           but
           in
           that
           Parish
           none
           dare
           act
           or
           shew
           themselves
           publickly
           in
           such
           things
           ,
           although
           the
           Parish
           be
           undone
           by
           them
           :
           But
           I
           heard
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           say
           ,
           
             He
             was
             resolved
             to
             wave
             the
             scandal
             ,
             and
             odium
             ,
             and
             prejudice
             ,
             that
             came
             to
             him
             by
             such
             actings
             ,
             seeing
             they
             were
             of
             neicessity
             for
             the
             common
             good
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             refuse
             to
             act
             ,
             the
             conceived
             himself
             to
             have
             a
             calling
             from
             God
             to
             do
             it
             as
             a
             Parishioner
             there
             .
          
           Upon
           which
           account
           he
           conceives
           himself
           bound
           in
           conscience
           ,
           never
           to
           cease
           such
           endeavours
           for
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           though
           it
           much
           prejudice
           his
           private
           .
           And
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           indicted
           the
           Scout
           for
           barring
           a
           common
           sheep-way
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           had
           a
           Verdict
           against
           him
           at
           the
           last
           Summer
           Sessions
           at
           
             Canterbury
             .
          
        
         
           For
           these
           and
           other
           actings
           for
           the
           publick
           ,
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           is
           hated
           and
           persecuted
           ,
           especially
           now
           by
           the
           Scout
           ,
           who
           (
           being
           no
           Parishioner
           of
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           yet
           occupying
           Lands
           there
           )
           to
           be
           avenged
           of
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           hath
           detained
           his
           Tythes
           for
           three
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           and
           hath
           procured
           five
           more
           to
           joyn
           with
           him
           to
           put
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           a
           joynt
           Answer
           with
           him
           ,
           wherein
           they
           inserted
           scandalous
           and
           false
           Articles
           ,
           and
           did
           swear
           ,
           
             That
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             the
             present
             State
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           the
           Honourable
           Barons
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           ordered
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           five
           
           pounds
           costs
           meerly
           for
           the
           scandal
           in
           their
           Answer
           ,
           which
           they
           ordered
           to
           be
           expunged
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           enraged
           Scout
           ,
           and
           his
           Adherents
           went
           lately
           to
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           Commissioner
           for
           Ejecting
           of
           Scandalous
           Ministers
           in
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           they
           accused
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           as
           followeth
           ,
           
             viz
          
        
         
           
             That
             his
             breath
             smelt
             of
             drink
             one
             Evening
             .
             That
             he
             said
             ,
             that
          
           Pontius
           
             was
             his
             Christen-name
             ,
             and
          
           Pilate
           
             his
             sir-name
             .
             That
             he
             preached
             on
          
           Psal.
           51.
           18.
           
             and
             said
             ,
             by
          
           Sion
           
             was
             meant
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             by
          
           Jerusalem
           
             the
             Civil
             State
             .
             That
             he
             preached
             .
             That
             a
             Toleration
             was
             better
             than
             a
             Persecution
             .
          
           And
           when
           the
           Justice
           said
           ,
           
             He
             was
             sorry
             to
             hear
             complaints
             against
             a
             Minister
             upon
             such
             weak
             grounds
             :
          
           It
           was
           replied
           (
           by
           him
           that
           first
           clamoured
           against
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           for
           want
           of
           prayers
           in
           his
           
             Christmas-holy-dayes
          
           ,
           and
           Trumpeter
           in
           the
           Riot
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           )
           
             That
             if
             they
             above
             had
             that
             about
             a
             Toleration
             before
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             make
             something
             of
             it
             .
          
