An answer of Humphrey Chambers, D. D. rector of Pewsey, in the county of Wilts, to the charge of Walter Bvshnel, vicar of Box, in the same county published in a book of his entituled, A narrative of the proceedings of the commissioners appointed by O. Cromwel for ejecting scandalous and ignorant ministers, in the case of Walter Bushnel, &c. : with a vindication of the said commissioners annexed : humbly submitted to publick censure.
         Chambers, Humphrey, 1598 or 9-1662.
      
       
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             An answer of Humphrey Chambers, D. D. rector of Pewsey, in the county of Wilts, to the charge of Walter Bvshnel, vicar of Box, in the same county published in a book of his entituled, A narrative of the proceedings of the commissioners appointed by O. Cromwel for ejecting scandalous and ignorant ministers, in the case of Walter Bushnel, &c. : with a vindication of the said commissioners annexed : humbly submitted to publick censure.
             Chambers, Humphrey, 1598 or 9-1662.
          
           [6], 41 p.
           
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             London :
             1660.
          
           
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           Bushnell, Walter, 1609-1667. -- Narrative of the proceedings of the commissioners appointed by O. Cromwel.
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           AN
           ANSWER
           OF
           
             HVMPHREY
             CHAMBERS
             ,
          
           D.
           D.
           Rector
           of
           
             PEWSEY
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           OF
           WILTS
           ,
        
         
           To
           the
           CHARGE
           of
           
             WALTER
             BVSHNEL
             ,
          
           Vicar
           of
           
             BOX
             ,
          
           in
           the
           same
           County
           .
        
         
           Published
           in
           a
           Book
           of
           his
           entituled
           ;
           A
           Narrative
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           appointed
           by
           
             O.
             Cromwel
          
           for
           ejecting
           scandalous
           and
           ignorant
           Ministers
           ,
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             Walter
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           With
           a
           Vindication
           of
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           annexed
           .
        
         
           Humbly
           submitted
           to
           publick
           Censure
        
         
           
             Job
             31.
             35
             ,
             36.
             
          
           
             O
             that
             mine
             Adversary
             had
             written
             a
             Book
             !
          
           
             Surely
             I
             would
             take
             it
             upon
             my
             shoulder
             ,
             and
             binde
             it
             as
             a
             Crown
             to
             mee
             .
          
        
         
           
             1
             Cor
             4.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             I
             know
             nothing
             by
             my self
             ,
             yet
             am
             not
             hereby
             justified
             ,
             but
             hee
             that
             judgeth
             mee
             is
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             judge
             nothing
             before
             the
             time
             ,
             until
             the
             Lord
             come
             ,
             who
             both
             will
             bring
             to
             light
             the
             hidden
             things
             of
             darkness
             ,
             and
             will
             make
             manifest
             the
             counsels
             of
             the
             hearts
             ,
             and
             then
             shall
             every
             man
             have
             praise
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Johnson
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Golden-Key
           in
           St.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           .
           1660.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           
             HONOVRABLE
             ,
             Sir
          
           Anthony
           Ashlie-Cooper
           ,
           
             Knight
             and
             Baronet
             :
          
           AND
           ,
           John
           Earnly
           
             Esq
             ;
             Knights
             of
             the
             Shire
             for
             the
             County
             of
             Wilts
             :
             As
             also
             to
             the
             Honourable
             ,
             the
             Citizens
             and
             Burgesses
             returned
             for
             this
             present
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             the
             respective
             City
             and
             Burroughs
             of
             the
             same
             County
             .
          
        
         
           
             Honoured
             and
             Honourable
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Account
           it
           my
           great
           happinesse
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           of
           
             Box
          
           having
           published
           a
           heavy
           charge
           against
           the
           Commiss.
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Wilts
             ,
          
           appointed
           for
           the
           ejecting
           of
           scandalous
           and
           ignorant
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           therein
           bent
           himself
           most
           fiercely
           against
           mee
           as
           a
           most
           grievous
           offender
           ,
           hath
           ,
           by
           dedicating
           his
           Narrative
           to
           you
           ,
           put
           a
           necessity
           upon
           mee
           ,
           (
           unlesse
           I
           would
           plead
           guilty
           to
           all
           hee
           
           chargeth
           mee
           with
           )
           to
           publish
           my
           answer
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           the
           Judges
           (
           which
           I
           do
           with
           all
           readinesse
           and
           chearfulnesse
           )
           between
           him
           and
           mee
           .
           I
           will
           not
           speak
           a
           word
           to
           fore-stall
           your
           judgement
           ,
           but
           humbly
           beg
           your
           pardon
           for
           my
           enforced
           boldnesse
           ,
           in
           directing
           this
           my
           Answer
           unto
           you
           ,
           at
           whose
           feet
           I
           lay
           ,
           and
           leave
           it
           and
           my self
           with
           all
           content
           .
           Whereas
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           towards
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           having
           immediately
           before
           spoken
           of
           mee
           ,
           by
           name
           ,
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           writes
           in
           his
           Scoffing
           Dialect
           ,
           and
           Character
           ,
           Page
           208.
           
           These
           men
           (
           as
           godly
           as
           they
           are
           )
           love
           dearly
           to
           bee
           fingring
           mony
           ;
           for
           my
           part
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           )
           I
           never
           fingred
           a
           farthing
           ,
           but
           spent
           many
           a
           pound
           whilst
           I
           was
           imployed
           as
           an
           Assistant
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ;
           and
           I
           cannot
           otherwise
           apprehend
           but
           that
           all
           the
           Commissioners
           are
           so
           free
           from
           fingering
           a
           penny
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           their
           Commission
           from
           first
           to
           last
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           all
           ready
           (
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           some
           of
           them
           protest
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           by
           name
           Mr.
           
             Blisset
             )
          
           to
           purge
           themselves
           by
           oath
           from
           this
           crime
           ,
           and
           challenge
           any
           man
           to
           speak
           ,
           who
           
           can
           testifie
           the
           contrary
           of
           them
           ;
           I
           will
           no
           further
           trouble
           you
           who
           are
           taken
           up
           in
           the
           weighty
           affairs
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           wherein
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           graciously
           direct
           and
           assist
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           Honourable
           Court
           whereof
           you
           are
           members
           ,
           to
           act
           to
           his
           glory
           ,
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           happy
           establishment
           of
           peace
           ,
           truth
           ,
           and
           righteousnesse
           in
           our
           Land
           ,
           is
           the
           earnest
           prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             observant
             (
             though
             unworthy
             )
             servant
             ,
             
               Humphry
               Chambers
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           Christian
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           ever
           a
           Book
           hath
           come
           under
           thy
           view
           and
           perusal
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           A
           Narrative
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           appointed
           by
           
             O.
             Cromwell
          
           for
           ejecting
           of
           scandalous
           and
           ignorant
           Ministers
           ,
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             Walter
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           Clerk
           ,
           Vicar
           of
           
             Box
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Wilts
             ,
          
           thou
           hast
           then
           received
           a
           heavy
           charge
           against
           my self
           ,
           amongst
           others
           ,
           into
           one
           of
           thy
           ears
           ,
           all
           that
           I
           shall
           beg
           of
           thee
           ,
           is
           ,
           but
           to
           keep
           the
           other
           ear
           open
           to
           hear
           the
           Answer
           ,
           and
           then
           bee
           thou
           an
           impartial
           Umpire
           between
           us
           .
           
             Si
             accusasse
             sufficiat
             ,
             &c.
          
           If
           a
           charge
           go
           for
           proof
           ,
           none
           can
           bee
           innocent
           .
           Mr.
           
             Bushnels
          
           Book
           came
           first
           to
           my
           hand
           and
           view
           on
           
             Thursday
          
           the
           sixteenth
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           in
           the
           evening
           ;
           
             Friday
          
           I
           spent
           in
           reading
           of
           it
           ,
           on
           
             Saturday
          
           I
           imployed
           as
           much
           time
           as
           I
           could
           spare
           from
           my
           studies
           preparatory
           to
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           in
           writing
           my
           Answer
           ,
           which
           on
           
             Tuesday
             ,
             August
          
           21.
           
           I
           delivered
           to
           a
           friend
           to
           bee
           transcribed
           for
           the
           Press
           ;
           I
           acquaint
           thee
           with
           this
           ,
           onely
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           Truth
           (
           needing
           no
           invention
           or
           art
           to
           set
           it
           off
           )
           may
           speedily
           bee
           spoken
           without
           any
           long
           study
           .
           I
           shall
           add
           no
           more
           but
           those
           never
           to
           bee
           forgotten
           words
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ;
           Judge
           not
           according
           to
           appearance
           ,
           but
           judge
           righteous
           judgement
           .
        
         
           
             Thine
             in
             the
             Lord
             HUMPHREY
             CHAMBERS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           AN
           ANSVVER
           to
           a
           CHARGE
           against
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           for
           ejecting
           scandalous
           and
           ignorant
           Ministers
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Wilts
             ,
          
           published
           in
           Print
           by
           
             Walter
             Bushnel
          
           Vicar
           of
           
             Box
             ,
          
           so
           far
           as
           it
           concerns
           
             Humphrey
             Chambers
             ,
          
           Rector
           of
           
             Pewsey
             ,
          
           submitted
           to
           publick
           censure
           .
        
         
           ALthough
           I
           have
           no
           fear
           ,
           that
           what
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           hath
           written
           ,
           will
           impair
           my
           Reputation
           ,
           with
           those
           to
           whom
           wee
           are
           both
           known
           (
           who
           are
           not
           a
           few
           )
           seeing
           wee
           were
           born
           ,
           and
           for
           divers
           years
           lived
           within
           few
           miles
           one
           of
           another
           ;
           And
           though
           I
           desire
           not
           to
           put
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           bestow
           any
           more
           of
           his
           invention
           and
           eloquence
           upon
           mee
           ,
           by
           replying
           upon
           what
           I
           shall
           write
           ,
           yet
           being
           told
           by
           one
           who
           is
           a
           common
           and
           real
           friend
           
             *
          
           both
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           and
           my self
           (
           before
           I
           had
           read
           this
           Book
           )
           That
           I
           was
           so
           deeply
           concerned
           in
           the
           Charge
           contained
           therein
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           did
           not
           some
           way
           vindicate
           my self
           ,
           Religion
           would
           suffer
           greatly
           through
           mee
           ;
           and
           finding
           the
           same
           apprehension
           in
           some
           other
           Christian
           friends
           ,
           I
           was
           induced
           to
           write
           this
           Answer
           for
           my self
           ,
           leaving
           others
           to
           clear
           themselves
           from
           the
           crimes
           objected
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           see
           occasion
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           without
           much
           difficulty
           they
           may
           do
           .
        
         
           
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           hee
           had
           no
           revengeful
           thought
           ,
           nor
           had
           hee
           in
           the
           publication
           of
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           any
           aim
           to
           asperse
           those
           of
           whom
           hee
           wrote
           ,
           which
           if
           any
           (
           who
           reading
           his
           book
           )
           can
           beleeve
           to
           bee
           true
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           perswade
           
           them
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           Certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           hee
           is
           without
           hesitation
           ,
           to
           bee
           credited
           in
           his
           whole
           Narrative
           ,
           if
           what
           hee
           writeth
           in
           his
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           were
           true
           ,
           
             viz.
             I
             have
             not
             charged
             them
             with
             a
             syllable
             which
             I
             am
             not
             able
             by
             proofs
             to
             make
             good
             upon
             them
             .
          
           This
           brings
           the
           business
           to
           a
           direct
           and
           short
           issue
           ,
           which
           I
           heartily
           desire
           it
           may
           bee
           put
           upon
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           I
           am
           concerned
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           wish
           for
           no
           other
           Judges
           ,
           than
           those
           Honourable
           Gentlemen
           to
           whom
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           hath
           dedicated
           his
           Narrative
           .
           I
           do
           not
           intend
           to
           varnish
           or
           puzzle
           the
           business
           with
           multitude
           or
           affectation
           of
           words
           ,
           but
           with
           affected
           brevity
           and
           plainness
           ,
           to
           lay
           down
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           Charge
           against
           mee
           ,
           that
           hee
           may
           apply
           his
           proofs
           to
           the
           several
           branches
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           all
           wise
           and
           good
           men
           judge
           between
           us
           .
        
         
           
           
             So
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             Ministers
             ,
             Witnesses
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             have
             eaten
             my
             bread
             ,
             have
             ,
             and
             do
             still
             ,
             upon
             all
             opportunities
             offered
             or
             sought
             ,
             report
             mee
             to
             the
             world
             for
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             so
             scandalous
             and
             ignorant
             ,
             as
             altogether
             unfit
             either
             to
             return
             to
             my
             own
             living
             ,
             or
             to
             bee
             admitted
             to
             any
             other
             .
          
        
         
           
           This
           I
           say
           is
           utterly
           and
           wholly
           untrue
           as
           to
           my self
           ,
           and
           it
           resteth
           upon
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           prove
           ,
        
         
           1
           That
           I
           did
           ever
           
             eat
             a
             bit
             of
             his
             bread
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           I
           bless
           the
           Lord
           I
           know
           not
           that
           (
           in
           the
           late
           Troubles
           )
           I
           was
           ever
           possessed
           of
           what
           any
           other
           man
           had
           a
           legal
           right
           to
           ,
           unto
           the
           value
           of
           one
           penny
           .
        
         
           2
           That
           I
           did
           ever
           (
           to
           bate
           him
           that
           of
           all
           opportuniti●s
           offered
           or
           sought
           )
           report
           him
           to
           bee
           so
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           so
           scandalous
           ,
           as
           to
           bee
           altogether
           unfit
           to
           return
           to
           his
           own
           ,
           or
           to
           bee
           admitted
           to
           any
           other
           Living
           ;
           I
           am
           well
           assured
           that
           no
           such
           words
           ever
           passed
           from
           my
           mouth
           .
        
         
           
           
             These
             respective
             persons
             ▪
             I
             shall
             charge
             ,
             and
             make
             good
             this
             Charge
             upon
             them
             :
             First
             ,
             The
             Ministers
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             ever
             medling
             with
             that
             which
             they
             had
             nothing
             to
             do
             withall
             .
             And
             page
             216
             ,
             217.
             
             It
             may
             bee
             upon
             this
             very
             account
             ,
             might
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           
             intrude
             so
             much
             and
             act
             so
             fiercely
             as
             the●
             did
             in
             matters
             of
             that
             cognizance
             which
             they
             had
             nothing
             to
             do
             withall
             :
          
           And
           after
           ,
           
             All
             which
             notwithstanding
             none
             took
          
           
           
             so
             much
             upon
             them
             in
             matter
             of
             scandal
             ,
             as
             these
             two
             .
          
        
         
           
           This
           ,
           as
           to
           my self
           ,
           is
           a
           palpable
           and
           thorow
           untruth
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           the
           Officers
           ,
           who
           attended
           the
           business
           ,
           can
           well
           testifie
           :
           I
           have
           many
           a
           time
           left
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           no
           business
           of
           examination
           about
           insufficiency
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           have
           hardly
           spoken
           in
           a
           whole
           day
           to
           any
           matter
           of
           scandal
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           been
           present
           .
           It
           lyeth
           on
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           prove
           the
           contrary
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           words
           good
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           hee
           can
           never
           do
           .
        
         
           
           
             I
             charge
             them
             all
             ,
             Commissioners
             ,
             Ministers
             ,
             Clerk
             ,
             for
             countenancing
             and
             incouraging
             infamous
             persons
             ,
             such
             who
             had
             forsworn
             themselves
             ,
             and
             touching
             some
             of
             themselves
             ,
             in
             their
             hearing
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
           This
           I
           utterly
           deny
           as
           to
           my self
           ,
           and
           am
           confident
           hee
           will
           never
           bee
           able
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           against
           my self
           ,
           or
           any
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           which
           will
           bee
           better
           tried
           ,
           when
           wee
           come
           to
           particulars
           included
           in
           this
           general
           .
        
         
           
           Writing
           of
           
             John
             Trevers
             ,
          
           (
           who
           exhibited
           the
           first
           Articles
           ●gainst
           him
           )
           as
           a
           mercinary
           wretch
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             And
             ,
             for
             some
             such
             kinde
             of
             man
             was
             hee
             looked
             upon
             by
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           
             himself
             when
             hee
             first
             delivered
             in
             these
             Articles
             against
             mee
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             hee
             hath
             reported
             )
             called
             for
             the
             Articles
             ,
             with
             a
             purpose
             to
             have
             torn
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             exhibited
             by
             such
             a
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           
           I
           trust
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           intended
           not
           this
           as
           any
           part
           of
           his
           Charge
           against
           mee
           ,
           seeing
           it
           pleadeth
           strongly
           and
           truly
           for
           mee
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           no
           evil
           intention
           against
           him
           ,
           nor
           thought
           of
           promoting
           any
           Articles
           to
           his
           prejudice
           ,
           as
           indeed
           I
           had
           not
           ,
           and
           was
           greatly
           troubled
           in
           my
           spirit
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           fellow
           as
           I
           had
           heard
           
             Trevers
          
           to
           bee
           ,
           should
           bring
           in
           Articles
           against
           a
           Learned
           Minister
           ,
           as
           I
           
             then
          
           took
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           bee
           .
        
         
           
           
             And
             here
             (
             for
             an
             introduction
             to
             the
             honesty
             and
             discretion
             of
             the
             Doctor
             )
             I
             shall
             observe
             this
             unto
             thee
             ,
             that
             (
             as
             I
             have
             been
             told
             )
             hee
             observed
             it
             ,
             that
             although
             there
             were
             several
             names
             subscribed
             ,
             yet
             they
             were
             all
             written
             in
             the
             same
             hand
             ,
             from
             which
             it
             must
             needs
             follow
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Doctors
             confession
             ,
             
             the
             whole
             writing
             ,
             both
             Articles
             and
             hands
             ,
             might
             bee
             all
             forged
             ,
             as
             indeed
             they
             were
             ;
             so
             that
             mee thinks
             ,
             the
             Dr.
             hath
             very
             much
             over-shot
             himself
             in
             point
             of
             discretion
             ,
             for
             hee
             looks
             upon
             the
             Articles
             the
             more
             ,
             because
             subscribed
             with
             such
             and
             so
             many
             names
             ,
             and
             yet
             hee
             acknowledgeth
             all
             the
             names
             to
             bee
             written
             with
             one
             hand
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             made
             any
             sober
             man
             the
             more
             to
             have
             suspected
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           upon
           this
           ground
           I
           did
           the
           more
           suspect
           the
           paper
           ,
           and
           openly
           declared
           my
           dissatisfaction
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           tender
           of
           these
           Articles
           by
           
             Trevers
             ;
          
           And
           for
           my
           part
           (
           I
           conceive
           )
           they
           were
           then
           looked
           upon
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           as
           of
           no
           value
           ,
           and
           do
           still
           conceive
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           the
           Articles
           which
           were
           insisted
           on
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           ;
           But
           that
           another
           paper
           of
           Articles
           was
           afterwards
           by
           
             other
          
           hands
           exhibited
           against
           him
           ,
           which
           were
           read
           unto
           him
           as
           his
           charge
           :
           What
           cause
           therefore
           hee
           had
           in
           this
           place
           to
           make
           such
           an
           out-cry
           about
           my
           
             honesty
          
           and
           
             discretion
             ,
          
           Let
           others
           judge
           .
        
