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day imhis Kin- %d_omeTin%the’Cafeof;Puritans, For did,

accufation énd‘ ‘cgall proccflfic taI< ¢ ‘p‘lar_:c , few c-‘rimczs
‘x?z;r:3u1d»bc proved agamfi Pur1tans,and‘d1d not malrcxous
calumnyprcvailc , as few men.wou=ld% bc%provcdPu*r 1~

tans,%’whércas now n0thffl3‘i5 {(33 m°fl3~f 0113-:  Vwhich is

not branded upon ‘Puritans , and ‘ no’ manlis“ o;in‘nog:ent
asto cficapc that brand. So great alfo is thc%é1uda‘é:itMic
ofthofi: which laceratc the famcs T of Puritans, 6: with
far much confidence doc they vent their obloquics ,» ma 5:
they W hich know the falfity thereof, & eafily pcrccivc
that thcfam,cé1fp:rfions arc more truly due: to thc.AAu-

tors and rai£crsof'thcm,yct they are daze1cd,and driven %

tofprxqe doubtful] admittance thereof. Ngither could
this agL»1dacity% be [0 prevalent amongfl the vplgar , but
that Scholars , and _thc: grcatcfipfthc Clcrgicfarc now

become the rnoft in jurious'det"cPé€rs & dcprMavcrsofPu-g

~n'tans,hav1'ng taken tip in PL-Ilpité and Pm‘-:fl7:s,A %aImofl:aAs

vile and 1' currilous a Iiq;1jge%;qE:4%fi&ion' and dctra6?cio11',§
as is ufuall in Play-§Iictr;t;’g*£‘é:L,fltaverns . and Bordcllocs.
Somcémcn d'ivide%igcnbfi5af1-1yV:? tall ~ProtcPrantS] into%fPuri‘-4;
Vtzh-‘Jé,&andAntipuritansgbitlt\If{'ha]lV‘admit:oF‘fubAdivifionS.

in bothfimallrrrrcnareAnoI:%a1i19:%

d¢ifa&ba°c; cirh“:r« 4Pawri‘ra?n$1°f:%AnfiitiIIi*itan€>Anti9urifimsI  

I-hall thus‘ dividca ¢ASo1hs~;An1:ipqfiré:n'§€4;,are"f5  Ecrrgcd
mcerly bccaufc th¢y a‘r¢;1io;PAL11?1i%ta§1s4;:%. bi1tf?;f;4§h II
not,AforV~Imy:Lfel‘;fc arnfneithcfé  @ ,V&;;V%j1v:Ir:.c:i~..
that-mcritthmaméOE’Pu-fita%i1$nfl¢§iil3fir=$dG»*$I%fi me‘

{O as to p;o£cHcmyfcIfe=aVk Antipurfimx; A

 

Othjcrs arcaéccoL11itcd% *A%1i%ript'1r.itans§,¢7V,bccauf¢;fth%eyn

are Aoffchc Remifh Rrgligion -3nk:l‘foprof¢1Tg1er.3th&;;114L
{:Ivcs §, b:;cA g4hcirAr*Vcnm1ty  is; Ab‘ut~_ja aduc anripVg:Eyx;,4»A4;aa2d%
38a‘necc{Taryi*C0r1fi'=¢1“€11‘Cc;0fth¢i1’R¢1igi¢i713;£hd§{iiT¢h~s‘;§

Wfiyao gi=oti¢w;F;.Itfi:inAk;:PtIrifaI1sr¢X:>¢é%number;  
t1%1*cAn*§i;:w»:"i.OVth¢irS.aga}n¢‘:th¢1‘¢£t‘rc:Which_arg:»v:_ryL 
from-Iomc~Pur1tan1cal1*~Tcncts and: how; _  

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 ulérfrrnaxaril thinserroneousl‘  but etthe” meanewcllll   
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rhemfelves, and bear: no hatred to : rhe~PeTrfonsIof Puri-

V tans; theyallowy rPt'1ritains found inlthe moi’: and rwaigha

riefi: matters of faith ,they hold diflent in difputablo

fixings no groundof malice,and they attribute no,.infal-
 libiliryto themfelvcs-“in thofe things” wherein thcy.di£'-

fem: : fro-mthefe men I am "but little fremoved.  The
w orfi fortof. Antipuritans, and they which oughtonly
to be for called, are they which bitterly hate and perfe.-wt
cute many good men aunder the name of Puritans , and

“many good things in thofe which are Puritans ,~ Whofo

'5 anti parby is to mans perfons, as well as opinions , and P

in opinions thofe whichare {ound , as well“ as ;thof::.,
WhlCh are erroneous.Thefe are the Anttpurttans Which

A I {hallnow (trivg: jto_dete& ,whomIlhold to be: of

greatnunjzberand power inthe State at thisydajbwhom
wee may account the chrefefi caufersg, and procurers of
all rhofe mtfchtefs and plagues whx ch now incumberf

M both Church 8: Commonwea1rh,andr to beguiltyof ally.

ilantsyalrnoffibefides their own faéltion) Puritans. By P
ruchischcucligron of the scan ‘made yridiculous ; 4 by

ythofe crimes, which falfly they charge upon Puritan sl,l
A being therein like Ca/Em enemies,wbich therefore only,
i hated him,%becaul’c they had deferved hatred fromlhim.

B y fuch Antipuritans is all "love to goodnt {Ta and zeal
to the Proteflantficligiqng and all hatred of vice, and.

‘difli-koof PopiihSnperflirion,brought jinro .contempltg
P Forasthey admit all true ofillulriitansli w1aichaPapifi:s,

objefi again{,’c“Prote£lants * , P To they A ac‘cou.nt all Prote-

fjurzh islthe amity oftb el two Nation sh’ , and there_in’lthe§

PA Honour and ‘fafietry of the King his Crowns, and Progek

 uy mouth-indanugered.yByrfuch is Cagoin ,_ and. the Re-9 P

 fortnerarrofouriReligion for hcarkning therein to Ca!-
Qtwin;rtradtteedgattdtanotherreformation’ attem pteri;  l
  fuchjisIAnriquiay§r€‘f¢rreld«itoyobfcurcScripturcfk lint-
  ‘ferrxxicy inJficyfafilifinieslirtfialthfi$li1'3dY3m3iS¢ ofuniryin P

P A ’ «hearts;

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l hcarcgbyiuchis ltheolicfidc and wans orliicligmri

tifimrrzcd and ldccorcdl, iwhi1Pc’ chc'foulc.thcrcof-is neg-

1¢;5?¢¢dl, OI‘.ld€‘.fflCf3Cll ; 7 by] fuchis the: Kings Nhfiart flcolncl
» fm%mhis.lSL1bje&s,and thcsubjcfis "cftrangcd from the

l whim: Pap:-Ill Hierarchy only is ifilttfldc

Iiing” ': by fuck is gthc Nalmél of Royal§yp;;fi:%eg

 ‘diffcntion nourifhed in the State , that they ?_may*fiIh in

troubled Waters : by lfuch is tmfih in oth-3_rrnéi*1 Pcylcd%
faéfion, and Faélion in themfclvcs fiylcd truth ;;by {gash
are linnovétionsl preached :and“prix1tcd for ncccflary

points, whilfi ncccffary doflrincs in othcr men arr: pro-

hibited, In th€: powerof fuck it now rcmayns tolrlcach

and publifh all things cbnfonant to their owns: ends,

and to’ quafh and ‘filcncc all gainfaycrs , and leithér to

A promote or dctmdc all Suitcrs for prcfcrrnlcnt at their
\ I difa-etion§bcing abfolL1tclypofll:fl7:d of Prcflcs, Pul pits,
-landl the ‘calreslloflglrcat ‘men ,-,by fuchatcmanyngood mm

Afc‘viled*1and‘llopp«.%H£d fbr thcirlcolhflancic to thc trucl

Religion, whilflt many fa&ious,lemipopil11Qunccs ar.c

H undizly preferred gvefy whr:1:c_lForncutra11t y In Re_lig1—-
lolnl , = or fame wcrfizxnnovatxon ; by fizch ax: I_’u%r1tar;s

A rtfiadg as .Sinlce:s and Sclwers to unlodc and dxfchargc

their own filth imp, lwwhiilflithcir,blackl*ltai.ling tl_o3ngu'c¢s.l

cxpumc~nothing ag“ainftP.u1jftansl, '.ibm: what_. is trluc of”
‘thcmfclves. T hath things (15 Iamlnot dccczvcd) wlillv‘

appears in this cnfuing Difcourfc. % A
V “ In all agesltruc Religion hath been odious amongft

A A Hcathcns, landutiuc :dCVl0f_iOn ainoxigfi lScnfualifi‘s, A ~~ ju...

daifmc appear’ d 1m PainimslltnalcrejSupcrI?l:i1:io:nj:lChri-“

fiianity fccmed to the Jews groffcblafphemyz andnowf
amongfl:l..Chri{’t1'anS lworcflaxmlfifzng is‘ nothing elf: but‘
A ’H1c':r¢fic‘l: anti amongft Protelflants Zeal: is mifizxamcdl
ljzug-‘itanifinlg ; But imhis word ;Pur1':cam'fm¢ isalgrearer 
myilcryof dcfamation‘thcn-war was before,‘ it 7ma*y*

-.

   lfB&1'«9;lt '2'§W3a:'r.:s'r2: 5"" ft "fgglall   die:-V l

-pravatiom fit onlyfdrlthcfl: times whcrcinlxhcé lhinclllaf
A ll 

‘flue Gofpeli is at. thc brightéfl, and th¢%majIicc of ~ Sa can

A ;att11cVhighc[’c;% This .'word A fprwursg up %a1tnofi% with the

:7R::*farmaT_:ion, no fooner had the: Wfiman brought forth,

.;hut7t1zc Scrp%entpurfi1cd-h%cr to dezvmrc her ifiuaz , and

flmbcing fled intogrhc Wildcrncfié, this Rmame «sf in.
‘famy wAas fpued forth_aftcr* her toovcrtake hcr. X H
" The Bifhop of Dawm in Ireland , in his Vifitati'on»

{patch 16 3 %8,~cnde*v0urs to Lmakr.-%%%i,t cr%cdivted,:tha;: Puri-

trans havcincrkzafctdfmctz ‘thc ~Reforr1f1ation by degrees,

_ bothin number and malice: but the contrary is mofi ap-»
» iparcntlyztmc. . A

- iDifi":nt in Ecc‘1éfiafiica1lPo41$icic about ACeremoniceu

A and otherfmallermatte%rs,being not of the fi1'bPcanc¢ of 7

.B.cIig»ion,firB; gave o:cca_fion to raifi: this rcprochfulil»;

A  Purit:.anfin%thc abut fincc thiattimc mans» V

iminds beirig better {'atisfi.:.-d, acpeaccbciiig more firmly

fctlccsl about thof: indi‘f-fitrsnt th1'ngs.,thc mom few Putin

tansrtmayncd , and the more moderately thofcfcw’

became i=m2Iincd,the moi: furioufly their cncmicsragcd

A againfi them. %Bafimick$i, ~PriM. and '1>’amanv;. the only A

% m¢n%.wIhich Law can <tak'e%Vho;1d bf) are Nam as now as.
flhorrid%in‘the VVOr}d , as garnet , Famx , Rawilliaclg,
A Preczflans ' have now worm: the Scene fiiom fefiiires :-
-Poyfoning bf Empemurs , maflicring of Provinces,
bIoWingfu‘pxof Parliamcrnts. are: all now =gr)d¢W4nc into A
oblivicm", and dro%Wn¢’d\inVthcPco%rics of Ccrcm'0ny-baa €
tars.I-JowfocvcrAas%amongPc Antipuritans, fo am<:mgR:%‘
Puritans» (it rnufi bcA%confcfl%:d ) th::rc are fame difi2:rct1+«A .
Gas. to bMc%%ob{E:1€ved,.A S0*m:: Puritans think: all I’L1r§tan3 %
‘alikmto be Iuvtcd ;, [and all AntiVpuritansa1i.kc *to~bc ha.-

~ tcV:,3but:furc 15herc%‘istrucr$~af‘fir:ity tin mindcAbetwc:nc~v ’

fomcwhich are aPu1j»itan_s,a11dfomcwhich are neat, them? A
batwc4qn_fomc% Puritansandothr:rs,‘:0rfomc of the com, A %
,t;ra‘ry;"op1né1n* and: others, ~P%::mZ unconverted c:qu.a1I.y

 .ppaf:sLAPet»:r.as fliman  fd’0Cs , and inwmfgard of?
 thxsjpynt.9ppofit1op,fibdthar¢ unanimous, bu:.cvcn4.:m A A

this Y

  (6)    

A i this oppofitionhoth have theit»  ende." it 2l4'ag:;

A o”ppofesmal'1ciouflyFot~_ atnbitionxand lucres fake , A but
jPaitl,y ignotantly efeelting thereby the fameiGodslHo:-

» non: ‘whom Peter fetvesin aetuct A way. T hetefote in

A regard ofthe mayne end 5 there is “more unity and con-
fentlbetwixtllflsml the perfecuter , and Peter the perfe-

V cutedglthenbetwixttflml and (J1/[agml‘t,*though both
. perfecuters of the fame Capfe. The like is now vifiblc

in England. for every man which is an Antipuritany, is

not to for the fame Reafons, fomye havemote of’ malice;
A others are more ignorant,fome are pePc1l.ent Engineers,

and through the {ides ofPutitansll;<nowingly Pcab at Pu-

rity it E-;lfe, t others are but Engines mifimployed , t or by 4

their ownblind zeale tnifled , ‘and thefe perhaps whilft
they perfecute Gods~children,1magme they doe God a

L lgra tefull fetviee therein.

t t In Samaria; from an unkindly mixtute of L1/5-ztalite:
A and Sjriimr, a Pcrange lac:-terocgencow of-fpring‘ different

  in Religion from both did arifc-;and the like IS now in

Eng/m1d,nay,‘it may befaid here (as it was in fanfimz.
tine: dayeé) Thereare almoft as many Religions as.O..
pinions.andasmany Opinions as Men- Papifts have
their ldiffetences ,~ Proteftants theirs , A therefore needs
there muff he :mi‘an;y?;more differencels where Papiflg
and Protefiants lilii?iei"'fo confufedly blended together.

"For examples f£1"kCah(i.'i)VViIfI'l3l1y differences have we even
about indifietent Cetemonies;and that rneerly amongfl; T

Proteliants"P Some then loath Ceremonies out of'laInt:i-9
lpathy to *Popelry,‘l which too fupermtonflytnextols them;
othereraegain‘ admire them fortAntiiqu1t'1eS1?1ke , "whichl

before Popery innocently (yea, and perhaps ptofitahl A
for thofe infanttimes of the «Gofpell) nfcd them. Thefii A
two forts ofmernthough differentt,?‘are.,not dangerouséy

' Again, Tome men are thought to difi*elifi1'Ceremqniesi"i‘
A out offiom ackm that autority Whilciiii‘COmmafid$i:hgm; A H
but if: there be any Inch; I think they are fiewryfew; and.

fcarce

     <7» 

 iearce vifib1e"tol,th6¢Yeof men. Others lorjetheicorr-it 

e trarygive reverence to them for Pope-tics "like; which

: dependsrfo muchupon them;and It feare there are many

ifuich amongflus. Againe , ‘fame men Pcand devoted to
Ceremoniesgas they are the lightefl things of  Law;
. like the Tythers off Mint and iAnnis in the Gofpell,em-
bracing them initead of “weightier matters , and none
are more unmercifull then thcfe to fcrupulous minded t

iyrnen. Others in the Ameahewhile account all thihgs of
the fame rrion'1ent,both great and efmall, pretending to
fpie fomefiaults , and form: truths on either fide, and

A therefore they hold it indiF£;;*rent to aflent to either , or
' diffent from either in any point whatfocver. But the
iwifleft fort conceive there may be errours on both. (ides,
i but not alike groffc and pernicious , and therefore fuch
efchew the wrong , and apply thernfelves to the right

in either Ede, yet neither rhonounnor defpife eitherifide
alike. And thefe inflances fhgew that all mehdoeynot

profellcy , or condiemne Puritanifine alike at or from the "
fame ends, and yet in the Chaos of thxscouhtry, as  

-thingsyniowfiandw, .

Fnigida mmbalidépgggzamzt, bumentiaficcz},

dildo/liafnm a’ur1$5,_/ineipomfcre Imlzentm poxdwi. I ii

A I C0fl1d.‘9Viiill1wthcreforethat allwell imeaynihg men  

would drake noticeof thefe things, and afl‘c& by tea?-

“fon,inot paffiori 3 for fince fome good men are Puritans;

and not all; and fince fomeill men are Puritans, ayendrnot
allzthxs ought not to bee rule of love and hatred in all

rcafeshaliker. Thzzt which isrlmofl obj eéted to Puritans,.is it

fury, faétion‘, ainedhyipocrifie : if I fee thefe in amen ire» -

aP!'1‘L'Cd H0; Puritan, yet to me: I-Iecisa Puritan : aridrif I

fee not thcrfc in that man reputed a l_Puritan,as tomee is

no Puritamv  i ;=

* If grnrcbmybeiinve-fiivc againfi Sedition; I can? 
B» A  fire r

,‘, (8)

fine him by%hi‘sec‘?cio11s,tt1othby his vtdrds , and ii? are
be aeccufed of tnutiny; I cenfiirc him»by‘himfe1E:-, notby

his eaccufets, I condemne none meerly beeaufe condem»

  fled bygothere; Eorehi: is“ ufuall forth: Waite to? fit on the
beneheach condemne the Lambe at Bar, for thatiwhich is

moft proper to the Wolfe mofi unnatural to the Laxnhe,
and yet thisptoves theWolFe the more aVVo}fe,a‘nd the

_ Lambe‘ the more a Lamhe. I A. cannot buctpfofeffe ihtherc

' is nothing more fcanql2t]izets' me at this t-1'm_e, then tofec
Puritans bemg fa few lnnumberg, fa» ciefpzcablein com-

A edition. fo hatmlefle in ezeagnple , tfo%b1arne_lefl"e in opi-

hniomyet fentenced and c;ondc_m1jed_in judgment , as if
the-3y,werc% the greatefl; Incendzarles, and the ox1Iy‘In:.no~
evators inth"eChr1£’c1an World .D0c3:Or Heyljwn a tviotlentt

‘hpamphleter againfi Puritans, calls” Burton the great ‘C2332-..

{inter of Puritans,and the Lawhath paft upon him with

igreaft feverity,A A yet Burtanf tcrfmc Waswthat Flee wrote
A againfi” Aizar-worjzip, and 11: was adgudged that*hisFPcy1:;-.

"Was {editi.O1is. A It 1' s not manifefi; thatthisjintcntien was
“flzditious therein, and if 1' t was (0, it is manifefl that He
was mcfcevaineand abfurd therein as our Stateis new
eflabl ifht,_%a11d as out King is generally revered. They
which pretend great “ danger 1t0ftheKix~;g-likely to enh-t.
the out ofhihchpapeer*hmachi1iationsastthefi; may have
three mifchievous ends therein. Firfi ,» that they may
he thought,the%on1y folicitous menefsthe Kings fafety.
“Secondiyh , that they may difpara ggt_=,he comtnen pea?-“

iplesldyalty.  Thirdlyt ,= that they) [maycrufli their adj; A

iferfe Puritémicallhparty;—but,‘ it is thought, they Aewhich’
pretend mefl: danger‘ hereby to the Kxng : doe 1622?: be.

1 lievethemfelvesz and therefore they doe {pin that dif-
ih.af§.:53rion and d1f{1fi0'F1 out of the _fu%fi’.:-mugs of B:m'em,v
“whichehts-attempts couidt never have eff: echi Lexus A

  then a little Farther fearch iintot the tmyfletious ahuie‘,

 ehndmifippfication pf’V%t_his word "Pufitan. Thofqéwhom A
Ftweweetdxnartiiytgall , Pt§r1tans,a~te‘men of {tre1é’c«1,ifet«,t am
    A   £12!“

  (92)

« .prccifc'opi<nic»;1.s, Ewhlfll-1_Cl$l_n.l'l1Jt behateal for any thing but V

l  their i'i;Ԥgz1larityi11 malt: anal piszry, andcsc.-rtainiy lthclnum.
~ bcrof fuch m-mas the {m tall, ajnzpil t;hc1r condntnon mo low,

and dc‘c&cd:. but !:l“zs;~.*-* avhicbb am; the D=vils“chicf‘b Arti-
J y

ficcrs in abufing this WGI”£l3Wl7lfii‘fi they plaaafi: can ft) P£I'€~tCl’!,.—

anal exmnd the fizmazb that lisamxzz any civill A honcilz Pram»
Pcam: which is hcarty and tzruc, 1:0 l.11S Rclxgxon can avoid

‘tlfe afpcrfion of it; and when t’m:y lift agaihe , they can fob
A flxrink it into arrarrowlfisnfaz, tibaibit {hall {cam to bcaiw
A med at mine but monilrous abominablc Herctickcs and
lb Mifcrcants, Thus by its latitude it flrikcs generally ,-by
V its-céntraflzion it pierces deeply. , by its confufsd applica-

tion it dcccivcsinvifibly. Smallfcruplcs firft intitlc me:
to the name oflPuritan",_3l1d th€t1‘theNamc of Puritan
intitlwleslmc furtherl 1:o.alll rr\1i_fc;hilcfé whatfscvcr. V

V The‘ Sam rife up againfi Epzfiopm-fa, it is qucfiioncd by

«fome,whcthcr they fo rif: up, for the good of Rrzligionyar “
_ far the ovcrthrowhxfiwlaollbmc D1fcipl1'nc.. ll

 Aniwct is {come made, th3tEpi{topacic4cannot bc: urn-l

‘ plcifafing no any hbutlhttitansgthcre is no opinion ‘can {mall A

fl,.1arpr:rof:Puritani{"m“c, :then that oFa Church parbity, and

  %o{fPuritalnswhat good jcanbc cxpazéted 2* but rhefficots al—-h

fa dcfirc redrcffs: inqthcr gricv-azlccs, and hcrg their intcnw
tion is agalm: qnc[l:1on’d.;An{tv::lr 1s;,as_ foonc made agam,

Thatltbthlc Scots being declared opcp I?u,ricanAs, they ;ml.1H:  
xiercds be;en~cmiles tolls/leonamhicall llgqvernment, land that A
nQ_redlrcfl‘c can cvcrhhfatisfie them , but fuch as {hall dc--V A
  bail: royall dignity , atgd efiabliflm a popular rule amongfl;

ch;-:_m.~ Bu: lfqzfncl of the Scots in fomcyafiions doe vcrygh

hmt§'ch;bmi[id.exncane thémfclves , and hire ifs thought;;hy

fom<:,~that;]thisb‘ ought hot, to ‘rcdouncl to th%:prcjL1ldic;gA

" Worblamc cefthc whole Nation: but [traitl the Antipuritmafi
bflelps:~xnhla?ga1nc“’w3th anfwcr to the formerpurpoib, {hag

Athe_l7;mcffaé?ciQnl which makes them alAlPL1ritans%%, makes

thcrrlilball lmflfll*!f1§3»IZ32,.il3fld%v“ that tht?.1‘C‘is ho truft C056 given, .
nbrl.f'avo?L1r £l1¢wcélll~_t_oany Whofcvcry gelzglggglg (311953; ‘J;
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dience. iOtherjiliellil4e examples may be infianlcedizi.