           This
           man
           was
           lately
           brought
           in
           to
           be
           Parish-Clark
           by
           the
           Faction
           ,
           for
           his
           good
           service
           done
           against
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           many
           wayes
           ,
           especially
           in
           being
           Ring-leader
           in
           that
           Riot
           ,
           and
           for
           railing
           at
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           at
           the
           Church-wall
           before
           and
           after
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           never
           going
           to
           Church
           elswhere
           ,
           only
           attending
           that
           evil
           work
           ,
           and
           affronting
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           coming
           and
           going
           to
           Church
           for
           divers
           years
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           no
           assistant
           to
           the
           Minister
           to
           save
           charges
           ,
           so
           that
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           besides
           praying
           ,
           reading
           ,
           expounding
           ,
           and
           preaching
           twice
           every
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           catechizing
           constantly
           ,
           was
           constrained
           to
           name
           and
           read
           the
           
             Psalms
          
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           for
           this
           man
           reads
           very
           false
           ,
           and
           now
           he
           comes
           to
           Church
           for
           gain
           ;
           he
           useth
           when
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           is
           preaching
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           to
           make
           mows
           and
           Apes
           faces
           ,
           and
           laugh
           ,
           and
           make
           other
           ridiculous
           gestures
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           move
           contempt
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           and
           laughter
           ;
           which
           divers
           godly
           men
           make
           great
           complaint
           of
           ,
           to
           see
           Gods
           name
           so
           taken
           in
           vain
           ,
           and
           his
           Ordinances
           and
           Sabbaths
           so
           prophaned
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           small
           Persecution
           of
           ,
           and
           grief
           to
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             .
          
           But
           the
           truth
           is
           that
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           said
           ,
           
             Pontius
             was
             as
             his
             Christen-name
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           the
           Scout
           said
           openly
           at
           the
           Sessions
           ,
           (
           when
           the
           Verdict
           was
           given
           against
           him
           )
           
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             you
             have
             let
             my
             purse
             bloud
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             let
             your
             bloud
             to
             some
             tune
             ere
             long
             ,
             I
             'll
             warrant
             you
             ;
          
           But
           he
           may
           be
           silent
           about
           bloud
           ,
           if
           he
           look
           home
           (
           but
           I
           forbear
           impertinent
           recriminations
           .
           )
           And
           (
           in
           prosecution
           of
           that
           blood-letting
           )
           one
           of
           the
           said
           Answerers
           (
           endeavouring
           to
           fill
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           his
           deceased
           Fathers
           persecutions
           against
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           from
           whom
           he
           hath
           detained
           his
           Tythes
           for
           above
           three
           years
           ,
           to
           a
           great
           value
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           a
           prophane
           scoffer
           at
           
           the
           Communicants
           ,
           calling
           them
           ,
           
             Mr.
             
          
           Culmer's
           
             Disciples
             :
          
           And
           in
           opposition
           leaves
           the
           Chancel
           windows
           unrepaired
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           rain
           dashed
           into
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           face
           lately
           at
           that
           Administration
           ,
           and
           rained
           into
           the
           Cup
           ,
           and
           wet
           the
           bread
           exceedingly
           ,
           and
           the
           Communion
           Table-cloath
           was
           as
           wet
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           water
           )
           came
           lately
           alone
           to
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           house
           ,
           and
           offered
           to
           put
           in
           Articles
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           but
           he
           said
           ,
           
             He
             had
             none
             written
             ,
             only
             he
             desired
             to
             see
             the
             Ordinance
             for
             the
             Ejecting
             of
             Scandalous
             Ministers
             ,
          
           which
           was
           read
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Sca●dals
           therein
           enumerated
           ,
           as
           just
           causes
           of
           the
           Ejection
           of
           such
           Ministers
           ;
           and
           he
           answered
           to
           every
           Article
           by
           it self
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             nothing
             against
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             touching
             it
             .
          
           But
           in
           conclusion
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Although
             I
             have
             nothing
             against
             M.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             which
             the
             Articles
             will
             reach
             ,
             yet
             I
             will
             denl
             somewhere
             else
             against
             him
             for
             words
             he
             hath
             sp●ken
             of
             my
             wife
             :
          
           Whereupon
           he
           petitioned
           and
           complained
           of
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           to
           his
           Highness
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           it
           is
           since
           boasted
           in
           
             Canterbury
             ,
             That
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           
             shall
             be
             cast
             out
             of
             Mynster
             .
          
