The gentle lash, or, The vindication of Dr. Featley, a knowne champion of the Protestant religion also seven articles exhibited against him with his answer thereunto : together with the said Doctor his manifesto and challenge.
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             The gentle lash, or, The vindication of Dr. Featley, a knowne champion of the Protestant religion also seven articles exhibited against him with his answer thereunto : together with the said Doctor his manifesto and challenge.
             Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.
          
           [12], 31 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             [London?] imprinted :
             1644.
          
           
             "Spongia, or, Articles exhibited by certaine semi-separatists indicted at Sessions against Daniel Featley ... ": p. 1-29.
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           The
           Gentle
           Lash
           ,
           Or
           the
           VINDICATION
           Of
           Dr
           FEATLEY
           ,
           a
           knowne
           Champion
           Of
           The
           PROTESTANT
           RELIGION
           .
        
         
           Also
           Seven
           ARTICLES
           Exhibited
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           With
           his
           ANSWER
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           the
           said
           Doctor
           his
           MANIFESTO
           and
           CHALLENGE
           .
        
         
           
             PLAUT.
          
           
             
               Istic
               thesaurus
               stultis
               in
               lingua
               positus
               est
               ,
               ut
               maledicant
               melioribus
               .
            
          
        
         
           IMPRINTED
           ,
           1644.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           The
           Gentle
           Lash
           .
        
         
           O
           That
           wee
           had
           Faith
           but
           strong
           enough
           to
           exorcise
           these
           quotidian
           devi●…s
           ,
           so
           weekely
           appearing
           in
           our
           
             Diurnals
             ,
             Mercuries
             ,
          
           and
           
             Continuations
             :
          
           who
           pretending
           to
           maintaine
           the
           cause
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           scandalize
           both
           it
           and
           all
           goodnesse
           ,
           with
           malitious
           
             Lyes
             :
          
           whose
           anonomous
           
             Reporters
          
           have
           even
           sold
           themselves
           to
           the
           
             Presse
             ,
          
           to
           abuse
           the
           Peace
           of
           this
           poore
           distracted
           Church
           and
           Kingdome
           :
           whose
           audacious
           
             Pens
          
           bedabbled
           in
           the
           Gall
           of
           bitternesse
           ,
           set
           forth
           presumptuous
           things
           ,
           maligning
           
             Princes
             ,
          
           and
           speaking
           evill
           of
           
             Dignities
             ,
          
           who
           ayming
           at
           the
           confusion
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           strike
           at
           her
           very
           Pillars
           ,
           casting
           their
           venomous
           
             Froth
          
           upon
           their
           Names
           ,
           whose
           able
           and
           Religious
           Quils
           have
           vindicated
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           from
           the
           dirty
           calumnies
           of
           learned
           Hereticks
           .
           Generation
           of
           
             Vipers
             !
          
           who
           hath
           bewitched
           you
           ?
           who
           hath
           infa●…uated
           you
           to
           betray
           Religion
           for
           five
           shillings
           a
           sheet
           ,
           and
           to
           vent
           so
           many
           weekely
           pennyworths
           of
           impiety
           to
           poore
           deluded
           People
           ,
           whom
           your
           teachers
           have
           brought
           to
           this
           degree
           of
           blindnesse
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           see
           ?
           How
           many
           of
           the
           most
           learned
           and
           religious
           Divi●…s
           of
           this
           
             Island
             ,
          
           passively
           submitting
           to
           the
           
             Ordinances
          
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           committed
           to
           the
           Mercy
           of
           a
           Prison
           )
           have
           your
           printed
           (
           and
           shamefully
           permitted
           )
           scandals
           ,
           defamed
           and
           slandered
           ,
           rendering
           them
           as
           odious
           to
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           to
           the
           wise
           ;
           maintaining
           ,
           nay
           ,
           even
           deifying
           those
           whom
           you
           call
           ,
           your
           
             Holy
             Pastors
             ,
          
           whose
           helpe
           (
           God
           be
           praised
           )
           we
           never
           wanted
           against
           the
           Argumen●…s
           of
           
             Bellarmine
             ,
             Stapleton
          
           or
           
             Fisher
          
           whose
           Net
           we
           ●…eare
           had
           bin
           too
           cunningly
           said
           for
           them
           to
           have
           escaped
           ?
        
         
         
           Nor
           can
           I
           here
           forget
           that
           debt
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           owes
           to
           the
           sound
           and
           learned
           labours
           of
           that
           Reverend
           Champion
           of
           our
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           D.
           
             Featley
             ,
          
           which
           shall
           remaine
           in
           our
           Church
           as
           lasting
           Monuments
           of
           his
           able
           Piety
           ,
           whilst
           Learning
           ,
           and
           Orthodox
           devotion
           find
           a
           Friend
           ;
           whom
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           (
           suffering
           Imprisonment
           ,
           for
           his
           loyalty
           to
           his
           Conscience
           and
           his
           Prince
           )
           your
           impious
           ,
           saucy
           ,
           and
           sacrilegious
           quills
           (
           as
           full
           of
           venome
           as
           the
           pen
           out
           of
           which
           
             Demosthenes
          
           suckt
           his
           death
           )
           have
           vilified
           and
           traduced
           with
           such
           calumnious
           falsehoods
           and
           malicious
           injuries
           ,
           my
           hasty
           and
           impartiall
           Pen
           ,
           shall
           take
           the
           boldnesse
           here
           to
           vindicate
           .
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           you
           shall
           first
           understand
           what
           the
           person
           is
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           what
           his
           charge
           .
        
         
           He
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           whose
           life
           and
           doctrine
           need
           no
           Advocate
           ;
           whom
           detraction
           it selfe
           could
           not
           mention
           ,
           without
           addition
           of
           some
           Epithets
           of
           respect
           ;
           nay
           ,
           concerning
           whom
           the
           very
           
             Diurnalls
          
           (
           whose
           nature
           and
           property
           is
           to
           Lye
           )
           could
           not
           for
           their
           owne
           credits
           but
           acknowledge
           an
           honourable
           truth
           :
           some
           styling
           him
           a
           
             grave
             ,
          
           some
           a
           
             good
             ,
          
           and
           others
           a
           famous
           Doctor
           :
           And
           indeed
           ,
           to
           conclude
           him
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           no
           object
           for
           any
           evill
           passion
           but
           Envy
           ,
           and
           a
           Subject
           for
           no
           discourse
           but
           what
           ends
           with
           Admiration
           .
           He
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           whose
           profoundnesse
           in
           learning
           encouraged
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           to
           commit
           the
           translation
           of
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Epistles
           to
           his
           
             Review
             ,
          
           Marginall
           Annotation
           ,
           and
           
             Exposition
             :
          
           whose
           soundnesse
           of
           Doctrine
           invited
           the
           same
           Authority
           to
           make
           choice
           of
           him
           ,
           for
           the
           answering
           of
           a
           Popish
           and
           scandalous
           Pamphlet
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             A
             safeguard
             from
             Ship-wrack
             ;
          
           both
           performed
           with
           solid
           judgement
           and
           singular
           fidelity
           ;
           that
           extant
           ,
           this
           ready
           for
           the
           
             Presse
             .
          
           By
           which
           Authority
           ,
           he
           was
           likewise
           chosen
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Synod
           ,
           or
           
             Assembly
          
           of
           Divines
           ,
           for
           the
           composing
           of
           some
           differences
           ,
           and
           settl●…
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           distempered
           Church
           ,
           in
           these
           His
           Majesties
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           As
           touching
           his
           charge
           ,
           it
           was
           unhappily
           occasioned
           by
           a
           Message
           sent
           him
           from
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           (
           whose
           Chaplaine
           in
           ordinary
           he
           is
           )
           which
           commanded
           him
           ,
           no
           more
           to
           joyne
           in
           that
           
             Assembly
             ,
          
           being
           convented
           without
           His
           Majesties
           consent
           ,
           and
           therefore
           without
           full
           Authority
           ;
           whereto
           returning
           his
           answer
           in
           a
           Letter
           unseal'd
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Armagh
             ,
          
           a
           chosen
           Member
           likewise
           of
           the
           same
           Assembly
           ,
           now
           at
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
             ;
          
           the
           Letter
           was
           intercepted
           ,
           opened
           ,
           and
           falsly
           transcrib'd
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           malicions
           
             pen-man
             ,
          
           adding
           what
           would
           most
           ,
           by
           wronging
           him
           ,
           advantage
           the
           
             Cause
             ,
          
           
           delivered
           the
           
             Originall
          
           to
           the
           Messenger
           (
           with
           hopes
           to
           intercept
           the
           Answer
           )
           and
           dispatcht
           the
           false
           Transcript
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Committee
          
           for
           Examinations
           :
           whereupon
           a
           
             Serjeant
          
           at
           
             Armes
          
           was
           sent
           for
           the
           
             Doctor
             ,
          
           who
           having
           ,
           in
           his
           examinations
           ,
           refused
           to
           consent
           to
           every
           
             Clause
          
           in
           the
           
             Scottish
             Covenant
             ,
          
           was
           forthwith
           committed
           prisoner
           to
           the
           Lord
           
             Peters
          
           house
           in
           Aldersgate
           street
           ,
           where
           now
           he
           remaines
           as
           chearefull
           as
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           as
           poore
           as
           the
           severest
           censure
           of
           
             Authority
             ,
          
           can
           make
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           the
           
             Lyon
          
           is
           downe
           ,
           how
           every
           Curre
           will
           barke
           !
           Him
           ,
           whom
           of
           late
           these
           
             Sycophanticall
             Diurnall-mongers
          
           had
           in
           so
           good
           esteeme
           ,
           whilst
           he
           concurr'd
           in
           some
           things
           with
           them
           whom
           they
           have
           in
           Admiration
           ,
           him
           now
           they
           worry
           with
           their
           temporizing
           
             pens
             :
          
           who
           render
           him
           to
           the
           world
           no
           better
           then
           (
           to
           use
           their
           owne
           words
           )
           a
           
             Prevaricator
             ,
          
           a
           
             Court-spye
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Traytor
          
           to
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           tryumphing
           in
           the
           
             Sentence
          
           of
           his
           downefall
           ,
           and
           mingling
           the
           bitter
           
             Cup
          
           of
           Justice
           ,
           with
           the
           Exuberance
           of
           their
           own
           
             Gall
          
           and
           
             Vineger
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Doctor
           (
           say
           they
           )
           hath
           his
           
             Livings
          
           sequestred
           ,
           his
           Estate
           secur'd
           ,
           his
           bookes
           seiz'd
           upon
           ,
           and
           himselfe
           Imprisoned
           :
           
             Spolia
             ampla
             refertis
             .
          
           The
           onely
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           that
           Pamphlet
           is
           guilty
           of
           :
           
             sed
             quo
             cecidit
             sub
             crimine
             ?
          
           What
           was
           his
           
             charge
             ?
          
           What
           was
           the
           heynous
           
             crime
          
           that
           moved
           to
           such
           a
           
             Ruine
             ?
          
           A
           Letter
           sent
           to
           the
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Armagh
             ,
          
           an
           elected
           Member
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ;
           whom
           all
           the
           world
           admires
           and
           honours
           ,
           unlesse
           some
           within
           the
           Line
           of
           
             Communication
             ,
          
           who
           are
           more
           worthy
           to
           unty
           his
           shooe
           ,
           then
           to
           judge
           of
           his
           
             Abilities
             .
          
           But
           what
           evill
           hath
           he
           done
           ?
           He
           acquainted
           this
           worthy
           
             Member
             ,
          
           by
           that
           Letter
           ,
           with
           some
           
             passages
          
           in
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           requiring
           his
           judgement
           in
           some
           things
           there
           controverted
           ,
           concerning
           matters
           of
           
             Faith
             .
             Proh
             nefandum
             !
          
           Indeed
           ,
           his
           very
           presence
           in
           the
           Assembly
           (
           as
           farre
           as
           I
           see
           yet
           )
           was
           his
           greatest
           fault
           .
           Yea
           ,
           but
           he
           sued
           covertly
           for
           a
           Deanry
           :
           Yea
           ,
           that
           was
           a
           fault
           indeed
           ,
           to
           sue
           for
           something
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           now
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           nothing
           ,
           to
           purchase
           a
           house
           that
           's
           pulling
           downe
           .
           Put
           case
           ,
           he
           did
           so
           .
           Is
           it
           a
           Crime
           to
           provide
           a
           
             plaister
          
           for
           a
           
             Sore
          
           that
           is
           now
           a
           breeding
           ?
           
             Clypeum
             post
             vulnera
             ,
          
           is
           folly
           :
           but
           
             ante
             vulnus
             ,
          
           is
           Providence
           :
           They
           that
           aime
           at
           the
           Ruine
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           will
           be
           impatient
           at
           the
           Preservation
           of
           a
           Member
           .
           Is
           it
           a
           great
           fault
           for
           a
           Servant
           to
           begge
           of
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           none
           at
           all
           for
           
             Subjects
          
           to
           begger
           their
           
             Prince
             ?
          
        
         
         
           
             Perfect
             Diurnall
             ,
             page
             83.
             
          
           
             
               You
               have
               bin
               often
               told
               of
               ●…ome
               rotten
               Members
               in
               both
               houses
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               yee
               may
               see
               further
               ,
               there
               are
               the
               like
               rotten
               Members
               in
               the
               Ass●…mbly
               of
               Divines
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Another
             
               Truth
               .
            
             Alas
             ,
             we
             know
             ,
             that
             too
             well
             ,
             or
             else
             the
             Head
             had
             never
             bin
             so
             carefull
             to
             preserve
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             But
             tel
             me
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             
               rottennesse
               ,
            
             in
             a
             Member
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             the
             restraint
             of
             the
             
               influence
            
             from
             the
             noble
             part
             ?
             Some
             Members
             there
             are
             amongst
             us
             ,
             from
             whom
             the
             free
             operations
             of
             the
             Animall
             spirits
             are
             by
             accident
             a
             while
             obstructed
             ,
             through
             the
             Malignity
             of
             the
             spleene
             ;
             others
             whose
             obstinacy
             is
             not
             capable
             of
             their
             naturall
             operation
             ,
             but
             resist
             all
             influence
             from
             the
             
               Head
               :
            
             Tell
             me
             ,
             if
             thou
             hast
             
               Philosophy
               ,
            
             which
             of
             these
             are
             most
             in
             lining
             to
             
               rottennesse
               ?
            
          
           
             But
             you
             that
             so
             malig●…e
             these
             Members
             ;
             say
             ;
             which
             of
             your
             faction
             have
             lifted
             up
             a
             hand
             against
             the
             common
             Enemy
             ?
             which
             of
             them
             have
             struck
             a
             blow
             but
             against
             a
             
               Cushion
            
             or
             an
             
               Houre
               glasse
               ?
            
             Whilst
             these
             menbars
             whom
             you
             so
             revile
             ,
             have
             with
             their
             well
             ar●…'d
             
               Arguments
            
             laid
             the
             
               Enemy
            
             on
             his
             back
             ,
             whilst
             these
             Memb●…rs
             you
             so
             
               Rabsekize
            
             have
             borne
             the
             burthen
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             alwaies
             have
             bin
             active
             in
             the
             true
             Religions
             
               Cause
               ,
            
             and
             maintained
             the
             Tru●…h
             that
             Schisme
             hath
             so
             struck
             at
             :
             Had
             your
             Members
             bin
             sound
             and
             able
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             shewen
             more
             action
             ,
             and
             not
             like
             cowards
             have
             run
             away
             to
             
               New
               England
               ,
            
             when
             old
             
               England
            
             was
             on
             fire
             ,
             n●…r
             crept
             into
             widows
             houses
             whom
             they
             devoured
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             long
             
               Prayer
               :
            
             Had
             those
             Members
             ●…in
             rotten
             ,
             you
             so
             term
             ,
             I
             fe●…re
             the
             Truth
             ●…ad
             found
             but
             poore
             Champions
             ;
             This
             ●…ragious
             Member
             (
             whom
             you
             so
             revile
             )
             lookt
             the
             
               Lyon
            
             in
             the
             very
             face
             ,
             nay
             when
             he
             ror'd
             ,
             he
             trembled
             not
             ;
             whose
             
               holy
               Table
               ;
            
             when
             all
             turn'd
             
               Altars
               ,
            
             was
             
               no
               m●…veable
               :
            
             stood
             he
             not
             up
             for
             the
             true
             reformed
             R●…ligion
             in
             the
             Kingdomes
             both
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             
               France
               ?
            
             Did
             not
             he
             oppose
             
               Arminianisme
            
             when
             it
             was
             in
             its
             fullest
             
               Ruffe
               ?
            
             And
             when
             the
             Crime
             was
             capitall
             to
             speake
             against
             it
             ,
             were
             his
             lipps
             sealed
             ?
             yet
             this
             man
             hath
             your
             black
             mouth●…d
             malice
             (
             which
             blasphemeth
             the
             servants
             of
             the
             most
             high
             God
             )
             reviled
             and
             st●…led
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Rotten
             .
             But
             take
             heed
             ,
             and
             remem●…er
             
               Nestorius
            
             the
             Hereticke
             ,
             how
             he
             died
             .
             