Parliaments of late in Englézm havfi b'€€W7 jealous ofrc-e

ligion this laudable zeale made them at firfi comeinto

contcmptas Puritaaicali, and then the imputationof Pug.
ritanifme made this laudable zeale contemptible ; and go
by degrees, as any thiagclfe might beehargecl upooPurié-
tans; as difobedienee, and clifafieftion to}./leonarcliy, ifzmo--l.
thing, could bee charged but proceeding from Pu‘.-.*iité:-'
niline. “Some fcrupulous opinions make 54} , Brqalg ,
Puritans,‘ ’Puritan‘ifme A linferres them‘ nlutineers , mutizzie
makes allixthat they can doe or fay ,l all tliat they forbearc
to doe, or fay, it makes their verythoughts Wickfid and

i pervcrfe. Thus weeiee Whaaa cnfuled impoliure them
1811'} this infamous terme oFI’u1fi1tan : butwe will yet-Fur-

thtr evidence by plains in fiance how broad the devils ones‘:
isin the val’: application ofthis lword, and how deep: his
pit is byifs labongiihable fenfel, and the naturefofits Iimpon.
tance,thac we xiiiayl the better difeover that not which iri-
tangles fo  8: {bun that pic which in-gulphsfo fure.
Puritansfaa I faid before) were at firil: Ecclefiafiicall only,
"fa called Abcoaufcethey did not like a pompous or ceremo-

neouskifidgtlof difcipline in the Church like unto the Row A

mifh: hutaffiowl it is come about, tl1at_l:)y a new. .cnlargc-
A en: ofth_e_namc’, thoworld isfi1l1of’a~nothmlg»aelf<: but‘
Puritansiiiforibcfides th~e»Puritan in Church polxcie, there

are now added Puritans in religion,Pu1fitans in State,and A

Puritans immorality. ¥By this mcanes whole Kingdoms

are familiarlyupbraydeelwith this‘ Gonna of Puritanifme: A

As for example, All in Scotland which fwifh‘ well totlzci
Covenant, ‘ though fome Papiiizs, Come Courtictfn and al-
mofi all the whole body Without exception “have now
declared thcmfelves For it, yet all thcfe are manilcfll Puri-5

ms. Soallb in England, all the Commonsiin Parliament,’
andalmofiallitlze ancient impartial! temporall Nobility, v
and all fuichi as1f'avour_ or relliflil the late pt%ceedings°of
both the houfesiwlzichl is thernaynebody ioftheRicalmc,

  1?a-pifial

 1.1 

1 Papifl s,Pre1ate5,and tCot1rticrs cxceptc'd,nay ,and. its like,

- ; lyf alldkatrlaml,‘ and more than halfq Ireimid, . all theié are
‘ Putitané; Ihcy which cicptavct thts glltcat Counccll at‘

l th3lKingdc:.mc , fuggtfl to ‘ch:-':'K. that the tnajot part is
{A :gt1ll’ d and dordt: by the Puritan patty; but this is only be-W
chufc they are afhamccl to ipeakc it out thopcnlyinf groflb

tat-mes, that all the major and better part in the Court of

~Patliam::nt is Puritanicall. But this fuggclliortis utterly
v falfi: and 1' mpoifliblc, for fuch as the major part121wParl~i4a--.

is, fi1Ch‘£iI‘€ ttthdifi: tl13.t*.Ch=Z-Jffi them and fclllttliffm

” thither, A and fueh arc thofcthat now approve their aéficns

t thcrc, and both iri the elc:-fiionsofiPatl1almcnttmtn,and in l

the con.fultatiot1s_ o_fI?atliamc:nt affaircrs , the Kings party 1

is as wife, céutiou‘s,and vigilant (ifnot more) as the other
tpartyglandl nu fubtillty lcotuld circumvent orchcat them out

1' QFtl1¢ir‘votcs5 ifth: Putitazis were its {mall and inconfidcu 4

table a fidt:,as now they makc them. No man ofwhat cae-

  pacity To cvcr can admit this, it is to all undeniable, that

A the blame of la parliament ,. is that blamc ofthté: whole 

Kingdoms. But Irctumcltp my Ecclcfiailicalli purité.in.~~i
Though it the true: that Ecclcfiafticall puritans are fewer
V now, than hcretofortithcy have been, yet it ig as true that
Ecelcfiafticall puritanifme is made a largerzthing by Farrel. .

then it was,being now fprcad tabroadtllikc a net totnfnarc
this more-,as ourmany late addxtions and i-nnovatxonsi tc-t

t fiific,which ha7ve‘icrcptlintt> thcChurch(as may be fbarccl) A V

klforthc vcxation and molcflationioffuch ‘men as Wcrc not‘

difquictcd with former ceremonies. It is generally fu-

fpeétcd ,lthat_our prclatcs havt aymcd gt two things in
the novclticsiwhichllthcy %have lately induced into the l
Church ;; fisrft, the fupptcflion at thofc which are enemies V

to;tthc_:itaprildc, avarice, and ambition, by them termed
putitansl: fccondly, their ownefurthcr cafe, ptomotiioh,
and advantage. Both theft: ends {came to bet lcvgld at in
fanélifyingithétAltargland unfanétifying the Ibrds day, in

advancing auiticnltrv iconfcflion, and cerpotall lpgznanccsby V
 A ‘ ~ . , B. 3 V  t  cxtcrnall

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external} tnortifications,anWd cryin g downs: Ie&uring,and

preaching ; for iE’iwo'ima:-koit , thoihnow Doéirincsigloc
 not only {ervc to tcrrifi-2: A and VfC3.1'»ld:1ilZ6 tcndep confoca-
AA ces,?a*hd thereby to doprivo-,and hicncc many pamfull good

_.001.'1f¢fljiGfl;;, oiififlfiixth mi L'a-ymflicni  ; be fqdnc’ inurgdagaing.
 ‘i 4 A T A V to V

~-Iivlinificrs, and to {care away mm fOr1‘€ignePimtations,

 iwhoie tffllipsi of Laymcm”, and to cziwrap tho raft ino ” -z A
' poficion .-. hm: oachoof thz;-fr a;ioa.‘?tr2n:-gs behdcrs hath aifurithcr %
reach-in it-iof benefit totho Clorgze. The Coxnmunxon‘

Table hath iatezlygaincd a now Namo, a new N:o*:ur»r:,i a
-new Po flurcya new Worihip tha; Esnperours and Kirxgs
may be broughpagainitoigakc notice how far the pcrfous
and offices of PriePcs exicell in fan&ity.thc porfonsfi and
officcsof P.rinces.. T/amxmx within one hundrcdycarcs

’af‘t¢r ~Pr<-zlacie began to arrogatcgto it faifo iwas prcfcntly V

:taugh:‘th.!._S‘ ieffon , for taking his fear‘ in the Chanceliao 

cording to tho Eafiornsi: and anciom: faflnion ,a Daacon
was iifizm; to him in: great flatof, tO..ji€th1II1 undoriiand that

none but II1‘Cfl-il'lihO1y Orldcrs m7ight ,prcf.1mo to for theit V

faction that iacrcd ground. ,. Thiisi was then tho Bifhopg
Law,notthc,Empcrours,§nor knownc in arlyothcrnf his
Dominioonso, “ but fmlyonly , but furc It was fit dxtcretzon,

that -much fh,o’]u1diMibec;iafcribed by Bifhopsto that place, A
from which they were to derive much, and which would 1
ho fun: to repoay theirho mageiwiith foo .;gI‘f€at apioadvantagei ;

of homagc: back againc. Prcaching is now aqlfo grown too
burthcnfomc}, and the LordsDay to Pf1€Pt§ according to

thatoiiinéiity whichqPm~itans allow it , 1ti1‘‘ciqL1iI'cS1IGO_~

m.U¢bPraying,prcaci1ingi, flinging; which arc not only to
them tCdiOu_‘$,-bLIt31f0apt.1nC&1’iSi;;t0i‘C§nC[§3a&*a2iT'   and fomcm:

Puriuanifinc ~am,ofag(’c thco opcopic.  Auriculartf Confcflio11~‘i

alfois ;a gooiiy dcvifc to bring ithfl “Laity into gfubicflion,‘
and to ;maI_<_c, the Mtpcopiiosrhowoio before the pow eriofthci

Keycsg Aandit may aptly foricothc gconfcienccé of Kings

§1’1¢If.flf¢1V€S £09 fears thcofcourgcs: gof *goW7ncd 1 men.‘  Adda

13mY*iMFh..PV=@h.* his ,;bo}di_iy.i mrivrtificiation T toMMr,;j S7pmi-rib:w.vl?i

(1; )   ‘

"fin-no-._._

‘V to find: out the fittelt per12mces,'efpeeiallj7A Pfw éyferis, cé» A
m-z.r»A azdvalvi, and fo in time then‘ put{'es,the1r bod1es,their <

 cofifciences {hall all bee made fenfiblc of the fpirituall
" Secpter of Priefls. A A A e A A V A 

.A  its no great wonder-then if our Court Divincs;

and their dependents doe whatthey can to dtawnsnee-#
rerda1§y_to»wards Popery , ursder {haw ovfJ‘.:atzqu1ty,

Uniformity , and Charity, for (without all doubt) of all 
Religions,.PoperAy1's the mofli beneficial} to I’Atiefls,“ molt

. Prannous to La fmen. A Neither is it t-lrano‘e1:hat the re;
3 :2 Y

tend fo muc:h.zca:le to d*evotionAto the Ifings Crowrze and

Prerogative, as things now {land in Exgland, gs if none 
truly affeélcd the fa me but themfelvesfor its clearer , that
they cannot fubj e& the'peo'plebut A by 4 the lK1t:.-g , not the ~

King Without the people: and fo long as,.they {land poll}.-£-

iedl of the Kingsfgood opinion , no man fhalllhave power

to confute them.

King ?4mEJ' is a. greatiraftance for Antipttritansgeanda?

great propel to the Epifeopall Caufe ,A tits alleadged *0? him

that He: hated Puritans for their hatred to Epifcopacie,
A and loved Epifcopacie for its amzty to Monatclne : His

Aphorifmc was,Na B Is/Mp, no Ivfizvg : Let uslthetefore lap;

pealerfrom,King ?=zm-es in their Words to King fame: in;

l his owne. In his Prefab: before hlsA3afilz'e;-ml ‘tbormhlis,

words are e: . The llyle tlolf lPuritans~ vrlopetly belongs to
thatlvile Seélfiof the Anabaptifls only called the F-‘amilyl
of love. Such were Brown: , Peer]. I-lowbeit there are‘

others which participate too much with AnabaptiPcs.cori-'- A
.:emn1nglc1v1ll Magilltates.,&c.l Iris only thtsfott ofrrzen A

; whichllwifh mylfonnelto lpunilhein cafe they “refufc toll V

obey Law, and” ceafe not to Prirrom-p Rebelliontl lButI=

‘protefinplon mine Hofiour, I‘r‘ncane~ it not generally of“
all‘Preachers or others , which like better oftlae fingle"

form: of Policiein om-‘Church of Scotland, then“; of’ the

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mi 1{li*rlW’i;“’?  i"lf,atBifl1ops fmcll ofa Papallfupremacie,that_, *
 ”‘ lg‘-‘Caps,8zc.arc ontwatdibadgcgflof‘ gopifh c_rro4nrs.

 , atnfo farrc from being contentious1nthci7ci1ndsif’£'::-

 . a  grant” things, that I doc equally love and honoutgtl-1cil~car— a

  i am-,d. andgrave ofcithcr opinion. It can no w-ayes become:

moo-to pronounce fontcncc fo lightly in fo jold a contrast
vctfic; Since wee all agrae in grounds ,» the bitterncfln of
men in lhchlqucllions doth but trouble thr: pa-ace of the

Church , and i give advantage to Papills by ouridivifion. t

Thefcwercatho golden words of that pcaccfull , jufl:

Prince uponhis {ocond thoughts: 6 that thcyiiwcrc now

duly pondrcd,and taken to picccsword for word :1 6 that

they werc.c[tccm%od and underllood in their own lwcight‘
arnonglllua, that they might reconcile our prcfltnt diffs-

rcnccs , and that thcflamc: peace which followod him to
his gloriousiurnc, might Gill blcflia thcfc: Out tnncs *1 0
how contrary ate: tliefc mildc Words to *thn¢unnatnral1

fuggeftions of Antipuritans ll Such as daily accnfo all

good men for Prccifians, and all prccifismcn for Puritans; n

and all Puritans, for the only Fircbrands of the lWorld,
thus arming the King againlthis Subjeéls , and by—confé-
phucncc“ raifing Subjcélts againfl the King :Puritans hare are

cfcribccl both whatfthcy arc, and whatthcyarc not,‘ the  A

King dhad“b<:::nimifintcrptetcd beforcgwiritinggenerally of

Puritans, nowto avoid all miflzake, hen cxprcflcs himlclfc A

plainlyand definitely. A Puritan pofitivcly in "King flame:
ih1isfcnf'_c,;is Ho whiizh imitates Anabaptills fin rcbellioln,
turbulence, and op‘po[ition~tio;Law, iandifnch arnlliablc to

Law; buitlncgativcly a:Purit:at1»im-ho .acccptionllof King i
_}4,me:,ais not He: which diflikcs Epifcopacy,orthe Ccrc- i V
monious: Difcipline of 'Eng[amd.. This Iiing fame: pm.» V

V tells upon his Honour, though to his great idtfhonour Her:

bciniow oftcncitcd to the contrary. A As for thofc which '
 Ifcllilllinot Bifhops and Ccircimoniesiiorithei éingltflz Poli-

cgic, Hcwifhas than to be at lpcacc only with ithofoofn tho

Oppofitcopinion, Hceihimfclfi: ‘vowing cqual~l1o_vcand  _
'   honour7i V

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A ‘ honour to the grave, and learncd ofclithlcr fidc-,%AAa%nld noltfl“ M l l 

talcingupon himta bet: a Judge in {'6 old », and difficulca

Atontrovcrfie; He only like a fwcct arbitrator ~p¢rfWAaid¢sh

bothliparties to” peace and 3mifY- I will: our _Bifhops

A would now {hind tdthis arbitratioAn,I wifh thcy would

ncithc*rlcondcmAnAc the Scotch‘ diflciplinc A,. not urge: the

«E nglifh; Iwilh they would put difF::rtnc¢ bctwccnc fa-

ditious and {crupulous Puritans , and not infcrrc the one

h A Out of thgothcr —;I wifh thcy would either difclaim Kizig
?am:.v’asA almanxfcfifavourcr of APur1tansAA; or elf: iinalitatc"

himlin thcllamc dcfinitioxi,and opinion‘ of them. K. ?Am¢.r

afurthcr takes notice, that the rcformaA”tion in Scotland was V

far more difordcr1y,thcn- in‘ 8nglm¢d,D mmarlghl &c.Whilfl:

A thcmayncafféircs there Wchrcunduly carried by. popular: A

t’-Em’-‘k5; and by fameficry~fpiritc.dlMini(lcrs, A which hat-

Vmg gotfcxh1 the guiding ofthc multit.udc,lanAd finding the

“ hrcliilx of government {wept , did fancic tiothcmfelvcs a
dcmocratick formzlof 'po'l1cy.,whcrcin they ~wcr¢lliNkcly V

to be lTri6un2 pm. Thatthc C1-lo wh mi gl1t_gb¢ difinlcoxzisie
bred Ofthcfc lufu~rping4 ringlcaldcrs , the King advifés the

Prince‘ to cntcrtahm: and adwjancc godly’, lcar_ncd, and
: maclcfi Mfniflcrs ,< promoting them to B1{hopr1cks,l bu:

rcflrayning them hccdfully from pridc,ambition,and"ava-

Mricc. ‘ Thcfcll thingshthon? are hence: ‘*ob1'crvablc. 1. S catlmid

differs from Englandinl turbalcntMin~ill:crs : Scqondly,this
is imputcdto the iniquity “ of: ’th.: times 3.7‘ ' not to Purita-as
hifmlc AA, agar by nlatutc ‘Athc CScots%“wcrlc more cnc-lining ta
Puritanifmc than other Natio'ns. . Th-irdly, no1_:W ith[land-
ing that iniquity of Athoffc timésflicrcwas aVnumbcrAfuffi~

cicnt of .worthy Minillcrslfit A for lpréfcrmcnt; Pourthly; _

King A1?-firixcfitcrccfls Bifhops sees in Scotland for pceuv

lflilar= Ars:afcms,l,arid’thcrcforc He {peaks not ofDmm_nrl{,&ca.

I.afily.,notlwichPcand§ng that pcculinrcafon, I-'lcc**advii?:fc

the APhrifiC]t: tobcw indifihrcntly at War l with both ext-xfcams A

lalikc, asvwféll"to'Areprc{I'c Papal BliAfl1opS.aS.tohcurbc: pgoud
Puritans.%Forl(fay cs t-hc~Ki11g)th‘c ne1(t:1;;rall‘(;i_glggr_;c{l‘cs wgich
l S  . V   , ‘ { ‘ A  avg

have§v¢rLrrA§fiblcd and bccnc the decay gr allchurchsas

. H fince t§hc‘bc-ginning charigifig ‘bfigndltfiick from one can
A aiwther ,‘ have bccnc? prirde, ambxrtron, and avancc : and
A » meta: Wrought the or crthr*ow'of the Rom1‘fl;'ChurcI1 in

rivers; CQuntriesr.% 1{.?4mc: knmv rwe1«1ihGW apt Chux‘Ch--
mtn  cvcr bcancr to abuf: their power and pomp,wha1:

= A Acnremiesrthcy had brecnc«t.o our Sav iour,an'dewhat atyrranu

nry they had crafted over a11Chrifiend~‘om aver fincc (‘ml-

r _flo?mt’572£a}'II1@& , and thc:rcfo”’1'c though Her diflikcs a dc,“

mocracic ingrhe Church.,r (asH:eVr: had; rcafcm) yet Her: To

V liimirs a-ndici:rcumfcrib'c‘s his Bifhops both  power and
honour, that they might be: as fenfiblc ofthr:1r chamcs and

, fettcrs, as ofrh~ri»r‘wr Mircr§a~ndxrCmficrs. V‘I'Wifl1 1<.rzm;
A hadi particuliarly fignirfiedwhat bonds azrdv bounrdsflge

thought fit tor prefix to Epifcoparcya to %prc:fcrvc it fram

corruption , and «what. his crplnton warsof La Pm-lacy (3

A ‘aé’tivei11fercularr"afi;7a;irc’s as wars is now in 8:agl:;zz2c1_,j gnd

how it would -have-.7 plcafcd & him to rrfeqa M”ctropo11ran a...