         
           
           
             But
             yet
             the
             Doctor
             had
             an
             evasion
             for
             this
             ,
             for
             at
             my
             appearing
             before
             them
             at
          
           Calne
           ,
           
             some
             of
             those
             whose
             names
             were
             subscribed
             ,
             desired
             a
             sight
             of
             the
             paper
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             know
             who
             had
             thus
             abused
             them
             ,
             which
             they
             could
             not
             obtain
             ,
             yet
             the
             Doctor
             (
             that
          
           wee
           might
           not
           prove
           his
           friends
           
             guilty
             of
          
           forgery
           )
           
             indeavours
             to
             preserve
             their
             Reputation
             with
             a
          
           Salvo
           
             to
             some
             such
             purpose
             ,
             That
             their
             names
             were
             written
             onely
             by
             way
             of
             a
             Memorandum
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             they
             were
             called
             upon
             ,
             they
             could
             depose
             to
             these
             Articles
             ,
             that
             that
             might
             bee
             done
             without
             their
             knowledge
             (
             I
             think
             hee
             added
             )
             that
             it
             was
             an
             usual
             course
             in
             the
             proceedings
             of
             these
             Commissioners
             .
          
        
         
           
           This
           appeareth
           to
           bee
           no
           strange
           Relation
           ,
           being
           onely
           of
           words
           spoken
           by
           mee
           to
           
             some
             such
             purpose
             ,
          
           and
           depending
           onely
           on
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushne●s
             ,
             I
             think
             ;
          
           And
           indeed
           I
           cannot
           say
           what
           I
           then
           spake
           ,
           but
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           if
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           do
           well
           recall
           himself
           ,
           whatever
           I
           spake
           ,
           it
           was
           spoken
           in
           a
           by-discourse
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           those
           with
           him
           ;
           I
           am
           confident
           hee
           can
           never
           prove
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           unwilling
           that
           they
           whose
           names
           were
           subscribed
           ,
           should
           have
           had
           a
           fight
           of
           the
           paper
           ,
           or
           willing
           to
           give
           any
           countenance
           to
           that
           paper
           ,
           
           or
           the
           hand
           which
           delivered
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           persons
           who
           contrived
           it
           ,
           who
           are
           wholly
           unknown
           to
           mee
           ,
           and
           ever
           were
           .
        
         
           
           
             But
             now
             I
             must
             tell
             thee
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             them
             whose
             names
             were
             subscribed
             unto
             those
             Articles
             did
             touching
             my self
             ,
             first
             under
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             certifie
             to
             these
             Commissioners
             the
             quite
             contrary
             to
             these
             Articles
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             being
             before
             them
             and
             sworn
             ,
             were
             so
             far
             from
             testifying
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             sense
             of
             the
             Articles
             ,
             as
             that
             all
             they
             said
             was
             to
             my
             vindication
             ,
             all
             which
             was
             industriously
             declined
             by
             the
             Dr.
             and
          
           his
           Commissioners
           .
        
         
           
           Passing
           by
           your
           tart
           ,
           groundless
           and
           frequent
           jear
           of
           
             my
             Commissioners
             ,
          
           Try
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           prove
           this
           
             Syllable
             ,
          
           that
           I
           did
           industriously
           decline
           your
           vindication
           by
           your
           witnesses
           ;
           prove
           that
           I
           was
           active
           ,
           and
           stirring
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           either
           in
           your
           case
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           case
           ,
           which
           was
           ever
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           will
           never
           prove
           it
           .
        
         
           
           
             Reporting
             that
             one
             who
             was
             summoned
             for
             a
             witness
             ,
             apprehended
             that
             two
             of
             the
             witnesses
             sworn
             against
             him
             ,
             spoke
             out
             of
             malice
             ;
             Mr.
          
           Bushnel
           
             writes
             ,
             which
             (
             said
             hee
             )
             the
             Commissioners
             having
             more
             understanding
             than
             wee
             ,
             must
             needs
             perceive
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             did
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             them
             a
             Minister
             
               *
            
             too
             ,
             (
             to
             the
             Doctors
             credit
             bee
             it
             spoken
             )
             And
             yet
             ,
             which
             is
             strange
             in
             this
             man
             ,
             although
             hee
             discovered
             their
             leaven
             ,
             and
             so
             must
             know
             them
             to
             act
             from
             base
             principles
             ,
             and
             with
             reference
             to
             a
             base
             end
             ,
             yet
             hee
             alwaies
             vouchsafed
             to
             these
             men
             whom
             hee
             knew
             thus
             to
             act
             ,
             his
             favourable
             countenance
             and
             furtherance
             .
          
        
         
           
           That
           I
           may
           at
           once
           draw
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           charges
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           in
           the
           Narrative
           to
           a
           plain
           issue
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           may
           see
           what
           hee
           is
           to
           apply
           his
           proofs
           unto
           ;
           I
           will
           here
           briefly
           relate
           ,
           according
           to
           truth
           ,
           how
           far
           I
           was
           interessed
           in
           this
           business
           of
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
             .
          
           At
           the
           first
           tendring
           the
           Articles
           by
           
             Trevers
             ,
          
           I
           was
           disquieted
           ,
           and
           much
           unsatisfied
           ,
           and
           expressed
           my
           apprehension
           therein
           ,
           as
           before
           appeareth
           :
           Afterwards
           ,
           when
           
             William
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           and
           
             Obadiah
             Cheltnam
          
           (
           altogether
           without
           any
           thought
           or
           knowledge
           of
           mine
           )
           tendred
           Articles
           against
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           which
           were
           read
           to
           him
           ,
           I
           did
           then
           (
           if
           hee
           call
           himself
           to
           remembrance
           )
           go
           from
           the
           table
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           as
           
           owning
           his
           acquaintance
           ,
           and
           hee
           and
           I
           exchanged
           some
           friendly
           words
           ,
           hee
           expressing
           a
           great
           defiance
           of
           the
           Articles
           ,
           and
           sense
           of
           the
           vileness
           of
           them
           (
           if
           they
           could
           bee
           proved
           )
           and
           then
           and
           there
           it
           was
           that
           I
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           (
           hee
           calling
           for
           witnesses
           to
           prove
           the
           Articles
           )
           
             That
             the
             several
             parties
             should
             bee
             brought
             face
             to
             face
             ,
          
           as
           hee
           truly
           reports
           ,
           pag.
           4.
           
           At
           that
           time
           I
           looked
           on
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           as
           a
           friend
           ,
           from
           whom
           I
           should
           have
           expected
           ,
           and
           who
           might
           have
           expected
           from
           mee
           ,
           any
           common
           friendly
           courtesie
           ,
           there
           having
           never
           been
           any
           unfriendly
           passage
           between
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           and
           my self
           all
           our
           daies
           .
           After
           this
           
             William
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           and
           
             Obadiah
             Cheltnam
          
           came
           to
           mee
           ,
           as
           being
           both
           known
           to
           mee
           ,
           to
           speak
           with
           mee
           about
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           business
           ;
           They
           well
           know
           with
           what
           earnestness
           I
           pressed
           them
           both
           ,
           to
           take
           heed
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           carefully
           to
           it
           ,
           upon
           what
           grounds
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           end
           they
           moved
           therein
           ,
           telling
           them
           ,
           that
           if
           from
           private
           discontents
           ,
           malice
           ,
           covetousness
           ,
           or
           any
           such
           wretched
           grounds
           they
           did
           prosecute
           this
           Charge
           against
           the
           said
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           would
           surely
           require
           it
           of
           them
           ;
           Whereupon
           they
           did
           with
           extraordinary
           earnestness
           protest
           to
           mee
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           no
           enmity
           against
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           nor
           desire
           or
           thought
           of
           making
           advantage
           by
           his
           removal
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           did
           minde
           the
           good
           of
           their
           own
           (
           and
           others
           )
           souls
           in
           what
           they
           were
           doing
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           hee
           preached
           in
           such
           a
           Scholar-like
           way
           ,
           that
           his
           Parishioners
           were
           little
           profited
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           scandalous
           miscarriages
           charged
           in
           the
           Articles
           would
           bee
           fully
           proved
           against
           him
           ;
           Upon
           this
           (
           being
           prevailed
           upon
           by
           their
           often
           and
           earnest
           protestations
           .
           )
           I
           left
           them
           to
           do
           what
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           onely
           I
           did
           take
           knowledge
           of
           them
           when
           they
           appeared
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           as
           persons
           known
           to
           mee
           ,
           but
           never
           opened
           my
           mouth
           in
           their
           commendation
           ,
           nor
           to
           further
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           witness
           which
           they
           brought
           to
           prove
           the
           Articles
           against
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
             :
          
           The
           Articles
           of
           scandal
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           often
           and
           truly
           intimateth
           )
           I
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           ,
           being
           no
           Commissioner
           ;
           Neither
           did
           I
           take
           upon
           mee
           to
           stickle
           about
           them
           
           one
           way
           or
           other
           ;
           And
           as
           for
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           last
           appearance
           at
           
             Lavington
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Order
           was
           drawn
           up
           against
           him
           for
           his
           ejectment
           ,
           as
           hee
           tells
           us
           ,
           pag.
           223.
           
           I
           was
           not
           then
           present
           ,
           nor
           know
           I
           what
           was
           passed
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           at
           
             Sarum
             ,
          
           when
           the
           order
           of
           Ejection
           was
           published
           against
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           how
           very
           unwilling
           I
           was
           to
           have
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           do
           in
           the
           examination
           of
           him
           ,
           they
           who
           were
           present
           know
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           fair
           respect
           I
           managed
           that
           part
           of
           his
           examination
           which
           fell
           to
           my
           share
           ,
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           may
           ,
           and
           if
           hee
           do
           not
           ,
           others
           do
           very
           well
           remember
           .
           Thus
           having
           made
           a
           true
           Relation
           how
           far
           I
           was
           concerned
           in
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           business
           ;
           That
           which
           rests
           upon
           him
           to
           prove
           in
           the
           former
           Charge
           ,
           is
           ,
        
         
           1
           That
           I
           did
           know
           that
           
             Pinchin
          
           and
           
             Powel
          
           (
           the
           
             two
             witnesses
             )
             did
             act
             from
             base
             principles
             ,
             and
             to
             base
             ends
             ,
          
           which
           I
           utterly
           deny
           .
        
         
           2
           That
           I
           afforded
           unto
           them
           furtherance
           in
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           whereas
           
             Powel
          
           I
           knew
           not
           ,
           nor
           spake
           I
           any
           thing
           (
           that
           I
           know
           )
           to
           the
           furtherance
           of
           
             Pinchins
          
           testimony
           ,
           but
           left
           it
           according
           to
           my
           place
           ,
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           having
           related
           how
           able
           and
           ready
           hee
           was
           to
           prove
           horrid
           and
           barbarous
           crimes
           acted
           by
           
             Pinchin
          
           against
           his
           Father
           ,
           
           and
           other
           his
           nearest
           Relations
           (
           to
           take
           off
           the
           force
           of
           his
           testimony
           )
           
             None
             ,
             saith
             Mr.
             
          
           Bushnel
           ,
           
             was
             more
             forward
             to
             withstand
             and
             oppose
             this
             ,
             than
             Dr.
          
           Chambers
           ,
           
             who
             knew
             much
             of
             it
             to
             bee
             true
             ,
             but
             was
             not
             willing
             (
             't
             is
             like
             )
             that
             it
             should
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             these
             Gentlemen
             ,
             for
             fear
             that
             hee
             should
             thereby
             have
          
           
             *
          
           lost
           
             so
             precious
             a
             witness
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             for
          
           fear
           
             *
          
           
             that
             hee
             should
             have
             heard
             something
             which
             would
             have
             meerly
             reflected
             on
             himself
             ;
             This
             Dr.
             then
             acknowledging
             that
             there
             had
             been
             some
             small
             differences
             between
             them
             ,
             praying
             that
             no
             more
             words
             might
             bee
             made
             of
             it
             ;
             together
             with
             an
             intimation
             that
             all
             differences
             were
             now
             composed
             ,
             or
             to
             some
             such
             purpose
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           The
           last
           words
           
             (
             or
             to
             some
             such
             purpose
             )
          
           evidence
           that
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           not
           well
           remember
           what
           I
           said
           ,
           neither
           indeed
           do
           I
           ;
           But
           this
           I
           am
           confident
           of
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           never
           
           speak
           those
           words
           ,
           wherein
           the
           main
           weight
           of
           this
           Charge
           lieth
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           there
           had
           been
           some
           
             small
             differences
          
           between
           
             William
             Pinchin
          
           and
           his
           Father
           :
           for
           though
           I
           never
           knew
           so
           much
           of
           the
           difference
           between
           them
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           hath
           here
           expressed
           ,
           yet
           by
           what
           I
           had
           heard
           about
           
             William
             Pinchins
          
           wicked
           and
           horrid
           carriage
           towards
           his
           Father
           ,
           I
           did
           in
           my
           heart
           greatly
           loathe
           it
           ,
           and
           could
           never
           mince
           it
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             small
             differences
             ,
          
           possibly
           I
           might
           (
           though
           I
           do
           not
           now
           remember
           it
           )
           upon
           
             William
             Pinchins
          
           earnest
           protestation
           which
           hee
           made
           to
           mee
           ,
           of
           his
           desire
           of
           becoming
           a
           new
           man
           ,
           say
           something
           of
           that
           business
           as
           a
           matter
           that
           was
           then
           past
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           did
           colour
           it
           over
           with
           the
           name
           of
           
             small
             differences
             ,
          
           or
           words
           
             to
             any
             such
             purpose
             ,
          
           I
           assuredly
           beleeve
           is
           not
           true
           ,
           nor
           will
           ever
           bee
           proved
           ,
           and
           shall
           gladly
           imbrace
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           counsel
           laid
           down
           ,
           pag.
           73.
           
           In
           these
           words
           ,
           I
           could
           advise
           Mr.
           
           
             Chambers
          
           to
           admonish
           
             William
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           that
           hee
           would
           sadly
           consider
           of
           it
           in
           this
           his
           day
           .
        
         
           
           Upon
           the
           recital
           of
           
             Jane
             Hendyes
          
           deposition
           in
           his
           behalf
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           addeth
           ,
           
             But
             now
          
           William
           Pinchin
           ,
           
             at
          
           Lavington
           
             boldly
             interposes
             ,
             and
             tells
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             that
             his
             Mother
             (
             this
          
           Jone
           Pinchin
           )
           
             had
             told
             him
             that
             this
          
           Jane
           Hendy
           
             had
             said
             so
             much
             to
             her
             ,
             on
             which
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           
             adds
             ,
             that
             if
             Goodwife
          
           Pinchin
           
             had
             said
             so
             ,
             hee
             was
             bound
             to
             beleeve
             her
             .
             And
             again
             at
          
           Marleborough
           ,
           May
           
             8.
             
             When
             there
             were
             papers
             delivered
             in
             by
          
           William
           Pinchin
           ,
           
             written
             by
             himself
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             affirmed
             under
             her
             mark
             ,
             that
          
           Jane
           Hendy
           
             should
             say
             so
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             adds
             again
             ,
             That
             if
             Goodwife
          
           Pinchin
           
             said
             so
             ,
             hee
             was
             in
             conscience
             bound
             to
             beleeve
             her
             :
             Now
             by
             the
             Doctors
             leave
             ,
             I
             conceive
             these
             words
             of
             his
             ,
          
           I
           am
           bound
           ,
           
             and
          
           I
           am
           bound
           in
           conscience
           to
           beleeve
           her
           ,
           
             were
             not
             spoken
             by
             him
             ,
             either
             with
             discretion
             or
             charity
             .
          
        
         
           
           I
           am
           yet
           to
           learn
           that
           I
           transgressed
           the
           Rules
           ,
           either
           of
           discretion
           ,
           or
           charity
           ,
           in
           saying
           of
           a
           woman
           ,
           whom
           I
           had
           for
           many
           years
           often
           conversed
           with
           ,
           and
           taken
           to
           be
           a
           stayed
           Christian
           woman
           ,
           that
           
             I
             was
             bound
             ,
          
           and
           
             bound
             in
             conscience
             to
             beleeve
             ,
          
           what
           shee
           said
           and
           attested
           under
           her
           hand
           ;
           But
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           adds
           .
        
         
         
           
             Not
             with
             so
             much
             advisedness
             or
             discretion
             :
             For
             it
             is
             well
             known
             that
          
           William
           Pinchin
           
             had
             that
             power
             over
             his
             Mother
             ,
             that
             shee
             dared
             not
             but
             to
             say
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             as
             her
             son
             would
             have
             her
             ,
             I
             beleeve
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctor
             himself
             could
             not
             bee
             altogether
             ignorant
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           To
           beleeve
           that
           I
           would
           say
           that
           I
           was
           bound
           in
           conscience
           to
           beleeve
           a
           woman
           of
           whom
           
             I
             knew
             that
             her
             son
             had
             power
             over
             her
             to
             make
             her
             say
             or
             do
             what
             hee
             pleased
             ,
          
           I
           take
           it
           doth
           savour
           of
           little
           charity
           in
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           I
           hope
           I
           durst
           not
           (
           whatever
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           beleeves
           of
           mee
           )
           upon
           any
           tearms
           have
           said
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           bound
           in
           conscience
           to
           beleeve
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           if
           I
           had
           known
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           least
           suspected
           her
           to
           have
           been
           so
           little
           a
           Christian
           ,
           as
           to
           bee
           under
           the
           power
           of
           her
           son
           ,
           to
           make
           her
           say
           and
           do
           what
           hee
           please
           :
           I
           did
           fully
           beleeve
           it
           was
           otherwise
           with
           her
           ,
           when
           I
           shewed
           my
           beleef
           of
           what
           shee
           spake
           .
        
         
           
           
             And
             why
             might
             not
             the
             Dr.
             bee
             mistaken
             in
             her
             ,
          
           (
           viz.
           
             Goodwife
          
           Pinchin
           )
           
             as
             well
             as
             hee
             hath
             been
             in
             many
             others
          
           (
           Women
           I
           mean
           ,
           for
           there
           his
           acquaintance
           did
           especially
           lye
           ,
           
             and
             these
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             such
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             hand
             over
             their
             husbands
             )
             who
             have
             followed
             him
             as
             far
             ,
             and
             as
             oft
             as
          
           Jone
           Pinchin
           ,
           
             and
             yet
             are
             now
             fallen
             off
             both
             from
             his
             Doctrine
             and
             Acquaintance
             .
          
