Cretensis: or A briefe answer to an ulcerous treatise, lately published by Mr Thomas Edvvards, intituled Gangræna: calculated for the meridian of such passages in the said treatise, which relate to Mr. John Goodwin; but may without any sensible error indifferently serve for the whole tract. Wherein some of the best means for the cure of the said dangerous ulcer, called gangræna, and to prevent the spreading of it to the danger of the precious soules of men, are clearly opened, and effectually applied; / by the said John Goodvvin, a well-willer to the saints, in the work and patience of Jesus Christ. Published according to order.
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             Cretensis: or A briefe answer to an ulcerous treatise, lately published by Mr Thomas Edvvards, intituled Gangræna: calculated for the meridian of such passages in the said treatise, which relate to Mr. John Goodwin; but may without any sensible error indifferently serve for the whole tract. Wherein some of the best means for the cure of the said dangerous ulcer, called gangræna, and to prevent the spreading of it to the danger of the precious soules of men, are clearly opened, and effectually applied; / by the said John Goodvvin, a well-willer to the saints, in the work and patience of Jesus Christ. Published according to order.
             Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.
          
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           CRETENSIS
           :
           
             OR
          
           A
           BRIEFE
           ANSWER
           TO
           an
           ulcerous
           Treatise
           ,
           lately
           published
           by
           Mr
           THOMAS
           EDVVARDS
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             GANGRAENA
             :
          
           Calculated
           for
           the
           Meridian
           of
           such
           passages
           in
           the
           said
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           
             relate
             to
             Mr
          
           John
           Goodwin
           ;
           
             but
             may
             without
             any
             sensible
             error
             indifferently
             serve
             for
             the
             whole
             Tract
             .
          
        
         
           Wherein
           some
           of
           the
           best
           means
           for
           the
           cure
           of
           the
           said
           dangerous
           ulcer
           ,
           called
           
             Gangraena
             ,
          
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           spreading
           of
           it
           to
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           precious
           soules
           
             of
             men
             ,
             are
             clearly
             opened
             ,
             and
             effectually
             applied
             ;
          
           By
           the
           said
           JOHN
           GOODVVIN
           ,
           a
           well-willer
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           in
           the
           work
           and
           patience
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Cretians
             are
             alwayes
             liers
             ,
             evill
             beasts
             ,
             &c.
             
             This
             witnesse
             is
             true
             :
             Wherefore
             rebuke
             them
             sharply
             (
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             cuttingly
             )
             that
             they
             may
             be
             sound
             in
             the
             Faith
             ,
          
           
             Tit.
             1.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
        
         
           And
           I
           heard
           a
           lowd
           voice
           saying
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           Now
           is
           come
           salvation
           and
           strength
           and
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           our
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           his
           Christ
           ;
           for
           THE
           ACCVSER
           OF
           OVR
           BRETHREN
           is
           cast
           downe
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Revel.
             12.
             10.
             
          
        
         
           Let
           not
           an
           evill-speaker
           be
           established
           on
           earth
           :
           evill
           shall
           hunt
           the
           violent
           man
           to
           overthrow
           him
           ,
           
             Psal.
             140.
             11.
             
          
        
         
           But
           they
           shall
           proceed
           no
           further
           ;
           for
           their
           folly
           shall
           be
           manifest
           unto
           all
           men
           ,
           as
           theirs
           also
           was
           ,
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             9.
             
          
        
         
           Qui
           ergo
           bene
           mentitur
           ,
           &
           absque
           ullâ
           verecundiâ
           ,
           quicquid
           in
           buccam
           venerit
           ,
           confingit
           in
           fratres
           ,
           magistrum
           se
           optimum
           probat
           ▪
           
             Hieronymus
             .
             l.
             1.
             Apol.
             adversus
             Ruffin
             .
          
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           
             Musaeus
             .
          
        
         
           Published
           according
           to
           Order
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             S.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Overton
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           in
           
             Popes-head
          
           Alley
           .
           1646.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           CRETENSIS
           ;
           
             OR
          
           A
           BRIEFE
           ANSVVER
           to
           an
           ulcerous
           Treatise
           ,
           lately
           published
           by
           Mr
           
             Thomas
             Edwards
             ,
          
           intituled
           ,
           
             GANGRAENA
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               BEhold
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             to
             
               Peter
               )
               Satan
               hath
               desired
               you
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               sift
               you
               as
               wheat
            
             
               a
            
             .
             Men
             use
             to
             sift
             wheat
             more
             carefully
             and
             thoroughly
             ,
             then
             other
             graine
             .
             The
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             it
             being
             the
             purest
             and
             richest
             of
             all
             graine
             ,
             a
             little
             beggery
             or
             soyle
             left
             in
             it
             ,
             is
             so
             much
             the
             greater
             eye-sore
             ,
             whilst
             it
             is
             yet
             in
             the
             heap
             ,
             or
             hand
             ;
             and
             besides
             any
             mixture
             of
             drosse
             being
             ground
             with
             wheat
             ,
             is
             (
             for
             the
             same
             reason
             )
             the
             more
             offensive
             in
             taste
             ,
             when
             bread
             comes
             to
             be
             made
             of
             it
             .
             So
             that
             our
             Saviours
             meaning
             in
             the
             recited
             passage
             is
             ;
             that
             the
             Devill
             hath
             a
             very
             great
             desire
             to
             obtaine
             leave
             from
             God
             of
             sifting
             the
             Saints
             thoroughly
             ,
             
               i.
            
             by
             libertie
             of
             temptation
             to
             try
             them
             to
             the
             uttermost
             ,
             what
             may
             be
             gotten
             out
             of
             them
             by
             way
             of
             weakness
             and
             corruption
             ;
             not
             indeed
             to
             make
             them
             the
             more
             pure
             ,
             (
             though
             this
             be
             Gods
             designe
             in
             the
             permission
             )
             but
             to
             render
             them
             the
             more
             sinfull
             and
             polluted
             ,
             and
             to
             abate
             and
             pull
             downe
             their
             high
             interests
             both
             with
             God
             and
             man
             .
          
           
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             late
             Treatise
             ,
             knowne
             by
             the
             marke
             of
             a
             
               Gangrene
            
             
             or
             Cancer
             in
             the
             forehead
             of
             it
             ,
             being
             (
             as
             it
             seems
             )
             of
             Satans
             counsell
             ,
             and
             partaker
             of
             his
             intentions
             against
             the
             Saints
             ,
             hath
             diligently
             
             swept
             his
             floore
             ,
             and
             gathered
             together
             his
             siftings
             ,
             all
             that
             drosse
             and
             beggery
             of
             weaknesses
             and
             infirmities
             ,
             which
             Satan
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             foure
             yeares
             (
             by
             his
             own
             confession
             )
             was
             able
             to
             sift
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             he
             to
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             ;
             and
             hath
             ground
             ,
             kneaded
             ,
             and
             bak't
             it
             ,
             and
             made
             
               shew-bread
            
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             such
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             Sons
             of
             
               Levi
               ,
            
             and
             their
             retinue
             ,
             to
             eat
             ,
             as
             are
             of
             his
             own
             dyet
             and
             constitution
             .
             But
             (
             doubtlesse
             )
             the
             man
             suffers
             losse
             in
             his
             designe
             ,
             upon
             the
             same
             terms
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             same
             occasion
             ,
             upon
             which
             his
             Grand
             Tutor
             many
             times
             suffers
             the
             like
             also
             in
             his
             ;
             who
             ,
             though
             his
             subtiltie
             and
             industry
             to
             promote
             his
             kingdome
             ,
             be
             very
             great
             and
             formidable
             ,
             yet
             is
             ever
             and
             anon
             befool'd
             by
             his
             malice
             ,
             which
             is
             predominant
             ,
             and
             magnifies
             it selfe
             above
             them
             both
             .
             This
             still
             importunes
             him
             for
             present
             action
             against
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             suffers
             him
             not
             to
             preconsider
             ,
             whether
             the
             winning
             of
             the
             Rests
             ,
             be
             not
             like
             to
             lose
             him
             the
             race
             .
             So
             (
             doubtlesse
             )
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             being
             overcome
             ,
             even
             to
             an
             intoxication
             ,
             with
             the
             sweetnesse
             of
             his
             end
             ,
             the
             defamation
             of
             his
             poore
             innocent
             helpless
             Brethren
             ,
             sirnamed
             (
             by
             himselfe
             and
             many
             others
             ,
             who
             of
             late
             have
             acted
             themselves
             into
             a
             far
             deeper
             merit
             of
             the
             name
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             worst
             sense
             &
             construction
             of
             the
             word
             )
             
               Independents
               ;
            
             had
             not
             his
             Prudentials
             free
             ,
             to
             consider
             ,
             whether
             the
             course
             which
             he
             hath
             steer'd
             to
             drown
             them
             in
             the
             
               black
               Sea
            
             of
             infamy
             and
             reproofe
             ,
             be
             not
             more
             like
             to
             carry
             them
             into
             the
             
               faire
               Havens
            
             of
             honour
             .
             For
             he
             that
             chargeth
             his
             enemy
             ,
             whose
             reputation
             in
             every
             kinde
             he
             sets
             himself
             to
             tread
             and
             trample
             under
             foot
             ,
             like
             clay
             and
             mire
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             onely
             with
             such
             and
             such
             crimes
             ;
             he
             doth
             not
             so
             much
             charge
             him
             with
             these
             ,
             as
             acquit
             and
             discharge
             him
             from
             all
             others
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             reasonable
             man
             ,
             but
             will
             abate
             and
             deduct
             ,
             and
             that
             
             to
             a
             good
             proportion
             ,
             from
             such
             reckonings
             and
             accounts
             ,
             which
             are
             drawne
             up
             and
             given
             in
             to
             him
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             envie
             :
             much
             lesse
             will
             he
             judge
             such
             accounts
             short
             ,
             or
             defective
             in
             particulars
             .
             So
             that
             whereas
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             conceits
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             now
             in
             his
             
               Gangraena
            
             inform'd
             the
             world
             ,
             how
             bad
             and
             vile
             these
             Sectaries
             and
             
               Independents
            
             are
             ;
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             done
             this
             but
             faintly
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             extreame
             hazard
             of
             his
             own
             reputation
             ;
             but
             he
             hath
             justified
             and
             acquitted
             them
             with
             an
             high
             hand
             from
             all
             other
             crimes
             and
             imputations
             of
             any
             worse
             resentment
             or
             import
             ,
             then
             those
             wherewith
             he
             asperseth
             them
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             hath
             represented
             them
             unto
             the
             
             world
             as
             better
             and
             far
             more
             deserving
             ,
             then
             far
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             his
             own
             
               Presbyterian
            
             generation
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             as
             to
             matter
             of
             practise
             ,
             look
             of
             what
             crimes
             or
             miscarriages
             soever
             ,
             he
             hath
             with
             any
             truth
             ,
             impeached
             those
             men
             ,
             of
             his
             indignation
             ;
             I
             here
             (
             in
             his
             own
             phrase
             elswhere
             
               a
            
             )
             
               cast
               the
               glove
               to
               him
               ,
            
             that
             if
             he
             will
             accept
             of
             the
             challenge
             ,
             I
             will
             produce
             both
             as
             many
             for
             number
             ,
             as
             foule
             (
             yea
             far
             more
             foule
             )
             for
             nature
             ,
             perpetrated
             and
             done
             by
             a
             far
             lesse
             number
             of
             his
             Classique
             Proselytes
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             he
             pretends
             to
             find
             so
             many
             things
             of
             such
             portentuous
             demerit
             .
             Yea
             and
             that
             I
             will
             give
             another
             manner
             of
             account
             of
             the
             realitie
             and
             truth
             of
             what
             I
             bring
             upon
             the
             Stage
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             then
             he
             hath
             done
             ,
             or
             ever
             will
             be
             able
             to
             doe
             ,
             of
             a
             very
             considerable
             part
             of
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             his
             gangred
             pen
             hath
             uttered
             against
             his
             Sectaries
             .
          
           
             And
             secondly
             ,
             for
             matter
             of
             opinion
             ;
             
               I
               cast
               my
               glove
            
             unto
             him
             the
             
             second
             time
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             doe
             the
             like
             .
             1.
             
             That
             I
             will
             discover
             and
             find
             out
             as
             many
             errors
             and
             heresies
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             every
             whit
             as
             dangerous
             an
             import
             ,
             as
             those
             which
             he
             pretends
             (
             or
             at
             least
             is
             able
             to
             prove
             )
             to
             be
             at
             this
             day
             extant
             among
             those
             who
             by
             the
             authoritie
             (
             or
             passion
             rather
             and
             precipitancy
             )
             of
             his
             pen
             are
             voted
             Sectaries
             ,
             in
             a
             far
             lesser
             number
             of
             his
             Classique
             party
             ;
             onely
             upon
             condition
             ,
             that
             he
             shall
             undertake
             to
             perswade
             those
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             I
             shall
             undertake
             to
             make
             this
             discovery
             ,
             to
             answer
             ,
             and
             give
             an
             account
             unto
             me
             what
             their
             judgements
             are
             ,
             in
             all
             such
             points
             and
             questions
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             propose
             to
             them
             .
             Yea
             whereas
             he
             makes
             such
             a
             Tragicall
             outcry
             ,
             that
             there
             should
             be
             180
             errors
             and
             heresies
             amongst
             us
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             afraid
             that
             he
             should
             lose
             his
             
               Presbyterian
            
             Religion
             in
             the
             crowd
             ;
             I
             verily
             believe
             (
             and
             not
             without
             ground
             )
             that
             if
             he
             would
             vouchsafe
             but
             freely
             and
             candidly
             to
             declare
             his
             minde
             and
             judgement
             ,
             in
             all
             such
             points
             ,
             as
             I
             would
             tender
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             professe
             that
             Scepticisme
             himselfe
             ,
             which
             he
             so
             much
             abhorres
             in
             others
             ,
             I
             could
             make
             a
             discovery
             of
             as
             many
             (
             errors
             and
             heresies
             together
             I
             meane
             )
             in
             himselfe
             alone
             .
             Nor
             doe
             I
             judge
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             Orthodox
             
               Presbyterian
            
             under
             Heaven
             (
             no
             nor
             
               Independent
            
             neither
             )
             erres
             much
             beneath
             the
             like
             rate
             or
             number
             of
             errors
             and
             mistakes
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             And
             suppose
             the
             man
             were
             reliev'd
             with
             this
             supposition
             (
             
               Cujus
            
             
             
               tamen
               contrarium
               verum
               est
               ,
            
             as
             will
             be
             attested
             by
             many
             Authentique
             witnesses
             )
             that
             all
             the
             tales
             he
             tells
             to
             make
             that
             crowne
             of
             honour
             
             to
             languish
             and
             fade
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             set
             upon
             the
             heads
             of
             those
             which
             to
             him
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             are
             Heathens
             and
             Publicans
             ,
             I
             meane
             Sectaries
             and
             Independents
             ,
             were
             true
             ;
             yet
             certainly
             they
             that
             scattered
             them
             were
             more
             innocent
             then
             he
             that
             gathered
             them
             up
             ,
             especially
             with
             so
             polluted
             an
             intention
             ,
             as
             to
             call
             the
             world
             together
             to
             see
             the
             nakednesse
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             to
             rejoyce
             with
             Satan
             in
             his
             victories
             and
             triumphs
             over
             them
             .
             If
             the
             man
             had
             thought
             good
             to
             have
             served
             his
             God
             in
             verse
             as
             he
             hath
             done
             in
             prose
             ,
             hee
             might
             have
             begun
             his
             work
             with
             this
             Hexameter
             ,
          
           
             Fortunam
             Satanae
             ,
             &
             magnos
             cantabo
             triumphos
             .
          
           
             Failings
             through
             infirmity
             ,
             are
             but
             the
             footsteps
             of
             
               Flesh
               and
               Bloud
               :
            
             but
             bloudy
             insultations
             over
             men
             because
             of
             failings
             ,
             bewray
             
               Principalities
               and
               powers
               ,
            
             and
             more
             ,
             
               spirituall
               wickednesses
               .
            
             Doubtlesse
             ,
             the
             sinne
             of
             
               Cham
            
             in
             discovering
             the
             nakednesse
             of
             his
             Father
             unto
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             was
             greater
             then
             the
             sin
             of
             his
             Father
             in
             being
             drunk
             :
             
               Cursed
               be
               Canaan
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             
               Noah
            
             as
             a
             Prophet
             )
             
               a
               servant
               of
               servants
               shall
               he
               be
               unto
               his
               brethren
            
             
               a
            
             .
             And
             so
             the
             fact
             of
             
               Doeg
            
             the
             Edomite
             in
             informing
             
               Saul
            
             against
             
               Ahimelech
            
             the
             Priest
             ,
             about
             what
             he
             had
             done
             for
             
               David
            
             
               b
            
             ,
             was
             by
             many
             degrees
             more
             stigmaticall
             then
             any
             thing
             that
             
               Ahimelech
            
             did
             .
             The
             form
             of
             those
             accusations
             
             which
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             hath
             levied
             against
             his
             brethren
             ,
             is
             much
             more
             inexcusable
             then
             the
             matter
             of
             them
             .
             Nor
             doe
             we
             read
             that
             either
             
               Cham
            
             or
             
               Doeg
               ,
            
             though
             sonnes
             of
             much
             unworthinesse
             ,
             ever
             traded
             with
             Satan
             for
             these
             black
             commodities
             ,
             or
             compassed
             the
             earth
             to
             and
             fro
             by
             their
             Eves-droppers
             ,
             Agents
             ,
             or
             Factors
             ,
             to
             gather
             up
             and
             furnish
             themselves
             with
             the
             sinnes
             or
             infirmities
             of
             the
             Saints
             ;
             no
             nor
             that
             they
             ever
             took
             up
             a
             report
             into
             their
             lips
             against
             any
             man
             ,
             upon
             either
             the
             loose
             or
             malicious
             suggestion
             of
             others
             ;
             but
             onely
             related
             and
             informed
             what
             themselves
             saw
             with
             their
             own
             eyes
             ,
             and
             that
             casually
             and
             without
             awaiting
             the
             opportunity
             .
             Whether
             therefore
             the
             man
             we
             know
             ,
             hath
             not
             comforted
             these
             sonnes
             of
             shame
             by
             doubling
             the
             spirit
             of
             their
             unworthinesse
             upon
             himselfe
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             the
             consideration
             of
             such
             men
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             sacrificed
             the
             principles
             of
             their
             ingenuity
             upon
             the
             service
             of
             the
             Classique
             cause
             .
             In
             publishing
             the
             failings
             and
             miscarriages
             of
             persons
             engaged
             in
             the
             profession
             of
             Religion
             ,
             what
             hath
             he
             else
             done
             but
             sowne
             the
             world
             with
             the
             seed
             both
             of
             blasphemy
             against
             God
             ,
             contempt
             of
             his
             wayes
             ,
             and
             obduration
             of
             
             the
             hearts
             of
             wicked
             and
             prophane
             men
             ?
             yea
             ,
             he
             hath
             spread
             a
             table
             for
             Satan
             with
             the
             shame
             and
             sorrowes
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             made
             more
             joy
             in
             hell
             with
             the
             noyse
             of
             his
             
               Gangrene
            
             going
             forth
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             then
             that
             climate
             hath
             known
             for
             these
             many
             generations
             ;
             yea
             ,
             he
             hath
             made
             
               Belzebub
            
             himselfe
             drunk
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             reputation
             of
             his
             enemies
             ,
             and
             hath
             lifted
             him
             up
             halfe
             way
             towards
             that
             heaven
             from
             which
             our
             Saviour
             long
             since
             saw
             him
             falling
             like
             lightning
             e.
             Besides
             ,
             doe
             not
             all
             men
             know
             
             that
             the
             composition
             of
             the
             world
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             it
             ,
             consists
             
               ex
               flore
               &
               faece
               ,
            
             of
             what
             is
             excellent
             and
             what
             is
             excrement
             ?
             For
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             or
             any
             man
             to
             judge
             of
             Independency
             by
             the
             miscarriages
             ,
             whether
             in
             practice
             or
             opinion
             ,
             of
             some
             few
             that
             (
             it
             's
             likely
             )
             are
             the
             retrimentitious
             part
             of
             that
             way
             ,
             is
             as
             if
             a
             man
             should
             make
             an
             estimate
             of
             
               Cheapside
            
             by
             the
             chanell
             that
             runs
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             give
             sentence
             of
             the
             holy
             and
             elect
             Angels
             by
             what
             is
             found
             in
             sin
             and
             wickednesse
             in
             the
             Devils
             .
             If
             Independency
             hath
             its
             tens
             ,
             Presbytery
             hath
             its
             thousands
             of
             the
             sonnes
             of
             
               Belial
            
             in
             her
             retinue
             .
             And
             if
             the
             man
             will
             deale
             fairly
             in
             comparing
             them
             together
             ,
             hee
             must
             not
             set
             the
             head
             of
             the
             one
             against
             the
             taile
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             measure
             head
             with
             head
             ,
             and
             taile
             with
             taile
             .
             All
             may
             bee
             true
             which
             the
             man
             chargeth
             upon
             Independency
             ,
             and
             yet
             independency
             lift
             up
             her
             head
             in
             worth
             and
             dignity
             as
             high
             above
             Presbytery
             ,
          
           
             
               Quantum
               lenta
               solent
               inter
               viburna
               cupressi
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Cedar
             in
             
               Lebanon
            
             is
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             nature
             advanc'd
             above
             the
             Thistle
             in
             
               Lebanon
               .
            
             The
             most
             accursed
             hypocrites
             that
             ever
             the
             earth
             bare
             ,
             have
             been
             of
             the
             profession
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             yet
             Christianity
             the
             best
             of
             all
             professions
             .
             That
             Wolves
             are
             oft
             found
             in
             
               Sheeps
               cloathing
               ,
            
             is
             so
             farre
             from
             being
             matter
             of
             disparagement
             unto
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             rather
             commends
             it
             for
             the
             best
             and
             most
             innocent
             cloathing
             of
             all
             other
             :
             Nor
             ought
             the
             sheep
             (
             as
             
               Augustine
            
             said
             long
             since
             )
             either
             to
             lay
             aside
             his
             cloathing
             ,
             or
             think
             the
             worse
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             the
             Wolfe
             sometimes
             puts
             it
             on
             to
             deceive
             by
             it
             .
             The
             Angels
             of
             light
             are
             not
             out
             of
             love
             with
             their
             shining
             ,
             because
             
               the
               ministers
               of
               Satan
               transform
               themselves
            
             into
             their
             likenesse
             .
             Nay
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             glorious
             testimony
             to
             the
             outward
             deportment
             of
             the
             blessed
             Angels
             ,
             that
             the
             Angels
             of
             darknesse
             desire
             to
             assume
             it
             ,
             when
             they
             desire
             to
             conceale
             and
             hide
             themselves
             .
             The
             ordinary
             wisedome
             of
             the
             flesh
             teacheth
             men
             to
             take
             of
             the
             best
             to
             cover
             the
             worst
             withall
             .
          
           
           
             But
             what
             atonement
             can
             be
             made
             for
             the
             man
             and
             his
             demerit
             ,
             
             in
             case
             he
             shall
             be
             found
             to
             sycophantize
             ,
             to
             fill
             the
             world
             with
             forged
             cavillations
             and
             slanders
             against
             the
             Saints
             ?
             and
             a
             great
             (
             if
             not
             the
             farre
             greater
             )
             part
             of
             what
             he
             hath
             written
             ,
             bee
             evidenced
             to
             be
             not
             of
             the
             race
             or
             issue
             of
             the
             folly
             and
             weaknesse
             of
             those
             that
             are
             accused
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             wisdome
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             strength
             of
             envie
             in
             the
             accuser
             ,
             and
             some
             others
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             mediation
             of
             the
             same
             deare
             interest
             ,
             are
             both
             one
             flesh
             and
             one
             spirit
             too
             with
             him
             ?
             Should
             not
             the
             world
             have
             cause
             to
             feare
             lest
             the
             Sun
             would
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             and
             the
             Moon
             abashed
             at
             the
             very
             sight
             of
             such
             a
             monster
             of
             impiety
             as
             this
             ;
             and
             mourn
             in
             sackcloth
             over
             the
             deplorable
             and
             sad
             condition
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             such
             things
             should
             be
             found
             with
             them
             ?
             yea
             ,
             and
             to
             interpret
             the
             birth
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             signe
             that
             her
             dissolution
             approacheth
             ,
             and
             
               is
               even
               at
               the
               doores
               ?
            
             I
             have
             neither
             leasure
             nor
             opportunity
             to
             search
             to
             the
             bottome
             ,
             or
             sift
             to
             the
             bran
             ,
             all
             that
             the
             man
             storieth
             ,
             
               per
               se
            
             and
             
               per
               alios
               ,
            
             in
             his
             
               Gangrene
               ;
            
             nor
             doe
             I
             hold
             Intelligence
             with
             any
             man
             to
             inform
             my self
             of
             his
             haltings
             ,
             but
             I
             am
             able
             of
             mine
             owne
             knowledge
             to
             avouch
             the
             untruth
             of
             some
             things
             asserted
             by
             him
             :
             the
             untruth
             of
             more
             hath
             been
             avouched
             unto
             me
             by
             others
             ;
             and
             I
             make
             little
             question
             but
             that
             when
             all
             his
             accused
             ones
             shall
             have
             had
             time
             and
             opportunity
             to
             stand
             forth
             &
             plead
             their
             innocency
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             very
             little
             truth
             found
             remaining
             in
             any
             thing
             reported
             by
             him
             ,
             except
             (
             haply
             )
             in
             such
             things
             which
             are
             transgressions
             against
             no
             Law
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             he
             hath
             taken
             a
             pretty
             politick
             course
             to
             save
             
             the
             stake
             of
             his
             own
             repute
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             as
             much
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             the
             through
             examination
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             what
             his
             
               Gangrene
            
             represents
             by
             way
             of
             disparagement
             to
             the
             Independent
             party
             ,
             by
             printing
             so
             many
             letters
             so
             full
             fraught
             with
             these
             commodities
             ,
             without
             the
             names
             of
             their
             Authors
             .
             For
             by
             this
             means
             he
             may
             put
             down
             in
             ink
             and
             paper
             ,
             and
             make
             up
             letter-wise
             what
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             and
             yet
             no
             man
             be
             able
             to
             say
             unto
             him
             that
             black
             is
             his
             eye
             for
             so
             doing
             .
             If
             hee
             will
             affirm
             that
             such
             or
             such
             letters
             were
             sent
             unto
             him
             ,
             or
             came
             to
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             withall
             refuse
             to
             produce
             the
             authors
             ,
             or
             pretend
             reasons
             why
             hee
             should
             not
             name
             them
             ;
             well
             may
             we
             suspect
             jugling
             :
             but
             yet
             the
             Jugler
             hath
             a
             Citie
             of
             refuge
             to
             fly
             unto
             to
             save
             himselfe
             out
             of
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             detector
             .
             And
             to
             me
             it
             seems
             not
             a
             little
             strange
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             should
             keep
             the
             
             names
             of
             his
             informers
             ,
             who
             have
             contributed
             so
             liberally
             towards
             the
             same
             designe
             with
             himselfe
             ,
             under
             hatches
             ,
             or
             within
             the
             vaile
             ;
             when
             as
             he
             prostitutes
             his
             own
             name
             with
             so
             much
             confidence
             (
             that
             I
             say
             not
             impudence
             )
             in
             the
             frontispice
             of
             his
             booke
             .
             If
             hee
             judgeth
             it
             honorable
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             to
             bee
             taken
             notice
             of
             for
             Commander
             in
             chiefe
             in
             the
             Classique
             warres
             against
             Sectaries
             and
             Independents
             ;
             he
             had
             no
             reason
             to
             hide
             the
             names
             of
             his
             Captains
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             served
             in
             inferior
             place
             of
             command
             under
             him
             in
             the
             same
             service
             :
             except
             he
             either
             thinks
             that
             they
             have
             been
             too
             timorous
             and
             low-spirited
             in
             the
             action
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             respect
             is
             tender
             of
             their
             reputation
             ,
             hoping
             they
             may
             quit
             themselves
             more
             like
             men
             hereafter
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             means
             to
             bring
             forth
             their
             names
             with
             honour
             ;
             or
             else
             judgeth
             that
             his
             own
             interest
             in
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             atchievement
             ,
             will
             rise
             the
             better
             ,
             and
             bee
             the
             greater
             and
             more
             intire
             ,
             if
             no
             man
             shall
             be
             looked
             upon
             ,
             or
             known
             by
             name
             ,
             that
             gave
             assistance
             to
             him
             in
             the
             work
             .
             Or
             else
             thirdly
             ,
             feareth
             lest
             the
             contents
             of
             the
             letters
             being
             evicted
             of
             forgery
             and
             untruth
             ,
             should
             reflect
             dishonor
             upon
             the
             indighters
             ,
             and
             so
             discourage
             and
             weaken
             their
             hand
             as
             to
             any
             further
             service
             in
             so
             laudable
             a
             cause
             .
             But
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             that
             I
             cannot
             attribute
             so
             much
             either
             to
             the
             first
             of
             these
             reasons
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             second
             ,
             nor
             yet
             to
             the
             third
             (
             though
             this
             hath
             most
             in
             it
             )
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             he
             suppressed
             his
             names
             for
             any
             other
             end
             ,
             then
             to
             suppresse
             the
             examination
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             letters
             .
             I
             know
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             would
             borrow
             but
             a
             little
             Presbyterian
             faith
             ,
             I
             could
             with
             this
             ,
             without
             any
             demurre
             or
             consideration
             at
             all
             ,
             beleeve
             that
             all
             that
             is
             contained
             in
             the
             letters
             from
             the
             first
             to
             the
             last
             of
             them
             ,
             is
             pure
             and
             simple
             truth
             ;
             and
             that
             M.
             