~ “ mongft Protc&amts'“aI2moHr‘ar rival! to the Fr¢UQh.C3.fdif. V

 A  *   z*1‘aI1.:M The wor1d,irrmy opiniombath little rcafofi to date

  A f uponrta goWnedEmpirc,We have a1lrAfma~rtcdlong enough V

 ntidtr if.‘1f.1et1 of mean: birth commonly bears prcfcrmcm:

A  ;;t_.IA1.o'Ifcr daycs; ‘Y_c_:tm ,rnc thir3ks_ what govcrnmremzwfb ever

 little moderation,_

and their bmeding rhwiflgrbtcné

ibft arjdc-fi°:mi.natc“, ifIr'th::ir malice 8ccru<:1ty,thcy ncrzrcflr,

Ofdll approach‘ to thc naituracrf ‘rworneh %: A and by the: ad?-
vantagc_oF learning‘ they extcnd their powcnand win up-
on othtrsr morcrthdn they aughtr.‘ When J the Church was

”;:I1:”fir[’c jwidcrir rfiaeathcn or+%]cwifh:.Govcrncurs,, rwhich A

  fought as ehcm»ricsrto ruin: it, notas Fatharsg to‘ protcéfc it; r

theywhich ‘W:-re with‘in*cou1d not live in peace and uni.

rywithout fomcPol_itica1l bopdrsr,—#foA at rrtha_t.r time them
* was a nesccflfity of form: cocrcrvc powc_r, within bgfidcs
that which was without. Thrcrworld 1s nowunfansficdr

V M r what kihdc ofipowerj hat was ,~%Whethcr Epifcopal on

Prcsfiytcriaila Orwhar 1'; pifcopacy , or Prcsby tcrywasrin

than

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thcAn was , it is not ncceffarily prcccdcntary rd iA1snOw.g = A

The Epifcopali faflion at this day Atakcs advantagegby the

abufcs ofthe Presby teréafl.‘ &thcPrcsbytcria1 by the %Epi«- ” A

fcépalg and moi’: men think cithcrftlac one powcrorthe A

A"_othr‘:r ncccfiary A, and fame more favour the; Epifcowpalas
A A K.i.a1me:,1'omc the Presbytcrial as M.Cawlw?n ;;but: furcthg
,Prcs%.:-ytcrial is 1<~:iT: ofilmfivc than thcEpif«:.0pal ,and% ya: %

neither the onenor cA>ther% of ncficaéflity. Kings may grant
:4fl:mmq:4andam ,jm"-ifd£Eh'.az4z2r either to Bi’fho,p; or E1-

_d_¢jrs _,. but thc jurifdifiion it fclfc 1' s their own: property, ‘ A

from Which they ought not to dcpam: , nor can Awithouc

wrang mthcir charge committcsdto them. AI3AorVchc po. 

war which Gcdgivcs the Prince, is not given Forvhisuiis ,

alone, but for thc pcoplcsbenefit. fo thatfincc AHcAcanAnot

  let it *fa'11ftojdccayA wzthcut A making it infuflicifint 50?" A
  % Agbod and entire govcrnfficnt whichiis mifchicvous to thc

Pfioplghc cannot jufliy Icflen it at all. And it iA3Aman~ifcft

that except on: fuprcam hcad be a1on_c in a,lleaufcs_as%Awc1" %

Ecclcfiafiical as civil}, humane n»atuArc b_¢;d¢-f-A V A
A_filAtutc::oFA%th9fc% rcmcd;ies%w%b1i;:h ,%Aare*n¢cc{¥ary for“ A1'ts,ccm%-
fci‘;Vation,fincc:poW¢rcannot be diVidcd,but\ it muff be dz}

Itlinifhcd to  AWhichAfuff.:rsAthaAt divifion , and being di-
m1nifl1::Vd 1'tA,;prov,cs "infufficicnt. A1=l»,cAo*nFc{fcV {game go»
Avcmmcnt neccfiary for-men mho1yA Orders, to Awh_QmAA t:I;1c_

power mf thy: Keycs.bc1ong%s V , but’: fomzaccount V ;P,r1?n- V
. % Accs7 but;as*;sm¢:r¢1:cmporaI:1V»%or:LayM patjfons, andftharcforc,
A conéludcragaxnfi their »au!2hj0rit;yA over £am:cd:Ecclcfia&ica%:I

Apcrfomas incompetent, vcfpccially imcafcs~mccrc1y~;cccIe--

“ Afiafiicall. ,:;For;this :caufc fpirituall G,ovV%crnnurs%havc cvcr
bccucrin_::thr::~C?hurch.to*whom%fOm€,:hav€Ae a”ttri%bu€¢d%;Aa%di~ A "
AVin¢j"I'iAgtdCP¢Hdingf§‘0mfl0fl€bl1tG0dj,:$!‘l;d fubordinatc AA A
to«ngm:: but God, ,:bu_t:this hath   Abfifincucontroycrtcdk by loa  A
thcrs , and no lAitt1c»d;cbatA<: :andifiriFc:*ha.th fO110WCd"'h,€t.¢"'A V

llpofl.  But;itf¢cme's to; me, that princes doc rcccivpfzom

A God a-fpir{itua1l,4ut1’i§tic:n _,:wh$‘=T¢by;nqtAcmlyAthcilipcrfons A
" a1A'A.€ dignificd,a*nd.thcirAhcarts prc'ga:éd,an<;!cnlargmiwith A
 A A A    2 A _

div.ins 

V —-...-m,-cq_

ll div gm;-s,fir for rule; but their fon&i—onslalfa innobled’ ’

 yandfanxfiified above any other whatfoevet ;. and higher

A yaidvanced then the efenfi: ofLaick or” Secular mwill beare.:

, r'Teo Princes an anmance ofcounfell is requifite infpirituyall
asrrin civil} aflhires , butthat,‘thatCouoIa1Ie ought=: to bee ’

Tcompofl-zd onelyeofpcrfonsf Eccellelfiaflicalll , or that thofe

perfons oughtto bee inveflted with-all thofeEnlignesof’ A

Honour and Authoritywhich our Bifhops now clairne
as ofdlivine right- , {Eernes not neceffary. Clergy- men are
not alwayes the mo-H know‘ingl1n all Ecelefiailzcall cafes;

neitherarqthey atall indie extent and impartial], in many . M
whichconcerne their ‘owne honour and profit, (as the ‘
 W-orld Feeles to its regret) therefore Forjurrfdretxon they

ar'elnotlthe‘moPc competent. “But be they of what ufefo-

r 4 __‘ovyer,theymay Frill remained?fi1bordinatc,and at the Prln-

‘W Creselefiion ~, and admitted of ddcofifilifim fa/W1, not M’ l

cazzfinfiimt: and it had beene happy. for all Chtifiians thefe A
’ many hundred yeares by-pal’: if they had not been further

hcarknedto. The Sacerdotall fL1nt€li'on is not-at allvdifpa -
raged by this fubordination , for whether the order of
Princes be more fitted then that ofBi{hops, or not , ft is
all one to Prieflsy, for an obedience they owe , and mult

. pay, be it-to the?3neOrder, or the other. Our Bifho-ps at
,_.this_ day {land much upon their Divine right-«oE3*}urifdi~

éiion, and they refer theirfiyle to the providence of'God
jmmediatly, not to the grace of the King .: and though in

H  words they acknowledgea Supremacy of power to re-
” rnainto the 1€ing»;;.7yret indeed I think they mean "rather a

. h At eoigrsaviours dayes,

priority ofordelrr Whatfoever Supremacy they meane,

ifit be notfueh asvmalces them «meerely fubordinate, and _ A
dependentfo that the King may liminaltergor cxtinguifh A
I their jurifdi&ion,a~s Far as He may do his civilljudgesghey

fderogate much from hie Kingly officc. ‘  
V Bifhops for thcirclann of ejurifdisfiion ought to prove;

that they ” alone did exercife it over an in all catzfesttl from A

‘till the ergtrapce ofChrifiianePrinces-:
 y. y l 7 ‘ ,an&_‘

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(itn? i

-v--go WV 1 .. -uv—w.—». “V V

.‘ ,_ ‘y--‘‘ vwr 5‘-jvflvr-1,4‘ .

nu-1.?

  t  aindt that bcingi c1earcd,th:;y mufi furthct provcm,th'a’t~tthc§fcri 7 ii
i tiim_c=;s,ia1fo'arcW1cading,,and prcccdcntary to ot:rs;¢Inib;3f::h~-

fificffirthfiif ptoqfcsmhe 1armc;fefptcia1}ytt in the },zttt¢riti?;t Fm-,~

neitheristhc.powcr~oEthc 1icy:csthc..Ia-mbthingasilurifli ‘ A
L diflion, not isii1ur1fdi.f;‘t1onnoxvitaés it was 1n~the«tApoItI.cs; ‘

daycs, nor is the State of the timestnow thctfltmc as;
 tI;,nM thofc daycstcithcxChxiPcian s W era: to i1iDpi€21dC>!1€;Qn‘~i-‘;
Qthcl‘, bcforc~I_n£idclI*/iatgiii rates whaitiocvcér the czafi: xxm§rc«,;;t

A A Crimitialtlor Vcivill , fpirittuail or temporal] ,; or c3Imht¢y:» A
were tocrcfii fomc tribunal Im the, Church ~,  or clfa A they: 4

were to await no jufiictc at all : f andibccaufi:itvi't:>mcii 1'udic;t~.:    

tufe Within tthc:Chuttch was mbfiz fit,thcrfoirc.Chriflf him;-,J

ifelfc iaqcvotding to thcicxigencc ofithofé times; - did indoietri;

this\Chi1tch wi’th 3.:d.i.VfliF1Ci‘OL°'C0flO1ny’a viwhicht was partly

miriacu1ous,&».ofuf: thc'n,but not nicw.;Thc Spirit of’ Giodi A A
A did then intcrnallyiincite fttchand fuch mcntar fuch times"

tq refidc 8cip1fc:fidein{uch &«_fuch places A; and foxneiéfthc
.ApoPcI'cs, atfomctimes could mdgc; by; infpirationwithoiift

proofcs &,a11cgations,and qpuldtcxecutcfeutcniceoft:tdcei‘th

or other fpirituall puniflumcnt upointtféctét by pocritessniott

i intrcnching upon tcmporall authority, bucin thcfc times
this difciplinc is uf:1c{fc,8c thcrforc dccaycdwhatfocvcn .

thciiofiéncc then was , what injury or »trefpafi7cffocvcrb:c»@

itwixt brother. and brothcnithcionly remedy was ‘.Z7iaE;c¢ ‘

cl;/54:, and yet that precept {Emacs asiftrong for temporal!

_ as fpitituall trcfpaflcs, fo that i%ttcannotlbcicnForccd now
it t A ttoticontinuc, unlcffc we‘et.mtan‘c tq drowncttall temporal}: ‘ .
- ‘authority. As for thctcxtcnt alfo of fpirituall power in
i ithofct daycs I will oncly Jcitfle a learned Politician ofthci  

Popifluclitgianzwho aidmittingfit fcctncdflhat the kcycs

  of heaven wtrc giycnm Saint Peter alqnc , and “his Suc-,-t
“ccflburs, and ;not%t_o all Bifl-tops and tminiftcrs «iwhatibe
tcvf‘t:iri,thu_s_ proceeds. By thc kcycsgivcn to iS..Pm§rtman5r»

L T H01yFathcrsmcan,thc onctofkniowlcdgggfic the dthcr of‘   V
A power, andthatthattpowcrt ought not to be undcrfiood

A  univer-

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which ishfpirituall : for the Civi1l,Roya1«l,and Temporal}

pewere 1' S :cxpre‘fI3i forbidden him by Chrifl. 1 hEve-i1 Ibwthhat‘h
~ MO .-of know1.edg¢,iceis not robe u_nder[’cood‘ 9fhatu.ra"l,go--4
  Hcike, ormorall things, but as Sa1‘ntePm¢1fi1th,efChrx&s

miyfteries only; A

Vvherefore in matters of faith Ecclefiafticalql aufhprityeh V
mayapprove ,eand Secuiar carmothcondemne, ut In mat-. h

« terseot'po‘1iey ewhat<allhht.he Prelatesin thewohrldhapprove,

temporal) authoriwmay condemne; It_is a great wrong
to prccmd, bccaufe Chri hath given Sa1ntPmr.the co_ ee-
nizance and power of the Kingdoms, Vane! forbidden hun
12hei*earthIy,hhcont:rary«to thisprecepttoextend fp“irituaII'
things to temporallvh. ~Saint. Afigflfline often fifth ,9 h:.7-7m

¢ gmcedath natedeflraj an} t/:in(gre»:znh‘Nat;4re,“ mt Zéwvetb her

all 7/acre mu» ; ehaddiug mareaerer d1"!/ixle Lperfiefiian. The
Temppra‘1ity“haeth«o7f’ ’it§Yowm nature, power, to “forbid m all

rlfinaerepugnant A tohpublikee quiemfifié -and hofiefl; V and A

(:br‘ifl;;camee:not totakeei“aW.ay this,.Ieg1uthc;rx:_ty frame Magi;
gifirates,:He only adds power toihxs Mxnxfiershm matters
of f'aithh,“not”knowne bynature,butreve)at1on. For ought

‘Wee3.knDiW,th1'sépoWcr of opening or {hurting §‘Heavecn, V

‘ A of .xbindipg and<loofing~ fins ewas miracuglous , «h*an:d4fo1hu:

temporaryfe en: admirit in this‘Ca5ho1ikehhW riter~S~fenI'e,  

yet we plainly L feegietsise no pre‘judice¥~at all to limit Secular
Princes thereby. The

and~ "charity fore hthe {p‘a¢;e of 7 nine =hundz.feél gyeares ~afi~¢r

Chrgfl,*and«h~this%pcece was ejahfihlyekept ,_ beeauhiethee 511- )
prmmpowicr was then vin’ethe”Canons,‘ to which‘ all A

Churchesiacknowledgcdvthemfelveseequallyhfubjefi. Ec.

A cleefiafficallh DhifcipI1,ne‘ewas;hen feverely mayntained in

 mchhceuntry by its owfrihPrelaI;es,?,~1;oet atbitrari]y,hutab=-

I fl5luttTyatcdrdi*ng~« to f?hCar1<_J'nica11e~ rigour’ h,'« henonc eohféhem

nfictmedlingeinhanothherséhgbvernment-, No Pepeofkma

A .Ldid{3reze;,¢::o~eenferzjeBenefices in other Biihops Dioa

‘ V cdrcgah

univcrf5111y,but only concerning the eKingdomee<3ff-Ieifvenfla hh

fime learned Papifi_heWri&tes‘:That ~
A jythe Eaflerne emjdweflerne Churches cont1nued?in%uni~

 (2tA) Q AA

A‘ ;;fl2;s5AjAAoy~to;gootmonc5z% out of? othAe1=s,y’ way ofi ;fIL}i17p¢:;n. ‘ ‘V

A A fatiom a;ndB’u1s;:: hmwhcn Rome _bcga~m gowwfhakc off_ax11 A
A ,fu‘m':e&ion to Cannons, then, notwI1th£’caond1ng any anclcnt
ordcxofthco Fathers , Cot:1nc;ol~so, _or Apofilcs thcmfo1‘ve%s,

inflcawd of her‘ ancient Primacy fhebrought in an abfolAu.cc

Dominion, Free from any Law or Canot:3;3c this made the A A

divifionA. Ncithcro could any re-«union bco brought to

pafli::withAin thcfi: 70¢ ygcarcs , becaufe this abufa which

.cau‘1”ec1A; the Divifima isnot l‘€‘mx:di¢d»- WhAiAM’c the union
ht:1;d*"s% Saititooio-P431214. cloéiritzc was ioyntly obfjerved, -that
Emir}: am, fbcmld Ea fzzlzjcff ta Princes, no man"p:retena%*a'£a
6:: free from pmez:/7:>momt. Nay, and after: thodivifion,-tho

A {mic opinion remayncd,that cvcry ChriPciaAnAAintcmpora1l_

bufintzfli-:3 is: fubgcfl to th«:fPori;nc:c. A1361 noothing is more;
t£mpoora}1;.th~on ofii-race, o§bCCaUf¢..E1'0&3h1Ugo is more contrary

 A toithc Spirit. A Ammigfi the §r€e1{g' alfo ‘is {fill hc1d.that
Bifhops ought to judge what opinion is fourA1d;,What He-

reticalli, but to purziihothofe of hurtfu1lopAinions belong-
eth to the Secular. A  A A A

 A Theoo State: Aof;,Vwi;¢, ais‘oVW*c11A asA%A<:ithe;’1‘ iCat11o1i1%¢‘ L A

demos, WaIks7%bctwccnA”two extreaxnos, Abfit.WCC1‘iC Protg. A

Rants; which have no other aymc but"tAo diminifla Eeclen
fiaflzicalloauthoritfy, and the Court of Rome whic13hathAno

  other aymc, but to incrcafl: it,Aand to makethc ’[cmpora}1

_*hcrAfc:1‘vam:;AAA  * ** AA \. A A A
 A % Theft of thC”CO’utt of Rome , makin

y‘.

u;eosAom-gaon

for worldly ends and rofpgcfls uAndcrAaA pirituall prctcnfc, A’

butwith an ambitious and and dcfirc of worldly wealth

and ‘honour would free thcmfelvoesfrom obedioncoduc A

to tIif:‘Pri1icc 5 and takcoawjayp the loiveand reverconceo due:
by the pcop1eA*toA odraw%§it*ootoo thcmfclvcs. To bring theft:

A ‘ A things topaffc, thcy havcncwly invented a doéttine that-
7 7 talks of nothing but Ecc;lcfiaf'rica1l_ Mgrc§.tncflEA, liberty, ‘

immunity; and jurifdiéfion. .

 Thi5Ad0&fio  5. heard 05.§i11abouf.£hBycar~i"3"@0;  A

A A other: it began coo: written fcattcringly in fomeAAh¢Oks,bgt; A A A  A A A

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till ope ,therewere not written above two Bookes

A  which treated of nothing elf: ; after this fuch titers in-

?ct’eafedalittle, but after 1* 560”, there were fcarce any

Books printed in Italy , but in diminution of Secular au- ii
i thotity and exaltation of the Ecclefiaiticall. And now

the people have fcaree any other Books to read, nor have

the Confeffors any other doétrine, or need any other learn» ' a

ing. Hence comes this perverie opiniomthat Magiflracy
is ahumane invention , and to be obeyed for policy, only,
not for confcience : but that every intimation of .Eccle-+
fiafticall perfons is equivalent toa divine precept}; there
want not in _Im!} , pious , learned men which hold the
contrary, but they are not fuffered to wriite,oriprint. Nei-
ther are lforraine Books permitted , or ancient Authours “
left nngelded of all which ferves forTemporall authoris-
"ty .-. as appeares by a book printed 1 6 e7 ,called Index Ex.
purgatariw :. and Clement the Eighth in I 5 9 5,‘? publiihed

  do a rule in his Index, that all Catholike Writers Books fince

1 5 Id 5 ,might be correéled, not only by expunging but alfo
by intcrlining , and this hath beene Epraétlied though not
publikelyab‘ove’feventy yeares. Thus we finde the Court
lofRome.r,but notthe Authors meaning, and‘finalIy,_ wee”

are fiire to have no book true. I have A hitherto cited this i

egregious Politicianfiorlthefe purpofes. i ~
Firfl, Thatwe may fee how eafie it is for Clergie-men

id to Wreltall authority out of the‘TcmporaIties‘ haynds, if A

l"l 'Ptinices«Willbei'fo eafie tobehood-winkt,and deluded“ by
y :hem,and to refigne their judgments tothem in fuchcafes

it ‘i as concern their profit, and advancement.

Secondly, That We may takenotice how far the-l€:ar~i

' nedlliofillapiiis themfelves doe diicovcr, and deteél the

M icrrours and tyranny of the Court of Rome, and that myfifa. .

_ recall Wayvof decieiving,Whereby‘all hopeof’ remedy isicut"
ofli I obierve this alfo the rather becaufe   our Prelates in . 

E {gland at this day aflilme to themfolvcs almoPc.as vall and

it ttnquefiionable a power ‘of fhifting and reprefling all ads A y
A”  ” * t l i l 7 yerfe  1 ii

4-1».

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verfe difputee,‘ and of authorizing and Epuhli Iharll er}-Th?

guments whatfoever favouring their eaufe , as the Court
offlome does; h V

Thirdly, that I might produce the flame Author againih A

himfelfe in thofeepoints wherein he taxes Proteficants. V We

“ will yield that for the {pace of nine hundred yeers the See:

of Rama didnot ufurpe over other Sees,tbut did acknowag

t Iedgeeqttall ihbjetftion tothe Canons , and that the diviw
{ion and feparationof the Eafietne Churches happened,
V W hen Rama attogated above Canons; but withall We mutt A

have it yielded to us, that thoie Canons had been compo-
feds ooiy by Clergy-men , and that in too much favour of

% C1ergy-men , and too much abtidgtnent of;Tc-zmpotafl
A Rights and Priviledges , and that they did conterne meta

tets more then mtcfly fpirituall , and fhecolative , am
thmgs known byhmeere revheleotion. So AA that though one
Prelate did not uihtpe over another , yet all Prehttets hm

ufurped ove;-o the Laity from the times of fozdhzntirze :11-. A

mofi.

It is true, theChureh had Bifhops before in its times A
of perfecution, but of what power or tpompe P Ttodist laid
of (}zZw‘n,that inregard ofhis {way in g.mmz,he Wanted A

nothing‘ but the Name of Bifhop; and it may be as truly
{aid of the Bifhopsbefore 'C072_['z‘mm'7»zeA, that they wanted
all but the Name. A A t f V _ A A A

A ' Thcpower of Bifhops before the infiaflment oAfChri“;o-V

fizian Princes, was rather h'.ke‘that of Arbitroatotstheotof A

Judges, and that heid in allcafes alike, Civiil and "Spir1'-

tuall, out in Cate of difobedience they did not itzttehch fo  

fattxponthelay power , as to inflié} any pecuniary for

h 7 mrpota_11A1punifl1merit , but they did deny the Saertatnent, o 

endAej'ee't delinquentsoutjof the Congtegat‘ion%, and this

  was thenzm abihifliohn froth Chtift ,1 being done Clmza mm

  fét3Iz'b3y.   

