THE FULL VIEW OF Canterbury's fall, From POP deliver us all.  
Grace, and no grace, Hath wrought thy disgrace.  

My head that wrought all misery  
is smitten off, as you may see,  
You Prelates be warned by me,  
the reward of evil just you see   

Laud sought applaud,  
but justice turned the wheel.  
Hadst thou been good,  
thou hadst been graced still   

O' Canterbury,  
had you had grace  
For to beware  
this preaching place,  
Then had you better  
proud to be,  
And praises gained  
eternally.    

A Brief EXPOSITION, PARAPHRASE, OR INTERPRETATION, UPON THE Lord of Canterbury's Sermon or Speech, upon the last Pulpit that ever he preached, which was the Scaffold on Tower-hill.  
Also, upon the Prayer which he used at the same time and place before his Execution.  
Written by William Starbucke Gentleman, to give the people a glimmering of the Bishop's hypocrisy.  MATTH. 7.15. Beware of false Prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. PROVERB. 26.24. He that hateth dissembling with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him: when he speaks fair believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart. 
LONDON Printed for William Starbuck. 1645.   

To the Christian READER.  
CHristian Reader, I know your expectations, or your desires by your Queres, Questions, Answers, and Objections; or rather indeed by many of your distractions: to wit, What do you think of my Lord of Canterbury his Speech or Sermon? how did you like it? To which Queres, Questions, Answers, Objections, and Distractions, I will give as brief an answer as I may, for these reasons: first, in regard of my little time; for things in this nature require haste. Secondly, of my unability, for there is such deep mysteries, as Latin, and other sentences, that I and many more cannot find out the depth of it in a short time, and it may be never, in regard of his hypocrisy. Thirdly, too 
(a) Eccl. 12.  much writing or reading is a weariness both to the writer and reader.  
First, what do you think of his Sermon or repentance? my skill or understanding deceiveth me, if Judas his repentance were not as good, and achan's, if not both rather better: for Judas confessed a particular sin, not only, I have sinned, but, I have sinned in betraying the 
(b) Mat. 27.4.  innocent blood. Achan likewise, not, I am a sinner, or only, I have sinned against the Lord; but, thus and thus have I done, I saw a Babylonish garment, and two wedges of Gold, and I coveted them. In doing this, the Text saith, he gave glory, unto the 
(c) Iosh 7.19, 20  Lord God. But how many of the Saints of God stood and sat looking with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and desiring with their prayers, that God would, if it were his will, give him repentance, whose innocent blood he had been the arch spiller of, some of them, or their friends; witness Master Burton, Mr. Prynne, Doctor Bastwicke, and Mr. Lilburne, besides the man that was put to death as a Traitor, for him, which it may be saw the spilling of his, some of them: how many were there; nay rather, how many thousands, which some of them he had been the arch imprisoner of; laying wait for the 
(d) Prov. 14.15.  righteous, and spoiling them of their resting place, causing them to fly from one Parish to another, one Town to another, one City to another; nay, from one Land to another, many into New-England, some to the West-Indies, and other places of the World: which of any of all these heard this Merchant, or great man of the earth, which by his policy robbed and deceived the Nations, waxing rich by his sorceries, to confess any sin or sins, to 
(e) Ezek. 18.17.  restore any pledge or pledges, either publicly, or privately; ask M is. S.I. and others, which have been with him, and then judge of my thoughts; and parallel Judass and achan's repentance, and then tell me, which of them is the worst: and now, as in a wilderness, not knowing how to get out, I end my Epistle, and begin to suspend my thoughts upon his Speech or Sermon; and where I come too short, I refer you to Master Prynnes, Deeds of darkness, which I hear say is coming forth, if it be not already.   
HEBREWS 12.1, 2. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God. 

The Writers Apology.  
GOod people, my Apology is, as my Lord saith in a nother case, that you would pardon my boldness, if I follow the Prophet's expressions to the priests of Baal, whose Sermon I have here to deal with, although as seldom as I may which was ironically spoken: cry aloud, it may be he is in a journey, or asleep; which was the preachers practice to both young and old, Rejoice young man in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth: and walk in the ways of thy heart, (as he did) and in the sight of thine eyes: but for all these things God will bring thee unto judgement.   