           A
           
             quondam
          
           Singing-man
           of
           the
           Cathedral
           ,
           said
           in
           the
           open
           streets
           ,
           
             That
             he
             heard
             Mr
          
           Culmer
           
             had
             routed
          
           C.
           S.
           
             at
             the
             Sessions
             ,
             but
          
           C.
           S.
           
             would
             rout
             him
             out
             of
             Mynster
             ;
          
           And
           a
           Cavalier
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           said
           to
           one
           of
           
             Mynster
             ,
             N●w
             your
             Round-headed
             Priest
             of
             Mynster
             shall
             be
             cast
             out
             .
          
           And
           they
           boast
           of
           their
           friends
           above
           in
           the
           Army
           .
           But
           they
           need
           not
           seek
           further
           revenge
           for
           that
           then
           their
           own
           avenging
           themselves
           by
           their
           calumnies
           ,
           and
           false
           accusations
           and
           railings
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ;
          
           Besides
           the
           real
           wrongs
           they
           have
           done
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           especially
           in
           keeping
           his
           Maintenance
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           combining
           to
           undo
           him
           by
           charges
           in
           Law
           .
           But
           it
           seems
           nothing
           will
           satisfie
           their
           malice
           and
           rage
           ,
           but
           his
           purses
           bleeding
           to
           death
           ,
           by
           taking
           away
           his
           means
           of
           Livelihood
           and
           Subsistence
           ,
           by
           his
           Ejection
           or
           Removal
           from
           his
           place
           and
           Station
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           project
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           should
           prevail
           without
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           wils
           of
           him
           at
           such
           a
           cheap
           rate
           without
           their
           price
           of
           near
           200lb
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           or
           (
           rather
           than
           fail
           )
           I
           suppose
           so
           much
           as
           
             Haman
          
           offered
           to
           pay
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           for
           the
           ruine
           of
           
             Mordecai
             ,
          
           and
           others
           :
           Then
           what
           triumph
           would
           the
           Cathedral
           ,
           Prelatical
           ,
           Cavalier
           party
           in
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           elswhere
           ,
           make
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           against
           all
           his
           worthy
           friends
           ,
           and
           against
           that
           Cause
           of
           God
           to
           which
           he
           hath
           constantly
           adhered
           ?
           How
           would
           they
           insult
           ,
           against
           whom
           Personally
           he
           hath
           acted
           ,
           for
           the
           suppressing
           of
           vice
           ,
           and
           brought
           them
           to
           condign
           punishment
           ?
           They
           triumph
           already
           in
           hope
           and
           confidence
           to
           prevail
           ;
           but
           then
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           they
           
           would
           rejoyce
           ,
           and
           send
           gifts
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           at
           the
           ruine
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           had
           tormented
           them
           ;
           They
           would
           make
           ,
           if
           not
           Bonfires
           ,
           yet
           Books
           and
           Ballads
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           in
           the
           rehearsed
           Libel
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Razing
             of
             the
             Record
             ,
          
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             When
             the
             strongest
             was
             King
             ,
             there
             rose
             up
             a
             thing
          
           
             Some
             call
             't
             a
             Divine
             for
             a
             Cause
             a
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           And
           there
           was
           found
           in
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           a
           base
           jeering
           ,
           quibling
           Catch
           ,
           or
           Libel
           ,
           written
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             And
             what
             's
             the
             News
             in
             Kent
             ?
          
           
             They
             want
             a
             Parliament
             :
          
           
             I
             drink
             to
             thee
             
               Jack
               Bennet
               ,
            
          
           
             And
             what
             's
             the
             News
             in
             
               Tennet
               ?
            