"*"”'WW : that is, whilfi God did infpite (aceotchlog to his
protna(E;*)taernitaeu1ous powerof bmthng anc1.iaoofi:zgitz~

Wwh

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a A The Prleflly funfiion rwas then an Ofltlce, not a ]'ufif;ll-

Etion , oflacred dignity/,noclPovw';§i'r : hurthe Funélion of
a Prince was ever facred both for honour, and power; fox

dignity and ¢ommandl,.l Coaflmatiné the Great was the firfl A
Prince which tooke upon hxm the care and proteéhon of V

the Church; after that ithad fufiered contempt and_pover-
zy for goo yeares: and now did even that authorzty and

~ proteftion ceafe, and devolve intohis hands, Whichthe

poore perfzcured Bifhops had but feebly managed before 5-
but fuch was the extraordinary indulgence of this pious

 Emperour, as well to religious perfons , as to Religion 1" c

felf ,that taking lietle noticewhat the Church had gainc

‘ by him as its Headland Governour , He heaped up greater

Titles and Honors upon Bi{l1ops,Archbillaops, Patriarchs,

and Popes , asnif forne other fupremo Ruler fnore {acted
and competent then himfelfe were neceflary. Neverthe-

lelle it is thought, that this was as poyfon poured into the ,

Church , 4 and not Balme fiorfromflthat very ti_me Clerg

men began to bemore glorious , but lefieelgraczous, more
rich’ outwardly , but more poore , ‘ and "vxle inwardly.
Within a little fpaee alter Cm,/%m¢:.:‘ne there was jull caufe
ofcomplaintthat excefllve Honours had corrupted the
Church, and nthatlReligion had profpered better in former
times, whenithaud wooden Chalices and golden Priells,

A then now , when it hacl golden Chaliccs , but wooden

Priells. It isfemarkablle alfo ,7 that foon afler [beflantiae
the temporall power being too much rellrained , and a-~
hafed,and the {pirituallaspmueh inlargedland exalted , the
whole faceof Chriflenldomebegan to be imbroylcd with
1.vars,, andpoyfoned with here{ies,fo that the Hiflorians of

thofe times havealmoll nothing elle to Write of hutthe 7.

forcible invefiing and dev'ePcing' by armes of" {och Bifhops
and Parriarchs , and of the oppofifionsn of {hob and Iuch

Couneels and Synodsi and of the Appeals, Jars, Schifmes, A V

¥Excommunications,pand Commorions of fuchr, and fuch

Pzlefisfiand Monks. ‘Nay; {och "wereehe ill eflefts V pol‘ thole L
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ages Which were certaminlyl more zealous then politilte, i

that they cannot yet be wholly reétified, and purged in
theft our latter times;,_wh1ch are growne too too con-~
trary,being more polrtike then zealous :Thus did the

  Church fare for goo yeares till the{Ram.anBi{l1opg

began to Empire above all , and then did the greateft

part of the Clergie theinfelves, efpecially Eat’: fromp
fm/y,mal<e their departure and feparation. 'N€ithCIZ did i

the Romifh Vice-good afirer this great rent ’ and dish/ifion
in the World hang his head for fhame, or feeke any re-

A hnion by letting fall. his pompous,pa inted plumes, but

audatiates himielfe rather to mount higher yet , and to

R "tletrude the WePcetn‘Etnpetourp quite out ofthetbounds
01° Italy. *Andinthis,his indultry fails him not , for after ,

much bloud-ihedl in many cruell confiiots Hee gains in

t Imly a Temporall, and in all Europe bcfides a fpitituall 4

Monarchy, making‘ a triple Mitre {hine as gloriouily e '
upoh the {even--hilled C1ty,as the Diadem had done be«-‘
fore. During his pwats with the Emperourof Qcrmpzn}, pp  A

He had other conltefiations alfo with Engl.ah*d,and forne

other Potentates at fotnetimes,but all difinaid him not , l" L

L Cnly once I-lee was heard to fly , It wax time for him to a

campamzdwith the ‘Dragon, that heemight cmjh the leflis-r
Adder: at his pleafure. Yet after this even this Holy

tfsyranny grows-toolinfolent andin{ui’Eerable,and foiclon- A i
P

ires its owne diflolution .,. fothat many Countries in

the Notthwefl parts lying more remote from Rome,

quite revolt from her Allegeance . and Ptoteit againlt
her.ttAmoi1g{ltl:ofe other Countries alfo leile diilant,
which {till in words confefle ‘her Supremacy; her
Reigne it now but little more then precarious" : Venice
regards notBuls and Anathetnaes , France ~di{dainsl a
yonger btothe ts l:.s:nedi«flion, andfispazin being honoured

i with the title of the Popes eldelt Son , eoztfefliesl him a
i Eathe , but employs himasa Chaplain, gives vethalla

A butt:-papa reall honoutsby him.

D2. _An~

A  A#gufi'mhavingca%{hicr”ed an unworthy Qoméman-A 
A »d;er, gave hi:11Ijé:ave_to£%y, that he_had %c;:41}1ie,redL'A’$;2&’:et~ ? 3 
gzsfim%: and fo thaAPc3p::‘sHgr«:::at tomes {lmgke off his  ‘
 yoke; by dcgrcmbut cmaccai at ,W and gisre hxm Icavc :9

dwetha like. A A -   V  AA  A V
A A Itisnczaw very gm fwd polxcgr 11»2the: Popemotto pra-

%'tez1d%%toL'i”mnp@ra11thizagsmthezy ftand?;z‘1.:«z a:~rd.iA37e , or A A
have r~:~.=}wc§A§:3n to Q~;.irit:ua1 i‘:hing:;,?:2uz: rather to m1iAnqr.1ifh %

his right to :€ApiritL1aAiA1 thi:*3ga , as thfpy Rand in ordtr A
to'I'r:mporaAil ;-itkiscmincnt Wifdcmein Ahimto for- V

bears threatnizzg, roaring, aurfing, and fsnding his ridin
;m§c>usA‘ Ep1gramAs, out oi: h1sAoAw,:1c: Tmxtorms :as Wham

A A Was%wcmt1:IgAr doc Nay, hisvery la%PcreAfi1gc mfTending~
‘forth his poyfoningxznd flabbinfg Minifhars cannot re- A

Amaync in fcafon much lorager. But to. returns to our

A «learned Statcfman :.AAas Hec juflzly taxesthe Court of

Rémfg fa He umjufily taxesAAProtc{’caAnts oflthc contfira-ry
mxtreamg and»th?is will appears .out of his own wards.
«For He grants, fin}, thattha ScAc~i~.1Iar Vzxdagiftratcs have
notlfing diminifhed 05 their authority by Chrifics com-
%ming:»aimditAis cheers that Princat-s write abfblutc Go-
v¢mc>urs of the Church before Chrifi both in SP3:l'iC.L1~
Vailz1t1dTempora1lCaf:s. A A A V A  A A A '  2 A ._
% In the next place He: yieids : thatthe pawer and
Akrgowfiedjge oi?’ Clergy-xnrsn called the power of the

Kcgres , isno otherbuI:fi1chas Chrifl infufcs in§mssere V

fupematurall thingsknowne only by%AFaith%az1_d Rafmw

A iationgf, not by anyPhyfi*ca1};., or Ethical] Principles;

A but it is eafily proved by us, that fuchpower can sxtgnde

to no proper: jurifdiflionazr all in humans 3fE1§.r_f:S, butis
 a meercfpecuiazive motion, and fuch wee deny not. :4 A
A Thirqlly ,A ‘He: yi“aIdsAAthat%,Ain ]urifdié°cion:hep¢ hm A V
“three things difi:in&.V   ; ‘ A A A   J  
   A AFirGcAA,‘1nattcr of Law.’ 

;S:cond1y,1;3at§c_;jo_f gait?  i A

A   rhzrdly;

(27).  

  M %, Thirdly, matter ofexecution : whereby W retribution A

‘* is maoe to every fafl "according to Law; “The firfifi} of

 thefe , and that in Spirituafl Cafes alone being tryabh:
bysC:1ergy+me1ronIy.s Adzmt the and nothing follows,

no but that things meerly. ‘Spirituall , e are befi knowrwto

A Spiritual} perfons, there is no powerhere conchlded.
‘ As for examples Ito cafe%of,I-ierefieg that Ihold {och
A an opinion,muPc appears: by WiAtneffesfandVpr_oo§s , and
I herein alii kinds of witocfiesA befides Clergy-[men are
so competent.   

Next, that this opinion ishereticall, requires the

~ judgement of Ecclefiafificall perfonsA,= butsit does not ‘w

follow , if theybe thefittePc Judges herein , ;that they
muPc7be%the fupreme Judges herein 5 -and not afwell
Dependent and Subordinate as our C1'vi11]u’dges are

» in common‘-sfiions. But in the lafi: place _~. that {uch A

an shereticall opinion fo dangerous; and» p‘ePc_i51‘ent to the
Church and Commonswealtsh ought to bje.corLre€ted or
‘ eradicated by fuch coercive‘ force,’ and the raifing of‘
s» that Force whereby it is to be puniihed is in the fij udge-

ment , and in the power of the Supreame Magifirate, .‘7

for two Magifirates cannot"11a‘ve a “Supreame power of

she fame fword. Either; the SeeuIa_r mufi command
 the EcclefiasPcsica‘1e1,or the Eecc1efiawfiicaA11omuf’cVcommand A

the Secular, as to coercive power, eor;a_Aworfe confufie
Ton then either muflneedsefoliow. %

Sother1,itis the Execution of Juftice a1one,Which"

sis‘efle’ntialI‘*tothe Suprcame Governoume Matter of
“Law requi_res ea sCounfe1lours, matter of Fafl a ;w1t-
’neffe; Matter of Execution alone xntxmatessa. Prince,

sands that Pri11cipa1i!:yhcam§1otbee dividefi, betwixt,‘ two

sssfssssf sa_f¢VeAra1I’,na¥11¥c~ ’  

De 3AA s     .Fr<>m 

I (28) l 

7% M From hencethen it appeares plainly thatno Catho.
like diflliring from the Court of Rome afcrthee more
to Clergy men , then this firllpoint of _ad}udgx'ng
according to the Law of God in things Dtvine; and
this implyes rathera dependent , thfm 4311 indfpmdcnt

; couditionin the judge sand in thien Proteflants ioyne
with fullconfent. But all the while I finde my felfe
in a digreffion to my {cope is not to prove that Prote-
Pcants doc attribute fulficient to Pricfls, it lies upon
mee to prove that they attribute too much to them, and

herein I am to undertake not only the Epifcopall , but 

the, Pl‘esbylteria‘l1'fide ‘alfo , not only Proteflant3Pre-

t I-ates,‘ but even lMaPrer CALVI N that great AI'Cl'1*-3 ,

prelate alfO-A» _  
Divines have much trumped the World lnthcrto in

not letting forth the true b0l1fld5l and Hi‘1'1i€3Of Eccle-
tfiafiicall jurifdifiionl, but if I miltake not , the firfl
A power ( which they claime asmoft efifentiall) they fake
to be the power of the Keyes , though they elefixie not
certainly , what that is , Whether a Power , or
Offiee ;* or to Whom belonging , or_of what extent,
and continuance. '  A o o to , A 
The fecohd powetwhich they infill upon , as next
i{{'uAing out of the power of the Keyes , is in Excom...
ttnunication , Ordination of Minilicrs , Expofition of
~.S?cript.ures,&c. l

The third and more remote kinde ofmcaufes wherein ~

they challenge an Ecclefialticall tpower, is A‘ of fuch as
concerne Matrimonie , A Tellaments ,‘ Herefieé, Falls,
Tythes 5 and Immunnities of Clergymen, Sac. And fur.-
ther tloubtlefle they would proceed , obutffchat thefe fa-
“vour lo ruuelz of the Tempo:-a1ityo,l and difcover their
v-ttumpery .; but I have {aid , if in all theie cafes Clergy

men are necellarily more knowing and impasrtiall then A
all the elf: , there 15 neceflity of their Counfell to de- A

Clare

a     (29)

* 

n—4m__

r clate matter ofEa"w , but not of their Confent in apply» a
t ingcoetcive , and forcible remedies for the execution of

Law. I have {aid alto that Clergy men being as well C§-

tizens of the Commonwealth as Ions oi‘ the Chureh,and ‘

thefe Cafes importing as well perturbanee of the State as

annoyance to the Church, that there can be but one Head A

which ought to have command over bothtand inboth, t It;

is manifefi: alfo that many Cafes are partly tempo;-a13,and a

partly fpirituall faned that {came any is To temporal], but

that it relates in forneordet to fpirituall things , or any [0 "

fpirituall , but that it hath fome relation to tempetam
things, fo that the true fubjecft of Eeclefiaflicall and civill.
jufiice cannot rightly be divided. Further, alfo it is as
manifefi that where any doubt, ftrife, or nncertaxnty may
arzfe between one Iurifdiétion , and another , neither ac-
knowledging anyfupteamehhpowerrofdecifionmo affured

' peace can continue,and‘ by coniequence nofiability or per—-

nhanent fubfifitence to either, is to be expefied. It is natu-

J tall therefore to be inferred, that either the Temporal} or

the Ecclefiafiicail Magiflrate mufi bee in all Cafes abfo-
lutely predominant,and that fince the Ecclefiafiical ought
not by Chrifls ovvne command , thfirtfore the temporal!
ought, as hath been further proved by fuudry arguments,
and Scripture proofes alledged out of this famous Politi-
cian .. So much of the temporal] power, anti its neceflaty

* Supremaeie a my_ endevour {ha}-1 be now to maintain that
no Eeelefiaihcalii power as at allneecfiary In tneete Ec--

clefiatticafil petfons. A A

Mafier Calvin according to the ‘Poptfh gtoundamaim

" taines,thatfpititua1l jut’3'fdi81ondifiE7:rs fromtem'pota1L

82: is net incoznpatible but a't13{’cant therto, beeaufe it pro-
pofes not the fame end a, but feverall . which "by feverall
meanest may be the better compafl':..°d. But the fpiritnall
gifirate ( as I eonceive) can propofe noother endtthen
what the Secular ought to ayme at , for either the Prince
ought to have no cat-e'“* at all of the Honour of God , and

H the ‘gooé ofmen ,A; and that which is the prime meane of

both,

i, o ‘

(36) _h

r 4.
---m

i both, true Reiiigion ,‘or elfe his ends muitbee the famriiei

which the Pro ate aymes ab,‘ e£e.,hto vindicate Religion

 by removing and correcfiting fcandaloustoffenders. Se...

condiy , to ptefetve the innocenteiftom contagion bythe
{eparation of open offenders. Th1rdIy,t_u pregeut further:
obduratiomot to procure the amendment _of tuch as have
ttahfgrefied by Wholfome chaihfement. “ % ‘ ‘ A ~

This is beyond all controévetfie , as aifo that the Perfou
and Power of a Prince, are as {acted to eifeéfc thefe ends,
as the Preiaites: and certainly, God ‘did not Io fanftifie
their perfons and offices for any lefie end. And, therefore
in ancient tinhes Holy Bifhops did Preach and tecom-«

mend nothing more to Princes then thecare of Religion, A
A though proud Prclatesi now erroga te this onely to them...

feives,tand thoughitheffi11a_p{?a1'€nf., that no offence is
£0 fpirituall but that 1t1s aezvfllevxli , as we_1Ias_a. bIe-
mifii to;Rehg.ion : fotfomuch as true Religion 13“ the

e foundation ofa"State“.( And this could en0tibt:e:J,‘ neither

were Princes A anfwerable to God For the corruption of

Religion, if God had not given them a fupteame paws;-a 
and that etfeéetuaiitto bring all offendersiwhatfoevet to A

confeHiou,ifatisfa&ion, and contrition‘ or to expell them
the congrcgationhy themfelvcs, or th€11‘ furrogatcs.
Maiier (‘alqin iniiances in adultery A86 drunkermesfizcj

e and fayes , that the temporal} power punifhes theie by .

external} tome, and for puhlick ex.:<:m§:>ies fake, as it com.
cernesthe State, but thee Seztzttzaii  punlfhesthem

without force i__t2terna1i~y for the amendoeent of the de» A I!
iinquent; Hee might as weilhave namedfwearing, iy-i A e
mg, Reeling _, mtxtdering , and all iinnee Whatioever”,

and fo have mete; aii them twice p:mii‘11ahie , and the
ECcif:jfi.‘:~éii:iC;=.ii Cotttto eae fuii oi huiiueiie ae the tempos»

teii_, to the great vexation of the State , eudidangeir of A

diviiion , out -’0fi.fi1iS ihife ground oneiy that tempo-
*raii power hathinotta; eo?mg;:etehee~fot the aztuextdznenxr

ofzhdete, dot for the Care oi'Re3igiou,hmt oniy fot the
i3mSi"«‘3i5h0ne ofwtonged parties , "Tend the expedition of 

A eivilljufliee. “

firms   N A V  

  % (31)

This isaway to erefiregrmm in regm, and to or-naintaineafirch a
concurrent jur%ifdi&ions,a's cannot pofllhly [land t_.0gcther;for all I "

l ‘beings fubj eift to fin endroffcnce,asrwe11 the -Spirituall as tempo-» ‘l

ralheicher the oneor other muff goe unqLreftioned,ancl this may

A produce dir'rifion:er elfe both :,and that will caufe moi’: certaine

cenfufion; Both fides here fcerhnflrarng ely puzled, the rigideftof’ .

theEpifcopa11 faélionh allow Princes acoerciver powcrrover
“Priellsgand Prelats, where they pfirformenot what their duty is

in their funftions or jurifdiérions ,,al.’Jld_thiS powers requiresa \
higher power of fummon1ng,arraigning,and legally trying them:

and yet the tnoderatfeft of the Presbyteriall Faétion woulclhave or

Princes queftiolnable, tryable and punifhable by the Spiritualtyy

MThis is a grofle confufion, which will ap eare tobce fo more

plainelyin the fequellr; when it is more ullyj, cleared , that to r
Princes alene God has precifelvyfcommltted tzrmmg; tzrhzrii, and A
Mtrameflteéulepz too, as ‘our rcvesrend «-fitzdrew layes. A

 true; as G;;lw}zal1eadges,~b Princes. are rfons-_ of the Chur,ch;‘*'
they arein it; not above it; :4 the words intruding the Church uni-..

veriall, fuch as 7is both militane and triumphant ,-_pa£l:', preifenrg A \
and future, for that hath no other head but C.hrii_'t:_rto that all A A
Princes and Ptfieflzs are equallyl rfonsesebultntake »Chu”rch for-{uch or

1i1cha.Nationall«, Locall Church, andrthen t"hePr1'nce is head

thereof} under Chriilbv; andthc Clerg-ietare part of’_his charge, ‘

and under his protcfiion. Thefame man alfo may in diverfe re--;
fpeéts be both father and {on to the fame man xvitlloutponfufion
ofrelations. A Kin g,a Bifhop may hearthe wordns; receive the

lsacrafm entf_'rom an inferiour Minivfter 5 a Suhjeél maybe naturalls A l
Fatlrer to hrs Prince, and in this refpeéba filiall fubjefiion is due ~
from lthefuperiourl, andfo axing may referre his ow-he cafe rob r

hisChancellor,yet thisdefiroyes not the greater; highegand ”

more generall s fuperiority in hotherthings, at other times. And

to me ilthfeernles that even in the etgtercife of the Keycs, the Prieft
officiates tunde'rl4tshe¢Prince, as the Chancellor does in matters of
I.aw,'even' when the Kings ow ne cafe llyes in jtrtlgemerat heFore
him, and when perhaps he hemakes a élecree againll his owne Ma-“ll
flier, and cgontrary to his owne Mafters hprihv ate adverriilfmcnr :1
andiyet the King is snot properly either Lawyer, or Th cologne, ~
though both are aficuated, and sEganiz’das it were,by the fo1.il§-- A

& A % V (3%):  

W  "mm c§m:“mnding%,% <$*icr1?:eini~g,amdover»-i}:u1ing¢ofhistméare {Min 7--
  1imeanddivinep0W€‘r- 7 V  ’ A 

A Herein the Pri¢Pca1f0.may,I%eé1rn a limitaeicn fromffhe Law$rer_., 
A for thzmgh che_]uclgeAbe%bouAnd%'to pronounce right judgement

H a,ga:'u:1f’c his (mm: Mafier, y¢t't11j;s holds nm:“ina11ca1:es a~1ike;_be.; 7
A caufe of his liznited Cfiflditiflfl, for in C%rimiIn%a‘1I%%cafesfi1cl1Vas-

concerne the fafctyof the Kings owne pe;fd1i,or the%roj?aII%dig-.
hit-y of his ca1Iing,,_thereinj udgcimenr.mufi be utterly rm=1te.And
therefcire it is a weake argument of % Mafier czl;faz"a2r,_; the*ugh~i1;‘be
his be& 5 when he inferres an€fCefi?'1)t;37.'Qif an%IEcc1efia£’ticalI Ju"di--
mature from hence, becaufis ézlfe the Princehimfilfe wanting pa’-
:'1ifl3mwem_., fl10u1d qfi:;aApefi.‘ee : ’f0r:t1ie r€af;;%n is the 12m1e4 in mat-%

ners of I=.a"w~;% the King is not quefliohable, or re1fponfibIi=:,, fer

ex-fonall crimes,ancI~yetthis%is held no p0Ii;t,ica%~l1 mifE:hviefe.v 6-»
fides if the/P.rin%%ce%fl1'a1I%n§0t gjoe 11%nqu<:‘fiionéd, “or undifZ:iip*1iV«n’cl
bfiighe SpiritualI,yet thefupreme fpir"i:ua‘I1Magifh~ate mufihand

inn equal}, ifnfota greater n1if<:hi€fe:- forboth ca_n1‘wt»be‘ V

gqually 1yab1iN0%4t-1:16 fjudgement 0f each other. Néifiher is it tcza».

much prurpofehthazche:%examp14eof %Biflni%opvAan%ra{é& f:>harfhIy;;.fo. A
' unreverenfly %treacin»g piI0us;p%eniten l::{1'7:2ebtfofiuJ;iS f6,,c”on%fi dent~.A

ly'citeda1waye.s.by either‘ fafiigm E pifcopall and _PresbytVeria1] ;
f_or,t~hough_Vthe name of Ambr%efé*b: great, yet I will crave 1eave5%

  ms {peaks as an advocate agaignff himin thenanmof the Egmpea-. A 1

rrourf TI9eod“ofizz;v._4 L

» Reverend‘Sir, you%take4%a«fx5<inTVj;0us11:VCi~be'a fin-age ¢&jer7 m¢’,V% am

A to condemneme of 21 bloody Maifiécre cumvmirted .unj'uf’dy at

flflvefialonim, and being {'0 condaemnedg you proceed againfi ms
with your ghofltly Mpuniflamemz”, Vfi1Mbje#L°c7ing 1’neto% your Ecclefi-.