               Yea
               but
               he
               ●…sed
            
             
             
               with
               the
               Assembly
               to
               undermine
               their
               proceedings
               ,
               and
               gave
               intelligence
               to
               the
               adverse
               party
               ,
               &c
               ,
            
          
           
           
             Indeed
             ,
             he
             joyn'd
             with
             the
             
               Assembly
               ,
            
             so
             long
             as
             they
             joyn'd
             with
             the
             
               Truth
               ;
            
             And
             when
             they
             undermined
             it
             ,
             he
             countermined
             them
             .
             Had
             he
             swallowd
             the
             
               Covenant
            
             whole
             ,
             and
             bin
             for
             sworne
             in
             some
             particulars
             ,
             he
             had
             bin
             as
             sound
             a
             Member
             as
             the
             best
             .
             They
             had
             past
             as
             
               Birds
            
             all
             of
             a
             browne
             Feather
             ,
             and
             had
             founded
             a
             new
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             not
             upon
             the
             pious
             
               confession
            
             of
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             but
             upon
             the
             perjurions
             
               denyall
               of
               his
               Master
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               he
               gave
               intelligence
               of
               the
               proceedings
               of
               the
               Assembly
               :
               I
               never
               heard
               before
               ,
            
             that
             
               Synodicall
            
             decisions
             were
             
               arcana
               imperii
               ,
            
             or
             
               opera
               tenebrarum
               ,
               the
               secrets
               of
               a
               Kingdome
               ,
               or
               the
               workes
               of
               darknesse
               .
               Truth
            
             seekes
             no
             corners
             ,
             nor
             is
             impatient
             of
             discovery
             .
             
               Veritas
               nihil
               e●…ubescit
               ,
               nisi
               abscondi
               .
               But
               intelligence
               was
               given
               to
               the
               adverse
               party
               :
            
             Whom
             meane
             yee
             ,
             the
             King
             ?
             or
             his
             
               evill
               Councell
               ?
            
             A
             well
             justified
             
               Consultation
            
             fears
             neither
             :
             if
             the
             
               King
            
             be
             not
             the
             defender
             of
             the
             
               Faith
               ,
            
             why
             doe
             you
             stile
             him
             so
             ?
             if
             he
             be
             ,
             to
             whom
             should
             injured
             
               Truth
            
             appeal
             ,
             but
             to
             her
             chiefe
             
               defence
            
             and
             
               protector
               ?
               But
               the
               Doctors
               guiltinesse
               of
               th●…se
               crimes
               appear'd
               in
               a
               letter
               to
               Oxford
            
             intercepted
             ,
             which
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             Committee
             for
             examinations
             .
             And
             had
             that
             
               Letter
            
             a
             name
             subscribed
             ?
             no
             :
             The
             true
             
               Letter
            
             had
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             
             which
             the
             
               Counterfeitor
            
             being
             a
             meere
             English-man
             ,
             took
             for
             a
             Sheep-marke
             ,
             and
             omitted
             it
             .
             But
             for
             the
             substraction
             of
             two
             letters
             ,
             he
             added
             m●…ny
             words
             and
             owes
             the
             Doctor
             nothing
             ;
             The
             
               Originall
            
             (
             which
             carried
             his
             errand
             to
             
               Oxford
               )
            
             spake
             nothing
             of
             
               the
               five
               times
               voting
               him
               out
               of
               his
               Living
               at
               Lambeth
               ;
            
             not
             a
             word
             ,
             that
             
               He
               was
               a
               constant
               visiter
               of
               the
               Kings
               prisoners
               in
               London
               ,
               or
               Lambeth
               ;
            
             recommended
             no
             suit
             of
             his
             
               for
               a
               Bishopwrick
               ,
            
             as
             the
             false
             
               Diurnall
            
             reports
             .
             But
             as
             the
             
               Divell
               ,
            
             so
             his
             
               Children
            
             sometimes
             repeat
             a
             truth
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             they
             may
             abuse
             it
             ;
             This
             
               Hackney
               Pamphleter
            
             relates
             a
             businesse
             (
             though
             not
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             yet
             to
             his
             owne
             purpose
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             wrong
             the
             Doctor
             )
             and
             sayes
             ,
             that
             his
             
               Barne
               at
               Acton
               ,
               was
               burn
               ,
               by
               the
               Parliaments
               Souldiers
               ,
            
             but
             in
             the
             84
             page
             he
             poysons
             it
             with
             a
             
               Lye
            
             avouching
             that
             
               there
               was
               no
               Corne
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               suffer'd
               no
               considerable
               losse
               by
               it
               ,
            
             whereas
             it
             appeares
             under
             the
             hands
             of
             severall
             able
             and
             honest
             house-holders
             and
             vestry
             men
             of
             
               Acton
               ,
            
             that
             his
             losse
             amounted
             to
             the
             summo
             of
             211.
             li.
             subscribed
             the
             1
             of
             
               October
               ,
            
             
             1643.
             
             Varlets
             !
             when
             your
             shuffling
             and
             interfering
             
               Truths
            
             are
             so
             faulty
             ,
             how
             damnable
             are
             your
             through
             paced
             
               Lyes
               ?
            
             This
             onely
             by
             the
             way
             :
             but
             to
             returne
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
          
        
         
         
           
             page
             84.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Doctor
               at
               the
               Assembly
               past
               his
               vote
               with
               the
               rest
               upon
               debate
               of
               the
               Scottish
               Covenant
               ,
               for
               the
               quite
               extirpation
               of
               Popery
               and
               Prelacy
               .
            
             To
             see
             ,
             how
             two
             aiming
             at
             one
             end
             ,
             may
             proceed
             in
             two
             contrary
             courses
             ;
             The
             
               Divell
            
             uses
             to
             take
             from
             the
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             this
             tri-obular
             
               newes-Merchant
            
             adds
             to
             it
             :
             Two
             travelling
             contrary
             wayes
             ,
             may
             meet
             at
             the
             
               Antipodes
               .
            
             He
             that
             takes
             from
             the
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             and
             adds
             to
             the
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             may
             meet
             in
             
               Hell
            
             as
             well
             as
             in
             their
             hellish
             
               intentions
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Extirpation
               of
               Popery
               and
               Prelacy
               .
            
          
           
             For
             the
             first
             ,
             His
             
               resolution
            
             is
             a
             perpetuall
             
               vote
            
             and
             his
             action
             a
             continuall
             
               execution
               .
            
          
           
             For
             the
             second
             ,
             I
             call
             the
             whole
             
               Assembly
            
             of
             Divines
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             
               Peeres
               ,
            
             and
             divers
             of
             the
             House
             of
             
               Commons
            
             to
             witnesse
             your
             stupendious
             
               Lye
               .
            
             But
             the
             Divell
             hath
             taught
             you
             this
             curious
             point
             of
             Sophistry
             to
             argue
             ,
             
               a
               male
               conjunctis
               ad
               bene
               divisa
               .
            
             As
             for
             the
             extirpation
             of
             
               Popery
               ,
            
             he
             hath
             acted
             what
             others
             have
             but
             voted
             ;
             But
             for
             the
             clause
             of
             prelacy
             ,
             your
             
               Idols
            
             shall
             be
             
               judges
            
             upon
             what
             reasons
             he
             dissented
             .
             First
             ,
             at
             his
             
               Ordination
            
             he
             tooke
             an
             
               Oath
            
             to
             obey
             his
             ordinary
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             at
             his
             
               Institution
            
             and
             
               Induction
            
             he
             swore
             Canonical
             obedience
             to
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             of
             the
             dioces
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             his
             
               Benefice
            
             being
             of
             my
             Lords
             grace
             of
             
               Canterburies
            
             peculiar
             ,
             he
             tooke
             an
             Oath
             to
             maintaine
             the
             priviledges
             of
             the
             
               See
            
             of
             Canterbury
             .
          
           
             Now
             how
             this
             
               Covenant
            
             in
             that
             particular
             can
             be
             consistent
             with
             the
             three
             former
             
               oathes
               ,
            
             or
             how
             any
             in
             the
             Assembly
             that
             takes
             it
             ,
             can
             be
             guiltlesse
             of
             
               perjury
               ,
            
             let
             every
             good
             
               conscience
            
             judge
             .
             Besides
             ,
             how
             is
             
               God
            
             mockt
             in
             our
             very
             
               prayers
               ,
            
             when
             that
             mouth
             which
             (
             as
             it
             is
             required
             and
             by
             an
             unrepeald
             
               Act
               of
               Parliament
            
             commanded
             )
             every
             day
             beseeches
             him
             
               to
               send
               downe
               the
               dew
               of
               his
               blessing
               upon
               all
               Bishops
               and
               Curates
               ,
            
             shall
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             swea●…e
             and
             vote
             the
             utter
             
               Extirpation
            
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             whom
             it
             prayes
             for
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mercurius
             Brittan
             .
             p.
             47.
             
          
           
             
               It
               was
               mentioned
               before
               ,
               who
               was
               intelligencer
               to
               speake
               of
               passages
               in
               the
               Assembly
               ,
               now
               a
               word
               more
               of
               it
               .
               That
               grave
               D
               I
               meane
               D.
               Featley
               ,
               that
               hath
               correspondency
               with
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Armagh
               ,
               confesseth
               in
               his
               letter
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               all
               this
               while
               dissembled
               with
               the
               Assembly
               .
            
          
           
           
             How
             uninterrupted
             boldnesse
             wil
             turne
             to
             brasse-browd
             im●…udence
             .
          
           
             That
             
               Letter
            
             this
             Mercury
             speaks
             of
             was
             surely
             〈◊〉
             on
             the
             back
             of
             that
             
               Bull
            
             which
             was
             lately
             sent
             from
             the
             Pope
             ,
             
               Credat
               judaeus
               Appella
               .
            
             And
             why
             did
             not
             this
             
               Mercury
               ,
            
             to
             raise
             his
             
               Pamphlet
            
             a
             penny
             higher
             ,
             Print
             that
             
               Letter
            
             and
             
               Bull
            
             both
             together
             ?
             Come
             ,
             come
             ,
             your
             owne
             Assembly
             knowes
             ,
             you
             lye
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             
               Cause
            
             were
             not
             kept
             burning
             with
             such
             
               Oyle
               ,
            
             it
             would
             goe
             out
             and
             stink
             ,
             and
             your
             historicall
             credit
             would
             soone
             run
             into
             a
             
               Premuniri
               .
            
             Did
             not
             our
             D.
             long
             before
             the
             being
             of
             this
             abused
             
               Letter
            
             openly
             and
             plainly
             declare
             himselfe
             to
             divers
             of
             this
             Assembly
             against
             some
             of
             their
             unwarrantable
             
               proceedings
               ?
            
             Did
             not
             he
             really
             confesse
             his
             
               nonconcurrence
               ,
            
             and
             feare
             his
             
               noncontinuance
            
             with
             them
             ?
             Is
             this
             dissembling
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Continuation
             Numb.
             55.
             
          
           
             D.
             
               Featley
            
             (
             you
             heard
             of
             )
             received
             a
             just
             reward
             for
             his
             Perfidiousnesse
             ,
             and
             seeming
             compliance
             with
             the
             Parliament
             and
             Assembly
             ,
             that
             he
             migh●…
             the
             better
             betray
             all
             their
             counsells
             and
             consultatinus
             to
             them
             at
             
               Oxford
               :
            
             his
             livings
             were
             bestow'd
             upon
             
               M.
               White
            
             and
             
               M.
               Nye
               .
            
             These
             gentlemen
             you
             may
             see
             can
             content
             themselves
             ,
             each
             man
             with
             a
             part
             of
             these
             livings
             ,
             though
             the
             D.
             was
             not
             satisfied
             with
             the
             whole
             ,
             but
             solicited
             very
             importunately
             by
             his
             letter
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Armagh
            
             at
             
               Oxford
            
             to
             have
             a
             deanry
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             .
             
               Ab
               asino
               majore
               discit
               minor
               rudere
               .
            
             This
             
               Intelligencer
            
             hath
             conn'd
             his
             
               Lesson
            
             well
             ,
             and
             hath
             got
             that
             perfectly
             by
             heart
             ,
             which
             the
             other
             formerly
             had
             imperfectly
             written
             ;
             only
             he
             plays
             the
             
               Shimei
            
             and
             adds
             a
             little
             rayling
             ,
             and
             unlesse
             i●…
             be
             for
             that
             ,
             deserves
             but
             a
             
               Gentle
               Lash
               .
            
             This
             letter
             hath
             very
             strange
             luck
             :
             mentioned
             by
             so
             many
             and
             none
             doe
             it
             the
             honour
             to
             print
             it
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             the
             Originall
             ,
             I
             feare
             it
             goes
             against
             your
             consciences
             to
             print
             a
             truth
             :
             why
             doe
             ye
             not
             corrupt
             it
             in
             the
             presse
             then
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             speake
             as
             the
             
               Oracles
            
             did
             ,
             by
             instruction
             and
             subornation
             ?
             If
             to
             relate
             some
             
             passages
             ,
             and
             to
             call
             so
             great
             ,
             so
             sanctified
             a
             judgement
             in
             to
             aid
             ,
             be
             treason
             or
             prevarication
             ,
             why
             does
             not
             your
             
               Hangman
            
             execute
             that
             history
             which
             made
             him
             erre
             by
             the
             example
             of
             S.
             
               Ierome
               ,
            
             who
             at
             a
             Synod
             at
             
               Ierusalem
            
             acquainted
             
               Damasus
            
             (
             then
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
            
             too
             )
             with
             some
             Synodicall
             proceedings
             ,
             requiring
             his
             judgement
             thereof
             ?
             Had
             our
             Doctor
             ever
             taken
             an
             Oath
             of
             
               All●…igance
            
             or
             secrecy
             to
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             his
             discovery
             might
             have
             been
             blameable
             :
             But
             having
             taken
             that
             
               Oath
            
             to
             his
             
             Majesty
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             
               Warrant
            
             both
             as
             a
             Subject
             ,
             and
             a
             Servant
             to
             discover
             any
             thing
             ,
             which
             by
             consequence
             might
             be
             derogatory
             to
             his
             Government
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Doctors
             two
             
               Livings
            
             troubled
             you
             ,
             and
             I
             feare
             ,
             more
             then
             the
             want
             of
             them
             does
             him
             ;
             And
             why
             not
             two
             
               Livings
               ,
            
             as
             lawfuly
             as
             two
             
               Lectureships
            
             of
             as
             great
             a
             value
             ,
             besides
             a
             cure
             of
             Soules
             ?
             Aske
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             expedient
             to
             hold
             two
             
               Sequestrations
               ,
            
             for
             a
             fuller
             supply
             ?
             some
             of
             them
             though
             never
             so
             white
             ,
             will
             turne
             red
             and
             blush
             .
             But
             how
             religiously
             our
             Doctor
             behaved
             himselfe
             in
             his
             
               Livings
               ,
            
             both
             
               Acton
            
             and
             
               Lambeth
            
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             not
             I.
             And
             what
             
               Hospitality
            
             the
             Revenues
             thereof
             produced
             ,
             
               Newington
            
             will
             informe
             you
             .
             And
             time
             may
             tell
             you
             ,
             whether
             the
             new
             
               Incumbents
            
             bring
             not
             the
             yeare
             about
             with
             fuller
             purses
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             sues
             for
             a
             Deanry
             too
             :
             How
             appeares
             that
             ?
             By
             his
             Letter
             :
             Heare
             then
             the
             precise
             words
             of
             the
             Letter
             .
          
           
             I
             understand
             that
             the
             Deanry
             of
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             and
             a
             Prebendary
             of
             
               Canterbury
            
             are
             now
             voyd
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Kings
             gift
             :
             If
             you
             thinke
             meet
             ,
             you
             may
             put
             in
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             place
             for
             your selfe
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             second
             for
             your
             friend
             :
             Now
             the
             covetous
             
               Mystery
            
             lyes
             in
             the
             last
             word
             ,
             friend
             .
             And
             you
             ,
             by
             the
             spirit
             of
             
               Revelation
            
             must
             unfold
             that
             Mystery
             :
             well
             ,
             be
             it
             so
             :
             Then
             grant
             him
             to
             have
             the
             spirit
             of
             prophesie
             too
             ,
             to
             sue
             so
             ;
             who
             fore-seeing
             a
             Ship-wrack
             here
             ,
             catched
             at
             a
             planck
             to
             keepe
             him
             from
             sinking
             .
          
           
             Now
             having
             viewed
             his
             offence
             with
             one
             eye
             ,
             cast
             your
             other
             upon
             his
             punishment
             ,
             and
             being
             impartiall
             ,
             tell
             me
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ,
             whether
             the
             proportion
             they
             carry
             be
             Mathematicall
             .
             And
             ,
             to
             conclude
             ,
             call
             to
             mind
             but
             
               Plato's
            
             Apologie
             for
             
               Socrates
               ;
            
             or
             
               Chrystostome
            
             and
             
               Athanasius
            
             for
             themselves
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             are
             instances
             given
             of
             the
             best
             men
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             who
             notwithstanding
             have
             received
             hard
             measure
             ,
             and
             beene
             condemned
             as
             D●…linquents
             in
             Synods
             &
             popular
             Assemblies
             ,
             or
             
               IEROME
            
             of
             
               PRAGVE
               ,
            
             that
             noble
             
               Confessor
               ,
            
             and
             
               Martyr
            
             his
             oration
             in
             the
             Synod
             of
             
               Constance
               :
            
             and
             laying
             all
             things
             together
             ,
             this
             ●…nsulter
             upon
             the
             downefall
             of
             him
             (
             who
             hath
             stood
             up
             so
             many
             yeares
             for
             the
             Truth
             )
             if
             his
             Conscience
             be
             no●…
             feared
             with
             a
             hot
             Iron
             ,
             will
             turne
             his
             present
             
               Gall
            
             into
             future
             
               hony
               ,
            
             and
             his
             unchristian
             
               Censure
               ,
            
             into
             a
             Christian
             
               Commiseration
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           VVEE
           whose
           Names
           are
           here
           under
           written
           ,
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           Parish
           of
           
             Acton
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Middlesex
             ,
          
           being
           requested
           by
           Doctor
           
             Daniel
             Featley
             ,
          
           Parson
           of
           the
           parish
           of
           
             Acton
          
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           to
           certifie
           the
           time
           of
           burning
           the
           Barne
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Tyth-Corne
           lay
           belonging
           to
           the
           said
           Parsonage
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           value
           of
           it
           :
           We
           doe
           upon
           certaine
           Knowledge
           and
           true
           information
           certifie
           al
           those
           whomit
           may
           concern
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Barn
           ,
           being
           full
           of
           Corne
           ,
           besides
           three
           Bay
           of
           Stabling
           ,
           built
           by
           the
           said
           Doctor
           himselfe
           ,
           all
           valued
           at
           two
           hundred
           and
           eleven
           pounds
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           then
           prized
           by
           some
           of
           the
           parishioners
           appointed
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           were
           all
           burned
           downe
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           the
           tenth
           day
           of
           
             November
          
           last
           ,
           by
           the
           Parliaments
           Forces
           then
           quartered
           in
           the
           said
           Town
           .
           And
           wee
           further
           certifie
           that
           this
           losse
           fell
           above
           five
           weekes
           after
           the
           death
           of
           M.
           