               Edwards
            
             did
             very
             vertuously
             and
             commendably
             in
             sending
             away
             the
             names
             of
             the
             writers
             into
             a
             land
             of
             darknesse
             .
             But
             these
             being
             no
             fundamentals
             ,
             I
             hope
             we
             shall
             be
             tolerated
             without
             beleeving
             them
             with
             our
             own
             faith
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             his
             Apocryphall
             letters
             (
             p.
             66.
             )
             comforts
             his
             friend
             ,
             
               Good
            
             
             
               Mr.
               
               Edwards
            
             (
             as
             he
             stiles
             him
             )
             against
             me
             ,
             thus
             :
             
               But
               whatsoever
               Mr.
               John
               of
               Colemanstreet
               sayes
               ,
               they
            
             (
             the
             
               Independents
            
             he
             means
             )
             
               will
               be
               found
               the
               fighters
               against
               God
               .
            
             I
             grant
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             so
             
               found
            
             in
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             Almanack
             ,
             through
             a
             mistake
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             originall
             ,
             the
             
               Ephemerides
            
             of
             heaven
             ,
             they
             are
             called
             
               Fighters
               WITH
            
             and
             
               FOR
               God
               .
            
             Except
             the
             letter-man
             means
             ,
             
               they
               will
               be
               found
               fighters
            
             
             
               against
               the
               God
               of
               this
               world
               ,
            
             in
             that
             
               Militia
            
             which
             hee
             hath
             armed
             against
             the
             nation
             and
             servants
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             in
             it
             .
             
               Against
            
             this
             
               God
            
             in
             his
             
               Militia
               ,
            
             I
             confesse
             ,
             they
             have
             fought
             ,
             and
             (
             I
             doubt
             not
             )
             will
             fight
             still
             more
             cordially
             and
             more
             courageably
             then
             many
             
               Anti-Independent
            
             soules
             have
             done
             .
             Indeed
             if
             the
             
               Independents
            
             should
             turn
             
               Turks
               ,
            
             and
             betray
             their
             principles
             ,
             and
             passe
             over
             into
             the
             Tents
             of
             High
             
               Presbytery
               ,
            
             they
             will
             bee
             found
             
               fighters
               against
               God
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             others
             .
             But
             in
             the
             mean
             season
             let
             Mr.
             
             
               Anonymus
            
             and
             his
             compeers
             know
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Sect
             of
             men
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             the
             sonnes
             of
             high
             
               Presbytery
            
             and
             
               Episcopacy
            
             onely
             excepted
             ,
             that
             being
             true
             to
             their
             Principles
             ,
             are
             capable
             of
             
               fighting
               against
               God
               ,
            
             at
             least
             in
             that
             sense
             ,
             which
             both
             
               Gamaliel
            
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             
               John
               of
               Colemanstreet
            
             in
             his
             Commentaries
             intends
             and
             prosecutes
             .
             Nor
             let
             any
             man
             think
             that
             I
             breath
             the
             least
             aire
             of
             disparagement
             in
             the
             face
             of
             
               Presbytery
               ,
            
             by
             ranging
             
               Episcopacy
            
             with
             it
             :
             in
             as
             much
             as
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             himselfe
             ,
             springs
             an
             ingagement
             upon
             
               Presbytery
            
             to
             persecute
             the
             Saints
             under
             the
             vaile
             of
             suppressing
             errors
             ,
             from
             the
             laudable
             practise
             of
             her
             elder
             sister
             
               Episcopacy
            
             in
             the
             same
             kind
             .
          
           
             In
             another
             letter
             of
             the
             same
             Packet
             (
             or
             packing
             rather
             ,
             )
             
               viz.
            
             
             p.
             55.
             he
             presents
             the
             honorable
             and
             grave
             Assembly
             of
             Parliament
             (
             for
             to
             them
             he
             dedicates
             his
             
               Gangraena
               ,
               quanta
               quanta
               est
               ,
            
             from
             the
             one
             end
             of
             it
             to
             the
             other
             )
             with
             such
             a
             painted
             peece
             of
             lasciviousnesse
             and
             prophanenesse
             ,
             kissing
             together
             ,
             which
             might
             probably
             have
             found
             acceptation
             and
             thanks
             ,
             had
             he
             presented
             it
             to
             the
             company
             of
             free
             Traders
             in
             
               Turnbolstreet
               ,
            
             for
             the
             beautifying
             of
             their
             Hall
             :
             but
             by
             exhibiting
             it
             to
             those
             persons
             of
             Gravity
             and
             Honour
             ,
             he
             hath
             traduced
             the
             modesty
             of
             their
             eyes
             and
             eares
             ,
             and
             attempts
             no
             lesse
             then
             to
             draw
             them
             into
             part
             and
             fellowship
             with
             himselfe
             in
             his
             own
             reproach
             ,
             by
             seeking
             to
             make
             them
             patrons
             of
             all
             the
             filthy
             ,
             slanderous
             ,
             and
             abominable
             practices
             of
             his
             pen
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             very
             front
             and
             entrance
             of
             his
             Dedicatory
             unto
             them
             ,
             he
             
             tells
             them
             that
             he
             
               presents
               them
               with
               a
               Catalogue
               ,
               or
               black
               Bill
               :
            
             hee
             might
             have
             added
             (
             in
             stead
             of
             what
             hee
             doth
             adde
             )
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             ,
             tendency
             and
             import
             with
             those
             ,
             which
             the
             black
             
               Accuser
               of
               the
               Brethren
            
             was
             wont
             long
             since
             by
             his
             agents
             to
             present
             unto
             the
             Heathen
             Emperours
             and
             powers
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             against
             the
             
             Saints
             of
             the
             most
             high
             God
             .
             And
             whereas
             (
             a
             few
             lines
             after
             )
             he
             professeth
             that
             hee
             
               much
               feareth
               lest
               the
               subject
               matter
               of
               his
               Catalogue
               may
               prove
               unto
               England
               like
               the
               Bill
               of
               Divorce
               given
               unto
               Israel
               ;
            
             I
             professe
             also
             that
             I
             feare
             the
             same
             feare
             with
             him
             ,
             in
             part
             ,
             because
             a
             great
             ,
             if
             not
             the
             farre
             greatest
             part
             ,
             of
             the
             
               subject
               matter
               of
               his
               Catalogue
            
             consists
             of
             defamatory
             untruths
             ,
             forged
             cavillations
             ,
             and
             bloudy
             insinuations
             against
             the
             servants
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Land
             .
             And
             such
             practises
             as
             these
             in
             a
             Nation
             ,
             (
             
               unlesse
               some
               speedy
               and
               effectuall
               course
               be
               taken
               to
               prevent
               them
            
             )
             portend
             indeed
             little
             lesse
             then
             a
             bill
             of
             divorce
             from
             Heaven
             to
             that
             Nation
             .
             But
             for
             
               the
               Errors
               ,
               Heresies
               ,
               Blasphemies
               ,
               and
               Practices
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               of
               this
               time
               ,
            
             which
             he
             makes
             
               the
               subject
               matter
               of
               his
               Catalogue
               ;
            
             by
             that
             time
             ,
             1o
             all
             those
             Tenets
             which
             he
             very
             erroneously
             makes
             
               Errors
               and
               Heresies
               ,
            
             to
             advance
             his
             Catalogue
             ;
             and
             2o
             all
             those
             ,
             which
             are
             forged
             in
             his
             own
             brain
             ,
             falsly
             fastened
             upon
             others
             ,
             no
             man
             holding
             or
             owning
             them
             :
             and
             3o
             ,
             all
             those
             ,
             which
             it
             may
             be
             have
             fallen
             from
             the
             lips
             or
             pen
             of
             some
             one
             inconsiderable
             and
             halfe-distracted
             person
             ,
             no
             man
             seconding
             him
             therein
             :
             and
             4o
             all
             those
             that
             hee
             hath
             perverted
             in
             the
             setting
             down
             :
             5o
             ,
             all
             those
             that
             (
             for
             substance
             )
             are
             repeated
             the
             second
             ,
             third
             ,
             and
             forth
             time
             over
             .
             6o
             ,
             and
             lastly
             ,
             all
             
               those
               Blasphemies
               and
               Practises
               ,
            
             which
             without
             cause
             or
             ground
             of
             truth
             he
             chargeth
             upon
             his
             
               Sectaries
               ;
            
             by
             that
             time
             (
             I
             say
             )
             that
             all
             these
             shall
             bee
             struck
             out
             of
             his
             black
             Bill
             ,
             the
             Bill
             will
             appeare
             much
             blacker
             and
             fouler
             then
             yet
             (
             perhaps
             )
             it
             doth
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             many
             ,
             and
             so
             resemble
             the
             Author
             more
             to
             the
             life
             :
             But
             the
             formidablenesse
             of
             
               the
               subject
               mattrr
               of
               his
               Catalogue
            
             will
             be
             much
             eased
             ,
             and
             the
             
               form
            
             of
             it
             bee
             found
             much
             more
             formidable
             then
             the
             
               matter
               .
            
          
           
             But
             I
             marvaile
             how
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             having
             (
             it
             seemes
             )
             an
             authorized
             
             power
             to
             make
             errors
             and
             heresies
             at
             what
             rate
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             materialls
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             and
             hopes
             to
             live
             upon
             the
             trade
             ,
             could
             stay
             his
             pen
             at
             so
             small
             a
             number
             as
             180
             ;
             and
             did
             not
             advance
             to
             that
             Angelicall
             quotient
             in
             the
             
               Apocalyps
               ,
            
             which
             is
             
               ten
               thousand
               times
               ten
               thousand
               ,
               and
               thousand
               thousands
               .
            
             If
             he
             had
             consulted
             with
             a
             book
             ,
             not
             many
             yeares
             since
             printed
             ,
             which
             maintaines
             that
             dangerous
             heresie
             of
             the
             
               Cosmoselenitae
               ,
            
             i.
             of
             those
             that
             hold
             there
             is
             another
             world
             in
             the
             Moone
             ,
             and
             with
             another
             ,
             printed
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             his
             foure
             yeares
             ,
             intituled
             ,
             
               Divinity
               and
               Philosophy
               dissected
            
             
             
               and
               set
               out
               by
               a
               mad
               man
               ,
            
             with
             some
             few
             others
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             shortly
             be
             able
             to
             name
             unto
             him
             ;
             I
             will
             undertake
             ,
             that
             out
             of
             these
             he
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             increase
             his
             roll
             of
             errors
             and
             heresies
             ,
             from
             180
             ,
             to
             280
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             500
             ;
             and
             that
             upon
             more
             honest
             and
             honourable
             terms
             ,
             then
             now
             he
             hath
             advanc'd
             it
             to
             his
             own
             number
             .
             And
             if
             he
             pleaseth
             to
             repaire
             unto
             me
             before
             the
             course
             of
             his
             menstruous
             or
             monethly
             labour
             comes
             upon
             him
             ,
             I
             will
             undertake
             to
             inrich
             his
             Treasurie
             of
             errors
             and
             heresies
             ,
             by
             twentie
             and
             ten
             ,
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Antapologie
             .
             For
             certain
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             every
             contradiction
             affords
             an
             error
             ,
             either
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             or
             on
             the
             other
             :
             and
             if
             I
             doe
             not
             find
             twenty
             and
             ten
             ,
             and
             a
             better
             number
             then
             so
             ,
             of
             birds
             of
             that
             feather
             in
             that
             Element
             ,
             let
             Mr
             
               Edwards
            
             pen
             plough
             as
             many
             long
             furrows
             more
             upon
             my
             back
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             done
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             I
             must
             crave
             leave
             to
             say
             (
             or
             at
             least
             to
             thinke
             )
             that
             it
             is
             a
             most
             importune
             and
             unsufferable
             presumption
             ,
             for
             a
             poore
             ,
             weake
             thimble-full
             of
             dust
             ,
             that
             knows
             not
             how
             to
             range
             his
             parts
             of
             speech
             in
             a
             sentence
             ,
             nor
             to
             put
             the
             nominative
             case
             and
             verb
             together
             regularly
             in
             English
             ,
             nor
             how
             to
             frame
             the
             structure
             of
             a
             period
             according
             to
             the
             common
             rules
             of
             reason
             ,
             Grammar
             ,
             and
             common
             sense
             ;
             to
             advance
             himselfe
             into
             a
             Paper
             Throne
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             ,
             
               satis
               pro
               Imperio
               &
               tribunali
               ,
            
             pronounce
             the
             formidable
             sentence
             of
             
               Error
               and
               Heresie
               ,
            
             against
             all
             opinions
             and
             judgements
             of
             men
             whatsoever
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             comport
             with
             his
             understanding
             (
             or
             fancie
             rather
             )
             as
             the
             standard
             of
             all
             Truth
             .
             Yea
             and
             
               Nebuchadnezzar-like
            
             ,
             
               to
               slay
               and
               smite
            
             
             what
             opinion
             he
             pleaseth
             :
             
               what
               he
               will
               to
               set
               up
               ,
               and
               what
               he
               will
               to
               pull
               downe
               .
            
             For
             I
             professe
             ingenuously
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             not
             by
             what
             other
             rule
             or
             measure
             ,
             besides
             his
             own
             humour
             and
             will
             ,
             he
             judgeth
             of
             
               error
            
             or
             
               heresie
               .
            
             Certaine
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             will
             stand
             either
             to
             the
             arbitrement
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             principles
             of
             cleare
             &
             sound
             Reason
             ,
             he
             must
             discharge
             and
             justifie
             many
             of
             those
             Tenets
             for
             innocent
             ,
             yea
             and
             well-deserving
             Truths
             ,
             which
             now
             he
             hath
             arraigned
             at
             the
             barre
             of
             his
             Tribunall
             for
             
               Errors
               &
               Heresies
               .
            
             If
             his
             Touchstone
             be
             ,
             the
             major
             vote
             of
             his
             own
             party
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             recommend
             unto
             him
             the
             conscientious
             perusall
             of
             a
             passage
             from
             the
             pen
             of
             a
             conscientious
             and
             learned
             man
             of
             the
             same
             side
             ,
             (
             I
             hope
             he
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             that
             
               he
               is
               knowne
            
             ex
             professo
             ,
             
               to
               be
               of
               another
               judgement
               ,
            
             then
             what
             he
             plainly
             expresseth
             in
             writing
             ;
             a
             base
             calumny
             ,
             wherewith
             to
             honour
             himselfe
             ,
             he
             dishonoureth
             
               Calvin
               ,
            
             p.
             45.
             )
             
               If
               dissentions
               and
            
             
             
               schismes
            
             (
             saith
             
               Musculus
            
             
               a
            
             )
             
               arise
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               they
               are
               in
               fault
               who
               stand
               up
               to
               maintaine
               a
               false
               faith
               ,
               not
               they
               who
               oppose
               it
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               materiall
               which
               partie
               is
               the
               more
               numerous
               .
               For
               the
               Church
               ,
               neither
               her selfe
               judgeth
               according
               to
               the
               multitude
               ,
               nor
               is
               shee
               to
               be
               judged
               according
               to
               the
               consent
               of
               the
               greater
               number
               ,
               but
               according
               to
               the
               manifest
               truth
               expressed
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               .
            
             If
             the
             man
             will
             but
             own
             the
             verdict
             of
             as
             learned
             and
             ingenuous
             a
             pen
             as
             ever
             wrote
             on
             his
             side
             ,
             he
             must
             release
             the
             better
             halfe
             (
             I
             beleeve
             )
             of
             his
             prisoners
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             an
             180
             
               Errors
            
             and
             
               Heresies
               ,
            
             take
             his
             tables
             and
             write
             downe
             ,
             four-score
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             would
             know
             of
             him
             ,
             whether
             this
             be
             a
             regular
             processe
             in
             Law
             ,
             
               To
               ask
               my
               fellow
               whether
               I
               be
               a
               Thiefe
               .
            
             If
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             thinks
             that
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             reputed
             ,
             and
             honoured
             as
             a
             man
             Orthodox
             ,
             till
             men
             of
             his
             owne
             judgement
             vote
             him
             erroneous
             ;
             I
             know
             no
             reason
             he
             hath
             ,
             but
             to
             measure
             out
             the
             same
             measure
             unto
             others
             ;
             and
             consequently
             to
             judge
             no
             man
             or
             men
             erroneous
             or
             hereticall
             ,
             untill
             they
             be
             adjudged
             such
             by
             those
             that
             concur
             in
             opinion
             with
             them
             .
             As
             for
             twenty
             and
             ten
             of
             those
             opinions
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             impeached
             of
             
               error
            
             and
             
               heresie
               ,
            
             (
             and
             I
             will
             not
             say
             for
             how
             many
             more
             )
             
               I
               doe
               here
               cast
               the
               glove
            
             to
             whosoever
             will
             take
             it
             up
             ,
             to
             bring
             them
             off
             with
             the
             honour
             of
             truth
             ,
             from
             all
             that
             the
             man
             hath
             to
             lay
             to
             their
             charge
             .
             For
             I
             evidently
             see
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             dealt
             with
             many
             precious
             Truths
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Jews
            
             did
             by
             Christ
             himselfe
             ,
             when
             they
             
               numbred
               him
               with
               Transgressors
               .
            
             And
             particularly
             ,
             for
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             arraign'd
             in
             the
             70th
             place
             in
             his
             Catalogue
             of
             Errors
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             that
             
               Faith
               in
               a
               proper
               sense
               is
               imputed
               to
               justification
               ,
               and
               not
               Christs
               righteousnesse
               ;
            
             (
             in
             the
             sense
             by
             me
             rejected
             )
             I
             thinke
             I
             may
             with
             far
             lesse
             boasting
             say
             ,
             what
             he
             saith
             of
             his
             abilities
             in
             the
             Church-Controversies
             ;
             
               I
               am
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               so
               farre
               vers'd
               in
               these
               Controversies
               ,
               that
               I
               challenge
               ,
            
             &c
             
               b
            
             .
             So
             may
             I
             say
             without
             offence
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             so
             far
             versed
             in
             the
             Controversie
             about
             the
             Imputation
             of
             faith
             &
             Christs
             active
             obedience
             in
             Justification
             ,
             that
             I
             here
             challenge
             all
             the
             
               Presbyterians
            
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             assembled
             ,
             or
             not
             assembled
             ,
             in
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
               ,
               France
            
             and
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             to
             prove
             either
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             or
             by
             dint
             of
             argument
             ,
             either
             that
             faith
             is
             not
             imputed
             in
             a
             proper
             sense
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             active
             obedience
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             formalitie
             of
             it
             ,
             imputed
             in
             Justification
             .
          
           
             
               P.
            
             45.
             
             He
             labours
             to
             justifie
             the
             Devill
             ,
             only
             to
             make
             me
             appear
             like
             
             unto
             him
             ;
             for
             in
             saying
             ,
             that
             
               I
               deal
               just
               by
               him
               ,
               as
               the
               Devil
               did
               by
               Christ
               ;
            
             
             doth
             he
             not
             plainly
             imply
             ,
             that
             the
             Devill
             did
             no
             worse
             by
             Christ
             ,
             then
             I
             doe
             by
             him
             ?
             So
             then
             if
             it
             appeare
             ,
             that
             I
             dealt
             fairly
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             did
             him
             no
             wrong
             ,
             in
             my
             citation
             of
             his
             words
             ,
             then
             will
             the
             Devill
             be
             found
             to
             be
             Mr
             
               Edwards
            
             client
             ,
             and
             he
             the
             Devills
             Advocate
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             the
             verdict
             of
             his
             own
             pen
             .
             Now
             then
             whether
             I
             have
             wrong'd
             the
             man
             the
             least
             haire
             of
             his
             head
             ,
             let
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             Judge
             himselfe
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             judge
             .
             The
             case
             is
             this
             .
             In
             my
             
               Innocencies
               Triumph
               ,
            
             p.
             8.
             
             I
             cite
             these
             words
             from
             his
             
               Antapologia
               ,
            
             p.
             169.
             
             
               The
               power
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               by
               which
               he
               punisheth
               sinne
               ,
               doth
               not
               subserve
               to
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Christ
               the
               Mediator
               .
            
             Now
             to
             take
             an
             occasion
             of
             resembling
             himselfe
             unto
             
               Christ
            
             (
             which
             he
             doth
             more
             then
             once
             in
             his
             
               Gangrene
            
             
               a
            
             )
             and
             me
             unto
             the
             
               Devill
               ,
            
             he
             chargeth
             me
             ,
             that
             
               citing
               the
               former
               part
               of
               the
               sentence
               ,
               I
               leave
               out
               the
               latter
               :
            
             adding
             further
             ,
             that
             
               had
               I
               but
               named
               this
               latter
               part
               ,
               it
               would
               have
               been
               an
               evident
               confutation
               of
               me
               .
            
             Let
             any
             sober
             and
             intelligent
             man
             ,
             but
             consider
             ,
             what
             that
             
               latter
               part
               of
               the
               sentence
               is
               ,
            
             how
             incongruous
             and
             illcoherent
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             clearly
             see
             ,
             that
             in
             omitting
             it
             ,
             I
             rather
             cast
             a
             covering
             upon
             his
             nakednesse
             ,
             then
             any
             way
             prejudic'd
             him
             ;
             unlesse
             (
             haply
             )
             he
             counts
             this
             a
             prejudice
             to
             him
             ,
             not
             to
             have
             his
             nakednesse
             and
             weaknesse
             appeare
             to
             the
             world
             all
             over
             .
             But
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             the
             sentence
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             the
             
               naming
               whereof
               would
               have
               been
               so
               evident
               a
               confutation
               of
               me
               ,
            
             is
             this
             ;
             
               that
               he
               may
               apply
               efficaciously
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               of
               the
               Propheticall
               and
               Priestly
               office
               of
               Christ
               :
               he
               doth
               not
               affect
               the
               inward
               man
               and
               conscience
               with
               spirituall
               punishment
               .
            
             Where
             ,
             first
             ,
             it
             is
             observable
             ,
             that
             himself
             ,
             citing
             here
             so
             much
             of
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             the
             sentence
             ,
             as
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             he
             would
             have
             had
             me
             have
             cited
             in
             my
             
               Innocencies
               Triumph
               ,
            
             leaves
             out
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             this
             latter
             part
             it selfe
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             these
             words
             (
             distinguished
             onely
             by
             a
             comma
             ,
             from
             the
             former
             )
             
               neither
               is
               this
               instituted
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               sanctified
               as
               the
               means
               for
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               flesh
               ,
               that
               the
               spirit
               may
               be
               saved
               in
               the
               day
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             So
             that
             if
             I
             have
             
               dealt
               by
               him
               as
               the
               Devill
               did
               by
               Christ
               ,
            
             meerly
             by
             citing
             the
             
               former
               part
               of
               his
               sentence
               without
               the
               latter
               ,
            
             he
             deales
             himselfe
             by
             himselfe
             
               as
               the
               Devill
               did
               by
               Christ
               ,
            
             (
             which
             is
             more
             unnaturall
             of
             the
             two
             )
             yea
             he
             deales
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             with
             a
             far
             more
             exact
             conformitie
             to
             the
             patterne
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             the
             Devils
             dealing
             by
             Christ
             ,
             then
             I
             ,
             though
             his
             charge
             against
             me
             could
             be
             justified
             .
             For
             the
             Devill
             did
             not
             leave
             out
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             the
             sentence
             which
             he
             cited
             ,
             but
             onely
             the
             last
             words
             ,
             or
             latter
             part
             of
             the
             latter
             
             part
             of
             this
             sentence
             .
             For
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             in
             affirming
             that
             the
             Devill
             left
             out
             these
             words
             ,
             
               To
               keep
               thee
               in
               all
               thy
               wayes
               ,
            
             deales
             farre
             worse
             then
             
               the
               Devill
               did
               by
               Christ
               ;
            
             for
             the
             Devill
             did
             not
             lie
             unto
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             though
             he
             tempted
             him
             ;
             but
             whether
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             doth
             not
             dash
             his
             foot
             against
             this
             stone
             ,
             in
             saying
             the
             Devill
             left
             out
             the
             words
             mentioned
             ,
             let
             the
             Evangelist
             speak
             ;
             
               And
               he
               brought
               him
               to
               Jerusalem
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             
               Luke
               )
               and
               set
               him
               on
               a
               pinacle
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               and
               said
               unto
               him
               ,
               If
               thou
               be
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               cast
               thy selfe
               down
               from
               hence
               .
               For
               it
               is
               written
               ,
               he
               shall
               give
               his
               Angels
               charge
               over
               thee
               ,
               to
               keep
               thee
            
             
               a
            
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Devill
             left
             out
             but
             part
             of
             those
             words
             which
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             chargeth
             upon
             him
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             these
             ,
             
               In
               all
               thy
               wayes
               ;
            
             which
             being
             the
             very
             last
             words
             of
             the
             sentence
             ,
             it
             is
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             that
             hath
             copied
             out
             the
             Devils
             delinquency
             to
             an
             haire
             ;
             
               dealt
               just
            
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             
               as
               the
               Devill
               did
               by
               Christ
               ,
            
             not
             I.
             But
             whereas
             other
             Authors
             frequently
             make
             use
             of
             the
             figure
             
               Synecdoche
               ,
            
             in
             putting
             down
             a
             part
             for
             the
             whole
             ;
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             makes
             much
             use
             in
             his
             writings
             of
             a
             new
             figure
             ,
             which
             we
             may
             call
             an
             
               Anti-Synecdoche
               ,
            
             by
             putting
             the
             whole
             ,
             yea
             and
             sometimes
             more
             then
             the
             whole
             for
             a
             part
             .
             But
             however
             ,
             I
             must
             give
             him
             the
             testimony
             of
             a
             man
             impartiall
             between
             the
             Devill
             and
             the
             Saints
             ;
             for
             though
             he
             speakes
             falsly
             of
             these
             ,
             yet
             he
             will
             not
             flatter
             the
             other
             with
             the
             truth
             .
          
           
             2o
             .
             I
             would
             faine
             know
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             former
             part
             of
             his
             sentence
             cited
             by
             me
             ,
             be
             false
             ,
             whether
             the
             addition
             of
             the
             latter
             would
             have
             made
             it
             true
             .
             