‘ afticallfevcrity :But_%Ipray?confider‘What "mifchief'cs may jfolu
‘ flow hercupon; if-Empcmurs npea.yibeefpu=n4ifl1abIe¢ ‘by °Bifhops,

£33,, perfcficly :9 L3nde~r& a~ri’da1%]‘thvr:' true ci*x*c4u%1n‘flgz_nces,4 “ reafons;

thencommo»nequity requires that Emperotirs have the benefit of

a fairs hearing and“ arraignmenr, m- eI¥fcwere their condition A

m%Qr¢ mii%‘rable% than tha condifion of the meancfl: vaffalé 3 for as

Princes a&ions_ are+moreiz_1~fc:rumb1'e, %;%and their couniels more
.. ‘ myfficallg f0a1fo=their end‘sAarc:yfoqr tF1ez11ofiparcm;m-e Iyablcm

envysa-Dd‘ mifinEerpr&tation:% It is not poffibké for you’ WiriI1o:u%t 

due di-fizuffion, inquiry, and cxam%inat~i%on~of7”im partialfl A witnefl. 'j

and?

mid grounds; of tiiiaeniyi £218: 35 andwithout thisdunder;.£izmdiz&2g A "

itis not poiiible fofiyoui.to pronounce iafiufiice-nfure agaiinii

V fme," It’_snecefleryAth§n\thatfoimeTtibuna-I1beprepared for A

you , and fotne Bar fOI?»I'i1§, thatA1;prigI1tfentet1cc may Apaffe, t
_andth.atju{ii;%<—:-e maybe dox}e undetfiandingly, and upon this

it mufi needs follow that tam yourttmeeretsubjecffc, and mufi

lay downe mysceptert to how my fe.IAfe under your Crofier, ’

till this ‘difficulty be fully ended. W Admit this alfo, izi%nd~tl1eAn

i  you may-ufe what procrafiination you pleafe in this intricate   :

decifiong; or in the likc¥fnanner.qI;eftion meofall other e-it
tétlormitties, and fcandalous deviaticins , W%hicI1Arumor,t,tenvy,

iorttreafoxiitdifiilfeForges agaimfl: me; and thus \fha11_ I have
“no leafure to judge othermen, it wiilfisarce b6'POfl!ib1€"'fOZ‘
‘me to acquittmy felfet in judgement from other men: that‘

fpowerwhich God hath put into my hands for the proteétion A A

of  matxy Mytiads, AAwil1ihe%u%tter1y_idifab1edby that higher
i poweriTwhi’ch“* iisptut into Ayour i-1andsAovermc.» By the fame
Mreafon atlfo thatxl am to render an a.cco1:mt_to you in this

place, I am to renderthe like-to all yourfixpertiours, eqttals,
or inferiouris in other jurifdiftions, of_a1I finneswthatfoever,
wAhether.r_ea11,i otrtmtimputable ,: Ecclefia fii<:a,l1A , or Civill, to

that no end is like to be of my ttryaIs,epur'gations , or.AcQ11...

Vdernnations; A

You will faygmy  is fénfibly evident; if Iwould de-
ny this, you could not prove it {o ; and if I would not

iféonfefffia this, you could not force me, for it waAsAA ad politicaii

thing, andofitrreioff aéied :and1ny meere:t~confcffion eati give

~ I to vou no jurifdiétioni. But be Irfy crime as manifefc init felfe

A A as {he difobedience ofS1:mlWas‘t0ASvz;imel,or as David: mm- M

then was to Ne_tba'72 , or as Solamom 'i‘ncontinence was to 1 all
 the worid-,;oras  his Ido1aAtit;y:ViAyetiwI1ytfhouid I
fifi-‘fer more than they? Wh‘at nevv.coeri:i~v‘e, vi:ndic:ative a.u-A

Ihoritydhevtttet Priefis gained over‘ Princes byCh;-ifcs Gofpell,

A  fwhich thejewiih Pritfis never iufisd, claymed, or heard of?’

A I» elfEx;coimmunieatiot1,é'c.i be now_necefl"ary ,tfi:u-e it was in

, w ufe before Chrifi; endthenweetfliould me heatd of fomeet

i‘ A A A Kings Excommutnicated, cm. by ‘fame Priefis ;, for if the Tem-

>  f Vporall power had not ofits own_e nature a competent force A

 ”VE2. ; H and

'i~(z4)yt

and habitude to Atrefitainye ali things tepngnant to pubiliireiyib

~Aquietnefl‘e,and*honefty,e Spirituzill power was fifiitzeifarygandh
A yet wieureatd o’f_Ano;ne_ f‘uc:h.i But if there was a fuf-He1ency itrthe
Te;npo:a11 power, as is mofi manifcfily apparent gt then we
cannot: iznaginethat Chrificame to takeayvaytnxyofthis 311-  
 thority from Magifirates : but that power which hegtdded,

Was‘ rather anexcellency of grace and vermewin mattcrsof

faith; andbilluminationfh ‘   V A A  t  A~ I   U
Itciannyot bee alleadged by you, that thaepunifllxicfitis

meerely fpirituall, and {o no political! evill  for as it puts

other men into the condition of Publicans, Heaithensy and I A 

"' yworfe, ro»ic~£u1-than yetydt-grades, difables, and o-pprefles A

Princes. How {hall he be hon0ur_éd and obeyed as;‘the Vice-

A gerent of God in all ycaufesgwhom the Laity feesyejeéted out
A A of the Church, and expelled out of the Communion of the

faithfullyas a rotten contagious member ?” how {hall hee be
held more fitcred then a PrieI’c,i whom the fentence, interdi-

A i   t&ion,and theAc:onfoun"ding bk) 2 of aPrief£sA fpirituall exe- A

- cra"tion,{hal1.zfender fo contefli
A enable in’ the eyesof the world?’

ptibleg--miferable, and abomi»

"Saint"‘?d”[' being aceufed in matters ofDoc‘irinegn1aclehie

AA zzppeale to a Wiekedfleathen Ernperour; and yet now a Chri- A

fcian godly Emperour being a;ccut?:d_by anyychureh-man;,no V

_ oapp'eaIefisa1IowedAA5 thoughin meereyyyicivill y‘oa‘ccnyM1Z1tions.h 

‘SaintA‘I?ete::.ryKcyes Hid either endure fome new power not be-
fore known to the world, or not ;' if it did, then our Satviyours
Gofpell came into the world to the detriment oFciviI1 go» 2
vernmcngwhichtis contrary to ReIigion,and all reafontand if I 

no new ad ition of power were irnported,then Tiberim him...

A iialfe, though a Heathen, and Tyrangremained as abfoluteae *

AA before’; and yet in ‘his time. there was more necefli ty ofan Eon
helcfiafizicall j-udAica”ture , then is now. But you will flay _., if

. * Princes be not fubjeét to fame chaf’ciIement,_ then fame fcan- 
«dalsbi mu£tpafl‘e iunretnediable. Not to, for here God ismthe i
Arevenger, andftrikes oFten,ashAe did Y/eziabg. but if not, yet A A

either the Temporall or Spiritnall Governonr mnffpafle um» A i

A cha{iiz’d, whichis all one 5‘ for two $11 prearnee cannqtbe, nor N
‘ noientirc government flwithoutfomefup‘remacy,; nor no ma. .1
A I e i ' AA A A A A %  i_premac3;‘y

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 (mi

ml...-——

’premac'y without-i%mmunicyo,5and exeemptioni from judge-

mcnt. « i“

The pearpetuall confiifcs and con:tefiations%beitwMeene Prinu r
A l ces and Prelates, which are likely to enfne, will A foone cleere ?_
f this; that either Princes muft‘ at lafl flxhmit toithe tribunals H r l

ofohurch-men,an%d yaigne at -their difcretiong, or elf: Chm-ch—
men mufl: fitbmit tothem: for both trihunaleficannot {land

compatible. For my part, I excuie rfo grave a Father as you

are, of ambition herein 5‘ and therefore Ifllami the Iefle cautious

in fubmitting niy felfe at this" time : but I conceive‘this Do-- A

Etrine may bee the ground of dangerous coufequences to ca

thers , and therefore I defirel it may not frotnme pafle into a v
prefidcntfor the time to come. a r ” i i

Let not proud ‘Prelatesfrom this my voluntary hnmiliati-9

 aon,ear-rogate to themfelw/esasifit had bcene dne;,or derogate

thereby from hthemore Iacred order of ePrinces: neither let
Princes from this particular learn: to yeeld to any Spirituall

 eMonarchywhatfoever. My beliefe is, that the Prince is tlre

! i  Head, the Fountaine, the Soule of all power whatfoever,iSlpi«-ll ‘
ritnall, or Temporall ;_ wherein he on ght not toindure at all

any kin=dejof”rivality of Ecclefiafiicall peerfonsg; nor can ad-
mit of any diminution inany partof his jurifdiétion, With-

out offence to Godfi, dammage to his charge, and danger to ‘ 
ahimfelfe. So much for T/9e'9c10fiz1.rl, and fo much for that inrifi-A l i
-di&ion which is? due to Prelates : I fl1Tou.l d now fpeake ofrhe"
exercife thereof, as it-is g1=antedi"bytheifa-vour 0fPrinCes_, hm:

this is a very tender point.

VF i It feetnes to fame, that Princesiou ght not to it-icumber men ‘
n in "Sacred, Orders, In any kinde of ]!1CilCa£I.'l1‘('.‘ which is not
a purely Spiritual! 5 nor that Prelates can accept ofany—Tem-r

porall im-ployment whatfoeii/er, Witllollt diflaonour to their

Orders,” and negleflcator their cure ofrsojulesr: and yet now

it nonelfo greedy offnch imployment. A Iacred placemay not

2‘

beput to fecularru‘-fes,~that’s prophéane: but aiércred perfon \

may,‘that’s h-7onou~raibl=e.

-. l A Bilhoprick now adayes is bnta  ofcafe, to difmiffe  
« fi-orrilPreaching,uan~dattendingLGods ierviceg whereby the ‘I
 mmlisr preferred from thetchurch

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to the Court , from the A ll

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~ “Altar tea {omie,TrAibuna1l,‘fxoAm Gods~f,'piri:uaI1‘teathe~Ki1%; A % '

tWeni”pora11Laf‘fa.ires‘. In the High Commiffion,~at1:he ,G_o.u1ace'1

_Ta;bLe, in the S.tar—-chamber, and the Chequer, Achulfcilmcn
V _ a;ge"n0w%more a<‘3c1ve then in theirxawne Co11£i.&ories,ean‘cle yen
V their ambition further aimes (as Eisafaiad) to the ¢Claance‘r«y, A
. Courcaof R,-equtfi:=,V8<c~. which could not chufe bautrcdmand
 IO thefcandall of Re1i‘gio»n, the;obflm&ionaof jufiicc, and

rvexaaeion of the Subjeit : if Lhefe were not: learned and akilu
afuii men enough in Policy andaLaw*to ferve the King, iurilaei-Te

  j Divinity were deprived offame of her follcawers, fhgereawere

ibmeieeming umbrage Why -.-he King might borrow of God;
bufWhen.eG0ds naoreholy oflice is negleé-‘ted, that the aKings

e meaaer maybe the wbrfl: adminifired, theworld much gazes
_andwone{ers atit.  A A A V A   %

V fince falnegzo theaground had not the

The funfigiorxs sf Divimes are too facredfer any fecular peb-

fori ta oficiate, and therefore it’fhou1dAfe€2i1€:“ath€if Pfirfams ‘
 alfo ought to betoo facred foreeiéculaar funéiiona 5 for it feems
A prepofirous , that ii; flnould be thoughtaan honour to Pr%ie.fl:e
fro .re1§nqt}i{h 1' piritual’,~and adhere to tempmrall imployments.

Nfc : Macbiapell did obferve that Chriffi-‘an Religion had long A

»pc>ore inf'eriou-r-Priefis azicf Fryers held, andapropped up the
. A reputation ofit in theWor1d,as much as the pride andluxury
e. cafthe great Cardinals", and Rrincelike Bifhops, did Ftrive to

{inkeand demolifhe it; he fame obfervation ‘hadlds. true a-
mongfi us Protefiazatskat this day, fer the more our Prclates

‘enjoy, the more {H11 they feeke 5 A and all our thgee Iiingdomees
aregrowne R3 ficke of their pride:,AAinjufiice, and pragmaticall

A   them. Wefindéin_S%acript‘u”re th

faition, that fc:,eaarceany' remedy but¥b1oud.1etti_ng eanufcure

7 of Religion pe,rformed by Princes, exfeh aamon»gf’c,e and above

the grearefi ofP1jie"'fis ; A butwe fi:arce findeanys inflame at all

A where Pri-ef’cs incermedled with aany State affaires _, either

above, or under Princes :. A and yet with us new the imploying

 and entrufiing of Clergy-r’nenAin Temp”ora1A_bufinefles,is Izeald
A T as politick as it was in times ‘ofPopery: although no time
A ‘could ever itxfily boafi ofthat ufe.But to paffe overTeamporal
15ufin€[fi?s,how violent have car Bifizo-ps beenee in their ovrne
A A  "V  ‘ '4  $    A Canons A

regular firifinefle of _

emoff high.  holy Offices A

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(famfions..LabotutV ‘Ceremonriest, and indifierencietst?‘ a;nd§ what‘

 difi_ur.,ba.nee hath thatviqlenfifli P1‘ Ofulced .? :They  flIl‘_iVt'3 asefor

;h¢Abegu_;y1g-ndglory ?0f'RVeIigi-—0n,t0 bring in the fizme fowrmest t

‘ % teofutm-gi¢_., thefiu-nepofiuregof tAheqog,r1munion-Table“he¢
tfiamegefiure atttthetCommun1on,@"’c. 111 all our--three Domi»

fleegall men are C1_‘__€_at€d with feverall fa cesxvtoyces, and cfomt--.
pIex~ions,withouttany deformnty to the univerfe; T . K __
; ‘Tia not externall vamety, but mtemall d1flEI]ti»0n:,, which

‘niOnS.;:‘3 as if¢uniFormity were aI'Way-es?beautif’z-111.: and yet we A

I fpoylesfthe h_armony of Religion; and dim-zntion -isemore £10115-

fiflqed by thc_ hat{h—n_es' % Pafitors 'ove1<theirQ fldcks, efiaeciall
Qver zhewe-akcuones 1:; fcruples , then by permitting various
Rites and Formes 1n the externall wor{ht1pA_ofGod. _«(3e;-5331;}-

A A ly, I.iberty.and¢ variety‘ in tindifferences 5! and Ceremonies is
A more favottrfd 1n«Scr1pture, than any tun“1ver~fa11.fimiIitude,or t

r.igto»r0us forceWhatf0€Ver,over the perplexed, anxious com-
fljietnctes Qf weakegmen . .W€ fc61nt5’c0tZtmd, where there is

A no-Ceremonies, they enjoy that unifcirxnity with,out«cQnten—
tiotywhich; wee ayme at onely, andttfeeketo purytzhafle with A ‘—
‘i;_nfinit€,;d,'€h&i3€, and'periecut1on g and ufld€f.jEh€ir"‘.p€2BC€alldf

unity, the Prottefla’pt.Re1ig~io,nJ 3ih1“iVi_V€s7’.,t§1nCfR:OIni{htt$11p¢r{7ci— A

htiont utteriyceafes whe1feas.u'nde.r our Ptrife andtdifagteeu
metztt , Reiltgion tetandt;¢rtuetDevotrt1on is over-run V,“ and oven.

gmwne,Iike Come choakedfwitth weeds. N ay, itiis thtougE1t~ t
that ifour Biihops. head bin more gentle-handed all this while
ttowatdstfuch“ as dji»i}e1i{'ht Ceremonies tfor Poperies»fE1ke,;and*
had rather pitied the as mentoftender confiztiences , thém pérwt
(gauged. :2 nd def.tmed them,  ff€dit'i?OUS PurIt.1ns, thefc tditffe-—

I rences had not lafiaed fo long : for when the reformtation was

‘not yet fully perfefted, the PL?.riEan”S“_0fthOf:? dayes were more A
‘ fiery thatnVnow ; but noizbeing fo odious in the Ghurclte, Ieflie »
V eornbttfiiop followedrthereu pon : whereas new they atefo U11’:-9

mfircifuu Y-h%‘—‘at¢’C1 ;, ..Fh.at I‘1*0% -m0d€i‘a.te 'c0‘mpIyanee: can ferve

theeturne-_t.t%e "' A  A “ * - * 
There _feemes-nowlittle remaining of tPI*1ritt:zn.'1frne,tb‘ut the

byte: thlefie catkats Qf if,tatnd%”yet till that too be interred and

eonfu med, neo’truce‘c.a:1 be atizijitted. tThe*¢ery fufi".~ri:tgs of   

P;‘urita_z_1s new are fisffieientiy quit, gtudimputed astthe%e§£~:&s'

Q? %

_ twixt two the moi’: cblofe-nnitcti Nations of the

 of their o‘Wne”ma1ice, their punifhment is argument enough I

for the defert oftheir‘ punifnmcnt; the more they have borne, A A

‘ohjeiteci to Pnritans .;_but ;in’ttuth, theW0r1d has not any
thing morenfnrious then fu‘chas‘mo{i pretend againfi them.

~ * ‘ Izience it is,‘thattthe-hatred? of Puritans flowes‘ and defltends

from the highefc of the Clergie to the Iowa Pt : and yonng Sm.

dents in the Vniverfity knowit noyW=theirW'wifE:£t_conrfP: Vito‘. ‘-
fin«ciy like defatmtion of Puritans, as the firfi and mofinecefl _

ihrypoint of their learning and qualification, and is their fu-
reft path to promotion. And to make their detefiation furs,
and thcrnfelves irreconci~1iab1e, they mnft ingagc the-mfeives
by fome not'abie'fetvicc of novelty, iqnyarrcyliing with fcpme
point of Proteiiantifrne, or refining ibme point of Popery;
they rnu{’c taxe Proiteftiants as fbme ways injurious" to Princes,

or exto1I.Papi{‘tsias ztaions obférsrers of Antiquity. It .mn& "
V be maintained that Royalty cannotfland‘Without~thc prop of

Epifcsopacy,» though it Vneveri yet found greater enemy.,-, and;
that Puritanifne only hinders ithefiirctching of ourfieligion,

witswhichtfétve not for fuch firaincs; that they may be re?-
dcemed from fufpiéion of Pdricanifme; muff doe fomething

  the more they muft now heare ; andthje more they noW,heare,  W A
' * the more they {hall hereafter. Fury is one of the maxne things

it or elfe Papifls afzdywyc £hould‘foone agree- Thofi: of vulgar; “ V '4

fa&ionfly, or be vitionsg. or elfiz their hopes of preferment 

are almoit defpcrate.  ' i 

4 Charity to P.1piPcs, conformity to AIfCient- Fathers, and 

decent uniformity atmongfiiour E‘-fives, sire the ‘fpecions colors
W herewith they dreffe and deck all their pretenfes 5-, for want

e0fSc9tarie?s living in theft days,'th’ey rake out oftheir toombs ‘

Hazc@z‘, C‘opirzgcr,. Bromne,eie9“o; ttotupbraid us, for Want of

oppofites cnow hero”in Engylaml,‘hthey tcalurnniaxe the Jlcatr   
‘toeour difltonotarg for want oftruc impntationsy they forge a: o
‘my crimes how xnonflrous fbever, and their men fitre one is, 
that which is moi’: undifcernible, hypocrifie. Ncvertholeffeic '~

mufit bee bcleeved that the Antipuritan difparages not out

Ainccfiors in the reFormation,hut forlove of antiquity; not A A

teares in fmdcrthebonds ofReJigion,Natnrc, Policy be-

WotrId,t but “

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out of"IAoAvetoltniAty oz‘ notfillawhole Kingdo'meAsaurith Abiond,  A

it but ontofloveto O1-der.~ SuAc:_hwasAfure Diogmethisht1miii-  A A

ty,trampling uporlflattoes Couches ;‘ fucjh was N mm tlniiot-,A, %
mityficttiugéon firethe {treets of Rome .- Such was Pracafleye A
his jfynxmetry, cuttinghisii guefts according to his beds; And A e -

therefore its thought ‘Puritan: are not fo much‘ bated for their
oppofition to Ceremonies, as Cerem'onies are muitiplicd, and
infbrced For fuppreflion of all zealous Chrifizians, under the
nmbrageAof‘ Pnritam: :i_and tthatfor the fame purpofe the ene-

A mice‘ of;Piety have blown thofe coales:Ai}vhieh- they rnight have A

quenched‘.  in e A - _ _ , 
= The Bifhop of Dawmhm-akes a very than-pe Iiaeeohto the Pa».

ritam in Ireland, as being very difobedienttand animated e
therein bythe Scan/I: Covenanters,-, but laisehiefcfiz eloquence

uttered againfi his owneCount'try_men the iSt:'ot.r, whom he
paints f'orthasthe;chiefefl: Traytorsg,aperjutedRebeIs, ‘Here...
ticket and Hypocrits in the World may, he denounceth them

A twotfe than Anabaptifis, and fuch as have more than juflzified
A the Powder-T mjtars‘, and all the rebellious _praEli{es of the

43‘;-fiat:-.c;; Af’ccrwardsAh*e addesaIfZ;5 That 79mm;fm; is not

the Nationall fin §>f.$’¢mland on1y,but that-they of the am: A
 Fafiion inEng“!mzdW had becneas deep in the fame condtmna-

tion, but that they had not {'0 much power. See here the
lively portraitute of an e/fntipuritaae, fee a true“ ‘Emer revi-
ved againe,but In Trioteflant -habit; and for oughtl fee, here

are none exempted from ‘this black venomous cenfhre in ail A
A the Kings Dominions, but thofe of the Popifh and Epifcopall

_ Fafiion. It’s not to be Wondred at that the King thinks ill of
his SubjAc€’ts, or that Emma» or Print fuffered worfe then iTray-A ‘

tors merits It’s rather to be wontired at, that out {tree}-ts doe

he not tm1nAetwirh blood dayly, fin‘cethiA‘s is the Gofiaell our Re-
 verend Fathers of the Churchtpreach. This fpeech-was
thought worthy to be difperfed in Print over all onrAKing-"A

domesein Englifh ; but fincc,becau{e it rcdounds to much to

e the honour of the three Nations, and the repute 0fA‘}’tatefi,’u::772£
Rélzgian, it’s Tranflated 11,-Itotlatine, and Coppies are Printed A

e for;a11ChriPtenidomeAto take notice of‘. A In thisfpeech its ut- V

ged,that Puritan: who began about 80 yea res fines‘, have taro.»