             Henry
             Leerewood
          
           (
           to
           whom
           the
           said
           parsonage
           had
           bin
           farmed
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           said
           parsonage
           was
           in
           the
           Doctors
           hands
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           farmed
           it
           to
           any
           other
           .
           In
           witnesse
           whereof
           we
           have
           hereunto
           subscribed
           our
           Names
           the
           first
           day
           of
           
             October
             ,
          
           1643.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Needler
                 .
              
               
                 Thomas
                 Needler
                 .
              
               
                 Edmond
                 Biddle
                 .
              
               
                 George
                 Colle
                 .
              
               
                 Henry
                 Colle
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Marke
                 
                 of
                 
                   VVilliam
                   VVels
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           THE
           PRINTER
           To
           The
           READER
           .
        
         
           AFter
           I
           met
           with
           these
           gratefull
           lines
           written
           with
           the
           silver
           Pen
           of
           
             Theiomusus
             Laureatus
             ,
          
           in
           defence
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           hath
           written
           and
           Printed
           so
           much
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           A
           friend
           of
           his
           ,
           since
           his
           confinement
           to
           
             Petri
             vincula
             ,
          
           visiting
           his
           desolate
           house
           at
           
             Lambeth
             ,
          
           found
           there
           those
           ,
           who
           in
           
             Sylla
          
           the
           Dictators
           dayes
           werè
           tearmed
           
             Sectores
             bonorum
             ,
          
           but
           now
           sequestrators
           ,
           rifling
           the
           Roome
           ,
           and
           plundring
           the
           study
           and
           garden
           ,
           and
           robbing
           him
           of
           choycer
           
             Flowers
          
           out
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           than
           
             Emmenes
          
           or
           
             Tulips
          
           out
           of
           the
           other
           .
           Among
           which
           he
           culled
           these
           which
           I
           offer
           to
           thy
           view
           ;
           and
           if
           ,
           as
           
             stolne
             waters
             are
             sweet
             ,
          
           so
           stolne
           flowers
           are
           the
           sweeter
           ,
           these
           cannot
           but
           please
           thee
           :
           for
           they
           are
           snatched
           out
           of
           the
           Harpies
           talons
           and
           now
           steale
           to
           the
           presse
           .
           Accept
           this
           posie
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           e●…
           long
           to
           present
           thee
           with
           a
           Garland
           of
           the
           like
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           SPONGIA
           ,
           OR
           ,
           Articles
           exhibited
           by
           certaine
           Semi-Separatists
           indicted
           at
           Sessions
           ,
           against
           
             Daniel
             Featley
             ,
          
           D.
           D.
           before
           the
           Committee
           for
           plundered
           Ministers
           ,
           Together
           with
           his
           Answer
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           Tertul.
           
        
         
           Veritas
           nihil
           metuit
           ,
           nisi
           abscondi
           .
        
         
           AFter
           Doctor
           
             Featley
          
           had
           waited
           divers
           weekes
           ,
           upon
           the
           Committee
           for
           plundered
           Ministers
           ;
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           
             March
          
           16.
           1642.
           he
           was
           called
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           Chamber
           ,
           to
           answer
           seven
           Articles
           put
           in
           against
           him
           ,
           when
           and
           where
           M.
           
             White
             ,
          
           being
           in
           the
           chaire
           ,
           having
           the
           said
           Articles
           before
           him
           ,
           demanded
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           Did
           not
           you
           D.
           
             Featley
          
           in
           a
           Sermon
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           blasphemie
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           to
           speake
           against
           bowing
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           those
           that
           pull
           downe
           the
           Railes
           from
           the
           Communion
           Table
           ,
           or
           speake
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           oppose
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           are
           of
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Serpent
           ?
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           name
           of
           Bishop
           at
           all
           in
           the
           Articles
           ,
           nor
           of
           other
           
           ceremonies
           ,
           then
           the
           ceremonies
           of
           the
           Church
           established
           by
           Law
           or
           Canon
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           read
           in
           
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           that
           there
           is
           a
           fallacie
           called
           ,
           
           
             Fallacia
             a
             pluribus
             iuterrogationibus
             sub
             una
             ,
          
           when
           one
           single
           answer
           is
           expected
           to
           a
           double
           or
           treble
           interrogation
           .
           That
           I
           may
           not
           be
           intangled
           in
           such
           a
           n●…t
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           you
           M.
           
             White
             ,
          
           to
           propound
           the
           Articles
           distinctly
           ,
           and
           severally
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           will
           answer
           them
           punctually
           .
           But
           before
           I
           hold
           up
           
             s●…ptemplicem
             clypeum
             ,
          
           to
           ward
           off
           your
           
           seven-fold
           stroake
           ,
           I
           am
           constrained
           to
           make
           a
           motion
           to
           you
           that
           some
           order
           be
           taken
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           safely
           wait
           upon
           this
           Honourable
           Committee
           ▪
           For
           ,
           
             animam
             meam
             in
             manu
             mea
             porto
             ;
          
           I
           cannot
           go
           and
           come
           ,
           without
           evident
           perill
           of
           my
           life
           ;
           besides
           ,
           jeering
           ,
           and
           rayling
           at
           me
           ,
           by
           those
           of
           my
           accusers
           sect
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           unchristian
           ,
           and
           uncivill
           manner
           ;
           the
           grounds
           of
           my
           feare
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           after
           the
           bloody
           Fray
           at
           
             Lambeth
             ,
          
           as
           I
           landed
           at
           the
           staires
           ,
           there
           a
           souldier
           that
           stood
           Sentinell
           ,
           one
           
             Alexander
             Bagwood
          
           holding
           his
           Musket
           at
           my
           brest
           ,
           charged
           me
           before
           divers
           of
           the
           Parish
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           he
           who
           kindled
           the
           late
           fire
           ;
           of
           which
           words
           of
           his
           I
           tooke
           present
           witnesse
           ,
           and
           promised
           to
           call
           him
           to
           an
           account
           for
           them
           ;
           on
           the
           Tuesday
           following
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           of
           Captaine
           
             Andrew●…s
          
           his
           Company
           ,
           being
           asked
           when
           they
           meant
           to
           leave
           the
           court
           of
           Guard
           at
           
             Lambeth
             ,
          
           said
           ,
           they
           meant
           not
           to
           go
           away
           ,
           
             till
             they
             had
             made
             an
             end
             of
             me
             :
          
           this
           
             Tho.
             Addams
          
           testifieth
           upon
           
           Oath
           .
           On
           Wednesday
           being
           the
           Fast
           day
           ,
           one
           of
           
             Kennigton
          
           told
           a
           Gent.
           my
           neighbour
           ,
           that
           she
           heard
           the
           souldiers
           spe●…ke
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           
             that
             they
             had
             missed
             their
             mark
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             did
             look
             for
             me
             ,
             if
             they
             could
             have
             met
             with
             me
             .
          
           The
           Munday
           following
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Parishioners
           sent
           me
           word
           ,
           that
           a
           Gent.
           in
           her
           hearing
           ,
           reported
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           Captaine
           
             Andrewes
          
           his
           Company
           said
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           
             a
             Warrant
             to
             Plunder
             me
             .
          
        
         
           In
           these
           regards
           ,
           I
           humbly
           desire
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           all
           Courts
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           I
           may
           have
           a
           protection
           both
           for
           my
           person
           ,
           and
           estate
           ,
           during
           my
           attendance
           here
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           you
           speake
           of
           ,
           therefore
           answer
           to
           
           your
           charge
           .
        
         
           The
           D.
           being
           somewhat
           moved
           ,
           that
           so
           necessary
           a
           motion
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           his
           life
           should
           be
           so
           sleighted
           ,
           after
           a
           little
           pause
           to
           recollect
           himselfe
           ,
           went
           on
           in
           his
           speec●…
           ,
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               Hoc
               uno
               die
               plus
               vixi
               ,
               quam
               oportuit
               ,
            
             this
             is
             the
             first
             day
             in
             all
             my
             life
             ,
             that
             I
             ever
             heard
             Articles
             read
             against
             me
             in
             any
             Court
             Ecclesiasticall
             ,
             or
             Temporall
             ,
             or
             Committee
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           For
           ,
           what
           the
           Prophet
           
             Ieremie
          
           spake
           in
           another
           case
           ;
           
             I
             have
             neither
             lent
          
           
           
             on
             usury
             ,
             nor
             men
             have
             lent
             to
             me
             on
             usury
             ,
             yet
             they
             curse
             me
             :
          
           I
           may
           truely
           
           say
           in
           this
           ,
           I
           never
           drew
           Articles
           against
           any
           ,
           nor
           had
           any
           till
           
           now
           drawne
           against
           me
           :
           yet
           they
           seeke
           not
           only
           my
           Living
           (
           which
           ,
           I
           heard
           in
           
             Westminster
          
           hall
           ,
           was
           designed
           already
           for
           one
           M.
           
             Putie
             )
          
           but
           (
           as
           you
           heare
           )
           my
           life
           also
           .
           But
           my
           comfort
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           like
           hard
           measure
           hath
           beene
           offered
           to
           the
           Prophets
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           in
           all
           ages
           .
           
             *
             Nay
             the
             prince
             of
             our
             salvation
             was
             consecrated
             through
             afflictions
             ;
          
           and
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           apologize
           for
           my selfe
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           blessed
           Martyr
           S.
           
             Cyprian
             ,
             nec
             mihi
             ignominiosum
             est
             pati
             a
             meis
             ,
             quod
             passus
             est
             Christus
             ,
             nec
             illis
             gloriosum
             facere
             ,
             quod
             fecit
             Iudas
             .
          
           All
           the
           favour
           that
           I
           shall
           desire
           is
           but
           this
           ,
           for
           as
           much
           as
           all
           humane
           lawes
           ought
           to
           vaile
           bonnet
           to
           divine
           (
           as
           
             Iosephs
          
           brethrens
           sheaves
           bowed
           to
           his
           )
           that
           you
           
             will
             not
             receive
             an
             accusation
          
           
           
             against
             an
             Elder
             under
             two
             or
             three
             witnesses
             ,
          
           and
           those
           not
           liable
           to
           just
           exceptions
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           not
           ,
           
             condemne
             not
             an
             Elder
             ,
          
           under
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           ,
           for
           so
           no
           other
           man
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           might
           be
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           life
           ;
           but
           
             receive
             not
             an
             accusation
          
           against
           an
           Elder
           ;
           and
           
             Calvin
          
           yeelds
           a
           good
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           
             cur
             hoc
             singulari
             privilegio
             presbyteros
             munit
             ?
             respondeo
             ,
          
           
           
             hoc
             esse
             necessarium
             remedium
             adversus
             hominum
             malignitatem
             :
             nulli
             enim
             calumniis
             ,
             &
             obtrectationibus
             magis
             sunt
             obnoxii
             ,
             quam
             pii
             doctores
             ;
             qui
             ,
             quamvis
             exactefungantur
             suis
             partibus
             ,
             utneminimum
             quidem
             erratum
             admittant
             ,
             nunquam
             tamen
             mille
             reprehensiones
             effugiunt
             ;
             atque
             hic
             est
             astus
             Satanae
             ,
             alienare
             hominum
             animos
             a
             ministris
             ,
             ut
             doctrina
             paulatim
             veniat
             in
             contemptum
             .
          
           
             Why
             doth
             the
             Apostle
             arme
             Elders
             with
             this
             singular
             priviledge
             above
             other
             men
             ,
             that
             no
             accusation
             may
             be
             admitted
             against
             them
             but
             under
             two
             or
             three
             witnesses
             ?
             I
             answer
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             that
             this
             is
             a
             necessary
             remedy
             against
             the
             malignity
             of
             men
             ,
             for
             no
             men
             are
             more
             subject
             to
             calumniations
             ,
             and
             back
             bitings
             ,
             then
             
               godly
               doctors
            
             or
             teachers
             ;
             who
             though
             they
             acquit
             themselves
             never
             so
             well
             in
             their
             function
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             be
             taxed
             with
             the
             least
             errour
             ,
             or
             fault
             therein
             :
             yet
             they
             can
             never
             escape
             a
             world
             of
             calumnies
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             cunning
             of
             Satan
             ,
             to
             alienate
             mens
             minds
             from
             the
             Ministers
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             so
             by
             degrees
             he
             may
             bring
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             into
             contempt
             .
          
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Articles
           ,
           
             forex
             suo
             indicio
             ;
          
           the
           contriver
           of
           them
           sufficiently
           
           discovereth
           himselfe
           ;
           the
           very
           Articles
           themselves
           shew
           that
           they
           were
           
             patched
          
           together
           by
           a
           
             Tailor
          
           of
           two
           names
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           accuser
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Ambrose
             Glover
             ,
          
           but
           brought
           for
           a
           witnesse
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Ambrose
             Andrewes
             :
          
           he
           had
           time
           enough
           to
           have
           
             stitched
          
           them
           better
           ,
           for
           he
           confesseth
           that
           he
           had
           beene
           about
           them
           this
           twelve
           moneth
           ;
           yet
           how
           miserably
           are
           they
           
             botched
             ?
          
           there
           is
           neither
           method
           ,
           nor
           order
           ,
           nor
           coherence
           ,
           nor
           sense
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           Article
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           distinct
           Articles
           comprised
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           six
           ,
           in
           the
           third
           five
           ,
           in
           the
           fourth
           two
           ,
           in
           the
           fift
           three
           ,
           and
           to
           fill
           up
           the
           number
           ;
           th●…
           first
           is
           repeated
           againe
           in
           this
           fift
           ,
           in
           the
           sixt
           there
           are
           two
           ,
           in
           the
           seventh
           five
           ,
           in
           which
           Article
           also
           there
           is
           most
           eloquent
           Non
           sense
           ;
           
             The
             keyes
             taken
             from
             the
             Church
             and
             left
             in
             such
             hands
          
           (
           who
           left
           them
           ?
           )
           
             as
             have
             laid
             them
             by
             ,
             untill
             they
             became
             rustie
             :
             so
             that
             Sodomie
             ,
             Murther
             ,
             Felony
             ,
             Pillage
             ,
             and
             Plunder
             ,
             is
             daily
             committed
             without
             punishment
             ,
          
           as
           if
           Sodomie
           ,
           Murther
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           were
           ever
           punished
           by
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           Courts
           ,
           or
           power
           of
           the
           keyes
           ,
           for
           which
           all
           men
           know
           ,
           men
           are
           arraigned
           and
           condemned
           at
           the
           Assises
           and
           Sessions
           .
        
         
           Leave
           these
           speeches
           and
           answer
           punctually
           to
           the
           Articles
           .
        
         
           In
           generall
           ,
           I
           answer
           negatively
           to
           them
           all
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           they
           containe
           
           any
           offensive
           matter
           or
           criminall
           ,
           punishable
           either
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           man
           ,
           civill
           ,
           Canon
           ,
           municipall
           ,
           or
           common
           .
           In
           particular
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           which
           is
           .
        
         
           
             The
             first
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               He
               suffereth
               new
               Cer●…monies
               ,
               as
               standing
               up
               at
            
             gloria
             patri
             ,
             
               which
               many
               of
               his
               Parish
               prastise
               ,
               and
               preacheth
               for
               bowing
               at
               the
               Name
               of
               Iesus
               ;
               and
               doth
               bow
               at
               the
               Name
               of
               Iesus
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               blasphemie
               and
               ignorance
               for
               any
               to
               speake
               against
               bowing
               at
               the
               Name
               of
               Iesus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answer
               .
            
             Standing
             up
             at
             
               gloria
               patri
            
             is
             no
             new
             Ceremony
             ,
             or
             gesture
             ;
             
             it
             hath
             beene
             used
             in
             Colledges
             ,
             Cathedrall
             Churches
             ,
             and
             Chappells
             of
             Noble
             men
             ,
             and
             some
             Parish
             Churches
             for
             a
             long
             
             time
             .
             It
             is
             a
             commendable
             custome
             to
             expresse
             some
             outward
             reverence
             in
             that
             Doxologie
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Three
             Persons
             of
             the
             most
             Glorious
             Trinitie
             are
             named
             :
             yet
             doe
             I
             not
             hold
             it
             a
             matter
             of
             necessity
             but
             indifferency
             ;
             and
             therefore
             as
             S.
             
               Ambrose
               ,
            
             when
             he
             was
             at
             
               Millaine
               ,
            
             fasted
             on
             Saturday
             ,
             because
             such
             was
             the
             custome
             there
             ;
             but
             when
             he
             was
             at
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             fasted
             not
             ,
             because
             there
             they
             had
             no
             such
             custome
             :
             so
             if
             I
             come
             to
             a
             Church
             where
             such
             standing
             is
             used
             ,
             I
             joyne
             with
             them
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             if
             I
             come
             to
             any
             other
             place
             where
             it
             is
             not
             used
             ,
             I
             sorbear
             it
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             give
             no
             offence
             ,
             either
             way
             .
             Howsoever
             the
             best
             is
             ,
             my
             Informer
             chargeth
             me
             not
             with
             bringing
             in
             this
             gesture
             ,
             or
             pressing
             it
             ,
             but
             onely
             with
             suffering
             some
             of
             my
             Parish
             to
             use
             it
             .
             What
             power
             have
             I
             to
             prohibit
             them
             ?
             or
             what
             Law
             of
             God
             or
             man
             forbiddeth
             this
             gesture
             ,
             in
             saying
             or
             singing
             ,
             
               Glory
               be
               to
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               &
               c
               ?
            