          
           
             Blew
             Dick
             
               must
               out
               of
            
             Mynster
             ,
          
           
             His
             Wife
             must
             now
             turn
             Spinster
             :
          
           
             He
             lov'd
             the
             Parliament
             ;
          
           
             But
             now
             he
             doth
             lament
             :
          
           
             The
             Bishops
             he
             did
             hate
             ;
          
           
             But
             now
             
               Dick's
            
             out
             of
             Date
             :
          
           
             Cathedral
             he
             did
             maul
             ;
          
           
             But
             now
             he
             spits
             his
             gall
             :
          
           
             He
             broke
             the
             painted-Glass
             ,
          
           
             But
             now
             he
             cries
             alas
             :
          
           
             Then
             drink
             to
             me
             brave
             
               Jack
               ,
            
          
           
             And
             let
             the
             Round-head
             pack
          
        
         
           And
           if
           pretences
           of
           not
           Edifying
           be
           cause
           of
           oppositions
           ,
           and
           general
           enmity
           should
           prevail
           to
           remove
           a
           Minister
           without
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           (
           which
           I
           fear
           is
           the
           only
           ground
           of
           the
           present
           attempt
           against
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             )
          
           especially
           when
           such
           a
           rioting
           ,
           mutinous
           ,
           persecuting
           crew
           act
           against
           him
           :
           If
           they
           should
           be
           so
           indulged
           ,
           as
           to
           wave
           the
           Commissioners
           and
           Common-Law
           ;
           Would
           not
           other
           Parishes
           be
           thereby
           incouraged
           to
           endless
           unwearied
           ,
           impudent
           Persecutions
           of
           faithfull
           Ministers
           ,
           in
           hope
           to
           prevail
           and
           weary
           him
           out
           one
           way
           or
           other
           ,
           one
           time
           or
           other
           ,
           especially
           under
           that
           pretence
           of
           not
           Edifying
           .
           And
           many
           times
           there
           is
           pretence
           of
           universal
           cordial
           opposition
           in
           a
           Parish
           ,
           when
           only
           one
           or
           two
           lead
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           subscribe
           Petitions
           ,
           clamour
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           against
           a
           Minister
           ,
           and
           all
           follow
           the
           Ring
           leaders
           for
           company
           ,
           or
           other
           respects
           ,
           as
           Sheep
           follow
           a
           Ramme
           drawn
           through
           a
           gap
           ,
           or
           leap
           out
           of
           a
           Boat
           ,
           as
           daily
           experience
           
           shews
           ,
           as
           they
           at
           
             Harbledown
          
           did
           ,
           where
           they
           barked
           for
           company
           .
           It
           's
           a
           sure
           sign
           commonly
           ,
           that
           a
           Minister
           is
           good
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Parish
           is
           against
           him
           :
           and
           commonly
           when
           a
           whole
           Parish
           loves
           a
           Minister
           ,
           and
           speaks
           well
           of
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           stark
           naught
           
             (
             Woe
             be
             unto
             you
             when
             all
             men
             shall
             speak
             well
             of
             you
             )
             A
             like
             Priest
             like
             people
             ;
          
           as
           a
           Neighbour-Priest
           to
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           said
           to
           the
           Parishioners
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           called
           them
           up
           into
           the
           Chancel
           ;
           
             Neighbours
             ,
             I
             would
             gladly
             give
             you
             all
             content
             ,
             pray
             do
             I
             read
             too
             much
             or
             too
             little
             of
             the
             Service-Book
             ?
          
           And
           every
           Parish
           hath
           as
           much
           right
           to
           have
           the
           Minister
           removed
           ,
           because
           they
           oppose
           him
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           Parish
           ,
           and
           thereby
           faithfull
           Ministers
           shall
           be
           runagates
           ,
           and
           wandring
           Levites
           ,
           all
           the
           Nation
           over
           .
           Besides
           the
           very
           removal
           of
           a
           Minister
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           voluntary
           ,
           is
           scandalous
           and
           prejudicial
           to
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           whithersoever
           he
           is
           removed
           ;
           Mr
           