               If
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               by
               which
               he
               punisheth
               sin
               ,
               doth
               not
               subserve
               to
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Christ
               the
               Mediator
            
             (
             which
             are
             the
             words
             I
             cite
             )
             would
             the
             naming
             of
             the
             following
             words
             ,
             
               that
               he
               may
               apply
               efficaciously
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             &c.
             render
             or
             make
             it
             subservient
             thereunto
             ?
             Therefore
             I
             know
             not
             how
             ,
             or
             wherein
             I
             have
             trespassed
             either
             upon
             the
             man
             or
             his
             words
             in
             the
             least
             .
             If
             his
             meaning
             be
             ,
             the
             whole
             period
             ,
             former
             and
             latter
             part
             being
             taken
             together
             ,
             that
             
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               by
               which
               he
               punisheth
               sin
               ,
               doth
               not
               subserve
               to
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Christ
               the
               Mediator
               ,
               by
               an
               efficacious
               applying
               of
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               of
               the
               Propheticall
               and
               Priestly
               Office
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             First
             ,
             the
             Grammar
             of
             the
             sentence
             will
             not
             beare
             it
             .
             And
             secondly
             ,
             if
             it
             would
             ,
             yet
             such
             a
             sense
             is
             little
             better
             then
             no
             sense
             ;
             the
             sentence
             thus
             taken
             ,
             being
             of
             the
             same
             forme
             and
             character
             of
             speaking
             with
             this
             :
             The
             bread
             by
             which
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             lives
             ,
             doth
             not
             subserve
             to
             the
             maintenance
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             by
             making
             his
             drinke
             effectuall
             to
             quench
             his
             thirst
             .
             Or
             this
             :
             The
             learning
             by
             which
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             
             confuteth
             the
             Sectaries
             ,
             is
             not
             subservient
             to
             their
             preferment
             by
             giving
             them
             houses
             or
             lands
             ,
             or
             great
             rewards
             ,
             &c.
             
             If
             there
             be
             sap
             ,
             savour
             ,
             or
             sense
             in
             either
             of
             these
             ,
             then
             may
             hee
             have
             some
             cause
             to
             complain
             of
             wrong
             done
             unto
             him
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             body
             of
             that
             sentence
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             was
             not
             produced
             by
             me
             whole
             and
             intire
             ,
             lower
             parts
             and
             upper
             parts
             together
             .
             But
             if
             the
             period
             taken
             together
             ,
             was
             of
             the
             very
             selfe-same
             shape
             and
             forme
             with
             those
             ,
             then
             was
             it
             Centaure-like
             ;
             and
             then
             I
             did
             him
             more
             right
             then
             came
             to
             his
             share
             ,
             in
             shewing
             onely
             the
             upper
             parts
             of
             it
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             rationall
             ,
             and
             like
             to
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             concealing
             the
             nether
             parts
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             discovery
             whereof
             makes
             it
             appeare
             like
             a
             monster
             ,
             strange
             and
             uncouth
             to
             behold
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             passage
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             and
             over
             which
             he
             mourns
             ,
             finding
             it
             without
             the
             taile
             in
             my
             citation
             ,
             though
             he
             calls
             it
             a
             
               Sentence
               ,
            
             yet
             a
             sentence
             it
             is
             none
             ,
             having
             neither
             form
             ,
             feature
             ,
             nor
             any
             property
             of
             a
             sentence
             in
             it
             .
             And
             in
             this
             my
             sentence
             and
             censure
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             refer
             my selfe
             to
             all
             those
             that
             have
             but
             
               their
               senses
               exercised
               in
               discerning
            
             between
             sensible
             and
             senselesse
             sayings
             .
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             the
             man
             (
             in
             his
             Preface
             )
             is
             tumultuously
             importune
             
             for
             an
             answer
             to
             his
             
               Antapologie
               ,
            
             and
             calls
             all
             the
             speeches
             that
             have
             been
             given
             out
             by
             the
             
               Independents
            
             cōcerning
             an
             answer
             to
             it
             ,
             
               but
               meer
               flourishes
               and
               swelling
               words
               of
               vanity
               ;
            
             as
             if
             to
             talke
             of
             answering
             him
             ,
             were
             a
             
               swelling
               word
               of
               vanity
               ,
            
             a
             word
             of
             too
             much
             confidence
             to
             proceed
             from
             the
             mouth
             of
             a
             mortall
             man
             .
             Yea
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             first
             page
             of
             his
             preface
             he
             vapours
             at
             an
             insufferable
             rate
             ,
             powring
             out
             contempt
             upon
             the
             poore
             
               Independents
            
             (
             whom
             hee
             calls
             
               Dogges
               ,
            
             making
             himselfe
             or
             his
             
               Antapologie
            
             the
             
               Moone
            
             )
             as
             if
             they
             were
             not
             onely
             not
             able
             to
             answer
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             if
             they
             
               knew
               not
            
             so
             much
             as
             
               which
               way
               to
               goe
               about
               to
               answer
               it
               :
            
             as
             if
             they
             who
             mean
             to
             answer
             him
             ,
             had
             need
             to
             be
             furnished
             with
             other
             manner
             of
             parts
             ,
             learning
             ,
             knowledge
             ,
             wisdome
             ,
             then
             were
             any
             wayes
             requisite
             to
             answer
             all
             the
             Seraphicall
             disputants
             in
             the
             world
             besides
             .
             
               Paul
            
             himselfe
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             with
             some
             others
             ,
             had
             given
             out
             some
             speeches
             of
             his
             coming
             to
             
               Corinth
               ,
            
             some
             while
             before
             he
             came
             .
             And
             because
             through
             occasionall
             diversions
             his
             journey
             was
             for
             some
             considerable
             time
             deferred
             ,
             some
             in
             this
             Church
             that
             were
             obnoxious
             ,
             were
             
               puffed
               up
            
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             as
             if
             the
             bitternesse
             of
             death
             had
             been
             past
             ,
             and
             
               Paul
            
             never
             meant
             to
             come
             amongst
             them
             .
             
               Some
            
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
               are
            
             
             
               puffed
               up
               ,
               as
               though
               I
               would
               not
               come
               unto
               you
            
             
               a
            
             .
             But
             he
             cuts
             the
             comb
             of
             this
             their
             confidence
             in
             the
             next
             words
             ,
             by
             acquainting
             them
             with
             his
             resolution
             in
             that
             behalfe
             .
             
               But
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               I
               will
               come
               unto
               you
               shortly
               ,
               if
               the
               Lord
               will
               ,
               and
               will
               know
               not
               the
               words
               of
               them
               which
               are
               puffed
               up
               ,
               but
               their
               power
            
             
               b
            
             .
             Because
             an
             answer
             to
             his
             
               Antapologie
            
             hath
             been
             so
             much
             spoken
             of
             ,
             and
             through
             many
             interruptions
             following
             like
             the
             waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             one
             in
             the
             neck
             of
             another
             ,
             hath
             not
             yet
             been
             brought
             forth
             ,
             therfore
             the
             man
             is
             so
             far
             swoln
             &
             
               puffed
               up
            
             with
             conceit
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             world
             were
             not
             wide
             enough
             to
             containe
             him
             .
             But
             the
             answer
             which
             he
             calls
             for
             with
             so
             much
             fiercenesse
             of
             importunity
             ,
             will
             ere
             long
             (
             
               if
               the
               Lord
               will
            
             )
             be
             with
             him
             :
             and
             the
             world
             shall
             know
             ,
             not
             
               what
               the
               words
               are
               ,
            
             (
             for
             these
             are
             big
             enough
             ,
             &
             known
             unto
             the
             world
             already
             )
             but
             what
             
               the
               power
               is
            
             (
             or
             weaknesse
             rather
             )
             of
             the
             
               Antapologie
               .
            
             There
             were
             some
             sonnes
             of
             
               Belial
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             sonnes
             of
             Confidence
             too
             ,
             among
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             the
             great
             provocation
             of
             that
             nation
             ,
             when
             the
             day
             of
             that
             soare
             judgement
             of
             the
             70.
             yeares
             captivity
             
               drew
               neere
               ,
               and
               was
               even
               at
               the
               doores
               ,
            
             who
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             derided
             the
             predictions
             of
             the
             Prophets
             concerning
             the
             judgement
             ,
             and
             were
             so
             confident
             as
             to
             desire
             and
             call
             for
             that
             
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             (
             under
             which
             expression
             the
             Prophets
             of
             the
             Lord
             were
             wont
             to
             forewarn
             them
             of
             it
             )
             as
             for
             a
             treasure
             .
             But
             what
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             
               Amos
            
             to
             these
             ?
             
               Woe
               be
               to
               you
               that
               desire
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               :
               to
               what
               end
               is
               it
               for
               you
               ?
               The
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               darknesse
               ,
               and
               not
               light
            
             
               c
            
             .
             I
             verily
             beleeve
             that
             the
             Answer
             to
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
               Antapologie
               ,
            
             will
             not
             be
             for
             his
             honour
             :
             in
             which
             respect
             he
             hath
             no
             great
             ground
             to
             be
             so
             restlesse
             or
             importunate
             in
             calling
             for
             it
             ;
             or
             to
             insult
             over
             those
             ,
             who
             have
             told
             him
             once
             and
             again
             ,
             that
             (
             if
             the
             Lord
             will
             )
             an
             answer
             shall
             be
             given
             him
             .
             Whereas
             hee
             talks
             of
             his
             worthy
             peece
             being
             
               published
               18.
               months
               since
               ,
            
             he
             supposeth
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             that
             men
             have
             little
             or
             nothing
             to
             doe
             ,
             but
             to
             attend
             the
             motions
             of
             his
             pen
             ,
             and
             to
             expedite
             and
             dispatch
             him
             out
             of
             hand
             .
             Indeed
             if
             
               Independent
            
             Ministers
             had
             either
             the
             priviledge
             of
             ease
             ,
             to
             preach
             to
             the
             bare
             walls
             and
             pews
             in
             their
             meeting-places
             ,
             or
             that
             shamelesnesse
             of
             forehead
             to
             make
             the
             subject
             matter
             of
             their
             Sermons
             little
             else
             but
             loose
             ,
             and
             lying
             ,
             and
             frivolous
             reports
             and
             stories
             ,
             or
             virulent
             invectives
             against
             the
             Saints
             and
             servants
             of
             God
             ,
             (
             with
             which
             kind
             of
             materiall
             ,
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             this
             world
             together
             ,
             will
             be
             glad
             to
             furnish
             Preachers
             at
             a
             very
             low
             rate
             ,
             either
             of
             time
             or
             study
             ,
             for
             their
             building
             )
             they
             might
             (
             I
             confesse
             )
             
             be
             men
             of
             more
             expedition
             in
             writing
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             be
             as
             like
             
               the
               Tree
               spoken
               of
               in
               the
               Revelationa
            
             ,
             as
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             himselfe
             .
             It
             is
             sufficiently
             
             knowne
             ,
             that
             since
             the
             18
             moneths
             Mr
             
               Edwards
            
             speaks
             of
             ,
             I
             have
             given
             some
             account
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             publique
             writing
             ,
             and
             this
             more
             then
             once
             ,
             twice
             ,
             or
             thrice
             ,
             (
             besides
             my
             constant
             and
             standing
             labours
             with
             those
             who
             have
             committed
             themselves
             unto
             me
             in
             the
             Lord
             )
             that
             I
             am
             not
             so
             loose
             ,
             or
             idly
             dispos'd
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             would
             insinuatingly
             perswade
             and
             possesse
             the
             world
             concerning
             me
             (
             
               p.
            
             73.
             )
             And
             knowne
             also
             it
             is
             ,
             though
             somewhat
             more
             privately
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             given
             some
             further
             account
             in
             the
             same
             kind
             ,
             of
             my
             time
             spent
             ,
             (
             within
             the
             said
             compasse
             of
             18.
             moneths
             )
             had
             not
             the
             way
             ,
             by
             which
             light
             and
             truth
             should
             goe
             forth
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             been
             hedg'd
             up
             by
             Clergie-Classique
             Counsels
             ,
             as
             with
             thornes
             ,
             against
             me
             .
             But
             however
             ,
             I
             can
             hardly
             believe
             ,
             that
             Mr
             
               Edwards
            
             himselfe
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             advantage
             of
             libertie
             and
             freedome
             from
             other
             ingagements
             which
             he
             had
             above
             other
             men
             ,
             tooke
             much
             lesse
             then
             18.
             moneths
             time
             ,
             for
             the
             building
             and
             beautifying
             his
             
               Antapologie
               .
            
             And
             who
             knows
             not
             how
             much
             more
             easie
             it
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             first
             in
             writing
             ,
             or
             to
             object
             ,
             then
             to
             answer
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             common
             saying
             in
             the
             Schooles
             ,
             
               Plura
               porest
               interrogare
               Asinus
               ,
               quàm
               respondere
               Aristoteles
               :
            
             i.
             
             An
             asse
             may
             soone
             aske
             more
             questions
             ,
             then
             
               Aristotle
            
             be
             able
             to
             answer
             ?
          
           
             In
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             his
             Preface
             ,
             he
             arms
             himselfe
             with
             
               constancie
            
             
             
               and
               heroique
               resolution
               ,
               to
               triumph
               and
               rejoyce
            
             in
             what
             he
             shall
             suffer
             in
             way
             of
             hatred
             or
             reproach
             from
             the
             Sectaries
             ,
             for
             his
             faithfull
             and
             noble
             service
             done
             both
             to
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             in
             opposing
             them
             ;
             animating
             and
             flattering
             himselfe
             in
             his
             course
             ,
             with
             this
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             he
             shall
             suffer
             in
             this
             kind
             ,
             he
             shall
             ride
             parallel
             in
             the
             triumphant
             Chariot
             of
             honour
             with
             those
             great
             worthies
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Luther
               ,
            
             and
             
               Austine
               ;
            
             yea
             with
             the
             Apostle
             
               Paul
            
             himselfe
             ;
             nay
             ,
             with
             the
             great
             Lord
             of
             all
             the
             Apostles
             &
             Patriarchs
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             himselfe
             ,
             blessed
             for
             ever
             .
             See
             the
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             and
             6
             pages
             of
             his
             Preface
             .
             But
             poore
             man
             !
             little
             doth
             he
             consider
             ,
             how
             diametrally
             opposite
             he
             is
             in
             his
             cause
             and
             course
             ,
             both
             to
             Christ
             and
             
               Paul
               ;
            
             and
             how
             unlike
             those
             other
             men
             .
             Was
             either
             
               Paul
            
             or
             Christ
             ,
             of
             his
             occupation
             ?
             did
             they
             spend
             their
             time
             ,
             or
             ingage
             their
             friends
             ,
             in
             gathering
             up
             vagrant
             ,
             loose
             ,
             scandalous
             and
             lying
             reports
             against
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             servants
             of
             God
             ,
             under
             the
             names
             of
             
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             to
             blesse
             
             the
             vanitie
             and
             wickednesse
             of
             the
             world
             with
             the
             venting
             of
             them
             ?
             Did
             
               Paul
            
             or
             Christ
             ,
             set
             their
             faces
             like
             an
             Adamant
             ,
             to
             inflame
             and
             set
             on
             fire
             the
             Powers
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             with
             hatred
             ,
             bitternesse
             and
             bloudinesse
             of
             spirit
             ,
             against
             the
             sons
             and
             daughters
             of
             God
             ,
             though
             full
             of
             weaknesse
             ,
             and
             unworthy
             in
             the
             highest
             ?
             Or
             did
             they
             importune
             and
             clamour
             upon
             the
             secular
             arme
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             wearying
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             
               avenge
               them
               on
               their
               adversaries
               ;
            
             and
             little
             lesse
             then
             threaten
             those
             in
             place
             and
             Authoritie
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             not
             comport
             with
             them
             in
             their
             carnall
             ends
             and
             desires
             ,
             and
             lift
             up
             their
             iron
             rod
             to
             breake
             their
             enemies
             in
             pieces
             like
             a
             potters
             vessell
             ?
             
               This
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             Christ
             to
             the
             
               Jewes
               ,
            
             speaking
             of
             their
             murtherous
             attempts
             against
             him
             )
             
               this
               did
               not
               Abraham
            
             
               a
            
             .
             Nor
             did
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             ,
             or
             his
             blessed
             Apostle
             any
             of
             the
             things
             mentioned
             :
             but
             whether
             Mr.
             
             
               Edw.
            
             hath
             done
             any
             thing
             else
             (
             almost
             )
             either
             in
             his
             Lion
             ,
             or
             in
             his
             Beare
             ,
             I
             mean
             either
             in
             his
             
               Antapologie
               ,
            
             or
             in
             his
             
               Gangrene
               ,
            
             especially
             in
             this
             latter
             ,
             I
             appeale
             to
             the
             judgements
             and
             consciences
             of
             all
             ,
             that
             either
             have
             ,
             or
             shall
             please
             diligently
             to
             peruse
             them
             ,
             and
             withall
             have
             but
             their
             wits
             and
             senses
             free
             from
             Classique
             bands
             .
             When
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             was
             sollicited
             by
             some
             of
             his
             disciples
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             those
             whom
             he
             loved
             best
             ,
             to
             call
             
               for
               fire
               from
               Heaven
               to
               consume
               those
               that
               would
               not
               receive
               him
               ,
            
             he
             
               turn'd
            
             himself
             ,
             
               and
               rebuked
               them
               ,
            
             telling
             them
             that
             
               they
               knew
               not
               what
               spirit
               they
               were
               of
               .
            
             Whereas
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
               calls
            
             and
             cries
             ,
             might
             and
             maine
             ,
             for
             fire
             from
             Hell
             to
             destroy
             ,
             not
             those
             who
             refuse
             to
             receive
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             do
             receive
             him
             with
             all
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             their
             souls
             ,
             onely
             because
             their
             faces
             are
             not
             instantly
             set
             to
             receive
             the
             Traditions
             of
             his
             Discipline
             and
             Doctrine
             ;
             and
             yet
             conceits
             that
             he
             knows
             well
             enough
             
               of
               what
               spirit
               he
               is
               ,
            
             making
             
               no
               question
               for
               conscience
               sake
               ,
            
             but
             that
             it
             is
             Heavenly
             .
             And
             for
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             we
             know
             he
             
               burnt
               (
               viz.
            
             griefe
             and
             sorrow
             )
             when
             any
             Christian
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             weake
             ,
             was
             but
             
               offended
               :
            
             his
             Doctrine
             and
             desire
             was
             ,
             that
             
               supplications
               ,
               prayers
               ,
               intercessions
               ,
               and
               giving
               of
               thanks
               ,
               be
               made
               for
               all
               men
               :
               for
               Kings
               and
               all
               that
               are
               in
               Authoritie
               ,
               that
               wee
            
             [
             Christians
             &
             believers
             ,
             of
             what
             judgement
             soever
             ,
             for
             he
             excludes
             none
             ]
             
               may
               lead
               a
               quiet
               and
               peaceable
               life
               in
               all
               godlinesse
               and
               honestie
            
             
               b
            
             .
             But
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             is
             so
             far
             from
             
               burning
            
             when
             
               weake
            
             Christians
             are
             
               offended
               ,
            
             that
             he
             is
             
               offended
               ,
            
             when
             they
             
               burne
            
             not
             .
             His
             Doctrine
             ,
             Practise
             ,
             and
             desire
             is
             ,
             that
             
               supplications
               and
               prayers
               ,
               intercessions
               and
               giving
               of
               thanks
               ,
               be
               made
               for
               ,
               and
               to
               ,
               Kings
               and
               all
               in
               Authoritie
               ,
            
             that
             
             Christians
             and
             believers
             may
             either
             not
             live
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             be
             so
             far
             from
             
               leading
               quiet
               and
               peaceable
               lives
               in
               godlinesse
               and
               honestie
               ,
            
             as
             to
             have
             their
             faces
             ground
             ,
             and
             their
             bones
             broken
             ,
             and
             their
             hearts
             fill'd
             with
             heavinesse
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             will
             receive
             the
             Clergie-Classique
             Faith
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             himselfe
             .
             O
             miserable
             man
             !
             who
             shall
             deliver
             him
             from
             this
             dangerous
             snare
             of
             death
             ;
             I
             meane
             of
             conceiting
             himself
             like
             unto
             
               Paul
            
             and
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             in
             the
             course
             he
             steer's
             against
             Sects
             and
             Errors
             !
             And
             as
             for
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Luther
               ,
            
             and
             
               Austin
               ,
            
             though
             these
             had
             much
             more
             flesh
             and
             bloud
             in
             them
             ,
             then
             the
             two
             former
             had
             ;
             yet
             for
             him
             to
             strengthen
             his
             hand
             in
             the
             way
             he
             goes
             ,
             by
             their
             example
             ,
             is
             as
             if
             a
             murtherer
             should
             incourage
             himselfe
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             from
             the
             practise
             of
             a
             Surgeon
             when
             he
             lets
             bloud
             ,
             or
             the
             proceedings
             of
             a
             Judge
             ,
             when
             he
             slayes
             a
             malefactor
             with
             a
             sentence
             of
             death
             .
             For
             when
             ,
             or
             in
             what
             age
             of
             the
             world
             did
             any
             of
             these
             spread
             the
             world
             round
             about
             them
             with
             snares
             of
             intelligence
             ,
             in
             every
             place
             ,
             to
             catch
             the
             failings
             ,
             and
             haltings
             and
             infirmities
             of
             the
             Saints
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             had
             taken
             a
             proportion
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             spread
             a
             table
             with
             them
             to
             entertaine
             and
             feast
             the
             prophane
             world
             ?
             Especially
             when
             did
             any
             of
             these
             ,
             ever
             publish
             such
             a
             rhapsodie
             ,
             of
             loose
             ,
             light
             ,
             lying
             reports
             and
             tales
             ,
             all
             or
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             them
             calculated
             for
             the
             shame
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             glory
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             
               Belial
               ?
            
             Or
             when
             did
             any
             of
             them
             deale
             so
             importunely
             or
             imperiously
             with
             those
             ,
             whom
             God
             had
             set
             in
             Authoritie
             over
             them
             ,
             to
             crush
             the
             generation
             of
             the
             righteous
             ,
             the
             lambs
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             under
             the
             names
             of
             
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             only
             because
             in
             some
             things
             they
             held
             not
             conformitie
             in
             judgement
             with
             them
             ?
             I
             doe
             not
             all
             this
             while
             say
             ,
             that
             either
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             writing
             ,
             or
             printing
             ,
             or
             preaching
             ,
             against
             errors
             ,
             heresies
             ,
             or
             Sectaries
             ,
             is
             that
             ,
             which
             simply
             makes
             him
             unlike
             either
             unto
             Christ
             ,
             or
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             or
             those
             others
             named
             ;
             for
             doubtlesse
             they
             did
             ,
             interpretatively
             at
             least
             ,
             all
             this
             ;
             and
             who
             hath
             not
             ingagements
             upon
             him
             ,
             to
             go
             thus
             far
             both
             with
             him
             and
             them
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             able
             ,
             and
             hath
             opportunitie
             ?
             But
             first
             ,
             the
             blaspheming
             many
             Truths
             of
             God
             ,
             under
             the
             names
             of
             
               errors
            
             and
             
               heresies
            
             (
             a
             stone
             at
             which
             his
             pen
             frequently
             dasheth
             )
             maketh
             him
             extremely
             unlike
             unto
             
               Christ
            
             and
             
               Paul
               ;
            
             yea
             and
             unto
             those
             others
             also
             ,
             except
             onely
             in
             their
             failings
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             his
             turning
             himselfe
             ,
             especially
             with
             that
             fiercenesse
             of
             countenance
             ,
             and
             furiousnesse
             of
             importunitie
             ,
             upon
             the
             Civill
             Magistrate
             ,
             to
             provoke
             men
             of
             this
             
             Interest
             ,
             to
             powre
             out
             themselves
             in
             wrath
             and
             indignation
             upon
             all
             those
             ,
             whom
             he
             thinks
             good
             to
             make
             Delinquents
             by
             his
             pen
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             His
             sending
             forth
             of
             Emissaries
             (
             wherein
             ,
             thorough
             a
             mistake
             of
             the
             word
             
               Independents
               ,
            
             in
             stead
             of
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
            
             he
             chargeth
             the
             
               Independents
            
             to
             resemble
             the
             Jesuites
             )
             to
             discover
             ,
             and
             report
             unto
             him
             ,
             the
             slips
             and
             weaknesses
             of
             the
             servants
             of
             God
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             His
             inveteratenesse
             ,
             and
             Dragon-likenesse
             of
             spirit
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             manageth
             all
             his
             endeavours
             against
             Errors
             and
             Sectaries
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             His
             importune
             confidence
             ,
             and
             overgrowne
             presumption
             of
             his
             own
             parts
             ,
             learning
             ,
             knowledge
             .
             Sixthly
             ,
             His
             drinking
             in
             with
             so
             much
             greedinesse
             ,
             all
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             reports
             ,
             that
             are
             brought
             in
             to
             him
             ,
             whether
             with
             ground
             or
             without
             ,
             that
             will
             but
             make
             dirt
             to
             throw
             in
             the
             faces
             of
             those
             ,
             whose
             understandings
             are
             either
             longer
             or
             shorter
             then
             his
             ,
             be
             they
             otherwise
             as
             deare
             to
             him
             
               whose
               Name
               is
               jealous
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               apple
               of
               his
               eye
               .
            
             Seventhly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             His
             virulent
             and
             viperous
             designe
             ,
             to
             preach
             the
             nakednesse
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             yea
             the
             nakednesse
             of
             vile
             and
             unworthy
             men
             (
             I
             meane
             their
             false
             ,
             base
             ,
             and
             putid
             suggestions
             against
             them
             )
             as
             their
             nakednesse
             ,
             upon
             the
             house-top
             ,
             and
             to
             call
             upon
             all
             the
             world
             to
             heare
             ;
             these
             things
             make
             him
             so
             extremely
             unlike
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             those
             others
             whom
             he
             pretends
             to
             imitate
             ,
             that
             that
             drop
             of
             resemblance
             wherein
             he
             partakes
             with
             them
             ,
             is
             quite
             drown'd
             and
             swallowed
             up
             in
             this
             Great
             Ocean
             of
             dissimilitude
             .
             And
             let
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             know
             ,
             and
             let
             his
             Conscience
             and
             Compeers
             know
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             he
             shall
             suffer
             ,
             whether
             from
             his
             Sectaries
             or
             others
             ,
             in
             this
             bloudy
             negotiation
             ,
             he
             shall
             suffer
             not
             as
             a
             Christian
             ,
             nor
             with
             Christ
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             malefactor
             and
             an
             evill
             doer
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             marvaile
             with
             what
             profound
             Oracle
             of
             policie
             the
             man
             
             consulted
             with
             ,
             about
             the
             title
             of
             his
             book
             ,
             calling
             it
             ,
             
               A
               Catalogue
               and
               discovery
               of
               many
               Errors
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               .
            
             Was
             it
             not
             that
             tyrannicall
             and
             bloudy
             principle
             :
             
               Pereant
               amici
               ,
               dummodo
               &
               inimici
               una
               pereant
               .
            
             i.
             
             Let
             friends
             goe
             to
             wreck
             too
             ,
             so
             that
             enemies
             may
             but
             wreck
             with
             them
             .
             For
             certainly
             ,
             by
             this
             title
             he
             makes
             
               Presbyterians
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             any
             others
             .
             Wherein
             I
             should
             not
             have
             faulted
             him
             ,
             but
             onely
             to
             shew
             how
             that
             
               the
               zeale
            
             of
             High
             Presbytery
             ,
             
               hath
               eaten
               him
               up
               ,
            
             and
             not
             left
             him
             so
             much
             of
             himself
             ,
             as
             wherewith
             to
             know
             his
             friends
             from
             his
             enemies
             .
             For
             if
             men
             be
             therefore
             Sectaries
             ,
             because
             they
             hold
             such
             opinions
             ,
             as
             he
             rallieth
             in
             his
             Catalogue
             
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Errors
               ,
            
             I
             know
             many
             Presbyterian
             Sectaries
             .
             First
             ,
             for
             that
             which
             he
             makes
             the
             104
             error
             in
             his
             Catalogue
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             that
             
               Paedobaptisme
               is
               unlawfull
               ,
            
             it
             is
             sufficienrly
             known
             ,
             that
             the
             strongest
             shield
             and
             buckler
             wherewith
             that
             cause
             was
             ever
             protected
             ,
             was
             the
             workmanship
             of
             a
             
               Presbyterian
            
             hand
             .
             So
             for
             that
             opinion
             ,
             
               that
               there
               is
               no
               Scripture
               against
               a
               mans
               being
               often
               baptized
            
             (
             mentioned
             in
             the
             110th
             place
             )
             it
             calls
             a
             
               Presbyterian
               ,
            
             Master
             .
             
               That
               the
               calling
               and
               making
               of
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Word
               and
               Sacraments
               ,
               are
               not
               jure
               divino
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             is
             the
             116th
             .
             