          
           
             It
             is
             forbidden
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             is
             not
             commanded
             .
             
          
           
             By
             your
             favour
             that
             is
             no
             good
             inference
             
               (
               such
               a
               thing
               is
               not
               commanded
               ,
            
             Ergo
             
               it
               is
               forbidden
               by
               the
               Law
               )
            
             for
             indifferene
             things
             are
             such
             as
             neither
             are
             commanded
             ,
             nor
             forbidden
             ;
             The
             standing
             up
             at
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             the
             Nicene
             creed
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             
               Athanasius
               ,
            
             the
             sitting
             downe
             in
             Pewes
             ,
             or
             Galleries
             at
             Sermon
             ,
             the
             preaching
             in
             a
             high
             Pulpit
             ,
             with
             Steps
             ,
             Mats
             ,
             Pulpit-cloth
             ,
             and
             Cushions
             ,
             and
             an
             houre
             Glasse
             ,
             are
             no where
             commanded
             ;
             will
             it
             therefore
             follow
             that
             they
             are
             forbidden
             ?
             To
             instance
             also
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             true
             in
             matter
             of
             substance
             of
             Religion
             and
             points
             of
             Faith
             or
             manners
             ,
             and
             generally
             in
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             〈◊〉
             ,
             that
             what
             soever
             is
             not
             commanded
             is
             forbidden
             ,
             yet
             in
             matter
             of
             circumstance
             ,
             of
             time
             ,
             place
             ,
             h●…bit
             ,
             or
             gesture
             ,
             or
             something
             that
             belongs
             to
             the
             exterior
             acts
             of
             Gods
             worship
             onely
             ,
             that
             maxime
             holds
             not
             ;
             for
             example
             ,
             the
             setting
             the
             Psalmes
             to
             be
             sung
             to
             such
             ●…unes
             ,
             and
             plaid
             upon
             such
             instruments
             ,
             as
             are
             mentioned
             in
             the
             title
             of
             the
             Psalmes
             ,
             the
             keeping
             Fasts
             on
             the
             fift
             and
             seventh
             
             moneth
             ,
             celebrating
             the
             feasts
             of
             dedication
             ,
             the
             reading
             Chapters
             intermingled
             with
             Psalmes
             ,
             in
             such
             or
             such
             a
             number
             ,
             or
             order
             ;
             the
             lecturing
             on
             such
             or
             such
             dayes
             of
             the
             weeke
             ,
             the
             receiving
             the
             Communion
             thrice
             a
             yeare
             ,
             or
             once
             a
             moneth
             ,
             the
             covering
             the
             
             Communion
             Table
             with
             a
             linnen
             cloth
             ,
             or
             silke
             carpet
             ,
             the
             standing
             of
             Godfathers
             and
             Godmothers
             at
             the
             font
             ,
             nay
             to
             have
             a
             font
             in
             every
             Church
             ,
             or
             to
             use
             such
             formes
             in
             christening
             ,
             marriages
             ,
             and
             burials
             ,
             as
             now
             we
             use
             ,
             are
             things
             not
             commanded
             by
             the
             law
             of
             God
             ,
             will
             it
             follow
             therefore
             that
             they
             are
             forbidden
             ?
             By
             
             this
             reason
             I
             might
             argue
             against
             them
             ,
             who
             in
             other
             Churches
             sit
             
               aet
               gloria
               patri
            
             (
             which
             it
             seemes
             M.
             
               White
            
             you
             approve
             of
             by
             your
             practise
             )
             or
             kneele
             ,
             neither
             of
             these
             gestures
             are
             commanded
             .
             
               Ergo
            
             they
             are
             forbidden
             ?
             or
             they
             are
             forbidden
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             are
             not
             commanded
             .
          
           
             
               Here
               one
               of
               the
               Members
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
               being
               present
               ,
               said
               ,
               Doctor
               you
               forget
               your selfe
               ,
               you
               thinke
               you
               are
               in
               the
               schooles
               ,
               or
               words
               to
               the
               like
               effect
               :
               whereupon
               the
               D.
               desisted
               from
               prosecuting
               any
               more
               that
               point
               ,
               and
               proceeded
               to
               his
               answer
               ,
               to
               the
               bowing
               at
               the
               Name
               of
               Iesus
               .
            
          
           
             For
             bowing
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             :
             Upon
             occasion
             of
             a
             Sermon
             preached
             by
             a
             punie
             Divine
             at
             
               Lambeth
            
             in
             my
             absence
             ,
             who
             said
             
             that
             
               Lambeth
            
             was
             the
             most
             superstitious
             place
             that
             ever
             he
             came
             in
             ;
             for
             whensoever
             he
             named
             Jesus
             ,
             they
             either
             bowed
             the
             head
             ,
             or
             knee
             ,
             or
             put
             off
             their
             hatts
             ,
             which
             he
             affirmed
             to
             be
             a
             popish
             innovation
             and
             Idolizing
             .
             I
             the
             next
             Lords
             day
             after
             ,
             at
             the
             earnest
             intreatie
             of
             the
             prime
             gent.
             of
             the
             parish
             ,
             in
             my
             Sermon
             apologized
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             both
             for
             the
             Canon
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             practise
             of
             our
             parish
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             bowing
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             was
             very
             ignorantly
             termed
             by
             him
             an
             innovation
             :
             for
             besides
             the
             Canon
             in
             B.
             
               Bancrofts
            
             time
             ,
             confirmed
             by
             the
             royall
             authority
             of
             King
             
               Iames
            
             of
             blessed
             memory
             ,
             there
             was
             an
             Iniunction
             for
             it
             ,
             1o
             .
             
               Elizabethae
               ,
            
             and
             the
             most
             exquisitly
             learned
             and
             most
             Orthodox
             Doctor
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Church
             ,
             
               Hieronimus
               Zanchius
            
             saith
             ,
             it
             
               was
               a
               most
               ancient
               custome
               of
               the
               Christians
               so
               to
               doe
               ;
            
             and
             before
             him
             S.
             
               Ierome
               ,
            
             who
             flourished
             in
             the
             yeare
             of
             our
             Lord
             390.
             in
             his
             comment
             upon
             these
             words
             of
             the
             Prophet
             
               Esay
               ,
               to
               me
               every
               knee
               shall
               bow
               ,
            
             testifieth
             that
             in
             his
             time
             there
             was
             
               mos
               ecclesiasticus
               Christo
               genua
               flectere
               :
               &c.
               
            
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             it
             could
             be
             no
             idolizing
             ,
             to
             bow
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             for
             that
             :
             
               Idolum
            
             being
             derived
             from
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               video
               ,
            
             is
             properly
             the
             object
             of
             the
             eye
             ,
             not
             of
             the
             eare
             :
             which
             argument
             
             God
             him selfe
             useth
             ,
             to
             deterre
             the
             people
             from
             Idolatry
             .
             
               You
               heard
            
             
             
               the
               voyce
               of
               the
               words
               ,
               but
               saw
               no
               similitude
               ,
               onely
               ye
               heard
               a
               voyce
               v.
               15.
               16.
               
               Take
               heed
               therefore
               unto
               your selves
               ,
               for
               ye
               saw
               no
               manner
               of
               similitude
               on
               that
               day
               ,
               lest
               you
               corrupt
               your selves
               ,
               and
               make
               any
               graven
               Image
               ,
               the
               similitude
               of
               any
               figure
               .
            
             Thirdly
             ,
             it
             is
             one
             thing
             to
             (
             bow
             
               to
               the
               Name
               of
               Iesus
               ,
            
             another
             thing
             to
             bow
             
               in
            
             or
             
               at
               the
               Name
               of
               Iesus
               ,
            
             as
             it
             is
             one
             
             thing
             to
             kneele
             
               at
               the
               Communion
               Table
               ,
            
             another
             thing
             to
             kneele
             
               to
               the
               Communion
               Table
               ;
            
             it
             is
             one
             thing
             ,
             
               adorare
               ad
               scabellum
               ejus
               ,
               to
               worship
               towards
               his
               footstoole
               ,
            
             which
             is
             commanded
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             another
             thing
             
               adorare
               scabellum
               pedum
               ejus
               ,
               to
               worship
               his
               footstoole
               ,
            
             which
             is
             flat
             Idolatry
             .
             To
             how
             
               to
               the
               Name
               of
               Iesus
               ,
            
             whether
             we
             meane
             thereby
             the
             syllables
             ,
             or
             the
             sound
             ,
             is
             grosse
             superstition
             :
             but
             to
             bow
             
               in
               ,
            
             or
             
               at
               the
               Name
               of
               Ies●…s
            
             is
             not
             so
             .
             Now
             what
             the
             Canon
             prescribeth
             &
             we
             in
             obedience
             
             thereunto
             practise
             ,
             is
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             time
             of
             divine
             service
             ,
             
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               shal
               be
               mentioned
               ,
               to
               doe
               lowly
               reverence
               to
               his
               person
               ,
               test●…fiing
               by
               this
               outward
               ceremony
               ,
               and
               gesture
               ,
               our
               inward
               humility
               ,
               and
               christian
               resolution
               ,
               and
               due
               acknowledgement
               that
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               is
               the
               true
               eternall
               Sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               onely
               Saviour
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               in
               whom
               alone
               all
               the
               mercies
               ,
               graces
               ,
               and
               promises
               of
               God
               to
               mankinde
               for
               this
               life
               ,
               and
               the
               life
               to
               come
               ,
               are
               fully
               and
               wholy
               comprised
               .
            
             In
             this
             manner
             &
             to
             this
             end
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             divine
             service
             ,
             to
             bow
             to
             the
             person
             of
             our
             S●…viour
             
               in
            
             or
             
               at
            
             his
             Name
             Jesus
             ,
             
               I
            
             said
             ,
             was
             so
             far
             from
             being
             an
             Idolatrous
             ceremony
             ,
             that
             to
             affirme
             it
             to
             be
             Idolatry
             in
             this
             sense
             ,
             was
             no
             better
             then
             blasphemy
             ,
             which
             I
             proved
             by
             this
             Syllogisme
             .
          
           
             Whosoever
             maketh
             Christ
             an
             Idoll
             is
             a
             Blasphemer
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             that
             saith
             ,
             it
             is
             Idolatry
             to
             bow
             to
             Christs
             Person
             
               in
            
             or
             
               at
            
             his
             name
             Iesus
             ,
             makes
             Christ
             an
             Idoll
             ;
          
           
             
               Ergo
            
             he
             that
             saith
             that
             bowing
             to
             the
             person
             of
             Christ
             
               in
            
             or
             
               at
            
             his
             name
             Iesus
             is
             Idolizing
             ,
             is
             a
             Blasphemer
             ;
          
           
             Howsoever
             ,
             say
             
               I
            
             had
             said
             (
             which
             I
             utterly
             deny
             )
             that
             it
             was
             ignorance
             and
             blasphemy
             to
             speake
             against
             bowing
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             Iesus
             ,
             the
             words
             may
             very
             well
             be
             justified
             .
             
          
           
             VVhat
             !
             will
             you
             maintaine
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             ignorance
             and
             blasphemy
             to
             speake
             against
             bowing
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             Iesus
             ?
             
             I
             will
             maintaine
             it
             ,
             for
             thus
             I
             frame
             my
             argument
             .
             
          
           
             To
             speake
             against
             the
             text
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             is
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             blasphemy
             .
          
           
             But
             
               bowing
               in
            
             or
             
               at
               the
               Name
               of
               Iosus
               ,
            
             is
             the
             text
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             
               Phil.
            
             2.
             10.
             
             
               Ergo
            
             speaking
             against
             the
             bowing
             
               in
            
             or
             
               at
            
             the
             Name
             of
             Iesus
             ,
             is
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             blasphemy
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ;
             that
             there
             is
             some
             question
             among
             learned
             Divines
             ,
             concerning
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             Text
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             literall
             or
             figurative
             ,
             whether
             by
             bowing
             we
             ought
             to
             understand
             corporall
             and
             externall
             bowing
             of
             the
             knee
             ,
             or
             inward
             bowing
             of
             the
             heart
             .
             
               
                 Et
                 adhuc
                 subjudice
                 lis
                 est
                 .
              
            
          
           
             But
             all
             agree
             in
             this
             ;
             that
             some
             
               bowing
               in
            
             or
             
               at
               the
               Name
            
             of
             
               Iesus
               ,
            
             is
             here
             both
             warranted
             and
             commanded
             ,
             to
             speake
             then
             against
             it
             simply
             and
             absolutely
             ,
             without
             any
             distinction
             of
             meaning
             ,
             or
             
             manner
             of
             bowing
             ,
             is
             not
             onely
             grosse
             ignorance
             ,
             but
             direct
             blasphemy
             against
             the
             divinely
             inspired
             text
             of
             Scripture
             .
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               Whereas
               the
               Communion
               Table
               did
               stand
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               Chancell
               ,
               but
               is
               new
               removed
               and
               is
               set
               at
               the
               East
               end
               of
               the
               Chancell
               ,
               and
               three
               ways
               compassed
               about
               with
               Railes
               ,
               the
               said
               Table
               standing
               divers
               steps
               high
               ,
               and
               hee
               boweth
               towards
               the
               East
               end
               of
               the
               Chancell
               :
               he
               likewise
               preacheth
               for
               the
               ceremonies
               ,
               and
               calleth
               them
               innocent
               ceremonies
               ,
               and
               calleth
               the
               Surplice
               a
               spotlesse
               garment
               ,
               and
               refuseth
               to
               give
               the
               Sacrament
               to
               such
               as
               will
               not
               come
               up
               and
               kneele
               at
               the
               Railes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answer
               .
            
             For
             the
             Communion
             Table
             ,
             I
             never
             gave
             order
             for
             the
             
             placing
             or
             displacing
             it
             ,
             it
             standeth
             as
             it
             did
             when
             I
             came
             first
             to
             the
             Parish
             .
             Only
             once
             M.
             
               Woodward
               ,
            
             when
             he
             was
             Church-warden
             ,
             about
             20.
             yeares
             agoe
             ,
             brought
             it
             downe
             to
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Chancell
             ,
             and
             compassed
             it
             about
             with
             a
             most
             decent
             and
             usefull
             frame
             at
             his
             owne
             charge
             but
             the
             parishioners
             (
             finding
             the
             standing
             of
             it
             there
             to
             be
             very
             inconvenient
             ,
             partly
             because
             it
             stopt
             up
             the
             passage
             from
             
             
               Lees
            
             Isle
             to
             
               Hawards
            
             Chappell
             ,
             partly
             because
             it
             debar'd
             30.
             or
             40.
             at
             least
             from
             hearing
             the
             Preacher
             )
             with
             publike
             consent
             removed
             it
             to
             the
             place
             where
             it
             first
             stood
             time
             out
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             fittest
             place
             for
             it
             to
             stand
             in
             ,
             that
             the
             communicants
             may
             best
             both
             heare
             and
             see
             the
             Minister
             at
             the
             Communion
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             steps
             in
             the
             Chancell
             ,
             at
             a
             publike
             meeting
             of
             all
             the
             
             parish
             ,
             it
             was
             proved
             that
             the
             Chancell
             had
             for
             above
             60.
             yeares
             such
             an
             ascent
             as
             now
             it
             hath
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             store
             of
             corpses
             lately
             interred
             there
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             be
             levelled
             without
             great
             wrong
             to
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             danger
             to
             the
             living
             from
             the
             stench
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             frame
             about
             the
             Communion
             Table
             .
             It
             was
             made
             for
             
             foure
             reasons
             especially
             ,
             1.
             
             That
             we
             might
             come
             as
             neare
             as
             might
             be
             to
             the
             example
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             who
             at
             the
             first
             institution
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             received
             it
             about
             a
             table
             ,
             2.
             that
             the
             communicants
             might
             according
             to
             the
             Rubrick
             
               draw
               neare
               to
               the
               holy
               table
               ,
            
             3.
             
             That
             the
             Communions
             might
             be
             with
             more
             facility
             &
             decent
             order
             celebrated
             and
             in
             more
             convenient
             time
             finished
             then
             before
             they
             could
             be
             ,
             4.
             
             That
             irreverent
             abuses
             might
             be
             prevented
             ,
             as
             the
             comming
             in
             of
             dogs
             ,
             catching
             at
             the
             consecrated
             elements
             ,
             and
             ill
             manner'd
             peoplesthrowing
             their
             hats
             and
             cloaks
             ,
             &
             sitting
             upon
             it
             .
             In
             these
             regards
             ,
             when
             ,
             upon
             the
             receipt
             of
             an
             order
             from
             the
             house
             of
             Common
             a●…ainst
             innovations
             ,
             I
             assembled
             the
             whole
             parish
             together
             to
             put
             in
             execution
             that
             order
             ,
             and
             asked
             them
             concerning
             this
             frame
             ,
             they
             cryed
             all
             with
             one
             consent
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             innovation
             ,
             let
             it
             stand
             ,
             let
             it
             stand
             .
          