             Culmers
          
           Persecution
           from
           
             Goodnestone
          
           was
           taken
           up
           as
           a
           scandal
           ,
           and
           cause
           of
           opposition
           ,
           and
           clamour
           against
           him
           at
           
             Harbledown
             :
          
           And
           whithersoever
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           is
           removed
           ,
           he
           (
           above
           all
           Ministers
           )
           must
           expect
           hatred
           ,
           and
           opposition
           ,
           and
           persecution
           from
           ignorant
           ,
           prophane
           ,
           disaffected
           persons
           ,
           which
           abound
           in
           every
           Parish
           ;
           For
           not
           only
           the
           Persecutors
           that
           have
           their
           wils
           of
           him
           to
           remove
           him
           ,
           will
           pursue
           him
           ,
           and
           stir
           up
           enmity
           against
           him
           whithersoever
           he
           goes
           ,
           as
           they
           at
           
             Harbledowx
          
           did
           incense
           them
           at
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           and
           those
           at
           
             Mynster
          
           did
           incense
           them
           at
           
             Cliff
          
           against
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           been
           removed
           thither
           ,
           which
           was
           endeavoured
           .
           But
           some
           of
           the
           Parliament
           opposed
           it
           for
           reasons
           of
           State
           ,
           that
           Mutineers
           should
           not
           be
           incouraged
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           It
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           persecutors
           so
           to
           pursue
           the
           persecuted
           (
           read
           
             Act.
          
           14.
           19.
           )
           And
           he
           must
           the
           rather
           expect
           such
           opposition
           ,
           because
           the
           Ly-bels
           ,
           printed
           and
           published
           ,
           and
           spread
           all
           the
           Nation
           over
           ,
           have
           many
           lyes
           so
           loud
           against
           him
           in
           all
           places
           :
           He
           was
           assaulted
           at
           
             Billingsgate
          
           in
           
             London
          
           (
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             Kentish
          
           Rising
           after
           he
           was
           fled
           to
           
             London
          
           in
           1648.
           )
           where
           the
           people
           were
           incensed
           against
           him
           by
           a
           Scribe
           that
           did
           belong
           to
           the
           Archbishops
           Registry
           at
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           hardly
           escaped
           with
           his
           life
           ,
           retreating
           in
           
             Summers-Key
          
           with
           his
           Rapier-Cane
           ,
           and
           Mr
           
             Mapsden
          
           took
           him
           into
           his
           house
           :
           And
           about
           two
           years
           since
           
             P.
             K.
          
           a
           debauched
           Malignant-Priest
           ,
           incensed
           the
           people
           against
           him
           in
           the
           
             Minories
          
           without
           
             Algate
             ;
          
           but
           the
           Gentleman
           that
           is
           now
           Deputy
           there
           ,
           prayed
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           to
           come
           into
           his
           house
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           murder
           him
           .
           And
           an
           Elder
           and
           Preacher
           of
           
             J.
             T.
          
           pretended
           Separate
           Congregation
           (
           who
           is
           Curate
           to
           that
           
             Non-resident
          
           Pastor
           ,
           who
           lives
           near
           thirty
           miles
           from
           divers
           of
           his
           scandalous
           flock
           at
           
             Mynster
             )
          
           meeting
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           
           lately
           upon
           the
           road
           ,
           affronted
           him
           ,
           and
           used
           opprobrious
           tearms
           ,
           and
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             Pray
             sell
             me
             four
             pounds-worth
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           repeating
           those
           words
           again
           and
           again
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             I
             know
             you
             had
             enough
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             from
             the
             Bishop
             to
             afford
             a
             good
             penny-worth
             .
          
           And
           afterwards
           overtaking
           Travellers
           ,
           boasted
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           ,
           
             How
             he
             had
             handled
             the
             Antichristian
             Priest
             .
          