        
         
           
           I
           know
           nothing
           in
           any
           man
           which
           may
           exempt
           others
           from
           a
           possibility
           of
           being
           deceived
           in
           him
           ,
           whilst
           hee
           hath
           the
           deceitful
           heart
           of
           man
           in
           his
           bosome
           :
           No
           doubt
           therefore
           I
           might
           bee
           deceived
           in
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
             ;
          
           but
           I
           was
           so
           far
           perswaded
           of
           her
           Christianity
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           I
           spake
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           good
           ground
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           she
           would
           not
           wilfully
           speak
           and
           swear
           against
           her
           own
           knowledge
           ;
           And
           I
           am
           still
           bound
           to
           beleeve
           as
           much
           of
           her
           ,
           until
           I
           see
           the
           contrary
           proved
           upon
           her
           ,
           by
           some
           who
           afford
           her
           liberty
           to
           answer
           for
           her self
           :
           That
           my
           
             acquaintance
             did
             especially
             lye
             with
             women
             ,
          
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           here
           confidently
           and
           jeeringly
           (
           in
           another
           Character
           ,
           for
           fear
           it
           should
           not
           bee
           noted
           )
           affirm
           ,
           is
           utterly
           untrue
           ,
           as
           the
           whole
           country
           (
           where
           I
           then
           lived
           )
           knows
           ,
           wherein
           I
           had
           the
           happiness
           to
           bee
           intimately
           acquainted
           with
           very
           many
           men
           of
           
           best
           repute
           in
           all
           ranks
           ,
           who
           afforded
           mee
           a
           large
           share
           in
           their
           loving
           respects
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           my
           Ministry
           found
           acceptance
           with
           divers
           Christian
           women
           ,
           whose
           acquaintance
           I
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           bee
           ashamed
           of
           ;
           if
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           for
           no
           doubt
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           greatly
           outlasheth
           in
           the
           word
           
             many
             )
          
           had
           the
           hand
           over
           their
           husbands
           ,
           it
           was
           matter
           of
           grief
           to
           mee
           ,
           wheresoever
           I
           saw
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           many
           who
           used
           to
           hear
           mee
           ,
           bee
           fallen
           oft
           from
           my
           
             Doctrine
          
           and
           
             Acquaintance
             ,
          
           I
           hope
           their
           defection
           cannot
           bee
           charged
           upon
           mee
           ,
           as
           my
           crime
           .
           The
           Lord
           shew
           them
           mercy
           ,
           and
           return
           them
           into
           the
           way
           of
           truth
           .
        
         
           
             And
             now
             for
             Dr.
          
           Chambers
           (
           a
           man
           of
           so
           much
           reverence
           and
           learning
           )
           
             to
             say
             (
             when
             it
             had
             been
          
           good
           manners
           
             in
             him
             to
             hold
             his
             peace
             )
             that
             if
             Goodwife
          
           Pinchin
           
             had
             said
             so
             ,
             
             hee
             was
             in
             conscience
             bound
             to
             beleeve
             her
             ,
             was
             (
             upon
             the
             matter
             )
             to
             say
             to
             this
          
           Jane
           Hendyes
           
             face
             ,
             that
             shee
             had
             twice
             foresworn
             her self
             .
          
        
         
           
           Here
           again
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           puts
           in
           his
           jeer
           of
           ,
           
             a
             man
             of
             so
             much
             Reve●ence
             and
             Learning
             ,
          
           in
           other
           Characters
           ,
           fearing
           belike
           that
           his
           Readers
           would
           bee
           so
           thick-sented
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           smell
           the
           sweetness
           of
           his
           tart
           Sarcasm
           ,
           without
           some
           signal
           Indication
           ,
           for
           which
           end
           ,
           belike
           ,
           hee
           thought
           the
           mentioning
           of
           
             good
             manners
             ,
          
           immediately
           after
           ,
           would
           not
           bee
           sufficient
           :
           Whether
           this
           bee
           dealing
           suitable
           to
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           let
           others
           judge
           :
           But
           as
           for
           what
           hee
           publisheth
           as
           an
           evidence
           of
           want
           of
           chari●y
           in
           mee
           towards
           
             Jane
             Hendy
          
           I
           am
           confident
           all
           the
           Logick
           in
           
             Aristotles
          
           Organon
           ,
           will
           never
           joyn
           his
           Premises
           and
           Conclusion
           together
           ;
           For
           what
           
             Jane
             Hendy
          
           sware
           and
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
          
           said
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           oath
           ,
           may
           be
           all
           true
           ,
           and
           no
           contradiction
           bee
           found
           between
           their
           two
           oaths
           ;
           for
           
             Jane
             Hendy
          
           swore
           cautelously
           ,
           that
           shee
           did
           not
           remember
           that
           shee
           ever
           spake
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           to
           
             Jone
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           which
           
             Jone
             Pinchin
          
           sware
           shee
           did
           speak
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           both
           oaths
           may
           be
           true
           ,
           for
           it
           may
           (
           possibly
           )
           bee
           true
           ,
           that
           
             Jane
             Hendy
          
           did
           speak
           something
           to
           
             Jone
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           which
           shee
           did
           not
           at
           that
           present
           remember
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           might
           say
           ,
           that
           
             I
             was
             in
             conscience
             bound
             to
             beleeve
          
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           
           and
           yet
           not
           say
           
             (
             upon
             the
             matter
             )
          
           that
           
             Jane
             Hendy
          
           had
           twice
           
             for
             sworn
          
           her self
           ;
           And
           therefore
           what
           I
           said
           ,
           did
           not
           at
           all
           amount
           to
           what
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           collects
           from
           my
           words
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           horrible
           out-cry
           upon
           ,
           pag.
           95.
           
           That
           I
           did
           pronounce
           one
           of
           them
           
             infallible
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           
             perjured
             :
          
           They
           did
           both
           swear
           according
           to
           truth
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           might
           do
           so
           ,
           and
           my
           charity
           inclines
           mee
           to
           think
           that
           they
           did
           so
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           no
           sufficient
           ground
           why
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           should
           peremptorily
           affirm
           ,
           that
           the
           testimony
           of
           these
           two
           women
           are
           contradictory
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           or
           other
           of
           them
           must
           
             needs
             bee
             for
             sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             And
             now
             I
             shall
             add
             further
             ,
             that
             I
             beleeve
             that
             this
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             false
             oaths
             had
             never
             been
             taken
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Doctor
             by
             those
             words
             ,
          
           I
           am
           bound
           in
           conscience
           ,
           
             hinted
             unto
             them
             a
             kinde
             of
             faculty
             ,
             or
             dispensation
             of
             swearing
             ,
             and
             that
             now
             they
             might
             bee
             bold
             .
          
        
         
           
           I
           refer
           it
           to
           the
           judgement
           of
           any
           rational
           Christian
           to
           determine
           whether
           my
           saying
           of
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           that
           I
           was
           
             bound
             in
             conscience
          
           to
           beleeve
           what
           shee
           said
           ,
           upon
           upon
           that
           perswasion
           which
           I
           had
           of
           her
           ,
           that
           shee
           was
           a
           conscientious
           Christian
           ,
           did
           hint
           a
           
             dispensation
          
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           to
           any
           other
           ,
           whom
           I
           had
           no
           knowledge
           of
           ,
           to
           swear
           falsly
           :
           I
           am
           confident
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           will
           never
           bee
           able
           to
           shew
           any
           rational
           ground
           of
           his
           beleef
           ,
           that
           my
           saying
           that
           I
           was
           
             bound
          
           to
           
             beleeve
          
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           did
           contain
           in
           it
           an
           
             incouragement
          
           or
           
             dispensation
          
           for
           her
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           to
           swear
           falsly
           .
        
         
           
           
             And
             one
             thing
             further
             ,
             this
             oath
             being
             false
             (
             as
             I
             am
             confident
             it
             was
             )
             and
             (
             as
             it
             is
             very
             probable
             )
             this
             oath
             being
             caused
             by
             such
             an
             invitation
             ,
          
           I
           am
           bound
           in
           conscience
           ,
           
             if
             an
             incourager
             ,
             or
             an
             abetter
             ,
             or
             a
             perswader
             bee
             an
             Accessary
             ,
             I
             cannot
             acquit
             some
             body
          
           (
           the
           Dr.
           may
           guess
           whom
           I
           mean
           )
           
             from
             being
             guilty
             of
             this
             and
             many
             following
             perjuries
             .
          
        
         
           
           Here
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           is
           peremptorily
           confident
           ,
           that
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchins
          
           oath
           was
           false
           ,
           and
           that
           
             the
             perjury
             lies
             with
             her
             ,
          
           as
           before
           hee
           expressed
           himself
           ;
           had
           I
           said
           so
           much
           of
           
             Jane
             Hendy
             ,
          
           I
           should
           have
           heard
           of
           want
           of
           charity
           on
           
           both
           ears
           :
           But
           I
           shall
           leave
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           consider
           whether
           there
           bee
           not
           some
           want
           of
           charity
           in
           this
           his
           confidence
           :
           But
           that
           my
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             am
             bound
             in
             conscience
          
           to
           beleeve
           what
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
          
           said
           ,
           being
           spoken
           in
           relation
           to
           what
           she
           had
           said
           and
           testified
           under
           her
           hand
           ,
           should
           bee
           in
           any
           probability
           a
           cause
           and
           invitation
           to
           induce
           her
           to
           swear
           what
           shee
           did
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           senseless
           and
           irrational
           conjecture
           ,
           because
           I
           spake
           the
           words
           after
           shee
           had
           fully
           declared
           what
           shee
           could
           and
           would
           swear
           ;
           The
           relation
           of
           what
           shee
           would
           swear
           ,
           given
           under
           her
           hand
           ,
           caused
           mee
           to
           say
           ,
           as
           himself
           relates
           it
           ,
           pag.
           89.
           
           That
           I
           was
           
             bound
             in
             conscience
          
           to
           beleeve
           what
           shee
           testified
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           onely
           improbable
           ,
           but
           utterly
           impossible
           that
           my
           words
           should
           bee
           a
           foregoing
           
             cause
             ,
          
           and
           
             invitation
          
           to
           her
           Oath
           .
           But
           that
           my
           saying
           of
           one
           whom
           I
           lookt
           upon
           as
           a
           Christian
           woman
           of
           great-fidelity
           ,
           that
           if
           shee
           would
           swear
           ,
           I
           were
           
             bound
             in
             conscience
             to
             beleeve
             her
             ,
          
           should
           make
           mee
           an
           
             Incourager
             ,
          
           an
           
             Abetter
             ,
          
           and
           
             Accessary
          
           to
           her
           false
           Oath
           ,
           in
           case
           shee
           should
           swear
           falsly
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           to
           the
           perjuries
           of
           others
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           here
           in
           a
           calumniating
           injurious
           way
           charge
           mee
           to
           bee
           )
           I
           am
           confident
           will
           seem
           rational
           to
           no
           intelligent
           person
           whatsoever
           ;
           And
           therefore
           this
           high
           and
           groundless
           calumny
           ,
           being
           built
           upon
           such
           a
           false
           and
           sandy
           foundation
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           fear
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           fall
           of
           it self
           ,
           without
           any
           derogation
           from
           my
           good
           name
           .
        
         
           
           
             Now
             I
             must
             tell
             the
             Reader
             ,
             That
             not
             long
             before
             this
             ,
             shee
             ,
          
           (
           viz.
           
             Goodwife
          
           Pinchin
           )
           
             having
             some
             discourse
             with
             several
             persons
             ,
             ever
             acquitted
             mee
             ,
             saying
             ,
             That
             shee
             beleeved
             that
             I
             was
             wronged
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             purpose
             ;
             but
             now
             shee
             changes
             her
             note
             ,
             and
             saies
             .
             Shee
             cannot
             judge
             :
             Doubtless
             her
             own
             son
          
           William
           ,
           
             or
             the
             Doctor
             (
             for
             I
             have
             heard
             that
             hee
             was
             at
             her
             house
             betwixt
          
           April
           
             28.
             and
          
           June
           
             4.
             )
             had
             instructed
             her
             ,
             and
             taught
             her
             to
             fall
             short
             ,
             and
             why
             might
             hee
             not
             make
             the
             whole
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             alter
             a
             part
             of
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
           By
           what
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           here
           relateth
           of
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin●
          
           former
           words
           ,
           it
           appeareth
           ,
           That
           there
           were
           some
           reports
           then
           going
           of
           what
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
          
           testified
           ,
           that
           
           
             Jane
             Hendy
          
           spake
           about
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           carriage
           towards
           her
           ,
           But
           then
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
             (
             as
             hee
             relates
             it
             )
          
           beleeved
           hee
           was
           wronged
           in
           those
           reports
           ;
           I
           leave
           this
           wholly
           as
           not
           being
           concerned
           in
           it
           :
           Whereas
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           layeth
           it
           down
           as
           an
           undoubted
           truth
           ,
           that
           either
           
             William
             Pinchin
          
           or
           I
           ,
           and
           leaveth
           it
           doubtful
           ,
           whether
           hee
           or
           I
           ,
           
             instructed
          
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           and
           
             taught
             her
          
           upon
           her
           oath
           ,
           to
           fall
           short
           of
           what
           shee
           knew
           ,
           and
           had
           formerly
           spoken
           ;
           I
           deny
           and
           defie
           this
           charge
           ,
           as
           most
           untrue
           and
           injurious
           ;
           if
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           can
           make
           the
           least
           proof
           ,
           or
           shadow
           of
           proof
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           require
           him
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           as
           hee
           tendereth
           the
           being
           free
           from
           the
           blot
           of
           a
           false
           and
           malicious
           Accuser
           :
           I
           acknowledge
           that
           I
           called
           at
           Goodwife
           
             Pinchins
          
           house
           (
           the
           high
           way
           lying
           close
           by
           her
           door
           )
           as
           I
           rode
           by
           ,
           and
           spake
           with
           her
           as
           an
           antient
           Christian
           friend
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           
             instructed
          
           her
           ,
           or
           
             taught
          
           her
           to
           swear
           against
           her
           knowledge
           ,
           is
           a
           spightful
           and
           most
           untrue
           insinuation
           ,
           which
           must
           bee
           answered
           for
           at
           the
           appearance
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
          
           Bushnel
           
             writeth
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             testified
             against
             one
          
           William
           Cottle
           ,
           
             who
             was
             a
             witness
             against
             him
             ,
             amongst
             other
             things
             ,
             that
             hee
             should
             say
             ,
             that
             your
             Parsons
             were
             greedy
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             would
             trust
             none
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             no
             not
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           ,
           
             who
             had
             left
          
           Claverton
           ,
           
             and
             was
             gone
             to
          
           Pewsey
           :
           
             And
             when
          
           Cottle
           
             (
             being
             still
             upon
             his
             Oath
             )
             denied
             these
             words
             to
             bee
             spoken
             by
             him
             ,
             after
             they
             were
             testified
             and
             sworn
             to
             his
             face
             ,
             hee
             acknowledged
             that
             hee
             had
             spoken
             them
             ,
             adding
             further
             ,
             why
             ?
             what
             if
             I
             did
             say
             so
             ?
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             thing
             being
             barely
             considered
             in
             and
             of
             it self
             ,
             it
             mattered
             not
             ,
             if
             hee
             had
             said
             so
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             true
             as
             hee
             said
             ;
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           
             had
             left
          
           Claverton
           
             (
             nor
             was
             this
             the
             first
             time
             hee
             had
             left
             it
             )
             and
             was
             gone
             to
          
           Pewsey
           ,
           
             and
             this
             to
             his
             great
             advantage
             too
             ,
             for
             the
             report
             goes
             that
             hee
             is
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             a
             year
             gainer
             by
             this
             Remove
             .
          
        
         
           
           That
           I
           left
           
             Claverton
          
           before
           I
           came
           to
           
             Pewsey
             ,
          
           &
           afterwards
           came
           to
           
             Pewsey
             ,
          
           with
           a
           considerable
           advantage
           as
           to
           outward
           state
           ,
           I
           do
           freely
           acknowledge
           ;
           Nor
           was
           I
           ever
           offended
           with
           any
           ,
           who
           before
           they
           had
           heard
           what
           account
           I
           could
           give
           of
           my
           Removal
           ,
           had
           spoken
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           importing
           
           some
           earthly-mindedness
           in
           mee
           ;
           But
           not
           to
           trouble
           the
           world
           with
           tedious
           relations
           about
           personal
           businesses
           ,
           if
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           be
           pleased
           to
           afford
           mee
           a
           private
           occasion
           ,
           as
           divers
           Christian
           friends
           have
           done
           ,
           to
           discover
           to
           him
           the
           grounds
           and
           reasons
           of
           my
           removal
           from
           
             Claverton
             ,
          
           and
           coming
           to
           
             Pewsey
             ,
          
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           so
           far
           satisfie
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           cause
           him
           to
           desist
           from
           making
           this
           a
           matter
           of
           publick
           reproach
           and
           defamation
           against
           mee
           .
        
         
           
           
             It
             were
             not
             amiss
             to
             tell
             thee
             that
          
           John
           Trevers
           ,
           
             sitting
             by
             ,
             during
             this
             debate
             ,
             and
             hearing
             and
             noting
             all
             the
             passages
             ,
             observed
             it
             (
             and
             so
             did
             others
             besides
             )
             and
             (
             as
             I
             have
             heard
             )
             hath
             reported
             it
             elsewhere
             with
             some
             complacency
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           
             did
             hang
             down
             his
             head
             the
             while
             ;
             Now
             wee
             know
             ,
             that
             hanging
             down
             of
             the
             head
             doth
             usually
             signifie
             that
             there
             is
             shame
             and
             sorrow
             in
             the
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           
             —
             pudet
             haec
             opprobria
             nobis
          
           
             Et
             dici
             potuisse
             &
             non
             potuisse
             refelli
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             whereas
             shame
             doth
             usually
             produce
             either
             an
             amendment
             in
             the
             person
             so
             exposed
             ;
             or
             else
             indignation
             ,
             which
             the
             person
             so
             exposed
             conceives
             against
             him
             whom
             hee
             looks
             on
             as
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             exposal
             ;
             I
             have
             some
             conjecture
             ,
             that
             this
             wrought
             after
             the
             latter
             and
             worser
             way
             with
             Dr.
          