The Bishop's Apology.  
FIrst, before my Lord begun his Sermon he des●●ed the good people to pardon his old memory, but by right he should have craved pardon when he was younger, for his memory was as ill to be trusted then as now, but at that time he granted out so many pardons to others, and absolutions, that he forgot his own, or else it slipped out of his memory; but it may be, he had it from the Pope long since, and then it might be in his Study or in some little black box, and so as safe as his own Licence or the rest of the priests, that was made by him or his successors.  
Secondly, he told us upon what occasion he came thither, included in these words, I am come; he came indeed, but he must needs come when he could not tell how to help it; for had not the Sheriffs and their Officers, according to an Ordinance of Parliament, brought him thither, as Elisha said in another case, so say I, you should not have seen his face that day, especially upon, or in that pulpit.  
Thirdly, he said he must make use of his paper; he dare not trust himself otherwise: but for my part I thin he he never had a stronger motive to stir up his memory, so that if he had never preached but upon a paper all hi● life before, he might have thrown away his paper then except his Sermon had been longer, but he that hath not the Spirit to depend upon, to bring things into his memory, and hath not a mouth and wisdom given him from God, he must needs trust to something, let him trust to his paper.  
Fourthly, and lastly he saith, good people, but he leaves out all, you know what he means, that is an uncomfortable place to Preach in. I grant it, for if no afflictions are joyous to the goodly for the present, then much more no punishments to the wicked, for the prophet saith no peace 
* 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉  speaketh my God to the wicked: besides to preach glad tidings unto others and his own Funeral Sermon, it was 〈◊〉 an uncomfortable time, but the place was good enough▪ for he never had more room, (had the scaffold been but empty) nor yet a greater audience of people; so much for his Apology, now I come to the ●ex Heb. 12.1.2.  
As his memory was not to be trusted to, but his paper, and his place very uncomfortable, so his time was very short, for he wanted time, otherwise he would have divided his Text; but to show his scholarship in too many places, (though it would not have charged his memory, yet his paper,) being charged in the 7. 10. 13. 14, 18, 19 pages too much Latin, except it had been all interpreted, or else he mighth ●●ve been afraid of this word us: for this word us would have showed, that it was meant the saints, and not Traitors or impenitent Malefactors, for the cloud of witnesses before used, were such as were persecuted by such as himself, themselves being no persecuter; He saith he hath been long running the Race, I canno● say so, a Race, but not the Race: for if he had begun, Christ which was the Author, would have him the finisher, or if he had been the finisher, he would have finished his work better, therefore you say well, you are come to the end of your own Race. You say that the shame must be despised, or else there is no coming to the crown, I had thought the crown had been come to by the free grace of God, and sufferings and effect, in those which have received the assurance, but now I see your Arminianism and your general Redemntion although you have kept it close, you tell us he hath despised the shame for you, than Christ hath died for all, and if he died for all, than all shall be saved, Indas' share and yours is as good as the rest of the Disciples, and he despised the shame for Christ though he crucified him. He saith, that be is going apace toward the red Sea, his feet being upon the brink, and it is an argument, that God is bringing him to the Land of promise, and that he instituted a Passover for them; so Pharaoh was going a pace toward the read sea when he persecuted the children of Israel; a poor argument that ever he should come to the land of Canaan, but he was drowned in the sea against his will, so you, whilst your chariot wheels were on, but now you are come to the red Sea against your will, so as Pharaoh and all his host were drowned, your head hath been chopped off, and your red blood run about the scaffold: but Israel passed through dryshod and triumphed over Pharaoh and all his Host, as the saints do now over you, your head being chopped off; the Passover was instituted but for Israel, and the Lord past them by, but the first borne of Pharaoh were all slain; so God hath passed by those which you have persecuted, and you are catched in the same snare; Hagaion & selah. As for your digesting the sour Herbs, you must whether you will or no: and for your being not angry; it is because your Horns be cut off, the day hath been, when you would not have been well pleased with the hearing tell of such sour and bitter Herbs: and though you were a chief Bishop you mistake Christ's example, for when he prayeth that the Cup might pass from him, he prayeth so, that the people might understand him, and the Apostle saith, be will pray with the spirit and with understanding also: else how could they that occupied the room of the unlearned say Amen?  
In the next place you see, though he had some faith such a one as it was; that Israel was saved and their enemies drowned, and the three Children freed from the fiery furnace, and they that put them in burned, so that he should be delivered, and they which he suffered under should suffer themselves; but he wanted a Revelation for that. He told us also, that his resolution was as the three children's, and not to worship the Image which the King had set up: telling us that the people had set up their imaginations, saying, that he would not forsake the Temple and Truth, to follow the bleating of jerobvames Calves in Dan and bethel; you see his thoughts of the erecting worship, but he said nothing of the bleating of the Sheep, and the lowing of the Oxen, which where in Paul's and many other places pulled down by Order of Parliament; though formerly re-edified by himself. He prayed that God would open the People's eyes, that they might see the right way, for if the blind lead the blind they will both fall into the ditch, it was well considered, for he had led so many into the ditch himself, that except they see a righter way than he led them, will not get out in haste.  