           And
           this
           Sectary
           said
           at
           
             Sandwich
          
           to
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           before
           many
           witnesses
           ,
           
             If
             you
             be
             not
             all
             Antichristian
             Priests
             then
             the
             Devil
             fetch
             me
             away
             before
             all
             this
             company
             ;
          
           And
           being
           reproved
           for
           his
           execration
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             If
             you
             be
             not
             all
             Antichristian
             Priests
             ,
             then
             I
             pray
             God
             to
             command
             the
             Devil
             to
             fetch
             me
             away
             body
             and
             soul
             before
             all
             this
             company
             .
          
           So
           that
           it
           is
           now
           come
           to
           passe
           that
           M.
           
             Culmer
          
           may
           say
           with
           St
           
             Paul
             ,
             In
             journeying
             often
             ,
             in
             perils
             of
             waters
             ,
             in
             perils
             of
             robbers
             ,
             in
             perils
             by
             mine
             own
             countreymen
             ,
             in
             perils
             by
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             in
             perils
             in
             the
             city
             ,
             in
             perils
             in
             the
             wildernesse
             ,
             in
             perils
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             in
             perils
             amongst
             false
             brethren
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           11.
           26.
           
        
         
           But
           to
           conclude
           ,
           whatsoever
           the
           Adversaries
           of
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           suggest
           against
           him
           in
           their
           secret
           or
           publick
           accusations
           ,
           and
           calumnies
           as
           if
           he
           were
           such
           a
           
             Pestilent
             fellow
             ,
          
           &c.
           yet
           he
           is
           still
           the
           same
           man
           as
           he
           was
           before
           attested
           to
           be
           ,
           both
           in
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           good
           affection
           to
           the
           present
           Powers
           :
           And
           of
           this
           assertion
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           set
           down
           some
           late
           Testimonials
           ,
           and
           conclude
           :
           One
           of
           these
           Testimonials
           is
           from
           Captain
           
             Thomas
             Wilson
             ,
          
           who
           is
           the
           present
           Deputy
           Governour
           of
           
             Dover-Castle
          
           ,
           and
           a
           Commissioner
           for
           Ejecting
           of
           Scandalous
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           followeth
           ,
        
         
           
             
               For
               my
               very
               Loving
               Friend
               Mr.
               Richard
               Culmer
               ,
               Minister
               of
               the
               Word
               at
               Mynster
               in
               the
               Isle
               of
               Thanet
               ,
               These
               .
            
             
               
                 Worthy
                 Sir
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               have
               herein
               inclosed
               sent
               you
               (
               knowing
               your
               active
               and
               publick
               spirit
               )
               some
               of
               the
               Armies
               Declarations
               ,
               which
               shew
               the
               grounds
               of
               the
               late
               Acts
               ;
               pray
               let
               Major
               
                 Foach
              
               receive
               one
               ,
               with
               my
               due
               respects
               ;
               and
               use
               the
               best
               means
               you
               can
               to
               let
               them
               be
               published
               ,
               and
               made
               known
               to
               the
               honest
               people
               of
               the
               Isle
               ,
               as
               in
               your
               wisdom
               you
               shall
               judge
               meet
               .
               In
               haste
               I
               remain
               ,
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Dover-Castle
                
                 ,
                 
                   April
                   24.
                   1653.
                   
                
              
               Your
               assured
               Friend
               ,
               
                 Thomas
                 Wilson
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Another
           Testimonial
           is
           subscribed
           by
           nine
           of
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           in
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           We
           whose
           Names
           are
           here
           under
           written
           ,
           do
           hereby
           testifie
           ,
           that
           
             Richard
             Culmer
          
           Minister
           of
           
             Mynster
          
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Thanet
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           is
           of
           good
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           a
           diligent
           Preacher
           of
           
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           and
           hath
           constantly
           and
           eminently
           shewed
           his
           good
           affection
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           to
           Reformation
           .
           
             Dated
             the
             27th
             of
          
           June
           ,
           1655.
           