   A.ceede;:d from bad to worfe byrfix degrees gfiffli they did dtihheg, A

  then

then cotnttemnefiiiltops gwthlfifl:tl1€yr(lltiA-Cl~ifOl3C}7 their §LlA1‘lfCll-f- t
Etiion ; them t 12*: pgtate themfelves _.',wtllj'l<.3I’l, they Fell mto the He‘...
refie hf lioldéng; no dill‘-erctzce betweene Bllllop and Ptesby.

fer; }";;”l{‘;lilt.‘,r:, they rebelled, and grew motel--timmoderate than t A

(0/AfA-?¢A¢'»~'.’éu~:'-"l'],7-.'!JAlAAAA.5A’. And l1€1‘€3tSai{1tC],0Fi»172 Ai$;3H5d§¢d_»,. WhOf?=lyee,
tThl;:u* the crmtempt of Bifhops is~*thleebeg1nnt11g and ground
A gtafall I-I..:rAeliesat11d Schifmes.  ’ ' A ll ‘ V A V “

A  e Herewe feewhat Pzarimms are,the mo&lclurl?3d’MifcreA.*l

  ants on earth; next we fee who Pztriraznx are, all fitch ashold V

 not with 'Epifcpp'acyl:"’ that is in'prcA)bability helfelfrelzznafi,
more then halfe Englxnd, all Scatlafzd , an many other Pro.-
Mteflamt Countries. King jams; did put a difl°m.-nee betwixt
fflz ch as difrelilht Bifhops , ear-1dlCeremtmies, tmeerly, hand-‘Inch
as under that A,prete,xt‘% ftaudulentlyt fought to gpertttrhe the
Statc,Aand make a faétious feparation; But here the ldsficrencel

of all tPzm"mm' is gtaduall only/,not fubfizantiall 5" for diflfike ” A

of Blfhops is the beginning ofall fierqfr, andamufi needseml A
in c/fmzbzaptifme and I'A'Cl'3C.l~liC}1‘-'_"AA    1‘ ’ t ~ _    _ 
How plainly does‘ it here appeare, that A Bpilcopacy Aisl the
mug Helm.-aofall.tlaeis warre; and yet:S:z§nt (}rprz'maji’sA~.to he
undetitood ofthe Paftotall 'fl1n£ti~o‘n, not ofthe Eccl€fi_alhAcall
§u1fif‘di_€tion of a Bifhop, or elle-in his fenfe the*‘Gem=wzm3
and the gteatelt part of 57-’7”‘0t¢.'fl.maf.f'3.‘FCHCI‘CtlqLI'€S, and
King fame: made a frivolous A1:l<ifli*II32Al1A~lOA13.“ll'”3l1Ch4'llilflCAe ‘as
this had not mill-befelemed aP;z;a.ijE‘, but its very“dddcf.nl ah
“2°5“rorefl:znrBi{11«;::p ,4 except Wcélconfider Emily", as one lwhd
t “hath liiokt back towards the Ofziam. and Ffef/2-pa2.r of‘-zflgypt,
and is in:1~1nlor’d agaivtttpon thufe glorirsusltitles 82 enfignes Of"
e Honour, andPon1‘pe,wl1ich Rome colnFers*11poAnA her Céurtiere.

A But to-Aconclttde this poizztg .I«wilh*Princes w'<3uAld ‘riottallow
AtAl.:(‘l1 Bifhops to be carvers toeeItl1ernfe1ves,l and znake them
_]t1dg'esi1ical%s oftheit owne linterefle: thfy are -furely. ‘good’

. ijzerftacles for Princes in Tlleolczgicéll delihe“rati0ns, as Tom»

fA porall Coimfell0rsAAare in '$tatelafi-hires; buttniiferahle.—ztre

rthwfe A;l?t.£nces with 1?: eyes cjannot ee Without fitch fpeétawcles,

41:57 ReligI0nd*Etdz1ot profperl w0r{E:*A,A ifpez-tee were not xnorefi
_violated;;’if perfecution were not more°common1n Countries
..whet Bill: gaps govem,th_3n wh crethey are e:z_pell%ed;We mlghtzv

mfjzeft the ;.$’m.r,Ias tHAeretti<:.1l 1) and Rlehttilllillmsl by na.tu're;‘ for A A
V ‘ ‘ tjl ‘A “ M chufing"'

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* cwfiwefing all-e thepiagueé j<§3f'3v_m_rre%1*a*theer thexue Bifhops :* ‘but:
when we fee the com’:rary,wve; may afwcll lifiexiz to the Saw:

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againfl: Bithops ,as to Biflmops againfi the .S’catx.‘ Sdrmich 05 A ‘ A

e :heEcc1efia‘&ica11 Pfififdfl 3 n_€Xt after Whbm fbrunge up the
  Pzgrimn i11Pne1igion, ofwhom I fhafl fpcakverybr1efl‘r»r.  A
“- Where are many “men among’: us now , which brooks:

Bifhops and Ceremonies \V€H‘€l'l.OL1gh; and pcrh%apsfav'oura~ e ‘

A My interpret om-~1ateeiennQv‘ations .- and yet: thefe may be tog)

- grave to efcape the name of P“ea¢rit;m;r. To be a ‘7>:~ateflrmt may“

f be allowed ,1, but to di_fp.ute’a gainfi:,P¢pzf1':, fmélse OF preci§i11efs ‘.3

1 A to horde the; Pavpe fallible is tolerated , but tb‘1hO=Id him Afitif

1 ehreifl: is abominable Pewrirgznififle  to gee‘ to Church is fafhioéé

nable, but to complaine OF the Maflegoreto be grieved at the

publick Vcquntenaence of Taper}, whereby it intwiVx1es-eour‘Re~

ligiong eand,e1:e>w drinkes up”t171;u;SAap whi'ch is“ fcarce affe1*d.:d

— to 1? roteflmztg’/my-,«eor~at allvto ftaleé I1'Qtic;e ‘how Far fomeof our

Divrines,are.hereat ¢cinniving‘,* if notecc?>opcraz:ing,' 1' s a fuxxypm
Ctomeeof £1 dee-pee inf»: é’ced “Pm-£;amV. ¢ , A “ A A i I

. e He that is ncgtmoderajtc in P\€Ug7:0niSKar‘P1¢rit.e;z, andiheg

e_ that is not a Cajflmdrian , or of Father 1??-amcérsyzafle;-: faith ,

is not modeirate“:   he favours tpo much of Caz!-z)im~ g;-M31931».

ning, ex-plodednow by our finefi wits; But;I paffe from this’

k~i%neIVe}eof ‘Pflritan to another,éwh;om I {hall call my Political!

. Pflritdflg for the bounds offwéitanifma are yet larger, Va rid in-M

“ A clofe men of othercouditions.

e   Some them are yerawhich pe1:hap§ee'<1isravoVurnotaeceaexieeez-

therEcclefiaB:icaIl -P.O1iCy,:QI' moderate %%Pg:pifi‘;k5 and .Y€:.never- A

A   the1e1Tcethis is not fuffitienpetga acquit them 'fr%i5m%the‘en:u‘n¢ "bf
e Tmwitanx, if they afcribe any thingto the Lewes and Liberties

oEtheiseRealm_e,eQr—l1o1d the Prerogative royalftoewbeliemvitable  A
byanyw Law? iwhatfoever 4  th,¢;fhr>1d_ not againfi V Par/53¢-~ e

_ want: andwith S/nip-4manéye,%V they are inj‘L1rioiistol Kings ; and to
A“ be injurious 1:o=Ki%n%gs,‘is proprizzm qzmrt0'm0&2'a to a Pzgrimnz,

O are perefent”civ%iIl,nay mere then civil} warre with Scot-
l;zznd;a11%d.eae1I the miiizhiefes therecn attending, the d”§.f’afi'c.’€tio11 V
betwecne the King and his Suebjefts , anedz-111Vthe“Ifini’fchie%es '

thereon attendingthedifcontinuaneeeeeofPzzrZi%m2ie22t:, the preoe

_ A. per re»2n€di€§ of a11.Stace~e-gmaladics, a-nduniverfall grievancees;

F 2 . A which

4 V-gz;hichVis Va. mziiklsiefc wliéreby a‘Il_1nm~ifl:1i;i‘}2fcws %bAe<:omcdinc11-ra-

blag, allare caufed by the abufigvcmiflake and injurious%miC%~%
app1iCati‘OflOf this Ward Eeféfiw-4¢A‘[-A; 7 »    A    , A
The .5‘;catrare Puritans;%ff1‘*€l'“‘1Lt extefore cnemlfls to Monarchy, :

Q  tha-‘EtzglifllarczPui*itans,‘anc[ rhegeforc«h3ters'of Roya11pré?-* A % A  

V F %A %rQng3_tiV¢3.b0{h the Ngtions have -bsene 'hitherto"f'amous for
“ % their devout reverence, and Qbféquiouszeale to thcir Princes; ; ; 8
but now Puricani[mc*has infefied them,.a;lnd. pcrvertedrthcntf ’

to difloyalcy.‘ Thus is the Kings h%,eart;: aI1ienAated< from his»
7S_ubje8:s, and by~Con[equ.cm‘ce,rhe Subjeétsl yalcy. blunted‘
towards him, to%thcir'1comparabIc, almofi irreparab.lc detri-L A

mentbfbsthz neither is»  d-iI21Vcg:ord ; betweene chcKin A

and his heft Subje£’c_s,_n;orc’fata%1lgxgd pernicious A to the Com - ' l\
%mor1-Awealch ,., then ihi$VacVc.ord,with1:he% Recufam; Afa&io‘n.;.

Papifis havefnow gotten the repute Qf thef befi Subje<S’c’;,A4andT
% ficzefifcjrffuflin places-of eminent {cu-vice5my"ciws a1mof%”neT...I

ceffai-‘ ihat forrainc Papifls be broughninfor thelix port:-1 A
ing of)‘, he indang6redAroyaIry  for thfiugh the Popifh afiiom

:2 t Cour: be flrongan_d%.a&ivc£j:nou¢gh forimatter o«fCo'uniE:1I,

yea; for rnatter of forts the Puritans in.City and Countrey be

too prcdominan c.

Tl1e.Bifln3p (SF Dofimze in  vifitation‘ fpeecfi Iasfcs all-z-A V

the calamitiés of Chufch azldcommon-wealth upon Non-A

conFQm1if.ts,L 311391, For prqofE:__ th§;1‘.eo%f'i11I}ancesi.in the Co"verlan-  %
t%ersM,'Whon‘1"hc charges of rebqllion, chargi'ng Wiehall than}.

z~ebe1.Ii0n upon.Pu_r3tanifm¢.Tl1e flrfc rhingfléies he):hatma”deV

me out if love with thatfieligion, was their injurious A"cie:%aa‘lr * -

}ingWitf1;King.S5 which I ‘obférved both in théir Fprafiite an d“
dofirine. Hegagcegfirit theig doétrinc, becauflithey deny’ that
gK“in%gs1:1prema%cy in caufcs "E,iccIcfi'afl:{ca;»l_I,a nd 31 10 W18 ubjefis
to re£i&_.,% nay gind deppfétheir Kin _ ,« xifihe be a Tyrant], SurelyV

% flhszbcould IE£;rV1i1;cI%e for‘hi;n1?:lf:,, ifhc could not lay his

owne crimes Lzpcnn E.u?]7..zb; but 1E;ehere“b_y whatart of ‘con-’

%  fnfiion all, Scots areca.i.l;cdPurirans. andVaI1PurIrans rebels:

King jfizmgr fpokc nQt%%IoconFuIE:d1‘y as if Pur.itani1?nev§rere% ' I

h a'ReIi,<:ion5 axgd afil wthgudiflilced Bilhops smdCeremonies7  A
c*nemiesA % 

were ofnhatfieiigioxgg and ail of that Reiigfonwere‘

V A to Kings;4F‘I_fa.JBifhop needcclw ~arzyA -p.roofe,V iffhis *1AT-’urr@. 394%
A “ T A f 7%  ”    mAwer,g“

 

A      lg!-5&3)

  {upre$macy : one inflancein any Kittgaaehich have beenede-l-a

pofcdlortmurdred by Presbyteriall apthority. How far Bi---

V t flmps have incroached upon Kingsfisflknown to al theworlclzi a A

were flat unqtieflionablegtl would define himftlo prove all A A b F
a Covcnanters Pm-ita“ns,.and all Puritangdenyets ofthe"Kings ;

our 'Protcf’tat*it Bifhops lately have by Oath and Canon com-, ~ A
bined togetfherttto bind .the Kings handslchoutgh hee be Su-l A

premc, that he I‘-hall hot'govern_e.our§}hurch but by Arch..bli-»
mops, Bifl1ops,tArch-vdeacons, &c. andayet thefe troublers

of%Ifi~ae1Lhave the Etc: to taxe Efija/9 of their owne fir-2. at

. ePrlesbyltery%ilnde'ed has heretofore ;pafi‘ed her bout-r‘dsllj7et§ A

.9

1 hot of late, but_Epifcopacy has ever from Cimfimztine claimed -

c
»

--aninclepcndence of Divine right, tillwthis inflant. I_ctoncteive ‘

thereare not in all thclliings Dominions, three men, - except '
Plafipifls and Anabaptills, which hold it lav: full. to depofég. or A

by—:any:for.ce tovslolate the/perfons of Kings, how ill foever.

.. Thelfaqtclo Divines ittdeed maintaine that a great body o£ b
  men mayldefénd themielves againll the tunjufl S Word of mill‘
 led Kings, »becaul7e they cannot flye, otolthetwife {Ewe them;
, ielvesg at-ad this they takenow tobe théiraowneleafe; whereas; n

evour” CouttlDivin’es in England hold, that "in fuch lcale; Wee

ought» all to yeeld ourthroatst Without defence... Thisfeemes

." unnaturaIl,and truth wasnever utxnaturall, but_lI-fbrbeare
to difputea pointlfo horrid to matis limaginatlon :. 'I‘ll1eBi... “
lb {hop nextinfsances in‘ the rebelliouaprafilces of P uri tansgand’
reclgons up fome Fafilstim Sectional appoin tedbyxhe l?resby;e... at

I-y wjghou c ‘Kin g jameahis privi-ty,_ and fome other {edition se

sermons,antI_a€’tions.whereby he Waamuch annoyed. But. 1

'fiVf1a1;? didnoa: King jams: know his owns enemies, Qrl_1oW~
to blame them? did he conclemnc. allt-Yew a_l¢ikc,or-all Bi flnop»

V haters alike, or ‘joyne the Englifhitt like C0nCl€r.l‘1IratljO_D'?,We

j{nowlw¢1%le»nough, tltat-‘King-jainex cal led axjebelliotts , prey-1
cifians Puritans, but hell never called . all Puritams=lre_bellious-;

A prtcifians: He never ufedl thofer tctmes. as co“nvertible,.bue

 

clecllaredlhis Contrary; meaning  a mat1iFefl.difFeren Ce taken?
between: them; But. tl1leeB3lhops.malme 1nflanc:e*is in the pre-

fent Scaiclz infi1.rre<?ti%onI ; thlslhe calaaa rebellion OE l?tirira1;s,. 5

 L,’ ‘I   ;md'far greater than the Poizvder-treafbntl“:l For (fayes he) that-; A -A

.     (44)  

‘plot waistbnt the a8cof ea fewdifizontented Gentlemen, 

in_tbis‘rebe11iOIi of the Putitanstthey have ingaged a _g;:caq;

.p&:1‘t‘-0i"‘th6 Kingdome, to that this may bee on to be the‘

, common fin of that ‘feet; Vvhateould havebeene raked out "

~ V off-Ieii more fianclerottstito oureiieiigion, more Apologeti-

Cali for Popery.

i he  A The~Powcler-Traytors are here "pi-eFer’d before thewhoie

5:8: of Pnritans : The finne of the Potsvderé-Traytors Was,
that they being but-aniinco'nfiderabie party, fought the Ade...

  firu<‘3cion« of their King andhis iffue‘, andtthe flower of the

Nobility,‘ Gentry, Commonalty, and the extitpiation of « the
trnie Religion, by a moi’: diabo1ic_aiIb1o’udy prafficetand Con-a

fpiraeya. And it ought not t0"b€Charged upon the meere act. ;
“ores, as a fymptomeof difeontent,,~ onciy we knoWh‘oW‘f'arre'

t the Rotniiflt Religion it f7eiFe. favours zmo gives grountli to, V

fuch damned feats, and izow fatre it has owned fome hgving‘

proved«pr,0if‘perQus, andjniiifiedthe doing thereof in nature
as impious, though perhaps in degteenot fo heinous as this.
For take this as '

tireafoni tnoreugly, andthorrible.  
- A N ow to outrna tch this deed of darkneffe, the Scarab Nation

‘ [bya Pcrange genetaI1«-unanimity have arrncd themfi:-Ives to
‘ oppofé the ill government of Bifhopsjand other altemtions

in the fervi.ce of Goidieteand the , adminiflratioh of juflice, and

A 1: was confpited;a11d~qnefiion1efl‘e, fincethe ‘
‘A crucifying of"”j’efi:r C/arifl , the light n‘eve1§_.difcovcred any

being invaded therefore by another N ation, have ufed force
to defend their lives; and Iéeing tha t defence not fitfe in their

owne Countrey, they have fifiinceptxrfued it further “by way

1 of prevention in the Countrey of their Invaders.% That is
the greatefl aétof rebellion whereby thecommon peace and e

flzfety ofa Kin gdome is mofl: diflurbed and impeached ;[ but

by the common 2:6’: ofa Whole Kingdome, that milehiefecann .

notbe efi’e£’ccd, thereforethe Bifhop failes in his tpolitiqnes

i when he thinks that the C/7/[zjor part diliurbing the Minor," is

n‘1ore»trayterous,-than the eontrary.'I'he unanimous Waéttof :1
Whole Kingdome ‘oughtto be prefnrjnedi to be'Iefl'e injurjousji

- and emote-Wife then the a& ofany finalleeinconfihderable party,

for-it hathfcarce. eve: beene feene that a whole Kingdome, or

A the y

   majority thcrcoft hathwmrer been treafonablc to its fslfc in t

tpmcuring itslowneruina. ~ V A A

« V Many States haverperilht  themachinations ‘ofla few illr

~ ailfeétcdt, illadvifcd Counfcllots,(l'carceever any pcrifhc Q

gjthgrwlffilbllt the totall‘ body and cblleélion, hasncver been l

guilty at its owncxuine :_andif' it were, Iucl1t;T1-eafon could

nattbr; {'0 great t as that xvlfiich tistplottcd by a'fe»w.t tWhillt -the A

Saar: contained tlfcmfelvcjs withinithcir owns tcrritoric-2'5,
and were conlidcred as a Kingdoms w1th1n the1nfilvcs,*a;s

zhgy were when .th¢Bifi10p pafbhis tcenfufe, they iwcrc ~:n.o.3“._

rightly fo ccnlitrcd : neithcrltwas hc_gthc.n«privy.lto’ their ;1'r1e-
trufions, that they would mfcfl; out k1ngdQm<:w1_tl1»tlm fame

tcombullion, and {'0 prove a dilhtrbancc to the greater part of V

tout-_ Britifh Monarchy, w’l~1ercof they themfelves arcbut a

t1neml:2er4oflcfl"c bu,l~ke‘arltl4;‘value.tt Q1rf7:d~r»herle{oNr<: are thofc
?unc%hatltab4lctcxafpcmtmg CCn_fL1'_I'€$, whereby_,the Kingis too

fa:‘_ig1<;tenl"cCl:l 33'1£l‘by'Wl1plE ra£l1 infiigations rhretcotmmqtious
%th<~:mfcllvcs bccome tlacll1a:d‘et to be appeafizwcl. - ‘   A
l Great infiu-rcfiijons are ll_l<C, grcatfi.rc*s, tvlaeraisw-delay is

tmilishievous, asnirl llh1altl‘re1n§:dics rathcrturne to fu7eltl,;tlhci1
A extinguifh: and vzolent‘ COLll1l£'l‘l3galflll an inraged-mtzltitudt:

is likct oy‘le,_ or lpitch” call: into ttl'1eflame.t The wife politician
proportions his rerr.-zedy accordxngto the mifclniefei, if water

 will not prcvaivle,l1fie ufetlt milks ;if a little quantity will not
flzfiice, he powrcs‘ as the co"mlm[l:ion it felfctrcquires. _U1ll.;OI?“

,tL‘l;1‘l§.Vt_“elv5Q\q}Jar5t&u2milAfiandS as a Sjcamarl<~e ,tlo~lwam:e a;:1p;~znces ‘

how tlolflmntthisrocke of violent lrclounflill againll: a people
Llviolentlytinraged and aggtlevedgt A Some: men have interprtzu
V %i1;c*d‘tl1cdefigz1cs of the Smr tohavev bcene treafonable from

lttlaebeginlxzitag, and xvh~ollybcnt upon the fpoylé and havolclm

A golthe En;_cz,llliflf”1N,2tior1,f:fom tl1lcu~firl’c l3tir1‘ing':4lOthers laavc

w-lxolly fllllilfietl theirt£nt’tntiona anal A proccrccliztugs lzithcrto as

A dsfcnfiveonsfly, ant-"l infc;‘rr:<§:clby 1‘1CCelT1Ey:.b_0i’l1tl){3f£’:,‘_ I,con-
tcive, are to_:; r;;1ll'1andll1ead-loxwg in their gtteflés. Izjfo great

El bod y of men,\th<=:rc mull needs be llvaticty of opinions, and

Alit'3_li.l—:el_y Cf311Ef3Yl§ty_0 E" a“Ffc&l%ons ;AandAtt%l1ctelbre it bzélmoves

”_dtl:.»::. King to; be the more‘tentderginoderate, and c‘ircu+m{pc€“l:iz1 A
A ;hi*3l%delibc tatio11s,as ‘W61 for thc one fid€>3.S'_ thclotl1er,.eQ7;§c1:;lly ,

*5, . t t finccl

 (46)     ‘ A  
fince the :S'c’at.t' have not evidently ‘and univetfailly asyet de-
clated themfelves for the’wor'fe. We may at once be cha-

.gI.i;abIeif1 hoping the heft, and wife withali  preventing the e
f Worft; my, a Eharitableand fweet demeanor, ifit be not too
  "fond, may prove a great partfof our prevention: idoubtlefle

y Kebomm himfelfe, had heenot beené wi_lful1‘y;devotcd to it i

‘V tyoungiii, rafh, and violent. Connfellors, might have eafily re;
d mined within his obedience many ofyhisywe11~meanin“g Sub-
» je&s,t-and rcelaymed others of more moderation ; and by that

me-anes have divided and diflipated the mofi: ob{tin‘ate,_head-‘-“
throng, and furious ofall the rebellious party. Some Princes
think: thcmfelves bound in Honour to doe unwife things,
and this was the ertour of Rehabtnmz , his aged Gonnielrlours

“ advifed him to that which was mofi po1itiek,conclnding that

to be moft honourable; but his Genie: rather led him accor=- a

dingito the advife of his young Gallanrs , to concliide that

. molt poiiticlgwhichito his haughty Romack féemed moft ho-i-r»
 nonrable; but what was the event .9 to avoid the {borne of ~

youngmen, beincnrted thcfcorne ofold/men; to avoid‘ the
unjufi cenfure of fooles, he incurred the jail cehfnre of will:
then ;_ totgaine the honour ofappearing flout, he purchafed
the difhonout of being rai-11 5 to {hetv a contempt of danger,
‘hermade himfelf a prey tO*il:; rather then to decline a blow by
-a gentle bowing of his body, he yeelded'himIelfe to be inevig
tablyoppreiiedby it. t A 3% i A ~  .