               That
               there
               is
               no
               distinction
               concerning
               Government
               of
               Ecclesiastical
               &
               Civil
               ,
               &c.
            
             (
             the
             141.
             )
             are
             the
             opinions
             of
             one
             ,
             who
             professeth
             himself
             to
             be
             no
             Separatist
             a
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             know
             not
             by
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             principles
             ,
             
             to
             make
             him
             any
             thing
             but
             a
             
               Presbyterian
               .
            
          
           
             I
             know
             divers
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             judgement
             ,
             as
             well
             Regular
             as
             Secular
             ,
             that
             own
             the
             70th
             error
             ▪
             (
             so
             called
             ,
             or
             miscalled
             rather
             ;
             )
             
               viz.
               That
               faith
               in
               a
               proper
               sense
               is
               imputed
               in
               justification
               ,
               and
               that
               Christs
               righteousnesse
            
             (
             i●
             his
             active
             obedience
             )
             
               is
               not
               imputed
            
             (
             in
             the
             formality
             of
             it
             )
             
               in
               justification
               ;
            
             though
             for
             his
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               credere
               ,
            
             it
             is
             a
             patch
             of
             his
             own
             peecing
             to
             the
             opinion
             ,
             and
             is
             no
             expression
             of
             theirs
             ,
             who
             otherwise
             are
             not
             ashamed
             of
             the
             opinion
             .
             To
             passe
             by
             many
             others
             of
             like
             patronage
             and
             relation
             ;
             that
             which
             hee
             cataloguizeth
             for
             the
             64.
             
               viz.
            
             this
             ,
             
               That
               naturall
               men
               may
               doe
               such
               things
               ,
               as
               whereunto
               God
               hath
               by
               way
               of
               promise
               annexed
               grace
               and
               acceptation
               :
               and
               that
               if
               men
               improve
               their
               naturall
               abilities
               to
               the
               utmost
               in
               seeking
               grace
               ,
               they
               shall
               find
               it
               .
            
             I
             desire
             to
             be
             informed
             by
             any
             understanding
             man
             ,
             whether
             there
             be
             not
             every
             inch
             ,
             yea
             every
             jot
             and
             tittle
             of
             the
             substance
             of
             it
             ,
             asserted
             by
             a
             great
             Doctor
             (
             while
             he
             lived
             )
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             Schoole
             ,
             and
             who
             
               being
               dead
               ,
               yet
               speaketh
            
             much
             for
             that
             way
             .
             I
             mean
             Mr.
             
               John
               Ball
               ,
            
             in
             his
             Treatise
             of
             the
             
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
            
             not
             long
             since
             published
             by
             M.
             
               Simeon
               Ash
               .
            
             The
             said
             Treatise
             being
             further
             subscribed
             and
             recommended
             unto
             the
             world
             by
             five
             great
             Masters
             of
             the
             Assembly
             it selfe
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             of
             intemerated
             fidelity
             to
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             Cause
             ;
             
               viz.
            
             Mr.
             
               Edward
               Reynolds
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Daniel
               Cawdrey
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Edmond
               Calamy
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Hill
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Anthony
               Burges
               .
            
             In
             this
             passage
             (
             p.
             44.
             )
             of
             the
             said
             Treatise
             ,
             
               No
               man
               is
               hindered
               from
               beleeving
               through
               the
               difficulty
               or
               unreasonablenesse
               of
               the
               command
               ,
               or
               through
               his
               owne
               simple
               infirmity
               ,
               as
               being
               willing
               and
               desirous
               to
               beleeve
               ,
            
             
             
               but
               not
               able
               ,
               (
               which
               inability
               deserves
               pitie
               )
               but
               his
               inabilitie
               is
               of
               corruption
               and
               wilfulnesse
               :
               hee
               doth
               not
               beleeve
               because
               hee
               will
               not
               :
               he
               is
               unable
               because
               he
               doth
               not
               covet
               or
               desire
               ,
               which
               is
               inexcuseable
               .
            
          
           
             Doubtlesse
             ,
             if
             
               no
               man
               be
               hindered
               from
               beleeving
               ,
               either
               through
               the
               difficulty
               of
               the
               command
               ,
               or
               through
               his
               own
               infirmity
               ;
            
             and
             all
             the
             reason
             why
             a
             man
             doth
             not
             beleeve
             ,
             is
             ,
             
               because
               hee
               will
               not
               ,
            
             naturall
             men
             by
             improving
             their
             abilities
             to
             the
             uttermost
             ,
             may
             beleeve
             ,
             and
             consequently
             doe
             that
             ,
             whereunto
             God
             hath
             by
             way
             of
             promise
             annexed
             grace
             and
             acceptation
             .
             For
             hath
             he
             not
             promised
             ,
             that
             
               he
               that
               beleeves
               shall
               be
               saved
               ?
            
             or
             doth
             not
             salvation
             amount
             to
             as
             much
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             then
             grace
             and
             acceptation
             ?
             And
             if
             men
             should
             improve
             their
             naturall
             abilities
             to
             the
             uttermost
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             to
             be
             able
             to
             beleeve
             ,
             the
             reason
             why
             they
             doe
             not
             beleeve
             ,
             cannot
             be
             said
             to
             be
             this
             ,
             
               Because
               they
               will
               not
               :
            
             for
             their
             will
             in
             this
             case
             puts
             forth
             it selfe
             to
             the
             uttermost
             ,
             in
             ingaging
             men
             to
             such
             an
             improvement
             of
             their
             abilities
             .
             So
             doubtlesse
             the
             same
             errror
             (
             if
             an
             error
             it
             be
             )
             is
             asserted
             by
             
               Paulus
               Testardus
               ,
            
             Pastor
             to
             the
             reformed
             Church
             of
             
               Bloys
            
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             in
             a
             Tract
             called
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               seu
               Synopsis
               Doctrine
               de
               Natura
               &
               Gratia
               ,
            
             published
             not
             simply
             by
             the
             permission
             or
             licence
             ,
             but
             
               ex
               mandato
               ,
            
             by
             the
             command
             of
             a
             whole
             Synod
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             in
             the
             Province
             of
             
               Orleance
               ,
               p.
               91.
               
               Thesi
            
             121.
             where
             hee
             saith
             ,
             that
             
               God
               in
               all
               the
               three
               wayes
            
             or
             methods
             
               of
               calling
            
             sinners
             unto
             salvation
             (
             which
             he
             had
             opened
             before
             )
             
               doth
               not
               onely
               shew
               unto
               the
               sinner
               what
               hee
               should
               ,
               or
               ought
               to
               doe
               ,
               but
               gives
               power
               to
               all
               that
               are
               invited
               or
               called
               ,
               to
               performe
               and
               doe
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               be
               saved
               if
               they
               will
               .
               So
               that
               if
               even
               he
               that
               is
               called
               onely
               in
               the
               most
               generall
               manner
               of
               all
               ,
               be
               not
               saved
               ,
               he
               is
               inexcuseable
               before
               God
               .
            
             This
             
               Paul
            
             expresly
             teacheth
             ,
             
               That
            
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
               which
               may
               bee
               known
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               made
               manifest
               in
               them
               (
               namely
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               )
               for
               God
               hath
               made
               it
               manifest
               unto
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               bee
               without
               excuse
               before
               him
               .
               But
               certainly
            
             (
             he
             inferres
             )
             
               excusable
               they
               had
               been
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               been
               fully
               willing
               to
               doe
               it
               ,
               and
               only
               wanted
               power
            
             
               a
            
             :
             
             with
             more
             of
             like
             importance
             in
             the
             seqeul
             of
             the
             same
             
               Thesis
               .
            
             So
             that
             if
             M.
             
               Edw.
            
             wil
             make
             this
             an
             error
             ,
             and
             a
             brand
             of
             a
             Sectary
             ,
             to
             hold
             ,
             
               That
               a
               man
               by
               the
               uttermost
               improvement
               of
               his
               natural
               abilities
               ,
               may
               doe
               that
               ,
               whereunto
               God
               by
               promise
               hath
               annexed
               Grace
               and
               Acceptation
            
             (
             though
             all
             this
             while
             I
             doe
             not
             say
             that
             I
             own
             the
             opinion
             )
             he
             will
             involve
             one
             whole
             Synod
             ,
             not
             onely
             with
             the
             guilt
             of
             the
             error
             (
             which
             is
             lesse
             ,
             )
             but
             of
             an
             authoritative
             command
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             error
             both
             printed
             and
             published
             ,
             which
             is
             enough
             to
             separate
             between
             all
             Synods
             ,
             and
             their
             authority
             and
             esteem
             for
             ever
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             crown
             of
             Orthodoxisme
             to
             fade
             and
             languish
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             our
             present
             Assembly
             ,
             by
             arraigning
             five
             of
             the
             principall
             members
             of
             it
             at
             once
             ,
             as
             men
             tainted
             with
             the
             errors
             of
             the
             Sectaries
             of
             the
             time
             .
             Therefore
             let
             him
             either
             strike
             these
             opinions
             mentioned
             (
             with
             many
             others
             )
             out
             of
             his
             Catalogue
             of
             errors
             ,
             or
             else
             let
             him
             number
             his
             own
             party
             amongst
             the
             Sectaries
             .
          
           
             To
             draw
             towards
             a
             conclusion
             ;
             I
             shall
             put
             a
             measuring
             Reed
             
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Reader
             ,
             wherewith
             to
             measure
             the
             truth
             and
             honesty
             of
             the
             
               Gangrene
            
             and
             her
             Author
             ,
             from
             the
             one
             end
             of
             both
             unto
             the
             other
             ,
             made
             of
             a
             straight
             observation
             of
             some
             crooked
             passages
             and
             relations
             in
             the
             
               Gangrene
               ,
            
             ready
             to
             stink
             for
             want
             of
             the
             salt
             of
             truth
             .
             I
             shall
             begin
             with
             such
             particulars
             as
             concern
             my self
             ,
             and
             close
             with
             others
             of
             another
             aspect
             and
             relation
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             though
             hee
             doth
             not
             set
             my
             name
             in
             the
             margin
             against
             
             his
             70th
             error
             ,
             (
             p.
             25.
             )
             as
             he
             had
             done
             a
             little
             before
             in
             the
             same
             page
             against
             another
             ,
             yet
             his
             intent
             clearly
             enough
             was
             (
             and
             I
             think
             himself
             will
             not
             deny
             it
             )
             to
             arraigne
             the
             opinion
             held
             by
             me
             concerning
             the
             imputation
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             non-imputation
             of
             Christs
             righteousnesse
             in
             justification
             ,
             in
             my
             Treatise
             upon
             that
             subject
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               Imputatio
               fidei
               ,
            
             for
             an
             error
             
               a
            
             .
             Now
             how
             falsly
             and
             forgingly
             he
             represents
             the
             opinion
             ,
             appeares
             first
             ,
             in
             that
             hee
             fathers
             that
             mungrell
             expression
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               credere
            
             upon
             it
             ,
             onely
             because
             it
             is
             an
             expression
             
               ad
               invidiam
               comparata
               ,
            
             but
             no where
             used
             by
             me
             throughout
             the
             controversie
             :
             yea
             ,
             
               p.
            
             91.
             of
             the
             former
             part
             of
             that
             Treatise
             
               Sect.
            
             3.
             
             I
             expresly
             deny
             that
             
               Faith
               justifieth
               as
               it
               is
               an
               act
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             makes
             this
             opinion
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               the
               righteousnesse
               of
               Christ
               is
               not
               imputed
               in
               justification
               .
            
             Whereas
             I
             expresly
             
             affirm
             ,
             (
             p.
             54.
             of
             the
             second
             part
             of
             the
             Treatise
             )
             that
             
               in
               a
               sense
            
             (
             which
             I
             there
             explain
             )
             
               as
               well
               the
               habituall
               holinesse
               of
               Christs
               person
               ,
               as
               the
               morall
               righteousnesse
               ,
               or
               active
               obedience
               of
               his
               life
               ,
               may
               be
               said
               to
               be
               imputed
               to
               those
               that
               beleeve
               in
               him
               .
            
             And
             very
             often
             in
             the
             said
             Treatise
             ,
             upon
             occasion
             ,
             I
             declare
             in
             what
             sense
             I
             admit
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             what
             sense
             I
             refuse
             the
             righteousnesse
             or
             active
             obedience
             of
             Christ
             in
             justification
             .
             I
             suppose
             he
             is
             not
             himself
             a
             son
             of
             that
             profound
             ignorance
             ,
             as
             to
             hold
             ,
             that
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             Christ
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             ,
             whether
             meaning
             ▪
             his
             active
             or
             passive
             obedience
             ,
             or
             both
             )
             is
             in
             every
             sense
             imaginable
             imputed
             in
             justification
             ;
             and
             yet
             it
             's
             ill
             presuming
             of
             over-much
             understanding
             (
             especially
             in
             the
             point
             of
             justification
             )
             in
             him
             ,
             who
             going
             about
             to
             rectifie
             the
             mistakes
             of
             others
             ,
             shall
             himself
             affirm
             ,
             
               That
               the
               redemption
               and
               reconciliation
               purchased
               by
               Christ
               ,
               is
               the
               moving
               and
               meritorious
               cause
               of
               our
               justification
               and
               salvation
               :
               and
               that
               the
               instrumental
               cause
               whereby
               the
               same
               is
               imputed
               ,
               is
               the
               bloud
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             Of
             wch
             ▪
             Atheologicall
             and
             putid
             assertions
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             thought
             that
             the
             great
             
               Aristarchus
            
             of
             the
             errors
             &
             heresies
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             could
             have
             been
             the
             Author
             and
             Assertor
             ,
             had
             not
             Mistresse
             
               Gangraena
            
             in
             the
             margin
             of
             her
             22.
             page
             betrayed
             him
             ?
             But
             if
             hee
             ,
             onely
             denying
             the
             imputation
             of
             Christs
             righteousnesse
             in
             justification
             in
             one
             sense
             ,
             but
             asserting
             it
             in
             another
             ,
             should
             be
             simply
             and
             indefinitly
             charged
             to
             deny
             it
             ,
             would
             think
             the
             charge
             base
             and
             unjust
             (
             as
             indeed
             hee
             should
             have
             cause
             to
             doe
             ,
             )
             hee
             himselfe
             must
             bow
             down
             his
             back
             to
             the
             same
             burden
             ,
             and
             bee
             content
             to
             be
             looked
             ▪
             upon
             as
             a
             man
             of
             this
             basenesse
             ,
             untill
             hee
             hath
             made
             his
             atonement
             with
             God
             and
             men
             for
             it
             .
             
               Ex
               ungue
               leonem
               .
            
             You
             may
             by
             this
             one
             instance
             judge
             with
             what
             truth
             or
             honesty
             hee
             hath
             laid
             down
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             opinions
             in
             his
             Catalogue
             .
             Well
             may
             he
             call
             them
             errors
             ,
             when
             once
             he
             hath
             lift
             up
             his
             pen
             upon
             them
             .
             Forgery
             hath
             a
             mischievous
             omnipotency
             ,
             and
             is
             able
             to
             create
             what
             errors
             or
             heresies
             she
             pleaseth
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             p.
             45.
             he
             chargeth
             
               Mr.
               John
               Goodwin
               ,
               that
               in
               his
               point
            
             
             
               of
               justification
               ,
               he
               quotes
               Calvin
               ,
               Bucer
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               who
               are
               known
            
             ex
             professo
             
               to
               be
               of
               another
               judgement
               .
            
             Surely
             the
             man
             is
             not
             either
             so
             simple
             ,
             or
             free
             from
             the
             guilt
             of
             false
             speaking
             in
             this
             assertion
             ,
             as
             his
             words
             beare
             .
             Doubtlesse
             he
             doth
             not
             intend
             to
             make
             it
             a
             matter
             of
             charge
             against
             a
             man
             ,
             in
             the
             handling
             of
             a
             controversie
             ,
             
               to
            
             
             
               quote
            
             Authors
             
               who
               are
               known
            
             ex
             professo
             
               to
               be
               of
               a
               judgement
               differing
            
             from
             his
             .
             How
             many
             doth
             himselfe
             quote
             in
             his
             
               Gangrene
            
             upon
             as
             deplorable
             terms
             as
             these
             ?
             But
             the
             mans
             meaning
             is
             ,
             if
             he
             knew
             how
             to
             get
             it
             out
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               J.
               G
               ▪
            
             in
             
               his
               point
               of
               justification
               ,
               quotes
               Calvin
               ,
               Bucer
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
            
             as
             being
             of
             the
             same
             judgement
             with
             him
             ,
             
               who
               are
               known
            
             ex
             professo
             
               to
               bee
               of
               another
               judgement
               ,
            
             If
             this
             be
             his
             sense
             and
             charge
             ,
             either
             he
             shewes
             himselfe
             to
             be
             a
             very
             illiterate
             man
             ,
             and
             not
             able
             to
             construe
             a
             peece
             of
             plain
             Latin
             ;
             or
             else
             charges
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Bucer
               ,
            
             &
             the
             reft
             ,
             wth
             being
             of
             a
             judgment
             as
             contrary
             to
             themselves
             as
             to
             me
             .
             If
             he
             can
             construe
             Latin
             ,
             let
             him
             confesse
             in
             English
             whether
             
               Calvin
            
             bee
             
               ex
               professe
            
             of
             a
             differing
             judgment
             from
             me
             in
             the
             point
             of
             justification
             ,
             in
             these
             passages
             following
             (
             to
             omit
             very
             many
             others
             of
             the
             same
             import
             .
             )
             
               Quum
               autem
               justiciam
               in
               se
               repositam
               non
               habeant
               homines
               ,
               imputatione
               hane
               adipiscuntur
               ,
               quia
               Deus
               fidem
               illis
               fert
               acceptam
               pro
               justiciâ
               ,
            
             Calvin
             in
             Gal.
             3.
             6.
             
             And
             again
             ,
             
               Quare
               Abraham
               credendo
               nihil
               aliud
               quam
               oblatam
               sibi
               gratiam
               amplectitur
               ,
               ne
               irrita
               sit
               .
               Si
               HOC
               illi
               imputatur
               in
               justiciam
               ,
               sequitur
               non
               aliter
               esse
               justum
               ,
               nisi
               quia
               Dei
               bonitate
               consisus
               ,
               omnia
               ab
               ipso
               sperare
               audet
               ,
            
             Calv.
             in
             Rom.
             4.
             3.
             
             
               FIDES
               REPVTATVR
               IN
               JVSTICIAM
               ,
               non
               quod
               ullum
               à
               nobis
               meritum
               afferat
               ,
               sed
               quia
               Dei
               bonitatem
               apprehendat
               .
            
             Ibidem
             .
             Yet
             again
             :
             
               Quibus
               etiam
               verbis
               do●emur
               ,
               iusticiam
               Paulo
               nihil
               aliud
               esse
               quàm
               remissionem
               peccatorum
               .
            
             Calvin
             Rom.
             4.
             6.
             
             
               Manet
               ergo
               salva
               nobis
               pulcherrima
               sententia
               ,
               iustificari
               hominem
               fide
               ,
               quia
               gratuita
               peccatorum
               remissione
               coram
               Deo
               purgatus
               sit
               .
            
             Ibid.
             
               Abraham
               fidem
               habuit
               Iehova
               :
               &
               reputavit
               id
               ei
               iusticiam
               :
               hoc
               est
               ,
               habuit
               ei
               pro
               iusticia
               HANC
               FIDEM
               .
            
             Credendo
             igitur
             
               id
               accepit
               ,
               ut
               Deus
               eum
               pro
               iusto
               haberet
               .
            
             Bucer
             Rom.
             4.
             3.
             
             I
             forbeare
             to
             English
             these
             passages
             ,
             because
             I
             desire
             to
             make
             an
             experiment
             upon
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
               ,
            
             whether
             he
             be
             able
             to
             doe
             it
             ,
             or
             no
             .
             If
             he
             shall
             publickly
             acknowledge
             that
             he
             hath
             abused
             both
             me
             and
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             ,
             in
             charging
             me
             with
             
               quoting
               Authors
            
             for
             me
             ,
             
               who
               are
               known
            
             ex
             professo
             
               to
               be
               of
               another
               iudgement
               ,
            
             I
             shall
             conceive
             the
             better
             hopes
             of
             some
             competency
             of
             a
             Latin
             faculty
             in
             him
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             shal
             stand
             to
             avouch
             a
             charge
             of
             so
             palpable
             and
             manifest
             untruth
             ,
             to
             them
             that
             understand
             the
             Authors
             language
             
               a
            
             ,
             I
             professe
             ingenuously
             that
             I
             know
             no
             reason
             but
             to
             judge
             him
             uncapable
             of
             the
             English
             sense
             of
             a
             Latin
             
             sentence
             .
             But
             whether
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Bucer
               ,
            
             and
             those
             other
             he
             speakes
             of
             ,
             quoted
             by
             me
             in
             my
             point
             of
             Justification
             ,
             be
             of
             the
             same
             judgement
             or
             no
             ,
             with
             me
             in
             the
             point
             ,
             let
             neither
             me
             ,
             nor
             he
             ,
             nor
             Mr
             
               Roborough
            
             be
             Judges
             ,
             (
             for
             we
             very
             possibly
             may
             all
             be
             partiall
             )
             but
             let
             us
             referre
             the
             decision
             to
             two
             sufficient
             men
             ,
             and
             without
             exception
             ,
             both
             for
             learning
             ,
             and
             integritie
             ,
             and
             knowledge
             of
             the
             case
             ,
             the
             one
             a
             foreine
             Divine
             ,
             some
             yeares
             since
             at
             rest
             with
             God
             ,
             never
             knowne
             to
             me
             ;
             the
             other
             a
             neighbour
             Minister
             indeed
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Assembly
             it selfe
             ,
             but
             between
             whom
             and
             my selfe
             ,
             there
             was
             never
             any
             acquaintance
             ,
             beyond
             a
             casuall
             enterview
             ,
             and
             the
             exchange
             of
             a
             few
             words
             of
             course
             .
             The
             former
             of
             the
             two
             is
             
               David
               Pareus
               ,
            
             sometimes
             chiefe
             Professor
             of
             Divinitie
             in
             the
             Universitie
             in
             
               Heidelburgh
               :
            
             who
             in
             his
             Tract
             concerning
             the
             Active
             and
             Passive
             Righteousnesse
             of
             Christ
             ,
             having
             laid
             downe
             his
             judgement
             (
             in
             the
             Controversie
             depending
             )
             thus
             ,
             (
             
               pag.
            
             176.
             )
             that
             
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               for
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               imputed
               to
               us
               ,
               is
               our
               whole
               and
               intire
               Justification
               ,
            
             and
             argued
             accordingly
             (
             
               pag.
            
             177.
             )
             in
             the
             following
             page
             ,
             addeth
             as
             followeth
             ;
             
               I
               might
               here
               produce
               the
               Authorities
               of
               the
               Fathers
               ,
               who
               likewise
               place
               our
               righteousnesse
            
             (
             meaning
             ,
             in
             Justification
             )
             
               in
               the
               alone
               forgivenesse
               of
               sinnes
               for
               the
               death
               of
               Christ
               :
            
             and
             accordingly
             cites
             severall
             testimonies
             out
             of
             
               Austin
               ,
               Oecumenius
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ambrose
               .
            
             And
             immediately
             after
             these
             testimonies
             ,
             thus
             ;
             
               I
               might
               also
               alledge
               the
               consent
               of
               Luther
               ,
               Melancthon
               ,
               Zuinglius
               ,
               Oecolampadius
               ,
               Calvin
               ,
               Bullinger
               ,
               Martyr
               ,
               Musculus
               ,
               Hyperius
               ,
               Vrsine
               ,
               Olenian
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               from
               whose
               doctrine
               in
               the
               point
               of
               Justification
               ,
               I
               doe
               not
               vary
               a
               nailes
               breadth
               .
            
             So
             that
             the
             light
             of
             this
             mans
             reading
             and
             judgement
             together
             ,
             could
             discover
             no
             other
             opinion
             touching
             the
             formall
             cause
             of
             Justification
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             the
             chiefe
             Protestant
             Writers
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             should
             stand
             
               ONELY
               in
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               .
            
             The
             latter
             of
             the
             two
             mentioned
             is
             ,
             Mr
             
               Thomas
               Gataker
               ,
            
             a
             man
             of
             approved
             learning
             and
             integrity
             amongst
             us
             :
             who
             in
             Mr
             
               An.
               
               Wottons
            
             Defence
             against
             Mr
             
               Walkers
            
             charge
             ,
             lately
             published
             in
             Print
             by
             him
             ,
             acknowledgeth
             (
             
               p.
            
             58.
             )
             that
             however
             he
             for
             his
             part
             deemeth
             it
             erroneous
             (
             and
             so
             doe
             I
             too
             ,
             taking
             the
             word
             
               Justification
            
             in
             that
             large
             sense
             which
             it
             seemeth
             he
             doth
             where
             he
             argueth
             against
             the
             opinion
             ,
             as
             
               viz.
            
             in
             his
             
               Animadversions
            
             upon
             the
             disputes
             between
             
               Piscator
            
             and
             
               Lucius
               ,
            
             p.
             9.
             
             Besides
             sundry
             other
             places
             )
             to
             hold
             that
             Justification
             
             consisteth
             in
             remission
             of
             sinnes
             ,
             yet
             that
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Beza
               ,
               Olenian
               ,
               Vrsine
               ,
               Zanchie
               ,
               Piscator
               ,
               Pareus
               ,
               Musculus
               ,
               Bullinger
               ,
               Fox
               ,
            
             and
             divers
             others
             of
             great
             note
             and
             name
             ,
             yea
             whole
             Synods
             of
             ours
             are
             found
             so
             to
             say
             :
             adding
             further
             ,
             And
             yet
             were
             these
             men
             never
             yet
             ,
             that
             I
             ever
             heard
             or
             read
             ,
             for
             so
             saying
             ,
             condemned
             as
             Heretiques
             ,
             much
             lesse
             as
             blasphemous
             Heretiques
             ,
             but
             had
             in
             high
             esteeme
             ,
             as
             their
             worth
             ,
             parts
             ,
             and
             workes
             well
             deserved
             ,
             by
             those
             that
             therein
             dissented
             from
             them
             .
             I
             trust
             the
             servant
             is
             not
             greater
             then
             his
             Master
             ;
             nor
             the
             Authoritie
             of
             the
             Clerk
             ,
             equall
             to
             that
             of
             the
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             .
             If
             Mr.
             
               Gataker
            
             hath
             spoken
             ,
             I
             hope
             Mr.
             
               Roborough
            
             will
             hold
             his
             peace
             .
             And
             since
             two
             such
             men
             ,
             as
             
               David
               Pareus
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Gataker
               ,
            
             have
             so
             clearly
             and
             confidently
             affirmed
             ,
             every
             mouth
             (
             I
             trust
             )
             of
             clamor
             and
             contradiction
             will
             from
             henceforth
             be
             stopped
             .
             
               For
               in
               the
               mouth
               of
               two
               or
               three
               witnesses
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Divine
             Law
             it selfe
             )
             
               shall
               every
               word
               be
               established
            
             
               a
            
             :
             Yea
             I
             am
             not
             without
             some
             hope
             ,
             but
             that
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Edwards
            
             himselfe
             ,
             may
             in
             time
             be
             reduced
             ,
             though
             I
             know
             that
             in
             clamorous
             and
             aspersive
             bickerings
             ,
             he
             emulates
             the
             glory
             of
             that
             martiall
             zeale
             which
             was
             in
             him
             ,
             who
             still
             affected
             to
             appeare
             ,
          
           
             Primus
             inire
             manu
             ,
             postremus
             ponere
             bellum
             ,
             
               i
               ▪
            
          
           
             The
             first
             to
             fight
             ,
             and
             last
             to
             quit
             the
             field
             .
          
           
             
               Pag.
            
             45.
             he
             affirmes
             ,
             that
             
               quoting
               his
               Antapologie
               ,
               and
               citing
               the
            
             
             
               former
               part
               of
               the
               sentence
               ,
               I
               leave
               out
               the
               latter
               ;
            
             adding
             this
             palpable
             untruth
             ;
             that
             
               had
               I
               but
               named
               it
               ,
               it
               would
               have
               been
               an
               evident
               confutation
               of
               me
               .
            