           Chambers
           ;
           
             and
             that
             hee
             did
             for
             this
             ,
             store
             up
             a
             good
             turn
             for
             mee
             against
             hee
             had
             an
             opportunity
             ;
             of
             which
             the
             Readers
             shall
             have
             some
             account
             in
             due
             time
             and
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
           It
           is
           very
           strange
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           being
           present
           all
           the
           time
           of
           this
           debate
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           diligent
           observer
           of
           all
           my
           words
           and
           carriages
           (
           as
           appears
           throughout
           his
           Narrative
           )
           did
           not
           himself
           take
           notice
           of
           my
           
             hanging
             down
             my
             head
             ,
          
           if
           it
           were
           so
           considerable
           as
           hee
           would
           have
           the
           world
           beleeve
           it
           was
           ,
           from
           the
           testimony
           of
           
             Trevers
             ,
          
           and
           other
           unn
           med
           witnesses
           ;
           But
           to
           speak
           this
           once
           for
           all
           to
           
             Cottles
          
           words
           concerning
           mee
           ,
           though
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           makes
           often
           use
           of
           them
           for
           his
           purpose
           ,
           I
           bless
           the
           Lord
           I
           have
           so
           much
           quiet
           in
           my
           own
           heart
           ,
           as
           concerning
           my
           Removal
           from
           
             Claverton
             ,
          
           and
           coming
           to
           
             Pewsey
             ,
          
           that
           I
           was
           never
           
           ashamed
           to
           hear
           of
           it
           in
           any
           place
           ,
           or
           to
           bee
           called
           to
           shew
           my
           grounds
           for
           it
           ;
           whether
           
             I
             held
             down
             my
             head
             ,
          
           when
           
             Cottles
          
           words
           were
           proved
           upon
           him
           by
           oath
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           This
           I
           am
           most
           assured
           of
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           out
           of
           any
           
             shame
          
           which
           surprized
           mee
           upon
           the
           hearing
           of
           
             Cottles
          
           words
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           my self
           :
           I
           was
           so
           little
           affected
           with
           the
           words
           ,
           that
           though
           upon
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           Relation
           ,
           I
           do
           beleeve
           that
           it
           was
           attested
           upon
           oath
           ,
           that
           such
           words
           were
           spoken
           by
           
             Cottle
             ,
          
           yet
           this
           I
           can
           truly
           take
           my
           oath
           of
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           utterly
           forgotten
           it
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           in
           the
           least
           remember
           any
           such
           passage
           ;
           And
           as
           for
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           uncharitable
           conjecture
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           store
           up
           a
           good
           turn
           for
           him
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           those
           words
           of
           
             Cottle
             ,
          
           I
           call
           the
           great
           God
           to
           witness
           ,
           who
           can
           onely
           testifie
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           had
           ,
           nor
           have
           I
           ,
           the
           least
           indignation
           against
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           of
           
             Cottles
          
           words
           ;
           if
           hee
           knew
           my
           heart
           ,
           hee
           would
           beleeve
           mee
           .
        
         
           
           
             Having
             called
             the
             witnesses
             which
             appeared
             against
             him
             ,
             the
             Doctors
             ,
             Mr.
             
          
           By
           fields
           ,
           
             and
             Mr.
             
          
           Blissets
           
             witnesses
             ,
             Mr.
          
           Bushnel
           
             adds
             ;
             Nor
             can
             these
             men
             have
             any
             just
             cause
             to
             distaste
             mee
             ,
             that
             I
             call
             them
             their
             witnesses
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             given
             my
             reasons
             of
             it
             .
             I
             have
             told
             thee
             already
             ,
             that
             I
             beleeve
             that
             many
             a
             one
             which
             hath
             appeared
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             sworn
             against
             mee
             ,
             had
             never
             so
             done
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             their
             invitation
             and
             countenance
             ,
             which
             as
             before
             ,
             so
             at
             this
             time
             appeared
             most
             visible
             .
          
        
         
           
           What
           hath
           before
           been
           produced
           by
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           to
           prove
           mee
           an
           
             Inviter
          
           and
           
             Countenancer
          
           of
           the
           witnesses
           against
           him
           ,
           hath
           been
           answered
           by
           mee
           ,
           and
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           censure
           of
           the
           judicious
           Reader
           .
           Now
           it
           seems
           by
           his
           words
           hee
           hath
           met
           with
           a
           most
           
             visible
          
           Evidence
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           which
           is
           next
           to
           bee
           considered
           .
        
         
           Having
           named
           the
           solicitors
           against
           him
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           adds
           ,
           
             And
             in
             their
             addresses
             (
             neglecting
             the
             Gentlemen
             to
             whom
             alone
             of
             right
             this
             business
             did
             belong
             .
             )
             Their
             Applications
             were
             to
             Mr.
          
           Chambers
           ,
           
             and
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           ,
           John
           Trevers
           ,
           
             and
          
           William
           Pinchin
           ,
           
             at
             the
             upper
             end
             of
             the
             Table
             standing
             at
             the
             Elbow
             of
             the
             Dr.
             and
          
           Obadiah
           Cheltenham
           
             towards
             
             the
             lower
             end
             ,
             waiting
             upon
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           :
           
             And
             this
             I
             conceive
             to
             bee
             reason
             enough
             wherefore
             I
             call
             them
             their
             witnesses
             .
          
        
         
           
           I
           dare
           not
           return
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           any
           jeers
           ,
           but
           in
           good
           earnest
           ,
           it
           is
           strange
           to
           mee
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           being
           (
           as
           I
           know
           him
           to
           bee
           )
           a
           Scholar
           ,
           and
           a
           Logician
           ,
           should
           think
           there
           is
           sufficient
           strength
           in
           this
           Reason
           why
           hee
           should
           call
           the
           solicitors
           ,
           Mine
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Byfields
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
           
             Blissets
             witnesses
             ,
          
           because
           two
           of
           them
           stood
           at
           my
           elbow
           ,
           and
           one
           by
           Mr.
           
             Byfield
             :
          
           For
           if
           this
           bee
           the
           reason
           why
           hee
           calleth
           them
           
             our
             winesses
             ,
          
           then
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           they
           should
           not
           bee
           called
           Mr.
           
           
             Blissets
             witnesses
             ,
          
           because
           never
           a
           one
           of
           them
           stood
           at
           his
           elbow
           ,
           or
           waited
           upon
           him
           :
           But
           if
           
             Trevers
          
           and
           
             Pinchin
          
           did
           stand
           by
           mee
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           than
           I
           can
           tell
           :
           Did
           I
           entertain
           any
           friendly
           discourse
           with
           them
           ?
           Did
           I
           take
           any
           special
           notice
           of
           them
           ?
           Did
           I
           speak
           a
           word
           in
           favour
           of
           them
           or
           their
           business
           ?
           Of
           this
           here
           is
           ,
           
             Altum
             Silentium
             ,
          
           which
           wee
           may
           bee
           sure
           proceeded
           not
           from
           any
           willingness
           in
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           to
           suppress
           any
           thing
           which
           hee
           had
           any
           hope
           might
           make
           against
           mee
           .
        
         
           
           Upon
           the
           Relation
           of
           the
           Testimony
           of
           
             Henry
             Sheyler
             ,
          
           upon
           oath
           ,
           that
           hee
           was
           told
           by
           one
           
             Nowell
          
           (
           who
           with
           his
           wife
           had
           dep●sed
           something
           against
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
             )
          
           that
           
             Trevers
          
           and
           
             Pinchin
          
           made
           profers
           and
           promises
           of
           mony
           to
           him
           ,
           if
           hee
           would
           appear
           and
           swear
           against
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           it
           followeth
           :
           
             I
             must
             tell
             thee
             further
             ,
             that
             soon
             after
             this
             deposition
             of
          
           Sheyler
           
             was
             taken
             ,
          
           Nowells
           
             wife
             (
             being
             before
             at
             a
             window
             ,
             and
             hearing
             what
             had
             passed
             )
             comes
             towards
             the
             Dr.
          
           (
           for
           unto
           him
           were
           the
           most
           especial
           addresses
           made
           )
           
             and
             after
             a
          
           long
           
             and
             a
          
           low
           
             courtesie
             ,
             adds
             ,
             yea
             ,
             surely
             if
             Mr.
          
           Bushnel
           
             had
             not
             to
             pick
             a
             thank
             with
             Coll.
          
           Eyre
           ,
           
             told
             him
             of
             my
             Husbands
             Gun
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             therewith
             hee
             used
             to
             kill
             Hares
             and
             Pigeons
             ,
             wee
             would
             not
             have
             been
             here
             to
             day
             to
             have
             sworn
             against
             him
             .
             And
             still
             continuing
             
               *
            
             courtesing
             to
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           
             (
             who
             then
             turned
             his
             head
             about
             ,
             
             and
             looked
             towards
             her
             )
             shee
             adds
             further
             ,
             That
             hee
             had
             known
             her
             of
             a
             long
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
           By
           this
           it
           appeareth
           ,
           that
           
             Nowells
          
           wife
           claimed
           acquaintance
           with
           mee
           (
           and
           indeed
           her
           Father
           was
           my
           Clerk
           when
           I
           lived
           at
           
             Claverton
             )
          
           But
           did
           I
           take
           any
           special
           notice
           of
           her
           ?
           or
           shew
           her
           any
           special
           favour
           ?
           by
           this
           story
           it
           seems
           I
           did
           not
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           suddenly
           turn
           my
           head
           towards
           her
           ,
           and
           when
           I
           did
           ,
           though
           shee
           spoke
           to
           mee
           ,
           yet
           here
           is
           no
           intimation
           of
           any
           thing
           I
           said
           to
           her
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           been
           the
           Principal
           Verb
           in
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           if
           any
           such
           thing
           could
           have
           been
           alledged
           against
           mee
           .
           And
           now
           Christian
           Reader
           ,
           judge
           indifferently
           what
           reason
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           had
           to
           write
           ,
           page
           139.
           that
           
             Nowell
          
           and
           his
           wife
           conceiving
           themselves
           injured
           formerly
           by
           him
           ,
           having
           this
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           countenance
           of
           the
           Dr.
           
             her
             antient
             acquaintance
          
           (
           which
           is
           written
           in
           the
           jeering
           character
           )
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           bee
           revenged
           on
           us
           both
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           Collenel
           and
           my self
           .
           )
        
         
           
           Having
           related
           four
           depositions
           taken
           against
           one
           
             Sanders
             ,
          
           who
           was
           a
           witness
           against
           him
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           said
           
             Sanders
          
           to
           bee
           a
           very
           vicious
           person
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           adds
           ;
           
             It
             must
             not
             bee
             forgotten
             ,
             that
             before
             these
             three
             last
             depositions
             were
             taken
             at
          
           Marleborough
           ,
           
             the
             Dr.
             (
             belike
             having
             before
             either
             instructed
          
           William
           Pinchin
           
             what
             was
             to
             bee
             done
             ,
             or
             else
             having
             been
             informed
             by
          
           William
           Pinchin
           
             what
             hee
             had
             done
             )
             beckning
             to
          
           William
           Pinchin
           
             with
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             twinkling
             of
             his
             eyes
             ,
             it
             seems
             as
             doubting
             that
          
           William
           Pinchin
           
             had
             forgotten
             himself
             .
             Whereupon
          
           William
           Pinchin
           
             approacheth
             ,
             and
             with
             a
          
           low
           congee
           ,
           
             delivers
             to
             the
             Dr.
             a
             peece
             of
             Paper
             ,
             which
             the
             Dr.
             conveyes
             to
             Mr.
          
           Blisset
           ,
           
             with
          
           some
           such
           words
           ;
           
             There
             is
             a
             Testimony
             of
             this
             mans
             (
             meaning
          
           Sanders
           )
           
             behaviour
             ;
             which
             was
             by
             Mr.
          
           Blisset
           
             read
             accordingly
             .
             The
             business
             was
             but
             short
             ,
             and
             my
             thoughts
             so
             much
             upon
          
           this
           Doctor
           ,
           
             that
             I
             little
             noted
             it
             ;
             onely
             I
             remember
             there
             were
             the
             names
             of
             some
             whom
             I
             knew
             ,
             set
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             names
             of
             others
             which
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
           Because
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           maketh
           much
           ado
           about
           this
           
             Sanders
             ,
          
           as
           if
           I
           had
           been
           under
           great
           guilt
           in
           relation
           to
           him
           ,
           
           
           
           I
           will
           relate
           all
           that
           I
           know
           about
           the
           business
           of
           
             Sanders
             :
          
           This
           
             Sanders
          
           is
           one
           whom
           I
           never
           knew
           ,
           nor
           had
           heard
           a
           word
           of
           him
           ,
           till
           the
           time
           that
           hee
           appeared
           as
           a
           witness
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           :
           
             William
             Pinchin
          
           came
           to
           mee
           in
           the
           Chamber
           before
           the
           sitting
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           and
           shewed
           mee
           a
           Certificate
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           said
           
             Sanders
             ,
          
           subscribed
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           some
           men
           of
           honesty
           and
           credit
           in
           
             Chippenham
             ,
          
           whose
           Reputation
           prevailed
           with
           mee
           to
           think
           it
           to
           bee
           of
           some
           credit
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           likely
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           relateth
           it
           (
           though
           it
           bee
           gone
           out
           of
           my
           memory
           )
           that
           I
           might
           becken
           to
           
             William
             Pinchin
          
           to
           have
           the
           Certificate
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           give
           it
           to
           Mr.
           
             Blissett
          
           to
           bee
           read
           ,
           when
           
             Sanders
          
           name
           was
           in
           question
           :
           not
           out
           of
           any
           purpose
           to
           bolster
           up
           
             Sanders
          
           in
           any
           wickedness
           ,
           but
           onely
           that
           it
           might
           bee
           weighed
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           whether
           
             Sanders
          
           were
           a
           man
           any
           way
           to
           bee
           credited
           ,
           yea
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           wherein
           I
           was
           able
           to
           say
           nothing
           :
           This
           is
           all
           I
           know
           about
           
             Sanders
             ,
          
           which
           whether
           it
           amount
           to
           a
           guilt
           ,
           let
           the
           Reader
           judge
           .
        
         
           
           
             I
             shall
             tell
             thee
             here
             ,
             that
          
           William
           Sanders
           
             being
             questioned
             for
             the
             Sacriledge
             (
             mentioned
             ,
             but
             now
             )
             fled
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             stands
             answerable
             for
             this
             Sacriledge
             even
             to
             this
             hour
             .
             And
             was
             it
             not
             a
             handsome
             thing
             for
             the
             Dr.
             to
             countenance
             this
             man
             (
             against
             the
             Minister
             )
             that
             had
             robbed
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
           I
           am
           beholding
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           for
           an
           answer
           to
           this
           Charge
           ,
           which
           else
           my
           memory
           would
           not
           have
           helped
           mee
           unto
           :
           Hee
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           before
           the
           three
           last
           depositions
           were
           taken
           against
           
             Sanders
             ,
          
           I
           handed
           the
           Certificate
           in
           his
           behlaf
           from
           
             William
             Pinchin
          
           to
           Mr.
           
             Blissett
             ;
          
           now
           one
           of
           those
           three
           last
           Depositions
           concerneth
           the
           Sacrilege
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           and
           therefore
           if
           hee
           will
           needs
           interpret
           my
           delivering
           in
           the
           Certificate
           for
           a
           countenancing
           of
           this
           man
           (
           which
           is
           more
           than
           it
           amounteth
           unto
           )
           yet
           I
           am
           free
           from
           countenancing
           a
           Church-robber
           against
           a
           Minister
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Deposition
           concerning
           
             Sanders
          
           Sacriledge
           was
           not
           given
           in
           ,
           neither
           had
           I
           ever
           heard
           a
           word
           of
           it
           when
           I
           handed
           the
           Certificate
           to
           Mr.
           
             Blissett
             .
          
           
        
         
           Having
           related
           the
           wicked
           and
           fraudulent
           course
           (
           supposing
           
           it
           to
           bee
           as
           hee
           relateth
           )
           which
           was
           taken
           for
           the
           obtaining
           the
           Certificate
           for
           
             Sanders
          
           from
           the
           
             Chippenhammen
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           adds
           :
           
             Now
             I
             do
             not
             wonder
             that
          
           William
           Pinchin
           ,
           Nicholas
           Spencer
           ,
           William
           Sanders
           ,
           
             and
          
           Obadiah
           Cheltenham
           
             should
             contrive
             and
             practise
             such
             unworthy
             courses
             ;
             My
             wonder
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctor
             should
             so
             demurely
             put
             to
             his
             helping
             hand
             for
             the
             promoting
             of
             them
             ;
             nay
             ,
             that
             hee
             should
             bee
             more
             forward
             than
          
           William
           Pinchin
           ,
           
             and
             readier
             to
             call
             for
             it
             ,
             than
          
           William
           Pinchin
           
             was
             to
             deliver
             it
             .
             But
             doubtless
             the
          
           Caln-business
           
             did
             yet
             stick
             in
             the
             Doctors
             stomach
             ;
             there
             were
             a
             generation
             of
             men
             heretofore
             great
             pretenders
             to
             godliness
             ,
             that
             were
             touchy
             ,
             and
             very
             implacable
             ;
             and
             perchance
             before
             I
             make
             an
             end
             of
             this
             discourse
             ,
             I
             shall
             make
             some
             
               *
            
             observes
             to
             the
             Dr.
             of
             the
             Agagite
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             and
             the
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             in
             the
             New
             .
          
        
         
           
           I
           do
           from
           my
           soul
           abhor
           all
           such
           false
           and
           fraudulent
           waies
           ▪
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           makes
           mention
           of
           in
           the
           relation
           of
           the
           getting
           the
           Certificate
           for
           
             Sanders
             :
          
           If
           I
           had
           had
           the
           least
           knowledge
           or
           jealousie
           the
           Certificate
           had
           been
           in
           such
           wise
           obtained
           ,
           I
           would
           never
           have
           taken
           it
           into
           my
           hand
           ,
           unless
           it
           had
           been
           to
           tear
           ,
           or
           burn
           it
           :
           But
           the
           names
           subscribed
           to
           it
           ,
           did
           keep
           mee
           off
           wholly
           from
           such
           a
           suspicion
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           onely
           cause
           why
           I
           delivered
           it
           .
           And
           as
           for
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           saying
           ,
           that
           doubtless
           the
           
             Caln-business
          
           stuck
           in
           my
           stomach
           ,
           doubtless
           hee
           can
           make
           no
           proof
           of
           that
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           knows
           it
           is
           utterly
           false
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Rule
           by
           which
           I
           make
           conscience
           to
           walk
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           forgive
           others
           ,
           as
           I
           desire
           to
           bee
           forgiven
           of
           God
           :
           But
           as
           for
           
             Cottles
          
           words
           ,
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           ,
           I
           never
           valued
           them
           more
           than
           a
           puff
           off
           wind
           .
        
         
           
           
             I
             have
             told
             thee
             ,
             that
             at
             such
             time
             ,
             as
             (
             amongst
             other
             notorious
             Infamies
             )
             wee
             had
             proved
          
           Sanders
           
             to
             have
             fallen
             upon
             his
             own
             Father
             ,
             to
             have
             thrown
             him
             down
             ,
             and
             beaten
             him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Hee
             would
             make
             an
             end
             of
             the
             old
             Rogue
             ,
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           
             calls
             for
             a
             Certificate
             ,
             and
             promoteth
             it
             in
             this
          
           Sanders
           
             behalf
             :
             And
             this
             is
             the
             second
             time
             that
             hee
             shewed
             himself
             very
             forward
             ,
             either
             to
             countenance
             ,
             or
             defend
             such
             as
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             had
             forfeited
             their
             lives
             .
          