At this time of revolt the Ifldelitei were not fo wicked 5 as
~the.ir*tevOIt after made them; it may be fo with the S'cot:,they

are yet Protgflhmtr, andiperhaps may be retained ('0: and who  A y
 can thinke Proreflarztr, that {'0 gteét abodyiofthern , can “as

«one fall {'0 deifperately tumble into the depth of mifchiefe , as ,

r‘ i to make F afting, Praying , Oaths andtsacraments , metre in- 
-«Ptruments and traynes to commit mnrther, theft, ihcrilcdge, . e
atrea[on,and the moi’: 1.-mnatutall of all crying crimes P But to "

iretnrne to our owne Nation ,and what we fuffer by our owne

i Divines. _ A
C.7l4:17£2874fl‘Z?2g.£‘ Doc9tr1r1e is common at Court, and ’ti's not ‘I

long {into a Bifhops Chaplaine in Term:-time, challenged a

% Judge of Tlfeafbn , e for deliyering Law accordingto confci-

e f ence; A

    <47,   

ence . .And this is‘ now no prodigie, for Pul‘pi'ts are notpuh--   i.
.. liek enough to pitgeach an unlimitable prerogative Air: AA; ‘tie fir:
our learned Do&ors fhould mountthe Benchesof ]ufli<:e a1;..~  1
 170,. there to fadvance Logick infiead of Law 5“ for Law is A
T growne injurious to Prince.sg,and finelsranke of Puritanzifnm.

Divines themfelvesvwill lofe noth=ingtoPrine_ceei, but all
other men fhall, that they maytgainethe more: and neither

Lawyers norlStAatef-‘-men imuli direft them -«in anything ,4 but’ id
 both Lawyers and State!-‘-men mutt be direéted by._them in all

things: but let us a little; examine how: the condicionate and

: abfolgutiei forniesigofi goverminent eomeewithin the circle 013 A’

ATheologie. The Ifleeliter were governed byM'onarchs, but
notall alike? abfolute. The Patriarchs were tnotvfo abfo1uteA

as theo'_Iudges, nor thejudiges as the Kings, I101‘ the-Kings as r
thofefleathen Emperou.’rs.g, which at lair made them tribu-A7
taty; The due of ACaefctr3 and the due ofdhlomon, a-ndgrthe due
I -r ofsgzmuel, aInd_'th~‘2ldl1€3.0‘f}‘dc05, was notthe fameas to all
 . "points of s:a:e,m.- all degrees of Royalty, and yet the nation-' A
r was the fame , and the forms of government ftill remained:

thefame. A i

A A It £1:-gould fizemc . that God approved that degree of Sorrel; r
raiggnty heft , which was byhimfelfe {etled in the ‘perform of
cfl/faférg, for when that people afterwards defired a King, ofa A

more lawful! and large prerogative, i-nl~imitati‘on of other

Nations , the thing difpleafed God. Samuel alfo wfrotea m
A A booke ofthis lfubjeét, [hewing thejufi conditions o£iRc;Agal=l*%

power; (theloffe whereof is muchlto AbeAlamenAted)A For if it

a had beene Gods will that all Kin~gsa~fhouIdVbe equally abiba g
‘ lute in all refpeéts, and freefrom all limitations and obligatig-A 

* ons alike, Samuel needed to have written little thereof ; one

word had determined all.“ Beiitin Scripture , xas-it now‘  F

maines , Sjainuelrbooke being not extant; our chiefefi light

A and guide nowe isnby example, not rtileg. and example ‘twee

findevery various. it i r r - i
‘ The Stateand Soveraignfty of the ffewifla Kingsi in generali;
wefindernilde, andgratiouisg but much differing in particuu

lars. ‘ Soloman was heavy overlhis Subjeét 3, and under his Son

theywould not beare the like 5 yet .S’oloAmm2.r preffure was not

_‘

upon“ ”

V 13114, orAAVI;:fl7jei1thcir Alwmwut simangfc other  

dcrs.;A A

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véx theiirfpfirfons  MAi13¢3TY h3‘Z3Td}5‘ lanfd j'»élfV‘iC¢$a"'1f¢lr H3
wfis at peace wfwh all thnfzlworlol Neither and  any *‘

 
  

 

§almfionA.r_ vharflmcffz wasllonely in: m_1pAloymgfo lgreiz-tl mulu...
w{¢S.foeg-“ hisA%ownelpompcmAs atzscznclaxacc, and for tihel perfm-A..«

A %%;m,;mce of-fuch pubAli‘ke- workes,‘ agndl &.ru&urcs, as did tend

t‘o.1;he Maglnificemze and 'bf3&1:1l'.y,l.Of the State. Befidesficrip»

tare ClOl€i$¥I1‘0t fa3:isfileAu~s,~neith€rbyruls, mar example , whci- V

g._:_he1'*.K.ings Oflgllt to bee fixcmccffi-ve a1wayes_.,Vo4r elefiiveg qr
whechc; primfogeniture of Males ,. on unigenimre‘. of Damgh--A
aécrs, ought to cakg V place :A manyzthings, arc‘<1¢ft,fol uncemin,

that it is~nAm: alwayes {Ea-fc forflings whoIlly:toArelyu15anlAex~

. % «\aL.?mPI}{es'5.'l‘andu for thcrulc of obedience,’ it is general], and no »

more advantagi,o11sl.Afor free Monarchs, than -conciitionate Poi-l
~rmntalts9l=5 ‘I.1o~ more for fupreamc, than fubordinate Alcomm:an«—
l The Law ofa fure Bea clé:termines,llltlaalt aIllllP~rinceIsi‘bEing

A jpublxike Mlfli»lfi€TS'LfOf the common Vgood, that their auth“rJrity

201.41-ght not blC:2‘_(;}f’f.‘1~-$C.l¢fllt- llatiwclje for: that conumlon good 3 l“

:a:n;d_A Alincie ‘Sm-itfurfe is A not exp"reflélconcerlni.n4g tahat;lar‘itude,;

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Axsxurs bjzanfy neceflity, fo'rLawes.l2trenw*mor‘«e learned, cm&,

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1 rkhfsy Aware; zmd t«he%@f0reihelre"r1ee&s*n@fi? Arha12vAo7c3a?lll powégor '

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A (49;   T  

 and Ordinances, a=“rxd_A their infal1ib1e~aLv~ifaes, iarhemwf fi1,¥,;1J1i‘_de j M

we11~goverm-rd Coumriesdg the vreryh Oracles of all APoAIicy,ai1d

Lawgthey areyrhe foAu:»m:ainesi of ‘civill blond, fpirits,anci fife;

and flier foveraigrae antido.resA of A publike imitigheifes . That A
~eP1:ine:e Was never yet deceived iwhichirelyed Ijpon themaimr I

can I¢I6_ Ghuhfe ib.utA be deceived, which thinkes 1;/scan be aflified

wichfany more wife or faithful! advertifement, thenirhare
wrhich is given “him by his whole Bealme 1inicAedh,-and deAc)n..i  
tiraéiediinea Ieffercireumference. What e.-ndAcanai1 tile flower i

of the Nobility, Genrryranid Common alry afa Na1:iox~:,being:
Wif‘-‘ md mlitgious, have in ieducing their Sovemigne, "Or in
limiting that ysoxicrraignty by Awhich alone they are prote-;.
 Or -‘What Cine party [of partichuiar men can better under»-
 the true limits of fufiicienr Sevcraignty, and the prefix:

thereof; then 'thisAicoil1e&ihve iunrivderfaliry , whofe ra.yesA1ike,
the S,un~s_;,i ,aeeree;heveryiWhere dii£fae~r=[ed;eandh yet whofc body of

lighrtjis hereas in 2a refnllgenteilobe concentred 2? A

A A Tiiiétviduals may have many particular endsfiévcrd from the

Princes or the States, but Communities can ayme at nothing
but the common good 5:33 the lefler fauntaines fimtrerz their
brgmching {treames upand down invar1us,MseandersA ,whilfE

~ the Sea ccmaines1EIfe*indan.im:irAe :b0dy,iwiAithin its con...
fiam: bounds. Individuals aifo have hm: their own particular '

1321: limits of pherfefition , and have judgements bcfidcs apt to
bee darknede by their owne» (E-verail intereiis and paflions 
whefr¢;}a.sA:the cemmon body inioyea ad dconfluence o£AI?mraIir
Pfirfiéiions , and hathh the Iefle f'erce*frAom*aAbrho2d 1:o\ c:sAver..__\

 cloud ehemh.  all men thereForeAitwii1 moi’: conaerne Prin-r
we to fufpefi thern which are eneAmies to pubIic1c.aflembIies,i

aigd £0 coi1fideiAn them” rnofhwhoiia ends a.1'~en0.tdivided from
the generalities 5 and as they render their owne ihappiienefie,

A to J€1Lpe&:ri*it:chi¢fly from that genieraliry,~bywi1ichA they are

K;i1nAg$;“to~whieh,theyrareiGods , frdm which their very Diau

deems receive dheneur and fan&i~ty, to which their Very Royall M
Order ;imrpa.;x‘t~s lite, .and‘ibreAath, and necefilary fubfifience. I

eome now to my rEthica11Pm~imz. AA : .4 r V

 V The name of iPm*iz’tm¢ mufi not refi here, for there maybe  i
fame ‘imodcratc, Wel_l inclined, fgzile men,Awh0(eAeduciat1on.A -
 A A A ’ 2 may‘

  we 1

'  be fuch that ;:hey are not mx51cIivers’deor»i¢nfi%ghned either in-{ 7
A =ma'ttersof':Re1igeion, or«matters-of SE3 '56 5 1heY'm3Y ‘be {@1011 as
"are no Wayesbufie but in .che«'i'r OWN’ A P31"1C“l‘“' 3fi311'53: A3115»

yec=:'u: behoeves, that -rheiemen etoobe brought in Within thc

opprobrious reompaffe ofPLiriA“taen'1fme. ‘:‘ To_theAiR¢li'gious, ~
  Bcclefiafiicau, and Politicall Puritan, there‘ mufibe joyncd

alfo ‘an.Ethi!calI Puritan. 9

M A Thisedet€.f’ce"d edious name of Puritan firfft began%Aint'he%
 fiurch preiemtly after the Refo-rma tion,but now it extendsfit

felfe fureher, and .-gajnirag sfirerigth as it goes, ‘ice'di~fl'fi{Es its

e poyfonous ignominy further_.,~and beingginet commented to

eafiangrene Pxeligion, Ecclefiaflicalle andCivi1I policy, it now

V vthreacenedefirufiion to a11’mota1itya1fo*.? The honefi flrift

¢{emeano?u1-3 and;ci~vAi11e-weoxaverfation v§fhich~ is {'0 em»iném‘in
£0 memen do.es,fo upbgaid and convince theA-ntipeuritanghat
"6-ve£1‘ihonefl:y, {fri§‘?cz1efl'e,~ and civilityeit felfe mufl beeo meedifi-J

=gr.1£:efu1l, or.e1fi:; they which areeontrary cannot remeeitge in. e

A gface; B utebecaeufeitis too grofle to deride vercue unde1'ft;_hE   A A
‘name of vertue; thereforeofther 'coIo1irgTare' invented, lane!

fo the fameethingundergoes‘Tdei'i[iox1 imde.r‘ an otherename; A

‘Ihetzealous man is defpifed undef thename of zea"1ot,e ihe Re-.

bier pat upen him-ta m«akeAhi:=n odious.

A ligious-honefiemanehas the vizardeof an h y pocxjitc and diMfi?-2In¢-_-

A ; 3Puri::ansA}bye fame aree’para_11e11cd_~to je‘fziites;:[efuites$:are

ca_11ed‘ePopifl1 PL»1':3itaAns.,j-aned Puritans, Prdte*flaAnt ]efuites%;y_e1:
this is norindeed difparageabléto them : Forédou btleffé fiery
:z.eaIe andwiegour were not blameable injefuites, were ‘not
their "very Religion -falfe 5 as ”ceIeriAty a:nd,expediti’on” in ‘a
'7I‘rave11eris:n0t»init felfe fatzgltyg bin‘: commendéblgthougeeh
-the further from hisjourneys end. _ 4 A   w

r My Lord of»];)owne prefefles that thefirft thing which

” wihe Traveller being ink: wrong  path, it ‘cauies I1i‘tn'toe‘A?{h"*ay

‘ *macIehim difi ffl the%eRe1igion%%ofPurita:ns( befides their egroffe 

hypocrifie Jwas fledicion  SAo”grofl“é hypocrifie, it Ieetnes,
as the. .fi:rflf.* Whaieis g—A.roiTe 0": vifible hy’pocrifie to %rh‘eV Bi-4

’ ’ifl1op,I‘know mac, forlcan tee noewinddweseor ezlfiementseiri M
"mans -breaffs, neither doe I thinkehitn %'1fr‘iduedwiA4r:h *Sa'int A‘ 
4;?-.cn«r.mpr4Qphetica11 .fP1I‘i.t whereby to perceive and fiaarchfi A

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_. ‘intoAtherelit1es_;,and heatrts of hypocrites; but let him preceded } -

It is at p1»aufibl‘e _ma%tr‘erV' ,(fay.es he) w.i.£h the people :10 heart:

omen in an thorny depraved, and to underfiand: of any liberty
andiipower iappertaifxtingi to them£e1v;es.V Theprofefimn alfo
of ext.raordoimma»ry~..zea1_e, and as it were contempt ofttheworld

jworlgcs with the multitudes. When they fee men fgoe fimply

 in the Streets, andtbow down: their heads like avBu11gru-mg, %
A ’-theirinward pat/tsibiarning with deceic,Wringi-ngtthei-r necks

awry, [haking their heads as if they Werein ‘fomeprefent

ugriefe, lifting up thewhite oftheirteytes at the-fi_gh:tt-offome e

_vani_ty, giving greategroanes , crying 'otutagaintfii this  and
that finnein their figpertiours, under colour of long -prayers,
‘devouri.'ng.w:idowes, and married Wives hdefes 3 when the
multitude heares and fees fuch men, they are carryed away

‘With a great conceit of them, but if they fhould judge of -
V thee tnen ;by,thei,r_ f.t'l.1i't$,IfIOI1 by outwardeppearance; they
A ” ,ihoui_%d;findtlae111 I10 beverywfarrefromathefruefielaigiori.-See V
V A heirethe froth ofa fcurrilous libeller, whereby it is concluded  

' ihat he that is of fevere 1ife,“anfld averfe from the comnion
V  jgatihities ofthe tirnegis anthypocritel: Ilfthefizdefczriptions of

.éi1ifijzV%1¥d¢ a;u,i’c¢tit:y fh

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all; notonelyi fhéwoohwhattis an hypocrite;

A but gointi o11to‘z11ifow;hofl is and hypocrite,‘ oi1r«Sa’viour him-—

Ielfe wil hardly oefiziape this-de1Eri‘ption; doubctles our Saviour,

V A ahd many of his devoutefifollowei-s did geroiane, ihaize their

;hea1ds”,at;d4¢1itf%t utptthetir eyes at the fight of-fome publick finsg
and?.vg.himties,a1ad‘did not {pare to;taxeihe vticestqf Superiouns,
and I_:Q.p reetchttoo, :andtadmoni{h~fhemcan er fort of the "pee.

plefi; yet who but an AW: gore} Caiplrbr wiII'it1Fer ‘from hence

A  that the;-efor,ei their inward parts biszrti e«w1ch deceit, and ch at
A tilfilr endisemeerelrytto carry away the mu1*t1t1;deo;fuchias
judge oneiyibyt‘outtward_eppaarati,té, and haivenot theiriiené

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fesh;e;te1jcifedt»to%”difc¢rne betwti-xtgood and evil-I ?« It is A liikclyo

.

I A the Higoh §Pricfista«nd Ph1fifZ=:e9s did:t~hui§t b'Ia“fpheme in theft‘: " A
 tioa.yes_.,and ;that the rather, beam:-; from their owne fayned

fan&eit;yt,they were the more apt to fufpe:&:the It the ii*n"”others:

;But*wha_t? Xn1?1i7€,,W5‘£1_757€dS foi{;ow:t'h€ m,orthisBi£hop in this? A
i But to proceed with’:-his"»ttifl1op,Se1nt fame! faiyesthe)» gives; to

es afulldefittiptioniof,ér»ue"ReIigion._ -:  5  _
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Wji{E:d@mVcfrom;.ab0v%Ae is firfc  rag then peaCe”::,b§e,jg:entle:, »
a,n¢d eafisc IQ be intrcated, fu1A1AA‘ofm~en:y and good t-ruits,,withl~ 

out juclgin4g4, and hypacriiie. None of theiéipropcrcies wi-1!:

 vé*ith%;t11¢ A Religion of‘ fP~.urita;I1s.§,  is not pure,-for it:

_£t11}0W»&sA .Vf.1ry, Sacrilecige, Diriisbedience, “Ré¢be11«im1, Sm;  Tc’ ‘

A is nompeaccable, fiforyhefc. men arevzhe? inczend-iarycs of vChri¥§

f£&cudo§%me. It is _n%otg;:mt1e, nor eafic to be i-I-1trea‘ted,7 for they
_;»r€A;1:n£9;re%A2t1:1r£’ccre 1:11:11 .C.:zta, and nottobe_. mcwcc!" by p;exfwa:.

xfion or cammarad. It ispnt fuli of mercy and g0odfr_uits,; far A

may :;re.a11 {pr fi1crifice,nothingfor'merc3z;f'or the firfi~T:_fiSIe‘5

1 tmcqt ,t;,t1¢£ecpndw[; fo:rvfa%i;:h, not chz;1ri.ry;th.:=.y« pull dawn C%hu1E=r A

;c§hes,*;but builyd no Hafp4ita%]s. It is not without judging, for

’thcy' ayre known to be mit rigid qcnfu-rers.%A-ndAheis aVn“hyVg. 
pocr_it[¢€ Wshihh f'py::s»ai moa<t:c.i»n*~hi's ‘brotiherseyés, and finfotV 3% '

‘J;b¢am£   .'0W:ne.; C V

 Her§%i§%%a*a0n‘fufed pzoofefliatfuc:h=PuVritans !a rehypbc‘:rits7,;[ ,

‘no ,pMroofe;at all; that 't’_hi§ man is fuch a‘Fu»ri1:ar1. If "my
;=I,Q;:glt.$ay% bcimchfa P.urit;an, this dqenotes him aI1hypecrice,bu:

—tbiS€_{0es,notprove thatmy? jI.0i'd%Say orflrayakg, or Daa{,%og~%
.Clgz2er, 86:. orany theimofi‘ fam‘ousA I?11ri.«tVan livixl ‘is ‘guilty ‘

Jo%f%Vfury,"Sacri1edgc, Rebellicngpulling downeo Vchurches;
fietri%ns  §thc World onfim, _or ofrenouncing the fi'ec«:;md Tab];
andaI%
«damn-mg mafignantly .e.%ther men Ifthefe ghings were xrue:
ofparaicular m:¢n,ca1umny weruanegdlexremgcu {anion wémlrd
bVet%:er;fup;p%rwefl‘e;-them. "And fi1re*% it is not %outAoffav0ur that:
LawAp1:o%cc€ds .n_0f:, f'0rmaIice has often enaugh flaewcd her
 1:e«:th, and would have ;birt~en~ if: {he *cou1d,~neithcr‘ would flat

i19WC€l1l1mH1ni€£vI€iflhe Acoulclaccufé. A‘ "

L .  ~'_fl1gBi[11ope;xpe€tsnot robe .VbLeI¢eve3,-if he puzzellgwéznal .