             I
             clearly
             prov'd
             (
             Sect.
             13.
             of
             this
             Answer
             )
             that
             the
             
               latter
               part
               of
               the
               sentence
            
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             especially
             construed
             with
             the
             former
             part
             which
             I
             cite
             ,
             is
             absolute
             and
             complete
             non-sense
             .
             And
             was
             any
             man
             ever
             evidently
             confuted
             in
             evident
             non-sense
             ?
             except
             it
             be
             in
             such
             a
             sense
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             drinkes
             puddle
             water
             ,
             confutes
             him
             that
             chooseth
             rather
             to
             drinke
             at
             the
             cleare
             fountaine
             or
             streame
             .
          
           
             
               Pag.
            
             67.
             he
             chargeth
             his
             
               Sectaries
            
             or
             
               Independents
               ,
            
             that
             
               they
               use
               to
            
             
             
               give
               great
               and
               glorious
               Names
               ,
               and
               swelling
               titles
               to
               their
               bookes
               ,
               as
            
             (
             for
             instance
             )
             
               Innocency
               and
               Truth
               Triumphing
               together
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             I
             perceive
             by
             his
             aggrievement
             at
             this
             title
             ,
             first
             ,
             that
             if
             High
             Presbyterie
             be
             advanc'd
             ,
             neither
             
               Innocency
               ,
            
             nor
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             are
             like
             to
             
               triumph
               :
            
             this
             keene
             piece
             of
             
               Presbyterie
            
             is
             not
             able
             to
             beare
             the
             mention
             of
             such
             things
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             matters
             of
             Truth
             any
             wayes
             tending
             to
             the
             disparagement
             of
             
               Independency
               ,
            
             are
             very
             rare
             ,
             and
             scarce
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             
             had
             for
             love
             or
             money
             .
             For
             otherwise
             ,
             (
             doubtlesse
             )
             the
             man
             would
             not
             have
             plaid
             at
             so
             small
             game
             ,
             would
             not
             have
             strain'd
             himself
             to
             catch
             at
             this
             flie
             .
             As
             much
             love
             as
             a
             single
             half-peny
             ,
             would
             have
             serv'd
             to
             have
             cover'd
             this
             Transgression
             .
             What
             ?
             not
             so
             much
             libertie
             meet
             to
             be
             allowed
             to
             
               Independents
               ,
            
             as
             to
             give
             what
             Names
             they
             think
             best
             to
             their
             bookes
             ,
             without
             a
             Synodicall
             debate
             ,
             and
             permission
             ?
             I
             confesse
             ,
             
               Gangraena
               ,
            
             is
             
               no
               Great
               or
               glorious
               Name
               ,
            
             but
             it
             is
             a
             
               title
               swelling
            
             with
             poyson
             ,
             and
             the
             gall
             of
             aspes
             .
             But
             for
             me
             ,
             I
             shall
             take
             no
             offence
             at
             it
             :
             the
             proverb
             is
             but
             fulfilled
             ,
             
               Similes
               habent
               labra
               lactucas
               ;
            
             like
             lips
             ,
             like
             lettuces
             .
             Both
             title
             and
             booke
             (
             I
             presume
             )
             are
             savoury
             meat
             to
             those
             for
             whom
             they
             were
             prepared
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             their
             soules
             love
             ,
             as
             marrow
             and
             fatnesse
             .
             But
             what
             reason
             he
             hath
             to
             call
             
               Innocencie
               and
               Truth
               Triumphing
               together
               ,
            
             either
             a
             
               great
               and
               glorious
               Name
               ,
            
             or
             
               swelling
               Title
               ,
            
             wee
             desire
             to
             gather
             from
             the
             
               Tree
               of
               paradise
            
             the
             next
             moneth
             of
             her
             fructification
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             season
             ,
             Mr
             
               Edwards
            
             must
             suffer
             as
             an
             unjust
             asperser
             in
             this
             charge
             also
             .
          
           
             
               Pag.
            
             54.
             
             He
             chargeth
             Mr.
             
               John
               Goodwin
               ,
               in
               a
               Sermon
               to
               have
               uttered
            
             
             
               that
               against
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               the
               power
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               opens
               a
               gap
               to
               all
               slighting
               of
               their
               Authoritie
               and
               power
               :
            
             and
             further
             addeth
             ,
             
               that
               he
               believes
               there
               was
               never
               any
               such
               speech
               from
               any
               before
               himselfe
               .
            
             But
             first
             ,
             if
             any
             such
             
               gap
            
             (
             as
             he
             speaks
             of
             )
             be
             
               opened
               ,
            
             I
             know
             no
             wild
             beasts
             that
             have
             broken
             in
             at
             it
             ,
             but
             some
             such
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
            
             who
             (
             as
             I
             heare
             )
             demanded
             ,
             
               What
               hath
               the
               Parliament
               to
               doe
               with
               Inferior
               Courts
               ?
            
             And
             who
             charge
             some
             of
             the
             worthy
             members
             thereof
             ,
             to
             be
             
               hereticall
               and
               factious
               ;
            
             yea
             
               ninnies
               and
               grolls
               ,
               and
               men
               that
               have
               no
               more
               wit
               ,
               then
               will
               reach
               from
               their
               nose
               to
               their
               mouth
               ,
               and
               are
               onely
               sensible
               .
            
             I
             confesse
             in
             respect
             of
             such
             
               Presbyterian
            
             spirits
             as
             these
             ,
             there
             had
             need
             be
             no
             
               gap
               opened
               to
               the
               slighting
               of
               Parliamentarie
               Authoritie
               and
               power
               :
            
             and
             that
             the
             Parliament
             it selfe
             had
             need
             keepe
             power
             out
             of
             such
             hands
             ,
             which
             without
             it
             know
             how
             to
             be
             Imperious
             enough
             .
             But
             secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             true
             ,
             that
             I
             in
             the
             
               Sermon
            
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             have
             
               uttered
            
             any
             thing
             
               against
               the
               Parliament
               or
               power
               of
               it
               ;
            
             much
             more
             ,
             any
             thing
             which
             
               opens
               any
               gap
               to
               all
               slighting
               of
               their
               Authoritie
               and
               power
               ;
            
             that
             he
             himselfe
             in
             this
             charge
             against
             me
             ,
             dasheth
             his
             foote
             against
             the
             stone
             he
             speaks
             of
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             that
             which
             he
             insinuates
             as
             
               uttered
            
             by
             me
             of
             such
             a
             consequence
             ,
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             manifest
             and
             cleare
             truth
             ;
             yea
             and
             hath
             passed
             the
             
             triall
             of
             
               Presbyterian
            
             fire
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             is
             come
             forth
             in
             full
             weight
             ,
             without
             suffering
             the
             least
             damage
             or
             detriment
             by
             it
             .
             Secōdly
             ,
             most
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             no
             Truth
             whatsoever
             hath
             any
             prejudiciall
             or
             endamaging
             influence
             upon
             any
             just
             and
             lawfull
             Authoritie
             ;
             for
             God
             is
             not
             divided
             in
             ,
             or
             against
             himselfe
             .
             Therefore
             he
             that
             shall
             affirme
             ,
             that
             any
             Authoritie
             or
             power
             whatsoever
             ,
             is
             any
             waies
             endangered
             ,
             prejudic'd
             ,
             or
             disparaged
             by
             any
             Truth
             ,
             doth
             by
             an
             unavoidable
             consequence
             ,
             denie
             that
             Authoritie
             or
             power
             to
             be
             lawfull
             ,
             or
             from
             God
             .
             Nor
             could
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             lightly
             have
             
               uttered
            
             any
             thing
             ,
             that
             would
             have
             strooke
             more
             dangerously
             at
             the
             very
             roote
             of
             all
             Parliamentarie
             Authoritie
             and
             power
             ,
             then
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             speakes
             the
             truth
             ,
             speaks
             
               against
               them
               ,
            
             and
             
               opens
               a
               gap
               to
               all
               slighting
               of
               them
               .
            
             But
             thirdly
             (
             and
             lastly
             )
             let
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             and
             his
             abettors
             in
             this
             charge
             know
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             they
             who
             speake
             the
             Truth
             ,
             whether
             to
             Parliament
             or
             Princes
             ,
             that
             
               open
               a
               gap
               to
               the
               slighting
               of
               their
               Authoritie
               or
               power
               ;
            
             no
             :
             but
             they
             are
             the
             men
             of
             this
             demerit
             and
             impietie
             ,
             who
             for
             their
             own
             ends
             flatter
             them
             ,
             and
             
               have
               their
               persons
               in
               admiration
               for
               advantage
               ;
            
             who
             straine
             their
             wits
             and
             consciences
             together
             ,
             to
             lift
             them
             up
             nearer
             to
             the
             Heavens
             then
             God
             will
             beare
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             be
             masters
             of
             an
             opportunitie
             and
             power
             ,
             to
             gratifie
             them
             in
             their
             carnalls
             .
             And
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
             that
             had
             not
             God
             by
             more
             then
             an
             ordinary
             hand
             of
             grace
             ,
             both
             towards
             themselves
             ,
             and
             towards
             the
             Nation
             ,
             made
             those
             honorable
             and
             worthy
             Counsellors
             ,
             
               wiser
               then
               their
               Teachers
               ;
            
             Satan
             had
             a
             most
             dangerous
             advantage
             against
             them
             ,
             to
             have
             made
             them
             more
             unwise
             then
             their
             enemies
             .
          
           
             Page
             73.
             
             He
             chargeth
             the
             
               Independents
               ,
               That
               many
               of
               them
               play
               at
            
             
             
               Cards
               and
               Tables
               ,
               are
               very
               loose
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               dayes
               ,
               goe
               to
               Bowls
               and
               other
               sports
               on
               dayes
               of
               publick
               Thankesgiving
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Iohn
               Goodwin
               ,
               and
               severall
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Whether
             his
             intent
             be
             to
             justifie
             and
             make
             good
             the
             first
             and
             second
             branches
             of
             this
             charge
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             the
             
               Independents
               playing
               at
               Cards
               and
               Tables
               ,
            
             and
             their
             
               loosness
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               dayes
               ,
            
             by
             the
             instance
             of
             
               Mr.
               Iohn
               Goodwin
               and
               severall
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
            
             I
             will
             not
             determine
             .
             Certain
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             the
             common
             rules
             of
             construction
             ,
             his
             words
             import
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             beleeve
             that
             not
             one
             Reader
             of
             ten
             but
             so
             understands
             him
             .
             If
             this
             be
             his
             sense
             ,
             abhorred
             of
             all
             men
             be
             his
             lying
             :
             for
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Goodwin
            
             neither
             
               playes
               at
               Cards
               nor
               at
               Tables
               ;
            
             neither
             hath
             he
             done
             
             either
             since
             his
             first
             comming
             to
             the
             Citie
             ,
             nor
             of
             many
             yeares
             before
             ;
             nor
             doth
             he
             know
             any
             of
             his
             Church
             addicted
             to
             either
             of
             these
             recreations
             .
             But
             however
             ,
             I
             marvell
             the
             man
             should
             think
             to
             
               burthen
            
             the
             
               Independents
            
             with
             these
             exercises
             of
             
               Cards
               and
               Tables
               ,
            
             when
             as
             it
             is
             so
             generally
             known
             ,
             of
             what
             
               light
            
             account
             ,
             and
             generall
             use
             they
             are
             in
             the
             best
             reformed
             
               Presbyterian
            
             Churches
             .
             And
             if
             there
             bee
             any
             of
             the
             
               Independent
            
             way
             so
             much
             addicted
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Mr.
               
               Edwards
            
             charge
             seems
             to
             import
             ,
             I
             beleeve
             they
             are
             chiefly
             ,
             if
             not
             onely
             ,
             those
             whom
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             calls
             
               Malignants
               ,
            
             complaining
             of
             them
             for
             falling
             to
             this
             way
             ;
             and
             who
             lately
             drank
             of
             the
             same
             waters
             of
             Episcopacie
             with
             the
             far
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             party
             ,
             and
             now
             accompany
             them
             in
             their
             schisming
             or
             rending
             off
             from
             that
             way
             .
             And
             (
             alas
             !
             )
             who
             knowes
             not
             how
             hard
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             for
             men
             that
             have
             a
             long
             time
             drunk
             old
             Wine
             with
             their
             old
             Friends
             ,
             presently
             to
             drink
             new
             ?
          
           
             For
             his
             charge
             of
             
               loosnesse
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               dayes
               ,
            
             the
             net
             of
             
               Independency
               ,
            
             like
             that
             of
             the
             Gospel
             (
             as
             it
             seems
             by
             the
             many
             bitter
             complaints
             made
             by
             Mistresse
             
               Gangraena
            
             in
             that
             behalfe
             )
             
               gathering
               fishes
               of
               every
               kind
               ,
               good
               and
               bad
            
             
               a
            
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             such
             abundance
             ,
             as
             the
             tenor
             of
             the
             said
             complaints
             imports
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             able
             to
             speak
             for
             the
             whole
             circumference
             .
             But
             for
             
               M.
               I.
               Goodwin
               and
               severall
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
            
             who
             are
             the
             onely
             persons
             in
             whom
             instance
             is
             given
             to
             make
             good
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             charge
             ,
             we
             desire
             that
             when
             his
             great
             labours
             of
             
               powring
               out
               the
               Viall
               upon
               the
               Sun
               be
               over
               ,
            
             he
             will
             please
             to
             refresh
             himselfe
             with
             telling
             out
             the
             story
             at
             large
             ,
             with
             the
             particularities
             of
             it
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             on
             what
             Sabbath
             ,
             or
             Sabbaths
             it
             was
             ,
             whether
             before
             Saint
             
               Ieffrey
            
             or
             after
             ,
             that
             either
             himselfe
             or
             his
             Informers
             saw
             that
             loosnesse
             in
             
               Mr.
               Iohn
               Goodwin
               and
               severall
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             what
             loosnesse
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             who
             of
             his
             Church
             they
             were
             ,
             that
             transgrest
             this
             transgression
             with
             him
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             goe
             about
             to
             justifie
             my selfe
             ,
             or
             all
             of
             my
             Church
             from
             more
             loosnesse
             then
             well
             becomes
             us
             ,
             on
             such
             dayes
             ;
             but
             I
             know
             no
             loosnesse
             comparable
             to
             that
             ,
             when
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             (
             whether
             such
             ,
             or
             so
             called
             by
             themselves
             )
             shall
             take
             liberty
             under
             the
             name
             of
             preaching
             to
             vent
             vagrant
             ,
             loose
             ,
             light
             ,
             lying
             tales
             and
             reports
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             defame
             the
             good
             wayes
             and
             servants
             of
             God
             ;
             or
             else
             to
             make
             lowd
             challenges
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             
             to
             make
             good
             what
             they
             deliver
             ,
             and
             yet
             shrink
             and
             decline
             the
             incounter
             with
             a
             few
             plain
             conscientious
             men
             .
             Doublesse
             neither
             
               Mr.
               Iohn
               Goodwin
               ,
               nor
               any
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
            
             ever
             trespassed
             the
             trespass
             of
             any
             such
             loosnesse
             as
             this
             on
             any
             Sabbath
             day
             ;
             nor
             of
             any
             other
             equall
             in
             demerit
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             though
             hee
             should
             cavill
             himselfe
             off
             from
             the
             charge
             of
             charging
             ,
             either
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Goodwin
            
             or
             any
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             either
             with
             
               playing
               at
               Cards
               and
               Tables
               ,
            
             or
             with
             
               loosnesse
               on
               Sabbath
               dayes
               ,
            
             yet
             he
             must
             own
             the
             charging
             of
             them
             with
             
               going
               to
               Bowles
               ,
               and
               other
               sports
               ,
               on
               dayes
               of
               publick
               Thankesgiving
               .
            
             Therefore
             ,
             first
             ,
             because
             he
             speaks
             of
             
               dayes
            
             in
             the
             plurall
             number
             ,
             as
             of
             many
             ;
             we
             desire
             him
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             next
             return
             of
             his
             monethly
             course
             upon
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             throughly
             purge
             himselfe
             from
             all
             malignancy
             in
             this
             particular
             of
             his
             charge
             ,
             by
             naming
             those
             
               dayes
               of
               publick
               Thankesgiving
            
             wherein
             this
             hainous
             offence
             (
             but
             against
             no
             commandment
             or
             law
             ,
             either
             of
             God
             or
             Man
             )
             was
             committed
             .
             Wee
             cannot
             allow
             it
             ,
             no
             not
             by
             his
             own
             law
             for
             a
             sufficient
             come-off
             ,
             to
             say
             that
             on
             such
             
               a
               day
               of
               publick
               Thankesgiving
               ,
            
             the
             men
             impeached
             trespassed
             the
             said
             impeachment
             ,
             except
             he
             can
             give
             instance
             of
             the
             pretended
             miscarriage
             in
             more
             dayes
             then
             one
             ,
             of
             that
             denomination
             .
             For
             himselfe
             in
             his
             
               Antapologie
               ,
               p.
            
             54.
             quarrels
             with
             his
             
               You
               five
            
             (
             as
             ever
             and
             anone
             hee
             calls
             the
             
               Apologists
            
             )
             onely
             for
             saying
             ,
             that
             
               some
               of
               their
               brethren
               in
               their
               printed
               books
               do
               candidly
               testifie
               of
               them
               ;
            
             telling
             them
             (
             by
             way
             of
             reproof
             ,
             and
             charge
             of
             untruth
             in
             their
             Assertion
             )
             that
             
               it
               is
               but
               one
               of
               them
               ,
            
             not
             
               some
            
             that
             doe
             so
             testifie
             .
             Therefore
             by
             his
             own
             rule
             ,
             an
             assertion
             of
             the
             plurall
             number
             cannot
             be
             justified
             by
             a
             single
             instance
             or
             example
             of
             what
             is
             plurally
             asserted
             .
             And
             yet
             who
             knowes
             not
             the
             very
             law
             of
             Nature
             allowes
             a
             man
             a
             greater
             indulgence
             of
             phrase
             and
             expression
             in
             his
             own
             purgation
             ,
             then
             it
             doth
             in
             charging
             or
             impeaching
             others
             ?
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             wee
             desire
             of
             our
             grand-accuser
             ,
             the
             next
             time
             hee
             comes
             amongst
             us
             with
             his
             monethly
             visitation
             ,
             to
             let
             the
             world
             know
             ,
             what
             
               other
               sports
            
             they
             are
             that
             
               Mr.
               Iohn
               Goodwin
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               his
               Church
            
             use
             to
             
               go
               unto
               on
               dayes
               of
               publick
               thankesgiving
               ,
            
             besides
             
               Bowles
               :
            
             they
             are
             not
             conscious
             to
             themselves
             of
             transgressing
             either
             in
             
               Bowles
            
             or
             in
             any
             
               other
               sports
            
             on
             such
             dayes
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             (
             and
             lastly
             )
             we
             desire
             of
             him
             for
             the
             further
             vindication
             
             of
             himselfe
             in
             this
             charge
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             next
             bee
             with
             him
             after
             the
             manner
             aforesaid
             ,
             that
             hee
             will
             please
             to
             speak
             it
             out
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             may
             hear
             ,
             on
             
               what
               day
               of
               publick
               Thanksgiving
               ,
            
             about
             what
             time
             or
             houre
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             whether
             fore-noon
             ,
             or
             afternoon
             ;
             whether
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             evening
             it
             was
             that
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Goodwin
               ,
               with
               severall
               of
               his
               Church
               went
               ,
            
             or
             on
             such
             dayes
             are
             wont
             
               to
               goe
               to
               Bowles
               and
               other
               sports
               .
            
             For
             if
             it
             were
             on
             the
             evening
             of
             such
             a
             day
             ,
             that
             the
             deed
             was
             done
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             clean
             strain
             to
             say
             it
             was
             done
             in
             the
             day
             it selfe
             ,
             especially
             except
             some
             notice
             were
             given
             in
             the
             margin
             ,
             that
             he
             chargeth
             by
             the
             day
             naturall
             ,
             not
             artificiall
             .
             And
             besides
             ,
             if
             it
             proves
             but
             an
             
               evening
            
             transgression
             ▪
             the
             constant
             practice
             of
             the
             gravest
             
               Presbyterians
            
             themselves
             ,
             going
             to
             see
             the
             Fire
             works
             usually
             made
             in
             severall
             places
             of
             the
             Citie
             ,
             on
             every
             fifth
             of
             
               November
               ,
            
             being
             the
             most
             ancient
             ,
             and
             honorable
             
               day
               of
               publick
               thankesgiving
            
             unto
             the
             Nation
             ,
             will
             be
             an
             abundant
             atonement
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             (
             Reader
             )
             that
             thou
             maist
             understand
             
               ab
               ovo
               ad
               mala
               ,
            
             from
             the
             top
             to
             the
             toe
             ,
             the
             nature
             and
             tenor
             of
             that
             grand
             delinquencie
             in
             point
             of
             loosnesse
             ,
             which
             is
             here
             charged
             upon
             Mr.
             
               John
               Goodwin
               and
               severall
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
            
             the
             story
             truly
             and
             briefly
             is
             this
             :
             Vpon
             the
             day
             ordered
             by
             Authority
             for
             publick
             Thanksgiving
             unto
             God
             for
             his
             gracious
             and
             good
             hand
             upon
             the
             new
             Modell
             in
             the
             victory
             at
             
               Nazeby
            
             the
             last
             Summer
             ,
             having
             preached
             somewhat
             long
             ,
             and
             to
             wearines
             in
             
               Michaels
               Cornhill
            
             in
             the
             fore-noon
             ,
             and
             being
             hereby
             somewhat
             indisposed
             to
             further
             labour
             that
             day
             ,
             I
             kept
             my
             house
             privatly
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             till
             about
             five
             or
             six
             of
             the
             clock
             .
             At
             which
             time
             two
             of
             the
             brethren
             comming
             in
             ,
             and
             finding
             me
             in
             no
             better
             posture
             ,
             desired
             me
             to
             walk
             out
             a
             little
             into
             the
             fields
             with
             them
             ,
             suggesting
             that
             a
             walk
             in
             the
             fresh
             aire
             might
             doe
             me
             some
             good
             .
             So
             a
             walk
             we
             took
             ,
             the
             season
             being
             pleasant
             and
             faire
             ;
             and
             having
             walked
             about
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             mile
             ,
             or
             very
             little
             more
             ,
             and
             being
             now
             upon
             returning
             ,
             one
             of
             those
             that
             were
             with
             me
             told
             the
             other
             and
             my selfe
             ,
             that
             if
             we
             thought
             good
             to
             ease
             our selves
             a
             little
             before
             wee
             returned
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             garden-house
             of
             a
             friend
             of
             his
             (
             a
             man
             familiarly
             known
             also
             to
             my self
             and
             the
             other
             ,
             though
             of
             a
             differing
             judgement
             from
             us
             in
             point
             of
             discipline
             )
             neere
             at
             hand
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             we
             pleased
             we
             might
             step
             in
             thither
             ,
             and
             repose
             our selves
             
             for
             a
             while
             .
             Comming
             into
             the
             garden
             ,
             we
             betook
             our selves
             to
             an
             Arbour
             ,
             and
             there
             fate
             about
             halfe
             an
             houre
             .
             During
             which
             time
             (
             and
             I
             know
             not
             how
             long
             before
             )
             there
             was
             a
             company
             playing
             at
             Bowles
             in
             a
             little
             Alley
             in
             the
             Garden
             ;
             whom
             (
             I
             presume
             )
             we
             shall
             not
             wrong
             in
             case
             we
             judge
             them
             Presbyterians
             ,
             though
             (
             I
             confesse
             )
             wee
             did
             not
             examine
             them
             upon
             the
             point
             .
             But
             before
             this
             company
             had
             given
             over
             their
             exercise
             ,
             there
             came
             into
             the
             Garden
             to
             us
             some
             more
             of
             our
             acquaintance
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             of
             our
             ,
             others
             of
             them
             of
             M.
             
               Edwards
            
             judgement
             in
             point
             of
             Church-government
             .
             When
             the
             company
             that
             all
             this
             while
             had
             been
             bowling
             ,
             quit
             their
             ground
             ,
             one
             in
             our
             company
             ,
             (
             I
             remember
             not
             who
             ,
             or
             of
             what
             judgement
             )
             asked
             mee
             if
             I
             would
             not
             stirre
             my self
             a
             little
             by
             casting
             a
             Bowle
             before
             I
             went
             home
             .
             The
             motion
             being
             made
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             inclining
             to
             it
             ,
             wee
             went
             ,
             whether
             6
             or
             8
             ,
             of
             us
             ,
             I
             doe
             not
             remember
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             one
             part
             was
             
               Presbyterian
               ,
            
             and
             the
             other
             
               Independent
               ,
            
             I
             perfectly
             remember
             ,
             and
             betook
             our selves
             for
             about
             halfe
             an
             houre
             to
             the
             exercise
             ;
             the
             Sun
             by
             this
             time
             being
             either
             down
             ,
             or
             very
             neere
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             returned
             home
             .
             This
             is
             the
             story
             of
             that
             drop
             of
             water
             which
             M.
             
               Edwards
            
             hath
             got
             upon
             the
             tip
             of
             his
             finger
             to
             cool
             his
             tongue
             ,
             being
             (
             as
             it
             seems
             )
             grievously
             tormented
             in
             the
             flames
             of
             passion
             and
             indignation
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             should
             no
             more
             wonder
             after
             the
             
               Presbyterians
            
             for
             holinesse
             and
             religion
             ,
             then
             to
             think
             that
             the
             
               Independents
            
             had
             equall
             part
             and
             fellowship
             with
             them
             therein
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             us
             animadvert
             a
             few
             things
             upon
             the
             story
             before
             wee
             leave
             it
             .
             First
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             observeable
             that
             the
             man
             ,
             who
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             holds
             correspondency
             with
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             parts
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             to
             receive
             intelligence
             of
             all
             the
             miscarriages
             and
             undue
             deportments
             of
             all
             such
             as
             are
             independently
             given
             ,
             is
             notwithstanding
             necessitated
             for
             the
             carrying
             up
             his
             great
             designe
             of
             their
             defamation
             ,
             to
             article
             against
             them
             supposed
             miscarriages
             and
             misdemeanors
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             those
             that
             are
             truly
             and
             really
             such
             .
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             I
             presume
             knowes
             ,
             that
             
               where
               there
               is
               no
               Law
               ,
               there
               is
               ,
            
             there
             can
             be
             ,
             no
             sin
             ,
             
               no
               transgression
            
             
               a
            
             :
             For
             that
             
               sin
            
             (
             all
             sin
             )
             
               is
               a
               transgression
               of
            
             some
             
               Law
            
             
               b
            
             .
             Now
             then
             till
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             shall
             produce
             some
             law
             either
             of
             God
             or
             Man
             ,
             against
             which
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Goodwin
               and
               those
               of
               his
               Church
            
             hee
             speakes
             of
             ,
             trespassed
             in
             bowling
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             (
             which
             I
             know
             hee
             will
             not
             bee
             able
             to
             doe
             
             till
             the
             day
             after
             doomsday
             )
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             that
             all
             their
             offence
             and
             miscarriage
             therein
             ,
             amounts
             to
             no
             more
             ,
             then
             onely
             to
             an
             unhappy
             occasion
             of
             causing
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             to
             give
             testimony
             unto
             them
             ,
             whilst
             his
             heart
             was
             up
             to
             dishonor
             them
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             considerable
             ,
             that
             as
             there
             were
             some
             of
             Mr.
             
               John
               Goodwins
               Church
               :
            
             so
             there
             were
             some
             (
             and
             ,
             as
             I
             remember
             ,
             more
             )
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             his
             Church
             also
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             )
             who
             were
             involved
             in
             that
             innocent
             transgression
             of
             playing
             at
             Bowles
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             owner
             of
             the
             Garden
             and
             Alley
             ,
             a
             godly
             and
             honest
             man
             ,
             and
             competently
             warm
             in
             the
             Presbyterian
             
             way
             ,
             was
             partaker
             with
             them
             in
             the
             supposed
             oversight
             .
             But
             (
             as
             was
             said
             before
             )
             his
             Maxime
             is
             ,
             
               Pereant
               amici
               dummodo
               &
               inimiciuna
               pereant
               .
            