        
         
         
           
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           may
           remember
           what
           hee
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           delivered
           the
           Certificate
           to
           Mr.
           
             Blisset
          
           before
           
             Sanders
          
           his
           cursed
           violence
           offered
           to
           his
           Father
           was
           testified
           upon
           oath
           by
           one
           of
           the
           three
           last
           witnesses
           ,
           and
           so
           before
           I
           had
           the
           least
           thought
           of
           any
           such
           execrable
           carriage
           of
           his
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           very
           injuriously
           charge
           mee
           with
           
             countenancing
          
           or
           
             defending
          
           such
           as
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           were
           adjudged
           to
           death
           :
           I
           could
           willingly
           give
           my
           voice
           for
           the
           reviving
           of
           that
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           knows
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           mee
           open
           wrong
           ,
           when
           pag.
           161.
           hee
           writes
           that
           the
           Doctor
           did
           look
           upon
           a
           sons
           couzening
           ,
           cursing
           ,
           frequent
           beating
           of
           his
           Parents
           ,
           after
           a
           barbarous
           manner
           ,
           throwing
           them
           down
           ,
           laying
           hands
           upon
           them
           ,
           taking
           of
           them
           by
           the
           throat
           ,
           drawing
           his
           knife
           upon
           them
           ,
           calling
           them
           old
           Rogue
           ,
           and
           threatning
           to
           make
           an
           end
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           onely
           some
           
             small
             differences
             ,
          
           or
           
             matters
             ,
          
           not
           much
           to
           bee
           noted
           ,
           or
           easily
           to
           bee
           excused
           :
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           there
           is
           one
           that
           knoweth
           this
           to
           bee
           a
           very
           false
           and
           injurious
           accusation
           ,
           before
           whom
           you
           and
           I
           shall
           one
           day
           stand
           with
           open
           hearts
           ,
           when
           not
           hee
           that
           commendeth
           himself
           shall
           bee
           approved
           ,
           but
           hee
           whom
           God
           commendeth
           .
        
         
           
           
             I
             had
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             before
             ,
             several
             witnesses
             with
             mee
             ,
             which
             I
             desired
             might
             bee
             examined
             upon
             such
             Queries
             as
             should
             have
             been
             proposed
             unto
             them
             ;
             but
             a
          
           word
           of
           exception
           
             against
             them
             from
          
           William
           Pinchin
           
             (
             the
             Solicitor
             )
             and
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           (
           the
           Advocate
           )
           
             soon
             silenced
             ,
             or
             put
             them
             all
             by
             ;
             and
             thus
             they
             served
             no
             less
             than
             four
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             some
             whereof
             would
             have
             told
             pretty
             stories
             of
          
           William
           Pinchin
           ,
           John
           Trevers
           ,
           Obadiah
           Chel●enham
           ,
           William
           Cottle
           ,
           William
           Sanders
           ,
           
             yea
             (
             perchance
             )
          
           of
           the
           Doctor
           too
           ,
           
             if
             they
             might
             have
             been
             heard
             .
          
        
         
           
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           not
           here
           accuse
           mee
           of
           stopping
           the
           Examination
           of
           his
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           that
           I
           shall
           say
           nothing
           ;
           But
           I
           desire
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           not
           to
           
             Lye
          
           in
           the
           clouds
           ,
           and
           raise
           blind
           suspicions
           of
           unknown
           crimes
           against
           mee
           :
           If
           hee
           knows
           any
           that
           knew
           any
           secret
           actings
           of
           wickedness
           whereof
           I
           am
           guilty
           ,
           let
           them
           speak
           out
           ,
           
           that
           I
           may
           know
           what
           to
           answer
           to
           .
           Though
           I
           know
           so
           much
           of
           no
           mans
           sinfulness
           ,
           as
           I
           do
           of
           mine
           ,
           own
           ,
           yet
           (
           I
           bless
           the
           Lord
           )
           I
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           fear
           the
           Testimony
           either
           of
           friends
           ,
           or
           foes
           against
           mee
           ,
           as
           to
           such
           crimes
           as
           come
           under
           the
           worlds
           condemnation
           and
           censure
           .
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
          
           Bushnel
           
             writing
             of
             Col.
          
           Eyre
           ,
           
             saith
             ,
             All
             which
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             these
             men
             ,
             by
             Collonel
          
           Eyre
           
             thus
             proceeded
             against
             for
             several
             Infamies
             ,
             are
             by
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           ,
           
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             their
             friends
             at
          
           Marleborough
           
             encouraged
             to
             testifie
             against
             him
             to
             his
             reproach
             ,
             and
             yet
             hee
             not
             permitted
             to
             say
             any
             thing
             in
             his
             defence
             .
          
        
         
           
           This
           as
           to
           my self
           I
           avow
           to
           bee
           a
           notorious
           untruth
           ,
           and
           require
           a
           proof
           of
           it
           :
           Col.
           
             Eyre
          
           hath
           ever
           been
           my
           loving
           ,
           and
           I
           beleeve
           my
           intire
           friend
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           have
           ,
           and
           do
           unfeignedly
           desire
           his
           welfare
           in
           all
           kinds
           ,
           nor
           will
           it
           ever
           bee
           proved
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           )
           that
           I
           have
           transgressed
           the
           Rules
           of
           Love
           ▪
           so
           far
           towards
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           encourage
           any
           to
           testifie
           any
           thing
           to
           his
           reproach
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           hath
           occasioned
           trouble
           of
           heart
           unto
           mee
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           heard
           any
           reports
           of
           that
           nature
           carried
           about
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           
           
             I
             was
             told
             that
             one
             neer
             related
             to
             the
             persons
             and
             practices
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             should
             say
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             seeing
             us
             come
             in
             to
             Town
             ,
             That
             Mr.
          
           Bushnel
           
             had
             brought
             such
             and
             such
             along
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             to
             no
             purpose
             for
             hee
             could
             not
             stay
             at
          
           Box
           ,
           
             because
             that
             place
             was
             appointed
             for
             another
             man
             ,
             &c.
             
             As
             to
             mine
             own
             particular
             ,
             I
             shall
             say
             onely
             this
             ;
             1
             That
             by
             their
             own
             confession
             ,
             my
             place
             was
             appointed
             for
             another
             man
             ;
             which
             2
             I
             beleeve
             was
             the
             man
             who
             hath
             since
             my
             ejectment
             held
             it
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             Mr.
             
          
           Sterne
           ,
           
             who
             lived
             formerly
             in
             a
             Living
             sequestred
             of
             Mr.
             
          
           Walkers
           
             at
          
           Chilmark
           ,
           
             and
             it
             may
             bee
             was
             there
             as
             a
             kinde
             of
             a
             Curate
             to
             Mr.
          
           Sanger
           ,
           
             Dr.
          
           Chambers
           
             Brother-in-law
             :
             But
             at
             this
             time
             was
             destitute
             and
             therefore
             right
             or
             wrong
             ,
             a
             place
             must
             bee
             provided
             for
             him
             elsewhere
             .
          
        
         
           
           This
           passage
           maketh
           it
           evident
           ,
           that
           any
           groundless
           and
           improbable
           probability
           is
           sufficient
           for
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           build
           vehement
           complaints
           upon
           ,
           against
           mee
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           :
           For
           here
           is
           an
           uncertain
           tale
           taken
           up
           at
           a
           distance
           from
           
             one
             ,
          
           who
           
             told
             another
             ,
          
           who
           
             told
          
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
             
             something
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
          
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           must
           not
           stay
           at
           
             Box
             ,
          
           because
           that
           place
           was
           appointed
           for
           another
           man
           ;
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           tale
           were
           brought
           back
           to
           the
           first
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           hee
           would
           disclaim
           it
           as
           spurious
           ;
           But
           bee
           it
           as
           it
           may
           bee
           ,
           doth
           this
           tale
           (
           if
           true
           )
           warrant
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           note
           from
           it
           ,
           1
           That
           by
           their
           own
           
             confession
          
           his
           place
           was
           appointed
           for
           another
           man
           ;
           where
           is
           any
           such
           
             Confession
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             ?
          
           who
           ever
           heard
           it
           ?
           what
           if
           hee
           that
           first
           spake
           the
           words
           (
           related
           )
           spake
           without
           book
           ,
           or
           upon
           some
           uncertain
           conjecture
           ,
           than
           which
           nothing
           is
           more
           frequent
           ?
           doth
           this
           prove
           a
           
             Confession
             of
             the
             Commissioners
          
           themselves
           in
           the
           case
           ?
           Hee
           is
           very
           willing
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           taketh
           such
           proofs
           ;
           And
           as
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           second
           note
           upon
           this
           uncertain
           story
           ,
           wherein
           hee
           thinks
           (
           belike
           )
           hee
           hath
           paid
           mee
           home
           ,
           hee
           may
           know
           that
           
             Mr.
             
             Stern
          
           was
           never
           any
           
             kinde
          
           of
           
             Curate
          
           to
           my
           
             brother
             Sanger
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           way
           related
           to
           mee
           ,
           nor
           had
           I
           any
           special
           cause
           in
           the
           world
           to
           look
           after
           his
           settlement
           .
           And
           therefore
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           mee
           and
           himself
           open
           wrong
           ,
           to
           write
           ,
           that
           because
           Mr.
           
           
             Stern
          
           (
           it
           may
           bee
           )
           was
           a
           
             kinde
          
           of
           
             Curate
          
           to
           my
           
             brother
             Sanger
             ;
          
           Therefore
           
             (
             being
             destitute
             of
             a
             place
             )
             right
             or
             wrong
          
           a
           place
           must
           bee
           provided
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Conclusion
           driven
           at
           ,
           I
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           must
           needs
           bee
           guilty
           of
           prejudging
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           case
           .
           Let
           any
           rational
           man
           judge
           whether
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           passion
           did
           not
           here
           put
           him
           quite
           out
           of
           his
           Argumentative
           faculty
           .
        
         
           
           
             I
             was
             told
             likewise
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             heavy
             exceptions
             taken
             against
             mee
             ,
             that
             I
             came
             not
             amongst
             them
             ,
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           
             Mr
          
           Byfield
           
             &c.
             and
             that
             I
             did
             not
             make
             one
             at
             their
             meetings
             ,
             That
             I
             did
             not
             associate
             ,
             but
             rather
             ,
             that
             I
             not
             onely
             neglected
             but
             despised
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             some
             such
             purpose
             .
          
        
         
           
           If
           any
           one
           spoke
           these
           words
           ▪
           
             or
             to
             some
             such
             purpose
             ,
          
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           certainly
           hee
           abused
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           eares
           ,
           by
           putting
           a
           most
           notorious
           falshood
           into
           them
           which
           can
           never
           bee
           proved
           ,
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           but
           stand
           amazed
           at
           what
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           adds
           .
        
         
         
           
             And
             doubtless
             with
             the
             Dr.
             and
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           ,
           
             this
             was
             enough
             to
             make
             a
             man
             scandalous
             in
             the
             highest
             degree
             .
          
        
         
           
           Doubtless
           this
           is
           a
           most
           notorious
           untruth
           ,
           as
           may
           bee
           proved
           by
           many
           instances
           of
           divers
           persons
           not
           associating
           ,
           yet
           dearly
           loved
           ,
           and
           highly
           prized
           ,
           both
           by
           Mr.
           
             Byfield
          
           and
           my self
           .
        
         
           
           
             Shewing
             some
             reasons
             why
             Mr.
          
           Bushnel
           
             did
             not
             associate
             with
             us
             ,
             hee
             saith
             one
             reason
             was
             ,
             Because
             the
             persons
             who
             were
             the
             leading
             men
             amongst
             them
             were
             as
             fierce
             and
             rigid
             in
             their
             way
             as
             are
             any
             (
             I
             beleeve
             )
             on
             this
             side
             or
             beyond
          
           Tweed
           .
        
         
           
           If
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           beleeve
           this
           ,
           then
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           hee
           beleeveth
           as
           utter
           an
           untruth
           as
           was
           ever
           told
           :
           The
           men
           hee
           aims
           at
           ,
           I
           know
           ,
           are
           profest
           enemies
           to
           fierceness
           and
           rigidness
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           desire
           nothing
           more
           than
           that
           Brethern
           of
           several
           perswasions
           may
           walk
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Christian
           moderation
           :
        
         
           
           Relating
           how
           Mr.
           
             Byfield
          
           insisted
           upon
           
             the
          
           Order
           ,
           that
           none
           might
           bee
           present
           at
           the
           Examination
           but
           the
           Commissioners
           and
           their
           assistants
           ,
           hee
           writes
           ,
           
             And
             what
             if
             they
             had
             heard
             or
             known
             them
             ?
             Were
             your
             questions
             such
             that
             you
             were
             ashamed
             to
             have
             them
             known
             ;
             or
             was
             it
             for
             fear
             the
             Country
             should
             (
             hearing
             your
             questions
             and
             my
             answers
             )
             think
             better
             of
             mee
             than
             you
             were
             willing
             ?
          
        
         
           
           It
           is
           well
           known
           that
           I
           earnestly
           moved
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           would
           might
           bee
           present
           at
           your
           examination
           ,
           and
           had
           prevailed
           therein
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           fore-going
           Order
           obstructed
           it
           .
        
         
           
           Speaking
           of
           the
           time
           when
           the
           order
           of
           ejection
           was
           published
           against
           him
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           writes
           ;
           
             I
             observed
             that
             while
             my
             sentence
             was
             reading
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           
             had
             pulled
             down
             his
             hat
             somewhat
             low
             on
             his
             face
             ,
             but
             the
             residue
             of
             his
             face
             which
             might
             bee
             seen
             looked
             very
             big
             ,
             and
             possibly
             might
             say
             within
             himself
             ,
             That
             now
             hee
             had
             taught
             mee
             to
             bring
             a
             man
             of
             〈◊〉
             it
             upon
             the
             stage
             ,
             to
             make
             him
             the
             discourse
             and
             laughter
             of
             the
             Country
             for
             leaving
          
           Claverton
           
             and
             going
             to
          
           Pewsy
           .
        
         
           
           I
           easily
           beleeve
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           that
           hee
           did
           observe
           mee
           ,
           at
           this
           ,
           as
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           most
           watchfully
           ,
           if
           hee
           might
           possibly
           
           espy
           any
           thing
           in
           mee
           to
           be
           complained
           of
           :
           But
           whereas
           hee
           saith
           ,
           that
           hee
           observed
           mee
           ,
           that
           whilst
           his
           sentence
           was
           read
           ,
           I
           pulled
           down
           my
           hat
           somewhat
           low
           upon
           my
           face
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           residue
           of
           my
           face
           which
           might
           be
           seen
           ,
           I
           looked
           very
           big
           ;
           any
           man
           without
           much
           observation
           may
           see
           much
           irrational
           spite
           in
           this
           relation
           ,
           which
           can
           hardly
           ,
           if
           possibly
           bee
           made
           to
           consist
           with
           it self
           ;
           For
           if
           I
           pulled
           down
           my
           hat
           somewhat
           low
           upon
           my
           face
           ,
           how
           could
           I
           then
           at
           the
           same
           time
           look
           bigg
           with
           a
           little
           part
           of
           my
           face
           ?
           I
           suppose
           that
           ,
           in
           common
           understanding
           ,
           bigge
           looks
           are
           such
           ,
           when
           men
           do
           not
           cover
           their
           faces
           somewhat
           low
           ,
           as
           men
           ashamed
           ,
           or
           afraid
           ,
           but
           do
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           make
           more
           of
           their
           faces
           ,
           than
           they
           are
           ,
           by
           high
           looks
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           out-face
           such
           persons
           or
           things
           as
           are
           before
           them
           .
           I
           am
           confident
           in
           true
           reason
           before
           unbiassed
           Judges
           )
           there
           is
           a
           more
           palpable
           contradiction
           between
           the
           two
           parts
           of
           this
           Relation
           ,
           than
           between
           the
           two
           oaths
           of
           
             Jone
             Pinchin
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jane
             Hendy
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           ,
           
             tanto
             hiatu
             ,
          
           tragediate
           ,
           pag.
           94
           ,
           95.
           
           And
           as
           for
           that
           spiteful
           ,
           jeering
           ,
           groundless
           ,
           and
           most
           uncharitable
           comment
           which
           hee
           made
           upon
           my
           looks
           ,
           and
           wherein
           hee
           seems
           to
           have
           a
           faculty
           of
           looking
           into
           my
           heart
           ,
           which
           I
           could
           wish
           hee
           had
           ,
           when
           hee
           wrote
           ,
           and
           possibly
           hee
           might
           say
           within
           himself
           ,
           
             That
             now
             hee
             had
             taught
             mee
             to
             bring
             a
             man
             of
             his
             merit
             upon
             the
             stage
             ,
             to
             make
             him
             the
             discourse
             and
             laughter
             of
             the
             Country
             for
             leaving
          
           Claverton
           ,
           
             and
             going
             to
          
           Pewsey
           ;
           I
           defie
           it
           ,
           and
           such
           revengeful
           thoughts
           as
           it
           most
           injuriously
           fathers
           upon
           mee
           ,
           whereas
           they
           were
           conceived
           and
           born
           in
           his
           own
           breast
           ,
           and
           begotten
           of
           his
           own
           revengeful
           imagination
           ;
           and
           I
           further
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           coining
           of
           such
           cross
           comments
           upon
           the
           carriages
           of
           others
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           unwarrantable
           practice
           ,
           unbecoming
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           I
           can
           never
           sufficiently
           bless
           the
           Lord
           that
           it
           is
           beyond
           the
           reach
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           and
           his
           witnesses
           ,
           to
           make
           mee
           (
           though
           a
           most
           unworthy
           servant
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           )
           the
           discourse
           and
           laughter
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           though
           possibly
           some
           prophane
           persons
           ,
           and
           scoffers
           at
           godliness
           ,
           
           on
           an
           Ale-bench
           ,
           may
           make
           themselves
           
           very
           merry
           with
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           jeering
           relation
           concerning
           mee
           .
        
         
           
           
             Nay
             more
             ,
             should
             I
             have
             chanced
             to
             have
             met
             your
          
           Dr.
           
             on
             the
             way
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             given
             him
             )
             not
             such
             reverence
             as
             hee
             looks
             for
             ,
             but
             )
             such
             respect
             as
             I
             thought
             fitting
             :
             and
             upon
             some
             such
             weighty
             Accompt
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             told
             that
             hee
             was
             distasted
             at
             mee
             ;
             and
             so
             was
          
           Haman
           
             the
          
           Agagite
           
             against
          
           Mordecay
           .
        