        
         
           Henry
           Oxenden
           ,
           John
           Boys
           ,
           John
           Dixwell
           ,
           Thomas
           Foach
           ,
           Thomas
           Monius
           ,
           Francis
           Tayleur
           
             Preacher
             of
             Christs-Church
          
           Canterbury
           ,
           John
           Durant
           
             Preacher
             there
             likewise
             ,
          
           John
           Player
           ,
           John
           Swan
           ,
           Nicholas
           Thorowgood
           
             Minister
             of
          
           Muncton
           ,
           Robert
           Webber
           
             Minister
             of
          
           Sandwich
           .
        
         
           Another
           Testimonial
           is
           from
           the
           chief
           Sea-Town
           in
           that
           Isle
           (
           where
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           (
           with
           others
           )
           preacheth
           a
           weekly
           Lecture
           
             gratis
             )
          
           as
           followeth
           ,
        
         
           We
           Parishioners
           of
           S
           〈…〉
           s
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Thanet
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
          
           whose
           Names
           are
           here
           under
           written
           ,
           do
           hereby
           freely
           certifie
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Culmer
          
           Minister
           of
           
             Mynster
          
           in
           the
           said
           Isle
           ,
           doth
           (
           with
           others
           )
           freely
           preach
           a
           weekly
           Lecture
           in
           the
           said
           Parish
           ,
           to
           the
           good
           liking
           of
           the
           said
           Parishioners
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           receive
           much
           benefit
           by
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           to
           our
           Edification
           and
           Consolation
           :
           In
           witnesse
           whereof
           we
           have
           hereunto
           set
           our
           hands
           this
           ninth
           Day
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           1656.
           
        
         
           Gregory
           Parker
           ,
           Stephen
           Bishop
           
             Churchwarden
             ,
          
           Richard
           Genuey
           ,
           William
           Rook
           ,
           William
           Prince
           ,
           John
           Busher
           ,
           John
           Piers
           ,
           John
           Tomlyn
           ,
           Humphrey
           Pudner
           ,
           William
           Grant
           ,
           Thomas
           Mussared
           ,
           William
           Terry
           ,
           Roger
           Wright
           ,
           Richard
           Omer
           ,
           John
           Biggs
           ,
           Thomas
           Watts
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           And
           it
           may
           adde
           something
           to
           this
           Apology
           and
           defence
           ,
           for
           the
           continuing
           and
           upholding
           of
           Mr
           
             Culmer
          
           in
           his
           place
           ,
           that
           he
           being
           threescore
           years
           of
           age
           ,
           hath
           laid
           out
           (
           besides
           Fifths
           and
           Taxes
           )
           above
           200lb
           in
           Reparations
           ,
           Buildings
           ,
           Gardens
           ,
           Orchyards
           ,
           Pond
           ,
           Fences
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           at
           the
           Vicarage-house
           in
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           which
           was
           an
           unfit
           habitation
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           thither
           ;
           There
           having
           lived
           no
           resident
           hous-keeping
           Vicar
           in
           fifty
           years
           before
           ;
           And
           he
           was
           at
           all
           this
           cost
           upon
           a
           Sequestred
           Vicarage
           ,
           chiefly
           relying
           on
           the
           Justice
           &
           favour
           of
           his
           Highness
           ,
           knowing
           that
           Vicarage
           to
           be
           only
           in
           his
           Highnesses
           Personal
           Patronage
           and
           disposal
           ;
           after
           the
           death
           of
           the
           present
           sequestred
           Incumbent
           ;
           And
           all
           this
           Mr.
           
             Culmer
          
           often
           said
           he
           did
           ,
           
             In
             faith
             and
             confidence
             of
             Gods
             continuing
             to
             own
             his
             own
             Cause
             ,
             and
             the
             present
             Government
             under
             His
             Highness
             ,
             whom
             God
             preserve
             .
          