And as for his Repentance look into the Epistle to the Reader, but behold what a foul heart he had: for after he had ransaked it he found no sins there (they being hid as Saul was amongst the stuff,) that deserved Death by any just Laws of this Kingdom: here is work for the Parliament, he means it may be repealing work, though he clears the Judges with his mouth, yet there might be seven abominations in his heart, for I am sure he condemns the witnesses, and leaving Christ, he takes comfort in Elfegus; you see that he keeps his Supremacy still, as the Pope, which saith, that he is Christ's Viegerent upon Earth, forgetting what Christ said to his Apostler, let him that it chief amongst you be your servant: call no man Lord, for one is your Lord which is jesus Christ; be not Lords over God's heritage; you see he tumbles good causes and bad together, and good persons and bad together: daubing up his comforts with john the Baptist, Paul, and Steven, and with ancient Fathers, as the Papists his Brethren do.  
He said also that the Pope had never such a Harvest in his life, but if it should come to the Pope's care, he would give him little thanks for his report; if Heading, Hanging, Drawing and Quartering, cutting off Archbishops hea●s be such a harvest, he will not meddle with it, take th● cro● who will.  
You see also what a favourite he was to the King, and and how he knows his mind; and who was his counsellor or Achitophel; but I remember Pharaoh he saw it pleased the people and so he proceeded further.  
Citizens clear yourselves, for you are taxed by my Lord's Book for going to the Parliament, to cry out for Justice, and there is Scripture against you▪ so that by consequence for this great crime you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, but it may be he gives you this caution to make the People think himself Innocent and you guilty.  
Now I am come to my Lord's lamentation for the poor Church of England, whilst my Lord was Arch-governor, you were kept in good order, all things went well, Paul's went up apace, all the rest of the houses were pulled down that profaned it, Organs repaired, and not pulled down, I punished those that spoke against the Service Book; the Singers also had their wages, but now instead of singing longs of alacrity, they sing songs of lacrymae. Profaneness comes in, and is already, the high Commission Court is put down, every man may do what he lift, these Puritans, Roundheads, may do what they please, whereas I could have slit their Noses, cut their Ears, set them on the pillory, Starved, Imprisoned, Compelled them to blaspheme as Paul did, and persecuted them unto strange Cities.  
The last particular, (for my Lord made haste, because the headsman stayed for him) be tells us of his birth, where he was borne and baptised; to wit, in the Church of England: but he forgetteth Zion, which saith, this man was borne there, and that Jerusalem which is from above is the mother of us all. Although he hath been a ruler in England, we have not yet one word of his new birth. But some of his Chaplains would have done well to have preached out of the third of john upon his Master's Pulpit, rather than to have let him preached himself; it may be that might have done him some good, and hindered him from sending abroad his hypocritical or Jesuitical poison into the world, and wresting of Scriptures to his own pardition.  
Also he saith, this is no time for to dissemble. Is not this the way of all Jesuits, to die with mental reservation according to Law, who knows his meaning▪ telling us of his innocence, how he laboured to keep an uniformity; yea and did, one with the Pope; and would have done with Scotland also, by sending of his poison thither, if God had not prevented him in his own time. Also, what clamours of the people hath he suffered; how have they clamored, or rather cried out of him for imprisoning of their husbands, children, and friends, robbing them by his Pursuivants, silencing, and turning wife and children out of doors. He proceeds, and contrary to all witnesses, and proceed of Parliament, clears himself from Treason, or whatsoever is laid against him; but as good a Lawyer as he was, let Master Prynne alone with him, he hath persecuted him once for his sincerity, but now he hath or will lay open his hypocrisy. He saith he would not enlarge himself, and so forgives others, and would have others forgive him; he derogates a little from his former practices in the High-commission-Court: for than he granted out forgivenesses for others, and asked none himself; desiring them to join with him in prayer, (though Solomon saith, that the prayers of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,) the manner and matter being both false. God promised that he would pour upon the house of David the Spirit of prayer and supplication. Paul prayed with the spirit and understanding also, and saith, that the Spirit helpeth the infirmities which cannot be uttered by them; at the day of Pentecost, or the 
* 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  fiftieth day, the Spirit came down in cloven tongues, not Books, Beads or Crucifixes: but my Lord though he was ar●●●, was not there, therefore excuse him. He desired the Lord to look upon him, but not till he was bathed in the blood of Christ: here you see he questions his assurance. He prays that the King and his posterity, and the people may be established in their just Laws, and ancient liberties: you know what he means.   