         
           
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           might
           do
           well
           to
           keep
           in
           his
           bitter
           revilings
           ,
           till
           hee
           have
           some
           ground
           of
           truth
           ,
           upon
           which
           to
           bring
           them
           forth
           :
           doubtless
           his
           nameless
           reporter
           informed
           him
           of
           a
           wretched
           untruth
           ,
           who
           told
           him
           that
           I
           was
           distasted
           at
           him
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           shewing
           respect
           to
           mee
           ,
           and
           hee
           himself
           wanted
           some
           graines
           of
           Charity
           in
           mentioning
           
             great
             reverence
             ,
          
           as
           that
           which
           I
           lookt
           for
           from
           
             him
          
           or
           any
           other
           under
           pain
           of
           
             Discontent
             :
          
           If
           I
           know
           my self
           ,
           a
           very
           little
           
             Reverence
          
           and
           
             Observation
          
           will
           content
           mee
           ,
           but
           if
           I
           bee
           mistaken
           in
           my self
           ,
           let
           all
           that
           know
           mee
           ,
           speak
           ,
           though
           I
           finde
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           in
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           often
           rubbing
           (
           as
           hee
           thinks
           )
           upon
           that
           sore
           of
           my
           loving
           to
           bee
           
             reverenced
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Now
             Mr.
          
           Chambers
           
             hearing
          
           Henry
           Sheyler
           
             (
             for
             so
             was
             his
             name
             ,
             that
             made
             this
             pro●er
             )
             promising
             one
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             and
             having
             heedfully
             eyed
             him
             all
             the
             time
             ,
             asks
             ,
             (
             belike
             ,
             fearing
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             should
             have
             forgotten
             so
             necessary
             a
             Question
             )
             Whether
             hee
             were
             sufficient
             ?
             (
             't
             is
             like
             hee
             meant
             )
             to
             pay
             the
             rent
             ,
             which
             hee
             proffered
             :
             And
             here
             to
             see
             how
             these
             Doctors
             ,
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           ,
           
             and
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           ,
           
             concurr'd
             in
             questions
             (
             fundamentals
             )
             What
             is
             your
             Living
             worth
             a
             year
             ,
             quoth
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           ?
           
             Is
             hee
             sufficient
             to
             pay
             the
             rent
             ,
             quoth
             Mr.
          
           Chambers
           ?
           
             This
             business
             did
             in
             no
             wise
             concern
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           ,
           
             unless
             hee
             mistook
             the
             Examination
             of
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             Tenant
             ,
             for
             an
             Examination
             of
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             Minister
             .
          
        
         
           
           For
           
             Henry
             Sheyler
             ,
          
           a
           man
           that
           I
           had
           never
           any
           thing
           to
           do
           with
           in
           my
           life
           ,
           why
           I
           should
           so
           heedfully
           eye
           him
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           reports
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           ,
           But
           whether
           I
           did
           ,
           or
           did
           not
           ,
           possibly
           sitting
           by
           ,
           and
           hearing
           the
           discourse
           about
           renting
           the
           Living
           ,
           such
           a
           speech
           might
           fall
           from
           
           mee
           ;
           Is
           hee
           sufficient
           ?
           you
           may
           bee
           confident
           I
           said
           no
           more
           ,
           nor
           pressed
           it
           any
           further
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doubtless
           would
           not
           have
           made
           little
           of
           much
           ,
           who
           makes
           so
           much
           of
           so
           little
           spoken
           by
           mee
           ;
           And
           whether
           it
           gives
           ground
           to
           such
           a
           loud
           (
           jeering
           )
           out-cry
           about
           Fundamentals
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           here
           makes
           ,
           let
           the
           Christian
           Reader
           judge
           .
        
         
           
           
             The
             Dr.
             must
             give
             mee
             leave
             to
             tell
             him
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             read
             of
             such
             ,
             who
             were
             of
             this
             judgements
             .
             That
             right
             and
             propriety
             to
             a
             thing
             were
             founded
             in
             grace
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             men
             were
             Usurpers
             who
             were
             not
             of
             the
             godly
             .
             Now
             wee
             know
             well
             to
             whom
             this
             Epithet
          
           Godly
           
             hath
             been
             by
             some
             men
             appropriated
             in
             these
             latter
             years
             ,
             and
             for
             what
             purposes
             :
             And
             therefore
             might
             the
             Dr.
             bee
             so
             fierce
             against
             mee
             ,
             as
             one
             (
             I
             being
             not
             of
             their
             mark
             )
             on
             whom
             even
             an
             Alms
             were
             cast
             away
             .
          
        
         
           
           That
           I
           was
           fierce
           against
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           will
           never
           bee
           proved
           by
           him
           ,
           unless
           hee
           hath
           an
           Art
           to
           prove
           an
           untruth
           .
           That
           propriety
           is
           founded
           in
           grace
           ,
           is
           (
           I
           know
           )
           an
           errour
           that
           hath
           met
           with
           entertainment
           in
           too
           many
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           very
           injuriously
           in
           a
           way
           of
           sly
           insinuation
           ,
           charge
           on
           mee
           .
           As
           for
           the
           inclosing
           the
           name
           
             Godly
             ,
          
           within
           the
           pale
           of
           particular
           parties
           ,
           I
           have
           ever
           abhorred
           it
           as
           a
           very
           unchristian
           practice
           :
           And
           as
           for
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           (
           for
           all
           his
           words
           )
           I
           never
           did
           ,
           nor
           will
           take
           upon
           mee
           to
           judge
           him
           ;
           to
           our
           own
           Master
           ,
           hee
           and
           I
           must
           stand
           and
           fall
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           give
           him
           and
           mee
           grace
           impartially
           and
           duly
           to
           judge
           our selves
           ,
           that
           wee
           bee
           not
           judged
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           
           
             Writing
             most
             bitterly
             (
             after
             his
             manner
             )
             of
             Mr.
          
           Byfield
           ,
           
             hee
             saith
             ,
             I
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             were
             hee
             living
             ,
             hee
             would
             confess
             that
             hee
             did
             mee
             as
             much
             mischief
             as
             hee
             could
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             beleeve
             that
             one
             of
             the
             same
             tribe
             did
             mee
             more
             ,
             although
             hee
             were
             more
             secret
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           For
           Mr.
           
             Byfield
          
           (
           of
           the
           integrity
           of
           whose
           heart
           in
           what
           hee
           did
           ,
           I
           have
           ground
           to
           bee
           much
           assured
           )
           I
           cannot
           hinder
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           from
           beleeving
           of
           him
           what
           hee
           pleaseth
           ;
           But
           if
           I
           bee
           the
           other
           of
           the
           same
           Tribe
           which
           hee
           here
           speaketh
           of
           ,
           in
           beleeving
           that
           I
           did
           him
           more
           mischief
           
           than
           hee
           did
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           hee
           saith
           )
           did
           him
           as
           much
           mischief
           as
           hee
           could
           ,
           hee
           beleeveth
           that
           which
           the
           day
           of
           manifestation
           will
           shew
           to
           bee
           an
           utter
           uncharitable
           ,
           unjustifiable
           untruth
           .
        
         
           Christian
           Reader
           ,
           I
           will
           now
           onely
           offer
           to
           thy
           view
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           scurrilous
           passages
           (
           amongst
           many
           )
           wherein
           hee
           maketh
           mee
           his
           But
           ,
           and
           whereby
           hee
           thinks
           to
           cast
           shame
           upon
           mee
           ,
           and
           then
           leave
           it
           to
           thy
           judgement
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           it
           bee
           credible
           that
           hee
           had
           not
           in
           the
           Publication
           of
           his
           Narrative
           any
           alm
           to
           asperse
           mee
           (
           amongst
           the
           rest
           .
           )
        
         
           
           
             Which
             is
             much
             worse
             than
             those
             worst
             of
             men
             ,
             the
             hypocritical
             Pharisees
             and
             Scribes
             ,
             The
          
           Godly
           
             of
             those
             times
             Mr.
          
           Chambers
           .
        
         
           
           
             Why
             may
             not
             the
             Doctor
             bee
             mistaken
             in
             her
             ,
             as
             many
             hundreds
             have
             been
             mistaken
             in
             the
             Doctor
             ?
          
        
         
           
           William
           Pinchin
           ,
           
             and
          
           John
           Trevers
           
             have
             their
             varieties
             of
             baits
             ,
             and
             flyes
             suitable
             to
             the
             appetites
             of
             their
             fish
             .
             Wee
             know
             that
          
           Cataline
           
             had
             such
             heretofore
             ,
             yea
             ,
             Mr.
             
          
           Chambers
           ,
           
             the
             chief
             Priests
             and
             Elders
             made
             use
             of
             the
             like
             ,
          
           Mat.
           
             26.
             61.
             compared
             with
          
           Luk.
           23.
           2.
           
        
         
           By
           these
           amongst
           others
           his
           sly
           and
           cutting
           scoffs
           the
           Reader
           may
           judge
           ,
           whether
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           had
           not
           a
           design
           to
           asperse
           mee
           in
           his
           Narrative
           .
        
         
           After
           all
           these
           reproaches
           ,
           and
           most
           slanderous
           irrational
           insinuations
           ,
           I
           finde
           not
           in
           the
           whole
           Narrative
           the
           least
           intimation
           of
           any
           dram
           of
           charity
           which
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           hath
           for
           mee
           ;
           For
           although
           hee
           pretends
           to
           have
           a
           little
           good
           beleef
           of
           Mr.
           
             Byfield
             ,
          
           
           if
           he
           were
           living
           ,
           yet
           all
           things
           therein
           and
           almost
           every
           line
           thereof
           ,
           speaks
           forth
           the
           highest
           despight
           and
           contempt
           of
           mee
           ;
           yet
           all
           the
           revenge
           that
           I
           will
           take
           of
           him
           ,
           is
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           as
           for
           my self
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           forgive
           him
           all
           his
           trespasses
           ,
           and
           renew
           his
           heart
           by
           his
           grace
           ,
           and
           guide
           him
           with
           such
           faithfulness
           and
           tenderness
           in
           relation
           to
           precious
           souls
           ,
           to
           fulfil
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           that
           hee
           may
           give
           up
           his
           account
           with
           comfort
           to
           the
           great
           Shepherd
           of
           souls
           in
           the
           day
           of
           his
           glorious
           appearing
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Late
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Ejecting
           of
           Scandalous
           Ministers
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Wilts
             ,
          
           (
           so
           far
           as
           it
           concerns
           Mr.
           
             Blisset
             ,
          
           and
           other
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           
             Marleborough
          
           )
           from
           the
           Aspersions
           of
           
             Walter
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           Vicar
           of
           
             Box
             .
          
        
         
           VVHen
           Wee
           consider
           how
           frequently
           (
           almost
           in
           every
           page
           )
           and
           how
           falsely
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           accuse
           and
           asperse
           so
           Eminent
           a
           person
           as
           Dr.
           
             Chambers
             ,
          
           whose
           integrity
           wee
           thought
           had
           been
           beyond
           the
           reach
           of
           envy
           ,
           wee
           suppose
           wee
           might
           bee
           silent
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           unprejudiced
           Reader
           to
           guess
           at
           the
           truth
           of
           his
           several
           charges
           against
           us
           ,
           by
           his
           impudency
           and
           rashness
           in
           attempting
           to
           fasten
           such
           Notorious
           Calumnies
           on
           that
           Reverend
           Doctor
           ;
           but
           fearing
           lest
           herein
           hee
           may
           gratifie
           the
           
             Genius
          
           of
           such
           who
           delight
           in
           aspersing
           pamphlets
           ,
           and
           are
           too
           ready
           to
           beleeve
           the
           same
           ,
           wee
           thought
           fit
           to
           say
           something
           for
           the
           vindication
           of
           our selves
           from
           the
           odious
           reproaches
           which
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           endeavours
           to
           fasten
           on
           us
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           wee
           shall
           only
           take
           notice
           of
           one
           passage
           in
           his
           Epistle
           dedicatory
           ,
           where
           ,
           in
           a
           Vaunting
           manner
           hee
           ushers
           in
           his
           Narrative
           with
           plenty
           of
           reviling
           language
           against
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           thus
           .
        
         
           
             You
             shall
             finde
             mee
             charging
             them
             with
             such
             Crimes
             which
             are
             not
             onely
             odious
             in
             men
             as
             Christians
             ,
             but
             with
             such
             which
             were
             looked
             upon
             as
             vild
             and
             odious
             by
             the
             most
             civil
             sort
             of
             Heathens
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             have
             not
             charged
             them
             with
             a
             syllable
             which
             I
             am
             not
             able
             by
             proofs
             to
             make
             good
             upon
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           T
           is
           very
           obvious
           that
           Mr.
           
             Bushnels
          
           design
           herein
           is
           to
           prepossess
           those
           honourable
           Persons
           to
           whom
           hee
           dedicates
           his
           book
           ,
           with
           prejudice
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           
           beget
           in
           them
           a
           beleef
           of
           what
           he
           saies
           ▪
           but
           what
           little
           reason
           hee
           hath
           to
           bee
           so
           confident
           ,
           will
           appear
           when
           wee
           come
           to
           the
           tryal
           of
           his
           proofs
           ,
           
             Parturiunt
             montes
             nascetur
             ridiculus
             mus
             .
          
        
         
           In
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Readers
           hee
           saith
           ?
           
             VVent
             hey
             meet
             with
             the
             word
             Commissioners
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             to
             understand
             mee
             ,
             as
             intending
             thereby
             all
             those
             Gent.
             whose
             names
             were
             put
             into
             the
             Ordinance
             ,
             as
             charging
             them
             with
             those
             unworthy
             and
             unjust
             proceedings
             ,
             many
             whereof
             (
             as
             to
             my
             business
             )
             never
             acted
             :
             But
             the
             Commissioners
             which
             I
             here
             speak
             of
             ,
             are
             those
             that
             made
             ejecting
             of
             Ministers
             a
             kind
             of
             Trade
             ,
             and
             unquestionably
             to
             themselves
             it
             was
             a
             beneficial
             one
             ,
             such
             who
             were
             constant
             ,
             and
             frequent
             ,
             and
             furious
             in
             the
             business
             ,
             and
             were
             these
             ,
             Mr.
          
           Blisset
           ,
           
             Mr.
          
           Thomas
           Baily
           ,
           
             and
             Mr.
          
           Hunt
           
             of
          
           Marlborough
           .
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           It
           is
           to
           bee
           noted
           again
           ,
           how
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           anticipate
           the
           Reader
           ,
           having
           not
           so
           much
           modesty
           or
           patience
           as
           to
           give
           him
           Liberty
           to
           judge
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           as
           hee
           finds
           it
           ,
           but
           hee
           will
           bee
           (
           as
           our
           Accuser
           ,
           so
           )
           our
           judge
           in
           passing
           sentence
           :
           The
           charge
           which
           hee
           brings
           against
           us
           is
           complicated
           ,
           or
           made
           up
           of
           these
           two
           parts
           .
        
         
           1
           That
           wee
           made
           the
           ejecting
           of
           Ministers
           a
           
             Trade
             ,
          
           and
           questionless
           a
           beneficial
           one
           .
        
         
           2
           That
           wee
           were
           constant
           ,
           frequent
           ,
           and
           furious
           in
           the
           business
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           first
           of
           these
           wee
           have
           five
           several
           things
           to
           say
           by
           way
           of
           answer
           for
           our selves
           .
        
         
           1
           T
           is
           sufficiently
           known
           that
           wee
           of
           
             Marlborough
          
           have
           ever
           had
           an
           indignation
           against
           that
           generation
           of
           men
           that
           have
           vilified
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           made
           a
           Trade
           of
           Preaching
           (
           though
           hapily
           some
           have
           been
           too
           guilty
           hereof
           )
           But
           the
           Vicar
           of
           
             Box
          
           is
           the
           first
           that
           hath
           made
           a
           discovery
           to
           the
           world
           of
           a
           new
           Trade
           of
           ejecting
           Ministers
           ;
           But
           how
           unlikely
           it
           is
           that
           this
           should
           prove
           beneficial
           to
           us
           (
           whose
           Commission
           was
           only
           to
           remove
           scandalous
           and
           insufficient
           Persons
           from
           their
           livings
           ,
           but
           had
           no
           power
           to
           settle
           any
           into
           either
           Parsonage
           or
           Vicaridge
           )
           we
           leave
           to
           the
           indifferent
           Reader
           to
           judge
           .
        
         
           2
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           may
           conceit
           what
           hee
           pleaseth
           to
           bee
           unquestionable
           ,
           
           wee
           cannot
           hinder
           that
           ,
           nevertheless
           wee
           challenge
           him
           or
           any
           other
           whatsoever
           to
           make
           proof
           of
           the
           least
           Emolument
           which
           ever
           did
           redound
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           this
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           any
           person
           that
           either
           was
           brought
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           on
           a
           charge
           exhibited
           ,
           and
           not
           ejected
           ,
           or
           upon
           a
           charge
           proved
           ,
           was
           ejected
           ,
           or
           any
           one
           person
           that
           was
           presented
           and
           approved
           by
           the
           Committee
           of
           approbation
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           to
           the
           living
           of
           such
           person
           as
           by
           us
           was
           removed
           ;
           yea
           (
           as
           well
           knowing
           our
           own
           innocency
           )
           wee
           do
           conjure
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           perform
           the
           promise
           which
           hee
           makes
           in
           his
           Epistle
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           not
           charge
           us
           with
           a
           
             syllable
          
           which
           hee
           was
           not
           able
           by
           proof
           to
           make
           good
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           impartial
           reader
           judge
           whether
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           who
           would
           bee
           taken
           for
           a
           faithfull
           Minis●er
           of
           Christ
           )
           bee
           not
           bound
           in
           point
           of
           honour
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           profession
           ▪
           yea
           and
           in
           point
           of
           conscience
           to
           (
           if
           there
           bee
           the
           sense
           of
           either
           of
           these
           upon
           him
           )
           to
           make
           good
           by
           proof
           the
           foul
           charge
           which
           hee
           laies
           upon
           us
           (
           thorow
           out
           his
           book
           )
           of
           being
           mercinary
           persons
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           have
           been
           brib'd
           with
           monyes
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           Horse
           ,
           and
           hay
           :
           For
           to
           this
           effect
           h●e
           speaks
           in
           several
           places
           of
           his
           book
           ,
           particularly
           in
           Pag.
           227
           ▪
           where
           also
           our
           wives
           cannot
           escape
           his
           venemous
           pen
           .
        
         
           3
           Wee
           were
           so
           far
           from
           making
           this
           work
           of
           ejection
           ,
           a
           
             beneficial
             Trade
          
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           terms
           it
           )
           that
           in
           carrying
           on
           the
           same
           ,
           wee
           all
           along
           ,
           from
           first
           to
           last
           ,
           acted
           upon
           our
           own
           private
           charge
           to
           the
           expence
           of
           above
           twenty
           pound
           apeece
           ,
           to
           several
           of
           us
           ,
           which
           monyes
           wee
           can
           prove
           (
           if
           occasion
           require
           )
           was
           spent
           in
           our
           several
           journies
           ,
           and
           sittings
           ,
           the
           which
           was
           never
           reimbursed
           by
           any
           persons
           ,
           nor
           yet
           out
           of
           the
           monies
           raised
           for
           incident
           charges
           .
        