             Let
             us
             bespatter
             our
             enemies
             ,
             what
             ever
             becomes
             of
             our
             friends
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             for
             my selfe
             ,
             I
             neither
             so
             much
             as
             handled
             a
             Bowle
             for
             many
             months
             ,
             (
             I
             think
             I
             might
             truly
             say
             ,
             for
             some
             years
             )
             before
             ;
             nor
             have
             I
             done
             it
             since
             :
             nor
             would
             I
             then
             have
             drunk
             this
             cup
             of
             cold
             water
             ,
             could
             I
             have
             thought
             the
             
               weaknesse
               of
               any
               brother
            
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             offended
             at
             it
             .
             But
             now
             perceiving
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             weaknesse
             to
             be
             so
             excessively
             and
             importunely
             great
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             I
             doe
             hereby
             ,
             in
             the
             word
             of
             a
             Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             secure
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
               ,
            
             and
             all
             his
             tender
             retinue
             ,
             that
             I
             wil
             drink
             no
             more
             any
             such
             waters
             ,
             I
             mean
             cast
             a
             Bowle
             on
             a
             day
             or
             night
             of
             publick
             thanksgiving
             ,
             
               whilst
               the
               world
               stands
               ,
               lest
               I
               should
               offend
               them
               .
            
             But
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             demand
             
               a
               tooth
               for
               a
               tooth
               ,
            
             I
             could
             call
             some
             
               Presbyterian
            
             starres
             by
             their
             names
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             the
             first
             magnitude
             ,
             who
             upon
             a
             day
             of
             publick
             thanksgiving
             ,
             fell
             every
             whit
             as
             far
             from
             heaven
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               I.
               Goodwin
               and
               those
               of
               his
               Church
            
             did
             .
             Yea
             ,
             if
             you
             sift
             the
             Doctorate
             it selfe
             of
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             I
             beleeve
             you
             wil
             find
             a
             man
             dropping
             through
             your
             sieve
             ,
             who
             with
             three
             more
             (
             of
             his
             
               com-or
            
             
               sub-Presbyters
            
             rather
             ,
             four
             Ministers
             in
             all
             )
             consecrated
             the
             greater
             part
             (
             if
             not
             the
             whole
             )
             of
             an
             afternoon
             
               upon
               a
               publick
               thankesgiving
               day
               ,
            
             to
             a
             service
             that
             had
             no
             more
             Religion
             in
             it
             ,
             then
             the
             Fishermans
             daily
             occupation
             and
             imployment
             :
             nor
             did
             their
             exercise
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             receive
             any
             great
             testimony
             from
             heaven
             ,
             they
             ate
             but
             very
             little
             of
             the
             labour
             of
             their
             hands
             ;
             two
             Roaches
             (
             as
             saith
             the
             History
             )
             being
             all
             that
             Providence
             and
             they
             could
             agree
             upon
             for
             the
             reward
             of
             their
             
             afternoone
             service
             .
             But
             
               Presbyterians
            
             (
             I
             perceive
             )
             have
             a
             
               priviledge
               asserted
            
             to
             steale
             horses
             ,
             without
             sin
             :
             but
             poore
             
               Independents
            
             must
             not
             have
             so
             much
             as
             a
             Toleration
             to
             look
             on
             .
             And
             if
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             will
             not
             take
             faire
             warning
             when
             it
             is
             given
             him
             ,
             and
             give
             over
             telling
             tales
             of
             
               Independents
               ,
            
             I
             know
             who
             is
             resolv'd
             to
             sift
             the
             fore-mentioned
             heap
             yet
             neerer
             to
             the
             bran
             :
             and
             to
             make
             the
             world
             judge
             ,
             whether
             
               Presbyterian
            
             mistakes
             
               in
               the
               night
               ,
            
             be
             not
             far
             worse
             then
             
               Independent
               bowlings
            
             on
             
               dayes
            
             (
             or
             evenings
             rather
             )
             
               of
               publick
               Thanks
               givings
               .
            
             Yea
             I
             know
             who
             hath
             a
             story
             of
             a
             
               Presbyterian
            
             Angel
             ,
             which
             doth
             but
             waite
             for
             the
             opening
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             mouth
             in
             reproaches
             and
             slanders
             against
             his
             
               Independent
            
             Brethren
             the
             second
             time
             ,
             to
             clap
             into
             it
             ,
             and
             stop
             it
             for
             ever
             .
             Yea
             I
             my self
             have
             a
             Manuscript
             by
             me
             ,
             which
             came
             to
             my
             hands
             above
             a
             yeare
             since
             ,
             concerning
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             himself
             ;
             which
             discourseth
             his
             jugling
             and
             indirect
             walking
             between
             the
             two
             Townes
             of
             
               Godalmin
            
             in
             
               Surrey
               ,
            
             and
             
               Dunmow
            
             in
             
               Essex
               .
            
             The
             writing
             will
             be
             attested
             by
             good
             hands
             :
             and
             if
             there
             be
             no
             remedy
             ,
             will
             be
             content
             to
             submit
             it selfe
             to
             the
             Presse
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             how
             wofull
             and
             sad
             is
             the
             method
             ,
             wherein
             the
             case
             depending
             between
             
               Presbytery
            
             and
             
               Independency
               ,
            
             must
             now
             (
             it
             seemes
             )
             thorough
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             his
             horrid
             and
             portentuous
             proceedings
             ,
             be
             argued
             and
             debated
             thorough
             !
             the
             arguments
             on
             both
             sides
             being
             onely
             or
             chiefly
             ,
             firebrands
             of
             Reproaches
             and
             Defamations
             ,
             throwne
             in
             faces
             of
             the
             one
             side
             by
             the
             other
             .
             So
             that
             that
             way
             of
             the
             two
             ,
             which
             is
             able
             to
             render
             the
             sons
             of
             her
             competitresse
             most
             odious
             and
             hatefull
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             must
             sit
             as
             Queene
             ,
             and
             weare
             the
             Crowne
             .
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             by
             the
             method
             ,
             wherein
             he
             hath
             begun
             to
             plead
             the
             cause
             of
             
               Presbytery
               ,
            
             and
             threatens
             to
             proceed
             ,
             hath
             devoted
             the
             Names
             and
             reputations
             of
             all
             of
             his
             owne
             partie
             ,
             at
             least
             of
             such
             of
             them
             as
             are
             any
             wayes
             obnoxious
             ,
             to
             the
             universall
             abhorring
             both
             of
             the
             present
             ,
             and
             future
             ages
             .
             Therefore
             it
             concernes
             all
             
               Presbyterians
            
             in
             generall
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctorage
             of
             this
             way
             more
             particularly
             ,
             that
             are
             any
             wayes
             conscious
             ,
             to
             heale
             the
             
               Gangrene
            
             of
             his
             pen
             ,
             &
             to
             restraine
             the
             further
             spreading
             of
             it
             :
             otherwise
             their
             Names
             and
             Reputations
             are
             but
             so
             many
             dead
             corpses
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Whilst
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             so
             conscientiously
             refraineth
             from
             casting
             a
             
               bowle
               upon
            
             the
             evening
             of
             
               a
               Thankesgiving
               day
               ,
            
             and
             takes
             libertie
             to
             recreate
             himself
             with
             revilings
             and
             bitter
             speakings
             against
             the
             wayes
             and
             servants
             of
             God
             in
             the
             heart
             and
             strength
             of
             such
             
             dayes
             ,
             (
             as
             his
             manner
             is
             too
             too
             frequently
             to
             doe
             )
             doth
             he
             not
             
               straine
               out
               gnats
               ,
               and
               swallow
               camels
               ?
            
             and
             run
             parallel
             in
             practise
             with
             those
             Priests
             &
             people
             ,
             who
             refused
             
               to
               goe
               into
               the
               common
               hall
               ,
               left
               they
               should
               be
               defiled
            
             
               a
            
             ;
             but
             fear'd
             no
             defilement
             from
             prosecuting
             
               that
               Just
               One
               ,
            
             even
             unto
             death
             ?
             Yea
             doth
             he
             not
             by
             such
             distinctions
             as
             these
             ,
             imitate
             the
             temper
             and
             spirit
             of
             the
             Goddesse
             
               Diana
            
             among
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             
               Iphigenia
            
             in
             
               Euripides
            
             saith
             of
             her
             )
             
               was
               wont
               to
               drive
               from
               her
               altar
               ,
               as
               uncleane
               ,
               whoever
               did
               but
               touch
               a
               woman
               in
               childbed
               ,
               or
               a
               person
               slaine
               ;
               and
               yet
               delighted
               to
               have
               men
               slaine
               in
               sacrifice
               unto
               her
               ?
            
          
           
             6.
             
             (
             And
             lastly
             )
             May
             it
             not
             be
             some
             Question
             ,
             whether
             the
             particularitie
             of
             that
             day
             of
             
               publique
               Thanksgiving
               ,
            
             wherein
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             finds
             
               Mr.
               John
               Goodwin
               and
               some
               of
               his
               Church
            
             so
             tardie
             ,
             might
             not
             occasion
             him
             to
             sift
             the
             
               Independents
            
             more
             narrowly
             on
             that
             day
             ,
             then
             on
             many
             others
             ?
             It
             was
             said
             of
             King
             
               Philip
               ,
            
             that
             
               though
               he
               loved
               the
               treason
               ,
               yet
               he
               hated
               the
               Traytor
               .
            
             So
             wee
             have
             many
             spirits
             amongst
             us
             who
             love
             victories
             ,
             and
             yet
             doe
             little
             lesse
             then
             hate
             the
             victors
             ,
             I
             meane
             those
             by
             whom
             it
             pleaseth
             God
             to
             give
             many
             of
             these
             unto
             them
             .
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             administers
             a
             strong
             ground
             of
             suspition
             ,
             that
             he
             himself
             is
             a
             man
             of
             this
             dark
             complexion
             ,
             in
             the
             last
             page
             (
             save
             one
             )
             of
             his
             Dedicatory
             Epistle
             ,
             where
             ,
             having
             first
             strip'd
             himself
             nak'd
             of
             all
             principles
             of
             reason
             and
             ingenuitie
             ,
             he
             thus
             shamelesly
             bespeakes
             the
             two
             Honourable
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             .
             
               And
               who
               knows
               but
               that
               all
               these
               victories
               are
               sent
               to
               take
               away
               all
               excuse
               ,
               to
               answer
               this
               objection
               ,
               and
               to
               encourage
               you
               to
               this
               work
               ?
            
             The
             
               work
            
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             and
             whereunto
             he
             supposes
             that
             no
             man
             can
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Parliament
             are
             
               incouraged
            
             from
             God
             by
             those
             many
             victories
             which
             he
             hath
             given
             them
             ,
             is
             (
             as
             appeares
             by
             the
             tenor
             and
             straine
             of
             the
             whole
             Epistle
             )
             the
             crushing
             and
             utter
             undoing
             of
             all
             those
             ,
             whose
             consciences
             cannot
             submit
             to
             the
             Lawes
             of
             
               Presbytery
            
             in
             all
             things
             appertaining
             to
             God
             .
             So
             then
             ,
             it
             being
             generally
             knowne
             ,
             that
             many
             considerable
             persons
             ,
             whom
             God
             hath
             honored
             ,
             by
             making
             them
             eminently
             instrumentall
             in
             the
             victories
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             cannot
             presbyterialize
             in
             things
             of
             God
             ;
             that
             which
             he
             saith
             to
             the
             Parliament
             in
             the
             words
             mentioned
             ,
             being
             interpreted
             ,
             is
             this
             ;
             
               Who
               knows
               but
               that
               the
               many
               victories
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               given
               you
               ,
               were
               intended
               by
               him
               as
               a
               means
               of
               incouragement
               unto
               you
               ,
            
             to
             quash
             and
             crush
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             those
             men
             ,
             who
             were
             signally
             instrumental
             
             and
             serviceable
             both
             to
             God
             and
             them
             in
             the
             obtaining
             of
             them
             ,
             together
             with
             all
             those
             that
             adhere
             in
             judgement
             to
             them
             in
             the
             land
             .
             Now
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             man
             being
             so
             extremely
             incomportable
             with
             the
             honour
             ,
             comfort
             ,
             or
             peace
             of
             many
             of
             those
             who
             were
             prime
             Actors
             in
             the
             service
             at
             
               Naseby
               ,
            
             lest
             the
             valour
             and
             faithfulnesse
             of
             these
             men
             being
             commended
             by
             God
             unto
             the
             Nation
             with
             such
             remarkable
             successe
             ,
             should
             plead
             with
             too
             nigh
             an
             hand
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             way
             wherein
             they
             serve
             and
             worship
             God
             ,
             in
             the
             minds
             and
             thoughts
             of
             the
             generalitie
             of
             men
             ,
             he
             (
             probably
             )
             conceiv'd
             that
             the
             best
             way
             to
             prevent
             this
             misery
             from
             coming
             upon
             him
             ,
             was
             to
             inquire
             out
             how
             men
             professing
             the
             same
             way
             with
             them
             ,
             behav'd
             themselves
             on
             that
             day
             ,
             whereon
             
               publique
               Thankes
            
             were
             to
             be
             given
             unto
             God
             for
             that
             victory
             :
             that
             so
             in
             case
             any
             unseemly
             or
             unworthy
             thing
             could
             be
             found
             out
             and
             charged
             upon
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             on
             this
             day
             ,
             the
             divulging
             of
             it
             ,
             might
             help
             to
             break
             the
             strength
             and
             interest
             of
             that
             other
             plea
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             men
             .
          
           
             
               Page
            
             70.
             
             He
             observes
             ,
             that
             
               two
               of
               my
               children
               were
               taken
               away
               by
               the
            
             
             
               plague
               of
               pestilence
               ,
               upon
               the
               making
               my
               house
               a
               meeting
               for
               the
               Sectaries
               .
            
             That
             two
             of
             my
             children
             were
             taken
             away
             ,
             by
             that
             hand
             of
             God
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             others
             so
             reporting
             it
             besides
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
               ,
            
             (
             for
             touching
             the
             manner
             or
             means
             of
             their
             
               taking
               away
               ,
            
             I
             know
             nothing
             but
             by
             report
             ,
             my selfe
             having
             been
             far
             absent
             severall
             weeks
             ,
             when
             God
             took
             them
             away
             )
             I
             shall
             not
             denie
             .
             And
             if
             he
             had
             staid
             his
             pen
             and
             clos'd
             the
             period
             here
             ,
             he
             had
             wrought
             little
             lesse
             then
             a
             miracle
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             uttered
             one
             whole
             sentence
             of
             Truth
             .
             But
             now
             he
             may
             take
             up
             the
             Poets
             lamentation
             ;
             
               Sed
               mea
               me
               in
               culpam
               nimirùm
               fata
               trahebant
               :
            
             the
             spirit
             that
             attends
             him
             ,
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             envied
             him
             the
             crown
             of
             that
             glory
             .
             For
             in
             saying
             ,
             that
             
               this
               was
               done
               upon
               making
               my
               house
               a
               meeting
               for
               the
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             he
             makes
             the
             sentence
             like
             unto
             its
             fellows
             ,
             I
             meane
             void
             of
             Truth
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             
               my
               house
            
             is
             a
             solid
             substance
             ;
             whereas
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
               meeting
            
             is
             a
             fluid
             accident
             .
             I
             never
             heard
             of
             an
             
               house
               ,
            
             that
             was
             made
             
               a
               meeting
            
             till
             now
             .
             And
             if
             mine
             be
             transformed
             into
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             doubtlesse
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             hath
             done
             it
             by
             some
             magique
             incantation
             ;
             I
             have
             done
             no
             such
             thing
             to
             it
             my self
             .
             But
             it
             is
             the
             mans
             unhappinesse
             to
             be
             ever
             and
             anon
             tardie
             ,
             in
             non-sense
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             non-truth
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             If
             his
             meaning
             be
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             made
             a
             
               meeting
               place
            
             of
             it
             ,
             whether
             for
             
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             or
             whosoever
             ,
             he
             doth
             not
             herein
             neither
             nick
             the
             Truth
             .
             For
             if
             by
             
               my
               house
               ,
            
             he
             means
             ,
             my
             dwelling
             house
             ,
             consisting
             of
             that
             building
             and
             roomes
             ,
             wherein
             I
             keepe
             and
             converse
             daily
             with
             my
             familie
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             the
             ordinary
             acception
             of
             the
             word
             )
             this
             is
             no
             wayes
             altered
             by
             me
             since
             my
             coming
             to
             it
             .
             Or
          
           
             3.
             
             If
             his
             meaning
             be
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             ordered
             and
             disposed
             some
             part
             of
             the
             buildings
             which
             I
             have
             hired
             ,
             with
             an
             intent
             to
             have
             
               Sectaries
               meet
            
             there
             ;
             neither
             yet
             doth
             the
             man
             or
             his
             meaning
             agree
             with
             the
             Truth
             .
             I
             confesse
             one
             roome
             in
             these
             buildings
             ,
             is
             ordered
             with
             an
             intent
             that
             such
             persons
             who
             thinke
             it
             worth
             their
             time
             to
             attend
             my
             ministery
             ,
             whether
             
               Presbyterians
            
             or
             others
             ,
             may
             be
             some
             wayes
             accommodated
             to
             partake
             thereof
             .
             But
             that
             I
             ever
             
               made
            
             it
             ,
             or
             intended
             to
             make
             it
             ,
             a
             
               meeting-place
            
             for
             
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             well
             may
             it
             be
             one
             of
             Mr
             
               Edwards
            
             assertions
             ,
             but
             Truth
             it
             is
             none
             .
             Nor
             doe
             I
             know
             any
             sort
             of
             persons
             that
             ever
             met
             in
             it
             yet
             ,
             that
             any
             whit
             more
             deserve
             the
             denomination
             of
             
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             then
             the
             
               Presbyterians
            
             themselves
             .
             But
          
           
             4.
             
             (
             And
             lastly
             )
             If
             the
             mans
             meaning
             be
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             simply
             the
             best
             construction
             can
             be
             made
             of
             his
             words
             )
             that
             I
             have
             permitted
             and
             given
             way
             ,
             that
             some
             part
             of
             the
             buildings
             which
             I
             have
             taken
             ,
             should
             be
             us'd
             by
             such
             persons
             ,
             as
             in
             his
             mis-carrying
             dialect
             are
             called
             
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             to
             meet
             in
             ;
             neither
             will
             this
             relieve
             him
             against
             the
             habituated
             foulnesse
             of
             his
             pen
             ,
             or
             make
             the
             sentence
             cleane
             .
             For
             it
             was
             not
             upon
             that
             permission
             or
             grant
             of
             mine
             ,
             that
             
               my
               two
               children
               were
               taken
               away
               ,
            
             nor
             yet
             upon
             the
             furnishing
             of
             the
             roome
             for
             conveniency
             of
             meeting
             ,
             (
             for
             the
             
               Sectaries
            
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             both
             
               Presbyterians
            
             &
             others
             ,
             had
             met
             therein
             severall
             times
             before
             the
             least
             haire
             of
             the
             heads
             of
             either
             of
             the
             children
             fell
             to
             the
             ground
             )
             but
             it
             was
             upon
             my
             deserting
             and
             disuse
             of
             it
             for
             a
             longer
             time
             ,
             then
             God
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             was
             well
             pleased
             with
             ;
             at
             least
             if
             I
             should
             look
             upon
             the
             taking
             them
             away
             ,
             as
             a
             stroake
             of
             anger
             or
             displeasure
             from
             God
             .
             But
             as
             touching
             the
             Providence
             it selfe
             about
             my
             children
             ,
             whether
             I
             should
             look
             upon
             it
             as
             having
             more
             of
             mercie
             ,
             or
             more
             of
             judgement
             in
             it
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             satisfied
             to
             this
             day
             .
             Though
             the
             children
             (
             I
             confesse
             )
             were
             deare
             unto
             me
             ,
             &
             their
             lives
             very
             desireable
             ,
             upon
             hopes
             that
             God
             (
             howsoever
             )
             would
             have
             provided
             for
             them
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             thought
             it
             meet
             they
             should
             live
             ;
             yet
             considering
             that
             the
             best
             part
             
             of
             that
             livelihood
             and
             means
             of
             subsistence
             which
             I
             had
             ,
             was
             by
             a
             strong
             hand
             taken
             from
             me
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             so
             much
             look
             upon
             the
             taking
             of
             them
             away
             by
             God
             ,
             as
             a
             
               taking
               them
               away
            
             from
             me
             ,
             as
             from
             that
             misery
             ,
             whereunto
             the
             undeserved
             hatred
             and
             injustice
             of
             my
             
               Presbyterian
            
             neighbours
             ,
             in
             wresting
             and
             detaining
             my
             means
             from
             me
             ,
             had
             exposed
             them
             .
             Men
             took
             away
             my
             means
             ;
             and
             God
             made
             up
             the
             breach
             (
             in
             part
             )
             by
             diminishing
             my
             charge
             .
             Neither
             were
             they
             taken
             away
             alone
             :
             there
             was
             a
             greater
             number
             of
             children
             
               taken
               away
            
             out
             of
             a
             
               Prebyterian
            
             familie
             neere
             to
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             hand
             of
             God
             ;
             where
             yet
             there
             was
             
               no
               meeting-place
               made
               for
               Sectaries
               .
            
             And
             besides
             ,
             I
             could
             soone
             be
             out
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             debt
             for
             this
             story
             concerning
             two
             of
             my
             children
             being
             taken
             away
             ;
             by
             telling
             him
             of
             three
             Grave
             men
             (
             and
             two
             of
             them
             Great
             )
             who
             were
             principall
             Actors
             in
             my
             troubles
             and
             ejection
             ,
             taken
             away
             by
             death
             since
             the
             good
             service
             they
             did
             to
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             partie
             in
             that
             transaction
             .
             God
             hath
             cut
             off
             both
             head
             and
             taile
             of
             those
             my
             adversaries
             :
             But
             I
             leave
             Mr
             
               Edw.
            
             to
             make
             observatiōs
             upon
             it
             :
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             make
             none
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             now
             perfected
             reckonings
             and
             accounts
             between
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             
             and
             my selfe
             ,
             and
             have
             set
             straight
             the
             foule
             errors
             and
             falsifications
             of
             his
             bookes
             in
             these
             .
             I
             have
             yet
             another
             small
             parcell
             of
             accounts
             to
             cleare
             with
             him
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             others
             :
             and
             by
             that
             time
             I
             shall
             have
             issued
             these
             ,
             though
             I
             shall
             be
             very
             briefe
             in
             this
             transaction
             ,
             yet
             I
             feare
             I
             shall
             make
             him
             uncapable
             of
             any
             
               Quietus
               est
            
             for
             ever
             .
             For
             doubtlesse
             the
             man
             hath
             sold
             himselfe
             to
             write
             all
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             untruths
             that
             he
             can
             but
             scrapple
             together
             ,
             from
             what
             mouths
             or
             tongues
             or
             pens
             he
             cares
             not
             ,
             so
             they
             be
             but
             
               Presbyterian
            
             in
             their
             constitution
             ,
             and
             carry
             any
             antipathie
             in
             them
             either
             to
             the
             honour
             or
             peace
             of
             
               Independencie
               .
            
             I
             presume
             that
             Mris
             
               Gangraena
            
             hath
             not
             as
             yet
             paid
             me
             the
             tith
             or
             tenth
             part
             of
             her
             forgeries
             :
             it
             is
             like
             in
             time
             shee
             will
             be
             more
             honest
             in
             this
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             receive
             knowledge
             of
             the
             whole
             substance
             of
             her
             iniquitie
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             begin
             this
             latter
             account
             ,
             where
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             wel-nigh
             
             makes
             an
             end
             ;
             with
             a
             story
             related
             by
             him
             in
             the
             very
             last
             leafe
             ,
             (
             save
             one
             )
             of
             his
             booke
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             p.
             181.
             concerning
             
               one
               Cosens
               of
               Rocbester
               in
               Kent
               .
            
             By
             the
             way
             ,
             if
             the
             common
             Proverb
             ,
             which
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               the
               best
               is
               at
               the
               bottome
               ,
            
             takes
             place
             in
             his
             Booke
             ;
             forgery
             of
             forgeries
             ,
             and
             all
             is
             forgery
             ,
             all
             over
             it
             .
             For
             in
             this
             Relation
             ,
             (
             by
             which
             you
             may
             judge
             both
             of
             those
             many
             that
             goe
             before
             it
             ,
             and
             those
             few
             
             that
             follow
             after
             it
             )
             there
             are
             wel-nigh
             ,
             
               quot
               verba
               ,
               tot
               mendacia
               :
            
             and
             yet
             even
             this
             also
             hath
             this
             banner
             of
             confidence
             displayed
             before
             the
             face
             of
             it
             ;
             
               I
               was
               enformed
               for
               certaine
               :
            
             upon
             which
             preface
             we
             shall
             animadvert
             presently
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             His
             Relation
             here
             reports
             ,
             that
             
               one
               Cosens
               of
               Rochester
               in
               Kent
               ,
               that
               Jesus
               Christ
               was
               a
               Bastard
               .
               Hoc
               primum
               :
            
             let
             this
             be
             the
             first
             lie
             in
             this
             Catalogue
             :
             the
             man
             never
             said
             it
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             report
             avoucheth
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             
               Cosens
            
             said
             ,
             that
             
               if
               Jesus
               Christ
               were
               upon
               the
               Earth
               againe
               ,
               he
               would
               be
               ashamed
               of
               many
               things
               he
               then
               did
               .
            
             This
             is
             another
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             in
             order
             .
             For
             neither
             did
             the
             man
             speake
             any
             such
             words
             as
             these
             ;
             the
             witnesse
             ,
             upon
             whose
             single
             testimony
             ,
             (
             originally
             )
             both
             these
             and
             the
             former
             words
             were
             charged
             upon
             him
             ,
             upon
             reexamination
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             oath
             ,
             before
             the
             Committee
             of
             the
             Countie
             ,
             wav'd
             both
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             ;
             as
             appeares
             by
             the
             said
             Examination
             under
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             said
             Committee
             ,
             which
             I
             saw
             &
             read
             ;
             and
             is
             forth-coming
             for
             any
             man
             to
             peruse
             for
             his
             satisfaction
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             Information
             of
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             affirmes
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             
               Cosens
               ,
            
             for
             
               the
            
             said
             
               Blasphemies
               ,
               was
               put
               into
               prison
               in
               Rochester
               .
            
             Keep
             tale
             :
             this
             is
             a
             third
             stumble
             .
             The
             occasion
             of
             the
             mans
             imprisonment
             ,
             was
             a
             matter
             of
             a
             quite
             differing
             nature
             ;
             as
             by
             inquiry
             may
             be
             found
             out
             by
             any
             man
             ;
             though
             for
             some
             reasons
             the
             partie
             thinketh
             not
             so
             fit
             to
             have
             it
             printed
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             
               said
               certain
               Information
            
             informeth
             ;
             that
             the
             said
             
               Cosens
               being
               committed
               ,
               at
               the
               Sessions
               there
               came
               an
               Order
               from
               some
               in
               place
               to
               the
               Recorder
               to
               release
               him
               .
            
             Skore
             up
             :
             this
             is
             the
             fourth
             word
             of
             folly
             in
             this
             Narration
             .
             For
             there
             came
             no
             
               Order
               from
               any
               in
               place
               ,
            
             nor
             unto
             any
             in
             place
             ,
             
               Recorder
            
             or
             other
             ,
             for
             
               the
               release
            
             of
             the
             man
             ;
             but
             upon
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             fore-mentioned
             Examination
             taken
             upon
             oath
             before
             the
             Committee
             ,
             by
             the
             Justices
             ,
             the
             man
             was
             discharged
             .
             This
             untruth
             may
             well
             stand
             for
             two
             (
             or
             at
             least
             be
             printed
             in
             a
             Capitall
             letter
             )
             because
             men
             of
             honour
             and
             place
             are
             aspersed
             by
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             interposed
             with
             their
             interest
             or
             power
             to
             obstruct
             the
             course
             of
             Law
             and
             Justice
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Information
             now
             under
             impeachment
             ,
             further
             averreth
             ,
             that
             
               upon
               the
               receipt
               of
               the
               said
               Order
               ,
               the
               Recorder
               a
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               and
               a
               grave
               man
               ,
               used
               these
               words
               ;
               Cosens
               ,
               know
               you
               must
               shortly
               come
               before
               another
               Court
               to
               answer
               for
               these
               words
               ,
               where
               you
               shall
               have
               no
               Order
               to
               release
               you
               .
            