Some Observations upon Sir John Clotworthys Questions, and my Lords Answers.  I. 
SIr john Clothworthy asked him, what special place of Scripture was most comfortable now at his departure.  C. 
He answers in Latin, that he desires to be dissolved, and to be with Christ.  Star. 
You see, as he has got his honour by learning, so he loseth his honour with learning. The Gospel saith, If any speak in anunknown Tongue, let it be interpreted. As also, that he had rather speak five words that he might teach others, than ten thousand words in an unknown Tongue. But my Lord forgot that.  J. 
Sir john Clothworthy told him, that was a good desire, but there must be a foundation for that desire, as assurance.  C. 
He answers, that no man can express it, it was to be found within.  Star. 
A fit man to be a Bishop; doth not the Scripture say, With the heart man believeth to salvation, and with the tongue confession is made.  I. 
Sir John Clothworthy said, It is founded on a word, and that word would be known.  C. 
He answered, That word is the knowledge of Jesus Christ, and him alone.  Star. 
But my Lord came too short of giving Sir john satisfaction according to his question. Those that have the knowledge of Christ within them are able to express it to others. But my Lord satisfied us not that the Lord is within him.    

TO THE READER on the Author's name.  

WHen I did hear the people to admire,  
With zeal my heart did burn like any fire.  
What they did speak, and I myself did think  
Will I writ down with Paper, and with Ink.   

Iniquity to hear them to commend,  
I had done ill if it I bad● not penned.  
I hearing ill extolled, and good called evil,  
It to pass by, in me had been uncivil.   

Look and behold, and see how they applaud  
Like to a God, I mean their little Laud.  
Like to a martyr do they think he died,  
Lo by the law a malefactor tried.   

Look not on men, they are but dust and clay,  
Let ●othing in them steal your hearts away;  
Like to a shade from hence away they pass,  
Like to a dream, a bubble, or like grass.   

I do admire, and yet admire I not,  
In this plain case you should be so besot.  
If in his life so many were bereft,  
In death much more they well might be deceived.   

Alas poor souls, such thoughts as these a eat,  
Above look up, and see what God hath done,  
Admire and wonder at his Parliament,  
And leave such thoughts as give yourselves content.   

Murders and treasons till they have suppressed,  
Minutes, nights, hours, taking little rest:  
Maintaining innocents' in a right cause,  
Malignants punishing that break the Laws.   

Such that in prison once were forced to lie,  
Strange Countries also forced for to fly,  
Seeking for shelter, wand'ring up and down,  
Set are in places now of great renown.   

Tho Noses slit, imprisoned, lost their Ears,  
They much respected are of Noble Peers.  
Tho Bishops once upon them much did frown,  
The Prelates prond for them are pulled down.   

All you that captives were, and now set free,  
Above your voices lift you up with me;  
Admire and wonder at such things as these,  
At God alone, and let him have the praise.   

Raise up your heads, and clap your hands for joy,  
Remember how he doth your foes destroy:  
Revive a little though they do and spread,  
Rotten they be, and soon they will be dead.   

Blood which is innocent, he that doth spill,  
Blood he himself shall drink against his will.  
Blood against Cain aloud to Heaven cried,  
Because that Abel innocently died.   

Unto all you I do my speech direct,  
Unity which as yet do not affect;  
Unto the Lord, and never give him leave  
Until in mercy he do you receive.   

Call unto God that he would give you grace,  
Cry unto him whilst you have time and space.  
Crave pardon now before that you be dead,  
'Cause you the blood of innocents' have shed.   

Keep in your hearts these Verses few of mine,  
Know what they mean, and con them time by time,  
Kiss exhortations good, and eke embrace,  
Know God in time, to day seek you his face.   
FINIS.