         
           4
           Wee
           appeal
           to
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           the
           searcher
           of
           all
           hearts
           ,
           to
           whom
           all
           our
           actions
           and
           waies
           are
           fully
           known
           ,
           that
           wee
           are
           cleer
           and
           guiltless
           of
           the
           charge
           which
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           hath
           laid
           upon
           us
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           value
           of
           one
           penny
           in
           Plate
           or
           money
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           kinde
           whatsoever
           :
           yea
           further
           for
           our
           vindication
           ,
        
         
         
           5
           Wee
           do
           freely
           offer
           (
           if
           ever
           required
           thereunto
           )
           to
           take
           our
           oaths
           before
           any
           Judge
           of
           Assise
           ,
           or
           Justice
           of
           the
           peace
           ;
           that
           wee
           have
           not
           either
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           taken
           any
           such
           
             Bribe
             ,
             Gift
             ,
             or
             reward
             ,
          
           or
           ever
           knew
           that
           in
           the
           work
           ejection
           wee
           lay
           under
           such
           a
           temptation
           from
           any
           person
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           therefore
           wee
           do
           again
           require
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           produce
           any
           person
           within
           our
           County
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           can
           testifie
           the
           
             Giving
             ,
          
           or
           our
           
             receiving
          
           any
           such
           
             Bribe
             or
             Gift
             ,
          
           to
           us
           ,
           or
           by
           us
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           this
           ejection
           work
           ,
           and
           wee
           are
           sensible
           (
           as
           who
           is
           not
           )
           that
           at
           this
           day
           men
           will
           not
           bee
           shy
           or
           backward
           to
           make
           out
           any
           such
           thing
           (
           if
           they
           could
           do
           it
           )
           as
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           in
           his
           Narrative
           doth
           accuse
           us
           of
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           second
           part
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           charge
           ,
           
             That
             wee
             were
             constant
             ,
             frequent
             ,
             and
             furious
             in
             the
             business
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Wee
           shall
           make
           but
           a
           short
           reply
           to
           this
           ,
           as
           being
           not
           so
           considerable
           as
           to
           require
           many
           words
           ;
           It
           is
           confest
           that
           wee
           were
           more
           constant
           and
           frequent
           than
           some
           others
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           because
           the
           sitting
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           was
           usually
           in
           
             Marlboro●gh
             ,
          
           the
           place
           of
           our
           habitation
           (
           for
           of
           fifty
           four
           meetings
           there
           were
           above
           thirty
           in
           the
           said
           Town
           )
           and
           most
           of
           our
           work
           was
           in
           the
           Northern
           part
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           below
           us
           or
           neer
           unto
           us
           (
           there
           being
           little
           to
           bee
           done
           in
           the
           Southern
           part
           ,
           which
           was
           formerly
           purg'd
           of
           scandalous
           Ministers
           by
           
             the
             Committee
          
           long
           since
           appointed
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           house
           of
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
             :
          
           Moreover
           ,
           several
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           dwelt
           neer
           
             Marlborough
             ,
          
           who
           did
           as
           frequently
           attend
           the
           meetings
           (
           for
           some
           of
           them
           )
           as
           wee
           our selves
           ;
           and
           here
           wee
           would
           have
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           know
           that
           as
           wee
           can
           with
           boldness
           appeal
           unto
           God
           as
           to
           our
           ends
           and
           aimes
           ,
           in
           our
           diligent
           attendance
           upon
           that
           imployment
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           worthy
           and
           becoming
           the
           trust
           reposed
           in
           us
           ,
           so
           to
           this
           very
           day
           (
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           aspersions
           )
           wee
           do
           not
           in
           the
           least
           repent
           of
           being
           instrumental
           in
           the
           removal
           of
           any
           scandalous
           person
           ,
           nor
           are
           wee
           conscious
           to
           our selves
           of
           being
           
             furiously
             transported
          
           at
           any
           time
           in
           the
           management
           of
           that
           work
           ,
           against
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           but
           
             conscienciously
          
           
           made
           it
           our
           business
           to
           proceed
           
             secundum
             allegata
             &
             probata
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Reader
           hee
           saith
           ,
           
             The
          
           Commissioners
           
             did
             often
             violate
             that
          
           Ordinance
           
             by
             which
             they
             sate
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             which
             they
             were
             to
             act
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             many
             particulars
             .
             As
             in
             admitting
             and
             countenancing
          
           such
           
             to
             swear
             (
             if
             they
             appeared
             against
             mee
             )
             which
             their
          
           Ordinance
           
             excepted
             against
             ,
             in
             excluding
             such
             witnesses
             ,
             if
             appearing
             for
             mee
             (
             yea
             after
             they
             had
             been
             sworn
             )
             which
             by
             their
          
           Ordinance
           
             they
             were
             to
             admit
             of
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             making
             a
          
           peremptory
           Order
           ,
           
             that
          
           such
           as
           would
           ,
           
             might
             appear
             against
             mee
             ,
             but
             no
             more
             in
             my
             behalf
             ;
             and
             I
             charge
             them
             for
             discountenancing
             ,
             interrupting
             ,
             and
             thwarting
             with
             many
             witnesses
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Here
           is
           a
           long
           Chain
           of
           Calumnies
           that
           hath
           not
           one
           link
           of
           truth
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           doubtless
           hee
           did
           on
           purpose
           set
           his
           invention
           on
           work
           ,
           how
           to
           asperse
           us
           ,
           and
           wee
           must
           needs
           acknowledge
           his
           sigular
           dexterity
           herein
           ;
           But
           let
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           prove
           that
           wee
           did
           ever
           knowingly
           admit
           or
           countenance
           any
           person
           (
           by
           our
           Ordinance
           excepted
           against
           )
           to
           swear
           ,
           or
           refuse
           witnesses
           produced
           by
           him
           ,
           then
           wee
           are
           contented
           to
           undergo
           his
           censure
           ;
           if
           hee
           means
           ,
           that
           ,
           of
           our
           admitting
           
             Pinchin
          
           and
           
             Sanders
          
           to
           swear
           ,
           hee
           cannot
           but
           remember
           they
           had
           given
           in
           their
           Depositions
           against
           him
           before
           the
           Crimes
           hee
           charges
           them
           with
           were
           proved
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           the
           making
           that
           
             Peremptory
          
           Order
           ,
           what
           rational
           man
           will
           beleeve
           it
           ?
           it
           's
           as
           false
           a
           suggestion
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           follow
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           our
           discountenancing
           ,
           interrupting
           and
           thwarting
           his
           witnesses
           .
        
         
           It
           follows
           in
           the
           Epistle
           ,
           
             And
             I
             charge
             them
             all
             ,
          
           Commissioners
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           
             and
          
           Clerk
           ,
           
             for
          
           countenancing
           
             and
          
           incouraging
           infamous
           persons
           ,
           
             such
             who
             had
          
           forsworn
           
             themselves
             ,
             and
          
           touching
           some
           of
           themselves
           ,
           
             in
             their
             hearing
             ,
             such
             as
             appeared
             out
             of
          
           malice
           ,
           
             by
             their
             own
             confession
             ,
             and
             were
             proved
             guilty
             of
             suborning
             ,
             and
             of
             being
             suborned
             ,
             to
             their
             faces
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             we
             should
             have
             proved
             guilty
             of
             forgery
             likewise
             ,
             had
             not
             these
             Commissioners
             and
             Ministers
             by
             a
             notorious
             peace
             of
             injustice
             prevented
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Here
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           exactly
           observe
           the
           Rule
           
           to
           
             Machiavel
             ,
          
           hee
           hopes
           that
           by
           
             calumniating
             lustily
             ,
          
           something
           will
           
             stick
             :
          
           To
           this
           horrid
           and
           unjust
           Charge
           the
           Dr.
           hath
           sufficiently
           (
           so
           far
           as
           it
           concerns
           himself
           especially
           )
           replied
           ,
           and
           shewed
           the
           
             impertinency
          
           and
           
             invalidity
          
           of
           the
           several
           proofs
           ,
           whereby
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           hath
           indeavoured
           to
           fasten
           this
           accusation
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           't
           will
           bee
           evident
           to
           any
           one
           who
           hath
           the
           patience
           to
           peruse
           his
           Book
           ,
           that
           hee
           makes
           no
           conscience
           of
           what
           hee
           saies
           ,
           for
           throughout
           his
           whole
           Narrative
           there
           is
           not
           one
           
             Argument
          
           or
           
             Proof
             sufficient
          
           to
           ground
           this
           charge
           upon
           the
           Commissioners
           .
           We
           do
           therefore
           once
           more
           desire
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           be
           so
           ingenuous
           ,
           as
           to
           instance
           and
           declare
           which
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           did
           ever
           countenance
           such
           kind
           of
           persons
           as
           here
           mentions
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           wherein
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           so
           unjust
           as
           to
           prevent
           the
           discovery
           of
           any
           who
           were
           guilty
           (
           as
           hee
           saies
           )
           of
           Forgery
           :
           Wee
           do
           acknowledge
           that
           (
           amongst
           several
           substantial
           witnesses
           produced
           against
           him
           )
           there
           were
           some
           few
           whose
           testimonies
           (
           after
           some
           crimes
           alledged
           against
           them
           )
           were
           not
           so
           authentick
           as
           others
           ,
           and
           doubtless
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           means
           these
           :
           to
           conclude
           this
           ,
           if
           the
           Articles
           offered
           by
           
             Trevers
          
           bee
           that
           which
           hee
           intends
           for
           forgery
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           cannot
           but
           remember
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           disowned
           and
           rejected
           ,
           and
           hee
           not
           prosecuted
           thereupon
           ,
           but
           upon
           others
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           bee
           not
           it
           which
           hee
           strikes
           at
           ,
           wee
           cannot
           guess
           at
           what
           hee
           means
           .
        
         
           Page
           212.
           
           
             But
             since
             I
             have
             heard
             that
             some
             body
             hath
             furnisht
             one
             of
             the
          
           Marlborough
           
             Commissioners
             with
             a
             horse
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             that
             some
             body
             hath
             presented
             him
             with
             a
             parcel
             of
             hay
             since
             that
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             may
             bee
             that
             the
             horse
             or
             the
             hay
             made
             the
             speech
             and
             not
             the
             master
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           To
           this
           blinde
           story
           of
           
             some bodies
          
           giving
           these
           things
           to
           
             some
             body
          
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           wee
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           wee
           know
           not
           of
           any
           persons
           giving
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           ones
           receiving
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           do
           challenge
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           discover
           the
           persons
           (
           if
           hee
           can
           )
           according
           to
           what
           hee
           declares
           in
           his
           Epistle
           dedicatory
           ,
           who
           saith
           that
           hee
           hath
           not
           charg'd
           us
           with
           a
           syllable
           which
           hee
           is
           not
           able
           by
           proof
           to
           make
           good
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
         
           In
           pag.
           249.
           
           
             Mr.
          
           Bushnel
           
             saies
             (
             as
             Mr.
             
          
           Stern
           
             reported
             it
             )
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             demanded
             fifteen
             pound
             of
             him
             for
             their
             incident
             charges
             in
             thrusting
             mee
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           How
           true
           this
           is
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Stern
          
           reported
           it
           ,
           wee
           know
           not
           ,
           nor
           do
           wee
           beleeve
           Mr.
           
           
             Stern
          
           will
           justifie
           it
           ,
           nay
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           ,
           hee
           cannot
           ,
           for
           Mr.
           
           
             Stern
          
           well
           knows
           that
           there
           was
           never
           more
           than
           ten
           pound
           demanded
           from
           him
           for
           incident
           charges
           for
           the
           Vicaridge
           of
           
             Box
             ,
          
           but
           upon
           what
           ground
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           doth
           impute
           this
           demand
           to
           bee
           meerly
           for
           thrusting
           
             him
             out
             ,
          
           wee
           cannot
           imagine
           :
           Reader
           ,
           see
           the
           
             Ordinance
          
           by
           which
           wee
           acted
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           perceive
           for
           
             what
             incident
             charges
          
           (
           at
           which
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           so
           often
           cavils
           )
           was
           demanded
           .
        
         
           In
           pag.
           
             252.
             
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             done
             with
             this
             fifteen
             pound
             charges
             incident
             (
             and
             when
             I
             have
             done
             with
             that
             I
             have
             done
             with
             all
             )
             for
             let
             mee
             now
             observe
             unto
             thee
             ,
             what
             a
             beneficial
             Trade
             these
          
           Marlborough
           
             men
             made
             of
             it
             ,
             Let
             the
             winde
             sit
             which
             way
             it
             would
             :
             I
             think
             in
             this
             particular
             out-doing
             the
             Jews
             themselves
             ,
             for
             they
             would
             so
             far
             improve
             their
             opportunities
             ,
             that
             fall
             out
             what
             could
             ,
             they
             would
             turn
             it
             to
             their
             advantage
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           What
           causeless
           
             Outcry
          
           doth
           this
           man
           make
           ?
           the
           relation
           it self
           being
           false
           ,
           as
           wee
           have
           shewed
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           paid
           came
           from
           Mr.
           
             Stern
             ,
          
           not
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
             ;
          
           Hee
           tels
           us
           ,
           having
           done
           with
           this
           ,
           hee
           hath
           done
           with
           all
           ,
           and
           if
           this
           bee
           all
           that
           hee
           can
           bring
           by
           way
           of
           charge
           against
           the
           
             Marlborough
          
           Commissioners
           ,
           let
           the
           Reader
           judge
           ,
           whether
           it
           amounts
           to
           any
           thing
           ?
           No
           doubt
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           making
           it
           his
           design
           (
           as
           it
           appears
           )
           to
           render
           the
           Commissioners
           odious
           ,
           consulted
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           brethren
           that
           had
           been
           in
           the
           same
           praedicament
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           finde
           out
           what
           other
           sums
           came
           to
           our
           hands
           .
           But
           hee
           could
           hear
           of
           none
           ,
           therefore
           makes
           the
           ten
           pound
           incident
           charges
           received
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Stern
          
           (
           to
           which
           himself
           invents
           and
           adds
           five
           more
           )
           as
           it
           were
           his
           Text
           ,
           upon
           which
           hee
           raiseth
           an
           
             Observation
          
           what
           a
           beneficial
           Trade
           the
           
             Marlborough
          
           men
           made
           of
           it
           ;
           this
           is
           as
           natural
           as
           some
           of
           those
           Reasons
           by
           which
           hee
           proved
           his
           doctrine
           at
           his
           examination
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           and
           Ministers
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           having
           not
           yet
           sufficiently
           disgorged
           himself
           ,
           wee
           finde
           him
           again
           at
           the
           fifteen
           pound
           ,
           pag.
           
             255.
             
             And
          
           (
           saies
           hee
           )
           
             fifteen
             pound
             they
             demanded
             for
             thrusting
             mee
             out
             ;
             't
             is
             good
             being
             a
             hang-man
             upon
             such
             terms
             ;
             and
             questionless
             this
             was
             enough
             to
             make
             mee
             scandalous
             ,
             because
             I
             would
             not
             daub
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             resolved
             to
             get
             by
             mee
             ,
             one
             way
             or
             other
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           This
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           is
           before
           answered
           ,
           wee
           shall
           not
           (
           with
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
             .
             )
          
           reiterate
           ,
           as
           to
           what
           follows
           ,
           't
           is
           very
           unsavoury
           and
           unbecoming
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           Minister
           ;
           and
           truly
           the
           Commissioners
           need
           not
           bee
           suspected
           of
           injustice
           ,
           in
           outing
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           for
           a
           scandalous
           person
           ,
           when
           the
           very
           language
           which
           comes
           from
           his
           Pen
           for
           the
           vindication
           of
           himself
           ,
           speaks
           him
           
             scandalous
             ,
          
           and
           wee
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           Reader
           will
           judge
           him
           so
           ,
           if
           hee
           casts
           his
           eye
           onely
           upon
           thee
           154
           page
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           where
           hee
           discovers
           the
           froth
           and
           filth
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           in
           comparing
           the
           Commissioners
           to
           
             Hang-men
             ,
             Sheep-stealers
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           page
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           makes
           sport
           for
           his
           Reader
           ,
           in
           relating
           a
           story
           which
           hee
           heard
           of
           a
           theevish
           Miller
           ,
           to
           whom
           hee
           compares
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           his
           words
           are
           these
           ;
           
             And
             now
             one
             would
             think
             that
             they
             had
             undone
             mee
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             possible
             ,
             and
             yet
             Mr.
          
           Sterne
           
             hath
             told
             mee
             ,
             that
             hee
             is
             a
             greater
             loser
             than
             myself
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             four
             hundred
             pound
             the
             worse
             ,
             but
             that
             hee
             is
             five
             hundred
             pound
             the
             worse
             :
             so
             that
             to
             mee
             hee
             seems
             to
             have
             met
             with
             some
             of
             such
             a
             disposition
             ▪
             whereof
             I
             have
             heard
             a
             Miller
             to
             bee
             ,
             who
             stole
             five
             pecks
             out
             of
             a
             bushel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           This
           shews
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           in
           the
           want
           of
           truth
           hath
           a
           minde
           to
           make
           himself
           merry
           with
           his
           own
           lyes
           ,
           for
           hee
           was
           removed
           from
           
             Box
          
           in
           
             September
             ,
          
           1656.
           and
           this
           Vicaridge
           reputed
           worth
           but
           ninety
           pound
           ,
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           and
           hee
           entring
           to
           it
           again
           before
           harvest
           1660.
           
           So
           that
           hee
           was
           deprived
           of
           the
           profits
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           not
           full
           four
           years
           ,
           the
           which
           Mr.
           
             Sterne
          
           took
           fully
           to
           his
           own
           use
           (
           excepting
           only
           the
           tend
           pound
           
             incident
             charges
             )
          
           so
           that
           what
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
          
           lost
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Sterne
          
           had
           and
           
             *
          
           received
           ,
           how
           then
           doth
           it
           follow
           that
           these
           two
           men
           can
           bee
           losers
           of
           nine
           hundred
           pounds
           between
           them
           ?
           This
           is
           much
           like
           the
           Millers
           
           stealing
           five
           Pecks
           out
           of
           a
           Bushel
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           as
           to
           what
           concernes
           Mr.
           
             Blisset
          
           (
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           )
           in
           particular
           ,
           the
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           observe
           what
           followes
           .
        
         
           
           As
           to
           my self
           in
           particular
           ,
           whereas
           in
           page
           208.
           he
           boldly
           chargeth
           me
           (
           though
           upon
           a
           bare
           report
           )
           with
           the
           receiving
           of
           
             xx
             .
          
           l.
           his
           words
           are
           ,
           viz.
           
             These
             men
             as
             Godly
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             love
             dearly
             to
             be
             fingering
             mony
             ,
             Mr.
          
           Sterne
           
             hath
             said
             that
          
           Mr.
           