           
             For
             bowing
             towards
             the
             East
             .
             If
             they
             meane
             thereby
             bowing
             towards
             
             the
             Communion
             Table
             ,
             at
             comming
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             going
             out
             ,
             though
             some
             men
             of
             good
             account
             in
             the
             Church
             both
             approve
             ,
             and
             use
             it
             ,
             yet
             neither
             I
             ,
             nor
             my
             Curate
             ever
             doe
             so
             .
             But
             true
             it
             is
             that
             ,
             as
             my
             pew
             is
             made
             ,
             I
             kneele
             towards
             the
             East
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             pulpit
             I
             doe
             towards
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Communion
             Table
             towards
             the
             South
             ,
             but
             without
             any
             manner
             of
             superstition
             ;
             some
             way
             I
             must
             bow
             ,
             and
             I
             understand
             not
             but
             that
             it
             is
             as
             lawfull
             to
             bow
             or
             kneel
             towards
             the
             East
             ,
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             all
             christians
             in
             the
             primitive
             Church
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             towards
             the
             West
             after
             the
             manner
             
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             ●…o
             it
             be
             not
             done
             with
             any
             opinion
             of
             holinesse
             ,
             or
             devotion
             to
             any
             part
             of
             the
             heaven
             ,
             but
             in
             honour
             to
             him
             who
             made
             heaven
             and
             earth
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             ceremonies
             .
             According
             to
             an
             order
             made
             by
             the
             House
             of
             ●…eeres
             ,
             I
             have
             (
             as
             my
             text
             led
             me
             )
             sometimes
             preached
             for
             such
             
             decent
             ceremonies
             as
             are
             established
             by
             law
             ,
             and
             commanded
             to
             be
             used
             in
             the
             Rubrick
             of
             the
             booke
             of
             Common
             Prayer
             :
             but
             for
             any
             new
             popish
             ceremonies
             I
             have
             mainly
             opposed
             them
             ,
             and
             could
             never
             be
             brought
             ,
             neither
             by
             perswasions
             ,
             nor
             by
             threats
             ,
             nor
             by
             presentments
             ,
             ●…or
             citations
             ,
             from
             the
             chancellour
             of
             
               Winton
               ,
            
             or
             Arch-deacon
             of
             
               Surry
               ,
            
             or
             his
             officiall
             to
             turne
             the
             Communion
             Table
             
               Altar-wise
               .
            
             Nay
             I
             preached
             a
             Sermon
             professedly
             against
             such
             
               changing
            
             it
             ,
             or
             
               calling
               it
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               an
               Altar
               .
            
          
           
             For
             the
             Surplice
             .
             I
             said
             that
             it
             was
             a
             
               decent
               vest
               ,
            
             and
             had
             beene
             used
             
             many
             yeares
             before
             popery
             crept
             into
             the
             Church
             or
             
               there
               was
               a
               whore
               of
               Babilon
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               tearmed
               her
               smock
               .
            
          
           
             For
             refusing
             to
             give
             the
             Communion
             .
             If
             I
             had
             repelled
             any
             from
             the
             Communion
             who
             refuse
             to
             kneele
             at
             the
             receiving
             that
             holy
             
             Sacrament
             ,
             I
             conceive
             ,
             with
             submission
             to
             better
             judgements
             ,
             that
             the
             Rubrick
             of
             the
             booke
             of
             Common
             Prayer
             est●…blished
             by
             law
             would
             beare
             me
             out
             in
             it
             ,
             where
             we
             finde
             these
             formall
             words
             ,
             
               the
               minister
               shall
               deliver
               the
               Communion
               to
               the
               pe●…ple
               in
               their
               hands
               kneeling
               .
            
             Yet
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             I
             never
             repelled
             any
             for
             not
             kneeling
             :
             onely
             I
             remember
             that
             a
             prachant
             youth●…
             a
             prentise
             to
             
               Ambrose
               Andrewes
            
             comming
             to
             the
             Railes
             refused
             to
             kneele
             and
             when
             I
             admonished
             him
             thereof
             that
             he
             should
             not
             give
             scandall
             to
             the
             communicants
             who
             were
             all
             upon
             their
             knees
             ,
             but
             conform
             himselfe
             to
             the
             humble
             gesture
             prescribed
             by
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             he
             notwithstanding
             would
             not
             so
             much
             as
             bow
             a
             knee
             ,
             I
             passed
             him
             for
             the
             present
             :
             but
             when
             afterwards
             he
             presented
             himselfe
             againe
             at
             the
             same
             communion
             ,
             and
             I
             saw
             teares
             in
             his
             eyes
             ,
             I
             came
             to
             him
             and
             demanded
             of
             him
             whether
             he
             came
             prepared
             ,
             and
             refused
             to
             kneele
             meerely
             upon
             
               scruple
               of
               conscience
               ,
            
             and
             when
             he
             seriously
             affirmed
             that
             he
             did
             so
             ,
             I
             gave
             him
             the
             communion
             ,
             and
             wished
             him
             to
             come
             to
             me
             the
             next
             day
             to
             take
             away
             his
             scruples
             :
             and
             when
             he
             ca●…e
             ,
             because
             
               Andrewes
            
             
             his
             wife
             had
             said
             before
             many
             ,
             that
             this
             apprentice
             of
             hers
             could
             make
             a
             better
             Sermon
             then
             I
             ;
             I
             examined
             him
             in
             points
             of
             Catechisme
             ,
             and
             sound
             him
             tardy
             and
             ignorant
             enough
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             third
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               He
               preacheth
               for
               Organs
               ,
               shewing
               how
               necessary
               they
               are
               to
               be
               in
               Churches
               ,
               and
               hath
               preached
               against
               prayer
               ex
               tempore
               ,
               and
               saith
               of
               such
               praying
               ,
               whereas
               such
               were
               never
               in
               ,
               so
               they
               are
               ever
               out
               ;
               and
               the
               said
               Doctor
               preacheth
               but
               seld●…
               ne
               to
               his
               people
               ,
               having
               two
               great
               livings
               ,
               yet
               he
               pressed
               hard
               for
               2
               s.
               9
               d.
               in
               the
               pound
               of
               his
               parishioners
               ,
               untill
               it
               came
               neere
               the
               commencing
               of
               a
               suit
               at
               law
               to
               prevent
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             For
             Organs
             .
             I
             remember
             that
             commenting
             upon
             that
             text
             
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
               Col.
               3.
               16.
               admonish●…ng
               one
               another
               in
               Psalmes
               and
               hymnes
               and
               spirituall
               songs
               ,
            
             I
             said
             that
             some
             noted
             upon
             the
             word
             
               Psalmoi
            
             derived
             from
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               tango
            
             to
             touch
             ,
             that
             psalmes
             properly
             signified
             such
             songs
             as
             were
             made
             to
             be
             sung
             ,
             and
             plaid
             upon
             the
             lute
             ,
             harpe
             ,
             or
             some
             such
             like
             instrument
             :
             &
             hereupon
             inferred
             the
             lawfull
             use
             of
             instrumentall
             musick
             ,
             vhich
             though
             I
             conceived
             to
             be
             no
             very
             strong
             argument
             ,
             because
             drawne
             from
             a
             meere
             etymologie
             :
             yet
             for
             the
             doctrine
             it selfe
             ,
             
               I
            
             held
             it
             very
             sound
             and
             good
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             lawfull
             to
             proise
             God
             as
             well
             with
             instrumentall
             as
             vocall
             musick
             .
             And
             for
             Organs
             in
             particular
             ,
             I
             said
             they
             were
             not
             to
             be
             accounted
             popish
             ,
             for
             S.
             
               Ambrose
            
             and
             S.
             
               Austine
            
             commended
             the
             use
             of
             them
             in
             the
             Church
             in
             their
             time
             ,
             &
             at
             this
             day
             the
             protestants
             use
             them
             both
             in
             the
             low
             Countries
             ,
             and
             in
             
               England
               ;
            
             and
             for
             the
             Pope
             he
             hath
             none
             in
             his
             Chappell
             :
             yet
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             in
             his
             ,
             as
             his
             predecessors
             had
             before
             him
             .
             Howsoever
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             no
             man
             can
             testifie
             that
             ever
             I
             undertooke
             to
             shew
             how
             necessary
             Organs
             be
             ;
             I
             doe
             not
             hold
             them
             necessary
             ,
             but
             very
             lawfull
             ,
             and
             of
             good
             use
             both
             in
             the
             Kings
             Chappell
             ,
             Cathedrall
             Chutches
             ,
             Colledges
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             .
          
           
             The
             law
             forbiddeth
             them
             ,
             for
             the
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             forbiddeth
             
             any
             to
             use
             any
             other
             forme
             ,
             or
             manner
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             Service
             ,
             or
             Sacraments
             ;
             
             then
             is
             there
             expressed
             .
          
           
             I
             deny
             your
             argument
             ,
             and
             my
             reason
             is
             ,
             an
             Organ
             is
             no
             manner
             
             or
             forme
             of
             singing
             ,
             or
             service
             ,
             but
             a
             meere
             instrument
             wherewith
             we
             stir
             up
             our
             affections
             ,
             the
             more
             to
             praise
             God
             ,
             and
             sing
             more
             tunable
             ,
             and
             delightfully
             .
             As
             a
             sword
             is
             no
             forme
             or
             manner
             of
             fighting
             ,
             a
             toole
             is
             no
             forme
             or
             manner
             of
             working
             ,
             a
             knife
             is
             no
             forme
             or
             manner
             of
             cutting
             :
             so
             neither
             is
             an
             Organ
             ,
             Lute
             ,
             or
             Harp
             ,
             any
             forme
             or
             manner
             of
             singing
             ,
             or
             praysing
             God
             ,
             but
             an
             instrument
             onely
             ,
             wherewith
             we
             pray
             or
             praise
             ,
             or
             sing
             more
             melodiously
             
             &
             gracefully
             ;
             &
             sith
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             that
             no
             Organ
             or
             other
             musicall
             instruments
             are
             any
             types
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             parts
             of
             the
             abrogated
             Law
             of
             
               Moses
               :
            
             I
             am
             yet
             to
             learne
             ,
             why
             we
             may
             not
             as
             lawfully
             use
             Organs
             in
             our
             Churches
             ,
             as
             King
             
               David
            
             used
             them
             in
             the
             Temple
             ;
             
             
               Praise
               God
               with
               the
               sound
               of
               the
               Trumpet
               ,
               praise
               him
               with
               the
               Psal●…ery
               and
               Harpe
               ,
               praise
               him
               with
               the
               Timbrell
               and
               Pipe
               ,
               praise
               him
               with
               the
               stringed
            
             
             
               instruments
               and
               Organs
               .
            
          
           
             For
             praying
             
               ex
               tempore
               .
            
             I
             never
             condemned
             it
             absolutely
             ,
             but
             
             contrariwise
             when
             I
             preached
             at
             
               Lambeth
               ,
            
             upon
             these
             words
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
               The
               spirit
               maketh
               intercession
               withsighes
               and
               groanes
               which
               cannot
               be
               expressed
               .
            
             I
             much
             pressed
             the
             use
             thereof
             ,
             especially
             when
             according
             to
             our
             Saviours
             precept
             ,
             
               we
               retire
               into
               our
               closets
               ,
               and
               pray
               to
               our
               Father
               in
               secret
               ;
            
             but
             I
             found
             fault
             with
             some
             carelesse
             preachers
             in
             our
             dayes
             ,
             who
             came
             into
             the
             Pulpit
             at
             publike
             Fasts
             ,
             and
             presumed
             without
             any
             premeditation
             to
             pray
             many
             houres
             
               ex
               tempore
               ,
            
             in
             which
             their
             prayers
             they
             used
             much
             Battologie
             and
             vaine
             repetitions
             against
             the
             expresse
             commandement
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             &
             excluded
             his
             prayer
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             perfect
             pattern
             of
             all
             prayer
             .
             The
             words
             of
             my
             Sermon
             transc●…ibed
             
               verbatim
               ,
            
             are
             these
             .
             They
             expunge
             the
             Lords
             prayer
             ,
             and
             doe
             not
             at
             all
             rehearse
             before
             or
             after
             it
             their
             owne
             ,
             how
             long
             soever
             they
             make
             them
             .
             Whereas
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             generally
             conclude
             their
             prayers
             ,
             before
             Sermon
             with
             
               the
               Lords
               prayer
               ,
               partly
               in
               opposition
               to
               Papists
               ,
               who
               close
               up
               their
               devotions
               with
               an
               
                 Ave
                 Maria
                 ,
              
               partly
               to
               supply
               all
               the
               defects
               and
               imperfections
               of
               their
               owne
               these
               leave
               out
               that
               sanctified
               forme
               of
               prayer
               ,
               in
               which
               ,
               it
               being
               the
               quintessence
               of
               all
               
               prayer
               ,
               one
               drop
               is
               more
               worth
               ,
               and
               hath
               in
               it
               more
               vertue
               ,
               being
               powred
               out
               in
               Faith
               ,
               then
               an
               Ocean
               of
               their
               conceived
               abortive
               prayers
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               are
               never
               out
               ,
               because
               indeed
               never
               in
               ,
               neither
               can
               they
               easily
               make
               an
               end
               ,
               because
               they
               never
               knew
               how
               to
               begin
               .
            
          
           
             For
             my
             seldome
             preaching
             .
             Besides
             ten
             distinct
             bookes
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             of
             no
             small
             volumne
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             published
             in
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             Orthodox
             Protest●…nt
             Religion
             ,
             against
             Atheists
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             and
             Arminians
             ,
             I
             have
             beene
             a
             constant
             preacher
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             for
             these
             32
             yeares
             at
             least
             .
             This
             last
             yeare
             I
             have
             preached
             sometimes
             twice
             and
             sometimes
             thrice
             in
             a
             weeke
             ,
             though
             not
             so
             often
             at
             
               Lambeth
            
             as
             I
             used
             to
             doe
             ,
             partly
             by
             reason
             of
             my
             attendance
             two
             moneths
             at
             Court
             ,
             by
             command
             of
             the
             then
             Lord
             Chamberlaine
             the
             Earle
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             partly
             in
             reg●…rd
             of
             a
             double
             taske
             recommended
             to
             me
             ,
             from
             some
             Members
             of
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
             :
             the
             former
             writing
             annot●…tions
             upon
             all
             S.
             
               Pauls
            
             Epistles
             ,
             the
             latter
             ,
             an
             answer
             to
             a
             treatise
             of
             a
             Popish
             Priest
             ,
             Intituled
             ,
             
               A
               safegard
               from
               Shipwrack
               ;
            
             the
             former
             ready
             for
             the
             Presse
             ;
             the
             latter
             Printed
             with
             the
             approbation
             of
             the
             House
             .
             Onely
             this
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             very
             seldome
             or
             never
             preached
             at
             
               Lambeth
            
             Church
             this
             y●…are
             in
             their
             hearing
             ;
             for
             five
             of
             them
             have
             not
             beene
             at
             
               Lambeth
            
             Church
             at
             divine
             prayer
             these
             9
             mon●…ths
             ,
             for
             which
             their
             delinquency
             ,
             I
             humbly
             desire
             that
             according
             to
             the
             
             Statute
             they
             may
             pay
             their
             ●…2d
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             for
             every
             Sunday
             and
             Holyday
             they
             have
             beene
             absent
             from
             their
             Parish
             Church
             .
          
           
             For
             my
             two
             great
             Li●…ings
             .
             They
             were
             I
             confesse
             good
             Livings
             ,
             if
             I
             might
             have
             my
             〈◊〉
             :
             but
             f●…rst
             for
             rent
             of
             houses
             ,
             and
             the
             tenth
             part
             of
             ●…he
             cleare
             gaines
             of
             Merchants
             and
             Artificers
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Statute
             of
             K
             
               Edward
            
             the
             sixt
             )
             I
             never
             received
             a
             peny
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             land
             in
             the
             Parish
             ,
             whereof
             there
             was
             wont
             formerly
             to
             be
             1000
             acres
             in
             tillage
             ;
             t●…ere
             are
             now
             not
             above
             120
             ,
             the
             Parishioners
             turning
             their
             a
             rable
             land
             (
             the
             tenth
             where
             of
             was
             worth
             at
             least
             4s
             per
             acre
             )
             into
             pasture
             for
             cow-keeping
             ,
             for
             which
             I
             receive
             according
             to
             the
             custome
             but
             4d
             per
             acre
             ,
             yet
             out
             of
             these
             I
             pay
             to
             the
             King
             and
             my
             Curat●…
             ,
             and
             other
             charg●…s
             ,
             100
             l
             
               per
               annum
               .
            
          
           
           
             For
             2s
             9
             
               per
            
             pound
             .
             I
             never
             demanded
             it
             of
             any
             man
             ,
             nor
             receive
             any
             more
             from
             them
             who
             live
             in
             the
             greatest
             ,
             and
             fairest
             houses
             of
             
               Lambeth
            
             (
             and
             have
             not
             land
             there
             )
             then
             two
             pence
             for
             their
             oblation
             at
             Easter
             ;
             so
             little
             doth
             the
             food
             of
             their
             soules
             stand
             them
             in
             .
             Howbeit
             thus
             much
             truth
             is
             in
             the
             Article
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Minsters
             and
             Ci●…izens
             of
             
               London
            
             referred
             the
             great
             difference
             betweene
             them
             concerning
             Rent
             of
             houses
             to
             the
             ●…rbitration
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             a
             proposition
             was
             made
             to
             all
             the
             Suburbs
             &
             parts
             ad
             oyning
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             likewise
             submit
             all
             controversies
             concerning
             their
             tithes
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             for
             the
             preventing
             of
             litigious
             suits
             as
             well
             in
             spirituall
             Courts
             ,
             as
             at
             common
             ●…aw
             .
             I
             being
             sent
             to
             ,
             appeared
             with
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             under
             my
             h●…nd
             and
             seale
             bound
             my selfe
             to
             stand
             to
             his
             Majesti●…s
             Order
             :
             but
             the
             p●…rishioners
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             M.
             