             Tallie
             on
             :
             this
             is
             a
             fift
             (
             if
             not
             a
             fift
             and
             sixt
             )
             phib
             in
             the
             
             Relation
             .
             For
             here
             is
             a
             big
             lye
             with
             a
             lesser
             in
             the
             belly
             of
             it
             .
             For
             ,
             first
             ,
             the
             
               Recorder
            
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             never
             ,
             upon
             no
             occasion
             ,
             spake
             any
             such
             words
             as
             these
             to
             the
             man
             :
             nor
             secondly
             ,
             did
             he
             ever
             receive
             any
             such
             Order
             ,
             as
             is
             here
             spoken
             of
             ;
             and
             so
             could
             not
             speake
             ,
             either
             these
             words
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             
               upon
               the
               receipt
            
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             This
             loud-lying
             Information
             ,
             further
             attests
             ,
             that
             
               this
               man
            
             (
             Cosens
             )
             
               being
               at
               libertie
               ,
               entertaines
               in
               his
               house
               the
               Sectaries
               that
               come
               from
               London
               ,
               or
               other
               places
               into
               those
               parts
               ,
               as
               Den
               ,
               Lamb
               ,
               Woodman
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Keep
             tale
             ;
             this
             is
             a
             sixt
             flaw
             (
             at
             least
             )
             in
             the
             certain
             Information
             .
             For
             the
             man
             professeth
             that
             he
             knows
             no
             such
             man
             ,
             as
             
               Woodman
               ;
            
             nor
             that
             (
             to
             his
             knowledge
             )
             he
             ever
             saw
             the
             face
             of
             the
             man
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             (
             And
             lastly
             )
             The
             said
             
               Presbyterian
            
             Information
             ,
             for
             uniformitie
             sake
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             end
             as
             it
             began
             ,
             affirmes
             (
             in
             the
             cloze
             of
             it
             )
             that
             
               this
               Cosens
               is
               so
               bold
               ,
               that
               he
               dares
               threaten
               to
               question
               and
               trouble
               godly
               Orthodox
               Presbyteriall
               Ministers
               ,
               and
               goes
               to
               some
               of
               their
               Churches
               to
               see
               if
               he
               can
               get
               any
               matter
               against
               them
               :
               for
               example
               ,
               he
               hath
               gone
               to
               one
               Mr.
               
               Clares
               ,
               a
               godly
               Minister
               ,
               and
               threatened
               upon
               hearing
               him
               to
               complaine
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               put
               in
               Articles
               against
               him
               .
            
             Remember
             the
             account
             :
             for
             this
             is
             the
             seventh
             and
             eighth
             time
             (
             at
             least
             )
             that
             the
             Information
             prevaricateth
             with
             the
             Truth
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             the
             man
             is
             so
             far
             from
             
               daring
               to
               threaten
               to
               question
               or
               trouble
               any
               godly
               Minister
            
             whatsoever
             ,
             that
             he
             professeth
             it
             to
             be
             his
             judgement
             ,
             that
             neither
             godly
             ,
             nor
             ungodly
             ,
             whether
             Ministers
             or
             others
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             questioned
             or
             troubled
             for
             their
             judgements
             in
             matters
             appertaining
             unto
             God
             .
             Therefore
             secondly
             ,
             though
             he
             confesseth
             that
             he
             went
             to
             Mr
             
               Clare
            
             upon
             the
             preaching
             of
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             he
             had
             not
             delivered
             the
             Truth
             ;
             yet
             that
             he
             any
             wayes
             
               threatned
               Mr.
               Clare
               ,
            
             he
             absolutely
             denieth
             .
             I
             find
             nothing
             more
             to
             be
             excepted
             against
             in
             this
             
               Information
               of
               the
            
             9th
             
               of
               February
               ,
            
             as
             matter
             of
             untruth
             :
             the
             reason
             (
             I
             conceive
             )
             is
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             no
             more
             of
             it
             .
             This
             Counter-Information
             ,
             I
             had
             from
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             said
             
               Cosens
            
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             particulars
             under
             his
             hand
             .
          
           
             Now
             though
             there
             be
             never
             a
             sentence
             (
             scarce
             a
             clause
             or
             piece
             of
             a
             sentence
             )
             true
             in
             all
             this
             Relation
             ,
             yet
             it
             hath
             Mr
             
               Edwards
            
             seale
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             this
             foundation
             ;
             
               I
               WAS
               INFORMED
               FOR
               CERTAIN
               :
            
             But
             first
             ,
             by
             this
             specialtie
             of
             honour
             ,
             
               I
               was
               informed
               for
               certain
               ,
            
             bestowed
             upon
             this
             Relation
             ,
             doth
             he
             not
             plainly
             grant
             and
             imply
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             
               informed
            
             of
             many
             other
             things
             in
             his
             
               Gangrene
               ,
            
             for
             
               uncertain
               ?
            
             If
             he
             had
             been
             
               informed
            
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             
             of
             them
             for
             
               certain
            
             untruths
             ,
             his
             Information
             had
             been
             orthodox
             ,
             and
             no
             guile
             found
             in
             the
             lips
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             secondly
             ,
             If
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             signall
             and
             choice
             reports
             ,
             of
             which
             
               he
               was
               informed
               for
               certain
               ,
            
             be
             of
             so
             dark
             and
             dismall
             a
             complexion
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             scarce
             so
             much
             as
             one
             beame
             ,
             or
             the
             least
             glimmering
             of
             the
             light
             of
             Truth
             in
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             what
             shall
             we
             think
             of
             those
             that
             have
             no
             such
             image
             or
             superscription
             of
             confidence
             upon
             them
             ?
             If
             his
             Chariots
             and
             Horsemen
             faile
             ,
             surely
             his
             Infantery
             will
             yeeld
             the
             field
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             (
             And
             lastly
             )
             I
             would
             gladly
             understand
             ,
             by
             what
             character
             of
             difference
             the
             man
             discernes
             between
             his
             
               Informations
               for
               certain
               ,
            
             and
             those
             that
             are
             but
             of
             vulgar
             repute
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             he
             alloweth
             three
             graines
             of
             non-beliefe
             :
             I
             suppose
             such
             as
             come
             from
             his
             
               godly
               Orthodox
               Presbyterian
               Ministers
               ,
            
             he
             holds
             
               for
               certain
               :
            
             those
             which
             come
             from
             hands
             whose
             heads
             have
             not
             been
             anointed
             with
             the
             hands
             of
             Consecration
             ,
             more
             ambiguous
             and
             doubtfull
             ;
             and
             yet
             
               certain
            
             enough
             to
             be
             reported
             and
             spread
             ,
             if
             their
             faces
             be
             but
             set
             against
             
               Independency
               .
            
             But
             who
             is
             Mr
             
               Edwards
               godly
               Orthodox
               Presbyterian
               Minister
               ?
            
             Is
             he
             not
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             who
             works
             stoutly
             at
             the
             forge
             ,
             and
             
               feeds
            
             both
             himself
             &
             the
             world
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             scandals
             and
             falshoods
             against
             the
             
               Independents
               ,
               without
               feare
               ?
            
             We
             have
             reason
             to
             judge
             so
             by
             the
             rule
             of
             proportion
             .
             For
             
               p.
            
             57.
             he
             pronounceth
             a
             man
             ,
             
               a
               Person
               Religious
               ,
               and
               well-affected
               to
               the
               Parliament
               ,
            
             only
             upon
             occasion
             of
             a
             Letter
             written
             by
             him
             ,
             full
             fraught
             with
             false
             and
             foule
             stories
             and
             insinuations
             against
             his
             Sectaries
             ;
             who
             is
             look'd
             upon
             by
             men
             as
             godly
             ,
             and
             as
             judicious
             as
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
               ,
            
             yea
             and
             who
             have
             better
             opportunitie
             to
             know
             the
             spirit
             and
             wayes
             of
             the
             man
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             both
             those
             particulars
             ,
             then
             he
             ;
             by
             such
             (
             I
             say
             )
             this
             man
             is
             look'd
             upon
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             no
             wayes
             deserving
             either
             of
             those
             commendations
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             by
             the
             figure
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ;
             as
             will
             appeare
             (
             in
             part
             )
             by
             a
             Letter
             ,
             whereof
             we
             shall
             give
             a
             copie
             before
             we
             end
             .
          
           
             You
             have
             seene
             the
             man
             like
             himselfe
             in
             a
             
               Kentish
            
             storie
             :
             let
             us
             crosse
             the
             water
             ,
             and
             see
             whether
             wee
             can
             finde
             him
             in
             any
             better
             shape
             on
             this
             side
             .
             
               Pag.
            
             78.
             
             &
             79.
             
             He
             tells
             you
             a
             long
             formall
             story
             of
             one
             
               Nichols
               ,
               living
               about
               Moore-fields
               ,
               that
               comes
               into
               Stepney-Parish
               to
               draw
               away
               people
               :
               That
               to
               Mr.
               
            
             Greenhils
             
               face
               did
               justifie
               and
               maintain
               many
               wicked
               opinions
               ,
               &c.
               
               Vpon
               occasion
               whereof
               there
               was
               a
               meeting
               concluded
               ,
               and
               Mr.
            
             Greenhill
             
               and
               Mr.
            
             Burroughs
             ,
             
               with
               many
               others
               ,
               were
               at
               it
               .
            
             Hee
             tells
             you
             further
             when
             this
             meeting
             
             was
             ,
             
               viz.
               a
               little
               before
               Mr.
            
             Burroughs
             
               fell
               upon
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               .
            
             And
             further
             adorns
             the
             relation
             with
             many
             good
             words
             that
             Mr.
             
               Greenhill
            
             should
             speak
             at
             this
             meeting
             ;
             with
             others
             that
             Mr.
             
               Burroughs
            
             should
             speak
             ,
             as
             particularly
             ,
             that
             
               in
               regard
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               matters
               being
               so
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               necessity
               both
               of
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             As
             likewise
             with
             others
             that
             should
             be
             spoken
             by
             divers
             others
             there
             present
             .
             This
             story
             is
             long
             ,
             and
             the
             particular
             forgeries
             in
             it
             numerous
             beyond
             measure
             .
             In
             which
             respect
             I
             shall
             desire
             the
             Reader
             at
             his
             leasure
             to
             make
             the
             computation
             ,
             which
             he
             may
             do
             with
             exactnes
             enough
             ,
             if
             he
             shall
             please
             to
             compare
             Mr.
             
             
               Edwards
            
             Relation
             with
             these
             ensuing
             lines
             which
             I
             received
             from
             Mr.
             
               Burroughs
            
             himself
             in
             writing
             ,
             anent
             the
             businesse
             :
          
           
             
               That
               story
               Mr.
               
                 Edwards
              
               hath
               ,
               
                 page
              
               79.
               of
               one
               
                 Nichols
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               a
               meeting
               concluded
               of
               ,
               occasioned
               by
               some
               vise
               opinions
               vented
               by
               that
               
                 Nichols
                 ,
              
               where
               Mr.
               
                 Greenhill
              
               and
               my selfe
               (
               he
               sayes
               )
               was
               ,
               together
               with
               divers
               passages
               that
               hee
               relates
               came
               from
               mee
               at
               that
               meeting
               ,
               is
               all
               false
               .
               I
               know
               no
               such
               man
               as
               this
               
                 Nichols
                 ,
              
               I
               never
               heard
               there
               was
               such
               a
               man
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               till
               I
               read
               it
               in
               Mr.
               
                 Edwards
              
               his
               book
               .
               I
               to
               this
               day
               know
               of
               no
               meeting
               about
               him
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               his
               opinions
               ,
               either
               intended
               ,
               desired
               ,
               or
               resolved
               upon
               ,
               much
               lesse
               that
               there
               was
               any
               such
               meeting
               .
               The
               next
               Lords
               day
               after
               Mr.
               
                 Edwards
              
               his
               book
               came
               forth
               ,
               M.
               
                 Greenhill
              
               asked
               me
               whether
               I
               knew
               of
               any
               such
               meeting
               with
               that
               
                 Nichols
                 :
              
               for
               his
               part
               he
               wondred
               to
               see
               such
               a
               thing
               in
               Mr.
               
               
                 Edwardshis
              
               book
               ,
               for
               he
               knew
               of
               no
               such
               meeting
               .
            
             Thus
             far
             M.
             
               Burroughs
               .
            
          
           
             And
             because
             we
             have
             had
             occasion
             here
             to
             mention
             Mr.
             
               Burroughs
               ;
            
             
             and
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             takes
             occasion
             
               p.
            
             33.
             not
             onely
             to
             deale
             by
             him
             as
             he
             doth
             by
             his
             other
             
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             whose
             opinions
             he
             arraignes
             (
             
               ad
               placitum
            
             )
             for
             errors
             ;
             but
             seldome
             either
             names
             their
             persons
             ,
             or
             encounters
             their
             opinions
             by
             argument
             ;
             whereas
             hee
             hath
             expressed
             himselfe
             in
             both
             against
             him
             ;
             I
             desire
             to
             insert
             a
             few
             lines
             for
             the
             vindication
             of
             him
             that
             is
             unjustly
             charged
             ,
             by
             detecting
             the
             weaknesse
             and
             groundlesnesse
             of
             the
             charge
             .
             The
             opinion
             wherewith
             Mr.
             
               Burroughes
            
             stands
             there
             charged
             amongst
             the
             Sectaries
             ,
             as
             with
             an
             error
             ,
             is
             this
             :
             
               Whatsoever
               errors
               or
               miscarriages
               in
               Religion
               ,
               the
               Church
               should
               bear
               withall
               in
               men
               ,
               continuing
               them
               still
               in
               communion
               with
               them
               ,
               as
               brethren
               ,
               these
               the
               Magistrates
            
             
             
               should
               beare
               with
               in
               men
               ,
               continuing
               them
               in
               the
               Kingdome
               or
               Commonwealth
               ,
               in
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               the
               liberty
               of
               Subjects
               .
            
             But
             first
             it
             is
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               Burroughes
               ,
               p.
            
             34.
             of
             his
             book
             ,
             had
             laid
             down
             this
             position
             ,
             
               That
               notwithstanding
               any
               plea
               of
               conscience
               ,
               yet
               if
               the
               error
               be
               destructive
               to
               the
               State
               ,
               a
               man
               may
               be
               dealt
               withall
               by
               the
               State
               for
               it
               .
            
             And
             secondly
             ,
             this
             ,
             (
             
               p.
            
             35.
             )
             
               That
               no
               pretence
               of
               conscience
               can
               excuse
               a
               man
               in
               any
               matter
               of
               apparent
               injustice
               .
            
             These
             two
             conclusions
             pre-asserted
             ,
             he
             comes
             ,
             (
             
               p.
            
             67.
             )
             to
             give
             this
             Rule
             for
             forbearance
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             :
             
               That
               whatsoever
               miscarriages
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               the
               Church
               should
               beare
               with
               ,
               these
               the
               Magistrate
               should
               beare
               with
               :
            
             because
             though
             it
             should
             be
             never
             so
             much
             granted
             ,
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             is
             
               Custos
               utriusque
               tabulae
               ,
            
             yet
             his
             charge
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             reacheth
             not
             further
             then
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Church
             doth
             .
             Now
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             to
             confute
             this
             ,
             instanceth
             in
             a
             man
             
               whose
               conscience
               is
               not
               satisfied
               in
               the
               point
               of
               subjects
               taking
               up
               Armes
               against
               Armies
               raised
               by
               a
               Prince
               ,
               and
               therefore
               refuseth
               bearing
               Armes
               ,
               and
               all
               maintenance
               to
               such
               a
               warre
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Such
             a
             man
             as
             this
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             the
             State
             may
             sequester
             ,
             and
             
               the
               Parliament
               I
               think
               hath
               sequestred
               many
               upon
               such
               occasions
               ,
               taking
               their
               estates
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Surely
             this
             confutation
             is
             so
             farre
             from
             being
             
               fit
               to
               satisfie
               any
               Scholar
               ,
            
             that
             it
             hath
             hardly
             strength
             or
             colour
             enough
             
               to
               take
               women
               or
               weake
               people
               with
            
             
               a
            
             .
             For
             doth
             the
             State
             deale
             with
             such
             a
             person
             as
             he
             gives
             instance
             in
             ,
             as
             for
             an
             error
             ,
             or
             matter
             in
             Religion
             ?
             or
             for
             injustice
             to
             the
             State
             ;
             yea
             ,
             apparent
             injustice
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             destructive
             to
             the
             State
             ?
             For
             forbearing
             that
             ,
             which
             if
             others
             should
             for
             beare
             also
             ,
             the
             State
             must
             needs
             be
             destroyed
             ?
             Now
             evident
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
             
               Burroughs
            
             Doctrine
             or
             Rule
             touching
             for
             bearance
             ,
             concerns
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             when
             the
             subject
             matter
             is
             Religion
             ,
             not
             matters
             of
             State
             ,
             wherein
             men
             may
             pretend
             conscience
             ;
             yea
             ,
             it
             may
             bee
             ,
             are
             conscientious
             indeed
             so
             farre
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             a
             sense
             ,
             as
             men
             of
             an
             erroneous
             conscience
             may
             be
             such
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             confutation
             of
             Mr.
             
               Burroughs
            
             is
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             but
             a
             forlorn
             hope
             ;
             the
             fore-runner
             of
             a
             great
             Army
             of
             confutations
             advancing
             .
             
               Troilus
            
             (
             I
             see
             )
             will
             needs
             be
             trying
             his
             valour
             with
             
               Achilles
               ,
            
             whatsoever
             it
             costs
             him
             :
          
           
             Infelix
             puer
             ,
             atque
             impar
             congressus
             Achilli
             .
          
           
             How
             his
             Pen
             hath
             abused
             Mr.
             
               Ellis
            
             of
             
               Colchester
               ,
            
             and
             other
             faithfull
             servants
             of
             God
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             with
             base
             calumnies
             and
             
             slanders
             ,
             the
             world
             (
             I
             conceive
             )
             will
             shortly
             understand
             by
             an
             Expresse
             from
             thence
             :
             For
             Mr.
             
               Ellis
            
             himselfe
             writes
             thus
             to
             a
             friend
             in
             
               London
               .
            
             
               The
               aspersions
               cast
               on
               me
               ,
               and
               some
               others
               here
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Edwards
                 ,
              
               are
               as
               false
               as
               foule
               :
               which
               because
               they
               are
               a
               great
               part
               of
               his
               book
               and
               strength
               ,
               those
               who
               are
               here
               concerned
               in
               it
               ,
               will
               ,
               if
               God
               please
               ,
               shortly
               make
               reply
               .
            
          
           
             Page
             57.
             
             He
             affirms
             that
             the
             preceding
             letter
             beginning
             thus
             :
             
             
               (
               p.
               54.
               )
               Worthy
               Sir
               ,
               the
               consideration
               of
               those
               many
               ,
               &c.
               was
               written
               to
               him
               by
               a
               person
               religious
               ,
               and
               cordially
               affected
               to
               the
               Parliament
               .
            
             I
             know
             not
             the
             man
             my selfe
             ,
             and
             therefore
             shall
             not
             attempt
             to
             infringe
             this
             testimony
             of
             him
             out
             of
             any
             personall
             experience
             which
             I
             have
             of
             him
             ,
             or
             of
             his
             wayes
             :
             but
             shall
             onely
             referre
             the
             Reader
             for
             his
             satisfaction
             ,
             both
             concerning
             the
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             testimony
             given
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             this
             ensuing
             letter
             ,
             written
             by
             one
             well
             enough
             known
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             to
             a
             speciall
             friend
             of
             his
             about
             the
             Citie
             .
          
           
             
               DEarly
               beloved
               and
               much
               honored
               in
               Christ
               ,
               grace
               ,
               mercy
               and
               peace
               be
               multiplied
               to
               you
               ,
               and
               to
               as
               many
               as
               are
               enabled
               by
               the
               power
               of
               God
               to
               look
               towards
               Sion
               .
               As
               I
               was
               hastily
               perusing
               a
               book
               writ
               in
               Mr.
               
               
                 Edwards
              
               name
               ,
               among
               sever
               all
               letters
               therein
               contained
               ,
               I
               found
               one
               written
               by
               a
               person
               with
               whom
               I
               have
               more
               then
               ordinary
               acquaintance
               .
               In
               which
               letter
               the
               glory
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               pure
               institutions
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               with
               the
               Saints
               practises
               ,
               are
               maliciously
               abused
               ,
               as
               also
               your selfe
               not
               a
               little
               concern'd
               .
               In
               consideration
               of
               the
               which
               ,
               I
               was
               not
               a
               little
               prest
               in
               my
               own
               spirit
               ,
               neither
               indeed
               could
               I
               refrain
               ,
               but
               needs
               must
               declare
               unto
               you
               the
               person
               that
               wrote
               it
               (
               as
               he
               himself
               acknowledgeth
               ,
               )
               not
               knowing
               but
               it
               might
               seem
               strange
               unto
               you
               ,
               and
               remain
               as
               a
               burden
               upon
               your
               spirit
               ,
               that
               the
               author
               of
               so
               many
               falshoods
               ,
               and
               ,
               as
               they
               appeare
               to
               me
               ,
               palpable
               untruths
               ,
               should
               be
               (
               by
               such
               a
               one
               as
               Mr.
               
               
                 Edwards
              
               )
               termed
               a
               man
               religious
               ,
               and
               cordially
               affected
               to
               the
               Parliament
               .
               But
               not
               to
               withhold
               you
               any
               longer
               ,
               his
               name
               is
               
                 Josiah
                 Ricraft
                 ,
              
               the
               same
               man
               in
               whose
               name
               the
               Reply
               to
               your
               Answer
               was
               printed
               ,
               the
               which
               whether
               he
               did
               indite
               ,
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               affirm
               ,
               only
               I
               may
               thinke
               ,
               but
               it
               matters
               not
               much
               whether
               he
               or
               another
               did
               indite
               it
               ,
               only
               this
               I
               am
               confident
               of
               ,
               hee
               is
               a
               man
               so
               far
               from
               ▪
               being
               religious
               ,
               and
               cordially
               affected
               to
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               (
               as
               Mr.
               
                 Edwards
              
               would
               make
               the
               world
               beleeve
               ,
               that
               I
               shall
               ,
               and
               am
               able
               by
               evident
               testimonies
               ,
               yea
               and
               by
               that
               knowledge
               I
               in
               particular
               have
               of
               him
               ,
               perspicuously
               make
               it
               appeare
               (
               and
               had
               done
               before
               this
               ,
               had
               I
               not
               been
               extraordinarily
               prevented
               )
               that
               he
               is
               an
               enemy
               to
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               State
               ,
               and
               Kingdome
               ,
               by
               
               concealing
               ,
               countenancing
               ,
               &
               bearing
               correspondency
               with
               such
               as
               endevour
               nothing
               more
               then
               the
               overthrow
               of
               religion
               &
               the
               subjects
               liberty
               .
               At
               present
               I
               shal
               speak
               no
               more
               cōcerning
               him
               ,
               then
               what
               I
               my self
               distinctly
               know
               of
               him
               :
               After
               he
               had
               taken
               the
               solemne
               league
               &
               covenant
               ,
               he
               did
               inviolation
               thereof
               ,
               conceal
               a
               Colonell
               the
               which
               came
               out
               of
               the
               Kings
               Army
               ,
               and
               from
               him
               did
               receive
               the
               Kings
               Picture
               .
               This
               Colonell
               not
               daring
               to
               goe
               abroad
               in
               the
               day
               time
               .
               All
               this
               he
               did
               declare
               in
               my
               hearing
               ;
               nay
               ,
               during
               the
               time
               this
               Colonell
               was
               in
               town
               ,
               he
               did
               carry
               ,
               as
               now
               hee
               doth
               ,
               a
               great
               correspondency
               with
               one
               Mr.
               
                 Roberts
                 ,
              
               Minister
               ,
               being
               one
               in
               fellowship
               with
               him
               ,
               whose
               life
               this
               Colonel
               would
               have
               taken
               from
               him
               ,
               if
               I
               be
               not
               misinformed
               ,
               the
               which
               as
               I
               am
               credibly
               informed
               ,
               had
               Mr.
               
               
                 Roberts
              
               known
               of
               the
               Colonels
               being
               in
               town
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               endeavoured
               the
               hanging
               of
               him
               ,
               &
               that
               not
               without
               cause
               ,
               for
               former
               discourtesies
               received
               from
               him
               ,
               too
               tedious
               to
               relate
               .
               I
               shal
               deferre
               the
               naming
               of
               him
               until
               I
               am
               called
               to
               testifie
               what
               I
               here
               declare
               ,
               the
               which
               I
               hope
               wil
               be
               suddenly
               .
               And
               though
               he
               was
               wisht
               &
               desired
               to
               discover
               him
               ,
               pressing
               the
               Covenant
               upon
               him
               ,
               yet
               would
               he
               not
               :
               I
               shall
               at
               the
               present
               ,
               as
               not
               desiring
               to
               be
               tedious
               ,
               present
               you
               with
               one
               passage
               more
               ;
               it
               is
               concerning
               one
               who
               being
               to
               goe
               to
               
                 Oxford
              
               with
               an
               intent
               to
               take
               up
               Arms
               for
               the
               King
               ,
               he
               wel
               knowing
               he
               was
               a
               malignant
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               take
               the
               covenant
               ,
               yet
               him
               did
               he
               furnish
               with
               mony
               to
               carry
               him
               to
               
                 Oxford
                 ,
              
               and
               hath
               since
               taken
               up
               Armes
               .
               This
               I
               shall
               through
               the
               help
               of
               God
               make
               appeare
               to
               be
               really
               true
               ,
               and
               will
               declare
               his
               name
               and
               where
               he
               lived
               ,
               the
               which
               I
               now
               forbeare
               in
               regard
               of
               some
               friends
               whom
               I
               am
               not
               willing
               in
               the
               least
               to
               grieve
               ;
               were
               not
               the
               glory
               of
               God
               and
               the
               Kingdoms
               good
               interessed
               in
               it
               ,
               I
               should
               not
               at
               present
               have
               mentioned
               any
               thing
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               but
               not
               knowing
               any
               way
               more
               tending
               to
               the
               vindicatiou
               of
               both
               ,
               I
               take
               this
               method
               .
            
             
               Truly
               ,
               should
               I
               declare
               unto
               you
               how
               contrary
               his
               carriage
               and
               conversation
               is
               to
               the
               Gospels
               rule
               ,
               I
               am
               confident
               it
               would
               sadden
               the
               spirits
               of
               conscientious
               men
               ,
               and
               cause
               admiration
               in
               those
               who
               professe
               themselves
               to
               be
               followers
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               .
               I
               do
               assure
               you
               ,
               the
               Lord
               hath
               so
               carried
               on
               my
               soul
               with
               divine
               contemplation
               ,
               and
               sweet
               communion
               &
               fellowship
               with
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               Son
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               unreasonable
               dealings
               I
               have
               received
               from
               him
               ,
               have
               not
               made
               any
               impression
               upon
               my
               spirit
               :
               only
               this
               the
               righteous
               God
               knoweth
               hath
               been
               no
               small
               saddening
               to
               my
               spirit
               ,
               to
               see
               his
               aversnesse
               of
               spirit
               to
               those
               who
               are
               of
               his
               own
               judgement
               .
               But
               these
               miscarriages
               I
               shall
               let
               passe
               untill
               a
               more
               convenient
               season
               ,
               desiring
               with
               all
               my
               soule
               the
               Lord
               may
               through
               the
               glorious
               and
               rich
               discoveries
               of
               himselfe
               powerfully
               upon
               his
               spirit
               ,
               cause
               him
               to
               be
               ashamed
               of
               his
               folly
               ,
               and
               to
               
               own
               his
               weaknesses
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               may
               yet
               be
               honored
               by
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               soule
               comforted
               in
               the
               day
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               .
               And
               now
               that
               God
               who
               hath
               made
               such
               rich
               discoveries
               ,
               and
               glorious
               manifestations
               of
               his
               tender
               love
               to
               you
               in
               the
               Son
               of
               his
               love
               ,
               strengthen
               you
               throughout
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               be
               able
               to
               stand
               ,
               and
               withstand
               all
               the
               opposition
               you
               shall
               meet
               withall
               from
               any
               generation
               of
               men
               ,
               and
               that
               you
               may
               increase
               with
               the
               increasings
               of
               God
               .
               And
               this
               is
               the
               request
               of
               him
               who
               is
               
                 Your
                 brother
                 in
                 the
                 Rock
                 Christ
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 G.
                 C.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             As
             to
             the
             contents
             of
             the
             letter
             written
             to
             Mr.
             