             Blisset
             had
          
           xx
           .
           l.
           
             of
             him
             (
             I
             believe
             half
             the
             mony
             would
             have
             made
             him
             my
             friend
             )
             which
             in
             all
             probability
             he
             had
             an
             eye
             to
             of
             a
             long
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
           Now
           let
           the
           Reader
           judge
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           onely
           void
           of
           charity
           ,
           but
           common
           Ingenuity
           ;
           to
           make
           such
           a
           Conclusion
           from
           a
           bare
           
             reported
          
           Premisses
           ,
           and
           to
           pass
           such
           a
           positive
           sentence
           upon
           such
           a
           
             report
             ,
          
           as
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           a
           very
           grand
           mistake
           between
           them
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           Mr.
           
             Bushnell
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Sterne
             )
          
           and
           I
           refer
           him
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
          
           for
           the
           rectifying
           thereof
           ,
           &
           then
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           will
           quickly
           see
           his
           over-forwardness
           in
           censuring
           ,
           conjecturing
           and
           believing
           so
           much
           amiss
           of
           me
           ,
           but
           more
           of
           this
           by
           and
           by
           ▪
        
         
           
           Mr.
           
             Bushnell
          
           hath
           another
           fling
           at
           me
           ,
           in
           page
           239.
           hopeing
           that
           some
           of
           his
           dirt
           will
           stick
           .
           
             It
             seems
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             that
             Mr.
          
           Blisset
           
             was
             well
             acquainted
             with
             Mr.
             
          
           Sternes
           recei●●●
           ,
           
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             he
             and
             his
             son
          
           William
           
             hath
             been
             well
             acquainted
             with
             some
             of
             Mr.
             
          
           Sternes
           
             diflursements
             .
          
        
         
           
           It
           
             seems
             ,
          
           and
           
             I
             doubt
          
           not
           ,
           proves
           nothing
           ,
           but
           is
           a
           farther
           manifestation
           of
           his
           spleen
           ,
           Laying
           the
           stress
           of
           all
           he
           saith
           ,
           upon
           conjectures
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           bare
           suppositions
           .
           Again
           ,
           he
           harps
           upon
           the
           same
           string
           ,
           lest
           it
           should
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           in
           page
           249.
           
        
         
           
           
             Besides
             the
          
           xx
           l.
           
             Mr.
          
           Blisset
           
             had
             from
             him
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             have
             spoken
             already
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           so
           have
           I
           also
           .
        
         
           
           Again
           page
           253.
           
           That
           he
           might
           be
           sure
           his
           Reader
           should
           not
           forget
           ,
           yea
           that
           he
           might
           the
           more
           certainly
           confirm
           him
           in
           the
           beleef
           of
           that
           which
           before
           he
           affirmed
           barely
           upon
           the
           report
           of
           another
           ,
           the
           same
           is
           now
           become
           a
           truth
           upon
           his
           own
           knowledge
           ,
           for
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             And
             here
             I
             
             can
             speak
             upon
          
           my
           own
           knowledge
           ,
           
             xx
             l.
             Mr.
          
           Blissett
           
             had
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             for
             what
             else
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             for
             putting
             Mr.
             
          
           Sterne
           in
           .
        
         
           Herein
           Mr.
           
             Bushnell
          
           doth
           imitate
           those
           who
           by
           often
           telling
           incredible
           stories
           come
           at
           length
           to
           believe
           them
           to
           be
           truthes
           ;
           And
           were
           it
           true
           ,
           yet
           it
           must
           be
           a
           lye
           in
           him
           ,
           since
           here
           he
           affirms
           that
           to
           be
           true
           on
           his
           
             own
             knowledge
             ,
          
           which
           in
           several
           pages
           before
           he
           confesseth
           he
           took
           up
           onely
           on
           the
           bare
           
             Report
          
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
             :
          
           But
           however
           Reader
           for
           thy
           satisfaction
           ,
           I
           shall
           farther
           add
           ,
           for
           the
           clearing
           my self
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
        
         
           That
           I
           never
           saw
           one
           penny
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Sternes
          
           mony
           in
           all
           my
           life
           ,
           nor
           did
           I
           (
           or
           any
           other
           to
           my
           use
           )
           ever
           receive
           one
           penny
           ,
           much
           lesse
           such
           a
           sum
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           from
           any
           other
           by
           his
           appointment
           ;
           nor
           was
           I
           ever
           under
           that
           temptation
           from
           him
           ,
           nor
           did
           I
           know
           or
           was
           I
           made
           acquainted
           with
           what
           contracts
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
          
           made
           with
           any
           person
           in
           order
           to
           his
           coming
           into
           
             Box
             :
          
           Though
           (
           I
           believe
           )
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
          
           will
           acknowledge
           he
           received
           from
           me
           as
           many
           civilities
           as
           he
           could
           in
           reason
           expect
           (
           being
           a
           stranger
           to
           me
           )
           which
           he
           hath
           often
           acknowledged
           to
           many
           persons
           ,
           and
           fully
           expressed
           the
           same
           in
           a
           letter
           long
           since
           unto
           me
           .
           Therefore
           knowing
           my
           own
           innocency
           as
           to
           this
           charge
           ,
           I
           do
           
             appeal
          
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
          
           to
           Justifie
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           my
           Protestation
           ,
           who
           is
           quoted
           by
           Mr.
           
             Bushnell
          
           to
           be
           the
           Authour
           of
           this
           scandalous
           Report
           .
        
         
           
           Again
           in
           page
           254.
           
           Mr.
           
             Bushnell
          
           adds
           ,
           
             And
             if
             it
             be
             as
             Mr.
          
           Sterne
           
             hath
             reported
             it
             ,
             Mr.
          
           Blisset
           
             hath
             not
             been
             wanting
             to
             himself
             in
             this
             business
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             not
             onely
             made
             the
             Vicaridge
             of
             Box
             bring
             him
             in
             plentifull
             returns
             to
             his
             Treasury
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             but
             also
             he
             hath
             so
             providently
             provided
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             yield
             him
             a
             crop
             after
             we
             are
             dead
             and
             gone
             ,
             for
             as
             Mr.
          
           Sterne
           
             told
             me
             ,
             he
             hath
             got
             the
             next
             Presentation
             to
             the
             place
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             wondred
             ,
             that
             he
             ruined
             me
             first
             ,
             and
             (
             after
             he
             had
             received
             his
             largess
             from
             him
             )
             cared
             not
             how
             soon
             Mr.
          
           Sterne
           
             were
             gone
             from
             the
             place
             ,
             in
             order
             whereunto
             ,
             it
             was
             indeavoured
             that
             he
             should
             be
             made
             weary
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             his
             turn
             was
             next
             ,
             and
             so
             upon
             Mr.
             
          
           Sternes
           
             avoidance
             ,
             he
             might
             make
             use
             and
             benefit
             of
             his
             presentation
             .
          
        
         
           
           This
           charge
           against
           me
           will
           soon
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           short
           
           issue
           ,
           It
           consists
           of
           two
           parts
           ,
           The
           one
           (
           though
           expressed
           in
           other
           termes
           )
           I
           have
           already
           answered
           ,
           
             viz.
             Box
          
           Vicaridge
           bringing
           in
           plentifull
           returns
           to
           my
           Treasury
           (
           
             I
          
           suppose
           hee
           means
           the
           twenty
           pound
           )
           I
           shall
           say
           ▪
           no
           more
           to
           this
           .
           The
           second
           is
           as
           false
           a
           suggestion
           as
           the
           first
           ;
           Let
           this
           bee
           the
           issue
           between
           us
           :
           I
           appeal
           to
           that
           honourable
           person
           Sir
           
             Hugh
             Speak
             ,
          
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           undoubted
           Patron
           thereof
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           in
           the
           next
           Presentation
           ,
           nor
           had
           I
           in
           the
           last
           ,
           more
           than
           in
           telling
           Sir
           
             Hugh
             Speak
          
           that
           I
           thought
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
          
           to
           bee
           an
           able
           &
           honest
           man
           ,
           &
           one
           that
           might
           deserve
           his
           favour
           ▪
           so
           that
           these
           premises
           having
           no
           foundation
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           impartial
           Reader
           will
           adjudge
           his
           Conclusion
           ,
           pag.
           255.
           as
           rotten
           .
           I
           abhor
           that
           saying
           of
           his
           ,
           that
           I
           ruined
           him
           ,
           hee
           may
           very
           well
           remember
           my
           inclinations
           towards
           him
           were
           otherwise
           
             *
          
           .
           I
           require
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnel
          
           to
           make
           good
           (
           if
           hee
           can
           )
           that
           I
           indeavoured
           to
           weary
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
          
           of
           
             Box
             ,
          
           that
           I
           might
           make
           my
           advantage
           upon
           the
           next
           Presentation
           
             *
          
           .
           These
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Bushnel
             ,
          
           of
           all
           assertions
           in
           your
           Book
           ▪
           are
           the
           most
           diabolical
           :
           I
           challenge
           you
           ,
           or
           any
           person
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           these
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           passages
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           upon
           mee
           throughout
           all
           the
           Actions
           of
           my
           whole
           Life
           (
           having
           been
           in
           publick
           imployment
           neer
           fourteen
           years
           last
           past
           .
           )
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           wee
           thought
           fit
           to
           tell
           thee
           ,
           that
           wee
           have
           had
           no
           greater
           allowance
           of
           time
           ,
           than
           some
           forty
           eight
           hours
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           reading
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Bushnels
          
           Book
           ,
           and
           composing
           an
           Answer
           to
           those
           Passages
           that
           seem
           to
           reflect
           upon
           us
           ;
           for
           till
           within
           this
           two
           daies
           wee
           had
           no
           thoughts
           of
           entring
           upon
           this
           ungrateful
           work
           ,
           neither
           did
           wee
           know
           of
           any
           Reply
           that
           the
           Doctor
           intended
           ,
           which
           might
           give
           us
           an
           opportunity
           to
           annex
           something
           thereunto
           for
           our
           vindication
           ,
           and
           if
           wee
           mistake
           not
           ,
           wee
           do
           not
           finde
           any
           thing
           in
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           save
           what
           the
           Dr.
           and
           our selves
           have
           fully
           answered
           to
           ,
           that
           carries
           any
           matter
           of
           Reflection
           with
           it
           .
           As
           for
           his
           oblique
           charges
           ,
           scurrilous
           expressions
           ,
           and
           quibbles
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
           
             Blissets
             Circumstance
          
           so
           often
           iterated
           and
           sported
           with
           ,
           wee
           are
           resolved
           not
           to
           take
           notice
           
           of
           them
           :
           But
           if
           in
           this
           undertaking
           of
           his
           hee
           had
           had
           so
           mnch
           modesty
           and
           ingenuity
           as
           to
           have
           forborn
           his
           invective
           and
           satyrical
           language
           both
           against
           Commissioners
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           had
           fairly
           set
           before
           the
           Reader
           the
           whole
           proceedings
           in
           the
           business
           of
           his
           Ejection
           ,
           without
           such
           monstrous
           Comments
           and
           Inferences
           ,
           and
           not
           put
           the
           stress
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           hee
           
             principally
          
           chargeth
           on
           us
           ,
           upon
           
             [
             As
             I
             conjecture
             ]
             [
             as
             I
             think
             ]
             [
             as
             I
             beleeve
             ]
             [
             as
             I
             was
             told
             by
             some
             body
             ]
             [
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             reported
             ]
             [
             and
             in
             probability
             ]
             [
             and
             it
             seems
             so
             ]
             [
             and
             't
             is
             evident
             enough
             to
             mee
             ]
             and
             as
             I
             remember
             ]
             [
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
        
         
           
             Risum
             teneatis
             amici
             ?
          
           wee
           should
           have
           thought
           the
           judgement
           of
           his
           Ejection
           (
           as
           to
           the
           Matters
           charged
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           proofs
           thereof
           made
           by
           
             such
          
           witnesses
           (
           as
           hee
           renders
           them
           )
           and
           the
           defence
           made
           by
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           witnesses
           for
           him
           )
           would
           have
           lain
           with
           the
           more
           clearness
           before
           the
           Reader
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Sentence
           of
           his
           Ejection
           ,
           whether
           it
           was
           just
           or
           unjust
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           WORD
           from
           the
           CLERK
           —
           TO
           THE
           VICAR
           of
           BOX
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Bushnel
               ,
            
          
        
         
           CAsting
           mine
           eye
           upon
           your
           Narrative
           ,
           I
           finde
           you
           squirting
           out
           many
           scurrilous
           passages
           against
           my self
           ,
           which
           I
           can
           bear
           well
           enough
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           troubled
           to
           see
           how
           you
           load
           others
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           ,
           who
           profess
           your self
           a
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           ,
           should
           so
           far
           adulterate
           your
           fancy
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           darkness
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           bring
           forth
           into
           the
           world
           such
           a
           monster
           ,
           whose
           ugliness
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           will
           bee
           offensive
           to
           any
           that
           shall
           behold
           it
           with
           a
           
             Christian
             eye
             .
          
           And
           although
           the
           Charge
           you
           bring
           against
           mee
           for
           entring
           Depositions
           by
           halfs
           ,
           confounding
           the
           Order
           in
           which
           they
           were
           taken
           ,
           and
           for
           leaving
           out
           material
           clauses
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           been
           to
           your
           behalf
           ,
           deserves
           no
           other
           answer
           than
           a
           
             Mentiris
             Bushnelle
             ,
          
           yet
           for
           mine
           own
           Vindication
           ,
           the
           world
           shall
           know
           that
           I
           had
           a
           peculiar
           respect
           and
           tenderness
           for
           you
           when
           you
           were
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           desiring
           you
           might
           come
           off
           with
           honour
           and
           safety
           ,
           and
           that
           my
           management
           of
           your
           business
           (
           so
           far
           as
           concerned
           mee
           )
           did
           argue
           as
           much
           ,
           I
           dare
           appeal
           to
           your
           own
           conscience
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           your
           own
           Counsellour
           
             Edward
             Carter
          
           Esq
           ;
           I
           must
           also
           minde
           you
           with
           a
           shrewd
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           beleeve
           )
           wilful
           mistake
           of
           yours
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           subtil
           equivocation
           about
           the
           name
           of
           
             Blisset
             ,
          
           by
           which
           you
           indeavour
           to
           cast
           a
           blot
           upon
           the
           untainted
           Reputation
           of
           my
           Father
           ,
           as
           if
           hee
           had
           received
           twenty
           pounds
           for
           being
           
           an
           Instrument
           to
           help
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
          
           into
           
             Box
             :
          
           Sir
           ,
           this
           mony
           was
           given
           by
           him
           unto
           
             *
          
           Mr.
           
             Blisset
             ,
          
           the
           Clerk
           ,
           and
           not
           Mr.
           
             Blisset
          
           the
           Commissioner
           ,
           and
           this
           not
           to
           mee
           ,
           as
           Clerk
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           but
           as
           I
           undertook
           to
           bee
           his
           Solicitor
           to
           Sir
           
             Hugh
             Speak
          
           the
           Patron
           of
           
             Box
             ,
          
           under
           whose
           displeasure
           
             *
          
           Mr.
           
             Sterne
          
           was
           fallen
           ,
           for
           addressing
           himself
           to
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           for
           the
           gift
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           for
           entring
           on
           the
           Vicaridge
           upon
           that
           Title
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           Sir
           
             H.
             S.
             M.
             Sterne
          
           knowing
           the
           interest
           I
           had
           in
           that
           honourable
           person
           
             *
          
           applied
           himself
           to
           mee
           to
           become
           his
           Advocate
           ,
           and
           voluntarily
           offered
           mee
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           reward
           ,
           twenty
           pound
           :
           I
           did
           therefore
           after
           much
           pains
           and
           labour
           work
           him
           into
           the
           favour
           of
           Sir
           .
           
             H.
             S.
          
           and
           got
           his
           Presentation
           for
           him
           .
           To
           conclude
           ,
           I
           do
           protest
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           proffer
           ,
           and
           receipt
           of
           this
           summ
           of
           mony
           from
           Mr.
           
           
             Sterne
             ,
          
           was
           altogether
           unknown
           to
           Mr.
           
             Blisset
          
           (
           my
           Father
           )
           until
           by
           accident
           hee
           had
           some
           hint
           of
           it
           at
           the
           least
           six
           months
           after
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           wish
           you
           may
           now
           repent
           the
           aspersing
           him
           by
           your
           clamorous
           report
           of
           falshood
           ;
           So
           I
           advise
           you
           to
           an
           
             Index
             expurgatorius
             ,
          
           if
           there
           bee
           another
           Edition
           of
           your
           unsavoury
           Narrative
           .
        
         
           
             William
             Blisset
             Jun.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A31649e-620
           
             *
             Mr.
             Carter
             
               of
            
             Marlebrough
             .
          
           
             Pa.
             225.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             Ded.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             5.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             6.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             6.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             7.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag
             69.
             
          
           
             *
             If
             a
             Minister
             ,
             then
             no
             Commissioner
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             71.
             
          
           
             *
             What
             imaginable
             ground
             could
             I
             have
             of
             such
             fear
             ,
             who
             was
             nothing
             concerned
             in
             the
             business
             .
          
           
             *
             Speak
             out
             Man
             ,
             I
             fear
             not
             the
             testimony
             of
             any
             person
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             89.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             91.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             94.
             
          
           
             Answ
             :
          
           
             Pag.
             96.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             96.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag
             97.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Page
             106.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             109.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             122.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             138
             
          
           
             *
             〈…〉
             was
             very
             〈◊〉
             of
             her
             cou●tesies
             ,
             who
             would
             make
             so
             many
             ,
             and
             so
             low
             courtesies
             when
             shee
             was
             not
             taken
             〈◊〉
             of
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             147.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             148.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             156.
             
          
           
             *
             Such
             spiteful
             observes
             are
             easily
             and
             frequently
             to
             bee
             observed
             throughout
             his
             Narrative
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             160.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag
             168.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             181.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             207
             ,
             208.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             213.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             214.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             220.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             223.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             20.
             10.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             228.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             237.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             238.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             246.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             46.
             
          
           
             Pag
             92.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             171.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             208.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A31649e-7230
           
             *
             Fifts
             to
             Mr.
             
               Bushnel
            
             onely
             excepted
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             208.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             239.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             249.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             253.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             254.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             *
             I
             appeal
             to
             
               Edw.
               Carter
            
             Esq
             ;
             his
             Counsel
             .
          
           
             *
             Enquire
             of
             Mr.
             
               Sterne
               .
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A31649e-9810
           
             *
             At
             this
             time
             I
             was
             married
             ,
             liv'd
             of
             my self
             ,
             without
             any
             dependence
             upon
             my
             Father
             ,
             being
             by
             profession
             an
             Attorny
             .
          
           
             *
             You
             may
             inform
             your self
             of
             the
             truth
             hereof
             from
             Sir
             
               H.
               S.
               
            
          
           
             *
             This
             was
             done
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             
               William
               Pinchin
            
             and
             
               Obadiah
               Cheltenham
               .