               Holbourne
               ,
            
             refused
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             sa
             n●…
             ,
             and
             so
             nothing
             was
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             fourth
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               The
               said
               Doctor
               in
               a
               Sermon
               preached
               the
               25
               of
            
             July
             ,
             1641
             ,
             
               said
               ,
               that
               all
               those
               that
               pull
               downe
               the
               Raile●…
               from
               the
               Communion
               Table
               ,
               or
               speake
               against
               the●…
               ,
               and
               oppose
               the
               ceremonies
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               are
               of
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               enemies
               to
               God
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             I
             said
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             but
             describing
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             I
             said
             ,
             they
             were
             his
             seed
             ,
             who
             did
             the
             workes
             of
             the
             Divell
             ,
             as
             our
             Saviour
             conclude●…h
             them
             to
             be
             the
             children
             of
             
               Abraham
               ,
            
             who
             doe
             the
             workes
             of
             
               Abraham
               :
            
             now
             the
             workes
             of
             the
             Divell
             are
             all
             manner
             of
             workes
             of
             iniquitie
             ,
             impuritie
             ,
             or
             impiety
             :
             iniquity
             ,
             as
             exaction
             ,
             extortion
             ,
             opp●…ession
             ,
             sacrisedge
             ,
             &c.
             impurity
             ,
             as
             whoredome
             ,
             adultery
             ,
             incest
             ,
             &c
             of
             impiety
             ,
             as
             prophaning
             the
             Lords
             〈◊〉
             ,
             ●…nd
             his
             Sanctuary
             ,
             breaking
             into
             Churches
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             authority
             fro●…
             the
             lawfull
             Magistrate
             ,
             plucking
             up
             P●…wes
             and
             Railes
             ,
             and
             pulli●…
             downe
             Organs
             ,
             and
             defacing
             all
             the
             Ornaments
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             Monuments
             of
             the
             dead
             .
             And
             for
             this
             just
             reproofe
             of
             outrages
             committed
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             I
             have
             
             good
             warrant
             ,
             both
             from
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             .
             The
             words
             here
             alledged
             by
             the
             accuser
             ,
             I
             never
             spake
             in
             
               terminis
               ,
               prout
               j●…cent
               :
            
             yet
             ,
             if
             their
             testimonies
             ,
             though
             not
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             may
             beare
             downe
             my
             bare
             negation
             ,
             let
             them
             stand
             as
             they
             doe
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             them
             ,
             but
             may
             very
             well
             be
             defended
             .
             For
             I
             speake
             not
             of
             any
             Popish
             Ceremonies
             ,
             but
             of
             such
             Ceremonies
             as
             are
             established
             by
             law
             in
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             are
             no
             way
             repugnant
             to
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ;
             those
             who
             not
             ignorantly
             ,
             but
             ●…ilfully
             oppose
             such
             rires
             and
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             continue
             in
             their
             opposition
             to
             the
             true
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             and
             enemies
             to
             God
             .
             For
             Christ
             commandeth
             us
             to
             hold
             them
             for
             heathens
             and
             publicans
             ,
             who
             refuse
             to
             heare
             the
             
             Church
             ,
             and
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               He
               who
               heareth
               you
               ,
               heareth
               me
               ,
               and
               he
               who
               heareth
               me
               ,
               heareth
               him
               that
               sent
               me
               :
            
             and
             the
             Apostle
             in
             the
             Epistle
             to
             the
             
               Hebrew●…s
               ,
               Obey
               them
               that
               hav●…
               the
               rule
               over
               you
               ,
               &
               submit
               your selves
               ,
               for
            
             
             
               they
               watch
               for
               your
               soules
               as
               they
               that
               must
               give
               account
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               doe
               it
               with
               joy
               and
               not
               with
               griefe
               ,
               for
               that
               is
               unprofitable
               for
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             fift
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Doctor
               said
               in
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               that
               bowing
               at
               the
               Name
               of
               Iesus
               was
               used
               ,
               till
            
             Cartwright
             
               that
               Arch-heretick
               and
               those
               that
               followed
               him
               opposed
               it
               ,
               but
               Q.
            
             Eliz●…beth
             
               crushed
            
             Marprelates
             
               brood
               ,
               and
               put
            
             Penry
             
               to
               death
               ,
               and
            
             Udall
             
               in
               prison
               till
               he
               dyed
               :
               and
               because
               they
               would
               not
               bow
               their
               knees
               ,
               she
               bowed
               their
               backs
               in
               the
               Starchamber
               .
               And
               further
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               State
               had
               sa●…e
               long
               and
               done
               nothing
               ,
               but
               unlesse
               something
               be
               done
               ,
               wee
               are
               all
               undone
               ;
               a
               Fowle
               that
               sitteth
               long
               and
               doth
               not
               hatch
               ,
               her
               egs
               are
               addle
               ;
               and
               a
               woman
               alwayes
               conceiving
               and
               never
               bringing
               forth
               ,
               what
               comfort
               can
               she
               be
               to
               her
               husband
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             Concerning
             
               Cartwright
               ,
            
             and
             
               Penry
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             the
             contents
             of
             this
             whole
             Article
             ,
             they
             are
             arrowes
             shot
             at
             randome
             ,
             no
             time
             or
             place
             is
             expressed
             where
             any
             such
             Sermon
             should
             be
             preached
             by
             me
             :
             and
             therefore
             I
             conceive
             ,
             under
             favour
             of
             this
             Honourable
             Court
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             not
             bound
             to
             answer
             them
             .
             But
             I
             would
             willingly
             
             heare
             from
             my
             accusers
             ,
             what
             was
             the
             Text
             upon
             which
             I
             delivered
             this
             doctrine
             ,
             how
             I
             divided
             it
             ,
             and
             from
             what
             branch
             or
             part
             I
             made
             any
             such
             inferences
             ,
             or
             uses
             :
             if
             they
             cannot
             shew
             this
             ,
             as
             I
             know
             they
             cannot
             it
             will
             evidently
             appeare
             that
             these
             men
             came
             to
             Church
             ,
             not
             as
             Bees
             to
             gather
             hony
             ,
             but
             ,
             as
             spiders
             ,
             to
             suck
             some
             juice
             ,
             which
             they
             might
             turne
             to
             poyson
             .
          
           
             Yet
             I
             will
             not
             deny
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             sermon
             it
             is
             possible
             ,
             I
             might
             inveigh
             against
             
               Cartwright
               ,
            
             and
             
               Martine
               Marprelate
               ,
            
             and
             
               Penry
               ,
            
             that
             Arch-schismaticke
             ,
             and
             
               Barrow
               ,
            
             and
             some
             others
             of
             their
             sect
             ,
             whereof
             some
             were
             deservedly
             censured
             in
             the
             Starchamber
             ,
             and
             others
             sentenced
             to
             death
             .
          
           
             Have
             you
             any
             more
             to
             say
             to
             this
             passage
             ?
             
          
           
             Nothing
             ,
             but
             that
             to
             my
             best
             remembrance
             I
             used
             not
             the
             word
             
             Arch-hereticke
             ,
             but
             Arch
             schismaticke
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             rest
             ,
             I
             never
             heard
             it
             till
             now
             to
             be
             criminall
             ,
             to
             alleadge
             a
             true
             story
             or
             narration
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             life
             of
             Q.
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Chronicles
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             one
             of
             the
             Committee
             said
             ,
             
               but
               doth
               the
               Chronicler
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               or
               the
               Writer
               of
               the
               life
               of
               Q.
            
             Elizabeth
             ,
             
               say
               ,
               that
               she
               bowed
               downe
               their
            
             
             
               backs
               ?
            
          
           
             He
             doth
             not
             say
             Q.
             
               Elizabeth
            
             bowed
             downe
             their
             backs
             ,
             but
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             she
             by
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Starchamber
             fined
             them
             ,
             and
             imprisoned
             some
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             her
             Judges
             she
             condemned
             
               Penry
            
             and
             
               Barrow
            
             to
             death
             .
             I
             spake
             therefore
             within
             compasse
             ,
             when
             I
             said
             she
             bowed
             downe
             their
             backs
             .
             But
             whereas
             it
             is
             objected
             that
             I
             should
             say
             the
             State
             sate
             long
             and
             had
             done
             nothing
             ,
             it
             is
             as
             farre
             from
             truth
             as
             common
             sense
             ;
             I
             never
             uttered
             any
             such
             words
             ,
             I
             have
             by
             me
             the
             copie
             of
             that
             Sermon
             ,
             wherein
             the
             similitudes
             of
             a
             Fowle
             sitting
             and
             never
             hatching
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             woman
             conceiving
             and
             never
             bringing
             forth
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             seene
             and
             read
             ,
             but
             nothing
             that
             tendeth
             that
             way
             .
             The
             doctrine
             was
             generall
             ,
             that
             lawes
             served
             to
             little
             purpose
             without
             execution
             ,
             or
             good
             intentions
             〈◊〉
             actions
             ,
             for
             
               acta
               laudantur
               ,
               &
               omnis
               laus
               virtutis
               est
               in
               actione
               ,
            
             the
             particular
             application
             to
             the
             State
             was
             not
             mine
             ,
             but
             theirs
             ;
             and
             if
             by
             the
             State
             they
             meant
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             they
             deserve
             the
             just
             censure
             thereof
             .
             The
             formall
             words
             in
             that
             Sermon
             transcribed
             out
             of
             the
             Originall
             
             are
             these
             :
             
               Dictum
               Sexti
               Pompeii
               ,
               non
               acta
               laudantur
               ,
            
             
               if
               a
               Hen
               sitteth
               and
               never
               hatch
               ,
               or
               a
               woman
               be
               ever
               breeding
               and
               never
               bring
               forth
               ,
               what
               profit
               is
               by
               the
               one
               ,
               or
               comfort
               from
               the
               other
               ?
               
                 Habemus
                 senatus
                 consultum
                 sicut
                 gladium
                 in
                 vagina
                 reconditum
                 ,
              
               we
               have
               good
               Laws
               against
               Recusants
               ,
               Brownists
               ,
               Drunkards
               ,
               &c.
            
             but
             these
             Lawes
             are
             like
             a
             sword
             lockt
             fast
             in
             the
             scabbard
             ,
             the
             Magistrate
             needs
             will
             or
             strength
             to
             draw
             it
             out
             ;
             execution
             is
             the
             life
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             if
             something
             be
             not
             done
             ,
             we
             are
             all
             undone
             .
             Howsoever
             
               date
               &
               non
               concesso
               ,
            
             if
             one
             witnesse
             in
             the
             affirmative
             mustsway
             more
             then
             a
             hundred
             in
             the
             negative
             ,
             who
             yet
             were
             present
             at
             the
             sermon
             ,
             and
             heard
             all
             passages
             ,
             and
             remember
             those
             very
             similitudes
             of
             a
             Hen
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             these
             of
             the
             State
             sitting
             long
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             so
             .
             I
             confidently
             affirme
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             malignity
             or
             offensive
             matter
             in
             the
             speech
             ,
             if
             it
             betaken
             with
             the
             antecedents
             &
             consequents
             ;
             for
             
               Sextus
               Pompeius
            
             would
             very
             faine
             have
             had
             that
             very
             act
             done
             ,
             which
             he
             spake
             of
             to
             the
             Pylot
             ,
             and
             a
             Hen
             that
             sitteth
             upon
             her
             eggs
             would
             hatch
             them
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             in
             her
             power
             ;
             and
             the
             cause
             why
             they
             come
             to
             no
             good
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             eggs
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             addle
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             Hen
             ;
             and
             questionlesse
             a
             woman
             in
             travaile
             striveth
             what
             she
             is
             able
             ,
             and
             would
             with
             all
             the
             veines
             in
             her
             heart
             be
             delivered
             if
             she
             could
             possibly
             by
             any
             meanes
             :
             therefore
             if
             I
             had
             spoken
             those
             words
             (
             which
             I
             never
             did
             )
             for
             neither
             I
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             man
             ,
             to
             my
             knowledge
             ,
             calleth
             the
             Parliament
             
               the
               State
               ,
            
             but
             the
             assembly
             of
             the
             three
             estates
             )
             the
             meaning
             in
             that
             place
             could
             be
             no
             other
             then
             this
             ,
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             distractions
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             divisions
             betweene
             the
             Members
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
             though
             they
             had
             sate
             long
             and
             desired
             nothing
             more
             then
             to
             settle
             Church
             and
             Common-wealth
             in
             Peace
             :
             yet
             little
             hitherto
             could
             be
             done
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             sixt
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               When
               the
               Doctor
               was
               demanded
               what
               moneys
               he
               would
               give
               or
               lend
               to
               the
               King
               or
               Parliament
               ,
               he
               used
               delayes
               in
               giving
               an
               answer
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               would
               doe
               nothing
               ;
               and
               further
               ,
               being
               demanded
               by
               one
               of
               his
               Parish
               whether
               it
               were
               good
               to
               lend
               ;
               he
               answered
               him
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               safe
               for
               him
               to
               give
               or
               lend
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             I
             never
             denyed
             to
             give
             or
             lend
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             
             but
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             seeing
             contrarie
             commands
             ,
             both
             published
             in
             Print
             from
             His
             Majesty
             and
             the
             high
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             I
             desired
             at
             the
             first
             that
             the
             Collectors
             would
             repaire
             to
             the
             Knights
             ,
             Ladies
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             chiefe
             ranke
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             and
             shew
             me
             what
             they
             gave
             or
             lent
             ,
             which
             they
             refused
             to
             doe
             :
             but
             when
             they
             came
             a
             second
             time
             unto
             me
             ,
             I
             appoynted
             them
             to
             meet
             me
             at
             the
             Vestry
             the
             Tuesday
             following
             ,
             and
             there
             I
             would
             resolve
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             never
             came
             unto
             me
             ,
             yet
             certified
             that
             I
             denyed
             to
             give
             or
             lend
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             certified
             also
             that
             I
             disswaded
             others
             ;
             but
             M.
             
               Clay
               ,
            
             one
             of
             the
             Collectors
             ,
             struck
             that
             clause
             out
             ,
             saying
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             reason
             to
             certifie
             that
             as
             from
             me
             ,
             which
             they
             never
             heard
             me
             speake
             ,
             but
             onely
             another
             man
             ,
             was
             said
             ,
             could
             affirme
             as
             much
             .
             To
             the
             accusation
             it selfe
             ,
             of
             not
             lending
             money
             ,
             my
             answer
             is
             ,
             that
             when
             Colonell
             
               Urrey
            
             was
             at
             
               Action
               ,
            
             he
             lay
             in
             my
             Parsonage
             house
             ,
             and
             his
             Souldiers
             not
             content
             with
             such
             Corne
             and
             H●…y
             as
             they
             received
             from
             my
             Farmer
             at
             their
             owne
             price
             ,
             demanded
             the
             keyes
             of
             the
             great
             Barne
             ,
             and
             had
             them
             in
             their
             hands
             for
             foure
             dayes
             ;
             in
             which
             time
             ,
             through
             the
             carelessenesse
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             that
             lay
             in
             the
             Barne
             ,
             (
             if
             not
             purposely
             )
             the
             stack
             of
             Corne
             was
             set
             on
             fire
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             B●…rne
             and
             two
             stables
             were
             burned
             downe
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             the
             losse
             thereof
             estimated
             by
             divers
             of
             the
             Parishioners
             ,
             was
             211
             pound
             at
             the
             least
             .
             Besides
             this
             ,
             when
             the
             maimed
             Souldiers
             were
             placed
             
             in
             the
             
               Savoy
               ,
            
             my
             whole
             stipend
             was
             layd
             out
             towards
             the
             buying
             of
             beds
             for
             them
             .
             In
             which
             consideration
             ,
             I
             conceive
             that
             this
             honourable
             Committee
             will
             hold
             me
             excused
             from
             any
             further
             gift
             or
             loane
             ,
             I
             being
             not
             presently
             furnished
             with
             money
             ,
             and
             having
             no
             temporal
             Living
             ,
             nor
             Ecclesiasticall
             Dignitie
             ,
             Deanery
             ,
             Archdeaconry
             ,
             or
             Prebend
             .
          
           
             For
             that
             one
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             whom
             they
             affirmed
             I
             disswaded
             
             from
             lending
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             I
             desire
             that
             he
             may
             be
             called
             face
             to
             face
             ,
             in
             the
             meane
             while
             I
             offer
             this
             Certificate
             under
             his
             owne
             hand
             .
          
           
             
               Meeting
               D.
               
                 Featley
              
               about
               S.
               
                 Ma●…garets
              
               Hill
               ,
               by
               and
               by
               after
               M.
               
                 White
                 ,
              
               M.
               
                 Goad
                 ,
              
               and
               some
               others
               ,
               were
               appoynted
               for
               
                 Lambeth
              
               Parish
               ,
               to
               see
               what
               the
               Inhabitants
               would
               doe
               upon
               the
               Propositions
               ;
               after
               other
               discourse
               ,
               I
               demanded
               of
               D.
               
                 Featley
              
               what
               he
               thought
               of
               it
               ,
               he
               replyed
               ,
               that
               he
               thought
               the
               businesse
               would
               speed
               the
               worse
               ,
               because
               they
               had
               made
               choice
               of
               such
               men
               as
               were
               not
               beloved
               in
               our
               Parish
               ,
               nor
               came
               to
               our
               Church
               :
               But
               whereas
               it
               is
               reported
               ,
               that
               D.
               
                 Feately
              
               should
               disswade
               me
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               to
               my
               knowledge
               ,
               it
               is
               falsely
               suggested
               ,
               for
               beyond
               my
               ability
               I
               freely
               lent
               38
               li.
            
          
           
             
               
                 per
                 me
              
               Neariah
               Mormay
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             seventh
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               The
               said
               D.
               said
               in
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               the
            
             4.
             
             December
             ,
             1642.
             
               are
               not
               these
               resisting
               times
               ,
               wherein
               authority
               is
               trampled
               upon
               ,
               Gods
               true
               Ministers
               despised
               ,
               all
               Lawes
               neglected
               and
               contemned
               ,
               the
               keyes
               taken
               from
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               left
               them
               in
               such
               hands
               as
               have
               layd
               them
               by
               untill
               they
               become
               rustie
               and
               of
               no
               use
               ,
               so
               that
               Sacriledge
               ,
               Wheredome
               ,
               Sodomie
               ,
               Murther
               ,
               Felony
               ,
               Pillage
               ,
               Plunder
               (
               and
               what
               not
               ?
               )
               i●…
               daily
               committed
               without
               punishment
               and
               is
               not
               the
               whole
               tenure
               of
               the
               Gospell
               against
               that
               ,
               which
               is
               preached
               almost
               in
               every
               Pulpit
               in
            
             London
             ,
             
               who
               doe
               nothing
               but
               cry
               Arme
               ,
               Arme
               ;
               Fight
               ,
               Fight
               ,
               Blood
               ,
               Blood
               ,
               
               Battel
               ,
               Battel
               ,
               Kill
               ,
               Kill
               ,
               and
               they
               pretend
               they
               fight
               for
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               priviledges
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               the
               right
               of
               the
               Subject
               ;
               but
               he
               said
               ,
               the
               wise
               have
               lost
               their
               wisedome
               ,
               and
               the
               physitian
               his
               kill
               ,
               and
               the
               remedy
               is
               worse
               then
               the
               disease
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             To
             speake
             nothing
             of
             the
             incoherent
             Non-sense
             in
             this
             Article
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             the
             
               keyes
               were
               taken
               from
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
            
             
             
               left
               them
               in
               such
               hands
               as
               have
               layd
               them
               by
               :
            
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             the
             particulars
             alledged
             in
             this
             Article
             are
             found
             in
             that
             Sermon
             ;
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             in
             another
             Sermon
             preached
             at
             a
             Fast
             ,
             I
             inveighed
             against
             the
             great
             disorders
             committed
             in
             the
             Church
             &
             Common-wealth
             ,
             by
             such
             .
             who
             made
             advantage
             of
             the
             present
             distractions
             ,
             promising
             themselves
             impunity
             by
             reason
             that
             the
             keyes
             of
             the
             Church
             now
             grew
             rustie
             through
             disuse
             ,
             &
             the
             temporall
             sword
             was
             otherwise
             imployed
             .
             All
             that
             I
             spake
             in
             the
             Sermon
             here
             objected
             was
             this
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Ecclesiasticall
             Discipline
             at
             all
             exercised
             for
             Lay●…mens
             usurping
             upon
             the
             Priests
             function
             ,
             and
             handicrafts
             mens
             handling
             the
             word
             with
             their
             blacke
             and
             impure
             hands
             ,
             for
             preaching
             Hereticall
             ,
             Schismaticall
             ,
             and
             blasphemous
             Doctrine
             ,
             for
             Adultery
             ,
             Incest
             ,
             and
             filthinesse
             not
             to
             be
             named
             ,
             no
             punishment
             of
             Ecclesiasticall
             censure
             now
             inflicted
             :
             And
             the
             tenure
             of
             the
             Gospell
             runs
             thus
             ,
             
               feare
               God
               and
               honour
               the
               King
               ,
            
             speake
             not
             evill
             of
             the
             Ruler
             of
             Gods
             people
             ,
             curse
             him
             not
             ,
             no
             not
             so
             much
             as
             in
             thy
             thought
             ;
             whereas
             they
             publikely
             in
             the
             greatest
             assemblies
             speake
             evill
             of
             dignities
             ,
             and
             slander
             the
             footsteps
             of
             the
             Lords
             anoynted
             ,
             and
             compare
             our
             Religious
             and
             most
             gracious
             Soveraigne
             ,
             my
             Master
             ,
          
           
             
               Quo
               nihil
               immensus
               mitius
               orbis
               habet
               ,
            
             to
             wicked
             Tyrants
             and
             persecuters
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             .
             The
             Scripture
             every where
             exhorts
             us
             to
             peace
             and
             reconciliation
             ,
             
               
                 Revenge
                 not
                 your selves
                 ,
              
               but
               give
               place
               unto
               wrath
               ,
               for
               vengeance
               is
               mine
               ,
               I
               will
               repay
               it
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ;
               render
               to
               no
               man
               evill
               for
               evill
               ,
               nor
               rebuke
               for
               rebuke
               :
               be
               not
               overcome
               of
               evill
               ,
               but
               overcome
               evill
               with
               good
               :
               seek
               peace
               &
               ensue
               it
               ,
               let
               righteousnesse
               and
               peace
               
               kisse
               each
               other
               ,
               O
               pray
               for
               the
               peace
               of
               
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
              
               they
               shall
               prosper
               that
               love
               it
               :
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               have
               peace
               with
               all
               men
               :
               and
               blessed
               are
               the
               peace-makers
               ,
               for
               they
               shall
               see
               God
               :
               and
               follow
               after
               peace
               and
               holinesse
               ,
               without
               which
               no
               man
               shall
               see
               God
               :
            
             but
             their
             preaching
             is
             nothing
             but
             
               horrentia
               martis
               arma
               ,
            
             Arme
             ,
             Arme
             ,
             Kill
             ,
             Kill
             ,
             thunder
             with
             the
             Cannon
             ,
             Plunder
             ,
             &c
             ,
             And
             for
             the
             last
             words
             pretended
             to
             be
             spoken
             by
             me
             in
             that
             Sermon
             ,
             viz.
             the
             wise
             have
             lost
             their
             wisedome
             ,
             and
             the
             physitian
             his
             skill
             ,
             and
             the
             remedy
             is
             worse
             then
             the
             disease
             ,
             they
             are
             very
             unfaithfully
             related
             ,
             for
             I
             uttered
             them
             not
             positively
             ,
             but
             suppositively
             ,
             and
             
               divisim
            
             not
             
               conjunctim
               .
            
             The
             passage
             transcribed
             
               verbatim
            
             out
             of
             the
             originall
             is
             this
             .
             
               Though
               divers
               remedies
               have
               beene
               applyed
               to
               the
               maladies
               above
               mentioned
               ,
               yet
               the
               remedies
               have
               hitherto
               proved
               ,
               in
               the
               event
               ,
               worse
               then
               the
               diseases
               ;
               an
               evident
               argument
               that
               either
               the
               wise
               physitians
               faile
               in
               their
               skill
               ,
               or
               the
               malady
               is
               grown
               incurable
               ,
               or
               God
               giveth
               no
               blessing
               to
               their
               method
               of
               curing
               .
            
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             witnesses
             ,
             and
             the
             just
             exceptions
             to
             be
             taken
             against
             them
             ,
             let
             the
             testimony
             under
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Clerke
             of
             the
             peace
             ,
             and
             the
             certificate
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             under
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Churchwardens
             and
             Vestry
             be
             read
             ;
             All
             which
             I
             humbly
             submit
             to
             the
             wisedome
             and
             justice
             of
             this
             Honourable
             Committee
             ,
             preferring
             a
             like
             petition
             to
             that
             which
             the
             Roman
             Orator
             tendered
             for
             poore
             
               Roscius
               Amerina
               ,
            
             that
             you
             
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               afford
               this
               cause
               so
               noble
               ,
               gracious
               and
               equitable
               a
               hearing
               ;
               that
               my
               adversaries
               who
               daily
               associate
               themselves
               with
               those
               souldiers
               ,
               against
               whom
               I
               have
               strong
               presumptions
               ,
               that
               they
               seeke
               not
               onely
               to
               deprive
               me
               of
               my
               Living
               ,
               but
               my
               life
               ,
               may
               never
               have
               cause
               to
               glory
               ,
               
                 Eum
                 ,
                 quem
                 militum
                 gladiis
                 non
                 potuerunt
                 ,
                 vestris
                 sententiis
                 jugulasse
                 .
              
            
          
           
             At
             the
             next
             sitting
             of
             the
             Committee
             on
             Thursday
             last
             being
             the
             23
             of
             this
             instant
             moneth
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             1642.
             
             M.
             
               White
               ,
            
             whether
             he
             thought
             the
             other
             Articles
             frivolous
             and
             of
             no
             consequence
             
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             whether
             he
             and
             the
             Committee
             rested
             satisfied
             with
             the
             answers
             formerly
             given
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             certainly
             knowne
             ,
             but
             on
             this
             day
             he
             pretermitted
             diverse
             of
             them
             ,
             instanced
             only
             in
             a
             branch
             of
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             fourth
             ,
             and
             two
             of
             the
             fift
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             sixt
             ,
             and
             two
             of
             the
             seuenth
             ;
             and
             because
             the
             D.
             denied
             them
             all
             ,
             he
             called
             in
             witnesses
             to
             prove
             them
             ,
             and
             required
             the
             D.
             to
             take
             legall
             exceptions
             against
             them
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             any
             .
             To
             prove
             that
             the
             D.
             should
             say
             it
             was
             ignorance
             and
             blasphemy
             to
             speake
             against
             the
             bowing
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             ;
             
               Iohn
               Goad
               (
               and
               Ambrose
               Andrewes
               ,
            
             were
             produced
             :
             to
             prove
             that
             he
             said
             in
             a
             sermon
             the
             25
             of
             
               Iuly
            
             1641
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             pul
             downe
             Railes
             and
             oppose
             the
             ceremonies
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             are
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             
               Edward
               Searles
               ,
               and
               Edmond
               Rayner
               ,
            
             a
             shipwright
             ,
             
               *
            
             commonly
             called
             the
             ancient
             King
             ,
             were
             produced
             :
             to
             prove
             that
             he
             called
             
               Cartwright
            
             an
             arch
             Hereticke
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             state
             had
             sate
             long
             and
             done
             nothing
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             keyes
             were
             taken
             from
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             laid
             in
             such
             hands
             as
             laid
             them
             by
             till
             they
             became
             rusty
             ,
             &
             that
             he
             inveighed
             against
             the
             
               London
            
             Preachers
             ,
             who
             do
             nothing
             but
             cry
             arm
             ,
             arm
             ,
             fight
             ,
             fight
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Thomas
               Sharpe
            
             and
             
               Iohn
               Clerke
            
             were
             produced
             ,
             who
             also
             both
             testified
             to
             the
             first
             article
             concerning
             bowing
             at
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             to
             the
             sixt
             article
             only
             
               M.
               Neariah
               Mormay
            
             was
             produced
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             witnesses
             appeared
             ,
             the
             D.
             first
             proposed
             some
             interrogatories
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             after
             tooke
             exceptions
             against
             them
             ,
             both
             in
             generall
             ,
             and
             particular
             .
             The
             interrogatories
             he
             propounded
             to
             them
             ,
             by
             
               M.
               White
               ,
            
             were
             these
             ;
             First
             ,
             at
             what
             time
             the
             Sermon
             was
             preached
             ,
             which
             is
             mentioned
             in
             the
             first
             Article
             ,
             and
             likewise
             when
             the
             Sermon
             was
             preached
             that
             is
             mentioned
             in
             the
             fift
             Article
             .
             
               Item
               ,
            
             upon
             what
             text
             such
             sermons
             were
             preached
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             remembred
             else
             in
             those
             sermons
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             all
             could
             answer
             nothing
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             D.
             desired
             that
             the
             Committee
             would
             give
             no
             credit
             to
             such
             loose
             and
             indefinite
             testimonies
             ,
             especially
             
             against
             the
             originall
             sermons
             written
             in
             his
             booke
             ,
             from
             which
             ,
             it
             is
             well
             knowne
             ,
             he
             never
             used
             to
             vary
             .
             This
             authenticall
             originall
             wherein
             there
             was
             no
             blot
             ,
             scratch
             ,
             or
             rasure
             in
             the
             places
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Articles
             had
             reference
             ,
             the
             D.
             exhibited
             ;
             but
             
               M.
               White
            
             would
             not
             looke
             upon
             it
             ,
             though
             in
             other
             Courts
             ,
             and
             namely
             the
             high
             Commission
             and
             Star
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             Councell
             table
             ,
             where
             '
             Sermons
             have
             beene
             questioned
             ,
             the
             undisproved
             originall
             hath
             beene
             alwayes
             preferred
             before
             broken
             notes
             taken
             by
             ignorant
             and
             illiterate
             men
             .
             The
             exceptions
             hee
             tooke
             against
             the
             witnesses
             in
             generall
             ,
             were
             ,
             that
             competent
             witnesses
             ,
             especially
             against
             an
             ecclesiastial
             person
             &
             D.
             of
             Divinity
             ought
             to
             be
             men
             of
             good
             ranke
             &
             quality
             ,
             at
             least
             without
             any
             taint
             or
             brand
             on
             them
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             free
             from
             all
             malevolent
             affections
             to
             their
             pastors
             :
             for
             the
             rules
             of
             the
             law
             concerning
             witnesses
             to
             be
             admitted
             are
             these
             :
             
               
                 In
                 teste
                 attendenda
                 ,
                 status
                 ,
                 dignitas
                 ,
                 fidei
                 puritas
                 ,
                 et
                 morum
                 gravitas
                 ;
                 item
                 cujus
                 conditionis
                 ,
                 cujus
                 opinionis
                 fuerit
                 ,
                 et
                 ne
                 forte
                 aliquis
                 contra
                 praefatum
                 pastorem
                 inimicitias
                 habuerit
                 :
                 Item
                 testes
                 absque
                 ulla
                 infamia
                 aut
                 suspitione
                 aut
                 manifesta
                 macula
                 esse
                 debent
                 .
              
            
             That
             the
             witnesses
             here
             produced
             are
             not
             so
             qualified
             ,
             I
             desire
             the
             certificate
             of
             the
             vestry
             ,
             under
             their
             hands
             (
             which
             I
             have
             here
             to
             shew
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             divers
             of
             the
             said
             Vestry
             here
             present
             to
             make
             it
             good
             )
             may
             be
             read
             ;
             but
             
               M.
               White
            
             said
             ,
             he
             would
             take
             no
             papers
             (
             yet
             he
             tooke
             both
             the
             Articles
             ,
             and
             other
             notes
             ,
             and
             informations
             against
             the
             D.
             from
             his
             adversaries
             )
             nor
             would
             permit
             the
             D.
             to
             read
             it
             ,
             The
             certificate
             was
             as
             followeth
             :
             
               we
               the
               parishioners
               of
               the
               parish
               of
               
                 Lambeth
                 ,
              
               doe
               certifie
               that
               
                 Iohn
                 Goad
                 ,
                 Ambrose
                 Andrewes
                 ,
              
               alias
               
                 Glover
                 ,
                 Edward
                 Searles
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Westmall
                 Burrell
                 ,
              
               of
               the
               said
               parish
               of
               
                 Lambeth
                 ,
              
               are
               disaffected
               persons
               to
               the
               discipline
               and
               liturgie
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               established
               by
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               have
               openly
               depraved
               the
               booke
               of
               Common
               Prayer
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               doe
               not
               come
               to
               the
               Church
               at
               all
               and
               stand
               indicted
               as
               delinquents
               at
               Sessions
               and
               Assises
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               
               are
               accounted
               turbulent
               persons
               ,
               and
               sowers
               of
               strife
               and
               contention
               .
            
          
           
             This
             certificate
             being
             refused
             ,
             the
             D.
             required
             that
             the
             record
             he
             had
             from
             the
             Sessions
             might
             be
             read
             and
             considered
             of
             ;
             this
             ,
             after
             
               M.
               Harper
            
             the
             Church
             warden
             had
             testified
             before
             the
             Committee
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             subscribed
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             himselfe
             saw
             him
             write
             it
             ,
             was
             admitted
             for
             an
             evidence
             :
             the
             record
             followeth
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     At
                     the
                     generall
                     quarter
                     sessions
                     of
                     this
                     yeare
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     county
                     of
                     
                       Surry
                       ,
                    
                     holden
                     at
                     
                       Gilford
                       ,
                    
                     on
                     Tuesday
                     next
                     after
                     the
                     feast
                     of
                     the
                     translation
                     of
                     
                       Thomas
                    
                     the
                     Martyr
                     in
                     the
                     18
                     yeare
                     of
                     his
                     Majesties
                     raigne
                     that
                     now
                     is
                     .
                     
                       Iohn
                       Goad
                    
                     of
                     
                       Lambeth
                       ,
                       Ambrose
                       Andrewes
                    
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     
                       Edward
                       Searles
                    
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     and
                     
                       Iohn
                       Hopkins
                    
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     were
                     by
                     the
                     Jury
                     of
                     the
                     high
                     Constables
                     of
                     the
                     County
                     indicted
                     for
                     not
                     repairing
                     to
                     the
                     parish
                     church
                     of
                     
                       Lambeth
                       ,
                    
                     to
                     heare
                     divine
                     service
                     and
                     the
                     common
                     prayers
                     of
                     the
                     Church
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     space
                     of
                     12
                     sundayes
                     ,
                     but
                     did
                     voluntarily
                     and
                     obstinately
                     absent
                     themselves
                     from
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     contrary
                     to
                     the
                     statute
                     in
                     that
                     case
                     provided
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Ita
                       testor
                       
                         Tho.
                         Foster
                         ,
                      
                       clericus
                       pacis
                       Com.
                       Sur.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             In
             particular
             ,
             
               I
            
             except
             against
             
               Io.
               Goad
               .
            
             That
             he
             is
             a
             man
             who
             stands
             indicted
             at
             the
             Sessions
             ,
             
               ex
               record
               ,
               supr.
            
             
          
           
             That
             he
             hath
             spoken
             often
             ,
             as
             he
             cannot
             deny
             ,
             much
             in
             derogation
             of
             the
             booke
             of
             Common
             Prayer
             ,
             as
             namely
             ,
             against
             diverse
             
             passages
             in
             the
             Letany
             ,
             the
             crosse
             in
             baptisme
             ,
             and
             the
             forme
             of
             absolution
             in
             the
             visitation
             of
             the
             sick
             .
          
           
             That
             he
             is
             a
             breaker
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             causeth
             his
             servants
             to
             worke
             upon
             that
             day
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             on
             the
             28
             of
             
             
               November
            
             last
             .
             To
             the
             former
             two
             exceptions
             ,
             
               Goad
            
             could
             answer
             nothing
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             last
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             it
             was
             in
             case
             only
             of
             necessity
             ;
             but
             the
             D
             replyed
             it
             was
             meere
             covetousnesse
             ,
             and
             no
             necessity
             at
             all
             ,
             as
             his
             neighbour
             
               Andrew
               Bartlet
            
             an
             ancient
             vestry
             man
             would
             testifie
             against
             him
             ,
             whom
             the
             D.
             earnestly
             desired
             to
             be
             called
             in
             ,
             he
             being
             ready
             &
             waiting
             in
             the
             next
             room
             ,
             
             but
             hee
             could
             not
             obtaine
             it
             of
             
               M.
               White
            
             to
             have
             him
             called
             .
          
           
             Item
             against
             
               Ambrose
               Andrewes
               .
            
          
           
             That
             he
             stands
             indicted
             as
             is
             abovesaid
             .
             
          
           
             That
             he
             likewise
             ,
             as
             
               Goad
               ,
            
             hath
             spoken
             much
             in
             derogation
             of
             
             the
             Common
             Prayer
             book
             ,
             and
             hath
             not
             come
             to
             the
             prayers
             and
             Sacrament
             at
             
               Lambeth
            
             these
             nine
             months
             at
             least
             ,
             as
             the
             Reader
             ,
             Clerke
             ,
             and
             Sexton
             ,
             and
             Church-wardens
             also
             were
             ready
             to
             testifie
             ,
          
           
             That
             whilst
             he
             came
             to
             Church
             (
             as
             he
             did
             formerly
             )
             he
             frequently
             
             disturbed
             the
             Preacher
             ,
             he
             usually
             talked
             and
             laughed
             in
             the
             Sermon
             ,
             jeering
             at
             the
             Minister
             ,
             and
             once
             when
             the
             D.
             himselfe
             preached
             ,
             spake
             aloud
             in
             his
             sermon
             ,
             saying
             ;
             It
             is
             time
             thou
             hadst
             done
             already
             ,
             and
             other
             such
             contemptuous
             and
             disgracefull
             words
             ;
             for
             which
             by
             the
             statute
             10.
             
             
               Mariae
            
             Sess.
             2.
             he
             is
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             proved
             against
             him
             by
             two
             witnesses
             ,
             to
             be
             committed
             without
             baile
             or
             mainprise
             to
             the
             Goale
             ;
             the
             two
             witnesses
             ,
             said
             the
             
               D.
            
             are
             here
             present
             to
             testifie
             it
             ,
             
               Richard
               Hooke
               ,
            
             &
             
               William
               Chapman
               .
            
             but
             
               M.
               White
            
             would
             not
             have
             them
             called
             in
             .
          
           
             That
             when
             his
             wife
             had
             said
             before
             one
             of
             the
             neighbours
             ,
             that
             
             at
             
               Lambeth
            
             Church
             they
             had
             nothing
             but
             pottage
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             must
             goe
             to
             
               London
            
             for
             rostemeat
             ,
             &
             that
             the
             Church
             was
             no
             better
             then
             a
             barne
             or
             stable
             ;
             and
             that
             neighbour
             reproved
             her
             for
             it
             ,
             her
             husband
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Ambrose
               Andrewes
               ,
            
             said
             ,
             he
             would
             iustifie
             and
             maintaine
             what
             his
             wife
             had
             said
             .
          
           
             
               Item
               ,
            
             against
             
               Edward
               Searles
               .
            
          
           
             That
             he
             stands
             indicted
             at
             the
             Sessions
             :
             
               ut
               supra
               .
            
             
          
           
             That
             he
             confessed
             that
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             preferring
             Articles
             
             against
             D.
             
               Featley
               ,
            
             was
             to
             stay
             the
             prosecution
             of
             a
             bill
             against
             him
             the
             said
             
               Searles
            
             at
             Sessions
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             D.
             would
             take
             off
             the
             indictment
             ,
             th●…
             articles
             against
             the
             D.
             should
             soone
             be
             with-drawne
             :
             this
             is
             testified
             by
             
               Tho.
               
               Pibus
            
             and
             another
             .
          
           
             That
             this
             
               Searles
            
             is
             a
             Blasphemer
             of
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             ;
             say
             -
             
             
          
           
           
           
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     nancy
                     against
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     proceedings
                     thereof
                     ;
                     saying
                     openly
                     in
                     his
                     preaching
                     ,
                     that
                     our
                     
                       State
                    
                     had
                     sate
                     long
                     and
                     done
                     nothing
                     ,
                     comparing
                     themto
                     a
                     
                       Fowle
                    
                     that
                     sitteth
                     long
                     and
                     hatcheth
                     not
                     ,
                     whose
                     eggs
                     be
                     addle
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     a
                     woman
                     that
                     alwayes
                     conceiveth
                     and
                     never
                     bringeth
                     forth
                     ,
                     who
                     can
                     be
                     no
                     comfort
                     to
                     her
                     husband
                     ;
                     and
                     hath
                     not
                     onely
                     not
                     given
                     or
                     lent
                     to
                     the
                     present
                     necessary
                     preservation
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdome
                     ,
                     but
                     declared
                     to
                     others
                     that
                     it
                     is
                     not
                     safe
                     to
                     give
                     or
                     lend
                     to
                     the
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     and
                     hath
                     openly
                     preached
                     that
                     these
                     are
                     
                       resisting
                    
                     times
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     keyes
                     are
                     taken
                     from
                     the
                     Church
                     ,
                     and
                     left
                     in
                     such
                     hands
                     as
                     have
                     layd
                     them
                     by
                     till
                     they
                     be
                     rustie
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     whole
                     tenure
                     of
                     the
                     Gospell
                     is
                     against
                     that
                     which
                     is
                     preached
                     commonly
                     in
                     
                       London
                       ,
                    
                     where
                     Arme
                     ,
                     Arme
                     ,
                     Blood
                     ,
                     Blood
                     ,
                     Fight
                     ,
                     Fight
                     ,
                     is
                     commonly
                     preached
                     ;
                     and
                     they
                     pretend
                     they
                     fight
                     for
                     Religion
                     ,
                     and
                     priviledge
                     of
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     liberty
                     of
                     the
                     Subjects
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     wife
                     have
                     lost
                     their
                     wisedome
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     physitian
                     his
                     skill
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     cure
                     is
                     worse
                     than
                     the
                     disease
                     .
                     All
                     which
                     the
                     Commons
                     in
                     Parliament
                     assembled
                     ,
                     taking
                     into
                     consideration
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     provision
                     of
                     a
                     Godly
                     ,
                     Learned
                     ,
                     and
                     Orthodox
                     Divine
                     for
                     the
                     said
                     Parish
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     fit
                     maintenance
                     for
                     such
                     an
                     one
                     ,
                     doe
                     Order
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     said
                     Church
                     and
                     the
                     profits
                     thereof
                     ,
                     be
                     forthwith
                     Sequestred
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         Die
                         Martis
                         ,
                         II
                         Iulii
                         ,
                         1643.
                         
                      
                    
                     The
                     Order
                     for
                     sequestring
                     the
                     Parsonage
                     of
                     
                       Lambeth
                    
                     from
                     D.
                     
                       Featley
                       ,
                    
                     being
                     put
                     to
                     the
                     question
                     ;
                     It
                     was
                     resolved
                     negatively
                     .
                     
                       H.
                       Elsinge
                       ,
                       Cler.
                       
                       Parl.
                       D.
                       Com.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             this
             resolution
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Commons
             ,
             in
             justification
             of
             D.
             
               F.
            
             a
             substitute
             of
             M.
             
               Whites
            
             of
             
               Dor●…hester
               ,
            
             who
             beares
             his
             character
             in
             his
             
               name
               ,
            
             stretched
             his
             
               Chevarel
            
             conscience
             so
             farre
             ,
             that
             to
             gratifie
             some
             Schismaticall
             Separatists
             at
             
               Lambeth
               ,
            
             read
             a
             Paper
             upon
             the
             9.
             of
             
               November
            
             
             last
             ,
             in
             the
             Parish
             Church
             of
             
               Lambeth
            
             on
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             in
             which
             D.
             
               F.
            
             is
             charged
             with
             the
             Articles
             above
             mentioned
             ,
             formally
             
               in
               terminis
            
             (
             which
             were
             rejected
             by
             the
             house
             of
             Commons
             ,
             as
             partly
             idle
             and
             frivolous
             ,
             partly
             false
             and
             scandalous
             ,
             and
             the
             D.
             cleared
             and
             acquitted
             of
             them
             all
             )
             and
             they
             made
             the
             ground
             of
             the
             sentence
             of
             Sequestration
             ,
             pronounced
             against
             him
             
               September
            
             29.
             
             Now
             sith
             a
             Judge
             cannot
             justly
             pronounce
             different
             sentences
             ,
             and
             give
             divers
             judgements
             upon
             the
             selfe
             
               same
               evidence
               ,
            
             neither
             is
             it
             possible
             after
             a
             cause
             is
             fully
             informed
             and
             sentenced
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             party
             should
             be
             both
             guilty
             ,
             and
             not
             guilty
             of
             the
             same
             Delinquencies
             
               numero
               :
            
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             the
             sentence
             above
             mentioned
             ,
             whereby
             the
             D.
             is
             cleared
             ,
             acquitted
             ,
             and
             absolved
             ,
             is
             upon
             Record
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             seene
             by
             any
             who
             shall
             search
             for
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             authenticall
             Register
             of
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Commons
             :
             It
             followeth
             necessarily
             and
             unavoydably
             ,
             that
             D.
             
               F.
            
             not
             onely
             remaineth
             still
             
               Rector
            
             of
             
               Lambeth
            
             (
             as
             he
             is
             styled
             in
             the
             very
             forme
             of
             Sequestration
             )
             but
             also
             standeth
             
               rectus
            
             in
             
               curia
               .
            
             As
             for
             the
             Letter
             to
             the
             Primate
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             intercepted
             ,
             wherewith
             alone
             he
             is
             charged
             in
             another
             Declaration
             ,
             it
             is
             answered
             above
             :
             It
             was
             no
             Letter
             but
             an
             unsealed
             note
             drawne
             from
             D.
             
               F.
            
             by
             a
             wile
             ,
             
             it
             discovers
             no
             secrets
             at
             all
             ,
             nor
             layes
             any
             imputation
             upon
             the
             Assembly
             or
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             is
             so
             farre
             from
             containing
             any
             offensive
             matter
             ,
             or
             subject
             to
             any
             just
             exception
             or
             censure
             ;
             that
             the
             close
             Committee
             who
             exactly
             perused
             it
             ,
             and
             tooke
             a
             Copy
             of
             it
             ,
             sent
             the
             true
             originall
             to
             the
             Primate
             of
             
               Armagh
            
             at
             
               Oxon
               ,
            
             who
             hath
             it
             in
             his
             keeping
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Doctors
           Manifesto
           and
           CHALLENGE
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           a
           false
           and
           scandalous
           report
           is
           
             bruited
          
           by
           the
           Semi-separatists
           and
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           readily
           entertained
           by
           divers
           
             Zelots
          
           of
           the
           
             new
             Reformation
             ;
          
           that
           I
           ,
           who
           have
           preached
           and
           printed
           so
           much
           against
           Popery
           heretofore
           ,
           now
           in
           my
           old
           dayes
           being
           ready
           to
           leave
           this
           world
           ,
           have
           fallen
           away
           from
           my
           holy
           profession
           ,
           and
           am
           in
           heart
           a
           Papist
           ,
           there
           being
           found
           very
           many
           popish
           bookes
           in
           my
           study
           .
           And
           because
           I
           have
           learned
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           S.
           
             ●…erome
             ,
          
           that
           though
           other
           wrongs
           may
           be
           put
           up
           and
           answered
           with
           silence
           ,
           committing
           the
           revenge
           thereof
           to
           the
           righteous
           Judge
           ,
           
             injustissime
             judicato
             justissime
             judicaturo
             :
          
           yet
           ,
           that
           in
           
             suspitione
             haereseos
             r●…eminem
             oportet
             silere
             ,
          
           that
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           be
           silent
           when
           he
           is
           charged
           with
           Heresie
           .
           I
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           make
           knowne
           to
           all
           whom
           it
           may
           concerne
           ,
           that
           being
           chosen
           Provost
           of
           
             Chelsey
          
           Colledge
           ,
           I
           have
           under
           the
           broad
           Seale
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           a
           Warrant
           to
           buy
           ,
           have
           ,
           and
           keepe
           ,
           all
           manner
           of
           popish
           bookes
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           never
           bought
           or
           kept
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           this
           end
           and
           purpose
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           informe
           my selfe
           to
           refute
           them
           ;
           and
           for
           my
           judgement
           and
           resolution
           in
           poynt
           of
           Religion
           .
           I
           professe
           before
           God
           and
           his
           holy
           Angels
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           have
           heretofore
           preached
           ,
           written
           ,
           and
           Printed
           ,
           against
           the
           errors
           ,
           heresies
           ,
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           manifold
           superstitions
           of
           the
           Romish
           church
           ,
           is
           the
           truth
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           am
           most
           ready
           and
           willing
           ,
           if
           I
           be
           called
           thereunto
           ,
           to
           
             signe
             and
             seale
          
           it
           with
           my
           blood
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           I
           am
           certainly
           informed
           ,
           that
           divers
           Lecturers
           and
           Preachers
           in
           
             London
          
           and
           the
           Suburbs
           ,
           who
           have
           
             entred
             
             upon
             the
             labours
          
           of
           many
           worthy
           Divines
           ,
           and
           
             reaped
             their
             harvest
             ,
          
           doe
           in
           their
           
             owne
             Pulpits
             ,
          
           after
           a
           most
           insolent
           manner
           ,
           insult
           upon
           them
           ;
           demanding
           ,
           
             where
             are
             they
             now
             that
             dare
             stand
             up
             in
             defende
             of
             Church
             Hierarchy
             or
             booke
             of
             Common
             Prayer
             ,
             or
             any
             may
             oppose
             or
             impugne
             the
             new
             intended
             Reformation
             ,
             both
             in
             doctrine
             and
             discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ?
          
           I
           doe
           here
           protest
           ,
           that
           I
           doe
           and
           will
           maintaine
           by
           disputation
           or
           writing
           ,
           against
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           these
           three
           conclusions
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           Articles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           agreed
           upon
           in
           the
           yeare
           
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           1562.
           by
           both
           houses
           of
           Convocation
           ,
           and
           ratified
           by
           Q.
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           need
           no
           alteration
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           onely
           an
           Orthodox
           explication
           in
           some
           ambiguous
           phrases
           ,
           and
           a
           vindication
           against
           false
           aspersions
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           established
           
           by
           many
           lawes
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           government
           by
           Bishops
           (
           removing
           all
           late
           innovations
           and
           abuses
           in
           the
           execution
           thereof
           )
           is
           agreeable
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           and
           a
           truly
           ,
           ancient
           ,
           and
           
             Apostolicall
             Institution
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           
             set
             forme
          
           of
           publike
           prayer
           ,
           
           and
           that
           the
           booke
           of
           Common
           Prayer
           (
           the
           Calendar
           being
           reformed
           ,
           in
           poynt
           of
           Apochryphill
           Saints
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           some
           Rubricks
           explained
           ,
           and
           some
           expressions
           revised
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           correctly
           Printed
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Psalmes
           ,
           Chapters
           ,
           and
           allegations
           out
           of
           the
           old
           and
           new
           Testament
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           last
           translation
           )
           is
           the
           most
           compleat
           ,
           perfect
           ,
           and
           exact
           Liturgie
           now
           extant
           in
           the
           Christian
           world
           .
        
         
           
             DANIEL
             FEATLEY
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41008e-140
           
             whose
             tongue
             rotted
             in
             his
             mouth
             .
          
           
             Vide
             ce●…
             infra
             .
          
           
             
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           Notes for div A41008e-3270
           
             D.
             Fe●…
             
          
           
             Sophi
             Elen●…
             
          
           
             ●…he
             Do●…ors
             life
             ●…ught
             by
             ●…e
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             White
             .
          
           
             ●…5
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             After
             〈◊〉
             wa●…e
             〈◊〉
             ed
             for
             〈◊〉
             Chann●…
             and
             aft●…
             for
             M.
             Foreb●…
             last
             of
             :
             for
             M
             :
             White
             Dorch●…
             ster.
             Heb.
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             19.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             White
             .
             ●…atley
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             M.
             W●…
             D.
             Fe●…
             
          
           
             Zac.
             7●…
             10.
             10.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             D
             12.
             
          
           
             
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             Can
             
          
           
             M.
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             ●…y
             .
          
           
             M.
             was
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             ●…d
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             3
             
          
           
             4
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             6.
             
          
           
             7.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             M.
             W●…
             
          
           
             ●…atley
             .
          
           
             White
             -
             plus
             -
             the
             sedtime
             .
          
           
             150.
             34
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             2
             ,
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             To
             mot●…
             Wh●…
             tur●…
             dea
             
          
           
             Mat.
             17
             ,
             Lu.
             1●…
             
          
           
             13.
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             ●…te
             .
          
           
             ●…ley
             .
          
           
             ob●…n
             :
             〈◊〉
             ●…r
             ,
             &
             ●…udg
             sus●…y
             of
             ●…f
             the
             ●…rs
             ●…s
             .
             
               ●…tley
               .
            
          
           
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             2.
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             Featly
             .
          
           
             *
             Because
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             was
             as
             much
             the
             Lords
             annointed
             as
             the
             King
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             Gentle
             Lash
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A41008e-8240
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             ●…3