             
               Edw.
            
             by
             that
             
               religious
            
             
             
               person
               ,
               and
               so
               cordially
               affected
               to
               the
               Parliament
            
             (
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             )
             how
             notoriously
             false
             are
             a
             great
             part
             of
             them
             !
             As
             first
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               Kiffen
               ,
            
             and
             some
             others
             ,
             upon
             their
             disputes
             with
             Dr.
             
               Featley
               ,
            
             M.
             
               Seaman
               ,
            
             M.
             
               Calamy
               ,
            
             M.
             
               Porter
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               gave
               out
               to
               their
               members
               that
               they
               had
               the
               better
               ,
               and
               that
            
             M.
             
               Calamy
               durst
               not
               dispute
               with
               them
               .
            
             Both
             which
             are
             disavowed
             by
             the
             persons
             charged
             ,
             and
             with
             certainty
             of
             knowledge
             that
             the
             reporter
             can
             never
             prove
             either
             the
             one
             or
             the
             other
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             said
             letter
             affirmeth
             ,
             
               that
            
             M.
             
               Kiffen
               was
               left
               out
               from
               that
               disputation
               which
               was
               held
               and
               to
               be
               held
               with
            
             M.
             
               Calamy
               ▪
               &c.
            
             whereas
             it
             is
             so
             far
             from
             the
             truth
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             
               left
               out
               from
               this
               disputation
               ,
            
             that
             earnestly
             soliciting
             an
             exemption
             from
             that
             ingagement
             ,
             his
             motion
             herein
             was
             absolutely
             refused
             by
             the
             rest
             that
             were
             to
             dispute
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             affirmeth
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             M.
             
               Kiffen
               was
               put
               to
               do
               the
               drudgery
               ,
               to
               fetch
               up
               members
               scattered
               to
               and
               fro
               in
               the
               countrey
               &c.
               
            
             This
             also
             is
             as
             false
             as
             falshood
             it selfe
             can
             make
             a
             report
             to
             be
             :
             The
             said
             M.
             
               Kiffen
            
             never
             stir'd
             a
             foot
             out
             of
             the
             Citie
             ,
             further
             then
             his
             own
             house
             all
             the
             while
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             This
             religious
             person
             in
             the
             same
             letter
             saith
             ,
             that
             not
             onely
             M
             
               Kiffen
               ,
            
             but
             
               others
               also
               of
               them
               did
               the
               like
               good
               service
            
             (
             as
             
               Hobson
               the
               Taylor
               )
               in
               their
               places
               .
            
             This
             again
             is
             so
             far
             from
             truth
             ,
             or
             likelihood
             of
             truth
             ,
             that
             this
             
               Hobson
            
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             with
             Mr.
             
               Kiffen
               ,
            
             were
             (
             amongst
             others
             )
             made
             choyce
             of
             by
             their
             friends
             to
             attend
             the
             disputation
             ,
             and
             to
             manage
             their
             interest
             in
             the
             controversie
             against
             their
             opposers
             ,
             and
             therefore
             could
             not
             doe
             that
             ,
             besides
             which
             there
             was
             nothing
             possible
             to
             be
             done
             by
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             others
             ,
             that
             can
             now
             save
             the
             pen
             of
             
               Religious
               I.
               R.
            
             from
             the
             pollution
             and
             reproach
             of
             a
             false
             pen
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             said
             letter
             advanceth
             yet
             further
             in
             her
             way
             of
             folly
             ,
             and
             
             affirmeth
             ,
             that
             
               one
               of
               their
               members
               ,
               whose
               name
               is
            
             Palmer
             ,
             
               being
               recovered
               ,
               came
               into
               their
               Conventicle
               house
               ,
               and
               there
               before
               many
               people
               said
               ,
               That
               Physitians
               left
               her
               as
               they
               found
               her
               .
            
             This
             is
             a
             very
             emphaticall
             untruth
             ;
             the
             woman
             never
             making
             use
             of
             any
             Physitian
             all
             the
             time
             of
             her
             sicknesse
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             This
             letter
             (
             which
             seems
             to
             be
             
               Gangrena's
            
             chiefe
             favourite
             among
             all
             her
             fellowes
             )
             being
             loath
             that
             any
             other
             should
             carry
             away
             the
             whetstone
             from
             her
             ,
             pleads
             for
             this
             prize
             with
             such
             an
             argument
             ,
             which
             makes
             all
             the
             quaint
             inventions
             ,
             and
             bold
             fictions
             ,
             and
             daring
             relations
             in
             the
             book
             besides
             ,
             to
             give
             place
             and
             yeeld
             the
             crown
             .
             This
             is
             a
             story
             of
             a
             woman
             that
             was
             to
             be
             rebaptized
             ;
             a
             story
             which
             makes
             the
             tale
             of
             
               Gargantua
            
             and
             
               Don
               Quixote
            
             with
             his
             windmils
             ,
             to
             look
             like
             Gospels
             in
             comparison
             of
             it
             .
             It
             is
             pitie
             the
             relator
             should
             either
             eat
             or
             drink
             ,
             till
             either
             he
             hath
             proved
             the
             truth
             ,
             or
             else
             confessed
             the
             untruth
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             letter
             boasts
             what
             mischiefe
             it
             could
             doe
             yet
             further
             ,
             as
             when
             it
             saith
             ,
             
               Many
               such
               Heathenish
               &
               Atheisticall
               passages
               WITH
               BASENES
               ,
               I
               could
               relate
               of
               this
               man
               &
               some
               of
               his
               members
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             It
             is
             very
             likely
             that
             what
             ever
             you
             can
             do
             in
             this
             kind
             ,
             you
             must
             doe
             it
             
               WITH
               BASENES
               ,
            
             or
             else
             let
             it
             alone
             .
             But
             indeed
             you
             have
             givē
             the
             world
             a
             very
             full
             account
             of
             your
             great
             ability
             to
             
               relate
            
             what
             
               heathenish
               and
               Atheisticall
               passages
            
             you
             please
             of
             any
             man
             .
             Hee
             that
             can
             report
             and
             avouch
             the
             last
             mentioned
             story
             for
             a
             truth
             ,
             may
             be
             confident
             that
             his
             forehead
             will
             not
             fail
             him
             in
             any
             adventure
             of
             impudence
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             conclusion
             ,
             I
             shal
             only
             point
             you
             to
             some
             few
             more
             spots
             
             which
             appeare
             here
             and
             there
             in
             the
             body
             of
             the
             
               Gangrene
               ,
            
             which
             plainly
             shew
             the
             very
             vitals
             &
             inward
             parts
             of
             it
             to
             be
             pestilentially
             infected
             ;
             &
             I
             make
             no
             question
             but
             ere
             long
             you
             will
             see
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             it
             full
             of
             such
             spots
             all
             over
             ,
             which
             will
             plainly
             bewray
             the
             constitution
             of
             it
             to
             be
             the
             poyson
             of
             Dragons
             ,
             and
             gall
             of
             Asps
             .
             
               Pag.
            
             93.
             he
             affirms
             ,
             
               That
               severall
               Sectaries
               went
               early
               to
               Bristoll
            
             (
             he
             means
             since
             the
             retaking
             of
             it
             by
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             )
             
               and
               into
               Wales
               also
               ;
            
             instancing
             in
             two
             ,
             with
             an
             
               &c.
               viz.
               one
            
             M.
             
               Bacon
               ,
            
             and
             M.
             
               Symonds
               :
            
             This
             M.
             
               Symonds
            
             professeth
             ,
             that
             since
             the
             recovery
             of
             
               Bristoll
               ,
            
             he
             came
             not
             neer
             either
             
               Bristoll
            
             or
             
               Wales
            
             by
             fourty
             miles
             .
             But
             if
             M.
             
               Edw.
            
             comes
             within
             fourty
             miles
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             he
             makes
             a
             commendable
             voyage
             .
             I
             beleeve
             hee
             came
             not
             neer
             it
             by
             twice
             fourty
             ,
             when
             
               p.
            
             100.
             speaking
             of
             
               great
               livings
               ,
            
             hee
             calleth
             
             them
             ,
             
               a
               thing
               which
               their
            
             Presbyterian
             
               souls
               abhorre
               .
            
             The
             tenor
             of
             the
             passage
             is
             this
             :
             He
             chargeth
             M.
             
               Peters
               ,
               frequently
               to
               have
               preached
               in
               Citie
               and
               countrey
               ,
               that
               were
               it
               not
               for
               livings
               of
               two
               or
               three
               hundred
               pounds
               a
               yeare
               ,
               there
               would
               be
               no
               difference
               between
               the
               Presbyterians
               and
               the
               Independents
               .
            
             And
             glossing
             this
             text
             ,
             addeth
             ,
             
               wickedly
               and
               maliciously
               insinuating
               unto
               the
               people
               ,
               as
               if
               Presbyterian
               Ministers
               opposed
               the
               way
               of
               Independency
               because
               of
               great
               livings
               ,
               A
               THING
               OVR
               SOVLS
               ABHOR
               .
            
             If
             his
             meaning
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             practice
             here
             gently
             insinuated
             against
             them
             ▪
             
               viz.
            
             that
             the
             
               opposing
               the
               way
               of
               Independency
               because
               of
               great
               livings
               ,
               is
               a
               thing
               which
               their
               soul
               abhors
               ,
            
             not
             the
             
               great
               livings
            
             themselves
             ,
             I
             say
             no
             more
             but
             this
             ;
             I
             wish
             the
             rule
             were
             as
             true
             as
             the
             exception
             :
             i.
             that
             the
             
               opposing
               the
               way
               of
               Independency
               for
               great
               livings
               ,
            
             were
             as
             truly
             the
             
               abhorring
               of
            
             Presbyterian
             
               souls
               ,
            
             as
             
               the
               great
               livings
            
             themselves
             are
             
               NOT
               .
            
          
           
             Pag.
             70.
             he
             affirms
             ,
             
               That
               one
               of
               Lilborns
               eyes
               was
               PVT
               OVT
               by
            
             
             
               a
               Pike
               in
               the
               street
               ,
               immediatly
               upon
               his
               letter
               comming
               forth
               against
            
             Mr.
             
               Prynne
               and
               the
               Assembly
               .
            
             By
             the
             way
             it
             seems
             he
             hath
             forfeited
             his
             honour
             of
             being
             Lieutenant-Colonel
             ,
             by
             the
             high
             crime
             of
             writing
             
               a
               letter
               against
            
             M.
             
               Prynne
               and
               the
               Assembly
               ;
            
             yea
             and
             all
             his
             interest
             in
             the
             honor
             and
             gentry
             of
             his
             House
             and
             Family
             .
             But
             had
             not
             M.
             
               Edw.
            
             a
             great
             beam
             in
             his
             own
             eye
             ,
             he
             might
             easily
             have
             seen
             ,
             that
             neither
             of
             
               Lilborns
               eyes
               are
               put
               out
               .
            
             He
             is
             able
             to
             see
             and
             read
             twenty
             untruths
             and
             ten
             in
             M.
             
               Edw.
            
             book
             ,
             with
             the
             worst
             of
             them
             .
             That
             which
             he
             reports
             of
             him
             ,
             p.
             96.
             
               that
               hee
               is
               reported
               to
               bee
               one
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               player
               at
               cards
               ,
            
             either
             is
             a
             false
             report
             it self
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             a
             
               Report
            
             of
             a
             
               Report
            
             which
             is
             false
             ,
             and
             so
             little
             better
             .
             The
             man
             protested
             that
             he
             never
             plaid
             a
             game
             at
             cards
             since
             his
             coming
             to
             
               London
               .
            
             The
             rest
             of
             the
             aspersives
             in
             the
             same
             retinue
             ,
             as
             
               that
               he
               is
               reported
               to
               be
               a
               man
               of
               a
               loose
               life
               ,
               prophaning
               the
               Lords
               day
               in
               sports
               ,
               one
               who
               will
               sit
               long
               with
               company
               at
               wine
               and
               tipling
               ,
               &c.
            
             are
             grapes
             growing
             upon
             the
             same
             thorn
             .
             In
             the
             page
             last
             named
             ,
             he
             talks
             
               of
               one
               Thomas
               Moore
               of
               Lincolnshire
               ,
               a
               great
               Sectary
               and
               manifestarian
               :
            
             I
             beleeve
             M.
             
               Edw.
            
             himself
             is
             the
             greatest
             
               manifestarian
            
             under
             heaven
             .
             There
             is
             no
             man
             hath
             
               manifested
            
             that
             weaknes
             of
             judgement
             ,
             that
             strength
             of
             malice
             against
             the
             Saints
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             done
             .
             And
             for
             
               Thomas
               Moore
               of
               Lincolnshire
               ,
               a
               Sectary
            
             of
             that
             
               magnitude
            
             which
             hee
             imports
             ,
             I
             no
             more
             beleeve
             there
             is
             any
             such
             man
             ,
             then
             I
             doe
             that
             there
             is
             any
             such
             
               woman
               at
               Brasteed
               in
               Kent
               ,
            
             as
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             p.
             88.
             89.
             that
             is
             a
             
               Preacher
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               with
               others
               breaks
               bread
               in
               her
               order
               .
            
             
             Mr.
             
               Saltmarsh
            
             in
             his
             late
             booke
             affirms
             ,
             that
             the
             contrary
             is
             knowne
             to
             himselfe
             and
             all
             the
             Towne
             .
          
           
             
               Pag.
            
             128.
             
             He
             talks
             of
             
               Bishop
               Hall
               ,
               or
               one
               of
               his
               Chaplains
               ,
               as
               holding
            
             
             
               far
               smaller
               errors
               then
               I
            
             (
             he
             means
             chiefly
             ,
             in
             the
             point
             of
             Justification
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             context
             .
             )
             But
             that
             I
             hold
             any
             errors
             in
             Justification
             ,
             greater
             then
             himself
             ,
             yea
             or
             any
             so
             great
             by
             many
             degrees
             ,
             who
             yet
             (
             I
             make
             no
             question
             )
             presumes
             himself
             as
             Orthodox
             in
             the
             point
             as
             either
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             his
             
               Chaplains
               ,
            
             will
             be
             a
             thousand
             times
             said
             ,
             before
             once
             prov'd
             ,
             either
             by
             himself
             ,
             or
             all
             his
             party
             of
             
               godly
               Orthodox
               Presbyteriall
               Ministers
               .
            
             Pag.
             8.
             of
             his
             Dedicatory
             Epistle
             ,
             his
             forehead
             serves
             him
             to
             abuse
             the
             honorable
             Houses
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             with
             this
             loud
             untruth
             ,
             that
             
               there
               are
               eleven
               meetings
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               of
               Sectaries
               ,
               in
               one
               Parish
               in
               this
               Citie
               .
               What
               shall
               be
               given
               unto
               thee
               ▪
               or
               what
               shall
               be
               done
               unto
               thee
               ,
               thou
               false
               tongue
               ?
               Sharp
               arrowes
               of
               the
               mighty
               ,
               and
               coales
               of
               Juniper
            
             
               a
            
             .
             Setting
             aside
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             meetings
             ,
             confident
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             find
             the
             one
             halfe
             of
             that
             number
             he
             speaks
             of
             ,
             of
             meetings
             of
             all
             other
             Sectaries
             ,
             in
             any
             Parish
             whatsoever
             in
             the
             Citie
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             saying
             of
             his
             needs
             not
             be
             melancholy
             for
             want
             of
             company
             ;
             it
             hath
             
               Brethren
            
             enough
             
               in
               the
               iniquitie
            
             of
             it
             .
             And
             because
             the
             pages
             of
             his
             book
             are
             not
             large
             enough
             to
             contain
             the
             shameless
             untruths
             he
             hath
             a
             minde
             to
             utter
             ,
             he
             quarters
             them
             here
             and
             there
             in
             the
             margent
             of
             it
             .
             You
             shall
             find
             two
             together
             in
             the
             margent
             of
             the
             second
             and
             third
             pages
             of
             his
             Preface
             .
             Here
             first
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             
               Overton
               an
               Independent
               Book-seller
               boasted
               that
               an
               Answer
            
             (
             to
             his
             
               Antapologie
               )
               was
               in
               the
               Presse
               .
            
             Whereas
             he
             onely
             said
             (
             and
             that
             without
             
               boasting
            
             )
             that
             there
             was
             an
             Answer
             to
             it
             entred
             in
             their
             Hall-Booke
             ,
             and
             ready
             for
             the
             Presse
             .
             2.
             
             He
             addes
             iniquitie
             to
             iniquitie
             ;
             and
             saith
             ,
             that
             
               Eaton
               an
               Independent
               ,
               Milliner
               ,
            
             said
             the
             same
             words
             ,
             who
             yet
             spake
             not
             so
             much
             ;
             for
             he
             neither
             said
             that
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Presse
             ,
             nor
             yet
             that
             it
             was
             entred
             into
             the
             Hall
             book
             .
             And
             who
             should
             report
             ,
             that
             
               some
               of
               John
               Goodwins
               Church
               reported
               ,
               that
               some
               of
               his
               Church-members
               preached
               for
               him
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               answering
               the
               Antapologie
               ;
            
             I
             believe
             he
             no
             more
             knoweth
             ,
             then
             declareth
             .
             And
             why
             he
             calls
             
               Eaton
            
             an
             
               Independent
               Milliner
               ,
            
             I
             believe
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             called
             to
             an
             account
             ,
             he
             could
             give
             none
             ;
             but
             like
             unto
             himselfe
             ,
             
               i.
            
             either
             some
             vagrant
             and
             loose
             report
             that
             he
             was
             so
             ;
             or
             some
             poore
             reason
             ,
             89
             degrees
             of
             Logique
             latitude
             from
             a
             sufficient
             proofe
             or
             demonstration
             .
             But
             the
             saying
             is
             ,
             
               Tractant
               fabrilia
               fabri
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Pag.
            
             33.
             speaking
             of
             Mr
             
               Burroughs
            
             opinion
             formerly
             mentioned
             ,
             
             which
             he
             makes
             the
             150
             error
             in
             his
             Catalogue
             ,
             he
             brands
             it
             with
             this
             false
             mark
             in
             his
             margin
             :
             
               This
               is
               an
               error
               destructive
               to
               the
               power
               of
               Civill
               Magistrates
               ,
               and
               safety
               of
               Common-wealths
               ,
               in
               divers
               cases
               .
            
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             opinion
             ,
             1.
             is
             no
             
               error
               ,
            
             but
             a
             Truth
             :
             and
             2.
             so
             farre
             from
             being
             an
             
               error
               destructive
               ,
            
             either
             to
             
               the
               power
               of
               Civill
               Magistrates
               ,
               or
               safety
               of
               Common-wealths
               ,
            
             in
             any
             case
             or
             cases
             whatsoever
             ;
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Truth
             of
             a
             soveraigne
             importance
             ,
             both
             for
             the
             support
             and
             strengthning
             of
             the
             
               Magistrates
               power
               ;
            
             as
             also
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             Common-wealths
             .
             The
             smoak
             of
             the
             exception
             made
             against
             it
             ,
             was
             before
             scattered
             .
             And
             if
             he
             were
             examined
             how
             he
             came
             by
             that
             story
             ,
             
               p.
            
             104.
             concerning
             Mr
             
               Kiffen
            
             (
             formerly
             spoken
             of
             )
             
               viz.
            
             that
             he
             
               should
               tell
               the
               Church
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               relate
               the
               whole
               matter
            
             (
             concerning
             the
             womans
             recovery
             that
             had
             been
             anointed
             )
             I
             feare
             he
             could
             hardly
             prove
             ,
             that
             he
             came
             honestly
             by
             it
             .
             The
             man
             assures
             me
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             such
             undertaking
             ,
             nor
             relation
             made
             by
             him
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             Reader
             ,
             I
             have
             (
             for
             the
             present
             )
             given
             thee
             onely
             a
             taste
             of
             Mr
             
             
               Edwards
            
             grapes
             :
             yet
             sufficient
             (
             I
             presume
             )
             to
             convince
             thee
             ,
             that
             
               his
               vine
               ,
               is
               of
               the
               vine
               of
               Sodom
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               fields
               of
               Gomorrah
               ;
            
             his
             
               grapes
               ,
               grapes
               of
               gall
               ;
            
             his
             
               clusters
               bitter
               ;
            
             his
             
               wine
               ,
               the
               poyson
               of
               dragons
               ,
               and
               the
               cruell
               venome
               of
               Aspes
            
             
               a
            
             .
             I
             professe
             truly
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             not
             read
             one
             quarter
             of
             the
             book
             ,
             as
             yet
             ;
             nor
             know
             whether
             I
             shall
             ever
             care
             to
             read
             it
             thorough
             or
             no
             .
             The
             far
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             particulars
             detected
             ,
             were
             observ'd
             by
             others
             ,
             and
             presented
             unto
             me
             .
             A
             few
             daies
             (
             I
             make
             no
             question
             )
             will
             give
             thee
             more
             
               light
               ,
            
             wherewith
             to
             comprehend
             his
             
               darknesse
               .
            
             By
             that
             time
             
               the
               boughs
            
             of
             his
             tree
             are
             a
             little
             more
             
               withered
               ,
               they
            
             will
             
               be
               broken
               off
               :
               the
               women
            
             will
             
               come
               ,
               and
               set
               them
               on
               fire
            
             
               b
            
             .
             The
             day
             will
             come
             ,
             and
             is
             even
             at
             the
             dore
             ,
             when
             there
             will
             be
             scarce
             
               one
               stone
               left
               upon
               another
            
             of
             all
             this
             false
             building
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             be
             
               pull'd
               downe
            
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             Truth
             .
             And
             when
             the
             servants
             of
             God
             shall
             have
             had
             the
             opportunitie
             to
             wash
             off
             that
             dirt
             and
             filth
             which
             Mr.
             
               Edwards
            
             hath
             now
             cast
             upon
             them
             ,
             
               Gangraena
            
             will
             be
             found
             a
             strumpet
             ,
             yea
             and
             of
             the
             race
             &
             lineage
             of
             that
             
               Great
               scarlet
               whore
               ,
               which
               corrupteth
               the
               Earth
               with
               her
               fornication
            
             
               c
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Cretians
               are
               alwaies
               lyers
               ,
               evill
               beasts
               ▪
               slow
               bullies
               .
               This
               testimony
               is
               true
               :
               wherefore
               rebuke
               them
               sharply
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               be
               sound
               in
               the
               faith
            
             
               d
            
             .
             I
             trust
             that
             this
             brief
             Answer
             ,
             will
             contribute
             a
             proportionable
             influence
             toward
             this
             blessed
             effect
             upon
             Mr
             
               Edwards
               ,
            
             and
             helpe
             to
             make
             him
             more
             sound
             both
             in
             
               Faith
               ,
            
             and
             
               manners
            
             also
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A85389e-360
           
             a
             Luk.
             22.
             31.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Antap.
            
             p.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             5.
             
          
           
             a
             Gen.
             9.
             25.
             
          
           
             b
             1
             Sam.
             22.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
          
           
             Luke
             10.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             7.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             8.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             9.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             10.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             11.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             12.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             a
             Si
             oriantur
             dissensiones
             &
             schismata
             in
             Ecclesiâ
             ,
             in
             culpâ
             sunt
             qui
             falsam
             sidem
             defendūt
             ,
             non
             qui
             impugnāt
             :
             Nec
             refert
             utri
             sint
             multitudine
             superiores
             .
             Ecclesia
             namque
             nec
             judicat
             ipsa
             secundū
             multitudinem
             ,
             nec
             judicanda
             est
             secundū
             majoris
             numeri
             consensū
             ,
             sed
             secundū
             manifestam
             veritatem
             in
             sacris
             Scripturis
             expressam
             ,
             
               Musc.
               Loc.
               Tit.
               de
               Eccle.
               
               Sect.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             Antapol
             .
             p.
             117.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             13.
             
          
           
             a
             See
             his
             Preface
             ,
             p.
             4.
             
          
           
             a
             Luk.
             4.
             9
             ,
             10●
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             14.
             
          
           
             a
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             18.
             
          
           
             b
             Verse
             19.
             
          
           
             c
             Amos
             5.
             18.
             
          
           
             Gangrena
             .
             Pref.
             p.
             2.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             15.
             
          
           
             a
             Joh.
             8.
             40.
             
          
           
             b
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             16.
             
          
           
             Compassion
             .
             Samaritan
             .
             p.
             4
             
          
           
             a
             Quod
             in
             omnibus
             vocandi
             rationibus
             Deus
             peccatori
             ,
             quid
             debeat
             non
             modo
             oftendit
             ,
             sed
             &
             omni
             invitato
             ,
             vocato
             det
             posse
             illud
             praestare
             ,
             &
             salvari
             ,
             si
             velit
             :
             adeo
             ut
             si
             non
             salvatur
             is
             ,
             qui
             generalissimâ
             tantum
             ratione
             invitatus
             est
             ,
             sit
             prorfus
             inexcusabilis
             coràm
             Deo.
             
             Id
             expresse
             docet
             Paulus
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             inquit
             )
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             manifestum
             factum
             est
             in
             ipsis
             ,
             (
             Gentilibus
             scilicet
             )
             Deus
             enim
             manifestum
             fecit
             ,
             &c.
             ita
             utinexcusabiles
             ipsi
             sint
             .
             At
             certè
             ,
             si
             ,
             etsi
             maximè
             voluissent
             ,
             non
             potuissent
             ,
             fuissent
             excusabiles
             ,
             &c.
             
               Paulus
               Testardus
               ,
               Eiren.
               p.
               91.
               
               Thesi
               121.
               
            
          
           
             Sect.
             17.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             18.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Pag.
            
             128.
             he
             talkes
             of
             farre
             smaller
             errors
             in
             justification
             then
             mine
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             19.
             
          
           
             a
             The
             Reader
             for
             his
             further
             satisfaction
             about
             
               Calvins
            
             iudgement
             in
             this
             controversie
             ,
             is
             earnestly
             desired
             to
             peruse
             the
             11th
             chapter
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &
             7.
             
             Sections
             of
             the
             fift
             chapter
             of
             the
             first
             part
             of
             my
             Treatise
             of
             Justification
             .
          
           
             a
             Deut
             19.
             15.
             2
             Cor.
             13.
             1.
             &c.
             One
             affirmative
             testimony
             is
             more
             valid
             in
             Law
             ,
             then
             many
             negative
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             20.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             21.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             22.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             23.
             
          
           
             a
             Mat.
             13.
             47
             
             ▪
             48.
             
          
           
             a
             Rom.
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             b
             1
             John
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             Proverb
             saith
             ,
             Is
             is
             an
             evill
             bird
             that
             defileth
             his
             own
             nest
             .
          
           
             a
             Joh.
             18.
             28.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             24.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             25.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             26.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             27.
             
          
           
             a
             H
             saith
             ,
             that
             this
             &
             others
             of
             Mr.
             
               Burroughs
            
             principles
             and
             rules
             about
             Toleration
             ,
             will
             bee
             found
             both
             unsound
             and
             weak
             ,
             fit
             to
             take
             women
             and
             weak
             persons
             with
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             satisfie
             any
             Scholar
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             that
             many
             principles
             ,
             the
             more
             sound
             &
             strong
             they
             are
             ,
             are
             like
             to
             prove
             the
             lesse
             satisfactory
             to
             such
             Scholars
             as
             he
             .
             Engag'd
             men
             are
             ususually
             more
             offended
             at
             a
             truth
             ,
             then
             at
             an
             error
             wth
             opposeth
             them
             in
             their
             way
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             29.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             30.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             31.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             32.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             33.
             
          
           
             a
             Psal
             120.
             3
             ,
             4
             
          
           
             Sect.
             34.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             35.
             
          
           
             a
             Deut.
             32.
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             b
             Isa.
             27.
             11.
             
          
           
             c
             Revel.
             19.
             2.
             
          
           
             d
             Tit.
             1.
             12
             ,
             13.