AN answer TO THE ARTICLES AGAINST Master Calamy, Master martial, Master Burton, Master Peter's, Master Moleigne, Master Case, M. Sedgwicke, M. Evans, &c. and many other painful Divines, who were impeached of High Treason by His Majesty.  
First answering particularly the Articles themselves, then showing the misinformation of His majesty by the Bishops, concerning the same.  
Expressing the great care and vigilancy of those Theologians, which they have, and do daily undertake with great zeal, for the rooting out of Popery, the confounding of Rome, and for the erecting the pious truth, and sincerity of the holy Gospel of CHRIST.  
London Printed for William Bond, and are to be sold over against the White Horse in Grubstreet. 1642.   


DOCTRINA PARIT virtutem   
AN Answer to the Articles against Master Calamy, Master Martial, Master Burton, Master Peter's, Master Moleigne, Master Case, Master Sedgwicke, Master Evans, &c. and many other painful Divines, who were impeached of High Treason by His Majesty.  
WHere virtue flourisheth, there malice strives to confound, and emulation to subvert. This Hell-nourished malice has been entertained in the hearts of some malignant, and ill-affected Members to the Church, and in their inveterate spleen they have endeavoured to eradicate that Basis or firm foundation of faith, which was laid in Christ by zealous Divines. I need not speak too obscurely, for my meaning includes the Bishops, who have envied the prosperity of Religion a long time, and have diligently aboured to supplant the same by preposterous introducement of Popery, ceremonial superstitions, and canonical innovations. And who soever that was zealous for the truth, and did in any manner oppose them in their prelatical institutions, was either prosecuted by them in the extreme severity of justice, (and that sometimes extended too beyond its limits) or else suspended by them tam ab officio, quàm ábeneficio. Thus they tyrannically insulted over the Church, and without any let or contradiction usurped, whatsoever pleased themselves best. They have often times deluded the King with calumnious, and parasitical suggestions, and by that means, under a pretence of his protection, have surreptitiously inserted divers things unknown to His majesty. But they themselves being found too viciously delinquent by the Parliament, were many of them arraigned of High treason, and committed to the Tower, where they maliciously first forged Articles of High treason against Master Pym, the Lord Kymbolton, &c. and withal directed the same unto His majesty, with a stupendious Declaration concerning them: and implored his consent unto them. But they were intercepted in that frustrate expectation: then they moulded second Articles of high Treason against Master Calamy, Master Martial, Master Burton, Master Case, Master Sedgwicke, Master Evan, &c. with many other painful Divines: intimating again to His majesty, that they were Traitors, and were great disturbers of the Church, who did not only subtract, or at least laboured to induce the people to subtract lawful obedience to His imperial crown, but also did derogate obsequious loyalty, both from His royal dignity in postponing him behind the Parliament.  
But give me leave (gentle Reader) to discuss the verity of the thing, and to answer these poor or at least false subjections against them. As for the first Article, their actions can sufficiently testify to the contrary, for rather than disturbers of the Church, they have laboured to extract all divisions, and disturbances from it, endeavouring to regulate the free power, and authority thereof, according to the holy word of God, as it is specified, or at least prototypically presignified in the Scriptures. For their substraction of Loyalty from the crown, and their labouring to induce the people to subtract their daily practice in their preaching can apparently nullify: for they have always pressed, and exstimulated the people with great fervency of affection to all possible obedience to his Majesty, and all requisite loyalty to his imperial crown. And seeing these two have been found false and erroneous, the other consequently must be an untruth, for they have laboured to bring the people to become obsequious reciprocally, and mutually as well to the King, as Parliament, so that by subsequent conclusion, no post-position can be found inclusive in them. But I suppose, that it was the Bishops sole malice to misinform the King, having an intestine envy against them. For because they would have introduced Popery, and these laborious Divines did beat it down to the confusion of Rome, and its adherents, therefore they have laboured by all possible means (if they could) to supplant them, and subvert their intentions. But (alas) God is more powerful than the devil: men in authority may triumph, and usurp too much arrogancy over their brethren for a time, but at length the same machination which they intended against others, shall fall on their own heads. For these painful Divines have not only zealously opposed those Romish innovations, which lately began almost to flourish in our Church: but have likewise laboured with all sedulity, care, and vigilancy to reduce the same to the sincere truth of the holy gospel of Christ. Yet notwithstanding they have been opprobriously scandalised by the Prelates, and their adherents, having invective aspersions cast upon their innocuous names; the reason no man can perfectly enucleate, unless their intents were to bring the Church to an anarchy: for if the pillars of the Church be shaken, yea taken away, the structure can no longer remain, and the foundation itself will be everted. Yet in spite of all their malice, they are defended from the tyrannical minds and intentions of the Bishops, and will maugre all their wolvish resolutions, be preserved from their nefarious machinations against them: yet envy is a most insufferable torment, and greater than any Tyranny, therefore I will conclude with that sentence in Latin.  
Episcoporum—  
Invidia Siculi non invenêre Tyranni  
Majus tormentum.—  
FINIS.