           But
           that
           which
           doth
           especially
           blast
           and
           weaken
           the
           project
           and
           pretences
           ,
           for
           his
           removal
           from
           his
           place
           and
           station
           (
           wherein
           he
           was
           setled
           by
           Authority
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           upheld
           by
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           ,
           and
           preserved
           by
           the
           special
           Providence
           of
           God
           )
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           he
           hath
           edified
           souls
           ;
           Having
           (
           maugre
           the
           Devil
           and
           all
           his
           Instruments
           )
           
             the
             seal
             of
             
             his
             Ministry
             there
             ,
             by
             the
             beating
             down
             with
             the
             spiritual
             weapons
             of
             his
             warfare
             the
             strong-holds
             of
             Satan
             ,
             ignorance
             ,
             drunkenness
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           He
           having
           by
           his
           Ministry
           there
           ,
           
             turned
             many
             from
             darkness
             to
             light
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             power
             of
             Satan
             to
             God
          
           which
           the
           most
           obstinate
           Adversaries
           have
           confessed
           in
           divers
           places
           .
           There
           was
           lately
           one
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           who
           being
           with
           his
           Tenant
           at
           the
           Inne
           at
           
             Mynster
             ,
          
           heard
           one
           railing
           on
           Mr
           
             Culmer
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           he
           said
           ,
           
             I
             have
             heard
             you
             speak
             evil
             of
             Mr.
          
           Culmer
           ,
           
             I
             have
             known
             him
             better
             spoken
             of
             :
             But
             have
             you
             no
             good
             to
             say
             of
             him
             ?
             Pray
             deal
             plainly
             ,
             Doth
             he
             no
             good
             amongst
             you
             ?
          
           The
           answer
           was
           ,
           
             We
             think
             the
             Parish
             is
             better
             for
             him
             in
             two
             things
             ,
             One
             is
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             more
             knowledge
             ,
             (
             because
             besides
             his
             Preaching
             )
             he
             doth
             constantly
             c
             〈…〉
             chise
             .
             And
             the
             other
             is
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             not
             half
             so
             much
             drunkenness
             in
             the
             Parish
             ,
             as
             there
             was
             before
             he
             came
             to
             be
             Minister
             here
             .
          
           And
           if
           any
           should
           maliciously
           and
           impudently
           deny
           this
           Seal
           of
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           clamour
           ,
           whisper
           ,
           or
           suggest
           ,
           that
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           removed
           ,
           because
           he
           doth
           no
           good
           there
           ,
           nor
           never
           will
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           opposed
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           is
           shewed
           before
           )
           is
           the
           usual
           plea
           of
           Persecutors
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           wils
           without
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           cause
           ,
           in
           an
           arbitrary
           way
           ,
           and
           move
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           to
           joyn
           in
           the
           Persecution
           ;
           yet
           the
           thing
           it self
           doth
           speak
           and
           confute
           that
           untruth
           :
           For
           many
           in
           the
           Parish
           (
           the
           chiefest
           )
           are
           convinced
           by
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Word
           in
           his
           Ministry
           ;
           and
           are
           come
           in
           freely
           to
           the
           wayes
           and
           Government
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           Church-fellowship
           ,
           giving
           a
           particular
           account
           of
           their
           Christian
           knowledge
           ;
           and
           promising
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           admonished
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           And
           the
           number
           of
           visible
           Saints
           increaseth
           in
           that
           Parish
           daily
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           :
           And
           there
           is
           not
           only
           a
           very
           great
           Reformation
           in
           that
           Parish
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           whole
           Isle
           ,
           as
           to
           good
           affection
           to
           the
           Present
           State
           ,
           and
           to
           Reformation
           ;
           since
           the
           establishing
           of
           a
           Godly
           ,
           Well-affected
           Magistracy
           there
           ,
           and
           since
           the
           settling
           of
           a
           faithfull
           Ministry
           ,
           almost
           in
           all
           the
           seven
           Parishes
           of
           that
           Isle
           ,
           
             Wherein
             (
             as
             in
             Zabulon
             and
             Napthali
             )
             by
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             the
             people
             that
             sate
             in
             darknesse
             see
             great
             light
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .