I A % E C H, “DELIVERED AT THE VIS_ITA“TION¢ OF ‘Donme and Comm‘, Held in Lifm:gar'19ythc4 26*‘ of September, 16 3 Whcrcin , for the convincing of the Non- corzfbrmi/l.r , tllcrcf is a full Cohfutaticn of the C O V E N A N T Ltifcly {worm and fubfcribgd by many inn ; 4Scotlmzd. V "M: ‘Va!-fa./F. A Pub11fl1c:d by Authcmty. /My fimne , Fegrev the Lnfd, and the King, find meddle mat with them that are Sc(1itivm.{ Proverb. :24. 21;,» % ~ Far Rcbellimicr m the fimze 0]‘ 1»'Vitcloawzft. 1 Sam. 15.‘. 23.4 L on Dam}, A V i ?Prir1t€d by jolm Raznrartaba for Gearg”e Tb'rm.ézfm and Q&c1'l)£_:{21‘1fl ~ A A Fallen , and are mbc: (‘old at l;h¢.’.‘ Rafe in St . 1’3t¢lSChu;xch-éyard. T ~ %A 6.3 9. 7 After the namesof the Clergfliei r t ‘ 4 ‘ __ .__‘..n , 1 H \ , . . 1 called, the Vifitolf I-palte in this manner; N D now (my? btethren ofthc Clergys A 9% I intreat your attention while I flialll” ”“"""" ex~prefl'e my felf infome things that . { rhfifi “fa 7’ we . concern my Paflorall cl1a1'ge. some gs I haveto fay that concern the Clergie onely, Some things that concern the Church-wardens, And for-newhat that doth concern both the Clergie and the Laity. l l l l t ‘ ' - As for you or the Clergie, There is generally it great fan t in you in the negleél of Catechizing: You know that you are bound to it by the Canons of the Church_;, bound by an 2161 in my firft Vifitati- on, and though ye regard neither ofthefegas Iknow many of you do not, yet confider I befeech you that ye are bound to it in confcicnices for Cate-’ chizing is‘ the eaficlt and molt profitable way of in» “ ‘H, % and all you Gentlemen of the Laity) firuétion. The Apoftle callsit the daa.mo;~¢he:n§.,M,_6_,_ .§i””i"gf 0f C Ion‘/Z, which mufi be layed before’ a man can be led forward unto perfeétion. Irt7i‘s milk for babes, whereas preaching is meat for%menlthata1'Jei of age, who have their wits exercif ed to~~difEtrn lzmh« goadand will. But you cannot abide to give mitlk,:”¢‘=W4- and are allfor firong meat, albeit there aremany of i n Y0l.1__Who are not xjvell able to chew it. This is the true caufe oft-he tgnoratncetof’ tltepeople, ’f’o"tthey~ , l 2,. aueueu not t 1 (ti ) . n t not having been inPtrut‘3ted in the grounds of Religi- ‘on, are not ableto underftaud any~part of a Sermon. It is one of the great Qtrataglems ottour adverlary the d¢vi1I’_[h.lt when he cannot drawimen wholly from the fervice of God,he makes them" to firigle out fome part of it and to magnifie that VViCl1';a- neglect of all other parts; as namely Preaching amongft you, which is grown to that ef’tleem tl1at‘illI hath l'l1ul"i'led out ofthe Church,both the publiq ue prayers which is? the immediate worfliip. of God, and this duty of Catecliizing : and l is now accountedy the {ole and onely fervice of God , the Very Conjiwzmarwn eff of all Chriftiauity , as if all Religion confifted in the 7 hearing ofa Sermon. unto whom I may fay in the words of the Apoftle,‘ 41V/MP’? A [Jazz/I htmring .4 1.! 17/78 I 3 C°"“' mhoie body an ezzre 5 Or tell you in the words ofarn1ol’tr Reverend prelite,That if you be the lheep of Chrift, ""” you have no mark of his fheep , but the C21l'C-*l'fl2ll.‘il(. And therefore to conctlude this point, iIl:7'; you will will not hereafter maltelr conlcieuce ofthis'duty of Catechizings Then thecoufcience of my duty will inforce me to proceed agaiult you according to the Canons of the Church. . i i l M I4 As for the Church-wardens I have a dottbl~elcom--i plaint againft them 5 One , T hat» whereas by their place they are to look unto the fahrick of the Church, the greatelt part of-your Temples are kept no better then Hog-flyes. ‘I know that it is 011eol' the myfteries of iniquity in their Religion, that God» is moflipurely ferved, when he~iswor1hipped ilo- venly, in a poor and homely cottage: and that any colt is too much to be bellowed upon Gods. fervice. They are much like unto the oflicers of Ymlian the V at l i l Apoflate A A, ‘ 4 (_3),__‘ _ . _ApoPcate , who when they faw the [lately veffels of theTemp_le, cryed out , En qua/iémvafir minifiratur Maria: fiZ.’o.3 what {lately plate is this for the Car- penters fonne 2’ But my fecond complaint is ct greater. They are bound by their,0ath to prclznt all known. diforders within theirParifh_.,, efpecially , them Wil1~0;”d0 not repair unto the Church to hear . Divine fervice, and to receive the Sacramenttaccor-, ding tothe orders ofthisChui-ch, Yet they prefent none at allz" And indeed: the Church—wardens, efpeciallyr in the 112.?’ dr and Ctancbaye.r,are,of all others the molt difbrderly men , therivery 1°ing—leaders of thefeparation , and it is for that c—aul'e. they are clrrofen, that others may not beprefented. “So that it feems unto me that too many of themin Scotland haveentred in a mutuall bond: to defend»,-one,an~ other‘ by Arms: 50 their fellows in this Dioceflb" havie entred in a mutu-all bond to defend one another by:tl1eirOt;1tl1e§. But, herel tell them plainlty,, that‘ I7?! lwillaruprocyeed agmnfi; them, Firfi,fbr«thefncgleét-of the repair of their Churches, Next, for therrnon-« ~conR>rmity, Thirdly, for not prefenting notorious oavffenders , And laltly ,£or their perjury. And if . theythiuk my authority too weak to overtake them, ‘ in 1'egard,of»the great Patronage and countenance: they havesl will. deliver them overjunto a Court thatvis ill’)-lC‘tO~Cl;.alrWltl1 them, _ ‘ . i ~ My lafi (;omp.laint will hold me longer. It Ilrikes-~ both agaunfl: the Clergy and the Laity, for their ge-W nerall .non~ conformity , and difobedience unto the Orders of this C.‘hur”ch. You of the Clergy have all . Sworn, fu‘bl7cribed and pro-rnifed ahfolute confor-t mity; And yet when youcome amonglt your people-,. “ y om. A 3 . t ( 4- ) A i you iiide back , and for a colour of obedience, read fotne part of the Service, itnmay be the Lefl‘ons;,‘and at few Colleéts,‘ as if it were left unto your power to mince the Service of God,cutting and carving upon it asyou pleafe. I mull tell you that thofe who will not be . tyed , neither by oaths , Subfcriptions , nor prornifes 5 There is nothing will tye them“, but a c~o-- 4 . ercive power. S ut ,, they of the Laity are yet worfe , they will hear no prayer at all. While divine Service is rea- ding , they walke in the Church-yard , andawhen prayer is cnded,thcy comerufliing into the Church, as it were into a Play-houfe, to hear a Sermon. But ere it belong , I hope a courfe {hall be taken . that they who will hear no prayersdhall hear no Sermon. r I know that the thing which doth encourage you in this your difobedience, is the prefent Infurrefiion in .S'ratl4ml. You think i ( and fome of you do not flick for to {peak it) that they will inforce the Kin forrto yeeld untoall their demands , and among the i refl: procure unto you a libeity to live here as you ‘lift : But deceive not your felvess for howfoever i in Siratlagd fome thinke tlleiilfelves ftrongenough to reiliflzi their Prince, yet (I thanlce God) you are not fo many here,but the Kings Laws and authority is well ' ale to overtake you. And be afliired that their info- lent oppofition againfl: our molt Pious Prince , will make you that are of their Faoiion to be more nar- _row1y loo‘k’d unto here , then otherwife you would have been: for now,that our neighbours houfe is on fire,it is high timle to look to our own. And furely, methinks, that if there were in you , a fparke of the fear of God, and of true loyaltie unto the King, the i rebel» _ (S) i rebellious proceedings of theft men would put young outof love with their Reli ion. 1 For I perfwadc my fclf, that when you were tit leavned with their do-r cftrine, you did little think that their aim was Rebel» lion; But did conceive (as fometimes I my {elf did) that they did all out of confcicnce , and were menu free from vio1ence,or the leait thought ofdifl o-yalty; " But now behold their proceedings , and"i’u.dge them i by their fruits. t g . ; 4 A r i You may perceive how that Seétfince the fibril: bc~ We ginning of ‘it (‘which is not much above Fourfcort: yeers,in the Raign OFQ/Wary ofEng1and)hat.h pro~ ceeded from evill to worfe,by Six degrees. At firft they: did only manic-felia_ diflike of Epifcopall go—- vretnment, and fome Ceremonies uf ed in the Ch~ur*ch i of England, as. liking better of the government of i Geneva, which was deviled by Mailer Caltxin , and ttllat; cunningly enough for the {late of that Repub- link, which hcingpopular , could not brook any o- ther government of "the Church, but that which is popular alfor. And yet I Inuit tell you that Mafier Cctlaainwanted nothing of’QBilhop,but only the title. Eonthe Church of Geneva is not a Parochiall , but Diocefan Church confifiing of diverse parifhesr which make up one great Presbytrie , and be all the dayesot his life was moderator thereof 5 without whofe confent, no A0: neither of Ordination nor Ju- tifdiétion was done. And fo likewife M’. Beam for ten yeers after the others death, held the fame place i of government, untill Dzzmezan fet him befidethe culhion, and procured the Prefidency to go by v turns. In the next place from diflike they proceeded I to contenipt of Epifcopall g§‘:vernment,and this (if _ l r 4 - '3’? ' " ?“:‘5’;T‘ ‘ A ’ Ad Raga- _ eionum. 1‘-Infil- <6; i ye will beleeve St. Cyprian ) hath been the very‘be- ginning of all herefies and Schifines ," Inimlawre:- ticarum (faith he) ¢:’r ortm Srbifmaticorum lmcfum: ,ed at prepqfitum juperbo tumor: contezmmrzt. And againe, r M‘ Pupir V2215 Stcl7ifmata,rc;’1* hercfe: arm film: rzifi alum Epzfiapmt qui mm: eff (#5 CC/Efiaz. pr‘eq/Lfapcrlui qmrrmzdam prcfim:p.- tionc cazztemmtur .' dw homo dz'gmrimc,_ D ei /vm<'orarm,aé indzgnaehamfiniém jwditdtm‘. In the third place from contempt they did ‘proceed unto open ditobedience fl unto all the Orders of the Chm-chs,And(like thofe of whom Naziaxzzu fpeakes) would be pleafed with nothing but what did proceed from their own devi- fing, efieeming him the holieft man, who could find molt faults. From difobedience they did firoceed unto Schifine and open feparatiomaccounting them- felves only to be the brethren and Congregation of Chrift and all others who are not of their faéiion to be the children of this world . From Schifme they proceed edto herefies For it is molt true which 3' fr’:- xamgdjd Qbfertvcj (1131; 0772773 Schifma gignit _[iH 1.7476- fin , Every Schifmedotla devife unto it felfa herefic. fome falferdoéftrine or ot rto maintain their iepa- ration : And thefe men have deviled not a few, and fome that have been condemned by ancient Coun- cels and Fathers ,, as namely , Epipimnim reckons at mong the condemned herefies of urerim , that he maintained there was no diff‘er<"Ece between a Bifho and a Presbyter, andthat all let Falls are unlawful , ]c:wifl1 and Superflitious. And is not this the do» étrine of thefe men 2' But, lafily their difobedience Schifme and herefie have now drawne them into o- pen Rebellion, and I wonder whither will they go next 2' For I am deceived if they have not yeta fur» ,- V ther W <7) other journey to go , and that they cannot fu?bfifiun- . till they arrive at pure Anabaptifmes From which . they now differ but a little. And furely if any of you will read the Hillary of the Anabaptills, you will finde that their proceedings were a gm: deal more moderate,’ and Ch rifiian like, then th.el°e mens are. This is the juli judgement of God , that e V they who run out of the Communion ofthe Church, fhould lilgewife run outof i their own wits. i I beleech you therefore to conlider their ‘ wayes, and how that if you do not break off'compa- ny,they will ihortly lead you into Rebellion; For ' mine own part I profeiie that the firft thing that - made‘ me out of love with that Religion ( belides their grofli-: hypocriiie ) wa_s their injurious dealing with Kings , who are Gods Vice—gerents here upon Earth, which I obferved both by theirdoétrine and by their practice , and I will now give you a briefe tafte of both. As fortheir Do&rine,you know they take from the King allauthority in caufes Ec'c:le‘fial1;i«- call,and will not allow him to do thefe things which the good Kings of jfidtlhy and the godly Emperosurs of the Primitive Church did. Yea, they will not al- a them to prefent or nominate a Minilter to a he- nefice , not to give a Vote in a Generall Aifetnbly, ’ except (forfooth) theliing be a Lay.e1de,ts not yet to make an t Lawrs cIo*nce.rning matters of outward y rder an Politie to be tobferveid in the Cihurttlh be as Tyrant , and though he be the ‘godlietit Prinfee in the world , he muft ay, They h ave gone'_ further, allowing Subjeétsto refill their Prince by liorce o?fArrnes,and in ‘fome om- fes to depofe -him, yea andto takeaway his life ifht eelfleemeda Tyrant, if it B A pleafe A <8) ~ l \ pieafe the Presbytery to declare him for to be l‘uch’. So that Kings _fhould,be in a farre worfe cafe under a the Ptesbytery,t11en ever they were under the Pope; For in Ptead of one Pope , they muff be lhbjeet unto a thoufand. v r This is their do.&rine. I Now I will fhew you their Praéiice, And fitli hO\v they dealt with that blefled King fizme: , while he was in Scotland. They did perfecute him in his mothers womb , and when he came unto ripe yeers, they fuffer’d him not to enjoy one quiet day , by their Seditious pracftices : Of’ a great many I will cull out a few of their attempts w‘‘‘‘ are moii notorious; Firli, when as the R ing-leaders ofthat I’+at"'2ion had concluded the Ptate of Bill]0pS to be unlawfull,they fent their Commiflioners unto the Kingnzonimandinigt him and his Councell under pain ofExcommunication,to put them downe. Againec, A French Ambaifadour being in Scotland, when he was to go away , the King commanded’ the City of s Edenburrough according to the ancient culiome, to cntertaine him with a banquet. This charge was gi- ven on the Saturday , and the banquet to be 'on‘.the Munday , and upon Sun ay morning fome of the factions rniniliers hearing of it, to crofl'e his Maje- fiies defignes , proclaimed a publick Palt to be kept on that day,and becaufe that the Nobi1ity,the Kings Servants, the Provoit and chiefe Citizens of Eden- burrough,did by the Kings direétion attend theAm- baiTadour,they roceede againfi them almoft unto the {entence of i xcfimunication. Afterwards when fil hisMajefly was taken rifoner at Reuthen, by fome of treacherous Su jefis, intendig thereby to . o orce r force his Maiefiyto ‘theirowne ends:HisMajcay i being happily delivered, did with the confent of his three Efiates in Parliamengdeclare that to be a trea-.- l lonable fa€t:But the {editions tninifters being aflem-- bled in Synod , and taking thetnfelves to be the Sn- preame Judicatory, did renounce that Treafonable fair to be molt juft and awfull , threatning with all the (em: nce of Excommunication againft all who did not lubfcr*ibe unto their judgement therein. They did ufually inveigh againfi the King in their Sermons , and rayle at himio his face , for to bring him in hatred with his owne Subjeéits 5‘ And when fome of themwere convented before the Councell-P boord for {'0 doing , they declined his Majeflies au- thority , alleadging that he yvas no Judge over them in Church-matters. They iifed ordinarily to pro-y claime Falls’ without the Kings privity, efpecially when fome faétioners were about to attempt fome great enterprize againll: the King : And then the Mi~ nifiers were taught all to ling one fong , a crying out upon the abufes of the Court and State .‘ whereby E they let the people a madding. All this you may read more at arge in the Kings declaration printed Anno 1585. Iwill now ad e fotne other of their * praétifes that come within the cornpafle of my own remembrance. When the Earle of Bothwell was in y the ad’: of H ebellion againft the King,and had divers times attempted to take away his Majeflies life,thcre were great gatherings in Scotland for the relief of Geneva,- then ftraitly be-lieged by the Duke of Savoy 5 The Miniflers who were the Colle&ors,~ gave a great part of it to maintain the Earle in his rebellion againft the King; Afterwards when the - ~ H V B 2, Gflwfiffi r to) y » mama: mrpama» againfi his Maj cfly, and he mira» culorufly refceuedeby ithevaliour of his Servants; his Majefly delired that there might be a gubltclt thankfl giving» in all Churches” withm the liealme for his deliverance 5 But divers of the mtntllers , the ring... leaders ofthat fa (Ction did 1*efi1‘-fe, and did plainly in-_ linuate that they did neither beleeve the King , 1101' this Nobles, nor his Servants who were witnefles ; that ever there was fucha coufpliracy 5 But that it was ;a plot of the King to murder the Gawier. It {hall not I1C€»fi to tell you of the 17”‘ day of Deterltbfir :. There is none of you who hath not heard in what feare and danger of life the King was then , by an i iufurre-ftion which was. rai.l‘edby the feditioust SCI‘-~ monsoffome of thtefe fiery preaeliers. V One thing I cannot omit , how that they called aNationall Al- A fembly to be held in «mmtm , the King fufpeefting M the event(as he had good caufe)and having long be-. dite’elt;'if'out’1d guiltygmd condemnedi ofTreafon. Yet ‘Dr. Sharp. fore by A5; of Patl_iament all Authority in caufes; Ecclefiaflicall,‘ and particularly for calling of .Af-l femblies , declared to belong to his Royall Perfonsz He lent to inhibit them by open Proclamation 5 butt‘ theye would not defill: whereupon being quefiioned, th ey'-declitred the Kings authority , contrary to the Laws ‘art that Kingdtomtes for which they were in-« thatitnercifull Pfrineeydid neither take life not goods t’ t-helmts But only banilhed fix of them : And when? fomc ofthefe could not live abroad, upon the acknowledgment of their offence, he not only gave them‘ leave for to teturtie , but alfo provided livingsi for them; And yet one of thef e who holds both his life his living by the Kings mercy, is at this day a prim»- r (ar 1) ‘ A ‘ _ a principall Firebrand in this rRebelli;m,u thus they ufed King J». M in s which pccafioned him that golden T reatife intituled mzrhrxowiiletopom V noeproterlt that he had found more trutli and honeity r in the barbarous high—l;1nd-men,andbloody b0“lI.CliC.*~e rers, then ever he did in the merrofr that Fafiiorm Thus have I givenyou a brief tafie both of tlxeiati Dorrétrinlet and Praétice , couc.eming the opp ofing of Princes. But here left this fhould be thought a.N2x-1 tionall finne, and fo Jerufalem upbraid her filter Siv- marias I will fhew unto you, that they of this far- étio-n in England had been as deep in this contdemnaeue tion,b utt:hat£God be praifed)» they had not for much. p()WC'.1‘».~ And b\eIideS»tl‘1at, form: there have fulfered death for their feditious praé’ti.r{'es againft authority; in feeking to bring in their new Difcipline,as Hmet, r C0p}>ing€r,and others: You may judge of the inrcn. l ‘trons and defires of the tell, by their writings. One of them who wrote a Book, intituled, #1 Dmlagueaf white ,1_J'cruil.r (which was a moft fit Title for thcfé, mens Books, for if ever there were white Devils, or Devils transformed into Angels of light , it is in their perfons , who under the pretcnceof Sandtity, labour to bring in all manner of diforder into the e Church , and confufion into the Common Wealth) That Author {ayes exp refly, that1f”Pri2zm de hinder. the firinging in of their D i fcipline, the} are Tyrants , and éeing T) mm:/‘J they may be depofed by t/!eir,.S’u5j£’¢f¥“J-. Ania- other, who cullé liimfelfsteplmnux jmzimzg, .f'ait11,. Mils3&¢*- U It 64* /dnfu/I fbr the peaplc by force of Arm; tarrefifl the “ Prime, ‘if’ he hinder the building qfthe:lChlur’cbe. Athirdf miles at Queen lifizéerh, for: exercifiug that law; full 7 Authorityin caufes Ecclefiaflicall which wastmited; B. ;» 3 M ,a- ' f 4 1 ;; -;«1;:‘:,¢.e ’ A _- ggti. , A+_.«; -.«A»—;‘ ‘ . ——v: ._ (I 1) u unto her Crown as refembling her unto all the wic- Iced: Kings , and others who took upon them unlaw- fully to intrude themfelves into the Priefls office :? as unto Saul for his offering of facri rice 5“ unto U-aiaa for hisburnging ofiincenfes Yea , and to Nadnh and g Ahihu for their offering of flrangefire. It is” well‘ known how that Martin in his firft Book threatned fills. And the Authour of the fecond Admonition, {ayes plainly, that There it mzzzzja rhoufimd that dcfire thcfizm that he doth , and that great trouble; ml//come of A it if‘z't 6: net protvidcd for. _Another'of that “crew, Dnuanfig direéting his f peech unto the Bifhops , faith , that grdifisiplin The Ireréjtery may!‘ }>ret'4il .' And if it came to plgfc 5} ""°‘ that mean: that will waft your heart: to all’: , then lame yoarfilvcr. I could prefent unto you a great deal more of fuch fiuffe: but I will onely alledge one y.pafl'age of Mafter Cartnrrzlght, whom forhis learning 1 honour far above all that ever were of that faotion, he faith that the Church is not in the Common wealth," but the Common wealth in the Church ,and therefore , as a wife man will not frame his houfe to his hangings, but his hangings to his houfe: So the Church is not to be fitted unto the Common wealth, butthe" Common wealth unto the Church. Where» upon it will evidently follow, that as in his opinion there ought to be a parity in the Church, foylikewife a parity in the Common wealth : fo that it is more then manifeft that the thing which they aime at , is V to have no King at all. And therefore it is remarlc-- able, how that the Traitour (‘aldcrmcd in his bla- fphemous Book, called xi/tan‘ Damafcenzmz, doth not onely rail againfi King jamer , charging him with ~ perjury & perfecution,‘ but alfo doth in veigh againfl; all ~..~.-++.....‘....,,.,...,,,,., 1, . all Kings whatfbever , {aging , . Natuzyi iafimm cfl orzzaibnte rqgibua in cflari/tum oaium... It feemeslchjg mad dog did not remember Gods prornife made un- to his Church 1 That Kings fltould be her Nutfing- fathers, and (Eeens her Nurfingmothers it And God who is never worfe then his word, hath made his promifc goods for never were there to great In- _ ftruments for the propagation of the Go=’pel, the in- largement of Chrifcs kingdom, and the procuring of the peace of the Church ,A as Chriftian Kings have been; and amongft them all», never any more then our moft gracious King that nowis, and his molt renowned Father , whom thofe men did {in much oppofe and traduce. But whatdo Ineed to remember matters of‘ old : forthe Children are worfe then the fathers, and their prelcnt pra€tife now in Scotland, doth furpafle all the iniquities oftheir Fathers, and will make them to bee forgotten. Now Bifhopsand conformable Miniflers, whole perfons had wont to be tlteemed facred,are ftoned, beaten, vvounded,and d rag’d ‘ outof their Pill? t pits: a thing whichwas never uledhy the Heathens againlt their Priells, of what lewd condition, _ot quali... ty whatloever. And yet tholc are they who fweare to be good examples to othersof all godlyntffe , fo- bernelfe, and ofevety duty they owe to God and man. Now what Gotllyneffe, Sobernclle, or righteoufne1T: hath been in fuch proceedings, the like wherof hath not been heard amongft the heathen ; Lt“t all the world judge. Before they had wont to aflault us onely, with their tongues,which are lharper then arrowes,and with r their pens which are as light as Getfe-quils: But now ftl1eyLarecome(as Tmallian l'ayes).4j?iloa:1 mac/mram, from i.. (ts from words to b1owes.Tl1at wemay fay with Bernard ; l Leone: cw»/imu_:, ed incidimm in Drucmm. We elbapd the myouthes or _yons, but have fallen into a den of Dragons; for thefe fure are Cerafies, Fiery flying Dragons. But V\7,0lITld to God their mad nelle had flay- t l ed here: They have not onely clone wrong unto Gods Prophets ; but alfo touched his annointed, entting ii. to 21 tnutuall league and covenant againft him, arming his Subejeéts, taking Oathes or them to maintain their “ caufe, bloclting up his «Ca«{tles,refu{ing all his Maj elites moft gracious offers for peace, and indeed proclaiming. a plain defiance untohim. Good God ! Can they be Chriflians that do thefe things 4:’ Or have they any warrant for this out of Gods word. which commands ustobe fubjeét to Superiour powers, and that for con. fcience fake, even then when all Kings were enemies unto Chriftian Religion’ 6 Or have they any example for thofc proceedings out of Pious antiquity '3 The Chriltians in the Rrimitive Church when they were led as {beep to the {laughter all the day long,and fi1ff<;r- ed the molt exquifite torments that could be devifizd 5 Yet would never fake Armes for to relifi the Prince ; but put on this refolution,.elrm4 naflrafrece: é» Lac12ry- me. Yea, when thefe perfecuting Emperors, had 00”- cation of warre againft the barbarous nations,the Ch fl» flians were the Emperours belt and molt faithfull Soul-« diets, {'0 terrible unto their enemies that they were cal. led the thundering Legions. And 3. Auflin doth high» ‘ ly ‘commend thcth for their faithful! fervice, unto the heathen Emperours, who did molt cruelly {pill their ll blood, onely for their profelfion of Chrill. And let noman fay, ‘it was for want of power , that they did not defend themfelves byarmesg for it is well lcnovlvln, t at trod 1‘ that if may had thought it lawfull to rem the Enrpe. tour by Arrnesg they were of that n=urnber, power, and refolution, that they had been able to have fhaken the foundatioansei of the Empire. But now it fecmelsthatr “thcfe men of whom I fpealc, have learnedanothcrDi- vinity,a.nd think that they are bound to Rand to the de; fence oftheir dread Soveraigne, theKingse Majefly,his~ perfon and authority,in ‘the defence and prefervatieon ofthe true religion (as they hiavclcxprcifed in their late Printed confeiiion of i.£!1iEh,Wh€run‘td they havefworn) fo that they do ralainlyinfinuate, that they are no ‘fur- thet‘“bonn‘d to defend, theKings pcrfon and authoriryir, n then he dotmftand in the defence ofthc true Religion; Andthat onely n1~u—lihe accounted the true Religion, whichthey themfelfvese do befl: like of: If the King will not maintain that , then for all this Ital} Oath, they are freed from their Alltigance, wherein they have more then jnfiified the Ie:fnitcs* in all their rebellious p1'a&lf€S’,3Ild’ii}.C*IC{iIif€SwC3:n well tell‘ how to take ad» vantage thereof: For it is not long fincea ief'uite‘wrote' aBool<, thed"ef'ence ofthc Loyalty l of their Order, allcdging that Preftants had allilowed the 1‘€'bCii!1_)fl of’ Snhjeéts agaianfli Princes, as much asiainy of their Order had done, and givesinflanceiin" Bmanw, Itnvx, land Goodgmm. But Andrew Rirvcma a Prollfeflior of Leiden, anfwering the Ieiuitc-,doth profe{i'e,that all Protefcantsl do condemne that dorftrine, arid afcribcs“ the raflineiie of Btitbandfliamdi Meow; Prazferbidq Smvmm iavgcnioa (_/9* adaadcndampronaptm. Amid nowit feares me I, that ere it be long another: VI-‘“e'liuitc* ihavliiptibeli 17118 Emik to prover » that the prefcnt infizrlrreflion in Scatlizndgiisl at greater re; beliion, thenwasthe Phpifls Gun-f~powderi~piotl .:'in't'“c:-5 . garci~tl‘tat“the“Gun;-powdet17Frealbn was but the afliori ‘ C alfew (to afew difclontented Gentlemen‘, and "tl1e”tl10ui'and Pa-r it pill: in Englmdnotguilty ofit ; but in the prefent Re- t bellion ofthe Putitanes, they have ingaged a great pattofthat: Kingdo:ne,and many who indeed: know not what the matter meanes, and fo thatthis may be called thecommon iinne of that Seét, whereas the other cannot be charged’up:in the Religion of the But you will fay, it is Religion that moveth them : What 2' did ever the true Religion allow of rebellion 2' Tzmmm Re/zgia pom‘: [iutdere maltimm ? I know they pretend the defence of the nationall conteffion of their Church, and the Oath received by their fqrefitthers in the Yeere 1 5 8 1, by the Kings example and com man. clement. Butif it be fo Iwill fubfcribe their Covenant alfo, which is the greateft curfe I can lay upon my mortal] enemy. Thetfore to take away that vaine pre- -tence, wherewith they blind you and many other {im- ple pCOpl(:‘5I will here make it evidently appeare,Fir{t, that that negative Confeiiion wherunto they did fwear in the yeere 8 t,is not the nationally Confeflion of the Church of S catl4nd,and Secondly,that the.()ath which they have now adminiflredi is not the fame, which the King, his Family, States, and Subjeéts, dicl_ fweare at ’ thattime 5 But Subitantiall y diflierent from: It in many oints. . P And fi.rl’r,‘tha't Negative Confeiiiontis not the nati- onall Confeffion of the Church of Scotland: But the nationall Confefiion is that, which twenty yeeres be.- fore, being penned by M‘. Knox, and his fellow-mini» ,, l flets,and contayning the politive grounds of Divinity; ’wasap.proved by the Parliament held in the yeere 1560; and afterwards was ratified by a Parliament in ' i ' l the v‘\ the "yeerc 1567, and regifired in the body ofthat A6! if Parliament, and fo confirmed by a number of Par- liantents lince that time. The fame is likewife recti- ved into the body of the Confeflions of all the refor- med Churches, and aClri*v4tim. So that what- focvcr Pcrength is in the Synoclicall confirmation . de- pends upon the form: and vigor of the Kings mandate; while that was in Force, the ceonfirmat-ion ofthc Synod was in force sand thatbcing expired, the confirmation 4 ofxhe Synod islikewife expired : But the Kings man. dateis expieredl,‘l3e.caul'¢ upon mature judgment hee did‘ iretrafit and difalllow it in his life time, and though he haelnotgyet the fame being .a perfonall of the K:ings"with0ut tht.’ confent ofthe States ofParliamcnr, -his now certainly expired with ‘hisiroyall breath : For Martyn manlntare cxpirat mmdatum. So that indeed 7thislConfe{Ton whic‘h itlmey now urge lb violently up- on the Kings lSubjc:&s, hath nolega1lc~onfirmation'lar all. AndTas1t=hal:l1 no confirmation, So it never had the honour to be receivedimo the body of the Con- fellions of reformed Chmcllhes , as was the former Confcflion ; neitherlindced was it worth 5 for it is ’ not ;1».Con7fefl.ion offaith at all; lbul: 3 Con lefiion ofu.n— l.;bel~eefc : The nutlaor rels us not what he doth belccvc, butiwliat hedoxh not beleeve. And I hope you will -"-all confefle, that fairiil1~eonfi~{l$ in allenting to re- «mailed truths, and notintdi{l'entin:z from errors. Be»- ple (199 ' i i . plepolitive truths of Chriftian ’Do&7r’int~,thenfioli:ae,md his itimeih telling them tofunlmown heretics he . _ And as that Negative Confeflion is not the nationill conteffion ofthat Church, fo the Oath that is now uiftred, is not the fame with that which wasreceived by the Kings Majefty and his Subjerftsr in the lyeerefit asispretentied: But is fubltautially difiE:t.ent fromritih many refpefts. ~V _ V 1 In the Former Oath or Covenant, they did {wear with the King and by his commandernent, and their is no douhthut it ismofi lawfullfor Subjezfts, (if the matter of the Oath be true and Lawfull) to fwearriby t the comrnandement of the ‘king , to whom primarily A and L)r;iginally,belot1gsttthe power to minilteran Oath, to and to others only by «Comtmiiflionland power dCIég.a.t-'- ted from him: But this new Oath, is not only with- out the Kirng,butlagainl‘th1m, and flat contrary to his. commandement 5 For fince the time that his Majefiy trzanifeflcd his Royall plcafure, requiring them to re- nounce their covetnanhthcy have proceeded and I worn many lt~h0llfilndS of people. So that I am fur: by the Laiwes ofour Kingdome they are in ajgreat Prcmunirc. _ 2 4. In the fir-it Oath or Covenangtthere isno bond of mutual! defence. But in this new Oath lthere ishrbondi of lnutuall defence of one another, Agaizs/P 4/lptrfim whfztfaewer, the King him felfe not excepte . ° ‘ ; 3. Although there had beenfuch abond of mutuall defence in the former Cnvengmt, yet ought it not to. be in this : for S_ubjeé’cs may lawfully make a Covenant ofmutuall defetnce by Armes, by the confcm of the. King Who only hath the-p'ower~of the Sword within his don.-minions 5 13m they who made this late -Cove. man: had not thtf Kings confent~: but did itt.iconttm’y to V C 3 M the V _ i’ 20) i L the Kings cxprelfe will and plealixre :wherein they have violated the lawes of t heir own kingdome which they were bound to maintain: : for by an act of Parlia. ment Alum 1585, all leagues or bonds of mutuall de- fence made without the privity and confent of the King are exprefly forbidden. nd as in this refpeift their Covenant is contrary to the Lawcs oftheir kingdome ; So I am fure itis contrary unto the Law of God 5 for I never knew any Divine who doth not maintain that unto the undertaking ofa jult warre, there is required not onlya good caule, but alfo lawful] authority. A juft caufe ofwarre doth not warrant every man to un- dertake warre, though againlt a ltranger, (much lelle fo jufl, can make againlt the King, againft whom no caul'e,‘though never a warre undertaken by his Subjects warrantablc) But ajultcaufe doth only warrant the .King,or fuprerne Magiitrate, in whom authority is originally and Primarily 5 and without whofe com-- miliion the Warres undertaken by private men, are no better then robbery and murther. That rafli and heady adventure of the lfraelits againfl: the Canaanites. Nam. cap.r4.v.4.4. was without authority,-for neither Ivy-1» ullaflex nor the Atke went up with them : and therfore nM:fe: doth call their attempt a prefumption 5‘ and they profpered accordingly, for they were {mitten unto Hormahaname anfwerable unto the event, namely dg/irtalfion. Laflly, this Oath is not the fame with the former, becaufe it contains not only the old Covenant, or con» fefliongbut alfo their owne interpretation of it : For they do plainly infinuate,that Epifcopall government, and the 5. Articles oF1’trtb,arc abjurcd in that Con- feflion, Now it is reafonable, that afew fadtious fpi—~ . i s (2 I) ” 4! rits who are the Authors ofthis confFpiracy,'flciouldtake upon them to interpret a National! confefiion, and ob trude theirinterpretation upon thewhole Church,for- ~ cing all men to fweare untoit :' '1‘ his weretoomueh tlteugh their interpretation were true,.becaufe it wants publiqueauthority and approbation. But indeed the interpretation is moft notorioufly falfe,Vand like the gloifeoforlezmce which deltroyes thcTcxt. Epifco- pall governmezitis not abjured in the Negative con- fefiion,nor fo much asmentionecl. Ifany n“ian{hal1I'ay, 7‘ That Epifcopacy is included unde_tthePope=s wicked Hier:m:'hy,wl1ieh there isideniedghe will prove himfelf l iidiculous :forit is well known unto all that ever look- ed into the Ecclefiafticall hifiory, that thechurch was governed by Bifhops , 6oo yeers before the Popes wicked Hierarchy began. And as that government‘ was not abjured , fo neither is it any innovation at all: for it is evident that in the yeere 8 1. they hadBi{hops, and it is yet to be feen regiflrate in the Books”ofCoun-4 cell,and fubfcribed by the Commiiiioners for the time, how that but alittle time before the publifhin 11;: 1:: of that Conic-flion=, the generall Aflirmbly did agree cumin with his Najeflits Regents in his minority, that the efiate offiiflfops (which is one ofthe‘ eftates of Parlia- ment) {hould be maintained and authorized: But about: foure or live yet-res after, about the yeere 8 3. the ge- ntrall Affembl y took-e upon them, contrary: to their own iiibfcriptions, to difcharge the eitate of Bilhops, and to declare the lime to be unlawiull ; commanding all the Bifhops in the kingdotne to Fdimit their PIJCCS andjiurifdicftions,underpaine of Excommugiicationz andin like manner commanding the King and his Councellunder the likepayne, not to choofe any o- thers ,,,,,,,, V r,,.r~...\..,.._..._,......,.....n.(.... . i 4 efaz) An ihersin their place. But. when that wife King lhwl their proccedmgs, and how] they ‘took more upon then ever the Bilhopohncl done; and under the pretence of their new difCi~;piiflC,trOdl upon his Scepter, labonreing toeifiabliflaian Ecclefiafiicall tyranny of in- i finite ]u~1;1t1on of their 04:11, Some- times their Lay-elders h-id voyce in: the Presbyte-« " ry, afterwards the M inifiers perceiving the inconve— nience, refirained them to their xParifh-fefiions : 4 ‘ Sometimes it ‘was made altogether uniatwfull to bu- ‘ ry in Churches ; ;1Fterw:trds they did permit it. And if ihad the inf eétion of the Bookof the Atfts of i the genetai1.A eznbiy-wixichl have not iizen thcfe four and twenty yeers ;I. would make it appear’ that every .Affembl~y, did either ai=te.r'or‘ad*de fo-mething in matters of difcirpline. ~_Fina.11y , How’ could they Swear to maintain that diicipline in all points,when. there are many things in their new found difcipiine, whereof they were not 3;; reed‘, nor areto this day-C.’ as namely , Whether Pei’:-ors and Dofitoersbe one of- fice, or 'i{tin.&'s Amd: if diftinét, Whether D~o.£t0rs have any voyce in government :: iW‘thati is. the 0 thee pif "D‘eac0ns; and Wh€thc1'ith‘Cy‘ may give at voyee in- the coniifiory with the refl: :'iWhiethe1' their ruling. Eilsdeitmen be Eccl'efiai’ticali perfons or Lay-men :& Whether ti'1€i1‘..0ifiCYC fhould be only annuall, or du- ring iiife : Whetiiter thofe Elders fhould have a voice‘ in the-ele&ion,Ordination,deprivation ofminiflrers ; I ‘ and in weilding of the keyesi for Exeoimmunieationi and Abfoil'uti'on:. — A ‘ M Byrtaitliiwmehi it is-. morethen ymanifefl: , i his meaning thatthe (2) - e V 7 ‘if V meaning of thefe W01‘dS.iI1th“é former Oath, Ewemilt A amtzrzuc in the obedience afutlre difciplinc of orbit I<'z'»rl*]is not that they W oulcl obferve t.hlelfa1ne.difcipline then ” ufecl in all particular-s , ‘without glteration or adiditi--I A on : for {o théll‘ Oath mull be.:co11t’rar.yto thetr Con- feffion oFfoitl1‘,conttra1'yltorightreafon , rto7th.e—ptia§4L’ etile of the Primitive C hu1‘C.l),.- to the op1mon»of:ra.1lt- Divines, yea , contrary to their owne praéticc, and= A indeed I uch an Oath , aslrwere both unlawfull tagndlh impol'fib~.le to be ohferved. And unlellc that Interl- pretzttionl he allowed themgthat Oath makes noltrhiogé eithet*:algainfl: Epifcopacy , or the fiveA.rtic1esof Perth, :we% muft thcrelorefinde out fome other mea»: nit1goflt'hel'e words of the Covenant; It is a riulresint the €i1V'iIs1 Law; Sezixper iii duh’ jx~&en1;;nior4j}472it pr;cf‘c.: rerzdx , And again, Nonfwxt rqicieudte legs; guarin-' terpremtione atzqufi pcflimt carwerzirt‘. If T any thing, I~‘a€l, writing. or Law may« in reafonzrble conflruéhon: ' ‘a.dt:nit two 1nterp:retat’ion‘s,lsthc befl audémtldefl is e“- 1' we-ttt0‘*=lb*e ‘received. :But the words in the for»m«e"r~I Oath ‘may admit a good ‘:interpretation,namely they did fweare to continue in the difci-plinc of that Kirk, in regard of a1lfubPtantials,‘w'z. for‘ acl'm=ini{l.ratiotrf of the Sacraments“, andwcildinglofr the=Kcyes.fo'1‘: ‘ binding and loofing offinners .-, zmclthat for the par- ticulardetermination, ol'perfou, time, place, and outward tonne of admi‘11lI’r1‘mi0l15»Tht:.y wou1d~ob- ferve the difciplineof tl1atKirk, l hich fhouldvbet from-ti-me to time lavvfwly eflablifheld; And there-— ll fore it is (as I Obfer\f.t:d”bef‘0re)-that theyrdid not fay‘ Tbcpreferzt r di['c:_,s/inc of riot’: Jl’z'r£'. And by? thislnter. prctationlwhticlr is the onlytreafonab-le fentfe oft_hefe+. _1I.oxdsrt,hat can be give I15 they are-a11_b:ournd‘ by theirr A A - D. 3 " ‘ hnzttionalh (=3) e nationalloath, (“as they terme it)to fubmit them-A {elves to Epilcopall govemtnent, and the Articles y of V Perth, which were lawfully eltablifhed , and are now a part of the Difcipline of that Church. Thus have I lhewed that this late Oath isfubflarn» tially different from theformer: in that now they doenot fwearewith the King , but againft him; It containes a bond ofmutuall deferlce ofone another; It inables .S.ubje&s to take At-mes without lawfull _ Au'thority;, : and containes fuch an ‘interpretation of the Oldcovenangast is manifellly falfe. in all which refpetits, the Oath is unlawful] : But yet to convince . them further of perjury I. will lhew unto you , that they have not obferved any of thele conditions which God himfelfe requireth in an Oath. In the fourth oflcrmy and fecond verfe : 7/9014 flmltjwcare the Lord livethi in trunk, in iudgemmt , and in rights. oufizeflé. In trueth,and therefore not falflys In judge- ment, atldfi th’eref'orenotra1hly: y In righteoufneffe, and therefore not lewdly not to a bad end. We mutt fweare in trueth and not falflys for the Lord him- feflfc faith, Teeflaa/I notfiveare by my name fl:/fly,L¢‘»w'r. ' 1y9.1;.l The onel true matter of an Oath is trueth, but all the groun s of this lafl: Oath, are notorioufly falfe, as namely that the Negative ConfeiIion,is the Nationall confeflion of the church of"Scotland:And I haveifhewcd that to be otherwife. That this Oath is thevcriy fame that King lame; and his Family did fweafe : And I have roved that not to be fo. That Epifcopacie and the Eve; Articlesueof Perth are inno- vations abjured in the former Oath : and I have ma- nifefled that to be» evidently falfe. Finally, That «what they doc is to avert, Th: danger qftlac trueiztflm... and i3;9= ~ med ye/igian, vofthe Kring: he7:orl,a and of the public!’ peace of the Kingdome. When as indeed theycould not have taken a courfe more to indanger the true Reli ion, wound the Kings honour ,_ and difturbe the pu lick peace. So that in this late .0415 thetetis no tmerla. Againe, We mutt fwcatc in judgement, that is,_out of a certain knowledge of thething which we fwearet We find: in theiifth of Lwitim: , that when a man did fweare that which Was hialfram him; It [was a {in for which a TrefpaiTe—'ofi'ering was to benoffered. And now they have fworn unto many thinivsewhich. are hidfr0m"thct-I1, and whereof they coulclahavcno certaine knowledge‘; for they could not know that the Negative Confeifion 'this is at maydoe well tofwcatc once more , nc. When Dbil Nalml , in cold blood he n¢V€1' fwcarci fo agai L rafli Oath to ldcftroy. jchoo {ct rather. to brca And I thinlc thcreis no I-1f’cthCir Pjrinzsc , and pull (so) , . tegmfizzfli: :% As themattcr of d our‘ ‘knowledge of it cer- to 3. good and lawfull ftiod :1 bond to dcc 'afutc: flniltill. But the end of 1a\év.full , even to 21I’m€SLib- downer Orders make that which J’ , to -be Vimmlum inf. alnljnramentta lamwmm, an it We C cl *l‘O“b'bCl'S talcc to be true one to we hand in hand oc cvcn alfo by Oath bind 7 ubiah :thc.grcatcf’c him- ;1 judah his fwornc fwornc neither in right; oufncffc: So there hi, who before F the Kings Sup:-emzicie, and cqand conformity to the Ar» Oath againtt Oath. challcn C a Pay.zl/ power to All thclc: things being confi- td as n uch p<‘:I‘)l1i‘i€ in their ad in a promiflbric Oath. hat the rule‘ in Divinity ¢:{z'>tnzpt"i0. And. h mam, they that theyvvill id had madc: 1:: did kc his Oath then tolkttcpcitgj Divincwho will not fay,that , Hcrod had many i r Herod lheadbetterl broketmhlis rafh loath’ , by then; cut" on ¥l¢?lm, Bagptiflx head. And ‘yeti ilimuftltlell you, it not ii arltogether fot haynous a criine to take a headfroin a Prophet, as to pull a. Crowne from 21 Kings head‘. i ‘ And. now have I taken froth them allpretence of Religion, (which is not. to make a cloake for fuch « l‘vi1de,‘AffCS to be fpoken within the moneth of their iitiiiétion. The fecond fott,'a.nd the far g1‘C;1t€fi'.‘I1umi)C\‘., are thofe who have been feduced «by them, Iikethofe Two Hnncieredwho followed A6.- fizlmout ofjetufaleiti knowing nothing‘ ofhisTteafo:1. T hey have been citztwne to d.'.li'ICC after theiripipe , though they underitood not the Spring; and have been carried head-long with it, befoi‘e they knew well what they did: And all under Godly pr:..:tenct*s.* For they were made to hels;-eve that the very {tztte of Re~ ligion, C’hurch,and Kingdome 3 did depend u _ on this New Covenant, flndthat all’ men were bounci) in con-' fcience, to defend the N'3.’EiOI1i.1iiCOI1f€fl"1?0'Ili of Earth, and the Oath fworne by their fotefiithers. Belides it is apiaufihle matter with the people to heare them de-- praved,’that are in authority 5 but efpecially to under» ftand of any liberty otpower, which may appertainc: tmtot.hcmfeIv'es. Ftlttiittrmotetalfoit is not l1nicIl0WiI1C1'.# A to any of judgement, how tnuch the proteslion of ex- traordinaty yzeale, and as It were contempt of the world 5, doth worke with the nitultitudc, When they feemcin goe fim ply’ in the ftreets, and bow down their heads like a bul1-rufh, though their inward parts butne » aitogetlier with deceit, wringing their necks aw1'y’:; flanking their heads, as though they were in f«:»mc: prc».-‘ Tent gtiefezlifting up the white Ofth_€:’11‘€_VC'S fi.)I"fl‘-'i'timCS,. I at the fight offotne vanity, as they W.tlke._,‘when they heave them give great gtoanes: City out againit this I “ t finnc --nu-mwwq-nu. (mic and itihatfinnc, (not 11;: ;h em t‘hc1r,hear::rs_:, but in t'h.¢ir%$'upgriors) andfinally, make long prayers,_,§undei* Colouif vv1iereof'thc3} devours not Oncéiy the 11uf"cs, of Widdowes butof married fo1kc:s\,too);>iVVhCnh , I ‘ fay“ the multitude do heart: and fa: fuch kind of “men; —,Th_cy aflrc:_iby and by cari*ic5.i away with a‘ mairycllousiiigrclat o conceit and opinion oftlicin, andyvith fiioh fhowe-3 luv: the To Pii':ai'ifaic;1li ta::achers drawné: the anultitudga ;1iEC‘1‘ them, who have not their feocos,c;l:ercii{"ed to diil: Como botweon good and <:3vii1i.- A bui: ju;.ig:.éi0i:ic%ii'yibygti1(; outward app‘eaL‘am7<:, if they :'h0..11z.;i j.iid';,;§:,,i.ti1en:1.;1b}{i thcirfmits.; they fliould find:l1e':;i1fcobe very_ farro fioin the true Reiigion. ii jgzmcx i12i3.‘Ci‘l §§iT\{fit”:.I-'1 usa rnpfl full I . __ di:-i'Ci*iption ofthe ti-no reiigiéaifi,‘A7:/33,}-1f1]Zziaza¢e.i that :51 am’ 3' ” 1% 77’ 45973‘? "<7"? t'i’€’.’ Pe"'“;"“i'[¢ 2 Gi‘3’“:Z°°i: ’f*"i"'ii”l:.e““1i6"-5' to it int‘re4téd,fi¢/I of wmeréy, and good fiugfls , zvitbaiuti _ jzaélgiflg, and zvit‘/zoat /yyloacrzfie. VVi1C1‘£'8.S Solomon dc... ‘ fcribcs wifociomc to have huih: her .11 houfc with if:vé:n pillars :_So the ApoPcIc:,d¢fc1jihc_s “this hq::w<:nlyi‘[ iyifog dome, (whiczh isthc‘ true Iiieiiigionyiby feavcm proper-A A ties,nr:it»hcr ofwhich will agree Wichthoir religion. It is moi: Pure; FOI_‘ti1-€’51‘{01'CiSti»}C!t.1‘LYf3 roiiigioii callcgi pure 1;>¢caufi:3it;i11oVwotI1ibfnotliing which is z1iot,ii1%it,f3I%Fo% jufiflziwfiill, am.ihom*fi. And liemtby Lc1(?tl.??til‘lld"p1'Q-'-< Véth zxgairfl the Gentiles, the verity oftlie Ciirifiiani 1"cIigio.i1. But their R.cI.i;;;ionalliowot11 ofmamy things, '\«vhici'iiz1tI1c?11"1fc‘ivc?s are neither J1.1fl'.,i3Wfl.Iii‘, nor ho- nofi asiianiclyi, I’/fifiury, sawrilvflgc, difoi>o::Eionc¢Ato Iawiiill zzuthorityi, mid rebellion zigziinfi Piiricos. A» gainogk notpmcczzéle; forthczfe rmn are the incendi- arics of'Chriflcndom:;~, asif they ‘had come to for fire: uponthe Earth. Not gwtle,]§7oi* they are more auiicrt: in their C£il‘1‘idgC‘, them ever was Cato. Not: Eafie to bee 4 . 3; A cmreated A30) i _ intreatcdg for they will neither be perfwaded by their friends, not commanded. by their luperiors, “to doe any thing, but what they will , Fquaring themfclves b that old rule of’ the Do.é‘2ati,{?s, aQz_1_oa’ rualttmusflznéfam g/Z‘. Notfit/Zofmerty .4m"goodfiwita : Forytlxey are all for facrifice‘, nothing for mercy 5 All l'i)1‘l‘l)c?(lLlLiC'S of the firlt Table, neglecting the duties of the leconcl: Their Faith hath drownedtheir charity: For we have lznowne them pull clowne many Cl'1urches, and yet build but a few Hofpitalls. Not’ without }w.Jgin:gr: For of all men living they are known to be the mofh'i«-.1. gid cenfurers of others. And confeq uently they are not without Hypocrilie : For that is the true note of an hypocritemvlien one, (‘as our Saviour faith ) can fpy the mote that is in his brothers cye_.,and not dill i cetnc the beame that is in his own. And yet with their pretence of piety they have deceived a number of fimple people. But there is yetathird fort, who have fubfcribed the Covenant againfl their confci-- ence, onely for fear of a Mafl‘acre, which they had juft caufe to fufpeéft , when a Catalogue was taken up of the names , what in every Patifh , of thofe who refufed to fubfcribe. Andnow,I pray you, what is become oftheir plea of Cl‘-irillitn liberty :’ For when we did prefle them to conforme theml‘el.ves ‘unto the Orders of our Church,they alleaged thatit was contrary to Chri- llian liberty to infort"c men to the doing of anything againft their confcience, and that a man lhould be fully refblved in his owne mind of the lawful- nefle of that which hee doth. And yet we did txrge men onely under payne of fufpenlion and F,xcom- munication 5 and that after much patience and for- a bearance bearance; ufing withall all fair"meaneslt’o perfwade them; But they compell men tofubfcribe with them againlt their Confcience,by Pike and Pifloll,threat- ’ ning no lefI'e unto the refufers then lofle of life, goods, and lands._ By this ye may judge of the {in-- cerity of their a£tions,’and What they would doe in other places, if they fhould once gaine the power into their own hands. y A h All this paines have I ltalcen , to deteét thsefe men» and their proceedings, to the arid that I mi-ghtdraw you oh” from their faétion: For who would be in love with that Religion, whole bondis Perjury , whole badge is Rebellion =3 Therefore, come out from a- smonglt them,and feparare your felvess Be not par--, taker with them in their fins,l.ePr you rec‘ei've?alfo.~ of their plagues. Manifell your diflike of them 8: their proceedings, by conformin_gp your {elves abfolutely unto the Orders of this Church in all things i,‘ and think not to halt any longerbetweenf God and Baal;,~ Neither be afraid of their powers for howfo-a ever they prolper for a time : It 15 but a Sum- V mer florme , Nuémwla 2/} (fr rim pcrtmzrfibzs ..'. You may allure your lelvesrlthat in end they will non prevaile: For rim God by whom Kings reigndezw’l/a.15am1~Iw glue,/irengrkmotto/:i.r 1i'i~vg, and exalt: the leaner of /91'.r.t eanoymred : He will fcattertlie people that delightin Wa1're, even m;..l kfzrzp/’)i.I_/it/’L'tltl'0»’s?. And now‘! have wearied both you and my felfi with along Speechl. Iknow there are many here 'Wi1