Aworkfi‘ f0111€Vint%o d0%‘r1bt,,ViAt% is fufficienyt : but  %B;iT.‘3tei‘ can-..

~ L Vfuri-ng,aI3d caalumnious cendezxinin gr df others is 1'0 §nfa._1libl%e L
‘afignjeof hypocrifie-,hgw Vcfages the Bifhop wipe izhis offf'roni  V»

:,himfe1l5fe ? Gan Puritanéf ‘fpeakekwc-rfe of any, thgn he doth of
Puritans  Sure they may well joyn with him upon this ifl'ue,

A that the greatefl flandercr i$*th€ great tefi hypocrite 5 3Dd'y6‘t %

A Iécke no Furt;l1€;‘forAflanders, ~then"* this very fpeech_,-wherein
Ehefo eagerly inveighs againfc flander. gbut if individiu-alds

AA gannot

Wm-%k¢s ()f A jufcigce and charity,or ofcen faring and cons» A '

- the  opcnV wickiednefle and .fc3ndaJ1 off th<;i-

A.;: :nxiot,geth%u$ ;‘c0f1vijic:¢d by the Bifllop, Haw fl1a I:I~< thef:

figm and%WAfympt0m¢s> cg a-pp%Iic=dAtoVvho%lMe4 Scéfs, Religions,
.Ki13__gd:omrcs?  A ~ % A A * A A ' 

%  The  ord;-fnaryvbadgc of "1°I:M'it4725‘ is their “molt” relia-A
  [ tgim1s;:a_nd confcionaiblc Vconverfatzon , ith&n._tha:twwhi1ch% is

faccne in other mans .- andwhythis fihould make themodious
_(_.‘)'I§fufp‘€'&ed of §_1ypocrific amongfl: honcf’c and ~c‘haritabIc

.men:, I could never yet l»ea=*rn¢.% Afeeming religious confifls

in doing aétipns: %-umzwardly good, and the goodnqifc of thofe
afiions is apparent :3 man ;, but the Falfc hypocritical] end of”
 ;is~ «o4nc¢IAy ,difc¢rncd by God :4 and therefore with wh at
¢onfcie11ce- can Icondcmne that good which is vifible, For

W =z;hac e3vAilA1 which=is% not vifib 16,? Say», Breaks, fDad_.,VClwer,(§~c.A

areknowne to mcgyet no othcrwiic butas,mcz1 fingularly
«d£votc,and askallithePAr%ophcts,%and.Apefiles would, if they

we-re. new living::4~,%andfl1a1‘l% 1%c0r1clude5%becaufe they feemc  
fe,th¢rcfore ?the~y%.a?re;nc;3§tfojA2 Igm Io far firom this, that my
v¢?;?>w?;14%e. confciencc %b:m‘c_1es me to honour them, andvthatin thofe

‘things, wherein I have_n,ot the grace to follow th«cm_ I have
‘bee-up a: % di%1i»g.cntA inqL1ire1* %in4tso ‘Zémrimm, and A'hav€  ~cXa&Iy
Acmdr tAhcm*thxee way¢s- :1‘irf1’a:::fr'n ithamfielvress and fin I findc
ckxsm Azea1.m1s,A at legit fceming fa joutwardly, and difiinguifht‘
principally fr othgr mgn by“thcir1:emarkab%le,a%nd fingular
geaiLt:;;> Grad and the*Tru;¢h:a:;d t"‘his%tom meis;no.%gro11nd of un...

   %c1(1;t;ri.:aiI:;1e,4.%cez1fi1re, S%cVcc$fndly,~innhofe,which4i11tl1efc tigmes
  . ghixalgc and fpeakc  ficharirab1y 0f‘?h¢m ; andtbey are {via many
» A.  number,  of fo;goodf1!1.a1,1fY,*3Jha£*ind¢r:*d «to:thePopi%£h%

gdomeralmqfiz fcemcs :Px-é.

and Epi{copa11~ faftiong :11 the Kim

A %é~x:.»m2caz1;} but: for this I cannot th.inke the Wortfcé of them’. ~ But

Afihirdlya whefll AA-confiderfPWi~Ws and Ajcompare them “with

%  Vc~ommon n'050“:s‘3‘~¥9%d751ff3’7i551%33h‘3n‘%*[heir'g0°d“¢fl.¢

£ae.mcs A  ,e%videm;A to me  asif'i1;were «1egibIy%ingra»ved%im
% A Chififé 0pp.o1£?:rs...c
Nothing b£1tTruth, Ho1in¢1Tmnd%%.Gno0dn€ffe, feAemes=to   me
E97138 tbs’: ,cau£c,AfA%tha4tA Papiftsdfi 170 if-mp1acab.1y abomime t‘hem_=:“

that; our»pr0}L1dHim-3»rc~hifis,wAmb-idexters,andNctutcxs in Rev A

1_,igipn,%%do'iZ:Vu%%nce£fa4n;}y,purfue.;:hz<:i: {uh Vverfion ; that Comma-‘

A 4.cners,+ar1d ‘_5::‘im3_fTfV¢_.1'*.‘_:iir’,”gPf¢6,5;&Or33:;_334 théravenws    AA
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V‘ A W A w

”     ncrpnxars&f:he4.aea1me , disc ‘fdvirL11‘ent1yAprofccmtcthémV

with;,defamationS%and con»tu.m<:1i¢s 5’ that Stage"-poets, M‘in4-‘~V
{£1-e1"s, and they jpefcing :Bu&'ooncs afthe age , make*the1_n the:

pfinci¢p§;11*?ff£1b%je&of  1a{.El.y,“ thatAa17I<r:hefl1Aam1eIefTc

m   *" j_1karcls%,%l¢chcrs"5and fwearing=%ruffi‘a1as~*; yand»thfi* %%
fcum of1=.h<r:M§%iflgarAareifb1ti'ck1e%d With7their reproach.,,~anciI % %
ahL‘1f%:f‘. A C%crtainI=%y~,'n4dthing but an unapp{2aféa%ble an‘tipathyAA ~ A
ccixfltzl be~::th4ej caufe fif “all this," and no tefizimoxay oFgo0dnefl"e‘~-
f can be mo‘reA£iire, ur1=-’e%rxing_,_ a.-nd.Aunanfwerab‘1e then fi1ch'Aan-Ag

V ‘tipathy."_V”A VA A %4  ‘  ' ‘M V A V4 “   A

  Amongfi wicked men there may Vibe partimlar t=mtred_,buc”

”t1ot’a Mgé_11fe'r2t11'~1antipathy~:V0ne wicked man ha;tcsn«ot a~r1o..*
N A she": a“s‘wickcd, bu:rath;er1oves%h1Am therefore, Wtar jeIéfe:~A;w the’

Wox1dV%diAc1not‘% obiegrve a dcAcoru7m'i7n 1oA<ziVn"gheVtr own,a-nd; hag-~
ting fl:rangQ‘e'1*s._"As there cannot be divifi0n>in -Satsms kfinga

d.ome«; jfaA% Athe‘reAAcannot be communion or cézmpatibifity  A
 t’w%VixAtCAhri'fcs and - Sa1_tansVSub;'cc’*ls., AButT'tis a miferable thing
to%¢feéhbw farre tb'1s;Wo'td~‘2?‘m*it4zni11i§=ln E‘thica1fc_nfeA?diIateAsA   _

N it Aiclfe. &He,:etoForeit wasPuritaA4nical1~t<3abG:ainc1from {mall 4
 finncs ;%»but noxzé? 313; f0 toA%abfi2i~neVfi*o’m g‘r0f{'cAopcn finVne$;"  M

%thefI14ou_th of Ia clrunkérd-, He is_ a ‘Pmeimne which—refE1féth

his cu pS$ ;?In themouchofa1wearer,He which Feares an oath; ~

I11A?%%thAe*mc>m:h of é1Libe4r%tine, He which makesffimy fcruplc of

A ~_eomAmon fi?11nr;=§;‘In the mouth ofa 1+udeSouIdicr,Hcwhich
. wiihcthxhe }S*ca*tpbMWattc *atua~.n end; w§thontA»b1ood.%AAA[ItAisffuf..¢ %
ficient that fuch men thihke them{'c1?ves A‘tac%ifi1yAcheAckcd%r and“

:xAfI'rcA>‘11 tedA%by the %Aunblamea'b1e convcflfation of .Pm»’itan:;? Bi-A.
flmp Ldlg A phat good and godly ma 1: m”""ov=c‘d% at the declining

{fate ofThisui"mc~isA{{1id to ha vc. c7¥P5A¢fi‘cdhisrcgret1thus L: W¢M%'A A 

feare,faitHhe5a%re1a§>fe¥intoAPop‘iflacrroaganeifiIperfiition;“but

  myheart A rhifgives me Aworfe than fo : Vtter irrcligion and

A7thciImc,*me thinkes,’begins to prevaile firangelyamongflr;

% us: we are‘¥not“£o Iikely*tAo lofe the lightof ttuth,as the: hea_reAJ
  o_f“zcé1c; and7whatAbcnefirVis in Rel‘igien,» where the namc of A A
%  i“tishAonourec!,’but1:hc?poWcr of itis not at? all fecnc Pwhcrc
Godswillis truclytindcrfioo,but his commandsAAaAr¢eAwh$ol-% _ _

5 1yAflighted.? wheremen knoiwA1ikerChriPcian_s, but%Iivclike V 
I.i;¢év19¢!1$? Ih=:%_fou3c,AA2frxe1igionis%hear:y devotion, and   A

A     (5.5)    
 - . that grawesv dayly more AanAd"morc%ridiculous ampngft «as;
313d Yfitfieligion wAithvnut:theAioAu1cof it,js rathcra curfe ‘chm
ableffirtg to us.v No iAmpi¢ty_1is ro hAacinc:5us%in an ignorant S04 ,A
 oimiteg as ~wan)t of pi’étyi;S inia.righ1:in<Pcru&cdI1raclite4. In
A-flan; wife I have’ heard that gond PrcIar¢didcump1aine;a‘nd A
 makes and’. think,-that hebad  his A complaint tome re...
 to this word ”P1m'm»,;thtn A which,» ccitrainiy the Divclly
hath noArAa mare fatarll engine ‘whereby to~canfound Rel-xgicinr,
and to; fabvcrtall true Zeale,goodne£Tc, ax1d%dae*votion.AAThus*v )
fart‘: I;:A_appea_res* what a wiafi Acircumfercnc=.e this won! Rama»;
has, AandAh0w‘7 bi AitAsAlAarge Aac’ceptionA it is uféd w cafl: Adm-tin= the V
A-~ f3<5:eAofall goo neffc,The¢9Iogiea1l,Civil1,orMora!AIlA:A{‘o that A -
A Afcarccany moderate mancan avoidAitsimpuca:tAon. A A”nd4thu~s4 A
it date mifirhicfe to  , not common~1yAnot.cdA for Pm’-imm. —
%  A bntifa }sr”ia¢n- bzé 4fo;no;ted,;uhou hkpcfhapsirrcgalarly ,; then it} A
is f3rther’A‘m:herwifc4abuwfi:d; : ,gor=all:»fu$chAa ma‘ns*ei%rilIfl1a1lb¢AA  
~ charged upon his Purinmifrm, andAa1v1his%gooddeFaccd‘FoArhis- AA 
Purimuifinag Such a mama condemned for murcher, Aandga-- .
A dultery; and afthiss Cicath‘ gives {bmng a£faram:cs;ofun£aigncdsV
r:“eAApetaAt<a[nceA,andci:ontrit£ozmf Hc=wAasaCI9riy9iwM,a PM->4
 avflw’uAr,;  5 Pu£i¢a$:.Ag yet this cnmais recorded and
_ bibwme abroach not for AAc11>r:%Afhazr2e of‘ (hrifliam, Pratt}/9a#?1t‘J,=
A  .}Ié;1im']?cr.:?, E_>u1tAAkzfPnr£mn:. Andas Fm his=attc&’acion ofdccp-A
humiIiation~,how exAc¢1lcn%t foever, the Ahonoursof chem, Ai.fm'.!)_§‘-A ~
-be: ackndwledgcd, 1ha1lA;redoundA we theVAGb:-m~im,AA 'ahe:A41?ram~«»; 
flaw, the <J1!:"n%kr*,.to  tl.“1ingcirf-: e*:tc¢ptAAthciAFrxri:mu. A A A A
> ; Howfi3werin.th2eAA firflplace ought t:o:‘bc%Aobf:rvcd,% Athat~ A  
A  uncleanc fir-reame does not a1wayMesAreceive% it:"sA unclezmae  A
gseflk 'fi‘Om- the fi*Ith- of the~Eountain%e, but 1_A‘n-thc fecond%»p1at:c;~~
1apurcfl{h%+ea%me neccffarilyinfws g."pureSour‘ce;: '7I?iis,AA?%:;‘1?x1<:',:.,   
~ Trc’esAAarekAn0*wne%%by~thei%rfruits,!-and'fbate MCnW~g¢11€ra1Iy7hy- A  A A
  . thcirWorkes"; br~1t;%thisfimiiitudcholdesno£i11A§J;1rAmcn,‘araflf  A A  A
times: A For good mm‘ fnmetimm commit foulne: firinIes;,a1id’b ad A A
mcn‘Aperfc>rme .1audabMl¢,,‘{ervi%ces;% Dwuia’ clefifles -‘-E2rial:i:W4i%fe,,
 AandfroAconc~¢ar1eit*fi~dm%tha world“,ma:kwéh*unAkAeA,and”mm'dersM  .
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hat might jmé,"& the other privy Mini/fer: ‘dfthefb his foul‘: A
A deeds, cenfilfre an this A while ofthis his [exter1.1aellyproFe{fedj: A A
ihnétity,‘ and purity, =andl:l’cr.iétnes; in point Ofjulltlcfilto other; e
mam: or efhisAfI.fol‘lgreat indignationll againfi. petty sc>.£fenderse.?A.

Wh1trnightl~they judge ofthe root,fi~om xvhencethefe fruits; « 
fpmngA.?»did they lcozzcludeithefe fxuitsgood? A or did they: l l

conceive I that fuch fruits might grow upon a good ’ l‘tockel?s;

I.t”s ftrange_.,that Hewhieh would be folrigiel to a petty Fallon;

flxould himfelfe finde do remorfe at his owhe murthcrgand: e  4

oppreIfien,in~ff3oi1ing fo gallant a. Commzmder,of his wife,of* .
A his f0briety,'0fhi3 liFc_,and to cemtinue {'0 longa time without:
he regard either what himlelfe hadA’dsmel,or avhat-7Jria/; hat}  

iuffered. But it’s well _,D.aw‘ds lived in thole times when the

nameof’ Puriranifmlevxvas not inventedtolblafl: all goodnefl'es::A 
had he lived amongfi us, he had beene accounted a 1%::rim2:,:. 7

ar1dAlA7 beinga Pzxritarze, God might have forgiven him, butthc

" %WrsrAld never would : but it fccmes the world was net then
pojzfoned with; the fame bafc ’W0rd3". though I beleeve undezs; ~

tome other nicke-name goodnelfe was alwaies; odibusfon
wcreade, that for that very finne of'Dm:z'r:l,-Gods name was

A A Ae-vilmwoken of ajmcsnglt the Wicked. So Salamazz the Sonnet
A of feduced Batlafza aha, if we ccniure him hy max-1y?c_>f his afli-4
ems; perhaps jcr.;ésam, and e/tkaé that made Ifiwl to.fim;e, 

xvere not perionally addiéted t‘o'foA muchlllexccffe lot”. bodily

tuft, and pellu‘tilon_.,inay perhapsmany Heathensand -Twrkg: A   A

have ldetefted his enormouslubricities..“ _ A

s  I {peak ndt this to countenance fin, butto t li{'countenancc“ 
firmer s, ewifhing all that A thinke themfelves,

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frailct; ahd mortalh, to lturneetheirl eyes "inwairds, andlftolay

l their hands upon their own mouths, forbearing to cenfufre all
A fins,* but moft efpeciallythe mofi latent and oAbfcureof alll l

‘fimnes, hypocrifie ;

 flolyman thtlmagnificent is heldthe honeflel’:se)l’_all the 

'ccswhichra'.ig:iedin his time, not excepting Chriflian “Prime-y l

aces, may not excepting "the great Father of them 2111, the A?-

4 lpofl:o1iekman.,ofK»omes: yet this is no fhame to Chril’cianit}z,but

to Chrifiians rather ; may I wifla it might be accounted rather
a rebuke; then a fhame ; rather a rebuke to Ahumble them,theI_1

A 3*!’ ‘*3 f‘h3fi1¢st0MFOnfutethem. For C_’/mifistels us that manywtimes ~
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  1;}ieA1irftaréA1AAaA£’g_anEiA1aflAfi1:H;Godiéesnotasman refs, 

jj,e1;AheAi;I1at ugilljudgouprightly ought to fee as God {eAes,andf_  A

A vziot a§AM:;m. ‘So much of the excenfiveinfamy of this oworeio

?’#7IifAz:_&'72, now of-its .:ix:t»en£ive% ma1ignancy%%,.;buc Imle more ‘ A  _ A
Iifiedsgtfio b¢AfPQk5n vh¢1‘€0f.. for.oh@¢%AWhich telsyou‘ who is aaA A .

Purita%n,for thcmofl partoote-13 w?har%is a Puritan. 

fffhe Pa.piPc we IE-. chatoes onekind ofPuritans,the Hiérarohifi.

aAnother,thc Court: Sycopham: axiother, tI1e.fén_fuaIlLibertino,A A VH
39°ti3“9” 3.AY¢<‘ all hart? 3oo.1_°l11'itfiD, and 11nAdoer;the fime name may A

tmimcs hoéréthéfiméthino He which is an tnemym euro

, Religion which is chi; truth, hateshothe Puritan as, an enemyto  A

TA1‘_uth 5 AI-Ieeo Vwhich is ;an,enemy to Piety, APoIflicy,, A Mora Iit:y,:

A A charges the PL1xitano*Fbeingthc fame :AA W*hcreforeowhac{b-s;

ovér is hated by ;the.p§:rvcrcéd.Aand difaffefiedion. Re1igiAonf,A

A1?i_«=:_r:yA.o Policy. M.°1'31,hEYai$% AI?Aurir.aAn, and whofoevgris a Pu~=A

{its} 11,“ ios; c enfuo:ed., .tJAé:ed,Aa1A‘1dfl‘einder¢%d.as :1 man
difiifcficdin RehAgio_n,Pi¢ty, Policy, andMo1-ality. A A 1

pervérced and: A A

% This fuffiociéncly appeares by the common {1andcrs&oAFa1IA} A A A

‘Agoodnc-H'e in theft: dayes, aincl parciculawrlybyn, t:he»oBifla0op. of

Dmme, for as he juflifiésj§:fi1i§esg_Anaibapti{’cs, aondxhe APo‘w--o A

dcr-M-Traytors before PuriAcans5f'ojhe dcfczribcs, and proikribeoso
whole Rr:1igions,"Se€ts, and Kingdomes fotPurit::ns. A ' 

V f In the yearc of grace A I 5 885 AV.‘{h€11A§he‘A. Vsggmzi/5 flrmmfo had A

inifcarried, notwitliftandihg that his Iiolineflé of Rgvigaw had {of

iperergnpotorily chri£’cene:dAit,and as it xvofreo conjured AfbrAir*, Qnc A

of'AthatR€ligion wasfirangcIyAdifl:ehf1p:€r’d AA3Mtit,A &A]Ahis fpco. h

M was as 'tiS rcportedA, God AbimféIfe”was otLirnedi£zm’aem2:a %:”By

o}w.hich;',f'or. certaine, he mean: I-Iereticall. was much ther¢_fZ;- to

A4 thatmy Lordof Donme, now %At‘:1at Epifcopacy isfo Foyk:-c§f1f;

A A Saatlmd, has not ragcdm the like manner,andhcIja_rge_cI Goo:i,o4of A

turning ~APurAitan :o.b‘utfi.zr<213r,ir‘E'he has {bored God, fihc: h;e1AA§11Aot

{pared any thirlgolfe thatis good go and if he has {pared to call A _
A God Pctritang A behas not {pared to call PuritaVnADc~:vi§l : butto o
conclude, ifthe conf'ufcd_ miiixpplication of this fouic word A

 A-Pu1‘itAa11”b6 1101? rcfornied in Ewglarzd, and 19:3: withfpeed, W6

A ‘czargo expeéfnothingbutofuddaineA-unoiverofall Adow;..gfa“1lof éiii  A AA A

gooAdnea‘ewhar1hcvcr.  Eliza Aéulrisznm the Empérour; abAom:A V A AA

j oanhundrcacl yea:-es after our Saviour, A'na‘ving A been cc1'ti,Eedr,by

M A Sere:¢im_%GVry<§vi¢Inz¢:, Pracmfgltof Afia, ohat tl1eAAChri[%ig.gz%i:2%oin

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